The Ferrari's look very strong to me. They seem to turn into the corners with great confidence and the car has good traction especially off the exit of the hairpin. Alonso and Massa will be in contention for pole in any conditions IMO.
Vettel-Senna incident on here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18371176 Pretty careless from Seb, I think a reprimand's probably fair.
Of those at the sharp end, i want Massa to do well, he's had a miserable season, now's a good time to turn it around (monaco was a step in the right direction)
Overall a good day for Ferrari. The car looked planted at all times and traction out of the hairpin was fantastic. I'm not sure they'll have the pace to win though. The main thing that surprised me was Force India's pace. Di Resta was close to the fastest and Hulkenburg was only a couple of tenths slower than Di Resta but he set his best lap was on softs. Can someone tell us what's mentioned in here: http://plus.autosport.com/premium/feature/4512/hamilton-montreal-pace-could-be-deceptive/
You don't need to read the article to know what it's about. Basically, Hughes reckons that McLaren have revealed their hand already, unlike people like the Mercs, who are plainly very good at poker. Basically, Mclaren = Full pace, Mercedes = Sandbagging (or are they?)
I agree, a bit agressive from Seb but Herbert is a guy who gives a fair opinion for the incident and he believed Senna was being too cautious around their and that he should of left Seb more space or speed up etc..
Norbert Haug: The lap times both drivers achieved looked quite consistent. Michael and Nico posted their quickest times today on the prime tyre as we used the options during our race simulations. So no fast laps eh? Sandbagging.. your right Silver.
Red Bull apparently been told by the FIA to change their brakes because they feel it is an aerodynamic advantage.
As stated above, it looks like the Merc (and RB to a point) have been concentrating on race sim more. It also worth noting that Lewis has consistently been fast in practice! Although that has translated into quali at most races, it has yet to be shown in his race pace!
So Redbull have ****ed it and Mclaren have been concentrating on quali too much? Compare this to last year.
Not trying to start something, but does anybody reckon Lewis bets on himself to get top on practice? He does like to push it more than most to be honest. Lewisut 100,000 on me to get top of practice and give me 25% of the profit.
He does like his name at the top more often than most people, if someone posts a slightly quicker time, he answers straight away. May not have been the best idea.
Those FP1 speed trap figures are pretty damming for Karthikeyan, aruond 8km/hr slower than DLR, whilst most team-mates are within 3.
I remember an incident when an England goalkeepers dad made something like 30,000 just because his son walked on the pitch to replace somebody to get his first cap. It was even positively promoted by the media as well!
I think if it was a negative bet, ie betting on not finishing in the top 10, then there would be serious allegations of a fix, especially if he was the one placing the bet. I can't see how someone betting on themselves to win a race could be seen as race-fixing, as long as nobody else was involved. It's not an exact answer, but the IOC allowed athletes to bet on themselves at the 2000 games, and I can't find anything to suggest this ruling has been revoked. I would have thought that if the IOC allow it, then the FIA probably do. Saying that though, Snooker players are explicitly banned from betting on their own games.
Yes because Hamilton really needs the money. You have such a chip on your shoulder about Hamilton Silver.
Tell that to cricket, golf, basketball, and football players? You actually believe every sportsman is an upstanding citizen? Must be a nice area you live in Mifune, thinking the best of everybody with those with the power to make it happen if given the option. So I guess bankers are just as straight and narrow as these sportspeople who make millions and get more even if they fail at their job, and for kicks they try to avoid paying tax any way possible. I've heard open talks with football players taking penalties just so their "friends" can get the first goal, fulfilling the bet slip of him being the first goals scorer, so why not in F1? I only asked why does he do it? He is the only person I know who likes to push it more than others during practice. And people are correct in saying the second another driver sets a faster time he goes out and tries to beat it, why? He doesn't gain anything out of it... So what is it then? If it was qualifying or race day then I would have an issue with it, but it's practice, it doesn't effect anything as he won't gain anything out of the sport doing it, its like a friendly with football and having a player come on making the dad 30 grand in the process. It's a prime place to do it in F1 as most of the grid are not really concerned with topping the times. I didn't say it was wrong did I Mifune? I didn't say anything negative about him if he did do it, you just believed like you have done multiple times that I did.
