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HERBIEMERCMAN

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Hamilton: 'Our pace was good overall'




Lewis Hamilton has had a solid start to his career with his new team in Australia and it was more of the same in Malaysia where Hamilton was running near the front throughout qualifying. However, a late charge from Sebastian Vettel and the two Ferraris, dropped him to fourth place by the end of a wet final qualifying segment. In the immediate aftermath the Brit said: "I want to be on pole so initially when you get out of the car you don't think you're happy." However, later upon reflection he revealed that he was "pretty happy with fourth place considering the conditions today." The 28-year-old added: "The car was not too bad in the dry but the balance could have been a lot better, then it was pretty tricky conditions in the wet during Q3. "We did our lap with older tyres than the guys in front, which was a bit unfortunate, but our pace was good overall so I can't complain. "It's the second race on the second row for me and there are lots of positives to take out of the weekend so far." Looking ahead to Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver is cautiously optimistic. "Our long run pace looked pretty good compared to the other teams so I'm hoping for dry conditions tomorrow."
 

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This thread has a big response and F1 is still considered as a motor racing subject, IMHO it is no longer about motor racing, it is more like a procession of high tech machines on a "follow my Leader" platform, computer control and driver advisory contact etc,.
The interest seems to have slipped to the personality of the drivers, and tyre technology, how much fuel, track temperature etc, it is no longer motor car racing, where is the enjoyment we had in the 70's up to the 90's with real racing, overtaking etc? Bernie Eccleston could see this and once said, "we need to spray the track with water", to bring the driver skills back and some real racing.
Like many sports money and technology has spoiled the sport. Herbie.
 

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Mike and Bernie Winters. I remember these so called comedians well. As funny as herpes.:rolleyes:

Not had herpes, so wouldn't know meself (gulp emoji)
 

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HerbieMercman's summary is right on the button - F1 is no longer a pure sport. It's a shambles.

Bring back tyres that last the distance driven hard (only 200 miles after all!), give the guys plenty of fuel, ban ship to shore communications, and let the drivers fiddle with their own in-car settings while they fight it out.
 
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HerbieMercman's summary is right on the button - F1 is no longer a pure sport. It's a shambles.

Bring back tyres that last the distance driven hard (only 200 miles after all!), give the guys plenty of fuel, ban ship to shore communications, and let the drivers fiddle with their own in-car settings while they fight it out.

Agreed
 

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