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By vlad
#336515
Gotta like this guy! :D

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By BottasForPresident
#336531
He used the same route in 2001 when he was racing for Sauber. That's why he took it this time aswell, believing he could use it the same way as in 2001, only this time someone closed the gate :D He said next year he's going to make sure it's open :P
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By darwin dali
#336533
I was rolling on the floor laughing my arse off :rofl:

"It was a busy race and we didn't have the pace we wanted all the time. There was certainly a lot going on. I went off at the last corner on lap fifty-two as I couldn't see well with my visor being dirty and fogged up. Where I went off you can get back on the track by going through the support race pit lane, but you have to go through a gate. I know this as I did the same thing in 2001 and the gate was open that year. Somebody closed it this time. Next year I'll make sure it's open again."


Sure! :hehe:
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By scotty
#336538
The guy always cracks me up! I've never ever seen a guy just go off driving somewhere random of his own accord in the middle of a race like that. :rofl:
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By 1Lemon
#336545
The guy always cracks me up! I've never ever seen a guy just go off driving somewhere random of his own accord in the middle of a race like that. :rofl:


Kimi is so cool he makes his own race because the main one was boring him.
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By SingaporeSling
#336588
Noticed the difference how the more senior or should I say mature drivers like Kimi drove. Avoiding accidents even if you would not be penalized. First round just before Senna hit Vettel who bytheway was slow and going all over the road, Kimi had to drive off road to avoid hitting vettel. So vettel was lucky to avoid bigger crash the way he unnecessarily defended his position in the first lap. 2nd was the overtaking of Schumi when Kimi and Schumi were going almost wheels locked between 2-3 corners without crashing. Compared to that fight it was a bit dissapointing how easily Schumi let Vettel pass him.
Still overall a solid season for Kimi, not a single DNF!!! With the young crash kings driving around the mid pack that is pretty good result.
By What's Burning?
#336589
You might be on to something there... maybe that's why it's called racing, and not crashing. :hehe:

I have a solution though... drivers pay for their own repairs, solved.
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By 1Lemon
#336703
He learnt the track from IoS maps.
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By BottasForPresident
#336741
Noticed the difference how the more senior or should I say mature drivers like Kimi drove. Avoiding accidents even if you would not be penalized. First round just before Senna hit Vettel who bytheway was slow and going all over the road, Kimi had to drive off road to avoid hitting vettel. So vettel was lucky to avoid bigger crash the way he unnecessarily defended his position in the first lap. 2nd was the overtaking of Schumi when Kimi and Schumi were going almost wheels locked between 2-3 corners without crashing. Compared to that fight it was a bit dissapointing how easily Schumi let Vettel pass him.
Still overall a solid season for Kimi, not a single DNF!!! With the young crash kings driving around the mid pack that is pretty good result.

The problem is the young guys think you have to do all your overtaking in the first lap. It's like when you play a F1 game. You dive up the inside into turn 1 and crash a few cars but you overtake about 15 cars aswell. The older, experienced drivers know the race is not over in lap 1. Just look at Vettel in Abu Dhabi and Interlagos. When the young guys learn this they're going to be great drivers.
By What's Burning?
#336750
Noticed the difference how the more senior or should I say mature drivers like Kimi drove. Avoiding accidents even if you would not be penalized. First round just before Senna hit Vettel who bytheway was slow and going all over the road, Kimi had to drive off road to avoid hitting vettel. So vettel was lucky to avoid bigger crash the way he unnecessarily defended his position in the first lap. 2nd was the overtaking of Schumi when Kimi and Schumi were going almost wheels locked between 2-3 corners without crashing. Compared to that fight it was a bit dissapointing how easily Schumi let Vettel pass him.
Still overall a solid season for Kimi, not a single DNF!!! With the young crash kings driving around the mid pack that is pretty good result.

The problem is the young guys think you have to do all your overtaking in the first lap. It's like when you play a F1 game. You dive up the inside into turn 1 and crash a few cars but you overtake about 15 cars aswell. The older, experienced drivers know the race is not over in lap 1. Just look at Vettel in Abu Dhabi and Interlagos. When the young guys learn this they're going to be great drivers.

Interlagos *would* have been over for Vettel on lap 1 were it not a wet race. It also wouldn't have been as exciting a race as it was, so a big thank you to the entertainment gods.
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By BottasForPresident
#336780
Noticed the difference how the more senior or should I say mature drivers like Kimi drove. Avoiding accidents even if you would not be penalized. First round just before Senna hit Vettel who bytheway was slow and going all over the road, Kimi had to drive off road to avoid hitting vettel. So vettel was lucky to avoid bigger crash the way he unnecessarily defended his position in the first lap. 2nd was the overtaking of Schumi when Kimi and Schumi were going almost wheels locked between 2-3 corners without crashing. Compared to that fight it was a bit dissapointing how easily Schumi let Vettel pass him.
Still overall a solid season for Kimi, not a single DNF!!! With the young crash kings driving around the mid pack that is pretty good result.

The problem is the young guys think you have to do all your overtaking in the first lap. It's like when you play a F1 game. You dive up the inside into turn 1 and crash a few cars but you overtake about 15 cars aswell. The older, experienced drivers know the race is not over in lap 1. Just look at Vettel in Abu Dhabi and Interlagos. When the young guys learn this they're going to be great drivers.

Interlagos *would* have been over for Vettel on lap 1 were it not a wet race. It also wouldn't have been as exciting a race as it was, so a big thank you to the entertainment gods.

Maybe that's the case, yes. But it still proves my point.
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By SingaporeSling
#336926
Noticed the difference how the more senior or should I say mature drivers like Kimi drove. Avoiding accidents even if you would not be penalized. First round just before Senna hit Vettel who bytheway was slow and going all over the road, Kimi had to drive off road to avoid hitting vettel. So vettel was lucky to avoid bigger crash the way he unnecessarily defended his position in the first lap. 2nd was the overtaking of Schumi when Kimi and Schumi were going almost wheels locked between 2-3 corners without crashing. Compared to that fight it was a bit dissapointing how easily Schumi let Vettel pass him.
Still overall a solid season for Kimi, not a single DNF!!! With the young crash kings driving around the mid pack that is pretty good result.

The problem is the young guys think you have to do all your overtaking in the first lap. It's like when you play a F1 game. You dive up the inside into turn 1 and crash a few cars but you overtake about 15 cars aswell. The older, experienced drivers know the race is not over in lap 1. Just look at Vettel in Abu Dhabi and Interlagos. When the young guys learn this they're going to be great drivers.

Interlagos *would* have been over for Vettel on lap 1 were it not a wet race. It also wouldn't have been as exciting a race as it was, so a big thank you to the entertainment gods.

Maybe that's the case, yes. But it still proves my point.


Which point is that? The point that Vettel still belongs to the young and immature drivers group? He was taking unnecessary risk while defending his position during first lap. He could have let a few drivers pass and not risking a touch with Senna, and come back during the race (which he did in the end).

So Vettel and Lewis too, are still there somewhere between the young crash kings and the more mature drivers.

That said, the way Vettel drives makes the races more entertaining, as he takes the risks and doesn't just do the minimum to win.
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By Jabberwocky
#336930
Yes the triple world champion is young, imature and does not know what he is doing!

Look at his fight/pass with Button at Austin.
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