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[What's Burning?]

Nico Rosberg grew up in the roughest part of Monaco.

[racechick]

Can't find it! Just did a search. I never have muc luck with the search function. Where is it?

http://www.forumula1.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8402

Here it is! From 2010, last post was only in June this year.

Done phew!!

[Ice Breaker]

I disagree, if Lewis wasn't able to teach Jenson how to do that, what makes you think he'll be able to teach Nico?

Saying Jenson overall is better than Nico?

[zurich_allan]

Can't find it! Just did a search. I never have muc luck with the search function. Where is it?

http://www.forumula1.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8402

Here it is! From 2010, last post was only in June this year.

Done phew!!

Awesomeness! It's good to keep it all together, and now we can really see people's opinions going back a few years!

[Jabberwocky]

Well as people seem to think that Mercedes have the car to win every other round of the championship. So far this year the wins have been 2-1 for rosberg. That means he should win 6 more races this year. That should put him in good standing for the championship.

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[What's Burning?]

Leagues better than ze jerman winning his fourth!

[racechick]

Well as people seem to think that Mercedes have the car to win every other round of the championship. So far this year the wins have been 2-1 for rosberg. That means he should win 6 more races this year. That should put him in good standing for the championship.

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Would you like to see him win Jab? I wouldn't mind either. But he inherited Silverstone from First Lewis, then Seb, he drove well , but was damn lucky, his tyre nearly blew, they got him in just in time. I wouldn't give him the nod over Lewis at this point in the season.

[What's Burning?]

The anti Lewis crowd counts points when convenient and wins when convenient. Remember folks Jenson Button defeated Lewis Hamilton on points over their three year team pairing.

Nico Rosberg is not Jenson Button and the insistence that Lewis fans will "turn" on him the same way they did on Button will prove about as accurate as the prediction McLaren was to mop the floor with Mercedes this season.

[Jabberwocky]

Well as people seem to think that Mercedes have the car to win every other round of the championship. So far this year the wins have been 2-1 for rosberg. That means he should win 6 more races this year. That should put him in good standing for the championship.

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Would you like to see him win Jab? I wouldn't mind either. But he inherited Silverstone from First Lewis, then Seb, he drove well , but was damn lucky, his tyre nearly blew, they got him in just in time. I wouldn't give him the nod over Lewis at this point in the season.

I am not that bothered who wins to be honest I just like the thrill of the story.

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[Jabberwocky]

The anti Lewis crowd counts points when convenient and wins when convenient. Remember folks Jenson Button defeated Lewis Hamilton on points over their three year team pairing.

Nico Rosberg is not Jenson Button and the insistence that Lewis fans will "turn" on him the same way they did on Button will prove about as accurate as the prediction McLaren was to mop the floor with Mercedes this season.

Not at all I am just pointing out the Mercedes has more than one car. Something a lot of people on this forum seem to forget.

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[CookinFlat6]

Nico is much better than Button. Last year after the first 10 races Nico, in the inferior Merc had qualified higher on average than Button. He also had more points and was ahead in the table.

Merc have a perfect team scenario for the rest of the season if they want max success, both drivers have to qualify and finish up the race as high as possible (1,2 for 4 races and the take control) With Nico 40 behind Lewis its a no brainer to swap them around each time in Lewis' favour

This will give them the WCC and a WDC. Having a fantastically fast driver who is way behind the other, and who has proven that he is not quite as good as harvesting points each race is manna from heaven for a strategist such as Brawn.

If Nico is prepared to play ball and I do not see why not then the rest of the season can become a chess game for Brawn, using one driver to act as foil for the other. And Ross will be guaranteeing Nico that next season or any other if he falls into the lucky position of being ahead by halfway they will play the game for him, and Lewis would be happy with that, because just like the first corner or last pit stop inter team soft rules, rules and fairness will have been imposed in advance with each driver knowing exactly when he needs to beat the other and be head.

With drivers such as Button this stuff wouldn't work, because they are inconsistent and cant be relied upon to produce or execute a strategy without the balance going missing or the wind changing direction, and they will have a chip on the shoulder that means they would rather spoil the whole teams chances than admit they are not as fast

[What's Burning?]

The anti Lewis crowd counts points when convenient and wins when convenient. Remember folks Jenson Button defeated Lewis Hamilton on points over their three year team pairing.

Nico Rosberg is not Jenson Button and the insistence that Lewis fans will "turn" on him the same way they did on Button will prove about as accurate as the prediction McLaren was to mop the floor with Mercedes this season.

Not at all I am just pointing out the Mercedes has more than one car. Something a lot of people on this forum seem to forget.

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So do Red Bull and Ferrari and there are no surprises there either.

[sagi58]

Not at all I am just pointing out the Mercedes has more than one car. Something a lot of people on this forum seem to forget.

So do Red Bull and Ferrari and there are no surprises there either.

News Flash / Latest Breaking News:

"All teams have a 1-2 driver philosophy!!
Resistance is futile!!"

[CookinFlat6]

The anti Lewis crowd counts points when convenient and wins when convenient. Remember folks Jenson Button defeated Lewis Hamilton on points over their three year team pairing.

Except when used by desperate Hamilton haters, this statistic is entirely academic and has no significance as far as sporting achievement. Firstly the points system has changed several times and so total points is not a metric of significance. Even if it didnt change in the 3 years, F1 accounting is on an annual basis without memory - therefore each year the points tally is significant in declaring achievement and is then reset the following year. The nature of F1 is that each driver does what it takes to win and therefore the times when its most sporting is when the title is decided by a few points or even by one. Its no coincidence that this happens a lot.

Lewis beat Alonso first year according to the only important rules - those understood by all participants when they start the year, Lewis also beat Button 2 out of 3 years

Finnaly, most drivers ill tell you tht they respect most the metric that tells us who the fastest are with as few variables as possible to distort them - the Qualifying record

And Lewis has whipped Button by a bigger margin than any other WDC got whipped in history

Also lapping a WDC team mate in normal circumstances, I do not believe has ever been done either

[zurich_allan]

Nico is much better than Button. Last year after the first 10 races Nico, in the inferior Merc had qualified higher on average than Button. He also had more points and was ahead in the table.

Merc have a perfect team scenario for the rest of the season if they want max success, both drivers have to qualify and finish up the race as high as possible (1,2 for 4 races and the take control) With Nico 40 behind Lewis its a no brainer to swap them around each time in Lewis' favour

This will give them the WCC and a WDC. Having a fantastically fast driver who is way behind the other, and who has proven that he is not quite as good as harvesting points each race is manna from heaven for a strategist such as Brawn.

If Nico is prepared to play ball and I do not see why not then the rest of the season can become a chess game for Brawn, using one driver to act as foil for the other. And Ross will be guaranteeing Nico that next season or any other if he falls into the lucky position of being ahead by halfway they will play the game for him, and Lewis would be happy with that, because just like the first corner or last pit stop inter team soft rules, rules and fairness will have been imposed in advance with each driver knowing exactly when he needs to beat the other and be head.

With drivers such as Button this stuff wouldn't work, because they are inconsistent and cant be relied upon to produce or execute a strategy without the balance going missing or the wind changing direction, and they will have a chip on the shoulder that means they would rather spoil the whole teams chances than admit they are not as fast

I don't agree at all that it's a no brainer to swap them round. There are still 9 races left. People get sucked in far too much with the large points differences these days, when in reality 40 points is not actually all that much in reltive terms. If this was 5 years ago, the equivalent points difference would be about 17 points i.e. certainly not insurmountable.

40 points behind with a maximum 225 points still up for grabs - there is no justification yet for swapping them round if they're in formation on track.