- 13 Oct 14, 00:03#420999
I'd say Massa's strategy was still meant to get him to the end of the race, otherwise why pit so early? I imagine it was a gamble from Williams on
unpredictable degradation, but Massa suffered in traffic, despite his pace advantage. And I know Massa isn't exactly the best benchmark but you
gotta use what you got.
And I want the championship decided fairly too, and we got a lot of ifs and buts again from Rosberg concerning potential pace he would have had
without things getting in the way. I want the dry race scenario and no mistakes for him to prove it. Which I realise is hand in glove because sometimes
he makes the errors that take that simple scenario away, so it's his own fault, but I believe Hamilton wouldn't be having such an easy ride of late without
them, especially on tracks where Hamilton hasn't had a clear advantage. There's only Monza of late where Hamilton had it in the bag regardless.
Yesterday was hard to tell because they were on different strategies, quali was close, and those FP times weren't fully representative.
I'm not really expecting doomsday in Abu Dhabi. It's a slight concern, and there's the English Effect that might kick in, but Hamilton has his
nose infront, metaphorically and literally (well not literally, but I can't think of the -lly to cover it); he just seemed amazingly at ease all weekend.
A completely different attitude to earlier in the season. I don't think a knock will set him back like it did then; he's taken and kept the lead, which is
something new - this is no longer the fret of chasing but the confidence in leading, and leading on merit.
And congrats on cockamamie. It's always nice when the older folk can bring back a bit of their slang.
No way Massa was going to make it, the strategy for him wasn't the same. He started on Primes then switched to options, Rosberg did the opposite. His drive today was executed as best as possible given the lap one mishap. Flawless from lap two on. He did what a good number two driver should, maximize the points haul for the team.
Boring procession or not, I'd rather have talent determine the winner in this championship instead of reliability and questionable events making that determination for us.
I'd still support Hamilton ending it all quickly in Abu Dhabi with a big F/U to Bernie for the cockamamie double points idea by taking both Silver Arrows out at turn one and walk over to the Merc hospitality trailer to watch the remainder of the race as a double WDC.
PS, I had to use spell check to spell cockamamie.
I'd say Massa's strategy was still meant to get him to the end of the race, otherwise why pit so early? I imagine it was a gamble from Williams on
unpredictable degradation, but Massa suffered in traffic, despite his pace advantage. And I know Massa isn't exactly the best benchmark but you
gotta use what you got.
And I want the championship decided fairly too, and we got a lot of ifs and buts again from Rosberg concerning potential pace he would have had
without things getting in the way. I want the dry race scenario and no mistakes for him to prove it. Which I realise is hand in glove because sometimes
he makes the errors that take that simple scenario away, so it's his own fault, but I believe Hamilton wouldn't be having such an easy ride of late without
them, especially on tracks where Hamilton hasn't had a clear advantage. There's only Monza of late where Hamilton had it in the bag regardless.
Yesterday was hard to tell because they were on different strategies, quali was close, and those FP times weren't fully representative.
I'm not really expecting doomsday in Abu Dhabi. It's a slight concern, and there's the English Effect that might kick in, but Hamilton has his
nose infront, metaphorically and literally (well not literally, but I can't think of the -lly to cover it); he just seemed amazingly at ease all weekend.
A completely different attitude to earlier in the season. I don't think a knock will set him back like it did then; he's taken and kept the lead, which is
something new - this is no longer the fret of chasing but the confidence in leading, and leading on merit.
And congrats on cockamamie. It's always nice when the older folk can bring back a bit of their slang.
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