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Kimi takes pole at Monza!
Do you think he could crack a smile about it? No. But we can only imagine (if dare to) his tight-ass sphincter relaxed a little bit. Ha ha!
As anticipated by Hamilton at Spa, Ferrari have speed.
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Marlow
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And why?
I dunno. Ask someone...
:o()
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Reilly
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Raikkonen's lap of one minute 19.119 seconds meant he averaged 163.793mph. The previous record - 1:19.525 (162.950mph) - was set by Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams in 2004.
Vettel was not happy, saying "we speak after" as his engineer told him the result. The German declined to elaborate when asked to say what he meant.
I’ll tell ya what he meant -
“I’m a pissy wanker without class.”
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Lots of racing intrigue – and racing, at Monza today!
Congrats to Kimi, a class act, for his 100th GP podium, blistered tires and all.
Yes, Lewis: with your fifth Monza win, matching Schumacher, we still believe in you!
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Reilly
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HELLA RACE! LEWIS IS DA MAN! But I do feel for Kimi. He’s got class.
Gli tifosi italiani sono il migliori!
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Interesting post-race analysis by Nico of the different treatments of team orders between Ferrari and Mercedes: Ferarri foregoing implementation of them and Mercedes using them to good effect.
I felt, as a spectator, Ferrari not asking Räikkönen to defer to Vettel was a positive, leaving the man to run his own race.
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Reilly
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Yes, good talk between Damon Hill and Nico. It was also nice to see Rosberg giving Lewis his props.
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I also liked seeing Nico say good things about his old friend, rival & teammate. And, we'll miss Alonso.
Too bad he didn't get a better ride here at the end of his F1 career. He's admirably contained when questioned about these things.
There's an excellent article in July 2018 issue of Motor Sport, page 94: DECLINE and FALL, Mark Hughes explains how and why McLaren's F1 team fell into such disarray.
https://shop.motorsportmagazine.com/product/backIssueView/backIssue/MSM9407/july-2018
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Reilly
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They don’t come any classier than Fernando.
And then there’s Verstappen... 😽
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I dig Verstappen!
For his age, he's actually very well spoken & sharp as a tack. No doubt, Max possesses a very high intelligence quotient.
Now his track manners are ... You got it: catty!
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Reilly
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Sep 30, 2018 - 06:27am PT
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What a race today even if it was a confirmation of the corporate Teutonic reality of racing today. The pundits’ proclamation that Sochi is a non-passing track was made to look silly, especially by Mad Max and Lewis’ brilliant pass of Seb. Valtteri is such a class act and it was nice to see Lewis and Seb give him his due. I gotta give a shout out to Sky Sports’ David Croft and Paul di Resta. They are a fantastic team. How they manage such witty acumen at such a pace is truly impressive. And speaking of pace the aerial shots today really give you an appreciation of the true pace of those cars. 155-160 mph around that big sweeper? Are you kidding me?
And did ya notice that Seb dodged Putin in the warm down room meet and greet? Talk about the 800 pound gorilla in the room! Lewis and Val were polite but not exactly effusive. 😉
Now on to racing in a typhoon at Suzuka! 🤪
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Tom Bruskotter
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Sep 30, 2018 - 02:37pm PT
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Yeah. Great race. Agree about the commentary. I was bummed when the old NBC Matchett, Hobbs, Buxton crew was replaced. But the Sky crew IS cracking! Verstappen's rush through the field was amazing. Hamilton's pass on Vettel was nice. After the race Vettel didn't really have a good explanation - "I didn't see him in my mirror coming up behind me" or something like that. Bottas is a great guy and a great driver. Such class.
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Suzuka!
Now that we have emerged from the series of claustrophobic parade lap tracks, we can breathe again!
Okay, I did see Mad Max (good one, BTW, Reilly) plow through the lineup at Sochi. Fell asleep for everything else, including the checkered flag AND the podium, WTF. Such a punter.
And I agree with the snappiness of the commentary. Moving forward now; no more looking back ...
'Love this circuit: old school, lots of swoopy, snaky turns and plenty of elevation change.
Stingy Lewis Hamilton has taken five out of the last six races.
Pecking order after practice: Hamilton, Vettel, Räikkönen, Verstappen, Bottas, Ricciardo. Alonso 17th, for f*#k's sake. Verstappen not particularly happy with his set up, though faster than Ricciardo, which he said was irrelevant. That's our boy! Hülkenberg stuffed his ride into a barrier, ending the session.
Psyched! Buckled into my five point harness for another glorious full frontal assault, couch potato style weekend of F1 – one of many owing to chronic inactivity from multiple tendinopathies, achilles issues being the worst, having brought my walking program to a standstill.
No worries: with a mondo raft of Little Debbie's snack cakes on hand, a maxi funnel loaded with popcorn, and a case of cherry cola (my favorite flavor) in the pipeline, I should be on pace to have the man boobs down around my ankles in time for Abu Dhabi & the holidays!
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Reilly
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Good to see the Ferraris have picked up the pace in Practice 2 to make it interesting.
Lewis is in rare old form though. But the weather could have the last word, eh?
Of course Lewis don’t mind a bit of the old slippy either, does he?
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Yes, rain in Suzuka for qualifying. Especially in Q3. And Hamilton's form, as you noted, Reilly, so dialed it's a thing of beauty.
Hamilton's 79th pole position. Then Bottas, Verstappen, Räikkönen… Vettel 9th!
So touch and go with the weather; Ferarri and especially Vettel just lost out on that dance.
Verstappen's 11th consecutive qualifying ahead of Ricciardo, whose car broke ... again!
Unbelievable to watch Hamilton and Mercedes thread the eye of the needle in Q3, slipping right through the weather on the right tires at the right time.
Not quite so for Bottas, but with Mercedes 1-2, no regrets.
Earlier on, Marcus Ericsson stuffed his car into a barrier and Charles Leclerc performed a picture-perfect spin on the glass.
 I much enjoy seeing the competitive goodwill between Hamilton and Verstappen. There is good company at the top positions right now, with genuine esprit de corps in evidence.
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Reilly
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Barring a nasty rain induced incident it is looking like the rest of the season will be a well deserved prolonged victory lap for the Silver Arrows and further confirmation of Lewis as one of the top five drivers ever. I aver that he surpassed his hero Senna long before this season by virtue of his superior level headedness and efficiency. Of course it doesn’t hurt that he is backed by a team embued with those Teutonic virtues. My very modest Italian vocabulary is lacking the equivalent for ‘efficiency’. Is there one?
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Marlow
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According to google - efficienza. He is numero uno ever. If Lewis Hamilton were a scientific experiment, the score would be very high on both validity and reliability...
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Or if we simply rely on euphemism, Midas touch works nicely.
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Marlow
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Midas was king of Phrygia. In return for a good deed, he was granted one wish by Dionysus. He asked for the power to turn everything he touched into gold. When he discovered that his touch had turned his food, his drink and his daughter to gold, he begged Dionysus to take back the gift. Dionysus agreed to do so. When "Midas touch" is used, the moral of the tale is usually ignored. :o)
I think Hamilton is less greedy today than he was some years ago. He is more of a teammate and his expertise as a driver is greater...
Competition has two elements: 1. Doing your own thing well - expertise as driver. 2. Making the competitors bad, psychological war.
In Hamilton's case the first element is now nearly the only element. i like that...
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Touché, Marlow.
Only the lazy, colloquial usage of the set up (part one) of the tale holds true in Hamilton's case. And I like the way you put that together.
Race coming up shortly.
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