Hamilton in gravel trap on way into pits.
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Brighton Bhuna Boy
Yep he is out, could be a costly error
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
I set my alarm at 8 - just in time to watch him go into the gravel. brilliant.
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
...I set mine for 6.30, so I could have a shower and make some breakfast before the start...fool!
Why didn't his team call him in earlier, they knew that his pace had fallen right off and his tyres had gone...they have cost him points, just like they did at the Nurburgring...Ferrari wouldn't have been so stupid!
Why didn't his team call him in earlier, they knew that his pace had fallen right off and his tyres had gone...they have cost him points, just like they did at the Nurburgring...Ferrari wouldn't have been so stupid!
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Not sure of the relevance - his tyres (or at least one of them) were completely shagged. He'd been struggling to keep the car on the road for some time and had slowed considerably.
There's every chance that, rain and tyre implications aside, Alonso and Hamilton may have had different pit strategies.
Enough of a relevance for the commentator to mention it a while ago.
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
You can't drive if you have broken tyres, regardless of how much fuel you have in the car!
Really?
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
Then why question how much fuel he had? It's completely irrelevant!!!!
Icy Gull
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It seems Hamilton may have made one of the only mistakes he's made this season, coming into the pits too fast on bald flakey tyres, and was big enough to admit to it soon afterwards. If he wins the Championship now he'll have done it the difficult way - 1st 2nd or 3rd in Brazil will do it I think?
dougdeep
New member
No wonder Hamilton was angry, it was obvious he should have come in earlier for tyres. It's not as if he had to win the race, just finishing in front or Alonso would have done.
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
...which is precisely why McLaren should have called him in earlier, they monitor such things...even the uninitiated amateur would have noticed that his lap times had fallen away sharply.
John Bumlick
Banned
bag vs yorkie
least arousing catfight. ever.
least arousing catfight. ever.
Icy Gull
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He would have had some input into the decision. I think both he and the team were waiting to see if the rain had actually stopped and left it too late, can't blame the team for his error on entry into the pit lane either.
He obviously wasn't happy to just finish ahead of Alsonso either, some of the blocks on Raikonnen were madness for a man who didn't have to win as he could easily have taken himself or Raikkonen out by not giving way to a car that was obvuously quicker. I don't think the guy does 2nd under any circumstances which is why his rise has been so meteoric I guess
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
Come on Rimjob, you can do better than that. May I point out that you've already berated me for being:
- Disabled
- Boring
- Ugly
- Unattractive
Change the record, you don't affect me.
NMH
Banned
D'ya think THEY get aroused when NMH tells one of the many
plonkers on here what time it is?? 
I bet they do.