Could the McLaren team please stay off the track whilst Massa does his lap of honour

[countrygull]

Could anyone confirm that Pornomagboy flew all the way to Brazil, but left in a huff when Hamilton had been overtaken by Vettel

 

[DTES]

It did look very much like Glock pulled over if you watch it again, whatever tyres he was on. He had slowed up, but once Hamilton was past speeded up again and finished the race at 'normal speed'. Why would he do that? Who knows, it's F1, anything is possible.

I don't think we've heard the last of that from Brazil, and especially not from Ferrari. They love a good conspiracy theory against them, those Italians.

"Normal Speed"? He finished EIGHT seconds behind Hamilton. You don't lose EIGHT seconds on one straight if you're going at normal speed.

 

[Everest]

From the F1 site (Q&A with Timo Glock)

Q: What was it like in wet conditions with dry tyres?
TG: It was not so bad until the final lap when the rain really began to come down very heavily and it was just impossible. It was so difficult to just keep the car on the track because it was very wet and the car was basically undriveable in those conditions. I was sliding everywhere, with absolutely no grip at all.

Q: Were you taking it easy on the final lap?
TG: Absolutely not! It was completely the opposite; the final lap was one of the hardest laps I have done in Formula One because there was no grip at all and on dry tyres it was almost impossible to keep the car on track. I was pushing really hard to keep fourth place and if you look at the lap times I was actually faster than Jarno on the final lap and he was the only other car on dry tyres at that stage.


Dispel any rumours?

 

[Seasider78]

What is Mr Claypole doing in the Ferrari garage?

 

[Simster]

Formula 1 drivers are as fit as athletes

This really is a load of bollocks that is trotted out by F1 fans off the back of one TV documentary showing Coulthard on a running machine.

Sure they have to be fit - mentally and physically - but don't even try and tell me they are anything like as fit as your average athlete/rower/cyclist who gets up at 4am to train and is back at it at 6pm every single day.

Do you really believe uber-bore Nigel Mansell was as fit as Lance Armstrong or Steve Redgrave then?

 

[Marc]

This really is a load of bollocks that is trotted out by F1 fans off the back of one TV documentary showing Coulthard on a running machine.

Sure they have to be fit - mentally and physically - but don't even try and tell me they are anything like as fit as your average athlete/rower/cyclist who gets up at 4am to train and is back at it at 6pm every single day.

Do you really believe uber-bore Nigel Mansell was as fit as Lance Armstrong or Steve Redgrave then?

they are as fit as athletes and Mansell had a strict regime when he was racing and he hated it (says so in his book dunnit!), also Athletes could also mean Shotputters or Sumo Wrestlers

 

[itszamora]

they are as fit as athletes and Mansell had a strict regime when he was racing and he hated it (says so in his book dunnit!), also Athletes could also mean Shotputters or Sumo Wrestlers

I think having to repeatedly pull 3 or 4 G for two hours at a time in conditions of sometimes up to about 40 degrees c requires a pretty serious level of fitness.

 

[Bigtk]

Could anyone confirm that Pornomagboy flew all the way to Brazil, but left in a huff when Hamilton had been overtaken by Vettel

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Wait wait wait - marketable, ok yes he is very marketable - but so is david beckham, doesn't make him any less of an athelete - the shelf life of a racing driver isn't all that long, so you should grab it with both hands while you still can in my eyes!!!

And as for young promise - so did almost every other athelete out there - Adlington wouldn't have become an olympic swimmer unless she had been spotted young, and nurtured to become the swimmer she is!

I think good on him!

A-bloody-men. It was not a stroll in the park to reach no. 1 in the F1 world. We are talking about countless hours spent on the track when his buddies were galivanting about. It is pointless comparing Hamilton to other sports(wo)men as F1 is entirely different to any other recognised sport.

 

[Icy Gull]

This really is a load of bollocks that is trotted out by F1 fans off the back of one TV documentary showing Coulthard on a running machine.

QUOTE]

I have never seen the programme you mention but I do know enough about Formula 1 to state that the drivers are as fit as athletes

Check your facts before spouting bollocks yourself, up to 4 hours training a day makes them as fit as athletes.

Dr. Riccardo Ceccarelli "The difference is one of mental stress. There is no sport that demands such intense concentration. A huge amount of adrenalin is being pumped, and this - as well as the physical strain - causes the high heart rate."

The body's ability to cope with such extremes is a result of intensive workout and so drivers undergo cardiovascular exercise for up to four hours a day: jogging, cycling, rollerblading

 

[Marc]

Try this Simster:

The Official Formula 1 Website


and this:

Formula 1 complete - all access F1 - Formula One Drivers Fitness

 

[Marc]

oh and this:

YouTube - Mark Blundell vs Kimi Raikkonen fitness training

and before you say "well Mansell never did that", well old Div 1 players never trained like they do today. Fact is "...strict training regimes in F1 have been around for years and like football have gradually increased in Science & Technology over the years..."

I do believe this is called for:

I'm off to work...ta ta