F1 GP Germany Pick em: Your Predictions

[Craig.]

Well I'm officially running out of patience with Massa.
I can accept the fact he's going to have silverstone like races, but to just not bother like today is pathetic.
And I hope people are taking note of all these times Kovi is moving out of the way for lewis. Nice to see when they do it, its considered good common sense, when schumi and co did it, it was considered evil and handing him wins.
ITV breaks are beyond ridiculous now.
Good drive by Lewis cant fault it regardless of what happend.
Piquet, brilliant. Luck came into it, but he was turning quick laps to go with it.

[Craig.]

And ITV cut the press conference again. Just to waffle on about their undying love for Lewis. 8 minutes to go till next scheduled program. Idiots.

[MWISimmer]

A good race, mainly because of the safety car though...

Anyone else getting annoyed with "Rocket" by Def Leppard.. ?

[Craig.]

7 more races is it not??
Then no more ad breaks, no more stupid  music, no more annoying allen. And if Martin keeps making mistakes like he did today, no more him either.

[expat]

Well I'm officially running out of patience with Massa.
I can accept the fact he's going to have silverstone like races, but to just not bother like today is pathetic.
And I hope people are taking note of all these times Kovi is moving out of the way for lewis. Nice to see when they do it, its considered good common sense, when schumi and co did it, it was considered evil and handing him wins.

A good race. The problem with Schumy being let by, was that it was never subtle, involved people running back and forth whispering in ears and phone calls from the Ferrari top brass, also generally when Ruben's was on for a win. Not his fault, just the presentation. Whilst I do not defend todays race, Hamilton was significantly faster than his team mate and would have probably have got by in the end making a second place and not a first due to the amount of laps left to catch Piquet. Still, I get 15 points, so I am happy

[quote]7 more races is it not??
Then no more ad breaks, no more stupid

[Craig.]

To be fair, Heikki and Ron wern't exactly being subtle. Camera's catch him with his finger on the button to Kovi, then suddenly lewis goes by at the next corner.
I dont really care end of the day, I dont see any point in these rules against team orders, more money is lost through teams fighting each other than it is just letting one guy through. I just find it ironic that the ITV guys were making it sound like a brilliant plan, yet constantly slate ferrari if they do it.

The BBC just need to sign Brundle and Edwards for race commentary and I think they'd be set. As for pre-race who knows.

[Mictheslik]

Still, I get 15 points, so I am happy

Don't you mean 10  :P

Looks like a lot of 10s this week......top scorer Cspyro with 20  :o

.mic

[cspyro21]

top scorer Cspyro with 20  :o

.mic

Makes a change, I'm usually getting 5's or 10's! (don't even think I got 20 last year!)

Good race though, very good drive from Piquet to get to 2nd!

[expat]

Still, I get 15 points, so I am happy

Don't you mean 10

[The Ruptured Duck]

Well I'm officially running out of patience with Massa.
I can accept the fact he's going to have silverstone like races, but to just not bother like today is pathetic.
And I hope people are taking note of all these times Kovi is moving out of the way for lewis. Nice to see when they do it, its considered good common sense, when schumi and co did it, it was considered evil and handing him wins.
ITV breaks are beyond ridiculous now.
Good drive by Lewis cant fault it regardless of what happend.
Piquet, brilliant. Luck came into it, but he was turning quick laps to go with it.

WHOA, HOLD THE PHONE!  You're talking about Ferrari being hosed by penalties?  

I nearly broke my hand, banging on the couch watching this race

[eno]

[quote]Interesting bit from Fred...

[quote]Q: Are there requirements you expect Renault to meet if you are going to stay there?

FA: No

[Craig.]

Oh no.

The engine of car number 22 is kept sealed in order to carry out further checks according to Article 5 of the 2008 FIA Formula One Technical Regulations. These checks will be done before the Hungarian GP.

God I hope this is just a standard random check.
The last thing we need now is Mclaren fan boys whining that the FIA are favouring Ferrari, if they do find something.
Seems to me though the FIA do have a tendancy to find a team and pick on it for a few years. Ferrari have had it. Honda had it, Williams have had it. Now Mclaren seem to be their target.

WHOA, HOLD THE PHONE!  You're talking about Ferrari being hosed by penalties?

Not at all. Like I said, for years journalists and fans have always complained about the fact that ferrari would do the whole swapping drivers things. With the exception of the ridiculous stunt at Austria, which was clearly not a race for Michael to win (theres audio of JT telling Rubens to pull over aswell on youtube)
And that silly, lets do an Indy style photo finish, at the USGP which backfired, Ferrari to my recollection, never anything worse than what Mclaren have done with Heikki and Lewis the past few races. This is why I think the rule should be scrapped all together.
What I dont like is the fact that. James "I take a bullet for lewis" Allen, and even Ted Kravitz were all over what a smart and well executed plan it was to switch them round, after crucifying Ferrari for doing it in the past.. It's just further proof that they really are up their own backsides, or perhaps Mclarens.
To be fair, Allen yesterday wasn't that bad, he had his moments, alongside Ted where they were calling for Mclarens heads to roll for the pit strategy, and constantly hammering on about them throwing away a race win for Lewis. Only for them to be singing their praises 10 to 15 minutes later. But in general, I was shocked by how poor Brundle was. I know he's now on his extended summer break, and we will likely have Davidson again for the Hungarian Gp, but he could have at least tried.

[expat]

Oh no.

The engine of car number 22 is kept sealed in order to carry out further checks according to Article 5 of the 2008 FIA Formula One Technical Regulations. These checks will be done before the Hungarian GP.

Craig, what is this about. I can't find anything on the usual sites I check about F1?

Matt

[MWISimmer]

...I was shocked by how poor Brundle was. I know he's now on his extended summer break, and we will likely have Davidson again for the Hungarian Gp, but he could have at least tried.

A question I've always wanted to ask..why does Brundle miss every Hungarian GP? Has he done something we don't now about and cannot enter the country? Or is it something more innocent..

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A question I've always wanted to ask..why does Brundle miss every Hungarian GP? Has he done something we don't now about and cannot enter the country? Or is it something more innocent..

Legend has it that that Brundle once bored somebody to death in Hungary.......

...... that's why he can't go back, it's virtually manslaughter over there.

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