F1: Spa Francorchamps

[hrd]

Rosbergerwithcheese worked it out from the start. The key to beating Hamilton is to fuck with his mind.

lewis might have brought that on himself too:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/28920826
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The comments about each other become increasingly heated as the season wears on. The first noticeably tetchy words come in the wake of Hamilton's win at the Spanish Grand Prix in May. It is his fourth victory in succession and moves him to the top of the championship standings, three points ahead of Rosberg. After the race, Hamilton says he needs to find a way to break his team-mate's mental strength. It is a comment that appears to irk Rosberg, who retorts: "Break me down mentally? I think he will struggle with that one."

ps Lucy: whinging, bitching and moaning, wanting to retire when things don't go your way, sounding and acting despondant, and crying to the press are not signs of mental strength. HTH
Rosberg meanwhile, still appears cool as a cucumber...

[TJ]

Hamilton needs to HTFU and get on with his own business of winning races and ignoring everything else. As it is Rosberg is in front and looks like staying there.

What, you mean like leading the race when he got hit?

[hrd]

What, you mean like leading the race when he got hit?

no, like not squeezing his team mate that extra bit uneccesarily and carrying on in the lead to presumably win the race.

[TJ]

This mental stuff is all a load of bullshit - neither driver has "cracked" at all.

Lewis would have every right to have a melt down - burning car, failing brakes, etc - nope, he has just sucked it up and drove.

Rosberg too.

[TJ]

no, like not squeezing his team mate that extra bit uneccesarily and carrying on in the lead to presumably win the race.

It was the racing line.

[itsnotagsr]

This mental stuff is all a load of bullshit - neither driver has "cracked" at all.

Lewis would have every right to have a melt down - burning car, failing brakes, etc - nope, he has just sucked it up and drove.

Rosberg too.

Which season were you watching mate? :D

On his day Lewis is very quick, but on the whole Rosberg has been the better driver this season due to consistency and great qualifying.

[Rona]

Not broken, the bloke wanted to retire from the race on lap 3. As soon as Lewis utters the words I can't the race is over. It's like his last season at McLaren just moaning on the radio about everything.

[TJ]

Hard to qualify well when your car is burning.

He screwed up Austria, Silverstone, Canada to be fair though

In a straight fight Lewis has been faster, whilst using less fuel and tyre for most of the season. Except its hard to do that when needing to come through the pack.

[TJ]

Not broken, the bloke wanted to retire from the race on lap 3. As soon as Lewis utters the words I can't the race is over. It's like his last season at McLaren just moaning on the radio about everything.

you know how this is the first year of the new engines, and you only get 5, and he had one melt in Hungary, and one which wasn't right in Aus... if he knew the car was fucked, he was right to want to not chew out the motor at the second hungriest track of the year engine wise.

p.s have you got a link to show him wanting to retire lap 3?

[Cplus]

He said it on the live timing commentary feed very early. Not sure if lap 3, but was well before first stops.

If you use the paid live timing app on ipad, you get crap loads more car radio than the TV shows.

[itsnotagsr]

Hard to qualify well when your car is burning.

He screwed up Austria, Silverstone, Canada to be fair though

In a straight fight Lewis has been faster, whilst using less fuel and tyre for most of the season. Except its hard to do that when needing to come through the pack.

Your last point is the issue though. He has had to come through the pack - usually due to mistakes of his own making. This is why I think Rosberger has been the better driver this season. He (mostly) hasn't put himself in a bad position due to better qualifying.

Yes I do appreciate that Lewis has had more mechanical issues.

[TJ]

To be fair - Canada contributed to his car fail due to following the hot air off Nico's car

He won Silverstone

Austria was second, but its debatable if he could of won, as they both started behind the Williams.

Germany and Hungary were both brilliant drives no?

Clive from what I read he said the car was terrible, but didn't ask to park it up on lap 3.

[hrd]

It was the racing line.

this paints a good picture of the racing line:

this is pushing the guy wide for no real reason after you've won the corner

[Rezz]

Who gives a fuck what kind of cap Lewis wears you bunch of faggots.

Who gives a fuck about people giving a fuck about flat brims?

Sometimes ignoring goes a heck of a long way, also you don't look like a muppet trying to control opinion.

[hrd]

...and Hungary were both brilliant drives no?

you mean after not getting what he deserved from his first lap attempt to throw it at the scenery, of course...
that wasn't exactly brilliant