Maldonado. Not of this planet..

[stevesingo]

What Pastor seems to miss is the fact that behavioural traits he displays are the reason the FiA put the penalty points system in place. The odd bit of argy bargy was and still is fine, but when one or two drivers are constantly ending other peoples races through malevolent driving, the FiA must act.

[Rich A]

In P1 with this morning, he started adjusting settings on his steering wheel whilst cornering at very low speed - drove himself straight off the track and spun.

He's lucky he has a ton of money behind him to stay in F1. I'm not sure he's qualified to drive a taxi

[DHB07]

Just caught the end of P2 there.

On top of the above, there was a replay of him putting it in to the wall whilst entering the pits on a practice in lap.

Plonka.

[andy_s]

TheRealFingers99 said:

....but not completely without talent.

The only talent he has is colliding with others or himself and blaming everyone/everything else.

[Jasandjules]

Not good enough to be in F1 IMHO.

[hairyben]

Maldonardos looking at the wrong end of the grid for comparisons, its the back end of the 90s grids with the kamekazi Japanese pay drivers that'd drive with all the predictability of a proximity mine with unknown settings he should compare himself too...

[MGJohn]

andy_s said:

TheRealFingers99 said:

....but not completely without talent.

The only talent he has is colliding with others or himself and blaming everyone/everything else.

Too right. GET MALDONADO! He deserves our joint selective hatred for colliding with others.

You never see Hamilton smashing into the back of Raikkonen's Ferrari or numerous coming togethers with Massa's Ferrari. Or going for a gap which will never be there with his team mate in Canada resulting in yet another Hamilton DNF. When Hamilton DNF-ed following another incident, this time with Get Maldonado, 99% of folks blamed Maldonado 100% for doing something Hamilton used to do in the past.

Then again, some say a petulant jink towards Maldonado started this whole get Maldonado scenario.... possibly.

...

[Sixpackpert]

MGJohn said:

Too right. GET MALDONADO! He deserves our joint selective hatred for colliding with others.

You never see Hamilton smashing into the back of Raikkonen's Ferrari or numerous coming togethers with Massa's Ferrari. Or going for a gap which will never be there with his team mate in Canada resulting in yet another Hamilton DNF. When Hamilton DNF-ed following another incident, this time with Get Maldonado, 99% of folks blamed Maldonado 100% for doing something Hamilton used to do in the past.

Then again, some say a petulant jink towards Maldonado started this whole get Maldonado scenario.... possibly.

...

You have watched his farcical practice sessions this morning haven't you?

The man has no place in F1.

[anonymous-user]

Sixpackpert said:

You have watched his farcical practice sessions this morning haven't you?

The man has no place in F1.

He may have watched it but he won't have seen it.

[BritishRacinGrin]

andy_s said:

TheRealFingers99 said:

....but not completely without talent.

The only talent he has is colliding with others or himself and blaming everyone/everything else.

This sort of vitriol is fuelling MGJohn's 'get Maldonado' slogan and the gentle trolling / baiting which comes with it. Let's have a little balance shall we?

I don't like Maldonado. He drives badly. However he is not altogether talentless or slow- lest we forget that he won a race under huge pressure from several superior cars in a Williams which at the time was seldom seen in the top eight. He wasn't completely outclassed by Barrichello or Bottas either.

[Davie_GLA]

You can have a dig at hamilton, yes. But all of the things listed above were done under racing conditions.

Today Maldonado managed to get lost on the race track and crash on the entry to the pits.

The reaction of the engineer on the radio was quite funny.

How much money does he / his family have to make sure Lotus keep putting up with it?

[Rich A]

A lot. He's funded by the Venezualen .gov and their oil

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/01/sport/motorsport...

[Jasandjules]

Davie_GLA said:

Today Maldonado managed to get lost on the race track and crash on the entry to the pits.

The reaction of the engineer on the radio was quite funny.

The reaction of the mechanic in the garage was good too!

[S0 What]

MGJohn said:

andy_s said:

TheRealFingers99 said:

....but not completely without talent.

The only talent he has is colliding with others or himself and blaming everyone/everything else.

Too right. GET MALDONADO! He deserves our joint selective hatred for colliding with others.

You never see Hamilton smashing into the back of Raikkonen's Ferrari or numerous coming togethers with Massa's Ferrari. Or going for a gap which will never be there with his team mate in Canada resulting in yet another Hamilton DNF. When Hamilton DNF-ed following another incident, this time with Get Maldonado, 99% of folks blamed Maldonado 100% for doing something Hamilton used to do in the past.

Then again, some say a petulant jink towards Maldonado started this whole get Maldonado scenario.... possibly.

...

Seriously? you honestly think Hamiltons contacts with other drivers were intentional ? cos the 2 main contacts everyone is bemoaning Pastor for were most deffinatly intentional, a whole differant thing but you cant see that in your enthusiasm to just argue the toss can you.

[andy_s]

MGJohn said:

andy_s said:

TheRealFingers99 said:

....but not completely without talent.

The only talent he has is colliding with others or himself and blaming everyone/everything else.

Too right. GET MALDONADO! He deserves our joint selective hatred for colliding with others.

You never see Hamilton smashing into the back of Raikkonen's Ferrari or numerous coming togethers with Massa's Ferrari. Or going for a gap which will never be there with his team mate in Canada resulting in yet another Hamilton DNF. When Hamilton DNF-ed following another incident, this time with Get Maldonado, 99% of folks blamed Maldonado 100% for doing something Hamilton used to do in the past.

Then again, some say a petulant jink towards Maldonado started this whole get Maldonado scenario.... possibly.

...

I don't have a dog in the fight, I don't 'hate' him nor want to 'get him'. He's just a buffoon and shouldn't have a licence as he's unsafe from what I've seen.

[phugleigh]

Not the best start to a race weekend
Comedy though

[FourWheelDrift]

Crashing on entering the pitlane was a bit

But driving off the track in FP1 was very

[johnfm]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27075967

[FourWheelDrift]

Ben Edwards - "I think something must have failed"

Yes, the driver

[Agent Orange]

johnfm said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27075967

Pastor Maldonado distracted by his steering wheel