**** Abu Dhabi Grand Prix **** (contains spoilers)

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There's a nice piece I read a few days ago by Will Buxton. He's quite candid about Rosberg:

"I can’t recall the first time I met Nico Rosberg. All I remember is that I despised him, everything he was and all he represented: the cock-sure, entitled, bolshy son of a world champion. No grace, no humility. Wafting in, a blur of blonde hair and arrogance...."

In fairness he does later write that he admires his skill as a driver.

https://willthef1journo.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/t...

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Vocal Minority said:

Mercedes pair look pretty tense, though you get the impression Hulkenburg, Alonso, Vettel and Button are in 'end of term' mode.

Rosberg has a face like a smacked arse throughout.

I think Button has the look of someone who has just finished his exams and is about to leave.

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Caterham F1 Team ‏@CaterhamF1 · 1m1 minute ago
A trouble-free #FP2 ends with @kamui_kobayashi P18 (38 laps, 1:45.505) & @WillStevens_ P19 (34 laps, 1:47.057) #AbuDhabiGP

Is it possible Woof could have pedalled round quicker than Stevens?

To be fair, I didn't watch it live, he may have had some technical issues.

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GCH said:

What a moaning sh!t rosberg is....
What does he want his engineer to do...run alongside and attempt to kiss his ass?

Martin suggests that Engineers don't get too excited by things.

Hope if Nico does win the big prize tomorrow the same engineer says, "yeah, okay, well, guess what, you lucked into it, congrats, I s'pose, whatever."

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BBC says they are excluded. Does that mean the back of the grid (what about Grosjean?) or pit lane.

Apparently they have to fix them (stiffen it up a bit) or not race.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30161617

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Lee McKenzie just tweeted this. Sounds like they're being a bit sore about it.

Surely the thing to do is report the other teams.

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Abe007 said:

Is this Vettel, or is it Rosberg

I thought it was Rosberg after his engineer didn't sufficiently woohoo him.

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dgmx5 said:

Great opportunity to see what Vettel will be like versus Kimi in 2015... running from midfield backwards and being upstaged by an unfancied team mate. He has a lot staked on next year. If he fails to comprehensively beat Kimi, his past record will be tainted as mostly Newey's designs and not his racecraft that brought his success.

I think it was Irvine who said, "there is Senna, Schumacher and Newey". Or something like that.

As you say unless Vettel thrashes Kimi, Vettel's legacy will be that of a journey man. Ricci has already seen to half of that. Sadly Webber doesn't compare too well now, but people seem to like him.

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NRS said:

suffolk009 said:

I think it was Irvine who said, "there is Senna, Schumacher and Newey". Or something like that.

As you say unless Vettel thrashes Kimi, Vettel's legacy will be that of a journey man. Ricci has already seen to half of that. Sadly Webber doesn't compare too well now, but people seem to like him.

I think Webber would have been equal/ slightly better than Vettel this season. Very different type of car, and you saw they were pretty equal until the downforce started working fully for Vettel.

I quite agree.

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Europa1 said:

It's strange that for a team owned by one of the slickest marketing operations on the planet, Red Bull as a team are really hard to like.

I had a taste of Red Bull once. Not my kinda thing.

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Any other sport if someone is found cheating, then their past winning performances are all looked at. Cyclists have blood samples held for years, just in case dope testing ever catches up with the cheaters.

Would it be too difficult to go and check the Red Bulls front wings from the last four years?

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Vaud said:

suffolk009 said:

Any other sport if someone is found cheating, then their past winning performances are all looked at. Cyclists have blood samples held for years, just in case dope testing ever catches up with the cheaters.

Would it be too difficult to go and check the Red Bulls front wings from the last four years?

Or any teams?

I doubt they all still exist. Every part from every race is not kept. Some are broken in accidents, some are sold for charity - there might be a few, but by no means all.

is every team complaint at every race for every aspect by the letter of the rule book? No.

Sure, but what I'm getting at is, surely it is now Red Bull's responsibility to provide evidence that the front wings they used this season where to a different design. If they can't then they've been using illegal wings all year and should be excluded from the whole season.

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tux said:

Imagine if Hamiltons car breaks down, tin hat brigade will be going radio rental.

Motorsport focused internet forums will melt.

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RenOHH said:

Mark_Karting said:

Interesting comparison of points scored for the team between teammates, this is without double points.

Vergne and Kvyat stat makes Kvyat's move to RB seem slightly silly.

And the idea of dropping Button in favour of Mag is a joke. Unless the uppity Spaniard has a veto over team-mate in his contract, and wants a very clear second place man in the garage.

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Crafty_ said:

Not sure how much Sky really did poach people, Brundle (who was out of contract) said that they didn't even approach him about a renewal.

For me, the BBC went off the boil just before Sky took over, the forums had no real structure and felll in to chaos, with EJ sprouting random stuff, DC taking the piss out of him and Jake gurning at the camera smugly.

One of the big plus points of Sky is programs like the one thats on now (interview with John Barnard) and all the "legends" driver interviews.

My favourite BBC pre-show moment was EJ, DC and Jake(?) in the lift in Monaco.

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As a McLaren fan, I can't help but notice that Jenson won 126 points, Kevin 55.

Ferrari have 216 points and are in 4th place, McLaren 181 and are in 5th place.

It's a shame Kevin didn't get close to Jenson's haul.

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VladD said:

I'm hoping we get Alonso paired with JB in a decent McLaren. Everybody will expect Alonso to trounce JB, but then they expected Lewis to do that to JB in 2010. They'd make a great partnership as I think they already have big respect for each other.

Since it appears the uppity Spaniard is heading to McLaren, I couldn't agree more.