The Official 2015 British Grand Prix thread **SPOILERS**
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PompeyM3 said:
I went to the race yesterday, really enjoyed the whole day. Got a grandstand seat in Village A and have added some photos, so anyone who's thinking of going next year can see what the view was.
Lots of incidents and a few overtakes and plenty of opportunity to watch the cars go through the village complex. Prices are quite good as well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94169616@N03/sets/72...
Just looked through; great pictures! Love the 'keep calm and believe in mclaren' banner.Lots of incidents and a few overtakes and plenty of opportunity to watch the cars go through the village complex. Prices are quite good as well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94169616@N03/sets/72...
DanielSan said:
motco said:
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but having that bint sing the National Anthem was little short of toe-curlingly embarrassing. Why, in the name of all things holy, do we have to lower ourselves to the level of the bloody Americans?
Every other country does it, why shouldn't we? Nothing wrong with being patriotic despite what the Daily Mail tell you motco said:
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but having that bint sing the National Anthem was little short of toe-curlingly embarrassing. Why, in the name of all things holy, do we have to lower ourselves to the level of the bloody Americans?
Or perhaps raised some semblance of patriotism for one's own country - something we are pretty poor at here and maybe something we could learn from the Americans.Eric Mc said:
Or perhaps raised some semblance of patriotism for one's own country - something we are pretty poor at here and maybe something we could learn from the Americans.
I have no issue with the anthem being sung.I do have issue when the right words and pronunciation are not used...
Yesterday's race was definitely the most exciting of the year so far. The packed grandstands make such a difference to the occasion and it really felt like a Grand Epreuve of some import - rather than just another weekend's work for the professionals with a few vaguely interested fans looking on - which is what so many other Grand Prix have become.
If more of the races could be like this, an awful lot of the whining and moaning about the current state of F1 would fade out.
Sadly, I think we will be lucky to get at least one other race this year like yesterday's. But one lives in hope.
If more of the races could be like this, an awful lot of the whining and moaning about the current state of F1 would fade out.
Sadly, I think we will be lucky to get at least one other race this year like yesterday's. But one lives in hope.
Vaud said:
Eric Mc said:
Or perhaps raised some semblance of patriotism for one's own country - something we are pretty poor at here and maybe something we could learn from the Americans.
I have no issue with the anthem being sung.I do have issue when the right words and pronunciation are not used...
Thought smedley sounded like a secondhand car dealer trying to pull the wool over the eyes of someone who knows BS when they hear it. woefull.
Lot of conjecture about a win being impossible, but we'll never know now, why didn't bottas pass, did they spook him with all the radio clutter? who's to say if he'd passed and put clear air between him and massa holding the chasing mercs, that the mercs might have been pressurized into a mistake?
Lot of conjecture about a win being impossible, but we'll never know now, why didn't bottas pass, did they spook him with all the radio clutter? who's to say if he'd passed and put clear air between him and massa holding the chasing mercs, that the mercs might have been pressurized into a mistake?
Pooh said:
Did anybody else notice how rude Nico was to Frankie in the interviews, Frankie asked him a question and Nico completely turned his back on him and addressed his answer to the crowd. In contrast both Lewis and Seb addressed their answers to Frankie.
That's what Nico does - rude. Did you see his body language in the towelling down room after the race. You could FEEL the hate oozing from him as Lewis walked in. Seb shook Lewis's hand and congratulated him - Nico just sat in the corner with his bottle of water and didn't move until Lewis leant in his direction for the hand shake.
To say Nico can't stand Lewis (and vice-versa) is an understatement. Lewis just hides it better.
johnfm said:
What circle jerk is that?
The fastest current driver in the fastest car and British to boot. If you're not a Brit, then fair enough. If you are British, not supporting a British driver is a bit odd.
Why is it odd, why support someone just because pure coincidence meant that you were both born in the same country ?The fastest current driver in the fastest car and British to boot. If you're not a Brit, then fair enough. If you are British, not supporting a British driver is a bit odd.
That seems odd to me.
Cobnapint said:
Yeah, my missus noticed it, asking me why the tw*t was talking to the crowd.
That's what Nico does - rude. Did you see his body language in the towelling down room after the race. You could FEEL the hate oozing from him as Lewis walked in. Seb shook Lewis's hand and congratulated him - Nico just sat in the corner with his bottle of water and didn't move until Lewis leant in his direction for the hand shake.
To say Nico can't stand Lewis (and vice-versa) is an understatement. Lewis just hides it better.
I can't help thinking that Nico's carrier has reached its peak already, he blew it last year and that was his moment for glory, bit like Webber in 2010 or massa in 2007.That's what Nico does - rude. Did you see his body language in the towelling down room after the race. You could FEEL the hate oozing from him as Lewis walked in. Seb shook Lewis's hand and congratulated him - Nico just sat in the corner with his bottle of water and didn't move until Lewis leant in his direction for the hand shake.
To say Nico can't stand Lewis (and vice-versa) is an understatement. Lewis just hides it better.
Cobnapint said:
Pooh said:
Did anybody else notice how rude Nico was to Frankie in the interviews, Frankie asked him a question and Nico completely turned his back on him and addressed his answer to the crowd. In contrast both Lewis and Seb addressed their answers to Frankie.
That's what Nico does - rude. Did you see his body language in the towelling down room after the race. You could FEEL the hate oozing from him as Lewis walked in. Seb shook Lewis's hand and congratulated him - Nico just sat in the corner with his bottle of water and didn't move until Lewis leant in his direction for the hand shake.
To say Nico can't stand Lewis (and vice-versa) is an understatement. Lewis just hides it better.
Cobnapint said:
Pooh said:
Did anybody else notice how rude Nico was to Frankie in the interviews, Frankie asked him a question and Nico completely turned his back on him and addressed his answer to the crowd. In contrast both Lewis and Seb addressed their answers to Frankie.
That's what Nico does - rude. Did you see his body language in the towelling down room after the race. You could FEEL the hate oozing from him as Lewis walked in. Seb shook Lewis's hand and congratulated him - Nico just sat in the corner with his bottle of water and didn't move until Lewis leant in his direction for the hand shake.
To say Nico can't stand Lewis (and vice-versa) is an understatement. Lewis just hides it better.
I know that many PH's have a problem with Rosberg, but some of the reasons expressed to justify that are just ridiculous. Like his "behaviour" after the race... he just came second, again... do you expect a top F1 driver to do a dance of joy then?
LandR said:
johnfm said:
What circle jerk is that?
The fastest current driver in the fastest car and British to boot. If you're not a Brit, then fair enough. If you are British, not supporting a British driver is a bit odd.
Why is it odd, why support someone just because pure coincidence meant that you were both born in the same country ?The fastest current driver in the fastest car and British to boot. If you're not a Brit, then fair enough. If you are British, not supporting a British driver is a bit odd.
That seems odd to me.
Cobnapint said:
Pooh said:
Did anybody else notice how rude Nico was to Frankie in the interviews, Frankie asked him a question and Nico completely turned his back on him and addressed his answer to the crowd. In contrast both Lewis and Seb addressed their answers to Frankie.
That's what Nico does - rude. Did you see his body language in the towelling down room after the race. You could FEEL the hate oozing from him as Lewis walked in. Seb shook Lewis's hand and congratulated him - Nico just sat in the corner with his bottle of water and didn't move until Lewis leant in his direction for the hand shake.
To say Nico can't stand Lewis (and vice-versa) is an understatement. Lewis just hides it better.
Vaud said:
Eric Mc said:
Or perhaps raised some semblance of patriotism for one's own country - something we are pretty poor at here and maybe something we could learn from the Americans.
I have no issue with the anthem being sung.I do have issue when the right words and pronunciation are not used...
That's nothing to do with patriotism and everything to do with getting it bloody right.
Eric Mc said:
The whinge seemed to be about "copying Americans" - which isn't always a bad thing.
Why do we need to copy the Americans? We have our own culture, our own history, our own way of doing things, and it pre-dates theirs. We almost invented "Pomp and Ceremony". 
Vaud said:
I have no issue with the anthem being sung.
I do have issue when the right words and pronunciation are not used...
When I heard it yesterday I assumed it was being sung by someone who'd just lost out to winning X Factor or BGT and was trying to get their own back on the British public. I do have issue when the right words and pronunciation are not used...
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