The Official Japanese GP Thread 2012 ***SPOILERS***

The Official Japanese GP Thread 2012 ***SPOILERS***

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dtrump

2,120 posts

190 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Scuffers said:
if you run up the arse of the car in front, it's your fault, period
true but 1st corner is a bit different

davepoth

29,395 posts

198 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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dtrump said:
true but 1st corner is a bit different
Is it though? Webber can only deal with what he can see. He has to assume that the guy behind is doing the same.

fatboy69

9,371 posts

186 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Watching the Sky GP highlights.

They show Kimi having a spin in qualifying. Then they show his answers to some extremely stupid questions.

1) What happened? (having just shown the spin). Kimi - I spun.

2) You caused some problems for the others. KImi - I don't care.

I never liked him before this season. Now I do. Genius. Doesn't say much. His answers however say a hell of a lot.

CiderwithCerbie

1,420 posts

266 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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fatboy69 said:
Watching the Sky GP highlights.

They show Kimi having a spin in qualifying. Then they show his answers to some extremely stupid questions.

1) What happened? (having just shown the spin). Kimi - I spun.

2) You caused some problems for the others. KImi - I don't care.

I never liked him before this season. Now I do. Genius. Doesn't say much. His answers however say a hell of a lot.
Well he's consistent in interviews.
PS How did he cause trouble for others? Brundel picked it at the first replay that the collision that forced Alonso out was entirely his own fault having pushed Kimi on the grass. Kimi just clipped the Ferrari's back tyre whie catching the Lotus' rear-end stepping out after doing some lawn-mowing. Neither Alonso nor the stewards did anything against the Finn as it was obvious who was the cause. It also damaged the Lotus' front-wing.

All that having been said Kimi seemed dis-interested in racing as he did in Singapore. Apart from showing Perez that the inside line at turn one is probably preferable! This season his only real achievement has been to finish marginally above where he started from every Sunday and accumulate points from every race. Saturdays have usually been fairly mediocre to below average. Either the car really isn't as good as it should be or Kimi's not really trying,or he has lost 0.2-0.5s/lap during his F1 sabbatical. Though a fan I am fairly concerned that it is the latter, and Stewart saying he thinks Lotus should have won a couple by now leads me to believe he thinks the same.

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

254 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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CiderwithCerbie said:
Well he's consistent in interviews.
PS How did he cause trouble for others? Brundel picked it at the first replay that the collision that forced Alonso out was entirely his own fault having pushed Kimi on the grass. Kimi just clipped the Ferrari's back tyre whie catching the Lotus' rear-end stepping out after doing some lawn-mowing. Neither Alonso nor the stewards did anything against the Finn as it was obvious who was the cause. It also damaged the Lotus' front-wing.

All that having been said Kimi seemed dis-interested in racing as he did in Singapore. Apart from showing Perez that the inside line at turn one is probably preferable! This season his only real achievement has been to finish marginally above where he started from every Sunday and accumulate points from every race. Saturdays have usually been fairly mediocre to below average. Either the car really isn't as good as it should be or Kimi's not really trying,or he has lost 0.2-0.5s/lap during his F1 sabbatical. Though a fan I am fairly concerned that it is the latter, and Stewart saying he thinks Lotus should have won a couple by now leads me to believe he thinks the same.
It was the spin in qualifying they were talking about.

fatboy69

9,371 posts

186 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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His spin in qualifying brought out the yellows so a couple of drivers had to back off thereby buggering up their qualifying runs.

KImi simply didn't give a toss!!!! His whole attitude showed he wasn't in the slightest bit bothered about it. I laughed at his response.


dtrump

2,120 posts

190 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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davepoth said:
Is it though? Webber can only deal with what he can see. He has to assume that the guy behind is doing the same.
yes but webbers mess up was nothing to do with what he could see, there was no barrier he just cocked up a little bit (I think)

frenchy didnt do particularly well, ......but I find it very harsh that the view is that he is an idiot and is solely to blame

from what i can see he has fairly massive speed and and goes for gap

something Asenna is worshipped for

there is a fine line I know

Mr_Thyroid

1,995 posts

226 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Surprised Massa didn't get a penalty for a jump start. I thought they had sensors to pick up the slightest movement. He was definitely creeping forward as the lights went out -- see 1:38:30 on iplayer.

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Well it was a race that I thought was going to be boring as hell and it was at least half interesting.

Am I the only one who thought Perez said "watch this Hamilton", just before sliding off........


CiderwithCerbie

1,420 posts

266 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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TheHeretic said:
It was the spin in qualifying they were talking about.
OK, I suppose I was reacting a bit to Benson's report of the first corner action in which he appears to blame Kimi for Alsonso's demise, when it is clear that The Spaniard was the architect of his own downfall. It could just be one of the sub-editors shortening the piece, but it looks like lazy journalism to me.

Any views on the questions I have raised about Kimi's overall performance this year??

MGJohn

10,203 posts

182 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Interested to observe that others saw Webber's car "stance" at that precise moment the same way as I did.

There was a time when I was a fan of the flying Finn... Raikkonen. Not now. Funny sometimes but, BAD attitude.

SeeFive

8,280 posts

232 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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CiderwithCerbie said:
Any views on the questions I have raised about Kimi's overall performance this year??
Tend to agree with you. Kimi hasn't exceeded my expectations, but then again, they were not that high anyway given his final year at Ferrari compared to previous years' levels of commitment. IMO, once you start to behave in a way that obviously asks questions of your commitment, and lose the hunger in any competitive sport, it rarely returns at full strength for extended periods.

Probably why your favourite 7 times WDC has not done so well this time around (or maybe it was the tyres / bargeboards / FIA etc) wink

Whoops, oh no, what have I said.

Switches off computer and heads upstairs with tail between legs.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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Scuffers said:
if you run up the arse of the car in front, it's your fault, period
Not if your names kimi

davepoth

29,395 posts

198 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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CiderwithCerbie said:
Any views on the questions I have raised about Kimi's overall performance this year??
I think you're wrong. biggrin

Seriously though, he's third in the championship in a car that hasn't yet looked like a real race winner (it's there or thereabouts certainly, but it's never looked like a dead cert); his team mate is 108 points behind him, although admittedly he's not raced the full season.

I'd say he is outperforming the car, possibly as much as Alonso, but his car is nowhere near as good. He's plugging away quietly and staying out of trouble. All it's going to take is one race where he ends up at the front with Alonso and Vettel a bit further back and he'll be right in the championship fight. I've got a feeling he'll run well in Austin.

CiderwithCerbie

1,420 posts

266 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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SeeFive said:
Tend to agree with you. Kimi hasn't exceeded my expectations, but then again, they were not that high anyway given his final year at Ferrari compared to previous years' levels of commitment. IMO, once you start to behave in a way that obviously asks questions of your commitment, and lose the hunger in any competitive sport, it rarely returns at full strength for extended periods.

Probably why your favourite 7 times WDC has not done so well this time around (or maybe it was the tyres / bargeboards / FIA etc) wink

Whoops, oh no, what have I said.

Switches off computer and heads upstairs with tail between legs.
OK you are entirely to blame for this accident!

Grrrr, arrgghhhh @#**&^%! etc.

OK please read the below carefully - I think we are all guilty of not properly reading each others contributions.

Well you know (deep breath), now that MSC has shown a measure of contrition at his second retirement interview, I am almost over it. I spent some of the week-ends looking at other F1 fora on the net and almost exactly the same stuff we have typed into these threads, in the same proportions from different (ie not obviously PH) contributors is written everywhere. It's about a 70-30 split in favour of MSC with a hard core of detractors like me, Wannaengineonthebackaxle, Cosicave, JMC-1, & Mattitakke to be found on all the sites. Even the arguments go down exactly the same lines;

He's the great 7WDC holder, he's a cheat and a danger to others, so what Senna was a cheat, no he wasn't Prost was...., what about Ferrari Int. Assistance etc. etc.

I actually think Stewart (besides his own self-promotion) got it right, Schumacher is a great driver, but not the greatest (and not in my top 10) despite the Stats that will never be repeated. [Anyone else remember people saying in 2007/8 that LH would break all Schumacher's records??]

For me, I hate the way he behaved to others up to Hungary 2010, he (and others) ruined the sport 2001-4 and the leaks about what was going on 1994/5 at Benetton don't help his cause. He will always divide opinion and that will always detract from his legacy. 2009-12 was a failure, not entirely of his own making, but he certainly initially over-estimated where he would be in the pecking order. However, I do admire that he could say he probably learnt more this time around. Failure brings perspective and that is true for all of us.

As for Kimi, I am a little bit concerned that, 'Yes/No', 'I was having a st', 'I don't care' has morphed into 'I don't give a st'.

CiderwithCerbie

1,420 posts

266 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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davepoth said:
I think you're wrong. biggrin

Seriously though, he's third in the championship in a car that hasn't yet looked like a real race winner (it's there or thereabouts certainly, but it's never looked like a dead cert); his team mate is 108 points behind him, although admittedly he's not raced the full season.

I'd say he is outperforming the car, possibly as much as Alonso, but his car is nowhere near as good. He's plugging away quietly and staying out of trouble. All it's going to take is one race where he ends up at the front with Alonso and Vettel a bit further back and he'll be right in the championship fight. I've got a feeling he'll run well in Austin.
I hope you're right, but why is he consistently behind Grosjean on Fri/Sat??
I am not sure it's all down to Lotus not configuring the steering to suit his pref for oversteer.

SeeFive

8,280 posts

232 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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CiderwithCerbie said:
SeeFive said:
Tend to agree with you. Kimi hasn't exceeded my expectations, but then again, they were not that high anyway given his final year at Ferrari compared to previous years' levels of commitment. IMO, once you start to behave in a way that obviously asks questions of your commitment, and lose the hunger in any competitive sport, it rarely returns at full strength for extended periods.

Probably why your favourite 7 times WDC has not done so well this time around (or maybe it was the tyres / bargeboards / FIA etc) wink

Whoops, oh no, what have I said.

Switches off computer and heads upstairs with tail between legs.
... some other stuff...

As for Kimi, I am a little bit concerned that, 'Yes/No', 'I was having a st', 'I don't care' has morphed into 'I don't give a st'.
Listen, don't mention the war! I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right. wink

Edited by SeeFive on Monday 8th October 01:38

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

254 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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CiderwithCerbie said:
I hope you're right, but why is he consistently behind Grosjean on Fri/Sat??
I am not sure it's all down to Lotus not configuring the steering to suit his pref for oversteer.
He may well be behind Grosjean, but it is Kimi bringing the points home, and has been Mr Consistent.

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

254 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
Not if your names kimi
Are you referring to the incident yesterday? If so, Kimi never hit the back of Fred's car. Fred moved left, into Kimi, (a bit like Grosjean on Hamilton at Spa).

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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TheHeretic said:
Are you referring to the incident yesterday? If so, Kimi never hit the back of Fred's car. Fred moved left, into Kimi, (a bit like Grosjean on Hamilton at Spa).
Yeah I see your point, but I thought it looked different.

Kimi put his car on the grass which in turn meant he couldn't brake as well as he should.

He then hit alonso's rear tyre puncturing it which obviously put him out.

If kimi had gotten out of the throttle a tiny bit earlier he could have avoided the accident, a bit like the two other people who were penalised.

I'm not an alonso/Ferrari fanboy btw, although I do admit to not having much time for kimi, but that's just the way I saw it.

If others were to be investigated for their misdemeanors in the first corner/s tear up I thought his at least deserved looking at too.