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ukaskew

10,642 posts

221 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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This thread is an infinite, repeating loop (occasionally substitute diet for travel arrangements or dress sense, but keep a healthy dose of 'in the best car's comments).


glazbagun

14,280 posts

197 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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OFORBES said:
Back on topic. Not sure if its been mentioned previously in this thread, but has anyone else noticed a real difference in LH this season in interviews?

He seems so much more relaxed, personable, open and honest than he has done in all his previous years in F1..

Its made me warm to him more than I have before, its quite refreshing to see.
When C4 took over F1 Steve Jones had a great 1v1 interview with Lewis. It was great seeing Jones, who was criticized for lack of F1 knowledge, just focus on day to day generalities and seeing Lewis open up and just be a normal person rather than giving an "official" answer to an inane question about the sport.

Andy S15

399 posts

127 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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OFORBES said:
Back on topic. Not sure if its been mentioned previously in this thread, but has anyone else noticed a real difference in LH this season in interviews?

He seems so much more relaxed, personable, open and honest than he has done in all his previous years in F1..

Its made me warm to him more than I have before, its quite refreshing to see.
Probably because he's never had a lead like this at this stage of the season before? I'd be pretty relaxed if I had 2 retirements in hand.

OFORBES

533 posts

100 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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Andy S15 said:
OFORBES said:
Back on topic. Not sure if its been mentioned previously in this thread, but has anyone else noticed a real difference in LH this season in interviews?

He seems so much more relaxed, personable, open and honest than he has done in all his previous years in F1..

Its made me warm to him more than I have before, its quite refreshing to see.
Probably because he's never had a lead like this at this stage of the season before? I'd be pretty relaxed if I had 2 retirements in hand.
I've noticed a difference in his interviews since the beginning of the season, but I agree, id be pretty comfortable with a two retirements in hand lead too!

sparta6

3,698 posts

100 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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TheDeuce said:
sparta6 said:
TheDeuce said:
paua said:
You people are all in the WRONG thread, this one is an F1 thread.
Bugger off
I do agree, despite having polluted this (already slightly polluted) thread myself.

On the other hand, people with strange ideas appear to have broken through the PH town walls and should be dealt with before this gets out of hand wink

I wouldn't worry too much. The next retort will be a demand that their opinions are respected, in spite of ignoring the logic or opposing viewpoints. That will pretty much nullify the debate and we can get back to discussing LH and whatever new ways people think he's not the best driver - despite repeatedly beating the other drivers in a competition specifically designed to work out who the best driver is smile
F1 is also specifically designed to work out who the best team is, and which team has the best car.
True. In Lewis's case he found the best team/car due to being the best driver in the very early stages of his career smile

That's not always true, sometimes blind luck plays it's part too. But in Lewis's case, Lauda identified him as the driver for Mercedes when he and Toto agreed to move forwards together with Mercedes in F1. It was a direct result of the passion, skill and manner Lewis had demonstrated up to that point. They were setting up a dream team with an almost limitless budget to conquer the sport as never before, and they chose Lewis to deliver the goods.

Edited by TheDeuce on Wednesday 4th September 11:32
Errmm, Lewis wasn't exactly setting the world alight in the tier 2 McLaren from 2009.

However, it was the right decision for Mercedes to sign Lewis into the dominant car.The marketing has worked extremely well for them.

Good call from Lauda.

Jasandjules

69,895 posts

229 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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slipstream 1985 said:
paua said:
You people are all in the WRONG thread, this one is an F1 thread.
Veggie-Burger off
Fixed that for you smile
EFFA..


Deesee

8,421 posts

83 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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sparta6 said:
Errmm, Lewis wasn't exactly setting the world alight in the tier 2 McLaren from 2009.
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2 wins 5 podiums and 4 poles, (Jenson managed 9 podiums and won the WDC) , in what was 3/4th best car on the grid in 2009.


sparta6

3,698 posts

100 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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Deesee said:
sparta6 said:
Errmm, Lewis wasn't exactly setting the world alight in the tier 2 McLaren from 2009.
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2 wins 5 podiums and 4 poles, (Jenson managed 9 podiums and won the WDC) , in what was 3/4th best car on the grid in 2009.
Jenson did well smile

Poppiecock

943 posts

58 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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sparta6 said:
Jenson did well smile
The Brawn was only best car for half the season.

The Red Bull was quick on a good day, but distinctly slipping into mid-field on bad days.

So whilst it's possible to say that the McLaren was 3rd or 4th best car in 2009, that really doesn't tell the story of the season and relative performance at all.

It was generally thought that Red Bull had the best car come the last third of the season, with McLaren within a whisker.

vdn

8,911 posts

203 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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sparta6 said:
Errmm, Lewis wasn't exactly setting the world alight in the tier 2 McLaren from 2009.

However, it was the right decision for Mercedes to sign Lewis into the dominant car.The marketing has worked extremely well for them.

Good call from Lauda.
Yes, Lauda; the greatest marketing exec ever. Lucky ol’ Mercedes Petronas ey!? oh wait!

Fool.

rolleyes

Poppiecock

943 posts

58 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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Deesee said:
Right...because Rubens car did nothing in the back end of the season... only 2 victory’s...

McLaren/Ferrari (1 point difference in WCC points). For 3/4th
He shouldn't have won the European GP - that was down to a McLaren mistake in the pits - Monza was a strange one, with Red Bull having one of their weird days where it just didn't come together for them.

Hungary onwards were incredibly random, no one team dominated the middle third of the season, until Red Bull managed to get everything to work and hang together for the last third.

The McLaren team made some astonishing gains mid-season, turning a complete dog of a car into one of the top contenders.

Mr Tidy

22,334 posts

127 months

Thursday 5th September 2019
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sparta6 said:
Deesee said:
sparta6 said:
Errmm, Lewis wasn't exactly setting the world alight in the tier 2 McLaren from 2009.
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2 wins 5 podiums and 4 poles, (Jenson managed 9 podiums and won the WDC) , in what was 3/4th best car on the grid in 2009.
Jenson did well smile
For one season anyway - a bit like Nico Rosberg, a one hit wonder!

Still they both have a Championship under their belt.

Whereas Lewis has won multiple titles - so maybe he is a bit more special than them! rolleyes

HighwayStar

4,257 posts

144 months

Thursday 5th September 2019
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Mr Tidy said:
sparta6 said:
Deesee said:
sparta6 said:
Errmm, Lewis wasn't exactly setting the world alight in the tier 2 McLaren from 2009.
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2 wins 5 podiums and 4 poles, (Jenson managed 9 podiums and won the WDC) , in what was 3/4th best car on the grid in 2009.
Jenson did well smile
For one season anyway - a bit like Nico Rosberg, a one hit wonder!

Still they both have a Championship under their belt.

Whereas Lewis has won multiple titles - so maybe he is a bit more special than them! rolleyes
Never will be, not in Sparta’s mind. wink

slipstream 1985

12,220 posts

179 months

Thursday 5th September 2019
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Poppiecock said:
Deesee said:
Right...because Rubens car did nothing in the back end of the season... only 2 victory’s...

McLaren/Ferrari (1 point difference in WCC points). For 3/4th
He shouldn't have won the European GP - that was down to a McLaren mistake in the pits - Monza was a strange one, with Red Bull having one of their weird days where it just didn't come together for them.

Hungary onwards were incredibly random, no one team dominated the middle third of the season, until Red Bull managed to get everything to work and hang together for the last third.

The McLaren team made some astonishing gains mid-season, turning a complete dog of a car into one of the top contenders.
Everyone forgets that the 2008 season mclaren and ferrari kept developing their cars despite rule changes for 2009. So every other team gave up early or earlier to focus on the new regulations and mclaren and ferrari were in an arms race developing "old tech"

BlackPrince

1,271 posts

169 months

Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Poppiecock said:
The irony here is that vegans / vegetarians often talk about clean eating. Quorn is must less 'clean' than a minced beef / lamb / pork / chicken / turkey. It's full of all kinds of weird additives in order to make it mimic meat.
Quorn isn't "healthy" by any means (that's such a nebulous term I hate using it but anyway), but meat is a defined carcinogen by WHO, and has been implicated in numerous GI conditions.

"Chemicals" and "additives" isn't a bad word btw.

I'm vegetarian because I hate the taste of meat, I still eat meat substitutes occasionally when I feel like it, and am only able to do so because there is a distinct taste difference from meat. That said, I rarely eat meat substitutes because they just don't feel very healthy in my body, and its more of an occasional indulgence than anything.

A vegan or vegetarian who is eating a kilo of vegan burgers, and mock turkey or whatever everyday will have the same issues with hypertension, obesity, etc., as a meat eater eating a kilo of steak each day. Though presumably the former will be less prone to colon cancer, diverticulosis etc (though these conditions would be the least of their worries compared with the more common aforementioned diseases such as hypertn, etc)

Graveworm

8,496 posts

71 months

Tuesday 10th September 2019
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BlackPrince said:
Quorn isn't "healthy" by any means (that's such a nebulous term I hate using it but anyway), but meat is a defined carcinogen by WHO,
Meat isn't - some meat products are and excess red meat probably.
Poultry definitely isn't and fish reduces the chances of cancer.

BlackPrince

1,271 posts

169 months

Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Graveworm said:
Meat isn't - some meat products are and excess red meat probably.
Poultry definitely isn't and fish reduces the chances of cancer.
You're right that poultry hasn't been demonstrated to increase cancer risk, but there is very limited evidence that fish decreases the risk of cancer. What has been demonstrated for decades however is that certain types of salted fish increase the risk for nasopharyngeal cancer.

Gary C

12,441 posts

179 months

Tuesday 10th September 2019
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GO AWAY !

This is the Lewis love in, not veggie today

wink

JayK12

2,324 posts

202 months

Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Gary C said:
GO AWAY !

wink
Agreed, lets debate food in an F1 drivers thread ffs.

Lewis didn't seem very happy in the press conference.

37chevy

3,280 posts

156 months

Tuesday 10th September 2019
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JayK12 said:
Agreed, lets debate food in an F1 drivers thread ffs.

Lewis didn't seem very happy in the press conference.
Really? Thought he seemed pretty chilled tbh

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