[Rick K]

Originally Posted by ausgeflippt951

Also what's with NBC Sports not showing the qualifying lap during the pre-race track analysis? I really like watching the full lap.

I miss this as well. Gotta believe NBC will bring it back at some point across the season. It was always my cue to stop FW'ing the DVR.

[racer]

My understanding was Varsha is contracted to speed... What with all those Barret Jackson auctions to cover afterall

I prefer Varsha over Diffey, but not sure how often he will be back.


On the otherhand about the Vettel/Webber thing.. Think back to the Senna/Prost days. Senna would have taken the position, won the race and likely a championship. Prost would have listened to orders and whined instead. Webber listened to orders. Vettel will likely be champion again. I don't like it, but at least it proves him hungry still to win. Its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission afterall.

[smdubovsky]

Originally Posted by John Clay

Non F1 guy here. Let me get this straight...

Driver championship is the LEAST important thing in F1. Drivers are NOT paid to win for themselves. They are paid to win for the team. F1 is more like chess.
#1 is constructors championship (and really #2 and #3)
#2 (distant) is drivers championship

[John Clay]

^^ That's silly. They shuld just make it like a relay race then.

[HoodPin]

Originally Posted by John Clay

^^ That's silly. They shuld just make it like a relay race then.

Each Team fields 2 cars. Then points are accummulated in 2 categories, Driver Championship and Constructor Championship. Driver's title is in name only. Driver is paid a base salary, plus bonuses, although endorsements, etc. can be lucrative. Each Constructor Championship is worth $$$$. 1st place for the season title is worth around $100 Million. So the Team is banking on Constructor points. 1st & 2nd place finish in a race is worth the same to the Team. But if the drivers decide to duke it out, and one DNF's due to gas or tires, or they take each other out in the process, it can be costly to the Team.

I'll admit, that Team orders can seem confounding or unfair at times. But that's what F1 is all about.

[ausgeflippt951]

Couple years ago Vettel actually did take out both he and Webber with a similar encounter.

[Dandelion]

Found this interesting .gif...



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[}{arlequin]

the longer I think about it the more I don't see why webber is bitching ab the outcome

he's out-qualified 9 out of 10 times. has driven for twice as long as vettel with only a handful of wins. and particularly in this instance obviously slower than vettel. face it, if it looks like a duck...

i mean, if he WAS faster, then he wouldn't have his team mate riding his ass for 5 laps. in addition, Lewis was coming up behind them. knowing that every point counts I would prefer to be in front instead of worrying whether hammy is gonna make last minute banzai dive bomb and either put me in third or worse, in the gravel

cant blame vettel for trying

[roundel]

Originally Posted by }{arlequin

the longer I think about it the more I don't see why Horner is bitching ab the outcome

I understand Weber, but not Horner. Sure the team is after the Constructors Championship, but they also want their driver to win the drivers' too. Does anyone really think that Weber has a snowballs chance of being ahead of Vettel at the end of the year? These 7 point could be crucial for Vettel's 4-peat.

I wonder if all the hand wringing is to make the fans think, "Those Redbull drivers are racers!!!111oneoneone"

[}{arlequin]

i dunno ab you guys, but for my money bahrain was one of the more interesting races that i recall... action all the way down to the last lap.