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[Martin_1962]

Well done to McClaren

1 & 2 top of constructors and top two drivers

[Banjax]

and a great race to boot 

[albitz]

I see Scumacher is back to his old tricks, anyone who tried to pass him got shoved off the track.Even Martin Brundle - a man not usually given to wild/rash outbursts - said his driving was appalling.
Hopefully he will soon retire in disgrace.

[Banjax]

I see Scumacher is back to his old tricks, anyone who tried to pass him got shoved off the track.Even Martin Brundle - a man not usually given to wild/rash outbursts - said his driving was appalling.
Hopefully he will soon retire in disgrace.

he uses every trick in the book (and a few outside), but then humility, grace and fair play were never his strong suit in his heyday either 

[albitz]

Should have been banned a long time ago, I dont know if its obvious but I detest him, really really detest him.

[Banjax]

Should have been banned a long time ago, I dont know if its obvious but I detest him, really really detest him.

and yet he speaks so highly of you, Albs 

[albitz]

To make matters worse he was doing this on the circuit Gilles Villenueve - a man who epitomised sportsmanship and fair play.
Alan Jones once said of him "he was the hardest craziest little b*stard who ever sat in an F1 car, he wouldnt give you an inch that wasnt yours, but he would also never take an inch that wasnt his". A million miles away from that hateful dangerous cheat. Did I mention I dont like him ?

[Nickbat]

An excellent race and a good day for F1. Great to see some wheel-to-wheel action, again!

Schumacher was humiliated, IMHO. He should never have returned to the sport.

[Banjax]

To make matters worse he was doing this on the circuit Gilles Villenueve - a man who epitomised sportsmanship and fair play.
Alan Jones once said of him "he was the hardest craziest little b*stard who ever sat in an F1 car, he wouldnt give you an inch that wasnt yours, but he would also never take an inch that wasnt his". A million miles away from that hateful dangerous cheat. Did I mention I dont like him ?

fair point, martin brundle made the comment that if schumacher was a rookie driver and raced like that in his first grand prix - we'd all be saying "this guys not ready for F1 - the worst race i've ever seen him have"


- he was pretty disgraceful today 

[TheBoy]

I see Scumacher is back to his old tricks, anyone who tried to pass him got shoved off the track.Even Martin Brundle - a man not usually given to wild/rash outbursts - said his driving was appalling.
Hopefully he will soon retire in disgrace.

Errr, I seem to recall Brundle being the quick witted, cynical, sarcastic one of the pair when he was with Murray Walker - back in the days when it was worth watching?

As for Schumacher's tricks, I didn't see the race (I had to watch some paint dry), but sounded like it added some excitement to the world's dullest motorsport event...

[Chris_H]

Stupidly, the reason it was not a procession may have been that many expected a safety car and it was withheld.

Hopefully it has put to bed the argument that they don't put enough fuel in to race to the end.

There were some good passes and I enjoyed it.

[Dishevelled Den]

I suppose technology and the safety culture have both been responsible for making this a safer - if less exciting - sport



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[TheBoy]

Stupidly, the reason it was not a procession may have been that many expected a safety car and it was withheld.

Hopefully it has put to bed the argument that they don't put enough fuel in to race to the end.

There were some good passes and I enjoyed it.

Not sure if track has changed much since I last watched one, but that used to be one of the easier cicuits for overtaking?

[bob.dent]

Well, despite the comments by our resident F1 hater (sorry TB, you know I luv ya really!   ) I thought it was a fantastic race from beginning to end with some excellent racing and overtaking. A superb one two for the British pair. It seems that Red Bull's dominance has been broken for now and if it hadn't been for the odd reliability issues (and that includes their drivers after their fiasco in the Turkish grand prix. ) they would probably be way ahead in the championship now.

[Chris_H]

I suppose technology and the safety culture have both been responsible for making this a safer - if less exciting - sport



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I'm not at all sure that safety aspirations are the reason for lack of overtakes.  Building safe cars that go fast is one of the major ways in which F1 (and motorsport generally) can help with our everyday lives.

The two main reasons are cars that are similar in performance and their fragility.  Nobody (apart from Massa yesterday ) wants to wheel-bang because their delicate aero-packages get destroyed and nasty, sharp, hurty-bits get stuck in their little rubber tyres. (IMHO).

As for "When men were men", I hope you watched the IOM TT.  There are still men about in motorsport!