Comments on: Untouchable Hamilton claims Abu Dhabi pole (Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying)

By: antonyob

antonyob — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:52:34 +0000

youve definitely been to Spa then !! In the top 1 experiences of my life going to Spa last year despite being pi*sed on all weekend, seeing Lewis disqualified and being stopped by Belgium Wombles doing 120mph!!

By: AP

AP — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:46:43 +0000

they already do LOL

dont let the rose colour glass fool you Macc fans….

why you would say LH is title favorite for 2010 is beyond me..they will have no kers next year, and have to find that pace in the car alone with no artificial power boost.
Being an evolution year updating the car to the end of the season like RBR wont hurt them 1 little bit…it’s no different than post season testing. And then consider Ferrari stopped working on the car months ago and still be a stable contender.
Mclaren have to prove they can not only fix their aero blunders, of 09 but improve the car the most out of all the teams on the grid. If you were to take the kers of the car right now they would be dead last on the grid

By: Maksutov

Maksutov — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:39:56 +0000

Yeah , I agree,.. I have no doubt Kovy was given equal opportunity on many many occasions and as we saw simply could not keep up ..

This is why I said it was interesting comments, because to me his comments are a little uncalled for, especially now. It is now more likely that he may not be with McLaren in 2010…

By: Maksutov

Maksutov — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:30:29 +0000

yeah I agree. There is no doubt he underperformed… As everyone says above it is likely his future with the team has been decided

By: Maksutov

Maksutov — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:25:21 +0000

yep I agree

By: wasiF1

wasiF1 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:41:35 +0000

Both Red Bull said they were surprised about Hamilton’s pace,well the difference is Hamilton is having Mercedes engine & KERS where they have Renault.

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:02:31 +0000

I thought it was just me. Absolutely agree. Vulgar, tasteless display of abject wealth. Of course Bernie and Co. are pocketing heavily from these soulless billionaires parties.
I really didn’t get why the commentators throughout were cooing about the amazing architecture and fabulous location. But of course they are no doubt staying (on the house) in 7 star hotels with gold lined toilet basins and diamond encrusted loo brush’s.
Give me a muddy knoll, chips with mayo and a contingent of F1 fanatics at Spa any day.

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:50:46 +0000

What an absolute load of rubbish you talk.

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:49:03 +0000

Yeah so many problems that he only picked up a couple of WDC’s.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:02:58 +0000

What is that one supposed to show?

By: Willian

Willian — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:39:26 +0000

Really! I remember a race that Hakkinen had breaking down on the last lap.

By: HounslowBusGarage

HounslowBusGarage — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:39:00 +0000

Sorry Brandz. You’re the numpty, Sato113 is refering to the erroneous description in Keith’s article as “5. Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes – 1′41.892″.
Gosh, it’s horrible to have to explain a joke.

By: Oasis

Oasis — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:42:49 +0000

Everytime there’s a Finn driving a McLaren he’s always the unlucky one. Raikkonen’s car was always breaking down…Häkkinen had a lot of problems as well.

By: antonyob

antonyob — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:53:38 +0000

Obscene circuit, really quite vulgar but hay since when did 79 yr olds have a handle on taste.

Lewis has really matured this season and hes still frighteningly quick but without the hot head streak. Should be fireworks next season, i think this is officially a new “classic era”. Not since Prost, Senna, Mansell have we had such a strong driver line up with Alonso, Lewis, Vettel closely tracked by Kimi,Button, Webber, Massa.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:24:59 +0000

Intersting comments? It’s not like McLaren was hiding the fact that they put the new upgrades on their point scoreing driver’s car first. Nor that he sometimes was fasted after “fuel correction”.

What is interesting maybe is that he now tries to hide behind these facts to excuse his poor performance.

By: Willian Ceolin

Willian Ceolin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:10:11 +0000

Do you like pictures? Look this:
http://www.corridadeformula1.com/wp-content/gallery/gp-do-brasil/webber_hamilton_br_09.jpg

By: Austin

Austin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:39:20 +0000

No refueling during race only. Qualifying will be low fuel, fill it up for 2 or 3 laps then back in the garage. From my experience of low fuel qualifying, the fast cars usually stay in the garage until the final moments, so the fast cars will usually be at the front. For the race, they will start slow in a procession with full tanks, then get faster at about 3 quarters of the race distance then its a sprint to the end.

By: mp4-19b

mp4-19b — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:20:07 +0000

Found this picture on Willian’s blog. It tell us a story!

http://www.corridadeformula1.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hamilton_pole_abu_dhabi2.jpg

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:55:30 +0000

Indeed. I just wish that Hamilton would shut him up about that nonsense and explain to young Vettel that he (Hamilton) would have been WDC had he been fortunate enough to drive in that Red Bull being the fastest car.

By: LAK

LAK — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:54:14 +0000

It is quite sad to see him perform so poorly.. We know he can do it, but does he? Even though the team prefers Hamilton as he says, there is a huge difference between Hamilton and him.. Did Kovalainen speak up because he is leaving the team? With Kimi saying that he wants to be in a winning team, I guess he’s taking his place.. Is this the end for Kovy in F1, it will be sad if it is.. He seems to be promising sometimes but not consistent enough to support a winning team..