Wirth1000 posted:

Max/Red Bull WDC/WCC next season, book it.

GramCracker posted:

gently caress that

Wirth1000 posted:

Yes. gently caress it because they're gonna be loving you all next season.

Wirth1000 posted:

Congratulations to 2017 FIA Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Seems fake OP

Wirth1000 posted:

Some autist made an entire separate wiki page for Lewis' wins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_Grand_Prix_wins_by_Lewis_Hamilton

Wirth1000 posted:

I wonder how many of these guys read up on their own wikipedia pages.

Hexyflexy posted:

There are some confirmed posting on Reddit & the bloody autosport forums (though we don't know which), so of course they do.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Please stop posting about the MotoGP finale, which will be very bad as it is taking place on the worst racing circuit on earth, Valencia.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Please stop posting about the MotoGP finale, which will be very bad as it is taking place on the worst racing circuit on earth, Valencia.

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Human Grand Prix posted:

Losail?

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1500quidporsche posted:

This is what they call "fake news"". Marquez will crash out of the final race in the rain and Dovi will win and Purple Rain will start playing as he crosses the finish line and I will cry.

Powershift posted:

Even worse, someone did it for Vettel, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_Grand_Prix_wins_by_Sebastian_Vettel

Wirth1000 posted:

What?

Which driver posts on god drat reddit so I can hate them eternally? And who posts on the autosport forums??? Last one is just in general.

GramCracker posted:

Where’s the Nando one? Tia

iospace posted:

Only Lewis, Seb, Senna, and Schumi have lists.

Wirth1000 posted:

2017 - 4x

2018 - Nando gets an engine, wins every race. verstappen morphs into a real giant frog and eats the majority of f1 race drivers.

2019 - mankind is enslaved by computer algorithms. Wdc is decided by whoever gets most clicks on a whirlpool washing machine banner next to a picture of their genitalia.

2020 - Ice caps melt, the only habitable place left in the uk is Stevenage, where Hamilton gets shot in the last race of the season in the 250cc dune buggy/2 firearms or less category.

The stewards rule the shots were fired off the track, but no racing advantage was made, so no penalty.

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GramCracker posted:

Great post, mrfart

Pissflaps posted:

Hamilton will one day be recognised as the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time.

Pissflaps posted:

Hamilton will one day be recognised as the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time.

gret posted:

And that day is today.

quote:

Fernando Alonso believes newly-crowned Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton had it "too easy" on his way to the title in 2017.

Hamilton was embroiled in a close fight at the top of the standings with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel for much of the year - but as Vettel's championship challenge unraveled after the summer break, Hamilton romped to his fourth world title, sealing it at the Mexican Grand Prix with two races to spare.

Alonso feels that Hamilton did not have a particularly hard time en route to becoming champion this year, suggesting that the absence of former team-mate Nico Rosberg - who retired after beating Hamilton to the crown in 2016 - left him with a clear run at the championship.

"It was very easy this year, no opponents," Alonso said, adding that he hopes McLaren can offer stronger opposition next year when it switches from Honda to Renault engines.

"Last year he had Nico until the last race, fighting every single race.

"This year was too easy. Mercedes four races to the end constructors' champion, Hamilton three races before the end drivers' champion.

"Hopefully McLaren-Renault will change this easy time for them."

With Hamilton forced to fight his way through the pack after suffering a puncture on the opening lap, Alonso got to battle the Mercedes man for ninth place in the closing stages of the race.

He managed to keep Hamilton behind for several laps, but eventually had to yield.

"At the end with Hamilton, as soon as you start battling, you lack a bit of straightline speed," Alonso said.

"We tried to brake a little bit later every time, tried to defend the position but it was not possible."

Asked whether the late-race battle was a way of reminding Hamilton about himself, Alonso said: "I think he knows, he knows. He knows also how strong the McLaren car [is] in the corners, he saw also today.

"Next year hopefully we can give a little bit harder time to him."

Having started the Mexico race from 18th due to engine penalties, Alonso fought his way through the pack to finish 10th, scoring a point to bring his 2017 tally to 11.

"It was good - overall we start last, we finish in the points, which is a good target for us," he said.

"We had the speed all weekend, the car kept feeling very nice, very good handling, and good balance throughout the race.

"We lack a little bit of straightline speed to attack or defend, so we [were] stuck behind the Sauber [of Marcus Ericsson] for half the race and then we could not pass [Kevin] Magnussen.

"And we are very vulnerable when we are in front of people."

Wirth1000 posted:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/132748/hamilton-had-it-too-easy-in-2017--alonso

Oh, Lewis would have had a ton of work to do if it wasn't for Ferrari helping him out by imploding and Vettel's impotent rage at the starts.

GramCracker posted:

Nando is going to gently caress his poo poo up with a competent car

GramCracker posted:

Nando is going to gently caress his poo poo up with a competent car