Formula 1 World Championship 2017

[Xanjori]

That was a very one sided qualify. Bit surprised to see a gap that big to the Ferraris.

[Eleccybubb]

That was a very one sided qualify. Bit surprised to see a gap that big to the Ferraris.

Yup. Hope this doesn't continue and just end up being Mercedes domination from this point. The whole hype of this season was Ferrari finally taking the fight to them.

[Puupi]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...rt-formula-one

No shit it's detrimental. Problem is Liberty have to deal with some of the mess Bernie created.

Really sad that it's Paywall only from 2019-2024. Sickened a bit too.

F1's went behind a paywall in Finland like 10 years ago. Before that, all Finns watched F1 on Sundays, it was like a national thing. Now it's a minority sport.

F1 had about 2 million viewers before paywall. Now it has like 200-300k.

[Eleccybubb]

Safety Car Simulator 2017....

Seriously for debris they could easily have done VSC.

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F1's went behind a paywall in Finland like 10 years ago. Before that, all Finns watched F1 on Sundays, it was like a national thing. Now it's a minority sport.

F1 had about 2 million viewers before paywall. Now it has like 200-300k.

It pisses me off. I don't want Sky. My only option is a Now TV pass which is stupidly priced. I don't understand why Liberty can't just get out of the contract. Surely there is a way them and Sky could work it out?

Also what the fuck was Hamilton doing? At that point surely he had pace control to not slow down and have Vettel go into him?

[Puupi]

Adebrisbaijan. funny race... not even half way through yet and everyone is crashing and the circuit is full of debris all the time.

[Eleccybubb]

Adebrisbaijan. funny race... not even half way through yet and everyone is crashing and the circuit is full of debris all the time.

Ironically last year was boring as hell.

[Puupi]

Ironically last year was boring as hell.

Yeah.

And now it's a red flag. Awesome.

[Eleccybubb]

Yeah.

And now it's a red flag. Awesome.

Should goddamn do something about Hamilton. Just watched it again and he should not have slowed down that hard. You do not Brake test someone under SC conditions. Pace control or not it's still under safety conditions.

[Deleted]

Clearly breaking (or rather not accelerating) to let the SC go up so they don't turn into it at 200mph. If anything Vettel needs to be DQed for intentionally ramming into LH, regardless if it was a love tap or not.

[Eleccybubb]

Clearly breaking to let the SC go up so they don't turn into it at 200mph. If anything Vettel needs to be DQed for intentionally ramming into LH, regardless if it was a love tap or not.

Yes but even under that conditions you don't do that. To be honest there is blame on both sides.

Vettel shouldn't have rammed into Hamilton and Hamilton should not have slowed down that hard.

[laffling]

So Vet will prob be in a lot of trouble for that shunt which is really stupid of him to do.

[Eleccybubb]

So Vet will prob be in a lot of trouble for that shunt which is really stupid of him to do.

Worst will be a reprimand. Probably a time penalty.

Under investigation now. That won't be a disqualification though. I think it's 3 major incidents before a disqualification. Unless it's severe. Britain 1994 for example with Schumacher although that Black Flag was partly down to team miscommunication because they apparently said it was a time penalty and not a stop/go.

[laffling]

Problem for Vet is that he cant really say he didn't do it on purpose with all the camera angles from the front.

[Eleccybubb]

Problem for Vet is that he cant really say he didn't do it on purpose with all the camera angles from the front.

Yeah as a Vettel fanboy that was no way an accident. Worst is a time penalty. Least is a reprimand or being called to the stewards post race and some penalty points.

I just think Hamilton as well went way too slow even for pace control. Yeah don't get everyone upto crazy speeds but don't throw them down to snails pace.

[laffling]

IMO the biggest shame for this race is when both force india's hit each other, i think they both could of had Vet.

[Eleccybubb]

IMO the biggest shame for this race is when both force india's hit each othe,r i think they both could of had Vet.

I think on the restart there was a chance but had Vettel pulled away I don't think so.

Personally I'm not a fan of Perez atm after Canada. Should have let Ocon have a chance. The way Ocon handled it in interviews though really shows the maturity of some of the younger drivers entering F1. He admitted he wasn't happy but he didn't lose his cool or go on the offensive towards Perez.

[Vestig3]

I dont applaud what Vettel did but i would have prob did the same thing because what Hamilton did was stupid you dont break after a turn.

[laffling]

Vet did have damage so might of been enough for them to get him but who knows they both fucked that up.

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Cheeky or daft from Hamilton but plain petulant from Vettel.

Should be a penalty for that.

[laffling]

Well from the look of the replays he didn't actually brake but he didn't really accelerate either.