View Poll Results: Who will win?
Felipe Massa
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Romain Grosjean
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Paul di Resta
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Nico Hulkenburg
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Kamui Kobayashi
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Sergio Perez
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Daniel Ricciardo
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Jean-Eric Vergne
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Pastor Maldanodo
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Bruno Senna
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Vitali Petrov
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2012 Grand Prix of Bahrain
04-23-2012, 05:29 PM
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The anti-Alonso bias here is very, very strong. I know we had to suffer through the nonsense of A. Wayne and, yes, there are still some on here that have a large pro-Alonso bias (but then we all have our biases). However, to continually run the guy down over and over is a bit crazy IMO.
He is one of (if not THE) very best right now. He is in his prime and that win in Malaysia was a great example of a driver getting the maximum out of a car. I've always felt he is one of those guys that will find a way to win when given just a little chance. As far as "lack of character"... meh, I don't agree. If you pick and choose, you can make any one of these guys look like a hero or villian by focusing on and blowing up comments and incidents.
He is one of (if not THE) very best right now. He is in his prime and that win in Malaysia was a great example of a driver getting the maximum out of a car. I've always felt he is one of those guys that will find a way to win when given just a little chance. As far as "lack of character"... meh, I don't agree. If you pick and choose, you can make any one of these guys look like a hero or villian by focusing on and blowing up comments and incidents.
Please, continue ...
04-23-2012, 05:30 PM
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The anti-Alonso bias here is very, very strong. I know we had to suffer through the nonsense of A. Wayne and, yes, there are still some on here that have a large pro-Alonso bias (but then we all have our biases). However, to continually run the guy down over and over is a bit crazy IMO. He is one of (if not THE) very best right now. He is in his prime and that win in Malaysia was a great example of a driver getting the maximum out of a car. I've always felt he is one of those guys that will find a way to win when given just a little chance. As far as "lack of character"... meh, I don't agree. If you pick and choose, you can make any one of these guys look like a hero or villian by focusing on and blowing up comments and incidents.
All these guys are great drivers with enormous talent. Their desire to win can be misinterpreted as "lack of character". Schumi took advantage of Rubens moving over and was the king of the starting grid chop, Senna dispossed of Prost leading to championship and so on and so on.
04-23-2012, 05:33 PM
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I got one of three right. Once again Kimi did a great job.
04-23-2012, 05:36 PM
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Guys, I don't want to over simplify this, but a Mercedes powered car has never won a race at Bahrain since it's inception in 2004 -- never. With the utter dominance of MB powered cars this year throughout the entire podium, I thought it would be different, but the results don't lie as the top 4 cars were all Renaults. Odd given the long straights, but MBs just don't like that track.
Should be interesting to see what the teams bring out to the 1st in-season testing since the new rule came out. Three day testing next week May 1-3.
Should be interesting to see what the teams bring out to the 1st in-season testing since the new rule came out. Three day testing next week May 1-3.
04-23-2012, 05:59 PM
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Guys, I don't want to over simplify this, but a Mercedes powered car has never won a race at Bahrain since it's inception in 2004 -- never. With the utter dominance of MB powered cars this year throughout the entire podium, I thought it would be different, but the results don't lie as the top 4 cars were all Renaults. Odd given the long straights, but MBs just don't like that track.
Should be interesting to see what the teams bring out to the 1st in-season testing since the new rule came out. Three day testing next week May 1-3.
Should be interesting to see what the teams bring out to the 1st in-season testing since the new rule came out. Three day testing next week May 1-3.
Yes he did. He doesn't seem to have lost a step in the years he has been out.
I say GoPro. It will be my upgrade sometime before VIR. Good intergration with Traqmate.
