2015 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix

[M_Six]

Wish we could see more of it. Vettel goes from 5th to 3rd during a commercial and they don't show the replay (yet) and then we have to leave the race to see Matchett's aero piece.

[Jenya B]

3rd time World Champion !!! Bravo



p.s. Alonso is crying in da cockpit .

[M_Six]

Kudos to HAM and Mercedes.

Pop Quiz: How old is Max Verstappen?

[Jenya B]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Kudos to HAM and Mercedes.

Pop Quiz: How old is Max Verstappen?

18 already , but still no alcohol allowed , weed only

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Kudos to HAM and Mercedes.

Pop Quiz: How old is Max Verstappen?

The Belgian Max Verstappen (The rain man) became 18 a couple of weeks ago .
Before he drove without driver license in F1 and now he passed here the exam and got it .

His comment the day after in the Belgian newspaper was like...
Max said => A driver license means nothing to me because..." I'm born to race "

And probably he is one of the most talented F1 drivers in the world .
Today he was on place 4 and hope one day he can get a good car.....Not bad at all for the young Belgian !

[E9TOU]

After such poor conditions and disappointing action, I'm glad the spectators got to see what is probably the best race of 2015 so far.

Congrats to Lewis! A well deserved victory and championship. And huge thumbs down to Nico for poor sportsmanship in the post-race events. Can't believe he threw the hat back to Hamilton. Yes, he was pushed wide at the start but he lost the race all on his own.

[E46M3forRay]

Nico threw the hat back to Lewis

[E92inNC]

Congrats to HAM.

Hopefully next year Ferrari and Red Bull will be better and make it a more exciting three horse race til the end. Also hoping RB will get the engine situation sorted out.

Tifosi nation

[overcoil]

Originally Posted by E9TOU

After such poor conditions and disappointing action, I'm glad the spectators got to see what is probably the best race of 2015 so far.

Congrats to Lewis! A well deserved victory and championship. And huge thumbs down to Nico for poor sportsmanship in the post-race events. Can't believe he threw the hat back to Hamilton. Yes, he was pushed wide at the start but he lost the race all on his own.

seemed like Hamilton was the poor sportsman, that start would have been a low move to pull on another team but on a teammate it was crack low.

[hellrotm]

Originally Posted by E46M3forRay

Nico threw the hat back to Lewis

Did you see Paddy Lowe give Nico the death stare after he saw him throw the hat?

[hellrotm]

Originally Posted by ScottSinger

seemed like Hamilton was the poor sportsman, that start would have been a low move to pull on another team but on a teammate it was crack low.

Poor sportsman?...lol. Typical Lewis hater point of view. That is racing. Lewis got a better start and did what he had to do. He was trying to lock up a championship. If Vettel made a move like that, people would be saying it was the best move of the year.

Nico is the poor sportsman acting like a little b*tch after the race.

I keep trying to give Nico the benefit of the doubt as a fan. But he keeps acting like this after races, just going to have to give up on him.

[hellrotm]

Originally Posted by E9TOU

After such poor conditions and disappointing action, I'm glad the spectators got to see what is probably the best race of 2015 so far.

I was at the race. Cold, windy, wet, muddy...but well worth it. Action packed race from start to finish.

[solstice]

Loved it, start to finish.

[NickyC]

I think Nico's attitude was great. The hell with the PC and the hell with the Ra-Ra Hammy nonsense. What sports need are rivalries, not some BS everybody loves everybody lets swordfight with our wangs after the race.

The great sports figures in history all had rivals. Senna/Prost, Schumi/Mika/McLaren, Bird/Magic, Jordan/The entire teams of the Knicks/Pistons, Ali/Frazier, on and on.

I've thought for the longest time Nico was too nice, too much of a gentleman. Hopefully now he'll get pissed off, realize the window of opportunity in his career is closing, and punt Hamilton off the track the first chance he gets.

[DaBean]

First off, congrats to Lewis Hamilton!! Well-deserved for a dominant 2015 performance.

Originally Posted by NickyC

I've thought for the longest time Nico was too nice, too much of a gentleman. Hopefully now he'll get pissed off, realize the window of opportunity in his career is closing, and punt Hamilton off the track the first chance he gets.

I think Nico's grown this year. Last year, he acted like a spoiled brat, with comments like "next week we'll be back on the top spot, where we should be".

That being said, I think he was the better driver today, with a questionable move by Hamilton at the beginning (who claims it was an accident - perhaps - definitely more so than at Spa last year) and an unfortunate unforced error. He should have dominated this race from start to finish. I guess you can call it bad luck... but this seems to happen to him a lot, so is it truly just bad luck

Either way, he'll come back stronger next year, and with Ferrari hopefully more in the mix we're in for a better season

[SenorFunkyPants]

Easily the best race of the year...Austin is fast become one of my very favourite tracks despite Tilke having a say in its layout. Lucky win for Lewis given the way the race played out especially with the pit stops but he won with good grace and well deserved the DWC.

Bit disappointed with Nico, been a bit of a fan for ages but his poor attitude is beginning to grate now. He is a very fast driver, only a little behind LH so it was really unfortunate for him that Merc signed up LH just as the team was coming on strong otherwise it could well have been Nico with 2 DWCs at Merc.

[overcoil]

Originally Posted by BlackJetE90

Poor sportsman?...lol. Typical Lewis hater point of view. That is racing. Lewis got a better start and did what he had to do. He was trying to lock up a championship. If Vettel made a move like that, people would be saying it was the best move of the year.

Nico is the poor sportsman acting like a little b*tch after the race.

I keep trying to give Nico the benefit of the doubt as a fan. But he keeps acting like this after races, just going to have to give up on him.

I'm not a Hamilton hater.
It's one thing if a car is slowing your lap times, or even if you can make a case for impeding (Rossi vs. Marquez), but on a pole sitter in first turn - you don't contact if there is a chance for a contest.
This isn't Senna when they inexplicably gave Prost an unusual clean side if the track for the start, this was Schumacher knocking out Hill after the Ferrari ricochets back on the track after a self-inflicted off.

[URBAN LEGEND]

I don't see how that was the best race of the year at all.

All my opinion. Motogp Phillip Island from last week? Oh yeah.

[SenorFunkyPants]

Best non F1 race - the last BTCC race at Brands.

[thebishman]

Originally Posted by ScottSinger

I'm not a Hamilton hater.
It's one thing if a car is slowing your lap times, or even if you can make a case for impeding (Rossi vs. Marquez), but on a pole sitter in first turn - you don't contact if there is a chance for a contest.
This isn't Senna when they inexplicably gave Prost an unusual clean side if the track for the start, this was Schumacher knocking out Hill after the Ferrari ricochets back on the track after a self-inflicted off.

Watch the start again. Lewis had a much better start than Rosberg and had the inside line into the first corner. Conditions were super wet and he ended up under steering and ran wide, which forced Rosberg to go wide to avoid an incident. There is no way a man driving for the WDC would threaten his chances of locking it up at this race by deliberately risking a major incident just to get the lead in the first corner!

Bottom line: Hamilton is a much better driver than Rosberg, who let's face it is and was a spoiled brat. I'm sick of him and his wasted talent. He should take some of that 'anger' that he is so full of on the podium and channel it to actually beat Hamilton on track. Except he can't.

Bish

[overcoil]

^^^^ Bish I think Hamilton is good enough to bump a car off and not damage his own car, and the strategy is even if he damaged his own car this race doesn't require a win. I can't believe with the capability of the fresh tires along with his talent he inadvertently understeered into his teammate.
Rosberg was quick this wknd and that lap one tap was either brilliant strategy or a 'dick' move.

[jonasaurus]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

His comment the day after in the Belgian newspaper was like...
Max said => A driver license means nothing to me because..." I'm born to race "

Bit of a cheesy thing to say but for sure the kid is talented!

I thought HAM deserved to win the WDC given he has totally outclassed ROS the whole season, let's hope for 2016 season for Ferrari and the others to close the gap to Mercedes.