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Come on vettell. Nice and steady. Don't do anything daft.
Don't do anything daft.
Bit late for that...
He's still in it. Lets hope that's his brainfart done for the day.
Perez in Hamo out
Class signing. 😆
Regretting it yet?
Home made cookies... yum... just out of the oven...
Have we ever seen the SC spin off? 😈
Have we ever seen the SC spin off?
It very nearly got taken out by a F1 car going very fast backwards a few years back in that crazy race in Hungary I think
It's had a door pranged:
What is Webber up to!!!!! Why challenge your team mate at the re-start?
It's had a door pranged:
That looks like the medical car
Why challenge your team mate at the re-start?
Because his team mate is a [img] 
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What is Webber up to!!!!! Why challenge your team mate at the re-start?
You could see the moment where Webber realised whom he was about to squeeze!
It's had a door pranged:
I've just watched that. I was thinking more about the pressure from the drivers complaining about going too slow and forcing an error. 😕
Go Alo!!
It's getting boring this - I'm about to go to the loo, so I suspect there'll be some excitement...
Interlagos Drift.
Love Kimi's scenic route!
Ha ha go raikonnen!
oh dear
Noooooooooooooo!
FFS!
Alonso second and Vettel where?
& it's all changed again!!
You couldn't make this up!
Not sure I can remember a more exciting race. In fact, forget that, I can't.
Title race back on! Shades of 2007/8 all over
gutted for Lewis....
Great race, constant excitement...
I'm knackered.
If Schumacher lets Vettel through, then he won't be my favorite anymore. Not that he'll care, of course!
So Webber could unexplicably slow down and Schumi could step aside... job done..
Yeah !
🙁
Great sportsmanship, Schumy is such a gent. Nice to see that he recognises that as an old boy he can't cut it with these young guns anymore.
Webber in fourth is Vettel's ace in the hole, should button fall off the road..
Would he have been blue flagged anyway... ?
no, it was for position
Would he have been blue flagged anyway... ?
No because it was for position, not being lapped
Yep, that makes sense...
A shame it ends with a safety car, but still, incredible!
Yep, not the way to finish
I'm just waiting for the Mclaren to disappear in a huge ball of flames (Button to be OK, of course).
Pants! but well done finger boy
Alonso for the nearly world champion... doesn't look too happy...
What a season.
Who said F1 was boring?
Well done Vettel.
Unlucky Alonso. 🙁
And of course well done button
The win to he who plays clean.
Who's taking over from Jake then?
Dunno/don't care. Been watching on sky all season, impressed with what they've done
Excellent!
Best man won. Well done vettell.
Vettells missus 8)
Vettells missus
I wonder what she sees in him?
congrats Vettel. great race to end one! Alonso drove his guts out all season.
BBC coverage what a pile of self-bloated crap - forget the musical interludes, slow mo's and all that sh**. and sack Eddie and Coulthard, and just give us full season live races.....
Hamilton would have walked that championship with more reliability/luck.
I'd rather listen to Coulthard than Brundle, Jordan's guaranteed value for money too. When can the Beeb get the full seaon back?
Hamilton would have walked that championship with more reliability/luck.
I disagree, it would have been Alonso's if he'd scored more points.
>>Hamilton would have walked that championship with more reliability/luck.
Alonso?
Hamilton would have won if theyd employed ANYONE from all the other teams to staff their pitcrew and a team principle who knew what to do.
Contract negotiations?
They actually said 'its a recession/he must understand this'.
Fast forward they sign someone who cant drive. Look at post Mika though.McLaren are the next Williams. A nowhere team.
Excellent coverage from Sky in their first year. Loved every minute of it.
Roll on next year!
Excellent coverage from Sky in their first year. Loved every minute of it.
Roll on next year!
Did I see at the end that all races are live on the Beeb next season?
>>Did I see at the end that all races are live on the Beeb next season?
no the exact words were :
"see australia live next year and the entire season will be covered by the bbc"
this bbc/sky rights is tied up until 2016 i believe.
interesting , webber is no where to be seen....
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Karma exists! In the result of the race and the WC. Well done JB and Vettel. Bad luck Lewis but you wrote yourself out of a fairy tale ending. And the guys who bent the rule to their limit/cheated were teased right to the end. How fitting!
I'd love the BBC to get the full rights to show every race again.
Unfortunately it seems like that won't happen for a while.
In the meantime, Sky have been great - especially with all the extra coverage of Practice etc.
Crofty and Brundle and Ted provide the best commentary I've ever experienced in F1.
Crofty and Brundle and Ted provide the best commentary I've ever experienced in F1.
Murray?
Murray?
He wasn't that good TBH, just a character
Love Ted's input on the Sky team, his opposite number on the beeb [Gary Anderson] doesn't really do it IMO, great technical experience but just not delivered well.
i'd love it if in 2013 someone at the back does a Brawn and produces a Caterham or Murissia that wins the title 😉
Bad luck Lewis but you wrote yourself out of a fairy tale ending.
Meaning? Lewis was taken out through no fault of his own.
i'd love it if in 2013 someone at the back does a Brawn and produces a Caterham or Murissia that wins the title
That won't happen - the only reason Brawn did it was because they rose from the ashes of a massive rule change & the r&d Honda had put in the year before in preparation before spectacularly pulling out of F1.
Mikey - I was referring to the karma with Hamilton, not the incident itself.
Mikey - I was referring to the karma with Hamilton, not the incident itself.
What he's done wrong to deserve the bad karma? If it wasn't for reliability & the team letting him down he'd've been right up there in the championship mix
How come nothing happened with vettel passing kobyashi(sp?) under yellows?
How come nothing happened with vettel passing kobyashi(sp?) under yellows?
It wasn't yellows apparently, the FIA confirmed yellow/red
I was at my inlays this weekend who have sky. Funny thing is I decided to watch it on the beeb, I think they have done F1 proud over the past few years and really should not have let it go the way they did.
This will probably be the last few years F1 will ever be one council telly.
Love Ted's input on the Sky team, his opposite number on the beeb [Gary Anderson] doesn't really do it IMO, great technical experience but just not delivered well.
But Ted is just a TV pundit, at least Gary Anderson is actually someone who has worked in F1, designed race-winning cars and has some insight. Ted is a good journalist but still just someone who writes about people like Gary. That said, not watched Sky F1 so maybe I'm wrong
As I said Gary Anderson has great technical knowledge [no doubt EJ got him the gig] but I don't think he delivers it well.
would not surprise me if BBC cut right back now on the coverage and just get 15mins before race/qualy and post race/qualy on the ones they cover.
I would be more than happy with that! I never sit through the full hour build-up anymore
I do wonder how the beeb justify some of the resource they use
10 o'clock news last night they had a man reporting on the race, from the track in Sao Paulo.
They didn't bother with the journo's they had out there for the race coverage, they had someone totally different doing it.
but I don't think he delivers it well.
i've really enjoyed garys imputs - he can break it down very quickly into simple terms and quite funny seeing sky having all the fancy graphics, but not really getting the explination across when compared to gary with a photo print out and a marker pen.
I think Anderson's imput is fantastic. He knows his onions from the ground up, has a wealth of experience and above all, doesn't go for the flavour of the day business bullsh1t sayings. He's clear, knowledgable, credible and adds clarity to the coverage in an interesting/entertaining way. (btw, he's not a family member 🙂 )
What more can you ask from him? At least he's not superficial Jake or idiotic Eddie....
IMO Anderson is a real find for the BBC. Eg - Kravitz spots a new front wing, talks to someone at the team and then reports whatever they told him about it. Anderson looks at a new front wing and works out what the changes are trying to do, reports that and also discusses the strengths and weaknesses of that particular solution. He may not have Ted's clear diction but the content is untouchable. If you've had a chance to listen to him during the free practice coverage then his insight and comment there is fantastic - he gets a bit more air time than during the race coverage.
As for the Beeb cutting F1 - it's still a massive audience for them on a Sunday afternoon, they sell their coverage to umpteen different countries who still take every race live so the BBC team needs to be there. Also AIUI the biggest cost was the levy to Bernie rather than the cost of filming their bits in the pit lane, so the deal with Sky has taken a huge lump sum out of their budget. You'd hope that whoever then signed up to this deal to 2018 got some sort of sign off on the costs before they went public and announced the 'live F1 continues to 2018' news.
Continued 'free' coverage beyond 2018 will depend on the new Concorde agreement as much as anything else - whether the teams (& their sponsors) decide that it's in their commercial interests to have live races seen by the largest audience or to lose exposure in lieu of cash from a pay TV deal. Sadly the fans will always come 2nd to their ability to generate income and continue racing.