F1 Hockenheim, Team Orders?

F1 Hockenheim, Team Orders?

by Chris on Jul.25, 2010, under Uncategorized

I am so glad that Ferrari is back on the podium, even the team orders for Massa to allow Alonso through into the lead does not negate the results. Would I rather see the two Ferrari’s battle it out? yes! absolutly but I would also not like to see them do what Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber did in Turkey. Sorry I go with Ferrari’s decision, they are back in front without racing one another but finished this race in tact and with 1st and 2nd place drivers and constructors points. This is prime!
I would not  like to see this for the rest of the year but the end result must be that the Team wins and if Eddie Jordan, whom I agree with most of the time admits to it, he would have done the same and he did. Come on!!!! they use to change drivers and cars in 1957 to win constructors championships and drivers championship.. I suppose Murray Walker and others may differ but this is about the win for the team first and foremost.
Alonso was faster and it was clear Massa held Alonso up and Sebastian Vettel was getting closer. This is a known strategy by drivers to back one up into a another’s competitors grasp and then steam away and win. We have a Constructors Championship in F1 and drivers championship comes second to the constructors championship. In this event Ferrari did the right thing and not get the cars to race one another but score points for the team and Massa admitted to this.
I think the racing is entering a new dimension with another challenger and should add to the spectator value in the future. I would like to take a bet and say that we will see an increase in viewers next weekend. By the way!!!!! Who looks at World Touring Car Championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talk about team orders come on! this is just another little podium Eddie Jordan wants to stand on.
Drop the rule of team orders and we might have better racing…………NOT!!!! Keep it as is but I would be willing to assist Ferrari to clear / cloud on how it is done.
You have to love David Coulthard for saying that we all know it is there and will never change and it is only the media that blow it to beyond what it is a Championship and the constructor builds the car not the driver.

F1 Hockenheim – Will German Drivers Rule?

by Chris on Jul.23, 2010, under F1

Both Sebastian Vettel and Michael are confident about the Hockenheim event and Michael admit that they have a “package” that do not perform as well as the Red Bull or even McLaren. He said he will fight for the 8th World Championship title in 2011 and Ross Brawn can deliver the goods as we have seen in the past. I wonder if the Schumacher critics will eat humble pie next year for saying he is too old for the game. Other German drivers that would like to perform well would be Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg, Nico Hulkenberg and Timo Glock.
I believe the fight for 2010 Drivers Championship will be between the four top runners with little to choose between Hamilton, Buttons, Webber and Vettel. I still say Sebastian Vettel will win the Championship in 2010. This will depend on Mark Webber getting his head out of you know where and drive for the Red Bull team not Mark Webber.
Harsh as this might be but I do believe Mark will be the one to stop Sebastian from reaching his goal at all cost even by undermining Sebastian on the track. As I have said before and I will stand by it, Mark does drive well and does earn the points he has at the moment but he should take lessons from the McLaren team and leave some leeway and space for Sebastian to race in. I believe he has cost Red Bull, Sebastian and himself points because of un-sportsman like behaviour.
Silverstone must be living proof that F1 cars can pass one another and it would have been a great race if the stewards and Nigel Mansell did not put their grubby paws in the pot and penalise Alonso for not giving a place back to Robert Kubica in a car that fell out of the race in any case and Robert Kubica even said on the team radio that he had car problems. The reality was that Alonso could have chased the leaders down and the Ferrari’s potential was proven by getting the fastest lap of the race at  1:30.874 which makes him the record holder for this circuit if I am not mistaken. Well I hope Hockenheim delivers as good a performance as we saw in Silverstone.