I'm 34 and Dale Earnhardt and rusty Wallace were my NASCAR heroes. Watched them battle with my dad when I was like 5 years old. It's probably a stunt but it's not impossible to have someone as a hero in your sport at that age
F1 2021 Season
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
What an odd take.
Is it? I remember feck all from what I watched when I was that age.
I mean of all things to criticise the bloke, and this is the hot take on Hamilton at the moment. Just seems very odd thing to be concerned about.
Engine penalty for Hamilton, 5 place grid drop for Sunday. Should spice up the action.
Lewis Hamilton to take five-place grid penalty for Sao Paulo GP as Mercedes confirm new engine
9 years old I was running around in adidas predators, demanding to wear the number 7 for our school and club. I was devastated after France 98, when I was…9 years old. I still have the Panini sticker book that I scribbled all across in black marker because I hated Simeone so much. So yeah, if Beckham died I’d probably remember it
That said, I have no idea how interested he was in Senna at the time.
Why didn't they change the complete engine back in Turkey, seems like a really dumb mistake now.
They have changed the ICE in Turkey, same component changed now, its his 5th engine.
They are really revving these units out it seems.
I was 6 when Senna died and I still remember my older brother coming to the dinner table with the news (telling my dad after having heard it from TV that evening). It's not Hamilton's fault other mothers drop their babies on their heads
They have admitted there is a problem with the engine this season, reliability is way down, sure have read some sort of production problem
Be that as it may, the client teams seem to not have it ? Probably they are using the absolute highest performance mode, which comes with the expected risks.
I think your right, first season they have had to run a max power for so long.
Other Merc engine teams have had penalties also for extra engines
There's a lot of Senna interviews in English where he talks about life and motivation and such. So despite him having passed when Hamilton was so young, there's a lot of opportunities to get insight into Senna's personality and thinking. I know because Senna was also my childhood hero (was 6 when he died), and I know about his life and personality from things I watched and read much after his death.
About Senna and difficulties, even as a fan I know that he was the main promotor of these perceived difficulties. That Suzuka 1989 decision to disqualify him from the race was a travesty, but besides that he faced about the same challenges and odds as any other F1 driver.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff explains why Hamilton has taken a five-place grid penalty in Brazil, saying: "We feel we can score more points.
"We have degradation on the engine. Until the end of the season it’s just going to continue to decrease in power and we haven’t yet realised why that is. We’re just seeing it creep down."
"We have degradation on the engine. Until the end of the season it’s just going to continue to decrease in power and we haven’t yet realised why that is. We’re just seeing it creep down."
Brazil GP FP1 Timings
it seems this way. Williams/Mclaren/Aston Martin haven't had the same issues.
I'd imagine they're just running it at 100% power to keep up with Red Bull and it's caught up with them.
If you can't remember things from 9 years old i'd seriously worry about you
He was into racing from a very young age thanks to his dad, i'd say there's a very good chance his Dad loved Senna and passed that on too.
I'm younger than Hamilton and I can remember the moment he died. Luckily I wasn't watching at the time but running around with my cousins. I can remember my whole family shocked, was surreal. I'd never known anything to effect them like that before.
Brazil GP Qualifying
Lots of activity round Perez's car , he might have a problem.
Seems like it might rain, may get interesting this.
Lewis is flying in Q1, but expected with a new engine.
KNOCKED OUT IN Q1
16) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
17) Nicholas Latifi, Williams
18) George Russell, Williams
19) MIck Schumacher, Haas
20) NIkita Mazepin, Haas
16) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
17) Nicholas Latifi, Williams
18) George Russell, Williams
19) MIck Schumacher, Haas
20) NIkita Mazepin, Haas
I remember watching F1 when I was 9. It is perfectly feasible.
I wonder how much this poor engine wear has impacted his title challenge.
It could've handed Red Bull the title over the course of the season.
Plus Lewis was karting at a reasonable level and wining races by the time he was 8... was the youngest junior karting champ at 10 so I find it perfectly plausible that in his earliest years Senna was an idol ... and Lewis at 8 or 9 I'm guessing had as good an understanding of racing lines and car control as moat people a hell of a lot older
Lewis had a fast lap deleted due track limits
And went on to deliver two more fastest laps, smoking Bottas and Verstappen so far
I missed those, watching and working, he is looking very fast.
OUT IN Q2
11) Esteban Ocon, Alpine
12) Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin
13) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri
14) Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo
15) Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo
11) Esteban Ocon, Alpine
12) Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin
13) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri
14) Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo
15) Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo
Mazepin a bit emotional. Wonder if he is being dropped next year
Horner remains concerned with how far Verstappen is behind Hamilton, stating: “It’s a big margin to Lewis at the moment.
“He had a good tow on that last lap so that was probably optimum, but that’s going to be very, very tough to beat in Q3.”
“He had a good tow on that last lap so that was probably optimum, but that’s going to be very, very tough to beat in Q3.”
Not sure if it's the new engine, but Lewis is absolutely flying
It could be , I was expecting the Red Bulls to be the ones to beat.
Lewis beats Max by more than 0.4s
Either Bottas is useless or his engine is suffering from the wear and decreased performance that Hamiltons was before the change?
Probably has more power yeah, but he drove well nonetheless.
That was easy for Lewis, he has been fastest in every session so far.
Bottas is usually pretty good in qualifying. He can drive fast, but he can't race.
It’s just insane how well Lewis & Max drive as compared to their teammates
Absolute bots.