2015 Brazilian Grand Prix Discussion Thread

Post by **Londoner** » 11 Nov 2015, 19:32

Another Grand Prix, another worryingly predictable drama for Team Enstone. AMuS are reporting that they've been locked out of their pit garage and hospitality units again, due to unpaid bills.

Other than that, the weather's looking positively evil for qualifying on Saturday...

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 11 Nov 2015, 20:52

Lewis Hamilton apparently is pretty unwell, but expects to race. Pity, it'd be great to see a reserve driver given a chance of victory in their first race!

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 12 Nov 2015, 07:12

AustralianStig wrote:Lewis Hamilton apparently is pretty unwell, but expects to race. Pity, it'd be great to see a reserve driver given a chance of victory in their first race!

Pascal Wehrlein for the win, folks!

Post by **Nuppiz** » 12 Nov 2015, 10:14

HAMILTONWINSLOL... and then he throws up on the podium, right in the face of Nelson Piquet Sr. who will conduct the podium interviews.

Calling it now.

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 12 Nov 2015, 11:02

If weather.com's forecast are correct, sunday would see no rain. Scattered thunderstorms and isolated thunderstorms means it won't rain...... I use "Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace forecast" to be more specific on the results

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 12 Nov 2015, 11:10

Nuppiz wrote:HAMILTONWINSLOL... and then he throws up on the podium, right in the face of Nelson Piquet Sr. who will conduct the podium interviews.

Calling it now.

Nah mate, Nelson Piquet Jr. should do the podium interviews, to thunderous applause :deletraz:

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 12 Nov 2015, 12:57

Rob Dylan wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:HAMILTONWINSLOL... and then he throws up on the podium, right in the face of Nelson Piquet Sr. who will conduct the podium interviews.

Calling it now.

Nah mate, Nelson Piquet Jr. should do the podium interviews, to thunderous applause

Hopefully Rubens Barrichello does the interviews while Felipe Massa cracks jokes about his 3rd place finish.

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 12 Nov 2015, 14:38

I'm interested in Raikkonen and Bottas' little feud that's been brewing nicely the last few races

I want to see a Piquet-style martial-arts kicking after they collide during this weekend's race (they will).

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 13 Nov 2015, 16:42

Remember that iconic picture of Senna sat on the track behind his Lotus Renault which had broken down during testing?

Well...

Post by **Miguel98** » 13 Nov 2015, 20:03

Meanwhile, Ricciardo has a 10 place grid penalty for an engine change.. And claims the Renault power unit is still low on power.

And Bottas has a 3 place grid penalty for ignoring red flags after the McLelren stopped working on FP2.

Post by **Miguel98** » 14 Nov 2015, 16:11

Oh, Honda... :facepalm:

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 14 Nov 2015, 17:30

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 14 Nov 2015, 18:17

Nasr got a three-place grid penalty and two penalty points for impeding Massa.

Spectoremg · Post by **Spectoremg** » 14 Nov 2015, 18:32

Simtek wrote:Nasr got a three-place grid penalty and two penalty points for impeding Massa.

Thought he was a bit unlucky there - if he was winding up for a fast lap.

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 14 Nov 2015, 18:50

Simtek wrote:Nasr got a three-place grid penalty and two penalty points for impeding Massa.

And it was his best qualifying since Austria, 10 races ago!

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 14 Nov 2015, 19:07

AndreaModa wrote:Remember that iconic picture of Senna sat on the track behind his Lotus Renault which had broken down during testing?

Well...

And then he went and upped the ante...

Fetzie · Post by **Fetzie** » 14 Nov 2015, 20:06

At one point he was lying back with his feet resting on his helmet.

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 14 Nov 2015, 21:18

I'd laugh if Alonso gets more time sitting on various seats around the circuit than time in the car. If just for the hilarity of these pictures.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 15 Nov 2015, 00:02

I see our IRC channel has a number of Alonso meme pictures where his laid back pose has been photoshopped in a variety of situations. Since I was AFK for most of the evening could someone give me a full recap of them? If you feel like this thread is inappropriate, post them here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5047

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 15 Nov 2015, 00:20

Nuppiz wrote:I see our IRC channel has a number of Alonso meme pictures where his laid back pose has been photoshopped in a variety of situations. Since I was AFK for most of the evening could someone give me a full recap of them? If you feel like this thread is inappropriate, post them here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5047

Damn, the one day this week (well, yesterday too) I wasn't in the chatroom...

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 15 Nov 2015, 00:50

CoopsII wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:Remember that iconic picture of Senna sat on the track behind his Lotus Renault which had broken down during testing?

Well...

And then he went and upped the ante...

Post by **tommykl** » 15 Nov 2015, 10:17

Nuppiz wrote:I see our IRC channel has a number of Alonso meme pictures where his laid back pose has been photoshopped in a variety of situations. Since I was AFK for most of the evening could someone give me a full recap of them? If you feel like this thread is inappropriate, post them here: http://gprejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5047

https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe

You're welcome

Post by **Miguel98** » 15 Nov 2015, 14:46

Nuppiz wrote:I see our IRC channel has a number of Alonso meme pictures where his laid back pose has been photoshopped in a variety of situations. Since I was AFK for most of the evening could someone give me a full recap of them? If you feel like this thread is inappropriate, post them here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5047

Or, now with the full collection.. http://wtf1.co.uk/placesalonsowouldratherbe/

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 15 Nov 2015, 15:13

Miguel98 wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:I see our IRC channel has a number of Alonso meme pictures where his laid back pose has been photoshopped in a variety of situations. Since I was AFK for most of the evening could someone give me a full recap of them? If you feel like this thread is inappropriate, post them here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5047

Or, now with the full collection.. http://wtf1.co.uk/placesalonsowouldratherbe/

is there a photo that the internet cannot photoshop.... lol

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 15 Nov 2015, 15:34

Sadly, I find myself wondering what inventive new way Niko Hulkenburg will find to throw away a good result this week...

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 15 Nov 2015, 15:44

Paul Hayes wrote:Sadly, I find myself wondering what inventive new way Niko Hulkenburg will find to throw away a good result this week...

Alonso and a deckchair will be involved possibly

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 15 Nov 2015, 16:20

Coulthard mistaking Hulkenberg for Sutil when he made his first stop. Sums up Nico's career in my mind!

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 15 Nov 2015, 16:47

Verstappen is just fearless. That move on Perez

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 15 Nov 2015, 17:02

IIDOTR is gonna be hard to decide... everybody's about where I'd expect given the starting grid.

Post by **Miguel98** » 15 Nov 2015, 17:09

Salamander wrote:IIDOTR is gonna be hard to decide... everybody's about where I'd expect given the starting grid.

Alonso meme

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 15 Nov 2015, 17:49

Strange remarks on the podium from Hamilton about it being a track where you can't get close enough to race. I don't remember this traditionally being a problem at Interlagos - or indeed, for many drivers today.

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 15 Nov 2015, 19:05

Hamilton seemed pretty grumpy during and after the race, but when the other drivers looked a bit more solemn on the podium following the Parisian tragedy, he runs to the front and sprays everyone anyway. Oh dear...

Post by **Miguel98** » 15 Nov 2015, 20:20

And Massa has been excluded from race results.

Post by **mario** » 15 Nov 2015, 20:52

Paul Hayes wrote:Strange remarks on the podium from Hamilton about it being a track where you can't get close enough to race. I don't remember this traditionally being a problem at Interlagos - or indeed, for many drivers today.

I half wonder whether he was using that as a way of implicitly criticising the team for not allowing him to adopt a different strategy in order to compete against Rosberg.

As others have noted, with Mercedes being extremely conservative and insisting that both drivers must use the same strategies, we've seen even fewer instances of Rosberg and Hamilton fighting on track. At least, in 2014, the team would sometimes permit the drivers to use their tyres in different phases of the race - however, this year, I don't think we've seen the team give the drivers the choice to do that in any race.
All in all, what we effectively see in the end is a game of "follow the leader" - Hamilton was in a situation where he felt that there was nothing he could do today, given that Rosberg could exploit his position on track, and equally we have seen instances where Rosberg was, quite literally, forced to trail in Hamilton's wake because his hands were equally bound.

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 15 Nov 2015, 20:56

I've uploaded a video of my recording of the race, which was really bland, one of the worse Grand Prix all year. In fact, I'd say this was even worse than Monza..

Spectoremg · Post by **Spectoremg** » 15 Nov 2015, 22:51

Paul Hayes wrote:Strange remarks on the podium from Hamilton about it being a track where you can't get close enough to race. I don't remember this traditionally being a problem at Interlagos - or indeed, for many drivers today.

Hamilton's whinging knows no bounds - has he got to win everything?

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 16 Nov 2015, 07:03

It's good to see Rosberg give Hamilton something to think about of a Sunday now it's just a pity he's waited until it's too late to be of any real consequence. Over on the BBC Coulthard referenced some sort of Championship-fatigue that affected Hakkinen back in the day as a reason for Hamilton not quite getting to grips with Rosberg just lately. I guess it's possible but I don't remember it having much of an effect on MSC.

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 16 Nov 2015, 07:21

CoopsII wrote:It's good to see Rosberg give Hamilton something to think about of a Sunday now it's just a pity he's waited until it's too late to be of any real consequence. Over on the BBC Coulthard referenced some sort of Championship-fatigue that affected Hakkinen back in the day as a reason for Hamilton not quite getting to grips with Rosberg just lately. I guess it's possible but I don't remember it having much of an effect on MSC.

Actually in 2004 he only won one of the last 5 races after sealing the championship, compared to only missing out on Monaco before sealing it!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 16 Nov 2015, 09:00

James1978 wrote:Actually in 2004 he only won one of the last 5 races after sealing the championship, compared to only missing out on Monaco before sealing it!

Same was the case in 2002, if less extreme.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 16 Nov 2015, 09:34

Klon wrote:
James1978 wrote:Actually in 2004 he only won one of the last 5 races after sealing the championship, compared to only missing out on Monaco before sealing it!

Same was the case in 2002, if less extreme.

In that case I take it back. Perhaps we're looking at a Hamilton who's lost a bit of focus and energy with all the guff he has to do post WDC. Rosberg should probably enjoy these days whilst he can.