Ve-Ham-Bu?
Formula 1 - 2012 Season
- Thread starter Dave Baumann
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No way it was Karthikeyan's fault on Vettel. It was the other way around. Vettel swerved. End of discussion.
DuckThor Evil
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Nope it was Karthikeyan's fault, from which he was rightly penalized.
Granted, it looked like that from the rear camera angle, but from the front, you saw Karthikeyan move. The penalty was harsh, though, and Vettel's comments afterwards were not appropriate. Cracks are beginning to show.
So, after the long battle of "who is Lotus" having seemingly being settle this year we now have confirmation that Lotus (Group) have pulled out of backing Lotus (Lotus Renault F1)!
Owner of Lotus Group (Proton) sold it to another malaysian (i think?) company which isn't willing to continue sponsoring the F1 team. However, Genii Group (owner of the lotus/ex-renault team) is dedicated to keep and has right to keep name at least 'till 2017 apparently.
Genii keeping the name for the chassis would have been a stipulation of the Lotus Group pulling out of the sponsership. To keep their "historical" status as a team (which increases the payout from the points position at the end of the year) they have to get agreement from the rest of the teams that they can transfer to another team name; given that they got a pass from the rest of the teams to actually be called Lotus this year (along with them forcing Team Lotus into becoming Caterham, which also needed agreement from the teams) I doubt there would be as good will up and down the pitlane to do it again, so shortly after this change.
Agreed.
tongue_of_colicab
Veteran
Internet bitch fight 
I don't know if I should laugh or cry.
Well this season so far has been quite entertaining and doesn't look to be changing anytime soon
Damn that is a bummer indeed for Hamilton. Is it just me or does it seem that he has quieted down a bit and has been producing some really good drives this season so far? Could be it because he is finally getting some from Nicole?
On the other hand I am quite glad Vettel is not in the top flight right now. I really think he is a talented driver etc etc etc but I just for some reason could never stand him and his one fingered salute. I just Hamilton and Perez and Button of course and Alonso and Schumacher and Webber to be fighting for the lead every single race...ok fine Vettel can join the fray as long as he is not on the podium.
On the other hand I am quite glad Vettel is not in the top flight right now. I really think he is a talented driver etc etc etc but I just for some reason could never stand him and his one fingered salute. I just Hamilton and Perez and Button of course and Alonso and Schumacher and Webber to be fighting for the lead every single race...ok fine Vettel can join the fray as long as he is not on the podium.
I agree on quieted down, which is definately good thing, but on good drives? I wouldn't agree on that, 2 poles on what looks to be the fastest car on the grid, and still only 2x 3rd places. On the other hand, the "old hamilton" probably would have crashed trying to win no matter what on those races, so compared to that I suppose it could be seen as "good drives"Damn that is a bummer indeed for Hamilton. Is it just me or does it seem that he has quieted down a bit and has been producing some really good drives this season so far? Could be it because he is finally getting some from Nicole?
