Andrew P Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 So where was Lee Mckenzie? WONDERFUL Race and a fantastic climax had me on the edge of my seat and jumping for joy. Lewis is not only great with the crowd, but also Billy Monger, and that other chap in the Wheel Char at the Team pics. Don't he just love crowd surfing! I was just frightened he would fall off the fence and hurt himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted July 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2017 Ferrari 3rd & 7th I see people are living in the movie The Italian Job... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted July 16, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2017 Except F1 cars do not carry a registration plate, so how do you know which is which? The same way everyone else does, the big numbers on the front and sides Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Time for Ferrari to be sponsored by Kwik Fit? Nice Sunday afternoon drive for Lewis. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted July 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2017 I hear the Force India the pink team are changing their name I'm wondering if it could be LMS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Well, did you ever witness a dry race finish with such last minute changes? Crikey. Which year was it where several cars stopped on the last lap of the Monaco Grand Prix, leading James Hunt to say he was in the slightly embarrassing situation of being at the finishing line of a race seemingly nobody wanted to win? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Stroppy German driver in throwing toys out of cockpit exposé... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerr Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) The "green" concept of F1 makes me laugh with the suggestions of a London GP, TFL will be loving it raking in all the congestion charge and LEZ penalties lap after lap as the cars fly past the sentry cameras That would only apply on Friday practice, there are no congestion charges on Saturday and Sunday, and one of the reasons I take the car into central London in the evenings and weekends Equally, you only pay once in any 24 hour period Edited July 16, 2017 by mjkerr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted July 16, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2017 That would only apply on Friday practice, there are no congestion charges on Saturday and Sunday, and one of the reasons I take the car into central London in the evenings and weekends Equally, you only pay once in any 24 hour period I live in London and know all about the CC and the 24/7 LEZ. It was.. a joke 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 So where was Lee Mckenzie? WONDERFUL Race and a fantastic climax had me on the edge of my seat and jumping for joy. Lewis is not only great with the crowd, but also Billy Monger, and that other chap in the Wheel Char at the Team pics. Don't he just love crowd surfing! I was just frightened he would fall off the fence and hurt himself. DOUBLE WOWSER from me 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted July 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2017 I don't think Kyvat wiĺl ever learn about torpedoing other drivers. I felt sorry for him last season when he was replaced by Verstappen but this season there's no excuse. I feel like I'm becoming a broken record... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted July 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) So where was Lee Mckenzie?Covering the para-athletics. They said as much. Good race, the last few laps with the tyre issues were mad, reminiscent of 2013 and the failures. I've seen it said that Silverstone has incredibly aggressive tarmac, and on this showing that looks to be the case. The Torpedo is a great nickname, amazed Toro Rosso have given him a new contract. Edited July 17, 2017 by njee20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) DISGUSTED OF SWAD.................................... Last nights BBC Ten 'O' Clock News, Main Headlines = and in Sport Roger Feddere wins at Wimbledon. This mornings Sky, Eight 'O' Clock News and the same again, no mention of LH in the Sport headlines. NOT A MENTION of Britains Lewis Hamilton WINNING a RECORD equalling FIFTH BRITISH GRAND PRIX in front of a record 300 Thousand fans. and so Britain's TWO major News Channels don't seem to think that a BRIT winning a Major BRITISH EVENT is Headline worthy. Edited July 17, 2017 by Andrew P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted July 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) DISGUSTED OF SWAD.................................... Last nights BBC Ten 'O' Clock News, Main Headlines = and in Sport Roger Feddere wins at Wimbledon. This mornings Sky, Eight 'O' Clock News and the same again, no mention of LH in the Sport headlines. NOT A MENTION of Britains Lewis Hamilton WINNING a RECORD equalling FIFTH BRITISH GRAND PRIX in front of a record 300 Thousand fans. and so Britain's TWO major News Channels don't seem to think that a BRIT winning a Major BRITISH EVENT is Headline worthy. I don't reckon the BBC News will make much mention of the winner of the next series of the Great British Bake Off either............... Interesting that Sky aren't using their news platform to promote one of the components of their "you have to buy everything to get the one you actually want" sport package, though. It's not usually a trick they miss Largely Unsurprised of Devon Edited July 17, 2017 by Dunsignalling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted July 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2017 Crikey! I'm more offended by the mix of fonts in your post! Amusingly I was just on a cycling forum where there's a thread bemoaning the lack of coverage of the Tour de France yesterday. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I don't reckon the BBC News will make much mention of the winner of the next series of the Great British Bake Off either............... Interesting that Sky aren't using their news platform to promote one of the components of their "you have to buy everything to get the one you actually want" sport package, though. It's not usually a trick they miss Largely Unsurprised of Devon If it had been a "highlights" race, BBC would have splashed the result all over the news before C4 had chance to show the highlights! (BBC even did that when it was them showing the highlights....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Crikey! I'm more offended by the mix of fonts in your post! Amusingly I was just on a cycling forum where there's a thread bemoaning the lack of coverage of the Tour de France yesterday. Sorry, I was angry, I've had a cup of tea now and calmed down, hahahhah I agree, that is the same, unless a Brit crashes out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) Hamilton winning a race is not really much of a story these days, it happens regularly. Federer's return from what looked like the usual mid 30s athlete's decline is a bigger story. Plus the BBC have the TV rights to tennis, but not F1. Saying that, I would have expected a 1 sentence result of the GP to be mentioned, but I guess there was only so much time in the bulletin for sports, and there's the tennis, tour de France, and England staggering towards an embarrassment in the cricket to cover as well. Edited July 17, 2017 by Zomboid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 So, is anyone still Angry about Lewis missing last week's publicity event...or did he make up for it yesterday. As for Ferrari's tyre issues: F1 is about pushing things to the limit. How do you know where the limit is if you don't push too hard occasionally? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) Which year was it where several cars stopped on the last lap of the Monaco Grand Prix, leading James Hunt to say he was in the slightly embarrassing situation of being at the finishing line of a race seemingly nobody wanted to win? 1982 [Link removed as I had linked to 1984 by mistake, which was *not* a dry race!] Edited July 17, 2017 by RJS1977 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 If it had been a "highlights" race, BBC would have splashed the result all over the news before C4 had chance to show the highlights! (BBC even did that when it was them showing the highlights....) They also would have dumbed down the commentary for those who only watched one GP per year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Davis Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I don't reckon the BBC News will make much mention of the winner of the next series of the Great British Bake Off either............... You are joking right? They carry on as if it is the most important news ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted July 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2017 The inference being they won't care once they lose the TV rights... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2017 I'm afraid I'm with Hamilton. He commands his huge salary for driving his socks off on Sunday afternoons, as do the others, many on a fraction of his income, of course. I hate the straitjacket that the commercialisation of sport in general seeks to impose upon its stars, and every time any of them steps out of line they have my admiration. I also find the idea of closing a city centre for some ridiculous commercial junket deeply offensive. So, is anyone still Angry about Lewis missing last week's publicity event...or did he make up for it yesterday. His performance yesterday was stellar, but as I said above, the London junket was an abomination. Note it was Lewis who had a terminal cancer patient and recently permanently-damaged junior racer in his pit. Others have irrelevant glitterati. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Personally, I couldn't give a monkey's about him not turning up for some advertising junket. It's what he does on the track that counts and that he delivered. I do agree about the irritation that his achievements weren't mentioned at the time. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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