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Remind me why you don't like him.
2017 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand PrixFormula 1
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Remind me why you don't like him.
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@prisonermonkeys, please do this in a Private Message, we don't need this thread to become a Palmer hatefest again.
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I was actually being genuine. I can't remember why you don't like him.
You don't like a lot of the drivers on the grid and I can't remember why you don't like Palmer.
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I don't think there was one officially last season, but most of them drove in the post-Silverstone test
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I can tell you why I don't like him... he's always come across (imo) as a prissy-prig posh-boy wally, just like his father. I'm prepared to be converted to a state of grudging admiration by his excellent driving but (imo again) I haven't seen it yet
EDIT: And his ridiculous portmanteau name doesn't help...
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I can tell you why I don't like him... he's always come across (imo) as a prissy-prig posh-boy wally, just like his father. I'm prepared to be converted to a state of grudging admiration by his excellent driving but (imo again) I haven't seen it yet
EDIT: And his ridiculous portmanteau name doesn't help...
To be honest, I feel he isn't even half that attitude anymore, he's been humbled somewhat and shown that F1 isn't all unicorn's farting rainbows with ease. Especially when his career in its first season was already on the line.
I don't care for the guy my self but then again I don't do PM hate on him and mostly just ignore that he's on the grid, much like I did when Chilton was supposedly there riding around in last place without causing much drama. It's one of those things that if you didn't point the driver out to me, I wouldn't know any better.
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I can tell you why I don't like him... he's always come across (imo) as a prissy-prig posh-boy wally, just like his father. I'm prepared to be converted to a state of grudging admiration by his excellent driving but (imo again) I haven't seen it yet
EDIT: And his ridiculous portmanteau name doesn't help...
To be honest, I haven't seen any interviews with him before he got to F1 but whilst he's been in a Renault seat I haven't found him to be too much like that. Yes he's not that great of a driver but I feel that sometimes people on here are quick to jump on drivers (not just him) that make the smallest of mistakes. Even world champions make them, look at Vettel and Alonso. Vettel's 2016 season and Alonso going back to McLaren.
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If talented were to be the alternate phrasing of loaded with money.
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Talent is always preferable to money. However, sometimes talent and money go hand in hand. That, I have no issue with. It's when you have a disproportionate amount of money relative to your talent, and when your seat comes at the expense of someone with talent, that I have a problem.
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F1 currently sets the standard desired grid at 24. Yet only 20 cars show up . Expenses are high, spectators and sponsors are wary, and times are bad. Marginal teams with one foot on a financial banana peel may live for another season when a driver brings a bag of gold.
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The session has been stopped because a helicopter can't fly.
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WTF
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It's a safety thing. A few years ago, Putin's plane was flying over Sochi, so the airspace was closed down. The helicopter wasn't allowed to take off, and so a session was suspended.
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Anywhere I can listen to someone talking about what's happening as NBC has no one there right now?
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Ya know...I had hopes for Haas having two cars in the points this season.
So far, Magnussen has done nothing but unimpress me. C'mon, KMag, get it together!
So far, Magnussen has done nothing but unimpress me. C'mon, KMag, get it together!
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This is becoming stupid.
We have shots from a helicopter with words on screen saying a helicopter can't operate.
We have shots from a helicopter with words on screen saying a helicopter can't operate.
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Is Croft saying Govinazzi annoying anyone else?
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See Mclaren are running their own version of the "T-wing" this weekend:
Certainly something different to Ferrari/Williams/Merc's interpretations.
Certainly something different to Ferrari/Williams/Merc's interpretations.
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There's a little more to it than that, right? The medicopter can't make a safe flight from the circuit to the designated emergency trauma unit. Not quite the same thing
Disappointing in all, what's the smog-cast for the race as it stands?
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Looks like clothes hanger. Maybe for the drivers to carry a jacket in case they leave for the airport part-way around the track?
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You know what, having both practice sessions cancelled today is probably the best thing that could happen for the 2017 Chinese GP. Having teams and drivers unprepared for the race might put some variation back into the procession.
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The interview with Charlie Whiting was all about that, him saying that the fog was OK for Helicopters at the track, but not at the hospital 38km away. The police are unable to guarantee a clear run for an ambulance to drive on the roads to the hospital, so it's all about waiting for a helicopter.
