U.S. Indianapolis Grand Prix 2007

**Horsepower** · June 15th, 2007 01:25 PM

LH is fast from the get go. This man is something. I wouldn't pick Heidfield over him. Certainly, not even Alonso.

I understand that Kimi and Alonso got some defects while on the GP but they still finished, meaning they could've won even with a defective tranny like being stuck in Gear5 like what happened to Michael one time.

Kimi gave excuses. Alonso blamed his team. How wonderful.

Sorry for comparing these two to MS (esp Kimi since he's the touted next MS). I just can't help but get frustrated with the lack of skill and passion. I wanna see F1 racing that is at the brink of death (sort of) and absolute mayhem. Kubica crashed in Montreal - that's passion at 300kmh curve. hehe.

**BoyFerrari** · June 15th, 2007 01:48 PM

I'm surprised you guys never considered the effect of the new safety car rule that caused the topsy-turvy podium finish at Montreal.

**mazdamazda** · June 15th, 2007 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Horsepower

Kimi gave excuses. Alonso blamed his team. How wonderful.

As I've said, both drivers downplayed the car problems plaguing them. Car problems do happen and is part and parcel of car racing.

Alonso never did blame the team for not winning the Canadian GP. Although he did whine about the Britishness of the team (and I am not a big fan of him) on how they celebrated Hamilton's win but he never blamed them.

Originally Posted by Horsepower

Sorry for comparing these two to MS (esp Kimi since he's the touted next MS). I just can't help but get frustrated with the lack of skill and passion. I wanna see F1 racing that is at the brink of death (sort of) and absolute mayhem. Kubica crashed in Montreal - that's passion at 300kmh curve. hehe.

No passion for Kimi? How about when he challenged Massa at lap 1 where he risked his good position for an even better one although his gamble did not pay off as he clipped his front wing doing so.

No skill for Alonso? Two back-to-back world driver's championship while Herr Schumi is still around? If he didn't have skill, I don't think that he would be able to do that.

**CVT** · June 16th, 2007 07:58 AM

http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6290/776.html

During practice, it was FA, LH, FM, KR, NH, DC, NR, HK, RB, JB....

3001:thud:

**niky** · June 16th, 2007 02:44 PM

Well, Schumi could win races with one hand tied behind his back... but look at the competition nowadays. Renault's first championship season, KR and FA had Michael fully mastered, as Ferrari was struggling with the regulations. Their second championship, he brought it, and KR was seriously struggling.

While we want to think that Formula 1 is a driver's race, it isn't always. You can win with minor technical problems if you're much better than the other drivers, and you have a much better car... but with things this close in terms of drivers, even slight car advantages can mean the difference between winning and losing.

**wrcastro_ph** · June 17th, 2007 09:32 AM

It was an excellent performance for Hamilton to get the Pole in US grand prix. Everyone is expecting Alonso to get this but Hamilton did a great job.

Could this be a second win for Hamilton?

**BoyFerrari** · June 17th, 2007 10:54 AM

Alonso had his chance. But he was beaten by a black dude to the pole, eh?

If you saw that teenager Vettel in the garage, he's so slim and young, looks like he just got out of high school and straight to Formula 1. I'm used to seeing savage chiseled dudes in wheels in F1, like Coulthard, Doornbos .... err, Heidfeld (the post-boyband look). But certainly not like Vettel who really looks like a kid.