tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post26001811247855929..comments2024-03-28T07:18:09.958+00:00Comments on Talking about F1: The F1 blog: Italian GP Report: The day the story changed?Graham Keillohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11514708469215327323noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post-21762529354875864652014-09-09T00:08:18.977+01:002014-09-09T00:08:18.977+01:00Hi Rick. I've heard a few people express conce...Hi Rick. I've heard a few people express concern with how Magnussen has been defending his position lately, including moving, and moving late, in braking zones. We know he's driving for his future but he needs to be careful. It's all getting a little reminiscent of what happened to his predecessor in that McLaren seat Sergio Perez 12 months ago, where he took the team's desire to 'get his elbows' out too far and became a bit of a pariah for a while. If nothing else Magnussen doesn't need the penalties he's started to pile up.Graham Keillohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514708469215327323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post-43110237234677873422014-09-08T23:39:16.177+01:002014-09-08T23:39:16.177+01:00Well it's a mistake Nico's made a few time...Well it's a mistake Nico's made a few times this season. I can recall him outbrkaing himself in the race in Canada, Austria and Hungary, as well as in Hungary's qualifying (though in mitigation both the Hungaroring ones were in the wet). He came very close to the same in Spa, managing to give himself large flat spots instead. (He did it in Monaco quali too but I won't go there...). So I reckon there are reasons to think they were genuine errors in Monza.Graham Keillohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514708469215327323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post-47681265381332361742014-09-08T07:04:29.006+01:002014-09-08T07:04:29.006+01:00I saw Mag's penalty as a bit of an aggregate a...I saw Mag's penalty as a bit of an aggregate affair - while the proximate cause was his refusal to give room to Bottas, who was well-and-truly alongside, he'd also been playing games in the braking zone for the first chicane for much of the race up to then.<br /><br />The way he handled that area was very different from everyone else, who tended to move to the inside line smoothly and early, where Mag waited until very late (seemingly hoping to time it so as to tempt the following driver into moving inside, then effectively blocking without actually reacting to the other driver's move) and chopped across quite dramatically. He's showing good pace, but he's also developing the reputation of someone who can't be trusted in close quarters - I'm hoping the penalties rein him in a bit.Rick Baumhauerhttp://baumhauerphoto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post-91413031223932017322014-09-07T23:51:57.275+01:002014-09-07T23:51:57.275+01:00Otherwise, I thought Perez drove very well today.
...Otherwise, I thought Perez drove very well today.<br /><br />And I prayed for this result for Massa today, right on Ferrari's home turf. With Alonso's first DNF of the season and Raikkonen a lowly 10th (OK, 9th, but you know), it kind of felt like a big, fat finger in the direction of his former team :-)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682262344930040012.post-15886151166267141102014-09-07T23:43:39.514+01:002014-09-07T23:43:39.514+01:00I don't want to read too much into this, but I...I don't want to read too much into this, but I thought it odd that Rosberg would make the same mistake twice. He's not exactly a rookie.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com