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@Optimaximal. “I prepared a larger reply to your earlier statement but the shear ignorance of the ‘lets keep the ERS but drop the Turbos’ statement just meant I couldn’t write a comment that wouldn’t be insulti […]

+1 @paulguitar You are a legend.

@paulguitar

COTD,

No, COTYear.

@blackmamba

I think the real proof that he is one of the quickest drivers over one lap (if not the quickest) was 2 years ago, when he got pole, if not split both the Red Bulls when Mercedes had an inferior car […]

@paulguitar +1

When Lewis claimed he was going to change things after what he felt were a series of disappointing qualifying sessions, he had definitely chosen to set the car up for race day on a Saturday. Excellent point.

@neiana David, what on EARTH are you talking about?

Not to worry, this has become a long thread and it can become a bit tedious!

I appreciate that the internet provides a bit of a safety blanket when it comes to claiming such things as having to been to events […]

@npf1; I cannot find the time to keep reminding you I am not saying there is no sport without the noise. I am just one of the few who enjoyed that loud scream; that is what made me shiver with excitement and grin […]

@npf1 A ‘defeatist’ is someone who is ready to accept failure at any given turn. I would make a really good case against saying people who do not like the current engine noise are defeatists. That is a huge […]

@hohum; I never said my opinion was to be, or is, valued any higher than anyone elses. That is quite the statement to make; an untrue one at that.

I respect the opinions of people who say they do not mind the […]

To all those who have started comments, and replied to comments on this particular thread, let me first introduce myself as a ”complainer of 2014 lack of noise’ and perhaps to those on a more objective level […]

While I appreciate what you have said, I really do not think that you can make the inference that Lewis admitting he was a bit distracted as a catalyst for the termination of his time at McLaren. Before I back up […]

I think this is a really big misconception amongst people. What people are perceiving as ‘driving on emotion’, or something of the sort, would be really hard to prove. Last year in Hungary, he won despite going […]

Couldn’t agree more, perfectly said. I was looking forward to going to the British Grand Prix in a few weeks time, but there is simply no way I would give my money to such a lack of spectacle (and yes, the racing […]

Red Bull are my least favorite team as well, and Vettel nowhere near one of my favorite drivers. So very false assumption, I would say.

I have to say BRAVO to the COTD! Could not agree more! I haven’t been to 36 Grands Prix, but I have been to 2 which is more on par with the amount of races the majority of commenters have been to. I was at […]

Long-standing F1 fans who don’t just watch the races on TV, but instead pack up and visit a track, are indeed devastated (yes, devastated) by the noise that this year’s car comically lacks. For example, I regard […]

+1, extremely well said.

And also, @spawinte, Lewis won the Hungarian GP this year during the exact time when he was pegged as ‘wearing his heart on his sleeve’. The issues he had this year did not lie within […]

+1

+1 Well said.