[Sabres pick #35 JT Compher]

Sounds kinda like Ryan Callahan to me. Thumbs up if that's the case.

[Draft Day 2013]

Shinkaruk please

[The other sports thread]

One of the interesting parts is the strategy involved because it's a two car team sport. If Vettel tries to overtake Webber (his teammate), and they even touch for a split second, both cars are pretty much instantly destroyed, and the team loses a 1-2 finish and the money that went into the two cars. Not like rubbing in Nascar. If one the cars burns too much fuel trying to overtake the other, it could finish with less than the FIA required 1 liter remaining, causing a disqualification of the car. It could also cause too much wear on the tires, forcing a pit.

 

So the end of an F1 race between teammates isn't a flat-out burn to the end, it's a balance of all of the make-or-break end-of-race parameters on an open wheels car: fragility, tire wear, and fuel consumption.

 

That all said, it is neat to watch the equivalent of ground-based jet fighters revving at 19krpm through turns.

 

I understand the strategy and teamwork that is involved, as there is even some of that in Nascar. But just taking it at face value, nothing about what I described in my last post sounds like good-competition or sport at all, and certainly can't be what fans are looking for. Being told not to win the race when you're a race car driver just shouldn't sit well with anyone.

[The other sports thread]

I was a big Nascar fan for a few years starting at about age 8, then lost interest in motor sports, despite remaining a "car guy."

 

I started watching F1 this season (in HD with surround sound, I might add). Fascinating and entertaining. It's immediately obvious that three time champion Sebastian Vettel is a dick.

 

I admittedly don't follow F1 and am a Nascar fan, but I saw a headline on ESPN and read the story the other day about F1. It was saying how Vettel apologized for passing his teammate and "ignoring team orders" and, wait for it....winning the race.

 

Really? Apologizing for winning the race? YOU'RE A RACE CAR DRIVER. YOU PLAY TO (WIN THE RACE).

 

Then later in the article it mentioned how (I don't remember the names) the 4th place driver did follow team orders and didn't pass the 3rd place driver, and finished in 4th despite clearly being faster and could have finished 3rd. The eventual third place finisher said after the race that he didn't feel he deserved to be on the podium, because he knew his teammate was faster and should have passed him.

 

None of that sounds like healthy competition to me, and if I was a fan that followed it closely I would be pissed.

[GAME DISCUSSION THREAD]

I'm disappointed nobody asked Lindy during his post-game presser what he thought about the no-calls at the end of the third. Boo.