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Good result for Hamilton.
Hope he drops the American accent though.
Good drive, completely ridiculous accent
Stop it Lewis. It's irritating
The engines sound bobbins too
rosberg saved the team from a double dnf cos lewis was OTT in defending. he had the mindset of not letting him past at all costs...
where was the medical car / safety team for that flip?
mclaren, no sponsor, no pace, no finishers
ferrari have about 4 more races before heads will roll
. hello ross, ferrari calling , weve signed vettel, please come back
That race was almost MotoGP exciting. Definitely the best F1 race I have seen for a long time
rosberg saved the team from a double dnf cos lewis was OTT in defending. he had the mindset of not letting him past at all costs...
It's called "racing".
I've just gone on Facebook to find someone has tagged me 2 hours ago in a photo of Lewis winning - despite them knowing full well I was watching at 10, them having asked me if that was the case. WTF is that all about?
Cracking race. I was bouncing on the sofa!
Back2basics don't be silly.
It is motor racing . The driver with the slower tyres was able to stop the driver with the quicker tyres - the better driver won with no doubt.
Amazing race.
#pook - me to. Jumping like a loon.
Do you think the stupid droopy nose flipped Gutierrez?
No, for me it looked like Gutierrez's rear wheel tried to roll over Maldonado's front wheel and that caused the flip.
Do we think the new noses are structurally strong enough to lift a car enough to initiate a flip? How much of it is thin carbon fibre for aero/cosmetic reasons that would collapse quite easily under those sorts of loads?
back2basic
On the Mercedes that is motor racing, LH didn't do anything reckless Rosberg just could pull off the moves that many other drivers were able to do.
On McLaren Button was heading for a 3rd of 4th place finish before the safety car came out and his clutch went boom, KMag had his clutch issues since the end of quali which is one of the reasons for slower performance.
I think you are right about Ferrari I think heads will roll
Caption?
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"One of us is going the wrong way here"
I dunno a couple of times Rosberg was alongside and had to back out when Hamilton cut across the track.
That said, Nico was lucky with the safety car.
"Maverick to iceman, did you give him the bird?"
Sooooooo why didnt Lewis get investigated then? Who were the Stewards this time? Ex-racing drivers or expert JCL?
Upside down you're turning me
You're giving love instinctively
Around and round you're turning me
Myth busting backwards upside down overtake fails abrubtly when tunnel finishes.
Oops, upside ya head i said oops upside ya head...
Sooooooo why didnt Lewis get investigated then? Who were the Stewards this time? Ex-racing drivers or expert JCL?
I think the Stewards probably were shocked that team mates were actually really racing to think about anything.
I don't think it was crazy on Hamiltons part, just a bit much at this stage of the season.
the rest of the field will have to raise their game a lot or this will the most one sided championship ever. 7 seconds lead in 2 laps after the safety car restart !!!!
It's gotta go some to beat the MP4/4 - won all but one race in it's season, both cars lapped the rest of the field.
Feel sorry for Williams who pretty much got stiffed by the safety car - but finally some good news for Ricciardo.
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Sooooooo why didnt Lewis get investigated then? Who were the Stewards this time? Ex-racing drivers or expert JCL?
I think the Stewards probably were shocked that team mates were actually really racing to think about anything. I don't think it was crazy on Hamiltons part, just a bit much at this stage of the season.
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I think both Merc drivers have known since pre season testing that the WC will be between them only, and therefore trying to assert dominance over the other from the off. It was hard, but fair, from Lewis IMO, but then he was racing his main championship rival.
It was a classic motor race, more of the same for the rest of the season please.
somehow the rule of "give the car space if they are alongside" did not apply to Lewis in this race....
Also, regarding Lewis and his 7 second lead, actually the safety car helped him immensely because he was on the older tyres and they helped him to keep them cool for a good few laps - otherwise Nico would have bridged that gap easily with or without the safety car - he could close up on Lewis at will after the safety car it was only because he didnt want to have both cars touch he never made it passed, where as Lewis was quite at ease at pushing his teammate off the track at many a corner.
Regardless , It does setup a good fight between them as they are very evenly matched and the team allow racing - otherwise it would be 1 car out front all the time winning *cough*webber*cough*
McLaren - they have the frikin Merc engine thats in the others and all they can manage is grappling after 4th/5th/6th spots, that is not McLaren, getting passed by Force India is not McLaren.
I think my launch control needs a little more work.
Superb drive by Hamilton. To keep Rosberg behind on faster tyres was very impressive. He simply out-drove and out-raced him.
pushing his teammate off the track at many a corner
what? This is either a troll or you don't know racing...
I dunno a couple of times Rosberg was alongside and had to back out when Hamilton cut across the track.
Nah, seemed entirely fair to me.
Amazing race, loved that!
actually the safety car helped him immensely because he was on the older tyres and they helped him to keep them cool for a good few laps -
Er..........
actually the safety car helped him immensely because he was on the older tyres and they helped him to keep them cool for a good few lap
Apart from the fact that they were both racing on new tyres.
he could close up on Lewis at will after the safety car
Err, then why did Lewis pull out over a second gap with about 4 laps to go? I'll tell you why, because the softer tyre only has a time advantage for about 4 or 5 laps and then they equalise. The TV producer stopped following the Mercs in the end because there was nothing going on as the gap was not changing.
I was really annoyed last night - I was watching it via my Virgin Tivo Box on cable and with about 8 laps to go the signal became really erratic, then suddenly it was just a lap to go so I missed the duelling between Hamilton and Rosberg! I was screaming at the set!
weve signed vettel,
Vettel would not be going to Ferrari to pick up more championships, would he?
He'd have a better company car but I think the chances of more wins would keep him at Red Bull for a while longer.
If Ferrari are doing well all the top drivers want to go there - winning for Ferrari seems to be special.
If Ferrari aren't doing well all the top drivers want to go to Ferrari to do a Schumi - rebuild the team and win, because winning for Ferrari seems to be special.
So I don't see the current (ongoing, multi year) dip in their fortunes as any reason why Vettel wouldn't go there.
the gap widened because as i said, Nico decided it was not worth crashing in the OTT defending of lewis, instead he towed the team line and just let lewis win.
Good race! Plenty of action, for a change.
What I don't like, is the safety car. The teams put a load of effort in getting the car to a particular position for a particular strategy and then someone has a ding and it messes it all up. Surely it wouldn't be too difficult to make the cars hold relative position, +/- a second or so behind the safety car so that you don't get the bunching and resultant problems for teams whose while strategy has gone out the window because someone else has crashed.
[quoteSurely it wouldn't be too difficult to make the cars hold relative position, +/- a second or so behind the safety car so that you don't get the bunching and resultant problems
+11111111.5 I have always wondered why they don't do that
So, my big question from this race is this: Is Vettel actually not that good after all, or was his car having problems that Ricciardo's didn't?
Is Vettel actually not that good after all?
Completely outshone by Ricciardo in the same car, he qualified 3rd as opposed to Vettel 11th, even Raikkonen and Alonso both in very slow cars qualified ahead of Vettel.
Like many modern drivers very fast in fast car and lucky to get a 6th place finish albeit with the help of safety car
Vettel said early on that his DRS wasn't working.
For those saying Hamilton was OTT - should he have yielded if a RB was trying to get past? No. He's racing for the WC - the only place he forced Rosberg out (and he did this legally, by holding the racing line) was where he knew Rosberg could safely leave the track (not sure what turn it was). The rest was just brilliant defending/racing.
the safety car so that you don't get the bunching and resultant problems
+11111111.5 I have always wondered why they don't do that
Because it would be dull.
Sure it might not be "fair" that you can lose a big advantage but it is exciting. Some of the best races are those where we see people out of sync with "the plan", either due to a saftey car, rain, an issue in quali etc.
Life's not fair, get used to it.
Nico Rosberg:
"At no time were we at risk of taking both cars out. There was always the necessary margin. It might not have looked like it on TV but there was. It was good racing."
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The safety car is one of the big wild cards of Formula 1, along with things like the weather, reliability issues and Pastor Maldonado. It can make or break a race: sometimes it means the wrong car wins, other times (like this one) it shows how good a driver the winner really is
Qualifying performance so far (based on times only):
Ricciardo- 2nd, 5th, 3rd
Vettel - 13th, 2nd, 11th
Considering he's a four time world champ, he's not exactly storming ahead of his teammate is he?
Safety Car was great addition to yesterday race bunched everyone up and provided 12 laps of wheel to wheel racing.
Maybe F1 should be more like BTTC with success ballast and random safety cars for any old reason to bunch up the field near the end of races.
Considering he's a four time world champ, he's not exactly storming ahead of his teammate is he?
I'm guessing its the age old feeling comfortable with a setup/car. It could be this AND its started doubt in his mind- his motivation. Next it'll be a sabbatical I bet. Hes overdue one after four titles.
I have to admit I'm surprised. I never thought that Ricciardo shone that much when he was at Torro Rosso, and I'd assumed that Vettel was made of stronger stuff than this. I suspect it will all change as the season progresses, but for now it is quietly satisfying to see the finger-boy getting taken down a peg or two