Only caught the last bit of the race due to the football (less said about that the better ). But well chuffed that Hamilton won and have to say that I am pleased that Kimi got onto the podium, no doubt he will do a few grunts later.
I'm not sure the result could have been any better for Hamilton. Kimi took points off Nico and Seb lost out big time after his off. Ferrari's only (slim) hope of upsetting Lewis now will be to impose team orders as both their drivers look equally capable and really it's each other they're racing. Nico may have shown some aggression this racve but it's too little too late. Lewis clearly has the pace and short of a run of unreliability he's just going to extend his lead over the next few races until Ferrari get their engine upgrade in Canada. Then maybe we'll see some true competition but I suspect Lewis will be too far ahead by then.
Pretty shameless favouritism shown towards Ferrari by the stewards / FIA, not penalising them for the unsafe release of Vettel in practice on Friday.
But there is talk of major upgrades for McLaren in Spain. I hope they can at least make Q2 consistently through the summer even if they don't get any podium finishes.
Do any of you guys post on other motorsports forums?
It's mostly an intelligent, enlightened group of people here but I'm not sure DS is the best place to discuss F1 so I was wondering if there's another forum where I might hook up with the same folks.
Do any of you guys post on other motorsports forums?
It's mostly an intelligent, enlightened group of people here but I'm not sure DS is the best place to discuss F1 so I was wondering if there's another forum where I might hook up with the same folks.
Planet F1 forum, it very active during the race weekend. I always have one eye on the race and one on their race thread.
You don't have to be a member to read so you can look before joining.
Do any of you guys post on other motorsports forums?
It's mostly an intelligent, enlightened group of people here but I'm not sure DS is the best place to discuss F1 so I was wondering if there's another forum where I might hook up with the same folks.
I normally use Autosport but as im a huge Ferrari fan i normally read the fan forums! I did use to have Twitter to get opinions but i thought it was too much of a Hamilton/Mercedes Fan Base!
I'd recommend staying far away from the Planetf1's forum. They rely on a lot of user mods who quite frankly, will use there mod status to settle personal issues with you. There's little or no oversight from the PF1 management on what the mod's do.
The Autosport forums are as good as it gets. The mods can be a bit crotchety and overbearing, but they tend to try and rise above personal issues.
But there is talk of major upgrades for McLaren in Spain. I hope they can at least make Q2 consistently through the summer even if they don't get any podium finishes.
So Rosberg finaly does something and gets pole ahead of hamilton. If he lets lewis past in the race then it is all for nothing. Rosberg needs to have consistent good race pace and not make any mistakes.
Tell you what though nikki lauder didn't look very happy after qualifying.
So Rosberg finaly does something and gets pole ahead of hamilton. If he lets lewis past in the race then it is all for nothing. Rosberg needs to have consistent good race pace and not make any mistakes.
Tell you what though nikki lauder didn't look very happy after qualifying.
Not much hope for F1 in that race. It's fine for Nikki Lauder to say hahaha Ferrari were still 46s away you can understand his point of view but for the fans it means the racing stays bad.
Strange that Hamilton struggled to pass Vettel when he had so much extra pace. Problem with Spain is it is so hard to follow another car around the last courner. Not sure if hamilton was happy to settle for 2nd. A scruffy weekend for him rattled by not doing an easy pole to flag win.
Mclaren's upgrade appears to have back fired. Apparently this is highly likely if you try and over integrate the engine and chassi. Any change to one affects the other. It makes engine and areo upgrades near impossible.
Mclaren should have made a more simple car for Honda to get the engine right with out having to many other constraints. It would not matter if the packaging was not optimum this year. They could still take the areo gains next year with data about the engine to hand.
Kimi has made comments that Ferrari ran two cars this weekend to do a back to back test. So they may mix and match the best of old and new components at the next GP.
Not much hope for F1 in that race. It's fine for Nikki Lauder to say hahaha Ferrari were still 46s away you can understand his point of view but for the fans it means the racing stays bad.
Strange that Hamilton struggled to pass Vettel when he had so much extra pace. Problem with Spain is it is so hard to follow another car around the last courner. Not sure if hamilton was happy to settle for 2nd. A scruffy weekend for him rattled by not doing an easy pole to flag win.
This track was always going to show the deficiencies in the Ferrari Car. Merc were strong here in the testing and now in race trim. I think the engine deficit is still about 0.4 a lap.
I am not expecting much from Monaco for Ferrari but i am excited for Canada when we use some engine tokens!
I think the team should have switched Vettel to the 3 stop to even try and cover Hamilton but i doubt it would have worked because Hamilton made mince meat of Kimi and then the next lap Hamilton set the fastest lap of the race so i would have expected him to be long gone even if Vettel had boxed the next lap.
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Vettel did the same thing, twice!
they still have 0.7s in qualy and 0.5s in race trim
they need to get on top of the niggling reliability issues tho
RBR will be taking grid penalty's by mid season at this rate, what that engine 3 toast for smiley?
His wife is nice isn't she.
;-)
I think they are engaged not married, she's or was an underwear model. ;-)
Good drive by Raikkonen and a well deserved second place.
Pretty shameless favouritism shown towards Ferrari by the stewards / FIA, not penalising them for the unsafe release of Vettel in practice on Friday.
Do any of you guys post on other motorsports forums?
It's mostly an intelligent, enlightened group of people here but I'm not sure DS is the best place to discuss F1 so I was wondering if there's another forum where I might hook up with the same folks.
Planet F1 forum, it very active during the race weekend. I always have one eye on the race and one on their race thread.
You don't have to be a member to read so you can look before joining.
I normally use Autosport but as im a huge Ferrari fan i normally read the fan forums! I did use to have Twitter to get opinions but i thought it was too much of a Hamilton/Mercedes Fan Base!
The Autosport forums are as good as it gets. The mods can be a bit crotchety and overbearing, but they tend to try and rise above personal issues.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/32611280
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/9841419/watch-as-the-engine-cover-explodes-on-romain-grosjeans-lotus
Tell you what though nikki lauder didn't look very happy after qualifying.
He still wont be able to keep Hamilton behind.
Well he did. It's a shame that Lewis had the poor start otherwise it would have been good to see how Rosberg handled having Lewis behind
Strange that Hamilton struggled to pass Vettel when he had so much extra pace. Problem with Spain is it is so hard to follow another car around the last courner. Not sure if hamilton was happy to settle for 2nd. A scruffy weekend for him rattled by not doing an easy pole to flag win.
Seems like they've forgotten how to build a car.
Says a lot that both Button and Alonso used the word "scary" to describe it's handling.
Mclaren should have made a more simple car for Honda to get the engine right with out having to many other constraints. It would not matter if the packaging was not optimum this year. They could still take the areo gains next year with data about the engine to hand.
Kimi has made comments that Ferrari ran two cars this weekend to do a back to back test. So they may mix and match the best of old and new components at the next GP.
As soon as Hamilton is close to Rosberg, He bottles it and lets Hamilton go past
This track was always going to show the deficiencies in the Ferrari Car. Merc were strong here in the testing and now in race trim. I think the engine deficit is still about 0.4 a lap.
I am not expecting much from Monaco for Ferrari but i am excited for Canada when we use some engine tokens!
I think the team should have switched Vettel to the 3 stop to even try and cover Hamilton but i doubt it would have worked because Hamilton made mince meat of Kimi and then the next lap Hamilton set the fastest lap of the race so i would have expected him to be long gone even if Vettel had boxed the next lap.