Originally Posted by alanwarwic:
“Normal Mercedes service has been resumed for Hamilton. The prior race must have been a blip.”
He's a three times world champion, mate ..
normal service is Hamilton up front and Rosberg breathing his exhaust fumes. Let's hope those halcyon days return soon.
Originally Posted by ACU:
“Both cars had the same problem. Rosberg was smart enough to figure out what setting should be used, whils Hamilton couldnt.
The rules are the same for all drivers. No team can tell them drivers what setting to set the car to. Obviously the FIA didnt account for drivers not to do their homework and learn the setting of their car. Hamilton has no one to blame but himself. No point blaming the FIA for Hamiltons problems.”
Nobody on here
really knows what all this settings stuff is about, do they? It's more than likely that the garage sets the mode required for the race, based on practice and qualifying and, until this year, the team would then advise of any changes required based on race-going telemetry.
Rosberg didn't have a problem with
his setting, Hamilton
did. Luckily Hamilton stumbled upon the 'correct' setting (in spite of being told not to blindly press all the buttons in the hope of hitting the right one .. could have been expensive!), but too late in the race for it to help him close the gap.
If communications were to be reinstated we wouldn't have this farcical situation of drivers second guessing electronics in £1M cars travelling at over 200 mph.