**** Abu Dhabi Grand Prix **** (contains spoilers)
Discussion
Hungrymc said:
I think Toto just suggested Lewis has focused his set up more on race pace than qualifying. I wonder if this has been a trend this year, Nico has been stunning in qualifying but seems to have never had the pace of Lewis in the race?
I think it's pretty obvious. Consider the last race for example - Hamilton was able to catch up over 7 seconds on Rosberg in the same car.GCH said:
What a moaning sh!t rosberg is....
What does he want his engineer to do...run alongside and attempt to kiss his ass?
Martin suggests that Engineers don't get too excited by things.What does he want his engineer to do...run alongside and attempt to kiss his ass?
Hope if Nico does win the big prize tomorrow the same engineer says, "yeah, okay, well, guess what, you lucked into it, congrats, I s'pose, whatever."
IforB said:
If Hamilton sends an aggressive pass up the inside of Rosberg tomorrow, then Rosberg will of course know that he's at the disadvantage that if there is contact and they're knocked out, then he loses.
So Hamilton has a massive advantage there.
It should be interesting!
if you follow that argument though, front wings are changeable, rears are not...So Hamilton has a massive advantage there.
It should be interesting!
Scuffers said:
IforB said:
If Hamilton sends an aggressive pass up the inside of Rosberg tomorrow, then Rosberg will of course know that he's at the disadvantage that if there is contact and they're knocked out, then he loses.
So Hamilton has a massive advantage there.
It should be interesting!
if you follow that argument though, front wings are changeable, rears are not...So Hamilton has a massive advantage there.
It should be interesting!
Mini1275 said:
I'd have thought backing up Lewis wouldn't be a particularly good idea considering he's been faster in the races and will have DRS.
Oh agreed, however given the circumstances I don't see he has any choice. Maybe he'll get a bit punchy as neither of them want to risk a collision and the lottery that would bring. It could certainly be an interesting start tomo, second gives you the inside line into the first corner but you'd have to be brave to risk being chopped off.
Worked for Seb last year.
I think Lewis has the race pace in hand, all season he has been kinder on both tyres and fuel. The two long DRS sections should enable him to affect the pass, he will then hopefully have the pace to break away from Rosberg.
Worked for Seb last year.
I think Lewis has the race pace in hand, all season he has been kinder on both tyres and fuel. The two long DRS sections should enable him to affect the pass, he will then hopefully have the pace to break away from Rosberg.
hornetrider said:
Mini1275 said:
I'd have thought backing up Lewis wouldn't be a particularly good idea considering he's been faster in the races and will have DRS.
Oh agreed, however given the circumstances I don't see he has any choice. Maybe he'll get a bit punchy as neither of them want to risk a collision and the lottery that would bring. RenOHH said:
You would never, ever see Lewis say he wished a Williams had got between them if the roles were reversed. And people say Lewis is a dick...
Referring to the press conference.
Nico was probably hoping he could just reverse straight into hamilton at the start. Which would have been hilarious. Hoping for a double Mercedes DNF tomorrow, Bottas deserves the win. Referring to the press conference.
Mini1275 said:
Unsurprisingly Lewis' race pace was better than Rosberg's whilst also seemingly being a bit kinder on his tyres.
Hopefully he can jump him off the line and walk away with it.
might be reading too much into this BUT!Hopefully he can jump him off the line and walk away with it.
Williams are almost 10Kmh faster, add in DRS is going to be interesting.
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