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Mr_Thyroid said:
superkartracer said:
This pitstop lark spoilt it for me.
Ah back in the days when girls were prettier, music had a tune, smoking was healthy and F1 didn't have pit stops.(it's always been like this)
Mr_Thyroid said:
DJRC said:
Mr_Thyroid said:
In a way the rain saved Williams from the embarrassment of throwing away a race win - if they had been willing to manage their drivers and it had stayed dry they could've won.
No, they couldn't. Lewis always had a second in half effectively in clean air on them. Not just that but if Williams had stopped VB earlier than Lewis who stopped first, they would have dropped him into traffic and ruined the plan. Same for Massa. If they had told Massa to let VB through then...well you are into a very different argument and as VB told us he had once chance to do the job and that was it. After that once chance into Club was gone, Massa had him covered every lap.Hamilton torched the in-lap and then torched the out lap and was quite comfortably gone by the time Ros and the Williams had cycled through the pitsfic.
{whisper}Massa is a good driver. Bottas is not the only Williams driver.{whisper}
Williams were never going to win the race on pace alone no matter which way you want to slice it.
Cracking race. I thought Hamilton drove a very level headed race and If he was a bit lucky with his second pitstop timing, it was deserved. Sometimes you really do make your own luck.
Would have loved to have seen how the middle of the race panned out had Williams managed to pit one of their cars earlier and before Hamilton. Had there been clear air for the pitting car to slot back into, in theory they ought to have kept that car in the lead after the first round of pit stops.
They just don't have the downforce for wet running though, so I doubt the overall result would have changed.
Would have loved to have seen how the middle of the race panned out had Williams managed to pit one of their cars earlier and before Hamilton. Had there been clear air for the pitting car to slot back into, in theory they ought to have kept that car in the lead after the first round of pit stops.
They just don't have the downforce for wet running though, so I doubt the overall result would have changed.
samvia said:
Have Sky asked Ted to be more like Kay Burley or something, and prod people into getting frustrated with him?
He was quite right to since Smedley was trying to worm his way out of what occurred. It was a nice touch to do the interview with Bottas straight after so he contradicted what Smedley said. Mr_Thyroid said:
No, this is a good thing. What a boring race it would've been if they'd been able to overtake after a few laps. If the quickest car always wins what is the point in watching.
The quickest car does generally always win. The result today was never really in doubt - all it took was Hamilton to have one lap of clean air and the race was effectively over. The same would have been true if Rosberg had pitted first.La Liga said:
samvia said:
Have Sky asked Ted to be more like Kay Burley or something, and prod people into getting frustrated with him?
He was quite right to since Smedley was trying to worm his way out of what occurred. It was a nice touch to do the interview with Bottas straight after so he contradicted what Smedley said. The cringe was caused entirely by Smedley (who is a grumpy sod at the best of times) trying to re-write history.
Mr_Thyroid said:
Ah back in the days when girls were prettier, music had a tune, smoking was healthy and F1 didn't have pit stops.
(it's always been like this)
Basically yes. Seem to recall lots of good races in them there olden days when there were no pit stops. People just raced from start to finish. That sort of thing.(it's always been like this)
A Mercedes win was never really in doubt today, though it was apparent that if the Mercs couldn't get past the Williams on a dry track, nothing else will. Kind of answers some questions over why the Ferrais got stuck behind them in some of the previous races. Congrats to Lewis. Lucked into that one. 
I don't believe Williams have made a genuine step forward, although I'll follow the next three races with interest, if they could continue to show the kind of pace they showed today relative to Ferrari. Driver of the day was Kyvat for me.
I don't believe Williams have made a genuine step forward, although I'll follow the next three races with interest, if they could continue to show the kind of pace they showed today relative to Ferrari. Driver of the day was Kyvat for me.
Smollet said:
Mr_Thyroid said:
Ah back in the days when girls were prettier, music had a tune, smoking was healthy and F1 didn't have pit stops.
(it's always been like this)
Basically yes. Seem to recall lots of good races in them there olden days when there were no pit stops. People just raced from start to finish. That sort of thing.(it's always been like this)
rdjohn said:
Silverstone of old used to be a shed, in terms of infrastructure, but now I think that it is possibly the best on the calendar.
No Mickey-Mouse chicanes, decent straights, some really awesome corners, plus Becketts.
From the air, it's a complete mess, but I guess at least it's an identifiable mess. You've a job to see where the track starts and the multitude of corners, run-off areas and random bits of old tarmac end. As for the "wing" No Mickey-Mouse chicanes, decent straights, some really awesome corners, plus Becketts.
Great race, very exciting and I was delighted with the result.
Did anybody else notice how rude Nico was to Frankie in the interviews, Frankie asked him a question and Nico completely turned his back on him and addressed his answer to the crowd. In contrast both Lewis and Seb addressed their answers to Frankie.
Did anybody else notice how rude Nico was to Frankie in the interviews, Frankie asked him a question and Nico completely turned his back on him and addressed his answer to the crowd. In contrast both Lewis and Seb addressed their answers to Frankie.
ash73 said:
Not a bad race, Lewis made a complete hash of the restart behind Massa and it was exciting seeing the Williams out front, but they should have let Bottas through and got Massa to back up the Mercs. They need someone in the second car who is willing to work for the team. Lewis was saved from a charging Nico by the final stop, jammy so and so.
Nico won't be at all happy, he looked to have this weekend sorted out. But the spell before intermediates when Nico was catching rapidly, I think Lewis was being very cautious and was focused on using the lead he had built to be cautious and time his stop. And then on Inters, Nico didn't make any progress.
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