The Official 2016 Russian Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**

[Pints]

ukaskew said:

Awkward room is awkward.

Awkward podium is awkward.

[confucuis]

As a Ferrari supporter, God I hate Kimi. He's just so, I dunno, benign when it comes to racing. At least Vettel would have challenged the Merc's.

Anyway, thats Ferrari's season over after just four fking races. Vettels 67 points off Rosber after 4 races. Even considering Kimi is laughable.

[paulw123]

REALIST123 said:

Well done Rosberg. Pole, win, fastest lap with a new lap record.

Just lucky I guess?

helps when your teammate gets pretty much removed from the equation for the last two races and you are a second quicker than the rest of the pack. well driven all the same. Hopefully Lewis will have his reliability sored for next race though there's a whole year of penalty & reprimand pain building up for him down the line.pretty much done and dusted this year I fear

[ClockworkCupcake]

deadslow said:

LH managed a creditable 2nd place, yet looks even more peed off than Vettel

Looks like he's been licking ps off a nettle.

[Smollet]

At least Putin turns up at his national GP. Can't recall the last time another bigwig did the same unless some of the bods who appear at Bahrain and Abu Dhabi are the grand fromages

[Bradgate]

They are not taking any chances with the podium interviews today, Brundle is doing them.

[vonuber]

paulw123 said:

helps when your teammate gets pretty much removed from the equation for the last two races and you are a second quicker than the rest of the pack. well driven all the same.

This has been the story for the past two years, so I am not sure why it is any different now.

[Pints]

It's little wonder Kimi is so popular in Russia, he probably accounts for 20% of their Vodka exports.

[paulw123]

I mean you are only really competing with your teammate, so when he is severely disadvantaged its a massive bonus

vonuber said:

This has been the story for the past two years, so I am not sure why it is any different now.

[ClockworkCupcake]

Pints said:

It's little wonder Kimi is so popular in Russia, he probably accounts for 20% of their Vodka exports.

I'd think it more likely that Kimi would have shares in Finlandia.

[RichB]

paulw123 said:

.. there's a whole year of penalty & reprimand pain building up for him down the line.

yeah a penalty for reversing in the pit lane when a marshal tells you to do it and a penalty for not going through the gate on the first slalom. i expect he'll get one for not filling his windscreen washer bottle causing him to have a ten place grid penalty just when he's in striking distance of Rosberg. Ah well, well done Mercedes. It's shaping up well for 2017.

[deadslow]

paulw123 said:

I mean you are only really competing with your teammate, so when he is severely disadvantaged its a massive bonus

vonuber said:

This has been the story for the past two years, so I am not sure why it is any different now.

in all sports you need to capitalise on any bit of luck - last year NR did not manage to do this. This year he has grabbed the opportunity with both hands.

[Clevers]

Hopefully we will see both Mercedes drivers in equal equipment for the rest of the season.

[RichB]

REALIST123 said:

Well done Rosberg. Pole, win, fastest lap with a new lap record.

Just lucky I guess?

You've got more brains than just haveig to guess. You know.

[Potatoes]

Has Kvyat left the building?

[HTP99]

I knew those DHL drivers were fast but fastet lap of the Russian GP!!

[Adrian W]

If ever a driver should be on a final warning or even better thrown out, this was it, but nothing will happen

[EnglishTony]

Wolff's just done his looking shifty thing when asked about water leaks.

And Kyvat's being given a right slagging over the Vettel scene. Despite Vettel telling us that he braked very hard and late in turn 2 and then early in turn 3 'cos he wasn't sure about the state of his car.

[Potatoes]

Funny interview with Horner.

"the crash kid, who was that then?"

[deadslow]

Was Hamilton giving it super-sulk on the podium? Will be an interesting de-brief at Merc