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

[anonymous-user]

You just need to look at his lower formula results and performances to see how good Hamilton would be in Analogue cars, he was very very good in those cars.

[glazbagun]

Was there every anyone who was stellar in an F1 car but mediocre in lower formula? I guess if you were mediocre you'd never get a seat in the first place, but there's no shortage of guys who were expected to be the second comming based on their lower formula results but never really made an impact.

I always remember Hill being genuinely fast when his head was in the right place, and he took a rather circuituous route to the top. Raikonnen in his day, too.

[swisstoni]

leglessAlex said:

swisstoni said:

Something is going on with the Mercs off the line. I think they have been iffy all season, Hamilton especially so.
I see that being addressed.before the next race start.

With the car or with the drivers?

I hear Hamilton has said in the past that he'd prefer the cars to be more analogue, but does he know what he's wishing for? I often wonder which one of the top drivers would still be top if they had to do more in the car like manual gear changes and no contact at all other than a pit board.

I imagine Hamilton would still be one of the top ones, but you never know.

I suppose what I was getting at was that Rosberg seems to have been launching the car in a different mode from Hamilton and then switching from it. It seems to be a better way (provided you remember to switch out of it ) to get off the line and Hamilton will be doing the same from now on.

[eps]

swisstoni said:

I suppose what I was getting at was that Rosberg seems to have been launching the car in a different mode from Hamilton and then switching from it. It seems to be a better way (provided you remember to switch out of it ) to get off the line and Hamilton will be doing the same from now on.

I thought the same as well

[controversial]
Rosberg drove like a champion, Hamilton didn't....
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[HarryFlatters]

swisstoni said:

I suppose what I was getting at was that Rosberg seems to have been launching the car in a different mode from Hamilton and then switching from it. It seems to be a better way (provided you remember to switch out of it ) to get off the line and Hamilton will be doing the same from now on.

Really good point. Nico might be starting in pit lane mode to get away cleanly, then hitting the overtake button once he's not traction limited.

[angrymoby]

HarryFlatters said:

Really good point. Nico might be starting in pit lane mode to get away cleanly, then hitting the overtake button once he's not traction limited.

If it was deliberate, he's only just come up with it

[eps]

angrymoby said:

HarryFlatters said:

Really good point. Nico might be starting in pit lane mode to get away cleanly, then hitting the overtake button once he's not traction limited.

If it was deliberate, he's only just come up with it

I mean it's not like he's been getting a better start than Hamilton all season or anything.....

[angrymoby]

eps said:

I mean it's not like he's been getting a better start than Hamilton all season or anything.....

yeah, he's just been better ...unless the onboards suggest otherwise (in Sochi he definitely doesn't use it)

[Gary C]

HarryFlatters said:

swisstoni said:

I suppose what I was getting at was that Rosberg seems to have been launching the car in a different mode from Hamilton and then switching from it. It seems to be a better way (provided you remember to switch out of it ) to get off the line and Hamilton will be doing the same from now on.

Really good point. Nico might be starting in pit lane mode to get away cleanly, then hitting the overtake button once he's not traction limited.

and that annoys me. nico claiming he just hit overtake when he clearly fiddled with the mode swtch first,just to deflect a suspicion of distraction.