The Official 2016 German Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**
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BaronVonVaderham said:
cgt2 said:
BaronVonVaderham said:
No, he moves around very late in the braking phase. Read the rules.
No rule was broken as the stewards did not even bother looking at it. Perhaps you should apply for Charlie Whiting's job? Send your CV to Mr Ecclestone, c/o FOM, Prince's Gate, London SW6.
Nice words about his MIL will help your application.
suffolk009 said:
I'm not familiar with that rule. But it makes sense.
I suspect there is also an element of Bernie/FOM hoping for more randomised grids. To, you know, improve "the show".
it applies to red flag situations in most national series in the UK....if you cause the red flag then you are removed from the results. its a good deterent for anyone trying to do anything underhand when the results go back to the last completed lap. I suspect there is also an element of Bernie/FOM hoping for more randomised grids. To, you know, improve "the show".
37chevy said:
NJK44 said:
Until Rosberg repeats his 2014 Monaco antics.
simples...implement race rules, if you cause the red flag you get deleted from the results....make him start 10thDunno ahout deletion but the idea merits dicussion... 3 place grid penalty for bringing out yellows perhaps? Enough to discourage stupidity/cynical moves without massively penalising honest mistakes?
I just looked at the long runs, and Rosberg's were actually quicker than Hamilton averaging about the same as the gap between them on a single lap as in the FP2 time sheet on both the Soft and Super Soft. Following the sector times Rosberg seemed to be quicker in S1 compared to his team mate. An interesting race brewing at the front? Depends if everything gets sorted out by tomorrow. Also it's possible that Hamilton was in a lower performing mode in his PU for these runs. If Rosberg gets pole tomorrow, it will be game on.
Red Bull look to be a match for the Mercedes on the Soft tyre. However, the Mercedes seems to be able to look after the Super Softs better and be quite a bit quicker than both the Ferrari and the Red Bull. I'd still say it's Mercedes' race to lose. Ferrari look OK on the Super Softs but look slower than Red Bull on the Softs. More head scratching before qualifying.
TBH I think the championship would benefit from Rosberg putting in a strong performance and beating Hamilton on merit.... things have started to look like one way traffic over the last few races.
Ferrari are well off the pace on their long runs - significantly slower than Mercedes and Red Bull. Both Raikkonen and Vettel could be vulnerable in qualifying unless they hook up perfect laps as their 1 lap pace is very similar to the Red Bulls and in the case of Raikkonen only a coule of tenths or so ahead of a well driven Force India.
Ferrari are well off the pace on their long runs - significantly slower than Mercedes and Red Bull. Both Raikkonen and Vettel could be vulnerable in qualifying unless they hook up perfect laps as their 1 lap pace is very similar to the Red Bulls and in the case of Raikkonen only a coule of tenths or so ahead of a well driven Force India.
Derek Smith said:
Dr Z said:
If Rosberg gets pole tomorrow, it will be game on.
That's what I thought last week.Flooble said:
I'm confused, if Rosberg has better race pace and gets pole, what can Hamilton do?
What makes you think Lewis is using his full PU in FP1 and 2? And what can he do? Make his tyres last longer, push Nico into an error (we've seen that a couple of times), go for a last of the late brakers into a corner.... You know, Race, it's what he tends to do.....
Jasandjules said:
What makes you think Lewis is using his full PU in FP1 and 2?
And what can he do? Make his tyres last longer, push Nico into an error (we've seen that a couple of times), go for a last of the late brakers into a corner.... You know, Race, it's what he tends to do.....
I was under the impression that both drivers would be using Friday engines which were near their end of life, so they'd have no reason to keep Hamilton's turned down. Unless they are in real trouble with how far they have to stretch things ...And what can he do? Make his tyres last longer, push Nico into an error (we've seen that a couple of times), go for a last of the late brakers into a corner.... You know, Race, it's what he tends to do.....
Yes, you're probably right on the tyres. Although with a trademark lousy start and slipping back by 0.2 seconds a lap, I can't see Hamilton being close enough to provoke Rosberg into mistakes - and equally to outbrake him would require a smaller gap than is likely with the current deficit, surely?
If it weren't for the appalling starts he is making this year, I'd be expecting something on the first lap, however, there is a statistical analysis around somewhere showing both Mercedes are 20-30% worse on the start than the Red Bulls and Ferraris and Hamilton is 5-10% worse than his teammate. I'll have to try and dig it out.
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