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NRS said:
LDN said:
Niki, Toto and Vettel look genuinely happy to be having their picture taken; very sweet.
https://flic.kr/p/vnZeJvTrying to work out which one is Max...
"Hallo Dave! He's my child now Daaavvee!"
Pooh said:
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.
Nico always does this, so I can't believe you only just noticed it for this race.The host asks Nico a question, and then Nico always seems to look away and talk about something completely different to the crowd. It does look very poor, and I am surprised that Mercedes have not given Nico some media training.
threespires said:
Some driver pix here, sorry about poor quality
Will Stevens is actually standing up here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertgrounds/188467...And one for dad - https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertgrounds/188468...
threespires said:
Some driver pix here, sorry about poor quality
https://flic.kr/s/aHskfESBMa
I'm not sure your wee lad appreciates being driver bait. Some nice pics though. Can't believe they made Perez do the dishes after coming 9th.https://flic.kr/s/aHskfESBMa
Scuffers said:
ukaskew said:
freedman said:
A race thrown away by Williams by a complete lack of strategy to actually try and win it
Williams were never going to win that race, regardless of their strategy calls. Bottas getting ahead of Massa early on may have seen him a little further up the road for a while, but nothing more than that, especially given the rain.They may have thrown away a 3rd place dependent on the 'track position when rain started' lottery, but that's about it in my opinion.
Way I see it, if Bottas had been let go to run, and could have put half a sec a lap on Massa (holding up the mercs) by the time lewis stopped for tyres, he would never have been able to grab the lead from the under-cut, this would have left Bottas in the lead, all the way to the rain, at which point I suspect he would have lost out, but may not have done...
lbc said:
Nico always does this, so I can't believe you only just noticed it for this race.
The host asks Nico a question, and then Nico always seems to look away and talk about something completely different to the crowd. It does look very poor, and I am surprised that Mercedes have not given Nico some media training.
It sucks when you're not on the top step of the podium. The host asks Nico a question, and then Nico always seems to look away and talk about something completely different to the crowd. It does look very poor, and I am surprised that Mercedes have not given Nico some media training.
There's no right emotion to show publicly because gonna flack of some sort. For instance Lewis hides behind his shades in the interview bullpen unless he's winning then he's all too happy to show how great it feels to win.
threespires said:
Some driver pix here, sorry about poor quality
https://flic.kr/s/aHskfESBMa
I am quite impressed at how many of them stopped for you - lovely people.https://flic.kr/s/aHskfESBMa
entropy said:
For instance Lewis hides behind his shades in the interview...
And of course if Räikkönen does it he's the coolest dude on the grid according to som P'Headers https://youtu.be/JbmjSHFde9Y
Jasandjules said:
threespires said:
Some driver pix here, sorry about poor quality
https://flic.kr/s/aHskfESBMa
I am quite impressed at how many of them stopped for you - lovely people.https://flic.kr/s/aHskfESBMa
Did I hear Ted correctly, Fillipe Nasr lives in Woking? Kind of surprised me.
entropy said:
lbc said:
Nico always does this, so I can't believe you only just noticed it for this race.
The host asks Nico a question, and then Nico always seems to look away and talk about something completely different to the crowd. It does look very poor, and I am surprised that Mercedes have not given Nico some media training.
It sucks when you're not on the top step of the podium. The host asks Nico a question, and then Nico always seems to look away and talk about something completely different to the crowd. It does look very poor, and I am surprised that Mercedes have not given Nico some media training.
There's no right emotion to show publicly because gonna flack of some sort. For instance Lewis hides behind his shades in the interview bullpen unless he's winning then he's all too happy to show how great it feels to win.
VladD said:
IainT said:
heebeegeetee said:
Aren't they great? I mean, it even looks like you can get close to the drivers, like the "good old days".
Awesome photos. Carmen... Mr_Thyroid said:
Scuffers said:
ukaskew said:
freedman said:
A race thrown away by Williams by a complete lack of strategy to actually try and win it
Williams were never going to win that race, regardless of their strategy calls. Bottas getting ahead of Massa early on may have seen him a little further up the road for a while, but nothing more than that, especially given the rain.They may have thrown away a 3rd place dependent on the 'track position when rain started' lottery, but that's about it in my opinion.
Way I see it, if Bottas had been let go to run, and could have put half a sec a lap on Massa (holding up the mercs) by the time lewis stopped for tyres, he would never have been able to grab the lead from the under-cut, this would have left Bottas in the lead, all the way to the rain, at which point I suspect he would have lost out, but may not have done...
The only hope they had was let Bottas through to build a gap where Lewis wouldn't have jumped him during the pitstop. (I think there was a time in those early laps where Bottas could have gone 2-4 tenths quicker per lap.)
Then hope it didn't rain.
London424 said:
The only hope they had was let Bottas through to build a gap where Lewis wouldn't have jumped him during the pitstop. (I think there was a time in those early laps where Bottas could have gone 2-4 tenths quicker per lap.)
Then hope it didn't rain.
Either that or slow Bottas down and let Massa pull out a lead. I think the Williams was fast enough in a straight line for that to work.Then hope it didn't rain.
VladD said:
London424 said:
The only hope they had was let Bottas through to build a gap where Lewis wouldn't have jumped him during the pitstop. (I think there was a time in those early laps where Bottas could have gone 2-4 tenths quicker per lap.)
Then hope it didn't rain.
Either that or slow Bottas down and let Massa pull out a lead. I think the Williams was fast enough in a straight line for that to work.Then hope it didn't rain.
London424 said:
True...though I've always thought that's a bit risky, as it's such fine margins to drive slowly, but fast enough not to be overtaken.
I think the disappointing part is that they didn't try either strategy. Just leaving the cars running so close played into the mercs hands. They should have used one car to protect the other and in not sure it mattered which car was opening a gap and which was defending (although it did look like Bottas was quicker).Hungrymc said:
London424 said:
True...though I've always thought that's a bit risky, as it's such fine margins to drive slowly, but fast enough not to be overtaken.
I think the disappointing part is that they didn't try either strategy. Just leaving the cars running so close played into the mercs hands. They should have used one car to protect the other and in not sure it mattered which car was opening a gap and which was defending (although it did look like Bottas was quicker).I guess the difficulty they have is that if they try something and it fails they'll get lots of tough questions, while also pissing off one or both of the drivers.
Taking yesterday as an example, they move Bottas past Massa. The rain comes and their car is not nearly as good in the wet, they end up coming 3rd and 4th (at best) and you've now pissed off Massa while not winning the race.
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