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[RealSquirrels]

Juanco20 said:

You give every driver 10 laps in Hamilton's car. Who puts in the quickest lap?

alonso or hamilton...

[Spawn]

Derek Smith said:

No, just the lap times and the blobs.

At this stage of the race I think that's sufficient but I think I might write a strong letter to Sky about their timing screen.

Its crud. I want to see the sector times!

[Crafty_]

Sky timing is perfectly clear here, but it does lag, signal bounced around too many satellites I guess.

Nico not in a good mood !

[leglessAlex]

Crafty_ said:

Juanco20 said:

You give every driver 10 laps in Hamilton's car. Who puts in the quickest lap?

lewis

I'd agree with that. Every driver needs a car set up in a different way (duh, captain obvious) and some of the set ups preferred are VERY different. The only person that can get Lewis level pace out of Lewis's car is er.... Lewis.

[RichB]

Derek Smith said:

RichB said:

Is that the "pay" version Derek?

No, just the lap times and the blobs. At this stage of the race I think that's sufficient but I think I might write a strong letter to Sky about their timing screen.

You'd think there'd be somewhere on the internet where you could see it, all I want is the number of pit stops and sector times. Not bothered about all the 3D/where they are on the track stuff.

[RealSquirrels]

i thought this was an appropriate moment to remind everyone that nico rosberg promised to win this race 2 weeks ago.

[Gun]

Hamilton quicker than the rest and uses less fuel!

[Crafty_]

RichB said:

ou'd think there'd be somewhere on the internet where you could see it, all I want is the number of pit stops and sector times. Not bothered about all the 3D/where they are on the track stuff.

Data is owned by FOM, its the only source, if they charge to get access, you have to pay, simple as that really.

[Spawn]

Vettek seems to have fallen back from DR a little? 10 seconds?

[RealSquirrels]

Gaz. said:

RealSquirrels said:

i thought this was an appropriate moment to remind everyone that nico rosberg promised to win this race 2 weeks ago.

Have you not got a football match to be going to?

I'm not making some partisan point, I think it's an important facet of the contest for the world championship, in particular the psychological battle that is clearly going on. and there is not so much going on on track so it's something to think about.

[RichB]

Crafty_ said:

RichB said:

ou'd think there'd be somewhere on the internet where you could see it, all I want is the number of pit stops and sector times. Not bothered about all the 3D/where they are on the track stuff.

Data is owned by FOM, its the only source, if they charge to get access, you have to pay, simple as that really.

Well yes I understand the principle my point is that one can get Premier League football live on a Saturday afternoon streamed on the Internet free of charge despite it not being shown live in the UK. On that basis I was simply saying I was surprised that there isn't somewhere you can see live timing.

[Inertiatic]

Gaz. said:

Well log on to ilovethetasteoflewis.com and tell someone who cares.

And on that note...

[RealSquirrels]

liking your personal attacks. classy.

[DHB07]

Juanco20 said:

You give every driver 10 laps in Hamilton's car. Who puts in the quickest lap?

Lewis. Then Alonso. Then Hulkenburg.

[Derek Smith]

Hamilton has slowed. Not by much but sufficient for Rosberg to noticeably close.

A sensible reaction? If there is a pace car then he wants to have decent tyres.

Or is it that he's suffering from degradation?

[RichB]

Derek Smith said:

Hamilton has slowed. Not by much but sufficient for Rosberg to noticeably close.

A sensible reaction? If there is a pace car then he wants to have decent tyres.

Or is it that he's suffering from degradation?

Managing the gap.

[Spawn]

DR to SV now 16 seconds. Does SV have a problem?

[slipstream 1985]

DHB07 said:

I've made some decent predictions this year. Tempted therefore to bet on this...

HAM
ROS
RIC
ALO
VET

Edited by DHB07 on Sunday 20th April 07:45

not far off are you

[RichB]

Gaz. said:

I wonder if the Bottas collision has damaged anything on Nico's car?

There's been no suggestion of it during the last hour and a half... So I would say not.

[Doink]

Derek Smith said:

Hamilton has slowed. Not by much but sufficient for Rosberg to noticeably close.

A sensible reaction? If there is a pace car then he wants to have decent tyres.

Or is it that he's suffering from degradation?

Probably backing off to give Nico a chance to catch, guess he fancies another 10 lap battle lol!