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2016 Formula 1 Season Thread
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ha ha! perhaps.
he is biased.
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Nikki: Me either.
Lewie: I like him too. I just don't like one team winning and the team picking who it is. Which I feel they do.
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bah! better than nothing.
The Safety Car was complete nonsense at the start of this race.
The grid penalty should be 10 seconds per incident. At least there is a precedence, I suppose.
And the pit lane was a complete disaster. Holy crap.
The grid penalty should be 10 seconds per incident. At least there is a precedence, I suppose.
And the pit lane was a complete disaster. Holy crap.
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Yes the SC did seem to stay out far too long. I've seen much wetter races.
I think the punishment was about right, because without the radio assist he would have lost second for sure. I think now the teams know the punishment, there will be a lot more radio communication. After all if your driver is losing a second a lap because of a technical issue, and there are 12 laps to go, you now know it's worth assisting.
Well it's absolutely chucking it down in Hungry for Q1.
Hamilton and Roseberg timed it wrong and are currently in the drop zone whilst the session has been suspended.
Waiting for the rain to pass.
[doublepost=1469278959][/doublepost]Q1 and 3 red flags so far. Massa the latest to crash out, whilst his countrymen leads the way.
Suspect that will all change at the (drying track) restart.
[doublepost=1469279684][/doublepost]Make that 4 ref flags in q1.
Not enough time to restart the session. But Mercs are 1-2 going into q2, so looks like normality is resumed.
Hamilton and Roseberg timed it wrong and are currently in the drop zone whilst the session has been suspended.
Waiting for the rain to pass.
[doublepost=1469278959][/doublepost]Q1 and 3 red flags so far. Massa the latest to crash out, whilst his countrymen leads the way.
Suspect that will all change at the (drying track) restart.
[doublepost=1469279684][/doublepost]Make that 4 ref flags in q1.
Not enough time to restart the session. But Mercs are 1-2 going into q2, so looks like normality is resumed.
Hobbs and crew besides themselves with joy at the prospect of Nico's last lap being DQ'ed because he raced through a couple of yellows. It should be DQ'ed but seriously stop rooting for/making it so obvious that you are rooting for HAM.
Bit late today as I had to go out earlier, so just finished watching.
Good result for Lewis, but not totally dominant.
But you don't get extra points for finishing with a bigger gap.
A great couple of battles between RBR and Ferrari.
I think Max just about kept it fair, but only just.
Poor old Jenson. Is it really necessary to give a guy who had lost breaking and was running last a drive through? Bonkers.
Good result for Lewis, but not totally dominant.
But you don't get extra points for finishing with a bigger gap.
A great couple of battles between RBR and Ferrari.
I think Max just about kept it fair, but only just.
Poor old Jenson. Is it really necessary to give a guy who had lost breaking and was running last a drive through? Bonkers.
I didn't see the race as i was busy but happy with the result so saves me watching the highlights.
Hamilton ahead for the first time this season. It's not often a driver closes such a huge points gap and this is starting to look like his best season to date. If Nico isn't rattled by that then he's a better driver than most.
Hamilton ahead for the first time this season. It's not often a driver closes such a huge points gap and this is starting to look like his best season to date. If Nico isn't rattled by that then he's a better driver than most.
I think Nico has improved a lot this year. Take today's race. Once Lewis is in the lead, as long as he doesn't have any issues he usually drives off into the distance.
Today Nico kept him honest right to the end.
Either way makes it good for the spectator.
This was, from a technical standpoint, one of the best races of the year.
I was especially impressed by the way the two Mercedes drivers held off the attack on the opening lap from the Red Bull cars. Those first thirty seconds or so could very easily have seen any number of the top two rows taken out of contention in a crash or spin.
But after that? I don't think either Hamilton or Rosberg put a wheel wrong. The Mercedes team managed their tyre changes flawlessly. And I think that the way Rosberg seemed to be closing the gap to Hamilton in the final third of the race was more about Hamilton protecting his rubber than a bona fide speed difference between the two. And, at the end of the day, Hamilton proved to be the better, faster driver - even more so since he started from the second position on the grid.
I'd had somewhat higher hopes for the this season: that Ferrari; Red Bull or one of the other top teams would emerge to genuinely challenge the utter domination of Mercedes. But we aren't there yet.
The Hungaroring isn't my favorite European circuit; but the track and scenery look absolutely gorgeous. The coverage was overall excellent.
I was especially impressed by the way the two Mercedes drivers held off the attack on the opening lap from the Red Bull cars. Those first thirty seconds or so could very easily have seen any number of the top two rows taken out of contention in a crash or spin.
But after that? I don't think either Hamilton or Rosberg put a wheel wrong. The Mercedes team managed their tyre changes flawlessly. And I think that the way Rosberg seemed to be closing the gap to Hamilton in the final third of the race was more about Hamilton protecting his rubber than a bona fide speed difference between the two. And, at the end of the day, Hamilton proved to be the better, faster driver - even more so since he started from the second position on the grid.
I'd had somewhat higher hopes for the this season: that Ferrari; Red Bull or one of the other top teams would emerge to genuinely challenge the utter domination of Mercedes. But we aren't there yet.
The Hungaroring isn't my favorite European circuit; but the track and scenery look absolutely gorgeous. The coverage was overall excellent.
Next year it will be more even (hopefully). With bigger rule changes coming, I think a lot of the teams are already concentrating on next years car. the title is a two horse (actually no prancing horse!) race between Nico and Lewis.
But thats an improvement over recent years when nobody was even close to Lewis.
RBR and Ferrari are pretty evenly matched, and between them they have have four good drivers.
Thats why 2017 will be a cracking year.
As for this year at least the Mercs battling it out is giving us some unpredictability.
Not sure why they are saying Rosberg has home advantage at the next race though. He lives in Monaco! I should know he ordered a book from us at work!
I'm still working out what to make of the current rules setup. I know the tyre rules were supposed to increase competition, but I'd really hate a race - still less a season - to be decided on one or another team's tyre compound strategy.
The DRS is really working out to be a double-edged sword. Yes: If you can get within a second or so of the car ahead of you you have an opportunity to slingshot by him going to a corner. But you'd better do it quick, otherwise you'll destroy your front tires from the lack of downforce.
I grew up in the era of Emerson Fittipaldi and Nikki Lauda. James Hunt and Clay Regazzoni. I still remember seeing Jody Scheckter driving that infamous 6-wheel Tyrell. So it still seems a little weird to me to hear about pit lane speed limits and 2- and 3-stop strategies. There were plenty of races back then when a driver went out and battled against the track, the weather, and the other drivers for two hours all on his own. Of course they also ended up killing or maiming a couple of drivers every year back then, so the changes aren't all bad...
I'd like DRS more if it was enabled from the start of the race. No technical reason not to and it would keep more cars in view of the front runners.
I wish they'd simply make that cars that can draft naturally.
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agreed. the safety changes are great. but they could still .. dumb down the cars(?) and make it more competitive.
Nico has looked lost since they banned driver coaching, it seemed his main driving strength was his quick ability to take the information given to him by the engineers and apply it immediately. Which I suspect was part of the motivation to ban driver coaching, he seems to struggle in finding the speed which is a shame.
Sorry folks, a bit late today as I had to wait for the highlights.
Great race for Lewis today. He didn't put a wheel wrong.
Same can't be said for Nico. Poor start followed by a bad race. That move he pulled on Max was shocking. Glad he got the penalty. Then to say he was at full lock? Doesn't he realise that there is a camera over his shoulder? The team obviously thought it was bad to as they added an extra 3 seconds for good measure
Good result for RBR who have cemented their grip on best of the rest. Both of their drivers are making the best of that chassis.
Meanwhile things are going backwards at Ferrari. Can't even decide on when to pit. I can see Ross Braun getting his old job back. I think they need him.
Great race for Lewis today. He didn't put a wheel wrong.
Same can't be said for Nico. Poor start followed by a bad race. That move he pulled on Max was shocking. Glad he got the penalty. Then to say he was at full lock? Doesn't he realise that there is a camera over his shoulder? The team obviously thought it was bad to as they added an extra 3 seconds for good measure
Good result for RBR who have cemented their grip on best of the rest. Both of their drivers are making the best of that chassis.
Meanwhile things are going backwards at Ferrari. Can't even decide on when to pit. I can see Ross Braun getting his old job back. I think they need him.
Well from the back of the grid that would be a good race. Looking forward to it though.[doublepost=1472174954][/doublepost]
no. lewie will dust him.
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