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Post by RyRy on May 9, 2015 15:09:19 GMT
This track I fully expect Rosberg to win at... but I'm not sure who I want to pick in the pool, any other track and I would pick Hamilton but not sure on this one  |
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Post by racechick on May 9, 2015 17:29:30 GMT
Hmmmmmmm. Just warched quali. A juicy prospect!! Second would be a fine result for Lewis, but I doubt he will settle for it and I hope he doesn't! He said he has his car more set up for the race, but he also said it isn't quite where he wants it and Nico was quick all weekend. And he said it's hard to overtake.
Torro Rosso boys did brilliant, hope they keep it up. I'd like to see Slonso claw his way to the points with it being his home race.
kimi didn't do very well.,I heard in third practise that he had opted not to run the aero upgrades whist Vettel Did run them. Maybe he was paying for that decision,
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Post by Wß on May 9, 2015 18:07:24 GMT
I won't be able to watch the race till later in the day, I have an Auto Cross on Mother's day, can you believe it? Anyway to rub salt on the wound, my car is not put back together so I'm not even driving it. But I'll be looking forward to the chit chat here later on.
To summarize today's results, Ferrari threw everything bu the kitchen sink at Mercedes and is about 8/10ths adrift. At least they're clearly best of the rest so the half billion dollar budget is getting them something. Back to Mercedes, I believe Lewis just wanted the challenge of overtaking Rosberg out on track. Only once last year was he unable to do that, and Lewis' pace with the Hard compound was insane. Interesting to see if they go M H M on strategy.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on May 9, 2015 21:01:49 GMT
I won't be able to watch the race till later in the day, I have an Auto Cross on Mother's day, can you believe it? Anyway to rub salt on the wound, my car is not put back together so I'm not even driving it. But I'll be looking forward to the chit chat here later on. To summarize today's results, Ferrari threw everything bu the kitchen sink at Mercedes and is about 8/10ths adrift. At least they're clearly best of the rest so the half billion dollar budget is getting them something. Back to Mercedes, I believe Lewis just wanted the challenge of overtaking Rosberg out on track. Only once last year was he unable to do that, and Lewis' pace with the Hard compound was insane. Interesting to see if they go M H M on strategy. Yeah, Lewis was definitely optimised for the prime tyre, which will give him a big advantage when it comes to strategy, with 2 clear payoff points around the pitstops. Plus the drag race off the start. Nico was definitely optimised for the all out option lap, guess he feels the pole trophy is a reasonable target. Ferrari might need another 100mill off-balance sheet injection soon to keep Williams at bay. As Merc have used the 1 engine so far the next one is likely to deploy a proper token update, may have been best to let the sleeping kraken lie. Especially as there wont be much excuse left for Ferrari 'allowing' Merc to open the gap again. Maybe Ferrari are waiting for Merc to give them more pointers on how to build engines |
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Post by RyRy on May 9, 2015 21:16:49 GMT
Watching the comparrison between Hamilton and Rosberg, Hamilton had two shocking laps.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on May 10, 2015 9:37:12 GMT
lewis clearly made a couple of mistakes, however these could be a result of his car set up direction. We saw a lot of this at the end of last season. If he had started the weekend by studying last years race and decided that the prime tyre stint could make the difference, it could be why his 1 lap options pace is not great.
As he appears supremely fast on the primes, if Merc allow then he could do an early first stop to try the undercut and force Nico into spending more time on the primes at the end.
Should be interesting
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Post by racechick on May 10, 2015 11:56:28 GMT
Getting scared now.Time to hide!!
Just time for a quick moan at Jackie Stewart, saying if Nico can get into the first corner he could win it....and he hopes he does because he thinks he deserves it.Why i wonder does Jackie think Nico 'deserves' it? Has he had unfair decisions affect his results? has he had unreliability? is he receiving less support from the team? I cant think why Jackie would say Nico 'deserves'it?
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Post by racechick on May 10, 2015 12:06:40 GMT
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
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Post by Liam Catterson on May 10, 2015 12:10:08 GMT
Oh damn, Hamilton not having the best of days
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Post by CookinFlat6 on May 10, 2015 12:20:47 GMT
Lewis can come second which would be result.
If McLaren had 2 Buttons we would be all saying how the car is shit and has no balance or grip.
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Post by Hammer on May 10, 2015 12:42:12 GMT
Hate.this.goddamn.track.
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Post by racechick on May 10, 2015 12:49:12 GMT
Me too.Horrid track!!
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Post by racechick on May 10, 2015 12:57:39 GMT
Come on Lewis!! HAMMERTIME!!!!
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Post by ang44 on May 10, 2015 13:01:50 GMT
Lewis' second pit stop was quicker than his first...at 3.4
But still a second slower than Seb's...2.4 first stop
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Post by RyRy on May 10, 2015 13:02:34 GMT
Hamilton is flying now... he's brought himself back into win contention for sure.
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Post by ang44 on May 10, 2015 13:04:36 GMT
Still I Rise...:-)
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Post by Liam Catterson on May 10, 2015 13:15:28 GMT
A bad day to be a front jack man
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Post by RyRy on May 10, 2015 13:19:51 GMT
Hamilton can still win based on my math, he'll be on the medium tyre and has to do 18~ laps at 1.2 seconds a lap faster... thats enough to catch Rosberg up especially because Rosbergs will be 4-5 laps old.
Hamilton should keep going for a few laps close to Rosberg to try and kill his tyres a bit.
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Post by Liam Catterson on May 10, 2015 13:54:58 GMT
Rosberg seems to be acting quite smug over his win :/
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Post by the2ndcoming on May 10, 2015 13:58:17 GMT
Good win for Nico. I must admit, I'm scratching my head a bit on Lewis' last stop/tyre choice. Clearly he/his car loves the harder rubber and was far quicker on it. Why didn't they put him on that for the final stint? He was already to the regulations prior to that stop. Hmmm...oh well. I can play armchair warrior all I want for the next two weeks. Cheerz everyone.
Such fun!
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