I watched quali 3, saw the Mercs were more than 1 second faster than the rest, and didn't bother with the race.
I watched quali 3, saw the Mercs were more than 1 second faster than the rest, and didn't bother with the race.
The team orders will kick in soon. There is always a #1 and #2 driver. If Lewis had finished 2nd in the Australian GP, he'd now have a 21 point lead. It's only a matter of time...
Lewis has won every race he has finished.
Rosberg is clearly #2 driver already, imo.
Monaco almost always goes to the pole sitter. Barring something weird, that will probably be Lewis.
And finally, yes, I still miss the V-8 scream! I can't get over that. F-1, television, etc....NOBODY has done enough to overcome the loss of the V-8 scream!!
The Australian driver, who was knighted in 1979, won the championship in 1959, 1960 and 1966.
His world championship win in 1966 was achieved in a car of his own construction, the rear-engined BT19.
He remains the only man in history to have designed, built and driven a championship-winning car.
After his retirement, he sold his his team to Bernie Ecclestone - who would go on to run the sport - with the Brabham name remaining in the sport until the 1990s.
Ya, kinda surprised Hamilton wanted to play "cry baby", especially after his comments about Rossberg's vs his own upbringing. Whilst trying to make Rossberg sound like a spoiled brat, Hamilton embodied that very thing in both the post Q3 interview and again on the podium.
Cream of the uber 1st-world lifestyle is a tough gig, eh?
I'd like to see Hamilton return to his slightly more humble roots. He'll garner more respect, if nothing else!
And Kudos to Ricciardo who worked it hard!!
(Ferrari is gonna have to do some homework here soon!!)
Anybody else notice....(commentators sure didn't....AT ALL)......that on the 64th lap when Massa was trying to pass Vettel on the straight right after the hairpin, that his DRS wing opened and then as he pulled out to pass, it SHUT!?!?!?! WTF!?!?!?!?
NOT good!! Especially when the commentators miss it completely. I don't know why he couldn't pass Vettel there again after that but that was the closest Massa got to passing Vettel. (side by side the whole way).
I was SCREAMING at the TV that his DRS wing shut on him. But to deaf ears. Nimrod & Dimwit, thought it was because Massa got into the "clag".
Oh well.
At least Ricciardo got the win. That was cool to see and very cool to see a humble winner!!
Yeah, awesome final 1/4 of the race. Great for Ricciardo. It's clear that all we need is to cripple the Mercs and excitement ensues. Can we get someone from the area of each racetrack to sabotage them on race-day? or maybe some silly FIA ruling to implement mid-season Mercedes-only restrictor plates? I'm spit-balling here ...
Otherwise, Red Bull handling vs FI/Williams pace will still make some awesome racing the rest of the year.
On the Massa-Perez crash, at first it looked to me that Perez chopped across Massa to block, but in slow-mo it actually looks like he pulled out to try a pass on Vettel - but never expected or looked for Massa to kamikaze at that speed to his left. Either way, it does not look like Massa could have ever made the corner from that position and speed without either barrelling into Perez/Vettel or flying off the course.
Crazy moves by both, and much respect to Vettel for seeing it coming and backing off in the corner without losing it.
Vid with slow-mo
Sergio Perez and Max Chilton have both been handed grid penalties for Austria after the stewards deemed them guilty of triggering separate incidents in Sunday's race in Canada.
Saw that, but doesn't explain why he did so. The only thing I can think of is that he never expected Massa to approach at that speed and try to brake that deep.