2016 Formula 1 Season

[Uncle Fester]

Vettel... bahahahahahah
That has to be the winner of years best vocal outburst

Yes I enjoyed that bit too. Not once but apparently twice rear-ended by Kvyat, Vettel will want to lynch him. Guess that was payback for his complaint in the last race.
Shame they put the wrong tyres on Ricciardo, so much for strategy, because 6th would have been otherwise likely with Vettel out and he could have kept at least 3rd in the standings. See what happens, not all over yet.

[ol' boy]

How de-tuned was Vettel in the Media Interview.
Boy, did his PR chick do a great job of soothing the beast.
Ted Kravitz comment was priceless... "Vettel might need to go see a Doctor after that interview..... he was biting his lip pretty hard"

[Uncle Fester]

Vettels 'performance' was the best part of this race
As said this is a track where the truth about engine performance is revealed. I expected the Renault engines to be weak here but that both Hondas were better than Renault/Redbull still managed surprise me.
At least Ricciardo still managed the highest position of all Renault 'powered' cars.
Upgrades soon, well lets see

[ol' boy]

Vettels outburst and the uncomfortable silence when Putin was with Nico after the race.
Then Putins body guard far left of stage, what a brute.... um... all 7 of them.

[LeroyPatrol]

Of all the drivers to shunt vettle twice lol

...........Leroy

[ol' boy]

I was a bit disappointed Hamilton didn't try spray Putin with Champagne...
I'm sure if he did, he would have been escorted through a special door when passing through customs at the airport.

[Tiny]

Of all the drivers to shunt vettle twice lol

...........Leroy

Vettel was well within his rights to have a dummy spit on that, I would!!
Vettel must be itching to plant one on Kvyat.

That boy needs talking to, twice in less than half a lap; is he blind or stupid?

I'm still intrigued at Hamilton's team telling him he had a water pressure problem when he was 7.5 seconds behind Rosberg & catching at 0.5 seconds a lap, then when he'd dropped back, that the situation has resolved??
Things that make me go hmm!!

[LeroyPatrol]

My comment was because of the China race dummy spit at Kvyat as well lol

..........Leroy

[Uncle Fester]

I'm still intrigued at Hamilton's team telling him he had a water pressure problem when he was 7.5 seconds behind Rosberg & catching at 0.5 seconds a lap, then when he'd dropped back, that the situation has resolved??
Things that make me go hmm!!

Small leak (hose clamp not quite tight enough for example) but under pressure will push out the coolant rapidly.
Keep it under boiling point (coast and the airflow should manage that) and it might just loose a few drops per minute or not leak at all. That way he could get the end of the race in second place rather than risking another engine change.

[Tiny]

Well bugger me, Kvyat paid a high price for being a dick, demoted back to the satellite Toro Rosso team & Max Verstappen, the 18 year old, promoted to Redbull main team & aint he fast in his new Team & car, pushing Ricciardo to up his game a bit I think.

Interesting interview with Max here;

Should make for an interesting race!!
Tonight 10pm.

Qualifying results,

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.214	1:22.159	1:22.000	13
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:23.002	1:22.759	1:22.280	12
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:23.749	1:23.585	1:22.680	12
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:23.578	1:23.178	1:23.087	12
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:23.796	1:23.504	1:23.113	14
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:24.124	1:23.688	1:23.334	12
7	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:24.251	1:24.023	1:23.522	12
8	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:24.496	1:24.077	1:23.643	12
9	11	Sergio Perez	Force India	1:24.698	1:24.003	1:23.782	16
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:24.578	1:24.192	1:23.981	12
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1:24.463	1:24.203		13
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:24.583	1:24.348		12
13	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:24.696	1:24.445		11
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:24.716	1:24.480		12
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:24.669	1:24.625		12
16	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas	1:24.406	1:24.778		12
17	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:24.903			6
18	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:24.941			4
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:25.202			8
20	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:25.579			8
21	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	1:25.745			9
22	88	Rio Haryanto	Manor	1:25.939			9

[Uncle Fester]

Max can get a bit hot headed too.
Those standings and Max right on Ricciardo's tail does look like an exciting race.
Hope the wobbly Kodi links hold up.

[LeroyPatrol]

Max can get a bit hot headed too.
Those standings and Max right on Ricciardo's tail does look like an exciting race.
Hope the wobbly Kodi links hold up.

fkn shite how it's not fta

............

[Uncle Fester]

SUPER start lap !!
Both Mercs took each other out.
Now we got a REAL race.
Danny can do it

[LeroyPatrol]

That was teamwork....

[Uncle Fester]

Sensational !
I have no other words.
Verstappen really earned that one as much as I would have liked to see Ricciardo win, this was the best race I have seen in ages.

[ol' boy]

Yep, sensational race alright.
I feel a bit for Ricciardo... another flat tyre.

Great job from the 18 year old winner!!!!

Mercs... bahahahaha.
Too many gold chains and hiphop music for the boy who thinks his shit dont stink.
Too cool for school is Hamilton.
Or was it a preoccupied Nico that wasnt paying attention on the racing line, while fiddling with car settings?
Hard one to call.

So.... how do others see that accident?
Who was at fault?

I think given that situation time and time again, nico would have left racing room

[Uncle Fester]

Rosberg didn't think he needed to make any space and Hamilton didn't think that it would be a good idea to brake behind a slowing car.
So both didn't think and therefore both were at fault.
Those were two negatives that multiplied to a positive

Redbull really seemed to have nailed it with their chassis, downforce, balance, etc, despite weaker engines.
I wonder even if two Redbulls piloted by Verstappen and Ricciardo in that same turn 4 situation would have managed, with one steering straight over that grass without any incident.
However I am sure that both would have THOUGHT that it would not be a good idea to let such a situation happen in the first place.

[Tiny]

well I only got to watch the race this afternoon, great race, big congrats to the youngest ever F1 GP winner, well done Max,

yeah I think Nico should of left racing room, whether he would have is another thing, as he clearly didn't.
I liked the the analogy of the pit guy, 2 bulls in the one paddock it was bound to happen.
IMO closing doors is OK; slamming them shut is not!!
Nico learnt a valuable lesson, slamming the door shut on the driver behind can take you both out.
Lewis learnt a valuable lesson, never trust anybody, especially not your team mate??

Ricciardo not happy that the team strategy worked out of his favour, then a flat tyre, still managed 4th & still happy for Verstappen though.

Ironically Kyvat got fastest lap of the race in his demoted position in Toro Rosso; albeit in 10th place.

It all made for one very exciting race.

Some interesting links below.

“The stewards decided it was a race incident, so we will accept that - we will leave it at that.

Source:

The stewards’ statement in full:

The incident concerned started when Car 6 dropped into an incorrect power mode, as set by the driver prior to the start. This created a significant power differential between Car 6 and Car 44 at the exit of Turn 3 coming onto the straight, resulting in as much as a 17kph speed difference between the two cars on the straight. Car 6 moved to the right to defend his position, as is his right under Art 27.7 of the Sporting regulations. Simultaneously Car 44 as the significantly faster car with, at that time, apparent space on the inside, moved to make the pass. Art 27.7 requires the leading driver to leave room, if there is a "significant portion" of the car attempting to pass alongside. Car 44 had a portion of his front wing inside Car 6 small fractions of a second prior to Car 44 having to leave the right side of the track to avoid an initial collision, which may have led him to believe he had the right to space on the right. Once on the grass on the side of the track Car 44 was no longer in control of the situation.
Having heard extensively from both drivers and from the team, the Stewards determined that Car 6 had the right to make the maneuver that he did and that Car 44’s attempt to overtake was reasonable, and that the convergence of events led neither driver to be wholly or predominantly at fault, and therefore take no further action.

Spain results

Pos.	Driver	Country	Team	Time	Points
1	Max Verstappen	NED	Red Bull Racing	1:41:40.017	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	FIN	Ferrari	+0.616s	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Ferrari	+5.581s	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Red Bull Racing	+43.950s	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Williams	+45.271s	10
6	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Toro Rosso	+61.395s	8
7	Sergio Perez	MEX	Force India	+79.538s	6
8	Felipe Massa	BRA	Williams	+80.707s	4
9	Jenson Button	GBR	McLaren	+1 lap	2
10	Daniil Kvyat	RUS	Toro Rosso	+1 lap	1
11	Esteban Gutierrez	MEX	Haas	+1 lap	0
12	Marcus Ericsson	SWE	Sauber	+1 lap	0
13	Jolyon Palmer	GBR	Renault	+1 lap	0
14	Felipe Nasr	BRA	Sauber	+1 lap	0
15	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	Renault	+1 lap	0
16	Pascal Wehrlein	GER	Manor	+1 lap	0
17	Rio Haryanto	INA	Manor	+1 lap	0
NC	Romain Grosjean	FRA	Haas	DNF	0
NC	Fernando Alonso	ESP	McLaren	DNF	0
NC	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	Force India	DNF	0
NC	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes	DNF	0
NC	Nico Rosberg	GER	Mercedes	DNF	0

* Magnussen had 10 seconds added to his race time for causing a collision
Fastest lap - Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1:26.948s (L53)

POSITION	DRIVER	TEAM	POINTS
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	100
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	61
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	57
4	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	48
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	48
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing / Scuderia Toro Rosso	38
7	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	32
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	29
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	22
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso / Red Bull Racing	22
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	8
13	Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India	8
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1	6
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India	6
16	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	3
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1

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[ol' boy]

The Sky Sports F1 post race analysis of thre incident was very good.
There was a lot going on.

[ol' boy]

Jeez.... What!, its the Monaco F1 Race already!
The years are going way too fast, i can remember watching last years Monaco like it was only a few months ago