Mandrake wrote:I might be blind for the good racing, so please enlighten me. Vettel from P15 to P4 ---> 2nd fastest car was always gonna land somewhere there given no driver or strategic errors.
Well...2012...when Alonso did something like this with bad Q and the second fastest car in the race he was the god of F1 Racing...
Honor to whom honor is due.
Phil wrote:
If the main gripe is Mercedes dominance - then I don't see how this is better or worse compared to RedBulls dominance - which they effectively had at the end of last season once the tyre reverted back to older spec. With the exception that the team-battles are way more interesting this year.
Well, you have to divide that:
Now Mercedes is just a second per lap ahead, driving their own race. This was never the case for Redbull.
Take Mercedes away and you have now the end of last season: RedBull on the edge of domination. They dominate in aero and a bit more power from the engine and they will also be ahead of Ferrari in races like China.
Without the Merc in another league everyone would still be whining about Redbull dominance. So now is even worse: One contender has taken himself out of the competition...
Phil wrote:
It's still a long season and I think it can still change. Perhaps not to the degree some are hoping, but even if RedBull can close the gap, we'd have a lot more excitment on our hands. Then there's 2015 coming up, with Honda... and I'm sure Renault and the rest will have learned a lot too...
Come on...this season is gone. Hamilton goes for WDC, Rosberg second as Rosberg will not beat Hamilton continuously in Q which is the basis for the superior strategy. The only thing that is still interesting is the battle between Ric and Vet. And if Kimi can beat Alo with his Nr.2 status.
Next season? Also not interesting: Everyone has to copy the Merc layout first. So they will be slower as no one could reach RB the last years. Honda will not change anything as McLarens problem is not the engine and I do not expect Honda to be competitive from the start.
iotar__ wrote:Rosberg:
"There was a misunderstanding from my side because we were going to go prime second stint: there were two variables. There was one where we go prime second stint if we have graining in the first stint or I go prime second stint to try and beat Lewis, if I feel that pace-wise I can be quicker and have a shot at it. I thought they were going prime because they thought I had graining but I didn’t have graining, so that’s why I was confused but then I understood: it was to offset my strategy so that I would have a chance to fight Lewis at the end, so it was fine, and just what I wanted"
? Apart from the fact that Rosberg is happy with strategies and always chooses them even if he doesn't what kind of choice is that between primes and primes (graining or not)? Is it about pitstop timing or should there be option instead? [Against planned strategy?]
Rosberg is a nice guy...too nice. He will never say anything against the team.
No matter what you say about strategy, leaving him out long at the first stop was something you would never do if you want to overtake a contender. Alex Wurz was completely astonished when they left Rosberg out...and I think he really knows what to do.
