Edax wrote:gray41 wrote:I think Nico used all his celebrations up yesterday after he got pole.
Justifiably so. Not that it isn't an achievement to throw a car with 100 mph between what basically is twisty armco-lined alley in downtown Monaco. But this win will always remain discussed, and not for the brilliant driving.
In my 35 years of watching F1, I have seem many people lose first places through driver errors, this is the first time I actually see someone possibly get one because of one
What about Monaco 2008 then? Hamilton crashed early in the race and destroyed his wheel, which forced him to pit early. But it turned out this put him onto a winning strategy, as his intermediates were just perfectly worn when the track was drying up, which enabled him to continue on slick intermediates after the others had to pit again, which in turn saved him from making another stop. A safety car in the right moment helped him make up much of the time lost as a result of the early pit stop forced by his mistake.
I am not trying to take anything away from Hamilton, as he was awesome after the first stop. But his strategy was a typical gamble that one makes when in a difficult position with little to loose. In that race, the safety car and the weather conditions played into his favour, but without Hamilton's mistake, his strategy would most likely have been similar to the other front runners. But at the end of the day, Hamilton won in 2008 because he was quickest, just as Rosberg took pole yesterday because he was quickest.
By the way I still don't understand why Hamilton was behind Rosberg on track. He was behind Rosberg during qualifying at Barcelona as well, so I would have thought it fair to alternate and let Rosberg qualify after Hamilton this time. I don't remember what has been the order on the first 4 tracks, so maybe someone who has that information could share it.
