Mercedes secured another one-two victory at the Chinese Grand Prix today, but it wasn't all sunshine within the team as Nico Rosberg proved extremely unsatisfied with Hamilton's performance.
Button beat Hamilton 2011. Prost beat Senna on season points including all races in 88 and 89. I would pick Vettel for my team going forward. Vettel looked back to his best last time out, Ricciardo was beaten by Kyvatt. Form can change year on year but I could not get over the fact Vettel has won more championships than Ricciardo has races. Alot of drivers are close on performance but consistency year on year counts many drivers can beat all the others in closely matched cars on any given Sunday.djos wrote:There's a big difference between being beaten occasionally (e.g. Webber vs Vettel) and being consistently outperformed.
Yes Vettel had car issues last year but you could see he mentally wasn't in the game too. Dan was just on fire and took full advantage of every opportunity.
It's already been established that RIC had front wing damage and failing brakes - lets see what happens in China if both KYV and RIC get a clean run in Qually and the Race.markp wrote: Button beat Hamilton 2011. Prost beat Senna on season points including all races in 88 and 89. I would pick Vettel for my team going forward. Vettel looked back to his best last time out, Ricciardo was beaten by Kyvatt. Form can change year on year but I could not get over the fact Vettel has won more championships than Ricciardo has races. Alot of drivers are close on performance but consistency year on year counts many drivers can beat all the others in closely matched cars on any given Sunday.
At this point in time I think Ricciardo is better than Kyvatt. I am playing devils advocat as who is better than who is so subjective it does not matter. Who finishes where in the points in 2015 counts the past has gone. If you have to compare teamates you need at least 3 seasons like anything to get a pattern.djos wrote:It's already been established that RIC had front wing damage and failing brakes - lets see what happens in China if both KYV and RIC get a clean run in Qually and the Race.markp wrote: Button beat Hamilton 2011. Prost beat Senna on season points including all races in 88 and 89. I would pick Vettel for my team going forward. Vettel looked back to his best last time out, Ricciardo was beaten by Kyvatt. Form can change year on year but I could not get over the fact Vettel has won more championships than Ricciardo has races. Alot of drivers are close on performance but consistency year on year counts many drivers can beat all the others in closely matched cars on any given Sunday.
And in Bahrein the problem will be the fuel consumption. It like a....come on, no track can suit this car.Andres125sx wrote:Alonso said he does not expect the McLaren to perform as it did in Sepang because of the lower temperatures....
If they need high temperatures to perform, but then the car fails because of that temperatures, the mountain they have to climb is turning into a wall
I would compare Verstappen with Hamilton due to this aggresive attitude, and Sainz with Alonso because he seems to be colder and more precise in what he does. A truly interesting battle.WaikeCU wrote:Speaking of sheer speed I think Hamilton is the quickest at the moment, but imo Alonso will edge Hamilton on racecraft. Some of the lines Alonso takes following a car are just absolutely brilliant. In my opinion this is what differs Alonso to Hamilton. Hamilton is the more gutsier driver of the two meaning he has lots of courage in overtaking cars. You have to have courage to brake as late as possible. I do think Max Verstappen is the next one that has the potential to be in that group of drivers. Is fast in dry and wet conditions, has the courage to take on drivers and doesn't yield easily. He also has the determination to fight back when he loses out. For a 17 year old being that composed and calm in his first season of F1 is just rare. Can't wait for this weekend to see him go Max Attack!
I've always used this for my race scheduling needs.oT v1 wrote:due to a misplacing my magical Rolex, can anyone tell me when the quali/race starts UK time?
Pretty sure we could have the start times, at least in GMT as part of the first post in race threads?3jawchuck wrote:I've always used this for my race scheduling needs.oT v1 wrote:due to a misplacing my magical Rolex, can anyone tell me when the quali/race starts UK time?
https://www.f1calendar.com/
It's not the first time this has been suggested this year. (Just reinforcing the suggestion for the next thread starter...)SiLo wrote:Pretty sure we could have the start times, at least in GMT as part of the first post in race threads?3jawchuck wrote:I've always used this for my race scheduling needs.oT v1 wrote:due to a misplacing my magical Rolex, can anyone tell me when the quali/race starts UK time?
https://www.f1calendar.com/
Fuel consumption?Vasconia wrote:And in Bahrein the problem will be the fuel consumption. It like a....come on, no track can suit this car.Andres125sx wrote:Alonso said he does not expect the McLaren to perform as it did in Sepang because of the lower temperatures....
If they need high temperatures to perform, but then the car fails because of that temperatures, the mountain they have to climb is turning into a wall
