Nico Rosberg has won the Austrian Grand Prix for the second year in succession, taking the upper hand on his team in the first corner of the first lap. Hamilton finished second, ahead of Felipe Massa who puts Williams on the podium again.
sgth0mas wrote:Youre the one who needs to research...its right out in the open if youre not openly biased. I like RIC way more than kyvat but im not going to ignore facts to make him seem better...
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Was the incident his fault?djos wrote:Perhaps he should have done a better job of staying out of trouble then?Vasconia wrote:Kvyat had to change its front-wing in the first laps and he also had some damages which couldnt be repaired. All the race was compromised after that because the car was difficult to handle.djos wrote:
And let's not forget that Ricciardo started from 18th one place behind Kyvat and raced his way into the points. Kyvat was nowhere.
As already pointed out by others, his lap times were still respectable after his front wing was replaced.Godius wrote:From what I have heard from Horner's post-race interview was that Kvyat had floor damage as well.
djos wrote:As already pointed out by others, his lap times were still respectable after his front wing was replaced.Godius wrote:From what I have heard from Horner's post-race interview was that Kvyat had floor damage as well.
If he was able to lap 'respectable' lap times even after damages to his car, doesn't it denote that he could have gone faster without all that issue? Considering that he qualified ahead of Ricciardo, that seems a safe assumption.Emmcee wrote:djos wrote:As already pointed out by others, his lap times were still respectable after his front wing was replaced.Godius wrote:From what I have heard from Horner's post-race interview was that Kvyat had floor damage as well.
Exactly, the damage wasnt as bad as he made out and like mentioned above, the wing replacement was done under the safety car.
Ricciardo was running a different setup than Kyvat, he opted to compromise lap time to gain straight line speed for overtaking. Kyvat ran a "normal" setup.evered7 wrote:
If he was able to lap 'respectable' lap times even after damages to his car, doesn't it denote that he could have gone faster without all that issue? Considering that he qualified ahead of Ricciardo, that seems a safe assumption.
djos wrote:Ricciardo was running a different setup than Kyvat, he opted to compromise lap time to gain straight line speed for overtaking. Kyvat ran a "normal" setup.evered7 wrote:
If he was able to lap 'respectable' lap times even after damages to his car, doesn't it denote that he could have gone faster without all that issue? Considering that he qualified ahead of Ricciardo, that seems a safe assumption.
Kvyat had the better speed at speed trap in qualifying and they matched speeds at S1, Ricciardo up by 2 in S2 and Kvyat up by 1.3 in S3 in qualifying. Hence I really don't see a massive change between the way Kvyat and Ricciardo approached their races with regards to setup.djos wrote:Ricciardo was running a different setup than Kyvat, he opted to compromise lap time to gain straight line speed for overtaking. Kyvat ran a "normal" setup.evered7 wrote:
If he was able to lap 'respectable' lap times even after damages to his car, doesn't it denote that he could have gone faster without all that issue? Considering that he qualified ahead of Ricciardo, that seems a safe assumption.
Yes, because rejoin the race in the back with one of the weakest engines in a track with long straights is not problematic at all.ChrisF1 wrote:It's not as though Kvyat had to take a pitstop that made him suffer - he served it behind the safety car so it was minimal time lost.
