2015 Russian Grand Prix - Sochi, October 09-11

[trinidefender]

Mercedes take the title with a 25 second penalty.

What did they get a penalty for?

[Phil]

So, for the WCC - there are still 172 points to be had (4 races * (25+18)) and with Kimi currently 5th, the gap now is:

1 Mercedes 531
2 Ferrari 365 (-166pt)

In order to win the WCC, Kimi would have to fall below 7th after his potential punishment and the WCC is sealed.

[Schuttelberg]

It's been a formality since a long time, the WCC.

[nokivasara]

This is why Kimi is the number 2 driver.
If it were Maldonado there would be no delay in the judgement!

Kimi is one of the best at clean wheel to wheel racing, it's not like he does this every race like...you know, pastor.

Great drive by Perez, he's pretty damn good at taking care of the tires!

[3jawchuck]

Any confirmation of a verdict on kimi? I heard that there may be a 20 sec penalty (putting him in 8th?).

I've heard 5, 20 and 25 now. So, no, no verdict yet. Keeping the feed on and such, but I'd be surprised if there is no penalty.

[komninosm]

So why was Bottas so slow on the turns?
His straight line speed was much faster but he could not match the speed of Ric or Perez (who were on very worn tires) on fast speed turns.
Also why did he oscilate between 1.2 seconds and 0.6 seconds behind them many times?
Did he have very low downforce wing settings?

[Sevach]

So, for the WCC - there are still 172 points to be had (4 races * (25+18)) and with Kimi currently 5th, the gap now is:

1 Mercedes 531
2 Ferrari 365 (-166pt)

In order to win the WCC, Kimi would have to fall below 7th after his potential punishment and the WCC is sealed.

Riveting stuff.

[Nathanael F1]

So throttle issues for Rosberg? Isn't that what Hamilton had in Singapore?

[Rikhart]

What is the beef skysports have with raikkonen? Its painfully obvious their bias. He jumps to 3rd on start, not a word. They didnt even mention him once. "vettel and bottas lost a place". He gets overtaken " it was so easy", they speak about bottas for 5 mins straight because of a drs overtake.

[F1NAC]

What is the beef skysports have with raikkonen? Its painfully obvious their bias. He jumps to 3rd on start, not a word. They didnt even mention him once. "vettel and bottas lost a place". He gets overtaken " it was so easy", they speak about bottas for 5 mins straight because of a drs overtake.

and then rage on him after crash

[Rikhart]

Didn't Ricciardo try a similar move on Kimi in Monaco?
https://twitter.com/f1/status/653194615412158468

This photo very clearly shows how Raikkonen had a front wheel alongside, i dont think there is grounds for a penalty.

[Jordan44]

So throttle issues for Rosberg? Isn't that what Hamilton had in Singapore?

No. Hamilton had a clamp failure resulting in a loss of boost pressure.

[turbof1]

Didn't Ricciardo try a similar move on Kimi in Monaco?
https://twitter.com/f1/status/653194615412158468

This photo very clearly shows how Raikkonen had a front wheel alongside, i dont think there is grounds for a penalty.

No it does not. The picture is a shot of the moment. Bottas was fully in front before and during he turned into the corner. Raikkonen doing a kamikaze dive does not change that.

[Sevach]

Didn't Ricciardo try a similar move on Kimi in Monaco?
https://twitter.com/f1/status/653194615412158468

This photo very clearly shows how Raikkonen had a front wheel alongside, i dont think there is grounds for a penalty.

No it does not. The picture is a shot of the moment. Bottas was fully in front before and during he turned into the corner. Raikkonen doing a kamikaze dive does not change that.

It was such a dumb that If Bottas takes a wider line to give Raikkonen room he would've gotten T-boned.

[Silent Storm]

Raikkonen and Bottas incident.. For some reason I find it similar to Ricciardo on Raikkonen in Monaco. https://twitter.com/iceman7news/status/ ... 2795996160