Williams F1 have secured third position in this year's Constructors Championship, despite a largely disappointing performance at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Some of us care about how a race actually unfolds even when our driver/team isn't winning!iotar__ wrote: Now, who really cares? 50/50 between Merc drivers and the same old: Merc - Ferrari - Williams with big gaps and no competition assuming no mistakes plus a lot of bad driving. Red Bull taking engine penalties - higher chance of start collision.
Look on his lap time before the pitstop.. Lewis had a huge chunk of time. Rosbergs sectors were too slow to cover him even if lewis had a slow pitstop.Kingshark wrote:No he would not have, what part of "22.499 seconds was not quite enough to for a pit stop" did you not grasp?PlatinumZealot wrote:No. The team blew it. Read Moose's post please.Kingshark wrote:When Hamilton crossed the finish line, the gap between him and Rosberg was still outside of the pit window. It was 22.499 seconds. All of Mercedes' pit stops on that day were between 22.9 to 23.8 seconds. In other words, Lewis needed an extra lap to get the gap he needed to jump Rosberg. Then he blew it.
If the team did pit Lewis one lap earlier as they said they would Lewis would have came out clearly in front of Nico.
Incorrect.PlatinumZealot wrote:Look on his lap time before the pitstop.. Lewis had a huge chunk of time. Rosbergs sectors were too slow to cover him even if lewis had a slow pitstop.
dans79 wrote:Source?
The pit stop delta times of approximately 23 seconds take this into consideration. 16 seconds is nowhere near enough to make a pit stop and rejoin ahead at Interlagos. I have no idea where you got that number from.danielk wrote:Just of note that although a drivers pit stop is 22.5 seconds or whatever he doesn't lose that amount of time as he emerges opposite end of the pit straight. So usually you need to minus off time it takes to travel the straight. In Brazil there is also a chicane so much less pit time loss. So a stop may take 24 seconds but you will only lose maybe 16 seconds.
The commentators agreed with you!PlatinumZealot wrote:Easy overcut to Hamilton i say.
Nico would win that hands down every year!PlatinumZealot wrote:Massa is aiming for a podium in Brazil as if he got it through pure performance last time.
Beginning to think they really need a trophy for the most arrogant driver.
That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Likewise, Rosberg's middle and final sectors were more than good enough for a 1:14. He just slowed down as soon as Lewis pit. Lewis did NOT have the gap necessary to jump Nico if he pitted the lap right after, is that really too hard to comprehend?PlatinumZealot wrote:1:15.2 1:15.1 then 1:14.3. It was in the bag easily.. Gap of 22.4 we know this was gonna drop because of the track layout.
Rosberg never had that 1:14 pace. He was dead on the out lap too.
Baseless claim without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.Easy overcut to Hamilton i say.
How did you come to this conclusion?Moose wrote:Pit lane loss at Intelagos is 16.4 seconds, not 22.8. The time it takes to go through the pits is 22.8 seconds. The pit lane loss is that, minus the time it takes the other driver to drive the straight.
If lewis had a gap of 22.4 seconds, then he would have come out 6 seconds in the lead.
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How did you come to this conclusion?tomazy wrote: If lewis had a gap of 22.4 seconds, then he would have come out 6 seconds in the lead.
