2016 F1 Spanish Grand Prix

[giantfan10]

Best F1 race I have ever seen
Dream come true!!!
The last laps [-o< [-o<
He has to learn the car

i saw the same race once before when Maldonado won the spanish GP.... That was Ricciardos race to lose and it was handed to Max on a silver plater.
i'm becoming nauseated by all this max hype and i actually like the driver... the US broadcast said max had such a great awareness for the race that he pulled ahead in the final corner by a few tenths so kimi couldnt get him on the straight and he did it lap after lap... what a hot stinking load of rubbish... how about the following car had a massive load of understeer at the final corner lap after lap?

[NathanOlder]

How does that automatically equates to Rosberg handing the place to Lewis?

Phrrr.... what question is this? Wake up. Rosberg was fiddling his fingers on the steering while a car was coming a much higher speed than his and was next to him. That says who is responsible for the collision.

Who got on to the grass? Lewis or Nico? If Lewis had not gone on to the grass and Nico ran into him, then it would be Nico's fault. But Lewis went onto the grass by himself and as a result, ended the race for both. Nico did not touch him. Wake Up.

You blaming Lewis for this crash ?

[dans79]

Yes wilts Lewis was busy loosing control on the AstroTurf, Nico was actually braking for the corner. No overtaking in that part of the track...

Lol, did you look at the photo i posted, it's probably 100 meters till the corner, Nico shouldn't have been breaking yet.

[ripper]

In my opinion ROS didn't give enough space to HAM and he has far more responsability for the crash.

Rosberg caused a crash? You must have watched a different race. Lewis went off track and hit Rosberg. A little lift or brake by Hamilton and none of this would have happened. He should have either waited for Rosberg to hit him, or hit the brakes. He did none, which leaves him at fault, not Rosberg.

Waiting for to be hitted? For real? That was a human reaction to avoid a danger, he had to go on the grass to avoid his team mate that didn't give him enough space on the track. He was on his right, he was not behind.

[GrayGreat]

Phrrr.... what question is this? Wake up. Rosberg was fiddling his fingers on the steering while a car was coming a much higher speed than his and was next to him. That says who is responsible for the collision.

Who got on to the grass? Lewis or Nico? If Lewis had not gone on to the grass and Nico ran into him, then it would be Nico's fault. But Lewis went onto the grass by himself and as a result, ended the race for both. Nico did not touch him. Wake Up.

You blaming Lewis for this crash ?

What I am saying is, brake paddle was a better place to go than going off track and ending the race for both. Is there a problem with that?

[langwadt]

Is he legally allowed to drink in Spain?

Legal drinking age in Spain is like in most of the world 18

[NathanOlder]

So overtaking issue in F1 solved: get a potion of front wing inside the front drivers rear wheel and the corner is yours... he should now open the gap as to facilitate an easy pass. Why bother with DRS?

Getting your front wing alongside the car in front ia the hard part. DRS is needed for this in normal conditions. Only because nico screwed up Lewis qas able to do this.

[matt_b]

If Lewis backs out he goes 50 points behind, Nico wins 8 in a row with huge momentum especially after the turn 1 overtake. However the gap is now 43 points and Nico's momentum has stopped heading into Monaco. Nico will be the most unhappy with today and you could see that in their interviews, Lewis was very very chilled.

[NathanOlder]

Who got on to the grass? Lewis or Nico? If Lewis had not gone on to the grass and Nico ran into him, then it would be Nico's fault. But Lewis went onto the grass by himself and as a result, ended the race for both. Nico did not touch him. Wake Up.

You blaming Lewis for this crash ?

What I am saying is, brake paddle was a better place to go than going off track and ending the race for both. Is there a problem with that?

Lewis was moving much faster, if Lewis stayed on track and braked, Nico would probably have still hit lewis. The only way to avoid initial contact was to take to the grass. If the braking zone wasnt so close he would have rejoined the track.

[langwadt]

There was also no reason for Lewis to drive on the AstroTurf.

sure there was, it was the only place he could go to try and avoid driving directly into Rosberg

Brake paddle would be a far better place to go to. But you can just ignore that.

it was already too late for that

[GPR-A duplicate2]

Who got on to the grass? Lewis or Nico? If Lewis had not gone on to the grass and Nico ran into him, then it would be Nico's fault. But Lewis went onto the grass by himself and as a result, ended the race for both. Nico did not touch him. Wake Up.

You blaming Lewis for this crash ?

What I am saying is, brake paddle was a better place to go than going off track and ending the race for both. Is there a problem with that?

Just to let you know again, we are not talking about traffic situation on a road, if that is what you are referring to.

[giantfan10]

More from Ricciardo on having a win snatched from him:
"And [then] we went to three-stop strategy, we did [it] too late as well, Seb [had] already jumped us, so then not only I was required to pass Seb, I had to pass three cars when we know we are down on speed and it is a hard track to pass.
But, yeah, I don't understand why I was the one, normally the guy in the lead gets the better strategy, it didn't work out today."

Horner on why the strategy was given to Max... he obviously avoided the question:
"Having qualified in a good position and with Mercedes not being there, we had to cover Ferrari today.
"They probably had at least as quick - if not a quicker - car in clean air. But through the tactics we adopted, through the driving that Max [did] - he made not one mistake, the whole weekend, not just the grand prix."

[JonoNic]

sure there was, it was the only place he could go to try and avoid driving directly into Rosberg

Brake paddle would be a far better place to go to. But you can just ignore that.

it was already too late for that

Nonsense! Just a lift and coast would have slowed Hamilton enough at the speed they were travelling [aerodynamics]. This whole that Hamilton was left with no option is silly.

[Tom145145]

Not the race I was expecting today! It was a great win from VES, I expect it to be the first of many. I don't think RBR favoured VES over RIC intentionally and hindsight is a wonderful thing, I believe the race was lost for RIC and VET when Ferrari pitted VET in a strategy no mans land. This allowed the 2 stopping cars the space to run their own race.

[langwadt]

Brake paddle would be a far better place to go to. But you can just ignore that.

it was already too late for that

Nonsense! Just a lift and coast would have slowed Hamilton enough at the speed they were travelling [aerodynamics]. This whole that Hamilton was left with no option is silly.

you mean like Kvyat being hard on brakes prevented him from running into the back of Vettel last time?