Since the tyre fiasco in Austria, Force India is more concentrated on race pace, tyre wear and very defensive with Tyre selections.
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Lewis Hamilton has won the German Grand Prix in dominant fashion, leading each lap after taking the lead at the start of the race. Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen completed the podium whereas Nico Rosberg finished 4th following a difficult start and an in-race time penalty.
Since the tyre fiasco in Austria, Force India is more concentrated on race pace, tyre wear and very defensive with Tyre selections.
Isn't monza much better to do that "trick"?Restomaniac wrote:It's Spa next up. Hamilton is fine as far as ICE's go it's the other stuff.WaikeCU wrote:True. That's why it's crucial for Lewis to be ahead of Nico. Also crucial that Lewis has to create that buffer of points ahead on Nico, knowing when he has to put a new PU in the back, he'll have to endure a grid drop. That will mean it will be most likely he'll end up 2nd if he slices through the field early on. If not, if he's stuck in traffic, I can't see him get by those RB's that easily.Vasconia wrote:
But if Nico is leading I cant imagine Lewis saving too much, I can see him fighting for the victory until the very last lap.(because we have already seen this)
This is why I say that it would be a more useful scenario to see which difference is the real one between them and RB.
As someone said he could take a back of the grid penalty by chucking a stupid amount of components on his car and he is set for the rest of the season. If he does that in Spa it's a good bet he still gets second due to how that track is.
If he wins this weekend or even comes second he has the breathing room to do just that. Rosberg then has to nurse his components through the season or he will have to pull the same trick late on when it may cost him.
I think Spa will be better as the Merc will have a bigger advantage on lap time compared to Monza. As an example , the williams will be a lot harder to pass at Monza than it will at Spa.sosic2121 wrote:Isn't monza much better to do that "trick"?Restomaniac wrote:It's Spa next up. Hamilton is fine as far as ICE's go it's the other stuff.WaikeCU wrote:
True. That's why it's crucial for Lewis to be ahead of Nico. Also crucial that Lewis has to create that buffer of points ahead on Nico, knowing when he has to put a new PU in the back, he'll have to endure a grid drop. That will mean it will be most likely he'll end up 2nd if he slices through the field early on. If not, if he's stuck in traffic, I can't see him get by those RB's that easily.
As someone said he could take a back of the grid penalty by chucking a stupid amount of components on his car and he is set for the rest of the season. If he does that in Spa it's a good bet he still gets second due to how that track is.
If he wins this weekend or even comes second he has the breathing room to do just that. Rosberg then has to nurse his components through the season or he will have to pull the same trick late on when it may cost him.
It's next race after Spa.
He would probably end up 2nd, and with really good strategy maybe fight for win.
In spa I don't think podium is realistic.
also, if he would have to overtake max, anything could happen
I don't think he'd be starting from the back, only 2 of his component counts are critical, so he'd take a 10 place drop, right?Phil wrote:I agree, i think starting from the back and finishing on the podium is far from certain, even in the Mercedes. I'd go with targeting 5th...
Teams must inform the FIA of their tyre choices eight weeks before the start of a European event, so whatever happened in Austria would have had no effect on this weekend's choices.Manjhi wrote:Since the tyre fiasco in Austria, Force India is more concentrated on race pace, tyre wear and very defensive with Tyre selections.
