Esteban Gutierrez and the entire Haas F1 Team were left to rue another near miss to a points scoring finish as the team saw its cars finished the Italian Grand Prix in 11th and 13th positions. Esteban Gutierrez' chances for instance were quickly ruined as he completely missed his start and dropped to 20th by the first corner.
Given Hamilton's start i would say it made the race slightly less interesting, it would've been better to see him overtake them on track, which would've happened surely his performance advantage was just too big.f1316 wrote:
Exactly the strategy mix I predicted!
And, as also predicted, it made no difference to the result, only made it a touch more interesting to see what would happen.
Might be right. Which is almost certainly why they did it, I suppose - might as well at least try something different.Sevach wrote:Given Hamilton's start i would say it made the race slightly less interesting, it would've been better to see him overtake them on track, which would've happened surely his performance advantage was just too big.f1316 wrote:
Exactly the strategy mix I predicted!
And, as also predicted, it made no difference to the result, only made it a touch more interesting to see what would happen.
Yeah, very few people do try to speak 'Austrian'...basti313 wrote:True. And I do not know what this is about, no RedBull driver tried to speak Austrian so far for example...F1NAC wrote:Awkward moment when Mercedes driver speaks italian better than Ferrari driver
From my perspective of someone watching on TV, it would've been nicer to see Hamilton overtake them on track, but the strategy itself was ok, they tried something and it got them exactly what their car deserved, no more, no less.f1316 wrote:
Might be right. Which is almost certainly why they did it, I suppose - might as well at least try something different.
And Gutierrez got five places grid penalty in spa but Verstappen didn't get even a reprimand for dangerous blocking on Rosberg in FP3. Consistency is key...... NotSevach wrote:Something that went totally under the radar(because it happened with guys that nobody care, and affected essentially nothing), Nasr and Palmer colided on the exit of T1(or do they split the first chicane into 2 corners... whatever) and Nasr was penalized for not giving room on the exit of a corner, which is rare.
Stewards are notoriously inconsistent (Verstappen didn't get a penalty last race for forcing people out of the track {talking about the moves on Perez and Raikkonen on Les Combes, not the blocking on the straight} when Vettel and Rosberg got it in the 2 previous ones, and what Verstappen did was way more forceful), but does this mean anything?
Previously we've seen drivers do this and walk freely.
No just a normal gap, however the formationlap was quite fast by Hamilton.basti313 wrote:Does anybody have a video of the formation lap? Did Nico leave a lot of space?
Good steady drive though!You only tell halve the story, Rosberg has had his fair share of issues this year.Schuttelberg wrote:2 points separate the first two guys in the World Championship, yet there is an inevitably about the driver's championship that most F1 fans feel.
Rosberg's 7 wins this year-
Australia - Hamilton falls away at the start.
Bahrain - Same as above, contact with Bottas and Ricciardo.
China - Hamilton started last due to mechanical error.
Russia - Hamilton starts 10th due to mechanical error.
Azerbaijan - Hamilton was awful during qualifying and started 10th.
Spa - Hamilton started last.
Monza - Hamilton botched up the start.
Rosberg has out-qualified Hamilton ON MERIT only at Hungary this year, by a mere tenth.
There is a lot of illusion that's sold that Rosberg is close to Hamilton. I have an immense amount of respect for Hamilton, but fact is that he's been a bit unlucky with a whole heap of mechanical failures and also been off the bottle in certain situations. If Hamilton gets his act together for the remaining 7 races, Rosberg doesn't have a prayer!
I hope you realize why you've never heard any Red Bullers speaking "Austrian".basti313 wrote:True. And I do not know what this is about, no RedBull driver tried to speak Austrian so far for example...F1NAC wrote:Awkward moment when Mercedes driver speaks italian better than Ferrari driver
Or picture a Sauber driver trying to speak Swiss-German
Edit: Or Grosjean tawkin' suthern.... LMAO
Loses two places = still 'doing great'.
Nah. It was a lie. A dummy to throw off Ferrari. He later said his tyres were fine as you could see he was catching Nico.atanatizante wrote:1. The main reason for that good first stint was that Nico seems to get really well since Spa with the soft tyres and again here in FP1 or Lewis just destroyed his tyres when he was behind the slower cars?
2. Why didn`t they switched the strategy for Lewis with a 2 stop one : S-SS-SS ... he seemed to get on well with the SS in FP2, FP3 and especially in Qualy, when he had at least 3 to 4 tenths in every Q compared to Rosberg? and the time between the S and SS tyre worth at least 8 tenths here ...
