Nico Rosberg has won the Japanese Grand Prix in a straightforward and controlled way. Vettel briefly looked like a threat until his pitstop strategy failed him. Max Verstappen finished second, just ahead of Lewis Hamilton who had another difficult afternoon.
Sauce.formula1.com wrote:Raikkonen will drop from third to eighth thanks to a five-place penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
Button - who qualified 17th - will start from the back of the grid for McLaren partner Honda’s home race, after they took the strategic decision to give the Briton a fresh engine, turbocharger, MGU-H, MGU-K, Energy Store and Control Electronics.
Got to love the sauce mate!!ChrisDanger wrote:Sauce.
Source on the fact that they did indeed have qualy boost please.carisi2k wrote:They still had a qualy boost. The engine had a slightly thicker oil to keep the engine reliable is the only difference.SectorOne wrote:Mercedes running without Qualy engine boost. Should send some signals to the competition.
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Expected result tbh. Surely you didn't expect a sensible strategy?F1NAC wrote:Ferrari what on earth????????
Not before. During braking.AMG.Tzan wrote:Still waiting for that huge accident Verstappen is gonna cause by moving at the last moment before braking!!
Watching from Lewis's camera from behind, I think this move was very Kosher.SectorOne wrote:Not before. During braking.AMG.Tzan wrote:Still waiting for that huge accident Verstappen is gonna cause by moving at the last moment before braking!!
I´m still amazed FIA just let´s it fly every single time he does it.
That's right...during braking!! I mean ok very nice defending from him but that last bit was awful...that's what led to Alonso taking off into the wall in Australia!LionKing wrote:Watching from Lewis's camera from behind, I think this move was very Kosher.SectorOne wrote:Not before. During braking.AMG.Tzan wrote:Still waiting for that huge accident Verstappen is gonna cause by moving at the last moment before braking!!
I´m still amazed FIA just let´s it fly every single time he does it.
He made one blocking move to the inside but Lewis was fully behind of him.AMG.Tzan wrote:That's right...during braking!! I mean ok very nice defending from him but that last bit was awful...that's what led to Alonso taking off into the wall in Australia!LionKing wrote:Watching from Lewis's camera from behind, I think this move was very Kosher.SectorOne wrote: Not before. During braking.
I´m still amazed FIA just let´s it fly every single time he does it.
