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Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheet at the end of FP3, thanks to a reasonable quick installation lap early on in the session. As rain arrived 10 minutes later, no one was able to improve on the dry times, with just a few venturing out on track to get a feel for the wet track.
He is lucky isn't he. Let's hope his luck as you put it keeps up. Vettel, must have been so unlucky given the advantage of US tires and a clean slate restart and Lewis lucky enough to be on the Soft compound. I just don't know how his luck keeps holding up.
Perez was aggressive, but Ocon was going into the wedge both times, you can't expect anything else to happen...Shrieker wrote: ↑27 Aug 2017, 15:56Perez is a very, very, very dirty driver. First time he squeezed his team mate he got away with it, second time out he ruined both of their races. Not to mention he completed his overtake on Grosjean by taking a shortcut and not giving back the place. He should be further penalized for his actions.
There was nothing between Ferrari and Mercedes on same tyres and there was nothing between them on different compounds either, though Ferrari ran 2 compounds softer on 10 lap fuel!!! Amazing.
He is somewhat lucky as they are so far ahead in the wcc standings. If the championship was closer Perez's driving could cost the team a lot more than 15 million.
The reputation he built after beating the highly rated Hulkenberg is going down the drain ridiculously fast and he has only himself to blame.
It was Ferrari with the extra oil tank, not Mercedes.AnotherAlex wrote: ↑27 Aug 2017, 15:50It's the same as with Q3 - Mercedes can burn a bit more oil when they need to.
as any team would do? I guess you didn't watch last race in Hungary when Hamilton was asked to give his position back to Bottas. I think there's a lot of not seeing and the not seeing extends to denying that a guy with a faster car and clear number one status and and advantage with the better tires is unable to do the job that a guy that's asked to give points back to his team mate can do all on his own.Andres125sx wrote: ↑27 Aug 2017, 12:53WDC:Schuttelberg wrote: ↑26 Aug 2017, 16:39For all those who believe this conspiracy crap and pretend like Kimi is being wronged, he just renewed again for Ferrari. So, he either accepts his place or there is no such hierarchy which I believe is the case.
Bottom line is that Sebastian Vettel is by far the better driver.
1- Vettel 202 points
2- Hamilton 188 points
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5- Raikonnen 116 points
Ferrari has a #1 and #2, as any team would do with his drivers in these positions in the WDC. Doing any other thing would be utterly stupid.
It´s been the same forever, but some people can´t see through stereotypes, and keep thinking Ferrari provide TOs from first GP and the rest don´t
Anycase I must say Seb lap was asthonishing, or to be more precise, sector 3 was asthonishing, he made the record there and it caught by surprise anyone, including De la Rosa and Toni Cuquerella at the spanish TV, and they´re two guys who are barely suprised by anything in F1, so when I´ve read Seb got a tow at sector 3 everything got sense, it surely was noticeable
42.7, only 2 tenths off Lewis, it was unbelieveble, good job for both Ferrari drivers. It´s a pitty Kimi didn´t make a proper lap as he surely deserved a better grid postion
It was a masterful defense, lovely racing all around. Pity that people tend to look the other way when it doesn't match the narrative.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑27 Aug 2017, 16:43Hamitlon said ferrari is the faster car. Interesting tactic he used to break sebastians drive into the tow! HAM didnt give full throttle out of the corner in order to compromise sebs drive into the skipstream. I felt he should have kept that one a secret!
Sebastian also confirming that his car is slightly faster than the Mercedes in the race. There you go folks!