A double points finish might be great news for any team, and it was too for McLaren when their cars crossed the finish line in 7th and 8th positions at the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The story of the team's weekend was however slightly more complicated.
Erm....Ferrari's systems gave Kimi the green light when the rear left hadn't even been removed and an employee has major leg injuries. It wasn't a sporting injury it was caused by an error by Ferrari.Sniffit wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 19:46Penalize them? What for? Would you penalize the Cowboys if one of their players got hurt? Should the FA or UEFA have penalised ManU when Zlatan got injured? Don't be silly.
I'm doing nothing of the kind.Chene_Mostert wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 20:00lets not get over dramatic.Restomaniac wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 19:57We have a engineer with major injuries. How is that 'All in all a good weekend'?Chene_Mostert wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 19:22
Ferrari needs to calm down during pit stops.
All in all a good weekend.
Well done to Honda & STR!
Really? It was verstappen's pass but I don't think Hamilton was very solid there. both could've given more space but in essence it was Hamilton hitting verstappen not the other way around. It wasnt a divebomb or anyhing, pure racing incident at the very least nothing to warrant a comment like that. But it's Hamilton so flame on.TAG wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 19:39Great race. Bottas should have won that one. He’s simply not good enough, the race was his to lose. Fantastic defending from Vettel, love seeing those kinds of performances. This win was NOT a gift and he earned this win, you can tell he relished it.
The Hamilton comment on Verstappen in the greenroom, still rolling over on that one. Verstappen will eventually learn that you can't win races on the first lap.
What's needed is a system that tracks the sequence of a wheel being loosened and re-tightened. When all 4 wheels have been through this sequence, the system alerts the driver and jacks men to get going. Pressure sensors between the spindle flanges and the wheel faces can do this.GPR-A wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 19:47Unlike the drivers and footballers in football, the mechanics and the pit crews doesn't either command the remuneration or the opportunity. An accident like today's would most likely end that guy's career. Racing should happen on the track, between the drivers who get paid in millions and get opportunities to come back, not endangering the mechanics and pit crew.Chene_Mostert wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 19:41lets not go too far down the standerdization slope, variables needs to be part of the sport one accident in how many pitstops over the last 20 races? lets not over react
Agree the pass was solid. And to quote the wisdom of a certain lewis Hamilton: It makes no sense keeping your front wing in when you have already lost the corner ( speaking about Rosberg cutting his rear tire in Spa).TwanV wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 20:11Really? It was verstappen's pass but I don't think Hamilton was very solid there. both could've given more space but in essence it was Hamilton hitting verstappen not the other way around. It wasnt a divebomb or anyhing, pure racing incident at the very least nothing to warrant a comment like that. But it's Hamilton so flame on.TAG wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 19:39Great race. Bottas should have won that one. He’s simply not good enough, the race was his to lose. Fantastic defending from Vettel, love seeing those kinds of performances. This win was NOT a gift and he earned this win, you can tell he relished it.
The Hamilton comment on Verstappen in the greenroom, still rolling over on that one. Verstappen will eventually learn that you can't win races on the first lap.
Verstappen completed the pass. The majority of opinions presented are that Verstappen was too aggressive or spatially unaware on how much space to leave another driver. The problem is it was a racing incident that was unnecessary.TwanV wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 20:50Totally irrelevant, I could post the same fragments of Hamilton shannanigans throughout his career. Sorry to tell you tag, this was a non-DRS pass that's the only difference. max had his wheels in front of Hamilton before the apex. The rule book is quite clear on those situations.
I like very much that Haas's name sticker inside of Halo. All team must do that.
Looks like the "trying to only use 3 engines" is the fake news of this discussion...by next week it will probably be a" fact"...Edax wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 20:58Agree the pass was solid. And to quote the wisdom of a certain lewis Hamilton: It makes no sense keeping your front wing in when you have already lost the corner ( speaking about Rosberg cutting his rear tire in Spa).TwanV wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 20:11Really? It was verstappen's pass but I don't think Hamilton was very solid there. both could've given more space but in essence it was Hamilton hitting verstappen not the other way around. It wasnt a divebomb or anyhing, pure racing incident at the very least nothing to warrant a comment like that. But it's Hamilton so flame on.TAG wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 19:39Great race. Bottas should have won that one. He’s simply not good enough, the race was his to lose. Fantastic defending from Vettel, love seeing those kinds of performances. This win was NOT a gift and he earned this win, you can tell he relished it.
The Hamilton comment on Verstappen in the greenroom, still rolling over on that one. Verstappen will eventually learn that you can't win races on the first lap.
Anyway fair play to him he drove an outstanding race. I do have the feeling that there could be more to it if Merc just let their drivers loose. I think they are overstrategising at this point. Perhaps it is right and they are the only ones really going for the three engines.
But what a drive from Gasly, I have no idea where that came from. But I think this is a tremendous boost for TR-Honda. I had the feeling that the TR-Honda relation might work. But I did not think TR had the drivers to show its potential. Well I stand corrected.
