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Daniel Ricciardo can celebrate a brilliant victory that he made possible thanks to several decisive overtakes after a safety car period 20 laps from the end. Valtteri Bottas struggled to second on old tyres with Raikkonen finishing a close third.
They didn't have fresh soft tyres, so no point pitting Hamilton on used softs. Both Ferrari drivers had fresh softs available though.Harvester wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:14Yes Bottas and Vettel didn't have a chance to pit but the mistery is why they didn't box Hamilton.JPBD1990 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:07They lost the win with that strategy - but redbull won with luck. If the safety car was called 15 seconds earlier, Vettel and Bottas could have pitted. 15 seconds later, redbull would have gone past the pit entry.Chene_Mostert wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:06
Nothing to do with luck. Complacent, finish at the slowest pace race strategy. - just stupidity from the pit wall.
Ferrari lost on strategy.
Redbull won with luck.
Simple.
15s later and Vettel and Bottas would've been past T1 and would have plenty of time to decide if they wanted to pit or not, conspicuous timing but fair play to RBR.JPBD1990 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:07
They lost the win with that strategy - but redbull won with luck. If the safety car was called 15 seconds earlier, Vettel and Bottas could have pitted. 15 seconds later, redbull would have gone past the pit entry.
Ferrari lost on strategy.
Redbull won with luck.
Simple.
To be fair, on the soft Vettel managed the pace. On the medium we never saw how fast Vettel could have gone.Poleman wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:07Despite all the happenings in the race Ferrari didnt really make an impression in race pace today as many of us believed after qualy...What an unpredictable race at the end and to be fair as much as i love Danny Ric this idolizing from SKY commentary made me cringe,guy was on much fresher tyres on his moves plus the guys ahead were smart to back off or else kaboom...Anyways on to Baku!
I think so as well. You wouldn't think in a million years that such a thing would happen today
Yes. Saw that as well. The very first time I saw a really really humble Max who openly admitted it was his own fault and it was a very bad and stupid move.
+1.... ham coudlve won today....but for the third race in a row they threw a merc win away through botched pitwall callsHarvester wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:14Yes Bottas and Vettel didn't have a chance to pit but the mistery is why they didn't box Hamilton.JPBD1990 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:07They lost the win with that strategy - but redbull won with luck. If the safety car was called 15 seconds earlier, Vettel and Bottas could have pitted. 15 seconds later, redbull would have gone past the pit entry.Chene_Mostert wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:06
Nothing to do with luck. Complacent, finish at the slowest pace race strategy. - just stupidity from the pit wall.
Ferrari lost on strategy.
Redbull won with luck.
Simple.
Causing SC in order to help daddy RedBull ... that is if you believe in "coincidences"
well...slightly used softs were better than well worn meds.... then again not sure if it woudlve dropped off at the end like last week...Silent Storm wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:17They didn't have fresh soft tyres, so no point pitting Hamilton on used softs. Both Ferrari drivers had fresh softs available though.Harvester wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:14Yes Bottas and Vettel didn't have a chance to pit but the mistery is why they didn't box Hamilton.JPBD1990 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:07
They lost the win with that strategy - but redbull won with luck. If the safety car was called 15 seconds earlier, Vettel and Bottas could have pitted. 15 seconds later, redbull would have gone past the pit entry.
Ferrari lost on strategy.
Redbull won with luck.
Simple.
Safety car was called in after VET passed pit lane enter, so they couldn't pit him anyway. RAI changed tyres few laps before... maybe the biggest error was done by MER with HAMSilent Storm wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:17They didn't have fresh soft tyres, so no point pitting Hamilton on used softs. Both Ferrari drivers had fresh softs available though.Harvester wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:14Yes Bottas and Vettel didn't have a chance to pit but the mistery is why they didn't box Hamilton.JPBD1990 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 10:07
They lost the win with that strategy - but redbull won with luck. If the safety car was called 15 seconds earlier, Vettel and Bottas could have pitted. 15 seconds later, redbull would have gone past the pit entry.
Ferrari lost on strategy.
Redbull won with luck.
Simple.
what matters at the end of day is standing on the board ?.Using Kimi as a Guinea pig does show high standards ferrari as a racing team have.i like racing and overtakes. i guess even racing gods are fed up of boring processions.
