Lewis Hamilton has won the Singapore Grand Prix in a dominating fashion, with only Verstappen briefly looking into a chance for victory. The Dutch Red Bull driver eventually finished 9s down in second, while Vettel ended up third, 30s further down the road.
Like I said before, it’s the championship this year between the reliable driver vs the reliable car.NathanOlder wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 00:31They say luck evens its self out over a season, and Lewis has suffered a gearbox penalty in Bahrain. A breakdown in Q1 in germany and a breakdown in the Austrian Grand prix.
All that to Vettels 0 problems.
If that evens its self out, Lewis will end up nearly 100 pts in front!
you cannot sit in another cars dirty air for as long as Lewis did without your car either having a tremendous amount of pace in reserve, or being way way better on the tires.
I would like to add that Lewis actually had some damage from the contact as well and therefore was slightly compromised too (nothing serious but it was there).dans79 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 07:17you cannot sit in another cars dirty air for as long as Lewis did without your car either having a tremendous amount of pace in reserve, or being way way better on the tires.
Vettel started P2 instead of P1 so at least on ultimate pace he wasn't any faster than Kimi!
By 0.01?Sierra117 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 07:32I would like to add that Lewis actually had some damage from the contact as well and therefore was slightly compromised too (nothing serious but it was there).dans79 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 07:17you cannot sit in another cars dirty air for as long as Lewis did without your car either having a tremendous amount of pace in reserve, or being way way better on the tires.
Vettel started P2 instead of P1 so at least on ultimate pace he wasn't any faster than Kimi!
Yes , their pit strategy video they mentioned about damage to front part of the floor near the bargeboards... which might have cost him a quater to half a tenth per lap.Sierra117 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 07:32I would like to add that Lewis actually had some damage from the contact as well and therefore was slightly compromised too (nothing serious but it was there).dans79 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 07:17you cannot sit in another cars dirty air for as long as Lewis did without your car either having a tremendous amount of pace in reserve, or being way way better on the tires.
Vettel started P2 instead of P1 so at least on ultimate pace he wasn't any faster than Kimi!
It was strange to hear Hamilton report that his tyres were fine whilst sitting in Raikkonen’s dirty air. To then see the state of Raikkonen’s soft tyres whilst Hamilton’s looked fine was doubly puzzling.dans79 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 07:17you cannot sit in another cars dirty air for as long as Lewis did without your car either having a tremendous amount of pace in reserve, or being way way better on the tires.
Vettel started P2 instead of P1 so at least on ultimate pace he wasn't any faster than Kimi!
They have brought something on suspension side to monza...which they think might have solved their traction problem.......which might give them lesser wheel spin and good tyre lifeRestomaniac wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 08:15It was strange to hear Hamilton report that his tyres were fine whilst sitting in Raikkonen’s dirty air. To then see the state of Raikkonen’s soft tyres whilst Hamilton’s looked fine was doubly puzzling.dans79 wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 07:17you cannot sit in another cars dirty air for as long as Lewis did without your car either having a tremendous amount of pace in reserve, or being way way better on the tires.
Vettel started P2 instead of P1 so at least on ultimate pace he wasn't any faster than Kimi!
Have Mercedes focused totally on tyre life in the lastest updates?
Vettel is the only top driver who hasn't had a mechanical DNF this season...Vasconia wrote: ↑12 Sep 2018, 14:20It Will be different in comparison to last year. I expect Mercedes to be stronger and closer to Ferrari, while RB won´t be that strong, at least like in Monaco. For me it looks that qualy Will be great because the top-three should be closer to each other.
And yes, I think Vettel must win. Hamilton is being very solid and the Mercedes has an amazing realiablity. So I don´t expect a DNF but who knows...
