Lewis Hamilton jumped into the lead at the start of the Chinese Grand Prix to never give it away again. Pole sitter Valtteri Bottas held on to second and finished there, securing yet another Mercedes 1-2 as Ferrari's Vettel had to settle for third.
"trying to be nice..." more like trying to get them deleted. (partially sucessfull)
or did VER have a prob with the car? pushed the wrong button in anger about VET overtaking him (or already before?)....
then maybe it was all VET fault maybe... anyway... the others just can't wait to have the clock run down... like poor GASly.
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Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
So Ferrari was still up 7kph on main straight while matching Merc in S1 and S2, before losing it all in last 2 corners. Wondering if its the tires or what...
1. Track temp was decreasing from 35 to 32 degrees Celsius which played in Ferraris' hands
2. Max didn`t do his final hot lap for being stopped by the driver's train created by Lewis ... he said that robbed him the 3rd place on the grid, so just 2 tenths behind Merc ... not bad at all ...
3. Seems that over time in his career each time Lewis has had a perfect car was beaten by his team colleague ... he prevailed only when he hasn`t had a perfect car, something like M.Schumacher, Senna, Alonso did in the past ...
It looks like you're a Hamilton hater it's not Hamilton's fault that RBR released their cars so late..and max was so slow that's why everyone was overtaking him. It's only the 3rd race of the season and you assumed he was beaten by his teammate
Your assumption is wrong! I just wanted to point out what a skilful driver he is, which is a trademark for the greatest drivers in F1, that`s why I like him ...
Now regarding Max situation, it was just a simple fact and not intended to bash him ...
1. Track temp was decreasing from 35 to 32 degrees Celsius which played in Ferraris' hands
Maybe you should stop assuming stuff you can't really prove. Your guess is that Mercedes is better when it's warm, but Bahrain's track was the warmest of all we've seen until now. Ferrari didn't have any problems there. Melbourne was a big anomaly because Ferrari had other significant issues.
In China you claim the cooling track played in hands of Ferrari. What's your proof other than completely guessing it?
Bahrain was warmer than China and Ferrari was more dominant there. If any, this would show that they were more comfortable when it was warm. Your points don't make sense. We still don't know which temperatures suit each teams.
"trying to be nice..." more like trying to get them deleted. (partially sucessfull)
or did VER have a prob with the car? pushed the wrong button in anger about VET overtaking him (or already before?)....
then maybe it was all VET fault maybe... anyway... the others just can't wait to have the clock run down... like poor GASly.
No, I think it is Horner's fault. Max was passed by the Ferraris and thought it was over ("We are finished right?") and Horner said "Yes we are done". But he was passed after that by the Renaults who still made a lap...
"trying to be nice..." more like trying to get them deleted. (partially sucessfull)
or did VER have a prob with the car? pushed the wrong button in anger about VET overtaking him (or already before?)....
then maybe it was all VET fault maybe... anyway... the others just can't wait to have the clock run down... like poor GASly.
VER was waiting for Leclerc to put the throttle, once it was his turn, Vettel popped up there. He had to back off not to crash. T16 was already compromised, and his final run was thereby done even if he got in time for the flag. Getting in time for the flag was not relevant anymore.
I don't know if it will ever happen, but a Vettel-Verstappen duel for the title has all the ingredients and layers already built in for a mega showdown. The sheer drama and theatre would be priceless!
"Sebastian there's very, you're a member of a very select few.. Stewart, Lauda, Piquet, Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Fangio.. VETTEL!"
"trying to be nice..." more like trying to get them deleted. (partially sucessfull)
or did VER have a prob with the car? pushed the wrong button in anger about VET overtaking him (or already before?)....
then maybe it was all VET fault maybe... anyway... the others just can't wait to have the clock run down... like poor GASly.
No, I think it is Horner's fault. Max was passed by the Ferraris and thought it was over ("We are finished right?") and Horner said "Yes we are done". But he was passed after that by the Renaults who still made a lap...
I think that was his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase.
"Sebastian there's very, you're a member of a very select few.. Stewart, Lauda, Piquet, Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Fangio.. VETTEL!"
1. Track temp was decreasing from 35 to 32 degrees Celsius which played in Ferraris' hands
Maybe you should stop assuming stuff you can't really prove. Your guess is that Mercedes is better when it's warm, but Bahrain's track was the warmest of all we've seen until now. Ferrari didn't have any problems there. Melbourne was a big anomaly because Ferrari had other significant issues.
In China you claim the cooling track played in hands of Ferrari. What's your proof other than completely guessing it?
Bahrain was warmer than China and Ferrari was more dominant there. If any, this would show that they were more comfortable when it was warm. Your points don't make sense. We still don't know which temperatures suit each team.
Here in Q3 Ferrari was gaining the most time between Q2 and Q3
Now regarding my assumptions why Ferrari likes cooler tracks, I posted my arguments here: viewtopic.php?p=828131#p828131
For your info, in Bahrein Ferrari was fastest both in FP2, qualy and the race when there were some 28 degrees Celsius
But as you said maybe I`m wrong and it`s just my F1 fan poor analysis ...
1. Track temp was decreasing from 35 to 32 degrees Celsius which played in Ferraris' hands
Maybe you should stop assuming stuff you can't really prove. Your guess is that Mercedes is better when it's warm, but Bahrain's track was the warmest of all we've seen until now. Ferrari didn't have any problems there. Melbourne was a big anomaly because Ferrari had other significant issues.
In China you claim the cooling track played in hands of Ferrari. What's your proof other than completely guessing it?
Bahrain was warmer than China and Ferrari was more dominant there. If any, this would show that they were more comfortable when it was warm. Your points don't make sense. We still don't know which temperatures suit each teams.
In terms of track temperature, it was much cooler in Bahrain than it was Melbourne (a difference of 16 C).
And because Bahrain was a night race, the track surface temperature continued to decrease after the sunset.
"trying to be nice..." more like trying to get them deleted. (partially sucessfull)
or did VER have a prob with the car? pushed the wrong button in anger about VET overtaking him (or already before?)....
then maybe it was all VET fault maybe... anyway... the others just can't wait to have the clock run down... like poor GASly.
No, I think it is Horner's fault. Max was passed by the Ferraris and thought it was over ("We are finished right?") and Horner said "Yes we are done". But he was passed after that by the Renaults who still made a lap...
I think that was his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase.
No, I think it is Horner's fault. Max was passed by the Ferraris and thought it was over ("We are finished right?") and Horner said "Yes we are done". But he was passed after that by the Renaults who still made a lap...
I think that was his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase.
Ah that could be, my mistake.
The thing is, Max couldn't have immediately bolted on the throttle once Seb passed him because he needed to avoid his dirty air to make any sort of lap time gain. In the process, the Renault drivers passed him as well.
It's not imparting blame, but Lewis had bunched up the field so much that there was always going to be a rush to make it in time to the end. Max here is just being a bit petulant about the situation. He would have done the exact same thing. Seb and the Renault's barely made their laps happen, so he needs to realise that the team put him in that situation where it all got a bit too tight as they didn't account for Lewis bunching up the pack.
"Sebastian there's very, you're a member of a very select few.. Stewart, Lauda, Piquet, Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Fangio.. VETTEL!"