2014 Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring

[alexx_88]

I wouldn't say out of luck entirely. Banker lap should've been fine, possibly pole. Also, the fact that he gets so many technical problems suggests that his approach might be a bit different than Rosberg's.

[iotar__]

- Haha very nice, Bottas kind of blew it, Williams very comfortable through third sector and these tricky turns
- Merc drivers suddenly don't look that special, that's atrophy of skills - no competition - no need to push, some competition - we don't know what to do. Hamilton messed up at least one lap badly, no excuses please this time and blaming the car, he was shaky in eighth whole day
- Wasn't Merc much faster on long runs anyway, they can't lose it even nursing engine?

[sennaf1god.94]

After uncountable times underperforming this year, this team has finally delivered in big style: A 1&2 to block the first row of the grid.

In preseason it was evident they were the only ones that had potential to fight Mercedes for victories, but failed miserably in the first races of the year.

Today we had a Great Bottas, he was P1 during the whole day, first in Practice 3, and then during most of Q3, only to be bettered by his teammate Felipe Massa in his last atempt to grab the first pole position of the year for any other team than Mercedes.



What a beautiful car and journey. Hope tomorrow they start completing pitstops without a single mistake.

[mikeerfol]

Wonder if there's going to be a repeat of Canada since Mercedes will have to push again.

[Juzh]

Looking at massa's pole lap this williams probably had 0.3s in hand. Locking up, missing apexes in at least 3 corners.

[GrizzleBoy]

Wow Paddy Lowe sounds totally shaken up.

Signs of competition causing cracks?

[RZS10]

A normal rear lockup isn't so 'snappy' looked like something was wrong, but as mentioned by others, Hamilton failed to nail his banker third time in a row -.-

[Poleman]

What competition? The Mercs totally blew it themselves...The W05 was easily 0.4-0.5 faster than the Williams.They just didn't do the job right,Massa did.On a side note its just Austria,in upcoming races i can see the Williams going back in the upper midfield plus i can't really see them winning this race either but congrats at least they managed to break the Mercedes streak of poles =D>

[joseff]

Looking at massa's pole lap this williams probably had 0.3s in hand. Locking up, missing apexes in at least 3 corners.

Agreed, the same can be said of Bottas' Q2 lap.

I'm happy to see Williams back in front. Hopefully, this qualifying performance inspires the pit crew to not #%$@ up tomorrow.

[sennaf1god.94]

Looking at massa's pole lap this williams probably had 0.3s in hand. Locking up, missing apexes in at least 3 corners.

Hopefully, this qualifying performance inspires the pit crew to not #%$@ up tomorrow.

Praying to god* for the crew to sleep well tonight...

*The only god that exists

[mclaren_mircea]

What are the chanches of Jenson starting on softs NOT super softs from P11? I can't imagine him starting on the super softs given Mclaren's behaviour on the super softs. As P11 he can chose the tyres, so what do you think, will he chose the softs?
Please help me with this. Thanks.

[prince]

Wow Paddy Lowe sounds totally shaken up.

Signs of competition causing cracks?

Signs of competition? Nothing against Williams as they did a good job. But mistakes were the order of the day. One who committed less mistakes took the pole. When Lewis made the mistake, he was already 3 tenth up by sector 2.

Here is the long run times from Friday FP2. Williams were the only ones who were closer to Merc, but how much?

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6 N. ROSBERG
NO TIME NO TIME
1 14:11:37
2 1:21.114
3 1:11.279
4 1:27.025
5 1:10.835
6 1:28.700
7 1:18.613
8 1:17.048
9 1:17.924
10 1:10.730
11 1:10.499
12 P 1:18.248
13 10:28.066
14 1:10.399
15 1:24.362
16 1:30.513
17 1:10.525
18 1:20.909
19 1:22.222
20 1:09.919
21 P 1:24.408
22 8:42.364
23 1:14.138
24 1:14.690
25 1:13.792
26 1:13.308
27 1:13.920
28 1:14.283
29 1:14.751
30 P 1:20.262
31 1:37.530
32 1:13.937
33 1:13.813
34 1:13.754
35 1:15.531
36 1:14.563
37 1:20.388
38 1:13.853
39 1:13.980
40 P 1:20.440
41 P 1:34.821
42 P 1:50.237
43 1:35.841
44 1:13.725
45 1:13.871
46 1:18.215
47 1:15.705
48 1:14.346
49 1:14.832
50 P 1:19.428

44 L. HAMILTON
NO TIME NO TIME
1 14:12:28
2 1:15.872
3 1:12.565
4 1:18.650
5 1:10.841
6 1:10.525
7 1:20.906
8 1:10.460
9 1:23.727
10 P 1:20.654
11 12:59.977
12 1:09.652
13 1:23.692
14 1:33.532
15 1:09.542
16 P 1:25.773
17 P 10:07.847
18 2:01.824
19 1:15.083
20 1:14.346
21 1:14.185
22 1:13.829
23 1:20.483
24 1:13.586
25 1:14.203
26 1:13.739
27 1:17.471
28 1:13.688
29 P 1:17.661
30 1:32.343
31 1:13.591
32 1:13.795
33 1:13.105
34 1:13.924
35 1:13.492
36 1:17.856
37 P 1:23.302

19 F. MASSA
NO TIME NO TIME
1 14:13:58
2 1:11.729
3 1:11.140
4 1:18.737
5 1:16.158
6 1:11.049
7 P 1:22.952
8 P 1:53.155
9 14:30.664
10 1:10.521
11 1:27.039
12 1:16.638
13 P 1:18.907
14 P 1:47.565
15 P 13:16.448
16 1:52.615
17 1:15.145
18 1:14.443
19 1:14.484
20 1:15.212
21 1:15.136
22 1:14.756
23 1:14.852
24 1:15.249
25 1:15.223
26 1:18.357
27 1:14.115
28 1:14.803
29 1:16.907
30 1:14.959
31 1:15.366
32 1:15.566
33 1:15.978
34 P 1:20.060
35 1:32.542
36 1:14.052
37 1:14.431
38 1:13.967
39 P 1:17.173

77 V. BOTTAS
NO TIME NO TIME
1 14:14:28
2 1:13.384
3 1:17.071
4 1:11.213
5 1:16.281
6 1:10.790
7 P 1:17.042
8 P 1:34.521
9 14:47.225
10 1:19.403
11 1:16.733
12 1:10.519
13 1:14.190
14 1:10.995
15 1:10.844
16 P 1:16.889
17 P 1:37.420
18 P 7:58.341
19 1:40.148
20 1:15.275
21 1:14.853
22 1:14.316
23 1:16.229
24 1:15.636
25 1:14.478
26 1:14.687
27 1:15.267
28 1:15.327
29 1:15.521
30 1:14.936
31 1:14.833
32 1:14.581
33 1:14.367
34 1:15.287
35 1:14.739
36 1:14.765
37 1:15.189
38 1:15.171
39 1:15.131
40 1:14.937
41 1:15.138
42 1:15.953
43 P 1:20.759
44 P 1:39.361

[Morteza]

When was the last time Williams had a 1-2 in qualifying?

[basti313]

A normal rear lockup isn't so 'snappy' looked like something was wrong, but as mentioned by others, Hamilton failed to nail his banker third time in a row -.-

At least he had the revenge on Rosberg by destroying his pole lap

What are the chanches of Jenson starting on softs NOT super softs from P11? I can't imagine him starting on the super softs given Mclaren's behaviour on the super softs. As P11 he can chose the tyres, so what do you think, will he chose the softs?
Please help me with this. Thanks.

I expect Button and Vettel on Softs. Both have no topspeed to overtake...as overtaking is hard, both will have to do something else with their strategy.

Wow Paddy Lowe sounds totally shaken up.

Signs of competition causing cracks?

Signs of competition? Nothing against Williams as they did a good job. But mistakes were the order of the day. One who committed less mistakes took the pole. When Lewis made the mistake, he was already 3 tenth up by sector 2.

Here is the long run times from Friday FP2. Williams were the only ones who were closer to Merc, but how much?

Still a second slower...
Williams had no issues with tire warming. So it seems they are on an aggressive setup. May be a problem tomorrow with someone else taking one stop less.

[matt_b]

Williams have good pace but the Mercedes have the ultimate pace especially on the softs, they can hold Nico up until the pit stops at best. Though who knows after the last race what will happen, we have reached the crazy phase of the championship.