Daniel Ricciardo has won the Malaysian Grand Prix, having been handed the race lead after a spectacular engine failure on Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes. The Australian fought off team mate Max Verstappen who completed a 1-2 finish for Red Bull Racing. Nico Rosberg completed the podium.
Doesnt that basically mean he'll have to win all 5 assuming there must be over a 95% probability that a Mercedes will win all of the next few races? :/dans79 wrote:By my rough math Lewis needs to win 3 of the renaming races, and finish in front of Nico in the other 2 to take the championship, assuming no more engine penalties.
Are you out of your mind, of course something like that would never be a high up. If it was even real (highly unlikely), it would be someone way down the ladder.alexx_88 wrote:I know a lot of you are Hamilton fans, but did anyone stop to consider that maybe Rosberg manages the technical side better? Conspiracy theories are nice, but I highly doubt that the Mercedes board is run by kindergarten children who pay a driver tens of millions, just to sabotage him.
Anyone who talks about conspiracy theories is just silly! Even i a Hamilton fan can't believe this! But i also can't believe his luck! And i don't think there is something a driver can do on the technical side when out of nowhere an engine goes without notice!alexx_88 wrote:I know a lot of you are Hamilton fans, but did anyone stop to consider that maybe Rosberg manages the technical side better? Conspiracy theories are nice, but I highly doubt that the Mercedes board is run by kindergarten children who pay a driver tens of millions, just to sabotage him. Not to mention the crap they'll get from their UK market. We've seen hints of this in Baku, Singapore, I just think that this formula, where the driver needs to manage the technical side as well during the race suits Rosberg more than Hamilton. I mean people were already planning Rosberg's demise when they banned driver coaching, whereas we've seen the exact opposite.
alexx_88 wrote:I know a lot of you are Hamilton fans, but did anyone stop to consider that maybe Rosberg manages the technical side better? Conspiracy theories are nice, but I highly doubt that the Mercedes board is run by kindergarten children who pay a driver tens of millions, just to sabotage him. Not to mention the crap they'll get from their UK market. We've seen hints of this in Baku, Singapore, I just think that this formula, where the driver needs to manage the technical side as well during the race suits Rosberg more than Hamilton. I mean people were already planning Rosberg's demise when they banned driver coaching, whereas we've seen the exact opposite.
3 wins brings the points gap down to 2, and to 10ths with nico 11 ties it. Lewis would win the tie breaker because he has more mins.Phil wrote:Doesnt that basically mean he'll have to win all 5 assuming there must be over a 95% probability that a Mercedes will win all of the next few races? :/dans79 wrote:By my rough math Lewis needs to win 3 of the renaming races, and finish in front of Nico in the other 2 to take the championship, assuming no more engine penalties.
Still 5 races, sure, but that is one mighty mental advantage Rosberg has. The only thing Hamilton can take from this weekend is that he more or less aced the start...
Again we've seen it first hand with the bad starts, Baku, Singapore. Also, wasn't Rosberg the one who won more races while the ban was in place?nevill3 wrote:alexx_88 wrote:I know a lot of you are Hamilton fans, but did anyone stop to consider that maybe Rosberg manages the technical side better? Conspiracy theories are nice, but I highly doubt that the Mercedes board is run by kindergarten children who pay a driver tens of millions, just to sabotage him. Not to mention the crap they'll get from their UK market. We've seen hints of this in Baku, Singapore, I just think that this formula, where the driver needs to manage the technical side as well during the race suits Rosberg more than Hamilton. I mean people were already planning Rosberg's demise when they banned driver coaching, whereas we've seen the exact opposite.
But since they relaxed the radio ban Rosberg has improved, whilst the coaching ban was in place Hamilton was superior
He sure did! =D> =D> =D>alexx_88 wrote:Again we've seen it first hand with the bad starts, Baku, Singapore. Also, wasn't Rosberg the one who won more races while the ban was in place?nevill3 wrote:alexx_88 wrote:I know a lot of you are Hamilton fans, but did anyone stop to consider that maybe Rosberg manages the technical side better? Conspiracy theories are nice, but I highly doubt that the Mercedes board is run by kindergarten children who pay a driver tens of millions, just to sabotage him. Not to mention the crap they'll get from their UK market. We've seen hints of this in Baku, Singapore, I just think that this formula, where the driver needs to manage the technical side as well during the race suits Rosberg more than Hamilton. I mean people were already planning Rosberg's demise when they banned driver coaching, whereas we've seen the exact opposite.
But since they relaxed the radio ban Rosberg has improved, whilst the coaching ban was in place Hamilton was superior
