Sebastian Vettel has taken a surprise win at the Hungarian Grand Prix, taking the lead of the race at the start to never give it up. The action happened behind him though, as incidents caused many position changes throughout the race, allowing both Red Bulls to complete the podium.
So many penalties being issuedShrieker wrote:Same here. Maybe the director made a mistake and it shouldn't have been displayed like that ? Maybe it was meant for another driver and the race director pressed the wrong button in the heat of the moment.Tauri_J wrote:I'm confused...didnt Verstappen get a drive through?
Well, to be perfectly honest they should've put both Merc's on softs at the safety car pitstop. Though i'm not sure whether Hamilton had used a medium set before that. I think he hadn't ? Tuff luck for him - he was always going to be a sitting duck for Ricciardo on softs at the restart. Hamilton should've been more vigilant. He alone had the speed to challenge Vettel today by the looks of it but his racecraft sucked donkey balls.matt_b wrote:If Nico had the softs he would've won and had a 2 point lead in the championship with huge momentum and confidence over the summer break, instead Lewis takes a 22 point championship lead. Whos says F1 isn't exciting and unpredictable.
It looked like he closed up on Nico going in to the last corner and then either thought "need to back off, can't overtake yet" or just understeered on coldish tyres. Most odd. No way Ric should have been able to get by him on the straight otherwise. I'm guessing he went too hard on the cold tyre into the last corner and understeered and that's why he said sorry to the team. Good to hear a driver apologising when he messes up.GPR-A wrote:Either the team screw Lewis at Safety car instances OR he himself seems to be sleeping when the restart happens OR gets too pumped up and does mistakes. I don't recall one instance where Lewis made good use of safety car restart and jumped anyone. A golden opportunity after the f****ed up race start, but lost it completely.
Well, Nico simply had a bad weekend. Couldn't get his setup right and struggled throughout, just like Lewis at Austria.
He used softs for second stint and had to be on med. But like you said, Ricciardo on softs was difficult to keep behind. But Hamilton certainly wasn't on his best this Sunday.Shrieker wrote:Well, to be perfectly honest they should've put both Merc's on softs at the safety car pitstop. Though i'm not sure whether Hamilton had used a medium set before that. I think he hadn't ? Tuff luck for him - he was always going to be a sitting duck for Ricciardo on softs at the restart. Hamilton should've been more vigilant. He alone had the speed to challenge Vettel today by the looks of it but his racecraft sucked donkey balls.matt_b wrote:If Nico had the softs he would've won and had a 2 point lead in the championship with huge momentum and confidence over the summer break, instead Lewis takes a 22 point championship lead. Whos says F1 isn't exciting and unpredictable.
I'm slightly surprised he only got two points. The three penalties he received were all for basically the same thing - driving too quickly and/or aggressively in a scenario where there are marshals/other personal about. It's something he's been penalised for before, and something he knows the consequences of (having physically disabled marshals in the past through his stupidity).domh245 wrote:With penalties applied, Maldonado finished 14th. So, in summary, MAL got 2x drive-throughs, a 10 second penalty, and then 2 points on his license, bringing him up to 6 points
It's not even funny anymore. Please stop your constant trolling week in week out.iotar__ wrote:Heroes of today:
- Ricciardo drives into Rosberg destroying his race after an awkward overtake attempt - no penalty, loses the start (as
Looked identical to Spa last year to me, do you think Rosberg should have had a penalty then? Should I dig up the thread to see your consistency?iotar__ wrote: - Ricciardo drives into Rosberg destroying his race after an awkward overtake attempt - no penalty, loses the start (as always)
Hamilton had 2 stints on softs, he needed to be on primes, Rosberg had a completely free choice.Shrieker wrote:
Well, to be perfectly honest they should've put both Merc's on softs at the safety car pitstop. Though i'm not sure whether Hamilton had used a medium set before that. I think he hadn't ? Tuff luck for him - he was always going to be a sitting duck for Ricciardo on softs at the restart. Hamilton should've been more vigilant. He alone had the speed to challenge Vettel today by the looks of it but his racecraft sucked donkey balls.
Exactly this. He is so concerned about Hamilton he cant see what anyone else is doing, half the time even himself. He needs to learn that to beat Lewis he needs to beat everyone else to.stuartpengs wrote:
I just don't get Rosberg's mindset, he always seems more concerned about how he can beat Hamilton, even when he's behind him. The tactician in him is compromising his racing spirit and it's costing him dearly.
Lesson, my friend "iotar_", is that, the situations you use to support your argument, will come back in totally opposite way at some point. So, it is good to stand with what is RIGHT and WHAT IS COMMONLY ACCEPTED AS RIGHT.stuartpengs wrote:Looked identical to Spa last year to me, do you think Rosberg should have had a penalty then? Should I dig up the thread to see your consistency?iotar__ wrote: - Ricciardo drives into Rosberg destroying his race after an awkward overtake attempt - no penalty, loses the start (as always)
I just don't get Rosberg's mindset, he always seems more concerned about how he can beat Hamilton, even when he's behind him. The tactician in him is compromising his racing spirit and it's costing him dearly.
