Nico Rosberg has won the Austrian Grand Prix for the second year in succession, taking the upper hand on his team in the first corner of the first lap. Hamilton finished second, ahead of Felipe Massa who puts Williams on the podium again.
I'm pretty sure I said somewhere it's going to rain come race day an hour before the race and we would be racing on a drying track but what do I know.mikeerfol wrote:Hoping for some rain and the SC to appear on Lap 2..
Right now Massa is looking just as good as bottas and better in Qualy when Massa doesn't have any issues. So Botta wouldn't be an improvement over Massa.Spoutnik wrote:There is Bottas available also.ismail1991 wrote:I like Raikkonnen a lot but he is not on it these days. Hulkenberg was the one who deserved that seat in the first place. I hope Ferrari can make its wrong next year by taking HulkenbergSevach wrote:Thanks for the info on Rosberg's lap.
BTW Hulkenberg is having an unbelievable high these last 10 days, incredible 5th place.
Maybe putting himself in contention for that Raikkonen seat.
So just reading driver comments etc and Ricciardo has said he is running a much lower downforce setup than Kyvat to give himself a chance to overtake during the race - should make things interesting.Andres125sx wrote: Just to clarify, Ricciardo penalty is 5 seconds applied to his first pit-stop, mechanics must wait 5 seconds before working on the car, while Button´s 10seconds are a 10 seconds stop&go, no tyre change allowed
These penalties are become more than a joke. Soon drivers who know there occurring the penalty and can't qualify in the top wont even bother going out.djos wrote:So just reading driver comments etc and Ricciardo has said he is running a much lower downforce setup than Kyvat to give himself a chance to overtake during the race - should make things interesting.Andres125sx wrote: Just to clarify, Ricciardo penalty is 5 seconds applied to his first pit-stop, mechanics must wait 5 seconds before working on the car, while Button´s 10seconds are a 10 seconds stop&go, no tyre change allowed
The best option would be an IndyCar style engine makers championship and take points and prize money from them instead of penalizing the drivers!ringo wrote:We all were asking for these penalties to pressure the engine makers. We just have to own up to them.
4 engines a year is a joke. These aren't push rod chevy v8s, some leniency should be there. We should have stayed at 8 per year.
Either way, they didn't need to wait so long to send him out for the first run - they sat in the garage for a long time in q2 and 3 whilst Mercedes did two fliers on the first run.evered7 wrote:Not possible to do it in the pit box these days? I know refueling is banned but a quick turn-around would have been better.ME4ME wrote:He needed to refuel before his second run. Therefor he had to go into the garage.
Even if this is true it was a stupid decision since they should have known that running a two lap run with the full attack on the second run was the better choice (For Ferrari probably even the third lap might be quickest ...).ME4ME wrote:He needed to refuel before his second run. Therefor he had to go into the garage.
So if a driver is leading the race and engine fails at the last lap a driver should keep his win and get zero constructors points? F1 is a sport when cars and drivers are very much connected, you can't separate it, rules are the same for everyone and reliability is a competitive advantage. Honda of course should have 5 engines in their first season. Why is four engines a joke, just because numbers in the past used to be bigger, any technical justification, why eight and not seven or fifteen? Reliability used to be much worse in the past and focus on it has been good for racing.djos wrote:The best option would be an IndyCar style engine makers championship and take points and prize money from them instead of penalizing the drivers!I think that plus a chassis constructors championship would make a lot of sense.ringo wrote:We all were asking for these penalties to pressure the engine makers. We just have to own up to them.
4 engines a year is a joke. These aren't push rod chevy v8s, some leniency should be there. We should have stayed at 8 per year.
. Nicely paid, zero pressure gig.
The only reason I can think about is Ferrari were keeping their tires for the racef1316 wrote:Mercedes don't know why Ferrari didn't do a second flying lap and neither do I.
What's your source for this?mclaren_mircea wrote:After qualy, Mercedes opened Hamilton's gearbox and changed the six gear. Do you think that gearbox will resist for other 5 races?
