2016 European Grand Prix - Baku City Circuit, Fri 17 – Sun 19 Jun

[Tauri_J]

valencia 2.0

so much lifting and coasting, which makes this race so easy that noone has even taken an escape road

[Pierce89]

valencia 2.0

so much lifting and coasting, which makes this race so easy that noone has even taken an escape road

I was watching onboards around lap 20-30 and literally EVERYONE was lifting and coasting, even cars with a chance to overtake.

I would like to see the 100 kg fuel limit removed, but the teams would still underfuel because that's the fastest way to the finish. I guess with the teams' modern knowledge, I think only refuelling will eliminate the lift and coast situation. Lift and coast shouldn't be a thing in sprint races, but, then again, there has always been an endurance aspect to f1, also.

[Just_a_fan]

It is a fairly tedious race.

Hamilton's engine is de-rating so he'll be lucky to finish in 5th. Rosberg's championship lead will be healthier again.

Daft that the team can't tell the driver how to deal with a complex problem on the car.

[GrayGreat]

Lol. One race where Hamilton can't figure out how to correct his engine settings, and everyone on the sky team whining how silly these radio ban rules are. It's the same for everyone.

[NathanOlder]

Whats wrong with the sky team supporting their fellow countryman?

[Bomber_Pilot]

This is just me being cheeky, but could this be "I know all of the 100 things about the car, but I prioritize, so i only deal with top ten" biting someone in the ass?

*before someone gets a heart attack, the thingy in quotes is a bit of dramatization

[basti313]

Hamilton's engine is de-rating so he'll be lucky to finish in 5th. Rosberg's championship lead will be healthier again.

Well, he has just posted pink top speeds in 2 of 3 sectors at the moment...nothing to worry.
If Kimi's tires survive and no SC it will end like this...

[iotar__]

It is a fairly tedious race.

Hamilton's engine is de-rating so he'll be lucky to finish in 5th. Rosberg's championship lead will be healthier again.

Daft that the team can't tell the driver how to deal with a complex problem on the car.

Yeah it was pretty daft when they couldn't tell Rosberg about fuel problems in Canada and he had to waste time and ask, then he had to save fuel and couldn't overtake Vertappen. At least they could inform him about double puncture and pitstop. Can they turn Hamilton radio off, it's boring.

"It is a fairly tedious race." only if you care about one driver, Perez has been absolutely brilliant, forced stops changed some dynamic and there were some overtaking moves earlier.

Whats wrong with the sky team supporting their fellow countryman?

Supporting is not the right word, it's a blind detached from reality fanaticism. Full of double standards, omissions and selective statistics. Examples:
- they (BBC) kept repeating how Hamilton was the quickest whole weekend and suddenly something unexpected happened. A. FP on Friday is meaningless. B. In FP3 LH had the quickest time but: it was later in the session and Rosberg had a bad third sector, mistake is a mistake but pace is pace
- after car problems in Russia, Japan and later races. they had the nerve to claim in Mexico that Rosberg wasn't able to convert the poles into wins, he himself wasn't able, liars

[NathanOlder]

Now its Kimi's turn

[basti313]

Yes, Kimi is 0.5sec slower now. Might give an interesting battle RAI-PER at the end.

[Just_a_fan]

"It is a fairly tedious race." only if you care about one driver, Perez has been absolutely brilliant, forced stops changed some dynamic and there were some overtaking moves earlier.

Perez has had great drive, no doubt, and I'm sure everyone will applaud him for it. Imagine what might have been had he not had to change his gearbox.

The rest of the race hasn't been very interesting irrespective if who you may or may not be supporting. Most overtakes are DRS assisted with a few in the first few laps whilst drivers still finding their feet. Other than that it's been nothing special.

A few brake failure issues are about as interesting as it's been.

[matt_b]

Exciting track for GP2 not so much for F1

[basti313]

"It is a fairly tedious race." only if you care about one driver, Perez has been absolutely brilliant, forced stops changed some dynamic and there were some overtaking moves earlier.

Perez has had great drive, no doubt, and I'm sure everyone will applaud him for it. Imagine what might have been had he not had to change his gearbox.

The rest of the race hasn't been very interesting irrespective if who you may or may not be supporting. Most overtakes are DRS assisted with a few in the first few laps whilst drivers still finding their feet. Other than that it's been nothing special.

A few brake failure issues are about as interesting as it's been.

Yes. Unless Perez was a bit too slow after the start, so it may not have been enough to stay ahead of Vettel, who was great on the SS. So I would assume the same result.

Regarding DRS:
I do not understand why they did not have a second DRS detection point. All possible battles after a close DRS overtake were destroyed by the second DRS zone.

[GrayGreat]

Lauda saying both cars had the problem, but Nico fixed it quickly. I guess those reminders on the steering wheel help a little.

[proteus]

This was an unbelieveably dull race...Mexico 2015 all over again. So much hype how drivers will be making mistakes, how there will be a lot of safety car running on track, and so on....What we got was a DRS party with predictible results....Aparently F1 aint reached rock bottom jet, since its diving itself in unimaginable depths...