Nico Rosberg has secured his first ever Formula One race win in dominant fashion. While his closest competitors had trouble in the pits or abandoned, Nico stayed out of trouble and won the race comfortably. Jenson Button finished second, Lewis Hamilton third.
I wouldn't go so far as saying it's temper tantrums this time, but I thought it was very telling the way he spat out the word 'ridiculous'. Like he isn't aware of the fact that the Red Bull has not been focused on straight line speed for the last couple of years, and that he doesn't know the tradeoffs that are made. He's benefitting elsewhere in the lap but has to pay the price of low straight line speed.Maelstrom wrote:Temper tantrums from the World champion? What did he expect. His tyres were probably finished.
The way those tyres fell off I'm not surprised Vettel thought the way he was passed made him feel it was ridiculous...frustrating to say the least after having such an awesome race....imagine how Kimi must have felt...for him ridiculous doesn't come close to a description..McMrocks wrote:could it be that the mclaren strategy was a bad?
Everytime after the pitstops other cars were 0,5 sec in front of the Mc.
And then they lost time by overtaking
Edit: vettel was strong today. but there were the tyres....
They definitely had the wrong strategy. I think they were reacting to Webber and thought Mercedes would also run a three stopper. With hindsight they'd probably go for a two stop. Their tyres looked like they were hanging on well but they didn't want to give track position to Webber, something they got wrong for Lewis in the last stops but fortunately he was able to get back past.McMrocks wrote:could it be that the mclaren strategy was a bad?
Everytime after the pitstops other cars were 0,5 sec in front of the Mc.
And then they lost time by overtaking
Edit: vettel was strong today. but there were the tyres....
He was actually complaining about how they'd had no straight line speed all race. Plus you have to remember that the only reason he had track position in the first place was due to a well timed two stop strategy with a relatively early second stop giving him the undercut.Traction wrote:The way those tyres fell off I'm not surprised Vettel thought the way he was passed made him feel it was ridiculous...frustrating to say the least after having such an awesome race....imagine how Kimi must have felt...for him ridiculous doesn't come close to a description..McMrocks wrote:could it be that the mclaren strategy was a bad?
Everytime after the pitstops other cars were 0,5 sec in front of the Mc.
And then they lost time by overtaking
Edit: vettel was strong today. but there were the tyres....
right. the strategy of LotusTraction wrote:The way those tyres fell off I'm not surprised Vettel thought the way he was passed made him feel it was ridiculous...frustrating to say the least after having such an awesome race....imagine how Kimi must have felt...for him ridiculous doesn't come close to a description..McMrocks wrote:could it be that the mclaren strategy was a bad?
Everytime after the pitstops other cars were 0,5 sec in front of the Mc.
And then they lost time by overtaking
Edit: vettel was strong today. but there were the tyres....
It will also be hotter in Bahrain. That might make a lot of difference.Traction wrote:Just wondering if the F duct that Mercedes have will benefit them as much in the upcoming race as it did in China with it's long straights. With the straighline speed a huge advantage in this instance its benefitted from. In the track without the long straights maybe the straighline speed will be to some extent be negated.
Rosberg was pulling away from everyone and maintaining his lead with no one in front of him so his DRS wasn't actually the reason why he won this race.Traction wrote:Just wondering if the F duct that Mercedes have will benefit them as much in the upcoming race as it did in China with it's long straights. With the straighline speed a huge advantage in this instance is benefitted from. In the track without the long straights maybe the straighline speed will be to some extent be negated.
Again, how often did Rosberg get to use the DRS in the race? That car was quick without it. The Mercedes isn't just a one trick pony. Have they solved their tyre issues? In hot weather probably not completely, but let's see what happens. I think they'll still be there or there abouts in Bahrain, but maybe they'll be the ones that have to run an extra pit stop.Traction wrote:Just wondering if the F duct that Mercedes have will benefit them as much in the upcoming race as it did in China with it's long straights. With the straighline speed a huge advantage in this instance its benefitted from. In the track without the long straights maybe the straighline speed will be to some extent be negated.
i think drs zone was ok. the problem was the low top speed of some cars.djos wrote:Amazing race, thought I was watching NASCAR open wheel edition the racing was so close!!
Webber making that 3 stopper work was pretty impressive and getting by golden balls on the last lap was just a lovely moment!
PS, they buggered up the DRS zone, it was obviously slightly too short as opposed to last year where it was slightly too long!
I'll address this once more, because there's only one member on this forum with whom I think it's completely acceptable for me to lose my cool, and you aren't that member. Otherwise, it leaves me with an empty feeling that I don't like.Nando wrote:Please keep it on the subject at hand.
Agree. But this race certainly proves that Merc has decent race pace if they get their tires right.GrizzleBoy wrote:Rosberg was pulling away from everyone and maintaining his lead with no one in front of him so his DRS wasn't actually the reason why he won this race.Traction wrote:Just wondering if the F duct that Mercedes have will benefit them as much in the upcoming race as it did in China with it's long straights. With the straighline speed a huge advantage in this instance is benefitted from. In the track without the long straights maybe the straighline speed will be to some extent be negated.
The track temps in Bahrain are vastly different to what they experienced here, so their tyre degradation problems aren't totally proven to be gone.
