Head To Head Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton
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The pit stops didn't help Hamilton today. But this weekend was a chance missed, he had the speed on Rosberg and would have taken a win with a better qualifying position and a little luck.
Totally agree, IMO Hamilton was quicker this weekend and qualifying gave him a big mountain to climb. It's because of his great first lap that he got second, but it's also because of the pit stops - 2 and a half seconds slower?? - that he couldn't race for the win. Webber leapt onto this straight away, Merc need to understand why Hamilton is slower by so much. It's irrelevant whose fault it is, clearly some tweak is needed.
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Hamilton missed his marks on the 1st stop and the second stop was delayed by small damage to the brake cooling
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Fenderman
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Splendid drives today by the Merc' chaps and a very good result for both of them and the team. 3rd to 1st and 9th to 2nd was damage elimination - a bit better than just than damage limitation.
The brake issues that seem to affect all of the teams to a greater or lesser extent require all the drivers to moderate their braking. That must be a real pain for the late hard brakers like Hamilton and Alonso who may be compromised a bit more than others. Hamilton's first pit stop was probably more costly than then the second one as he had to battle with Bottas. Had that not been the case he would have had a lot more time to work on Rosberg. However, with both cars being virtually identical Lewis needed to be able to trust the brakes for any successful attack. Without a fairly big mistake from Nico he had little chance of passing him today so Lewis has lived to fight another day.
Things can turn at the drop of a hat - or wheel nut - in F1 and we've seen bigger points gaps blown away many times in the past. For Nico, he has yet to have his Murphy moments so his lead isn't cast in concrete. For Lewis, the season isn't yet quite half-way and he had a big Murphy moment last year at Silverstone - surely he's due for good showing at his home GP. For us, we can be sure there's a lot more entertainment and probably some surprises to come from these two blokes.
The brake issues that seem to affect all of the teams to a greater or lesser extent require all the drivers to moderate their braking. That must be a real pain for the late hard brakers like Hamilton and Alonso who may be compromised a bit more than others. Hamilton's first pit stop was probably more costly than then the second one as he had to battle with Bottas. Had that not been the case he would have had a lot more time to work on Rosberg. However, with both cars being virtually identical Lewis needed to be able to trust the brakes for any successful attack. Without a fairly big mistake from Nico he had little chance of passing him today so Lewis has lived to fight another day.
Things can turn at the drop of a hat - or wheel nut - in F1 and we've seen bigger points gaps blown away many times in the past. For Nico, he has yet to have his Murphy moments so his lead isn't cast in concrete. For Lewis, the season isn't yet quite half-way and he had a big Murphy moment last year at Silverstone - surely he's due for good showing at his home GP. For us, we can be sure there's a lot more entertainment and probably some surprises to come from these two blokes.
Lewywo4
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olegg........Lewis managed to take the lead after 5 races, and being 25 points down from his initial dnf that he had received from the first race at Australia.......Sooooo 29 points with 11 GP races to go, can Hamilton regain the title lead?
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We saw Hamilton winning when Rosberg was quicker, today we saw Rosberg win when Hamilton was faster. Basically today the race went with the qualifying performances.
One thing that seems to have disappeared is that of the two drivers being on different tyre strategies. This is what was giving the exciting finishes ; maybe Mercedes are being more cautious now that the pack are beginning to catch them.
One thing that seems to have disappeared is that of the two drivers being on different tyre strategies. This is what was giving the exciting finishes ; maybe Mercedes are being more cautious now that the pack are beginning to catch them.
But isn't that what it is meant to do?
I must say that I liked the message of congratulations to Dieter Maschewitz that was shown towards the end of the race. I presume it was in getting the race run rather than for the performance of the Red Bull cars on the day.
I must say that I liked the message of congratulations to Dieter Maschewitz that was shown towards the end of the race. I presume it was in getting the race run rather than for the performance of the Red Bull cars on the day.
I was wondering about that. Presumably Hamilton's car carries less fuel from the start now? That would seem the logical thing to do to gain the maximum benefit from his frugality.
There are only fractions in it though aren't there..
I don't think it is the difference between winning and losing..
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