Head To Head Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton

[P1]

Rosberg to retire tomorrow, Hamilton to win in the wet.

Well you were pretty close except for the wet bit. Well predicted. You weren't sniffing around Nico's gearbox were you?

 

[P1]

Presumably Rosberg will have an automatic 5 place grid drop penalty at the next race, due to an unscheduled change for less than six consecutive events.

I was wondering same question...

 

[Mezzer]

Rosberg to retire tomorrow, Hamilton to win

Do you have next week's lottery numbers?

 

[KekeTheKing]

Mecedes reliability may just play a huge role in this championship. They're seeing new gremlins every time they hit the track now it seems. Who knows who it will hit next.

In a way Hamilton's practice breakdown was a good omen.

 

[Lewywo4]

Rosberg to retire tomorrow, Hamilton to win in the wet.

Keke.......you got the more important points right, and glad that you got it wrong regarding a wet race.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Brogan I thought that rule didn't apply to a failure during the race.

 

[FB]

 

[F1Yorkshire]

Presumably Rosberg will have an automatic 5 place grid drop penalty at the next race, due to an unscheduled change for less than six consecutive events.

Have we had confirmation of this or does the retirement mean he gets a free gearbox change?

 

[Brogan]

"If a driver fails to finish a race due to reasons beyond his or his team's control, he may start the next meeting with a different gearbox without incurring a penalty."

No penalty then I suspect.

 

[Incubus]

Mecedes reliability may just play a huge role in this championsh

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True but that's not unusual between drivers competing for the title. For so many seasons in the recent past we got used to a near-absence of mechanical retirements, because the regulations effectively kept cars and engines restricted to being pushed well below their potential.

There is more of "back-to-normal" feeling to this season, with 2014 regs making mechanical retirements and gremlins more likely. No more 100 per cent reliability record at the end of races.

I never shared the opinion of those who said Hamilton was unlucky to have had two mechanical retirements this year because two retirements under this year's rules is fairly "normal".
I think it was more a case of Rosberg being fortunate he hadn't had any... until now.

 

[teabagyokel]

 

[Bushi]

So...

10 for Mercedes powered cars
13 for Ferrari powered cars
26 for Renault powered cars

 

[F1Yorkshire]

At least 5 of those Ferrari retirements were down to accidents as well not reliability.

Thread idea.

 

[Fenderman]

... Thread idea.

Definitely

 

[sushifiesta]

And at least 25 of the 26 retirements from Renault powered cars were caused by Maldonado.

On a more serious note, 9 out of a possible 18 retirements for Sauber? Ouch.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Or...

Mercedes powered cars 1.25 retirements per car entered
Ferrari powered cars 2.167 retirements per car entered
Renault powered cars 3.25 retirements per car entered

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Or...

Retirements / total number of cars raced up to Silverstone:

Merc powered: 0.139
Ferrari powered: 0.241
Renault powered: 0.361

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Or...

One in every 2.0769 Renault powered cars to have started a race in 2014 has retired for one reason or another.

 

[Fenderman]

 

[Monkeyhead]

So...

10 for Mercedes powered cars
13 for Ferrari powered cars
26 for Renault powered cars

Number of non-mechanical retirements per engine:
5 for Mercedes
8 for Ferrari
2 for Renault

So the number of mechanical retirements is then:
5 for Mercedes
5 for Ferrari
24 for Renault