The F1 Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

Jesus - what a mess. Bottas you bellend.

 

[Tredman]

Nob head bottas, race over now - it'll be a procession for nico.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Drive through penalty for Bottas.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Rosberg wins. And for all their problems in qualifying, Ferrari get second place.

 

[The Bear]

Dull, dull race. Shit track.

 

[Bandyrastard]

Dull, dull race. Shit track.

I thought it was a good race. Plenty of overtaking

 

[Carrotdude]

Yeah it was a decent race imo apart from a lack of a fight for the win

 

[Kenny]

Yeah it was a decent race imo apart from a lack of a fight for the win

Agree with that.

The moment Bottas slammed into Hamilton, they might as well have given the win to Rosberg. Having the Williams Team behind him was not going to give him a problem in any way. Lewis needs to sort out his starts but little he could do once his car was damaged. Might have been a decent battle up front if Bottas had been sensible or even if Vettel's engine had stayed in 1 piece.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Agree with that.

The moment Bottas slammed into Hamilton, they might as well have given the win to Rosberg. Having the Williams Team behind him was not going to give him a problem in any way. Lewis needs to sort out his starts but little he could do once his car was damaged. Might have been a decent battle up front if Bottas had been sensible or even if Vettel's engine had stayed in 1 piece.

I agree with this. Such is the dominance of Mercedes that if either Rosberg or Hamilton have a problem then it is basically a one horse race.

 

[The Bear]

Unless the Ferraris get a better start, as in Australia.

 

[Kenny]

Vettel would have pushed Rosberg more than Bottas and Massa did. Kimi might have done if he hadn't replicated Lewis at the start.

Ferrari are closer to the Mercs this season but the last race had incidents that meant Nico cruised to the win. Hopefully we don't see many of these types of win this season.

 

[Kenny]

So the teams have rejected the "Aggregate Times" option for Qualifying.

How fucking hard is it for Bernie and Co to understand - The teams, drivers and viewing public were happy with the system as it was and it needed no fucking around with. Just bring it back and stop with this putting shit ideas in front of the teams you know they will reject.

 

[Kenny]

Teams tell Bernie & Co to bring back the old Q1,2,3 system and it is back for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Scenes

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10233646/f1-to-revert-to-2015-qualifying-format

 

[The Bear]

Glad that little power struggle is over and Todt has had the common sense to just back down and put it back.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

At last common sense has prevailed.

 

[Kenny]

Don't worry, Bernie and Co will go mental again very soon.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Alonso may not be allowed to drive in the Chinese Grand Prix. Apparently still not fully recovered.

 

[Kenny]

Alonso may not be allowed to drive in the Chinese Grand Prix. Apparently still not fully recovered.

No real surprise.

 

[Kenny]

Hamilton will be taking a 5 place grid penalty on Sunday. Changing his gearbox which got damaged in Bahrain.

Meant to use 1 gearbox for 6 races in a row. Mercedes not confident his current one will last the race.

 

[The Bear]

His shit start to the season continues.