The F1 Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

Rosberg back in front of Verstappen. His tyres are going off.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

5s penalty for Vettel.

 

[Carrotdude]

Rosberg on a charge now, you'd think Hamilton has enough to keep him behind but nico definitely quicker right now

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

hmmmm


so they couldn't tell Hamilton what to do a couple of races ago but they can shout all this at Rosberg?

Fucking ridiculous.

 

[Carrotdude]

Yeah under the new rules there's no way that should be allowed

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Horner says that Red Bull consider it is outside the rules. This is going to cause a stink.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Rosberg under investigation for it.

 

[Nando]

Such a nonsense rule in the first place.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Absolutely Nando. But my problem is the same team refusing to tell Hamilton how to reset to solve a problem in Baku (?) and then immediately shouting it to Rosberg is just a fucking nonsense. I hope he gets a penalty that costs him second.

 

[Carrotdude]

I guess they assumed Nico wouldn't have fixed it himself before being overtaken so just taken the risk and hope they get away with it

 

[Kenny]

Fair to say that Lewis & Nico now on plain hatred levels. Lewis talking to Max as if Nico was in another country about how Nico got 2nd back from him.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Enjoyable race, lots of little battles and lots of mistakes and drama. The rain definitely added to it. Very impressed with Max Verstappen.

 

[Nando]

Absolutely Nando. But my problem is the same team refusing to tell Hamilton how to reset to solve a problem in Baku (?) and then immediately shouting it to Rosberg is just a fucking nonsense. I hope he gets a penalty that costs him second.

They refused to tell Nico how to fix it in the same race too.

 

[Kenny]

Apparently the issue isn't with telling Nico what setting to use to recover the gear box but the instruction to skip 7th gear is deemed as aiding the driver.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

They refused to tell Nico how to fix it in the same race too.

But they didn't today

 

[Carrotdude]

Feel like the rule needs clarification then, if it's ok to tell him about the settings then surely it was ok to do the same in the previous race

 

[Nando]

But they didn't today

The previous issue wasn't race threatening though. Sure it impacted on their pace but it wasn't going to end their race.

In this situation, where it's highly likely to lead to a retirement you'd take the risk of demotion rather than going home with nothing.

He'll probably have to take a grip drop for Hungary too which means he won't be winning there.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

See I don't agree. Bollocks for me that in exactly the same situation Nico gets info and Lewis doesn't

 

[Nando]

When the situation was the same, both drivers got identical treatment.

 

[Kenny]

First info received - Within the rules
Second bit of info - Technically outside of the rules.