2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

[gm99]

Williams pit crew working hard to defend their donkey title...Unsafe release for Bottas.

[steveaki13]

Pretty dull race so far after the first lap.

Nico absolutely destroying Lewis again today. 4 seconds clear

[N4D13]

I'm curious about the Alonso-Maldonado incident. Did Alonso move in onto Nasr or did Felipe drive into him? I didn't see the accident really well and the guys at Spanish TV are fuming over Nando's drive through penalty.

Incidentally, unsafe releases are supposed to net you an automatic 10-second stop-and-go penalty, not just a 5-second penalty, aren't they?

[Nitrodaze]

What a crap strategy for Hamilton. The Mercs are not fighting but a procession. Very boring

Daft strategy actually

[Nitrodaze]

Great drive by Rosberg. But a very boring race at the front

[AndyL]

Incidentally, unsafe releases are supposed to net you an automatic 10-second stop-and-go penalty, not just a 5-second penalty, aren't they?

Hmm that's what I thought too. They cracked down on unsafe releases a couple of years ago didn't they, after the incidents with tyres flying around in the pit lane.

[Nitrodaze]

Interesting to hear that Merc allowed both sides of the garage to choose whatever strategy they wanted. If that is the case, the Hamilton side of the garage did not do the tripe world champion great service. A 6 seconds gap is evidence of that. That said, Rosberg drove an excellent race, untroubled of course.

[Nitrodaze]

Hmm that's what I thought too. They cracked down on unsafe releases a couple of years ago didn't they, after the incidents with tyres flying around in the pit lane.

It was unfortunate for Bottas. I hope Williams get their act together for 2016.

[Nitrodaze]

Interesting to hear that Merc allowed both sides of the garage to choose whatever strategy they wanted. If that is the case, the Hamilton side of the garage did not do the tripe world champion great service. A 6 seconds gap is evidence of that. That said, Rosberg drove an excellent race, untroubled of course.

And Eddy agrees and says it like it is.

[Bagwan]

Come on buddy, don't dig for the sake of it. Hamilton with a fresher engine would be expected to be within a tenth of Rosbergs best time, even on a bad day. Get real :-)

I think it's clear that when the car is at it's lightest , it suits Nico's style better now , whereas it suited Lewis before the change .

It takes a super-fan to suggest that when he doesn't get his 50th pole position in the last race of the year , he perhaps wasn't trying .
It would have , for sure , given him a better chance of getting his 44th win , and topped off #44's season quite nicely .
No chance he wasn't trying . No chance at all .

More worrying to him , it sounds , is that he stated that they won't be reverting to the suspension configuration that he liked , so he'll have to find a way around the foible .

Worrying for his fans is that he again questioned even his own side of the garage on strategy mid-race , and given his quote about how they won't change it back , seems to be starting to think they are favouring Nico , fundamentally .
And , paranoia like that , for the set-up tweeter , is his kryptonite .



That's what I think .
And , that post was a compliment .

Seriously , keep it up !