Austria 2016

[Koz]

They obviously like processional racing in Austria judging by the boo's lol.

Very sad and disappointing reaction by the fans.

[truefan72]

first of all, All credit to Wherlein. P10 is a magnificent result
Then a big bow to Button in p6. that is about as good as the mclaren could take in this race. Encouraging
Congrats to kimi too

Now as to the main event
I firmly believe Rosberg tried to take both cars out and wlak away the winner of this calamity maintaining his points lead.
Even if he maintained his line, Hamilton would have had a good run on him on that back straight. so he pulled a MSC and tried to crash both out.
This is further supported by the stewards now investigating Rosberg
The boos for Hamilton are understandable by the big german contingent there. but they would see the replays and understand who was to blame.
It was an inspired last few laps to close the gap to rosberg on 1 lap older softs vs Rosberg's supersofts
and this after Mercedes hung him out to dry on his first stint, effectively giving rosberg the race lead
then they give him a slow pit stop,
then they pit him again and give him yellow softs instead of his set of ultra's
then rosberg tries to take him out, he survives and wins the race
despite the boos, this was an epic effort for Hamilton

[Garry Walker]

Oh and points for Wehrlein. Just noticed that. Awesome.

[truefan72]

i love how Toto and Lauda seem more upset about the collision and pretending like they don't understand how "both" drivers hit each other. lol
To Lauda's credit, he thinks Nico is at fault
The interview of toto with kravitz is revealing.
drama

Ted had it spot on and Toto was like "you got it wrong" lol
It would be apropo as the team were not wathcing the same race as the rest of us. SMH

[steveaki13]

The crowd booing, but actually Rosberg was at fault today.

Lauda saying Nico had a brake problem. However maybe it was one that they couldnt tell him about over the radio. How nuts is that.

That said Rosberg must have been desperate to hold his points so with the history of Hamilton initiating some contact maybe he tried to do the same.

Weird that whatever happens when they touch that Hamilton wins out more often than not. He seems just slightly more instinctive in these moments and maybe why he is still slightly ahead in terms of whole package. I dont know. Just seems that way.

[truefan72]

Oh and points for Wehrlein. Just noticed that. Awesome.

indeed

[Stan Reid]

Great to see Manor score a point. Is that the first Manor point since Marussia left?

Has that team scored a point under any name? When? Glad to see it anyway.

[gm99]

Has that team scored a point under any name? When? Glad to see it anyway.

Bianchi at Monaco 2014.

[truefan72]

so sky is trying to say that bono made the right call to put softs and not ultras on Hamilton because rosberg's tires had graining and looked the worse shape at the end.
But that to me is still wrong. Hamilton did a long stint on 3 lap old ultras on heavier fuel at the beginning of the race and would have clearly benefited from a new set with a lighter load and only about 12-15 laps to go.

[Nitrodaze]

Even if strategy and pitstops haven't favored Lewis today, I don't think it's the team's fault that Lewis screwed up his out lap. Besides, if they wanted to stage Rosberg's win, why would they have pitted Lewis before?

C'mon buddy, typically Mercedes gives priority of pitting to the driver ahead. First time round they stopped Rosberg who was in 2nd first, but crucially kept Hamilton out long enough for Nico to end up in front of him.
You talk about Hamilton screwing up his out lap, but have you wondered why they stopped Hamilton first in the 2nd stint with at least 10 laps of tyre more than Rosberg, but crucially giving him only one lap space before stopping Rosberg.

Whichever way you look at it, there is much there that makes you wonder.