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Thread: German GP 2018
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22nd July 2018, 19:27 #21
Wow... he keeps his victory! Rules are rules and I'm not seeing much consistency in the stewards decisions but I suppose he does still deserve the win... would have been very harsh to take it away from him after such a great drive.
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22nd July 2018, 21:51 #22
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23rd July 2018, 01:14 #23
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Personally I think in the interest of consistency that certain rules should have automatic penalties, but they should also be applied immediately. As example crossing the pit line might be 5 seconds if done with no cars in the vicinity such as today, but a larger penalty if cars are within X seconds. Not having the consistency is what brings the decisions into question on a regular basis.
I'd hate to see any driver miss out on a win after a drive like Lewis had today, but those are the types of rules that allow people to try to degrade his drive and claim bias.
Seb's cool down laps just irritate the crap out of me. Between the Italian and the "ring-ding-ding" sounds he just comes off as weird to me. To top it off, it just doesn't come across as sincere and real either.
The Boss has shown in the last couple of races why he commands that seat. He's really had some great come from the back of the pack drives.
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23rd July 2018, 02:40 #24
Great race!
I think the stewards had no real option to award Lewis any actual time penalty, having not announced there was an investigation until after the race finished. Given that Lewis was just under 5 seconds in the lead, and could have made the gap beyond 5 seconds had he known that a penalty was likely, would have made it very harsh to take the win away after the fact.
Shame for Seb; looks like he just got caught by the variable grip level around the track.
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23rd July 2018, 15:46 #25
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I guess this is Hamilton's championship to lose. Vettel goofed and he knew it. Only a retirement and a Vettel win will put him back in contention.
I also really like Kimi's consistency on the podium. While I wish he would win a race again I think he knows he is the #2 on the team." Lady - I'm in an awful dilemma.
Moe - Yeah, I never cared much for these foreign cars either."
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23rd July 2018, 15:52 #26
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The main takeaways from the German GP are these:
First, as we have observed many times, Vettel has a tendency to make more mistakes than Hamilton. My subjective belief before the season was that Hamilton had about 60% probability of winning this season's title, and this belief still remains the same.
Second, the team orders confirmed once again the number-two status of Bottas and Raikkonen within the respective teams. These guys are fast enough and they are good team players. So let's drop these speculations that supposedly the likes of Ricciardo will be able to move into either Ferrari or Mercedes.
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24th July 2018, 00:30 #27
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25th July 2018, 01:36 #28
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Seb's crash made me think of this blunderbuss.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR0YuRX1770May the forza be with you
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25th July 2018, 08:47 #29
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I have a question for the folk here, is Vettel the first driver to ever crash out from the lead of a race in his home Grand Prix due to driver error?
I can't think of anyone else that did that at their home Grand Prix before.
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25th July 2018, 13:16 #30
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I'm not sure about the home GP, but more than a couple have crashed out of the lead. And don't forget, I think it was Mansell, who lost a race on the last lap because he thought he had it in the bag and slowed down to wave at the crowd. Got passed just before the flag.
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