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It's more that just looking unprofessional. Mercedes need to protect their assets (car & driver). If they felt the tyres wouldn't last another 20 laps, then leaving him out there to fight (even if Lewis wants to) is irresponsible, dangerous and risking the health of the world champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
The world champion is not a robot, he has intelligence to know when he needs tyres. If the team had not forceably pressed him to pit, he would driven the car until he needed a change of tyres. Nannying the driver was what Whitmarsh did that drove Hamilton from Mclaren to Mercedes, he does not need that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Firstgear
For those still going on about the first corner at Austin, see what a real racer thinks about it http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/34703811
Lewis trying to take advantage of Nico isn't as much of an issue for me as his second guessing his strategists once they had told him it was the safe thing to do .
He told them he didn't think it was the right move , but that he'd do it anyway .
And , then he further pushed it afterwards , saying that all it was , was a warm gesture from the team towards Nico .
But , then , do you think that Nico would have considered the stop if he had any inkling that Hamilton might not ?
I don't think so .
No , Nico would have been told that the team were going to bring them both in so to be safe until the end .
And , as such , would have had pretty fair reason for complaint , had Hamilton been allowed to continue without , especially if he had made it to the end in first place .
No similar choice was on offer to Nico .
He was not told to baby his tires to last 20 more laps . He was told to pit because the first ones were down to 10% .
Spot on Jens. A F1 team will without fail want to win every Grand Prix they enter even if championships are done. The numbers get bigger and it could be your last.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
Even in the final round of a season where you 1-2 on every race, you would be daft to not look after the 1-2 in the last few laps.
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If they were far enough ahead to have a pit stop in hand , then maybe you could let them race , but the Merc has a hard time behind another car , seemingly , so it's only a try at a risky , "keep your tires sweet" gamble that might get you there . That's why Lewis thought it wasn't a good idea to stop .Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
But , there's enough bad blood between them right now that it wouldn't be a good idea to have them arguing over space anyway . That would get too expensive , and risk the 2nd place in the WDC .
I am not sure what race you were watching, it certainly does not sound like Mexico.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
Rosberg goes from here to win back-to-back races. Or how much is it Hamilton not really being fully in the game after securing the WDC? Then again Rosberg is good enough driver to beat Hamilton a few times on merit over a season anyway.
Five consecutive poles? Not bad, but as usual with Nico - he is on average a better qualifying driver than race driver.
Kimi's contracts is only for next season, so Ferrari could lure Niko. But could he beat Vettel in similar machine? If Honda gets their act together, mac could be an option?
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Originally Posted by COD
I like your ideas. That would be fantastic to see. Then Ricco into the Merc. Max into the Bull. Bottas into the Mac. Yes please. (wish list only)
Rosberg is whit the best and warmest team he can be. Where is hotter then hell?