It's like Mercedes are running the world's least helpful tech support help-line.
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It's like Mercedes are running the world's least helpful tech support help-line.
haha..... yes. Its bonkers these engines are so complex, let alone they cannot help the driver.....
Although I agree with the radio rules. Maybe Lewis needs to twiddle more knobs. Or make F1 less complex
Anyway this was expected to be chaotic and fun. It has actually been very dull IMO
You know it's probably something super obvious. And it looks like he's sorted it out, anyway.
Fastest lap from Lewis - looks like he's found the right button to press.
Seems Hamilton has found the right button - fastest lap for him!
"Lewis, you're the fastest car on track."
"No shit man."
:D
Hamilton is losing 2 seconds a lap again. WTF?
slow again now
Niki Lauda's just said both cars had the same problem, but Nico found the fix quicker than Lewis.
Kudos to Checo. DOTD.
Nice rug in the pre-podium room. It really ties the room together.
Perez makes Hόlkenberg look pretty average.
Baku - a beautiful city.
The track nice except for that IDIOTIC turn 8.
Dang I stayed up all night watching La Mans, and fell asleep by lap 3 of this race. Missed the whole thing! :bigcry:
Lewis said the problem fixed itself .Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyL
Toto said they both had a problem , which Nico fixed quickly and Lewis fixed after 12 laps .
Anyway , too easy for Nico .
I wish Lewis would have been right there with him for a battle .
Sadly , we see the Merc still not so stable in traffic .
I think this should be the final straw for Mercedes. Letting Lauda make unsettling comments that are unnecessary is surely something for concern. The guy is an idiot at times.
Surely Lewis not winning is because he are black. There's a whole truckload of dimwits about on twatter claiming that Merc nefariously messed up his car's setup after FP3 and it's all the sun's fault anyway. The fact that he might have effed up with his 'I don't need no stenkin' simulator' and 'track walk is for girls' shtick doesn't quite compute for his fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
Maybe you should be confronting those fans on Twitter rather than trying to drag it into here? You won't find that level of stupidity in here.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
Anyway that aside, I think Lewis had a good race despite some difficulties. He drove well and stayed out of trouble and overcame a problem even if it may have righted itself depending on who's talking. I think the race highlighted that the new radio rule does not necessarily improve the racing, as demonstrated by a few drivers.
The race wasn't quite as exciting as expected but I do like the circuit. Let's dump Monaco and have Baku instead!
I did. It was quite entertainingQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Humm, I get a feeling that Hamilton isn't Lauda's favourite son anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Well apparently the reason Nico was able to fix it straight away was because he had encountered that same issue before so he knew what to do, whereas Lewis hadn't which is why it took so long. Even when Lewis managed to resolve the issue, it seemed to revert back after a lap or two anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
Anyway, I think these radio messages ban are ridiculous and, a driver should be able to ask questions at least. Hopefully they'll fine tune that radio ban for things like this over the coming races.
It's only normal to constantly 'fine tune' rules for our boy.
I think it would benefit every driver, not just Kimi and Lewis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
It does seem like they have gone too far with it. The idea originally was to stop "coaching". I can understand a ban on the team telling the driver what the best settings are for a particular corner, but when they can't say how to fix a problem with the car, it's too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
The cars have gotten ridiculous.
To many computers, too much electronic control, and so much aero crapola the cars are butt-ugly.
The cars were just fine as long Lewis was winning...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nem14
You are desperately trying to turn this into an anti Lewis thread aren't you?Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
Which ever way you look at it, one has to say the Mercedes car under Hamilton was well dodgy. For a car that was tested to a full season mileage, this sort of thing is not merely a glitch. The endless issues seeming to be happening to the Mercedes cars, suggest there is more than meet the eyes. The thing with Hamilton's car almost seemed like the car was being hacked. The setting was going all over the place. From 6 to 3 to 1. Weird!
Hamilton said after winning Monaco, that the issues with the car were still unresolved. I suppose Baku only goes to show that there are inherent problems with the car affecting both drivers, but afflicting Hamilton the most.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
The 5 minutes penalty on Kimi was harsh and unnecessary. There was clearly no gain in time crossing the line like he did. A warning would have sufficed, l thought.
The radio debarcle was just ugly. It shows the rule on radio was not well thought through. Coaching is one thing, asking technical question about a complex system is another. I hope common sense prevail when this is next discussed with the FIA. In the circumstances faced by Hamilton and Raikonnen, the rule just seemed like something out of Alice in wonderland.
Five minutes would indeed have been quite harsh :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Nitrodaze
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Originally Posted by Bagwan
Been interesting reading all your predictions in this thread, you sure do drink from a half empty glass.
Well, folks, you need to make up your mind. If things go wrong for Lewis (Baku), it's the fault of the car, if things go wrong for Nico (Monaco), it's the fault of the driver. What is it? Maybe it's time to stop behaving like football fans and pay all drivers the same respect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrodaze
When was the last time there was so much passing on track?
F1 cars just need a decent straight to wind up in. I enjoyed the race.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
I see it as an excellent track which will punish track boundary violations harshly. Yay.
There did seem to be a difference in the cars between qualifying and the race. Tyres? Fuel? Track Temperature? Just me? Who knows.
The Mercedes won the race to the first corner and that was sort of it for the top step. Kept me interested though because there was always the potential for this track to bite.
Hamilton proved why the only radio communications in F1 should be medical in nature.
I think it's just another example of the repeating systematic knee jerk reactions that the powers at be do in F1. F1 is like a wild river with people being swept away with ideas and notions, knee jerk reactions to every issue instead of actually taking a step out and looking what can be done to fix the problem. This has been ongoing in F1 for many years but has really come to the foreground in recent times with the extra information at our finger tips due to .social media outlets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrodaze
Unfortunately, until such time as Bernie croaks it or steps down, I don't see it changing as he, in my opinion, is a big part of the problem. He's an old dinosaur. He's great for the likes of CVC to get the best business deals but when it comes to the core health of F1 he's an absolute disaster. It's his fault that the teams have so much power in F1 because of the concorde agreement he signed with them. The whole thing is a shambles at the moment and, until such time as he goes, I don't see much things really changing. The power he has given RBR over the last few years and how he has bent to their whim is ridiculous. RBR wanted the rules changed in 2014 after 4 races because they were no longer winning and Bernie just went along with them. We wouldn't have these rule changes for 2017 if it wasn't for Bernie being their little puppet. And now, just when the performance is beginning to merge after two years they will change the rules again and probably move back to a situation similar to 2014 with one team dominant, except maybe this time it will be RBR, McLaren, Ferrari or Mercedes and the rest playing catch up. For real competition the rules need to be stable.
Regards the driver coaching, it probably had gone too far with drivers being told where to lift off in corners, or what gears to take etc over the radio, but now it's gone too far the opposite direction. Yesterday had a negative impact on the show where a driver that could have made the race exciting, wasn't able. The teams needs to be allowed to tell the driver if there's an incorrect setting and what to do to fix it or at the very least answer the drivers questions. Fine tuning needed.
I think we all know Nico had issues in Monaco. That was glaringly obvious from the start of the race.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
So things have gone as I have predicted. This circuit looked very hard on engines and brakes, so Mercedes was supposed to get another almost sure win, and if you look at how Rosberg maintained a +10 second over the following car for much of the race, I wasn't too much far off the mark. This time we got lucky that Mercedes didn't get its usual 1-2 finish. The championship goes on as could have been predicted approximately twelve months ago.
The double DRS with a single detection point was ridiculous, that in addition to the single file corner (old castle) killed the race. We need wide tracks, wide corners - forcing cars into single file with the current cars just takes away from a potential battle.
Well Mercedes has owned up to putting the car in the wrong setting. At least l am objective about it, what about you buddy????Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster