Brasi 2016 - Autodromo Carlos Pace Interlagos

**COD** · 13th November 2016, 21:20

Holy Senna. Verstappen! Not been a big fan before, but now. What a show! Reminds me of Senna at his best.

These wet tyres are a joke, please bring on proper ones so we see decent wet racing, not driving behind safetycar

**Nitrodaze** · 14th November 2016, 19:59

Originally Posted by Koz

Anyone catch Gutierrez and Guenther Steiner?

What was all that about?

I saw that, Gutierrez said something that seemed rude to Gunther, Gunther goes hey hey and grabs Gutierrez's arm and pulled him round to face him. It seemed there was going to be a punch up at that moment.

But you have to ask was Haas fair to Gutierrez considering the state of their cars at some of the previous races and in Brasil in particular? That said, if Haas had a choice between Magnussen and Gutierrez, it is a no brainer that they would snap up Magnussen. All in all, Gutierrez got a taste of the ugly side of F1. He should go have a chat with Kyvat for a bit.

**zako85** · 15th November 2016, 00:38

Surprise surprise, Force India is on the way to beat Williams in 2016 championship.

**AndyL** · 15th November 2016, 09:16

Heard a bit more info on the Gutierrez situation, apparently he was battling an ERS problem for most of the race, which eventually proved terminal. When he got out of the car in a bad mood, Steiner tried to put a sympathetic hand on his shoulder, but Gutierrez brushed it off. Then followed the small confrontation between them that was shown on TV. But all was forgiven and forgotten straight afterwards, according to Haas PR.

**airshifter** · 16th November 2016, 00:45

If they had just let them race rather than endless delays, the racing itself was fun to watch. But in all fairness, Interlagos has had these small rivers running across the track for quite some time now. They need to figure out drainage that actually works before someone gets killed.

Some good drives, and if not for RB strategy I think we could have easily seen Max challenge for the upper two steps on the podium. I don't remember wet drives like his since the days of MS and Alonso in the Renault. The kid blew past Nico like it was nothing, and I thought Rosberg was just playing it safe until Max kept passing people in the same fashion.

Some good drives through the field.

**Nitrodaze** · 16th November 2016, 09:44

Ocon also showed why Force India picked him over Wehrlein. He drove a fine race, he was in the points for a while there.

**Nitrodaze** · 21st November 2016, 11:22

Originally Posted by airshifter

If they had just let them race rather than endless delays, the racing itself was fun to watch. But in all fairness, Interlagos has had these small rivers running across the track for quite some time now. They need to figure out drainage that actually works before someone gets killed.

Some good drives, and if not for RB strategy I think we could have easily seen Max challenge for the upper two steps on the podium. I don't remember wet drives like his since the days of MS and Alonso in the Renault. The kid blew past Nico like it was nothing, and I thought Rosberg was just playing it safe until Max kept passing people in the same fashion.

Some good drives through the field.

I was puzzled as to why RB pitted Max from a tyre that he was clearly very comfortable with and had track position with a good chance of taking the fight to Hamilton. I have to say, at one point during that stint when he was running in 2nd place, a thought crossed my mind that he could win this race. Considering the Mercedes ran that particular tyre to the end of the race, l would think RB took a race win or at least 2nd place away from Verstapenn at Interlagos.

Makes you wonder if RB was simply abiding with the call from Wolff for RB to keep their whipper snapper rookie out of the championship duel. If you can call it a duel that is.

This season we have kind of witnessed the subtle ways that the teams can regulate the outcomes on the track. Making these actions seem like strategic decisions to didn't pan out or other.