2014 Russian Grand Prix Thread

[N. Jones]

Wow, coming from you dude? Can't ever just be that Hamilton and Ricciardo have done a better job than their team-mates?

Are we talking about the GP here??

All I know is, Rosberg locked up and finished second. Some other stuff happened but overall it was a race to forget.

[steveaki13]

We are talking about the race, but some are bitching and talking about every team suddenly conspiring to screw certain nations drivers.

[A FONDO]

Putin reminds me of someone from Chicago

[Doc Austin]

He is untouchable as the team decided long ago who's going to win. Expect more 'invisible contaminants'...

Yeah, Mercedes sabotaged their own car.

[Tazio]

PML

[jens]

Putin reminds me of someone from Chicago

It felt like we saw Putin almost as much as racing at Sochi. The "Great Leaders" Putin and Bernie seemed to have a lot to discuss about! That's my main memory of the race, besides Rosberg's lock-up...

The circuit reminded me some kind of a mix between Valencia and Yeongam...

[jens]

You know what would be funny?


Hamilton suffering a mechanical failure!

Well, who knows, maybe the Goddess of Luck will save this failure for the double points finale...

[dj_bytedisaster]

Yeah, Mercedes sabotaged their own car.

Neither did people think they're going to fix race results, yet they did. Two people from Mercedes confirmed that part of Nico's 'undisclosed punishment' after Spa was to relinquish a win to Lewis should the situation arise (ROS and HAM in 1,2). While those two people used inofficial channels to communicate this information, there is no reason to think two unrelated folks within the Mercedes team are spreading the same disinformation. Gives a whole new layer of complexity to Toto Wolff's grin when Nico had his second 'mistake' at Monza.

[airshifter]

Total domination by Mercedes once again. Nico might have screwed his race at the first corner, but with tire wear not being a factor at the track, he got away with it. Lucky break.

I'm wondering why we don't have a bunch of people jumping for joy during a race tires weren't a factor? Everyone blamed the results on tires when they were wearing quickly, now that they aren't we had a boring race.

Button quietly drove to a good finish, and Mag did the same. Fred didn't punk Kimi quite as bad as usual, and Ferrari clearly showed some legs over the Renault powered cars at this track. I was actually surprised that the good handling of the RB didn't help them more, but it seemed that both Seb and Daniel had their hands full to get the positions they finished in.

Ricciardo punks Seb once again, and Lewis punked Nico once again. This story seems to be a trend.



Looking forward to the USGP and hoping that the track levels the field a bit. Knowing that the Mercedes powered cars will finish towards the front is as boring as the years of Ferrari and RB domination.

[Doc Austin]

Neither did people think they're going to fix race results, yet they did. Two people from Mercedes confirmed that part of Nico's 'undisclosed punishment' after Spa was to relinquish a win to Lewis should the situation arise (ROS and HAM in 1,2).

Until you can provide a credible link that proves this, it's just bullshit and you know it.

What? Are we supposed to take your word for it?