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19th June 2016, 19:14 #61
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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.
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.
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19th June 2016, 19:22 #62
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It's only normal to constantly 'fine tune' rules for our boy.
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19th June 2016, 19:24 #63
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19th June 2016, 20:13 #64
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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.
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19th June 2016, 21:38 #65
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The cars have gotten ridiculous.
To many computers, too much electronic control, and so much aero crapola the cars are butt-ugly.The secret to winning races: More Throttle, Less Brake.
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19th June 2016, 21:42 #66
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19th June 2016, 21:49 #67
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19th June 2016, 21:58 #68
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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!
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19th June 2016, 22:04 #69
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19th June 2016, 22:11 #70
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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.
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13 seconds is not something that is impossble to make up, there's still 130km to go and anyone can get problems of flat tyres. but i agree that setteling for 2nd would be the smart thing to do for...
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