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View Poll Results: Pick the winner in Barcelona on Sunday
Nico Rosberg
16.67%
Lewis Hamilton
83.33%
Kimi Räikkönen
0
0%
Daniel Ricciardo
0
0%
Sebastian Vettel
0
0%
Felipe Massa
0
0%
Romain Grosjean
0
0%
Daniil Kvyat
0
0%
Valtteri Bottas
0
0%
Max Verstappen
0
0%
Fernando Alonso
0
0%
Kevin Magnussen
0
0%
Nico Hülkenberg
0
0%
Carlos Sainz Jr.
0
0%
Sergio Pérez
0
0%
Jenson Button
0
0%
Jolyon Palmer
0
0%
Marcus Ericsson
0
0%
Pascal Wehrlein
0
0%
Felipe Nasr
0
0%
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2016 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI

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Old 05-15-2016, 04:12 AM
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Hamilton took Rosberg out in the first lap.
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Can't believe what just happened.
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Originally Posted by A 2
If I had to make a WAG, it'd be Verstappen in his new RedBull..
Next race in Monaco, I will vote for Unkie's or my wildest WAG or Dr. Marko's WAG. Woah! did that just happen

Originally Posted by GavinSSAP1
Can't believe what just happened.
I think it was a good thing in the grand scheme of the season. We now have a new winner.

Usually the races at this circuit are processions, but thanks to the Silver Arrows this turned out to be quite the interesting race. Kudos to Max Verstappen and to the entire Red Bull team. Just as others were, I too was a bit puzzled about their decision to put Max in the Red Bull car. And he did deliver in a car that he was quite new to. He not only paced himself well but hung on to take the lead. And then how he displayed his skill with keeping Kimi at bay. I think the next big thing in F1 has announced his arrival with a big bang. Definitely driver of the race. Ricciardo did well to finish where he did. Enjoyed his battle with Vettel towards the end.

Ferrari did well, but I bet things are not all hunky dory at Maranello seeing how they got beaten by RedBull. Sainz and Kvyat and the Willams guys finished well. Button secured a point which is some consolation given that Alonso DNF'd at his home race. I hope things get better for the guys at McLaren.

Next race is in Monaco and it will be interesting to watch how Max will fare. I'd love to see him battle with Lewis and I think that will make for a very entertaining spectacle.
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Originally Posted by Emil St-Hilaire
Hamilton took Rosberg out in the first lap.


Deemed a racing incident, but I put a lot more blame towards Nico than Lewis.
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Being a Senna fan, . Hamilton saw a gap and went for it.
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Really bonehead moves by both Hamilton and Rosberg. There were a lot of empty seats. Ticket prices must be through the ceiling.
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Voted Riccardio.

WAG- Hamilton and Rosberg take each other out in the first turn and both Haas cars finish in the points.
I was close on the H and R accident (missed it by 2 turns), R came in 4th and one of the Haas cars got points.


6/10
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Originally Posted by sam_spider
Originally Posted by Emil St-Hilaire' timestamp='1463314367' post='23967053
Hamilton took Rosberg out in the first lap.


Deemed a racing incident, but I put a lot more blame towards Nico than Lewis.
It is hard to apportion blame IMO. Nico made the one defensive move to block Lewis. It was close and in hindsight perhaps he should have left a gap for Lewis to go through. But then he probably figured Lewis would back out and take the outside line around him. Alas too late as Lewis had committed to the move. Hopefully they'll be better in the next 16 races. If not I for one wouldn't mind some of the others winning the rest of the races.

16 more races to go and Lewis can still catch up to and beat Nico.
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Originally Posted by zdave87
Originally Posted by zdave87' timestamp='1463255416' post='23966680
Voted Riccardio.

WAG- Hamilton and Rosberg take each other out in the first turn and both Haas cars finish in the points.
I was close on the H and R accident (missed it by 2 turns), R came in 4th and one of the Haas cars got points.


6/10
You were accurate. I'll be waiting for your prediction on who takes out who at Monaco.
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to me the story is becoming young Max.

The talent is obvious but he's showing signs of composure and maturity that amaze me.

If I had his talent, opportunity and adulation when I was 18 , I probably wouldn't have lasted one season.


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