The Formula 1 Thread - 2014
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From: Sunny Norf*ck
Personally I wouldn't take Monza as typical as regards fuel. Something like 70% flat out foot down, only three corners sub 100 mph and only one pit stop for everyone. It is slightly interesting that Bottas used least. However he was clinical and swift in his overtaking and didn't waste much time stuck behind anyone iirc.
Edit: Agree, Button would be a sad loss. Decent guy, one of the best racers but fair with it and brilliant in the wet. I remember how he stuck with an uncompetitive car - didn't he go over 100 GPs before a win (or was that someone else?) - and deservedly got lucky with Brawn.
Edit: Agree, Button would be a sad loss. Decent guy, one of the best racers but fair with it and brilliant in the wet. I remember how he stuck with an uncompetitive car - didn't he go over 100 GPs before a win (or was that someone else?) - and deservedly got lucky with Brawn.
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From: Stanmore
Quite an interesting comment I heard from Trundle in the Sky commentry too.
Hamilton has a very fuel efficient style of driving and was using a lot less fuel than Rosberg. That despite the fact he is pretty much the most aggresive driver out there. Seems mostly down to he carrys huge amounts of speed through the apex relative to a lot of drivers
Hamilton has a very fuel efficient style of driving and was using a lot less fuel than Rosberg. That despite the fact he is pretty much the most aggresive driver out there. Seems mostly down to he carrys huge amounts of speed through the apex relative to a lot of drivers
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From: South Coast
Well it wouldn't be the first time that Rosberg has deliberately taken to the slip road....
I have only watched the first half of the race so haven't had the chance to listen to the conversation in Italian between Rosberg and Massa.
I have only watched the first half of the race so haven't had the chance to listen to the conversation in Italian between Rosberg and Massa.
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From: Sunny Norf*ck
I wonder if Rosberg's team noticed he went from 4.5 seconds ahead of Hamilton to 2.5 seconds the first time he bypassed the turns 1 & 2 chicane, as we all did didn't we (no advantage gained.) If so, they certainly didn't tell him or surely he wouldn't have done the exact same thing with Hamilton right up his chuff. But under pressure maybe he instinctively did the same as before 
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From: Here and awake!
If Rosberg was under any kind of instruction to let Hamilton overtake him if the situation arose, i'm sure that he would have done it in a blatant manner and then clung on to the back of Hamilton's car like a limpet to make the point that he could have gone quicker if he'd wanted to.
Rosberg has been prone to making mistakes like this in the past and i'm sure that Hamilton won through merit, not Rosberg's instructions or charity.
Rosberg has been prone to making mistakes like this in the past and i'm sure that Hamilton won through merit, not Rosberg's instructions or charity.
simply put Rosberg cracked under pressure, pressure applied by Hamilton's outrageous speed advantage.
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Quite an interesting comment I heard from Trundle in the Sky commentry too.
Hamilton has a very fuel efficient style of driving and was using a lot less fuel than Rosberg. That despite the fact he is pretty much the most aggresive driver out there. Seems mostly down to he carrys huge amounts of speed through the apex relative to a lot of drivers
Hamilton has a very fuel efficient style of driving and was using a lot less fuel than Rosberg. That despite the fact he is pretty much the most aggresive driver out there. Seems mostly down to he carrys huge amounts of speed through the apex relative to a lot of drivers
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From: Frustration
It was a look at speed differentials, height of kerbs, lateral loading/roll weight change and general exponential forces at work. No I haven't done the exact maths and I'm sure Mercedes could tell me exactly with their data 