Poll: Austrian Grand Prix 2018, Spielberg - Race 9/21

[MooMoo444]

Sebastian never recovered from the penalty which ruined his entire weekend. I would hope he wises up and from now on doesn't collect more of those...

China - failure; Azerbaijan - failure; France - even more failure; Austria - again failure..
45% of the season so far - failures..

Still leading the championship after all those.

Seems like it's his year this year. Even when he's unlucky, he's lucky.

 

[pastymuncher]

Another race with little actual racing. I gave it 2/10. I only tune in for the outside chance of a decent race not to watch cars retire or make silly mistakes.

 

[jonneymendoza]

Race highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNmfS9PSeYg

does it show just the first 2 laps?

 

[utajoker]

gave it a 6, hopefully merc double retirement is their reliability luck used up.

missed the race and just watched the replay. Happy for Max with another win.

Haven't read back in the threat but assuming stig did a happy wee when hamilton retired.

 

[4K8KW10]

Still leading the championship after all those.

Seems like it's his year this year. Even when he's unlucky, he's lucky.

Things had been going good before the summer break yesteryear. Win in Budapest and had been sitting quite comfortably and safely at the top spot.
Then, suddenly the weekend in Belgium appeared and he looked totally lost everything - his mood wasn't there, his motivation - it was as if he already accepted the destiny of losing the title... And then - all the disastrous weekends following with Singapore culmination - the all time low.

That said - yes - right now he is virtually on par with the second place - but all those failures mean that he could have led the Championship by 50 points so far.

 

[Shoeyuk]

Was good to see kimi get stuck in at the beginning of the race. I thought it was pretty good, interesting to see a lot of cars break down.

Merc dropped the ball on the strategy again today but in the end it wouldn’t of really mattered with the realisability issues.

Vettel has a good drive after losing those places at the start was expecting a team order to ask kimi to move over for him at the end to extend his lead in the championship but was nice for once they let them race.

 

[ThestigGT999]

driver of day was vettel even after the FIA "inconsistent" penalty

 

[Flibster]

driver of day was vettel even after the FIA "inconsistent" penalty

I'm pretty sure you'd vote him driver of the day if he turned up to race day drunk, peed over the nose of the car, crashed in the pit lane on the way to the grid, then vomited on Arrivabene on the way to the stewards.

 

[ThestigGT999]

I'm pretty sure you'd vote him driver of the day if he turned up to race day drunk, peed over the nose of the car, crashed in the pit lane on the way to the grid, then vomited on Arrivabene on the way to the stewards.

lol ok....

 

[Mr Men]

Hamilton was also critical of tyre supplier Pirelli, which took its standard tyres to Austria rather than the thinner-treaded ones that were used in Spain in May and France last weekend to avoid the blistering that affected Mercedes, Red Bull and some other teams in Austria.

Hamilton said: "These tyres aren't good enough for us to really race. It is a shame the tyres are not good enough that you can stay in the battle. We had blistering. They should have brought the other tyre here, the same tyres we had in the last race. When you make the wrong call, that's what happens."

Here we go with the Merc push to get the FIA/Pirelli to bring "Merc" tyres to every race....

 

[The_Abyss]

Not sure if serious?



Hamilton has a second or more in his pocket.

Second what - engine or gearbox?

Not sure if serious

 

[Kanpai]

Here we go with the Merc push to get the FIA/Pirelli to bring "Merc" tyres to every race....

He's never humble in defeat, big part of the reason I can't stand him, always throwing his toys when things aren't going his way.

 

[The_Abyss]

Oh I like that fact.

Last Mercedes double mechanical retirement - Italian Grand Prix 1955. Shows how reliable the car has been since they came back into F1 as a team.

Having 60 years away from the sport helps with stats like this.

 

[Kanpai]

Having 60 years away from the sport helps with stats like this.

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Very interesting race. How anyone could have rated it low is beyond me!

High deg on tyres, battles, attrition, some great drives in the mid field, and a bit of an upset up front.

Solid 8 from me.

 

[413x]

I skipped to the end after sainz seconds pitstop
Such a bad race for Renault to have problems with 3 of the top 6 out

 

[4K8KW10]

Here we go with the Merc push to get the FIA/Pirelli to bring "Merc" tyres to every race....

Can't Mercedes simply setup the car to be more gentle with the tyres? Isn't blistering appearing when the suspension is too hard?

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Its usually from overheating. Having a car that can get the heat into the tyres is key to making them work at their best. However, when the track temperature is that high if you car is the best at getting in heat, its also the worst for keeping them cool!!

At least, that's my understanding. The car is designed from the ground up to allow them to "switch on" the tyres, so its not that simple to change without totally compromising the integrity of the package as a whole.

 

[steve45]

Very interesting race. How anyone could have rated it low is beyond me!

High deg on tyres, battles, attrition, some great drives in the mid field, and a bit of an upset up front.

Solid 8 from me.

Wouldnt quite go that high, but I agree. I gave it a solid 6, entertaining and engaging all the way up to the flag. Result didnt turn out quite as I had hoped but decent race nonetheless, much more enjoyable than the previous few.

Disappointed at the double Merc DNF, the team in general dropped the ball massively on race day, especially after the strong start to the weekend. In a season where it is so close, they really cant afford any more races like that.

 

[ThestigGT999]

Can't Mercedes simply setup the car to be more gentle with the tyres? Isn't blistering appearing when the suspension is too hard?

according to ted they stressed the soft tyre at the begining of it's stint