Poll: Belgian Grand Prix 2016, Spa-Francorchamps - Race 13/21

[CaptainRAVE]

Hamilton 1.8s faster that lap, but not enough laps to overtake unless Ricciardos tyres are toast.

Although, Hamilton doing that lockup won't help.

They could well be toast, he is losing a lot of time.

Either way, Hamilton is absolutely laughing now.

 

[el_dazza]

Gap down to 10, only chance is if Ric's tyres totally drop off.

 

[utajoker]

Hamilton prob should have gone for the medium as soon as he got near Ricci, more laps to chase.

 

[muon]

Hamilton has backed off. (or made a mistake that lap)

 

[Flibster]

Hamilton has eased right off.

 

[alx]

Hamilton prob should have gone for the medium as soon as he got near Ricci, more laps to chase.

Yeah, from looking at Rosberg and Hamilton now it seems like the mediums would have potentially been the better choice of tyre - not quite as fast but seem to last a lot longer when pushing.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Hamilton just cruising now...to the podium

And with lots of spare parts.

 

[utajoker]

Ham backed off, turned engine down also? 1.55 last lap.

 

[steve45]

Hamilton just cruising now...to the podium

And with lots of spare parts.

Damage limitation at its finest!

 

[drunkenmaster]

You could argue that on mediums he can go all out for the entire stint.

Yup, I do think the red flag hurt a little in that the mediums are the best tire and he couldn't get the full usage out of those mediums due to red flag being earlier. However they should have done 2-3 more 'bad' laps on the softs then gone mediums to the end. I thought they were doing two more soft or a supersoft because they had no more mediums. With mediums available doing two almost equal length stints on softs and mediums was stupid.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Wow, didn't realise Hamilton beat that positions gained stat. Fair play, deserved champ.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Oh shut up crafty, he hasn't revitalised anything. I really doubt Rosberg will be happy at all. Hamilton is still 9 points ahead. He must be wondering what else he has to do...he can't even win when he knocks them off the track.

 

[Flibster]

That's about as good as you could expect in Spa from the arse end of the grid.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

So how come max ignores all overtaking rules and doesn't get punished?

 

[UTmaniac]

Before the race, Lewis would have snatched that podium place offer. But given how things developed in the race, tyre calls cost him second in my opinion.

 

[steve45]

So how come max ignores all overtaking rules and doesn't get punished?

No idea, I like Max but this race has left a bit of a bad taste, i'm all for a bit or argy bargy but some of that was just plain dangerous

 

[utajoker]

still a few boos about for Rosberg.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Crowd not liking Rosberg. Getting tired of all the boos tbh.

 

[Greboth]

I don't know why Hamilton didn't take Mediums at the earlier stop. Either way, a lot of help with safety cars but fantastic recovery. Surely with the championship lead still and all the new engine parts the championship has to be Hamiltons to loose.

 

[utajoker]

Ham had all new softs and used mediums, he was on used meds at the end.