Brazilian Grand Prix 2015, São Paulo - Race 18/19

Vertigo · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:12

Come on Lewis, spare us another tedious procession.

Flibster · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:15

Vettel lapping at the same pace as the Mercs at the moment.

Raikkonen radio
"This is bad, I have no front grip in the last corner and all the tyres are sliding"

Flibster · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:19

Alonso is in P5!

Engine failure due in 5.... 4.... 3.... 2....

Vertigo · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:20

Flibster said:
Alonso is in P5!

Engine failure due in 5.... 4.... 3.... 2....

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to finish in the points.

This engine will self destruct in 5...

Skeeter · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:22

Bored now.

Flibster · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:24

What was it Hamilton said about Mercedes keeping Rosberg warm?
Slow stop for Hamilton there which remarkably keeps Rosberg in the lead.

timmeh · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:24

Commentators must be bored too talking about Merc pit stop conspiracies

Flibster · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:26

This is almost the Hulkenberg I remember from A1GP.

timmeh · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:27

How long has DRS been in F1 and they still haven't got it right

Skeeter · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:27

timmeh said:
Commentators must be bored too talking about Merc pit stop conspiracies

Yeah that seemed desperate. Jumping straight on the conspiracy bandwagon.

Flibster · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:29

Well, I didn't get the last Raikkonen radio broadcast, but it started with a loud beep.

Aha... re listened to it.

"*AHEM* Manor cars are not moving out of the way"

timmeh · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:29

Skeeter said:
Yeah that seemed desperate. Jumping straight on the conspiracy bandwagon.

SkyF1 are massive Hamilton fanboys though don't forget.

Flibster · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:33

timmeh said:
How long has DRS been in F1 and they still haven't got it right

Started in 2011. The problem is the cars change every year which means they need to change the DRS distances every year and they just can't seem to get the maths to work out.

Skeeter · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:33

Hamilton being banned from changing his strategy... God forbid Mercedes might give us a race...

Skeeter · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:37

Hamilton's given up. Might go get some dinner.

Flibster · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:38

Kvyat radio: "Out of the *AHEM* way"
No idea who that was about.

Hamilton told Plan B is a bad idea and Hamilton then asks for another strategy as he's faster.

Vertigo · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:38

Skeeter said:
Hamilton being banned from changing his strategy... God forbid Mercedes might give us a race...

Yep, totally pathetic and makes a mockery of "allowing them to race". They're terrified of upsetting poor little Nico although I have no idea why.

As for DRS, just another in a long line of bad ideas from the powers that be in F1, none of whom have the slightest idea what they're doing. As they just said, they're about to totally screw up the 2017 rules too. I despair.

drunkenmaster · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:39

IT wouldn't give us a race and they aren't changing strategy. Fact is they will both pit once more like everyone else.

They can't overtake here, under the very slim chance that he went to a three stop they wouldn't race on track, it would be about passing in the pits anyway so it wouldn't really be more action.

This track is terrible for even remotely similar pace cars passing.

Ricciardo has had a nightmare passing a freaking Manor, the only other car being passed is Maldonado on some alt strategy and on crazy old tires and they still only get him at the end of the long straight and a faster engine car making hard work of passing a crap Honda.

Duke · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:40

Boring Merc corporate strategy.

Skeeter · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:40

Vertigo1 said:
Yep, totally pathetic and makes a mockery of "allowing them to race". They're terrified of upsetting poor little Nico although I have no idea why.

As for DRS, just another in a long line of bad ideas from the powers that be in F1, none of whom have the slightest idea what they're doing. As they just said, they're about to totally screw up the 2017 rules too. I despair.

DRS is better than no DRS.

The 2017 rules are shaping into a disaster though, I'm with you there. Litterallly everyone except the FIA know what F1 needs, yet they ignore it all.