British Grand Prix 2015, Silverstone - Race 9/19

englishpremier · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:43

Skeeter said:
Silver lining though. Rosberg has been screwed

Well no, that's rubbish for keeping the championship competitive

Doohickey · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:44

drunkenmaster said:
He's lucky, from that replay he had no idea Rosberg was there... exceptionally lucky to keep that position.

They've still been clearly superior pulling away/pulling down the straights from the Mercs though today.

413x · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:44

Skeeter said:
Well yes, thy did. They just have to also manage those 2 drivers and we don't

It was just too obvious though. They have literally thrown away a real shot at a win at Silverstone

Skeeter · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:45

englishpremier said:
Well no, that's rubbish for keeping the championship competitive

The championship hasn't been competitive since race 2. Its Hamiltons.

CaptainRAVE · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:45

A lot of rain in the background. Rosberg will only be saved by rain.

robbiemc · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:45

Williams are hopeless, they've lost this due to incompetent strategy.

Skeeter · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:46

Bottas needs to get Massa.

utajoker · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:47

massa got the traction and lines in the right places.

413x · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:47

robbiemc said:
Williams are hopeless, they've lost this due to incompetent strategy.

It's everytime.
Again and again they let themselves down by tactics!

Vertigo · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:48

MB is talking some serious crap today. "That's sport at the highest level"? Yes Martin, team ordering the faster driver not to overtake after only ten laps and ruining his and their chance to win the race, that's obviously sport at the highest level, not.

Doohickey · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:49

Lewis must be gutted that Scherzinger won't be polishing his helmet anymore...

drunkenmaster · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:49

I'm now single al4x said:
It was just too obvious though. They have literally thrown away a real shot at a win at Silverstone

They had NO SHOT at a win. What they did by having a two car buffer, is meaning both Williams are ahead of one Mercedes and now it might be to the end.

As such they may have turned 3rd/4th into 2nd/3rd.

Again if Bottas passed the slower Massa who was slower out of all those corners onto the DRS straights, he would have been very vulnerable to Hamilton. Meaning one merc directly behind each WIlliams, Merc undercut one car each at least and it would likely have been Rosberg ahead of one if not both of the Williams.

The difference is that Bottas was so much stronger out of corners than Massa has been, meaning he's a far better rear gunner than Massa is.

utajoker · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:49

massa has dropped bottas and bottas is now out of the drs. opportunity for rosberg.

Doohickey · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:51

Frank Williams absolutely livid there

Skeeter · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:51

Vertigo1 said:
MB is talking some serious crap today. "That's sport at the highest level"? Yes Martin, team ordering the faster driver not to overtake after only ten laps and ruining his and their chance to win the race, that's obviously sport at the highest level, not.

I think you missed the point. His point was making a mistake will hurt you badly in sport at the highest level. It was about how Williams being 3rd and 4th in qualifying, beating Ferrari comfortably and getting a double podium will be seen as a massive failure.

Flibster · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:51

Mercedes expecting rain in 15 minutes.

CaptainRAVE · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:51

I assume Hamilton is just managing this gap?

Flibster · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:52

Doohickey said:
Lewis must be gutted that Scherzinger won't be polishing his helmet anymore...

I kind of think that if he wins he won't be suffering with a lack of choice in available talent.

utajoker · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:52

frankie di torie...

Skeeter · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:53

CaptainRAVE said:
I assume Hamilton is just managing this gap?

Yes. Williams were never going to beat Mercedes on pace, they needed track position.