Chinese Grand Prix 2016, Shanghai - Race 3/21

UTmaniac · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:22

Interesting about Vettel overtaking in pit lane under SC. Can it be argued those two cars were going too slow?

drunkenmaster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:23

lol, Vettel just took the like that he claimed Kvyat had no chance of keeping and was suicidal and took what 2 people doing it.... that isn't the best way to reinforce your argument that you can't dive up the inside there.

drunkenmaster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:24

UTmaniac said:
Interesting about Vettel overtaking in pit lane under SC. Can it be argued those two cars were going too slow?

Doesn't matter, they weren't going insanely slow, you can pass under the SC if the guys ahead are going dangerously slow or have a problem but overtaking 3 cars in the pitlane by going off the track in a single lane situation is dangerous itself.

el_dazza · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:27

Fair play to Wehrlein, his team-mate got gobbled up at the restart and he's hanging onto 5th.

UTmaniac · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:28

Why have the stewards not announced investigations against Vettel's overtaking under SC and Kimi's unsafe return to track (that cause Lewis/Nasr collision)?

Flibster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:29

App and ticker across the bottom are showing the wrong info for Hamilton. Showing him on super softs, he's on softs.

Spuj · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:29

holy moly Hamilton through those turns on the Haas, thought he was going to have Riccardo as well.

Skeeter · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:29

UTmaniac said:
Why have the stewards not announced investigations against Vettel's overtaking under SC and Kimi's unsafe return to track (that cause Lewis/Nasr collision)?

Because both are fine.

Flibster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:34

So, starting last, and after 1 accident and 3 pit stops and only 16 laps...

Hamilton now in the points....

Spuj · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:35

Flibster said:
So, starting last, and after 1 accident and 3 pit stops and only 16 laps...

Hamilton now in the points....

Plenty more points for him to come as well I feel.

Flibster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:37

Hamilton in 8th is less than 20 seconds behind Kvyat in 2nd.

That's certainly do-able.

Skeeter · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:38

The SC and ditching the Super Softs, and the Ferraris having issues means a podium is now entirely possible for Lewis.

drunkenmaster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:39

Skeeter said:
Because both are fine.

Yeah, going off the track in a narrow section of entrance to the pits to overtake multiple cars under a safety car is entirely fine.... sure.

Flibster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:41

And Rosberg pits after 21 laps.

Flibster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:42

Hulkenberg under investigation - driving unnecessarily slowly in the pit lane.

And Perez being investigated for an unsafe release.

Don't think the Stewards like Force India today.

Skeeter · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:44

Hamilton pitting puts him now on the same strategy as everyone else. Hmm..

Spuj · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:44

Flibster said:
Hulkenberg under investigation - driving unnecessarily slowly in the pit lane.

and a 5 second penalty, drunkenmaster is going to be mad

drunkenmaster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:44

I want to punch Ted so often, he apparently sees a way to get Hamilton onto the podium, just do another 15 laps on the softs... while 2+ seconds slower a lap at least than everyone around him, so he can pit only once more before the end of the race.

Hamilton pits like a lap after he said that.

el_dazza · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:46

Flibster said:
So, starting last, and after 1 accident and 3 pit stops and only 16 laps...

Hamilton now in the points....

Safety car kinda helped that..

drunkenmaster · 17 Apr 2016 at 07:46

Skeeter said:
Hamilton pitting puts him now on the same strategy as everyone else. Hmm..

He's pushing, the tires won't magically last better than everyone else on the same tire, his strategy is that he doesn't need to do an overly long soft stint to do a short stint on supersofts, or have to do an overly long stint on mediums either. He can do 16-17 laps on two more sets of softs which is the fastest stint length/tire at this track.