Poll: Singapore Grand Prix 2019, Singapore - Race 15/21

[4K8KW10]

F1 is heavily influenced by business and money though, Ferrari don't want to be paying millions of pounds to a well known, multiple world champion who is the face of all of their marketing if he becomes a laughing stock.

I look at the comments sections of F1 news sites and people are laughing at Ferrari right now.
We all know Vettel's results are they are very rare wins and more frequent spins, retirements, mistakes, etc. He is the laughing stock anyways no matter what their managers do or try to make it look.

 

[The_Abyss]

What a conflict this must be for some of the more polarised 0/10 or 10/10 Ferrari-loving voting members here. Ferrari win, and a 1-2, but the new golden boy lost out to the Vettel who they now hate now that another decent driver has emerged.

What way will they go - 0/10 or 10/10?

Either way, the speculation is probably more interesting than the race was. I gave it a very generous 4/10.

 

[Kanpai]

What a conflict this must be for some of the more polarised 0/10 or 10/10 Ferrari-loving voting members here. Ferrari win, and a 1-2, but the new golden boy lost out to the Vettel who they now hate now that another decent driver has emerged.

What way will they go - 0/10 or 10/10?

Either way, the speculation is probably more interesting than the race was. I gave it a very generous 4/10.

And it's no surprise to see the LH fanboys giving it a 2/10

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Let’s be honest, it was a terrible race.

 

[JBeck]

And it's no surprise to see the LH fanboys giving it a 2/10

It was a terrible race with 3 safety cars ruining the last third, has nothing to do with Lewis coming 4th, if you insist it is then you're the bigger fanboy than we are.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

What a conflict this must be for some of the more polarised 0/10 or 10/10 Ferrari-loving voting members here. Ferrari win, and a 1-2, but the new golden boy lost out to the Vettel who they now hate now that another decent driver has emerged.

It would seem that all of a sudden Vettel is their golden boy and they had been desperate for him to win and he has done no wrong all season (this isn’t the narrative I remember from monza). Leclerc was beaten fair and square on track (the teams tactics had nothing to do with it, obviously).

It must be strange being a devoted Ferrari fan - 0/10 if you lose, 10/10 if you win with no in between.

 

[Kanpai]

It was a terrible race with 3 safety cars ruining the last third, has nothing to do with Lewis coming 4th, if you insist it is then you're the bigger fanboy than we are.

I guess it would have been more interesting if Bottas was allowed to race Lewis but hey ho.

The mid-field action was quite entertaining and the safety cars allowed for that, so wasn't as boring as some previous races there have been.

 

[4K8KW10]

Leclerc was beaten fair and square on track (the teams tactics had nothing to do with it, obviously).

Really? Charles was supposed to pit first, and the team changed everything without letting him know, or without telling him how to act in the new situation.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I guess it would have been more interesting if Bottas was allowed to race Lewis but hey ho.

The mid-field action was quite entertaining and the safety cars allowed for that, so wasn't as boring as some previous races there have been.

Oh seriously. Bottas couldn’t get near Hamilton (yes, they obviously held him back in the pit window, costing a whole 2 points). In the same way Hamilton and the others were stuck.

The mid field action was ok, but there were so many rookie errors.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Really? Charles was supposed to pit first, and the team changed everything without letting him know, or without telling him how to act in the new situation.

Well that’s what social media is alight with.

 

[Kanpai]

Oh seriously. Bottas couldn’t get near Hamilton (yes, they obviously held him back in the pit window, costing a whole 2 points). In the same way Hamilton and the others were stuck.

Dude, they told him to slow down on the radio i.e. do not try to overtake your teammate.

In case you missed it:

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...ercedes-singapore.39LHh9U6TjcFKzqTxp4X5V.html

 

[CSMonkeh]

Shows what we all know as fans...
Ferrari one-two on a supposedly weaker track.
Russia will be interesting!

Shame there really some stupid mistakes in midfield in a processional race

 

[hominid]

Dude, they told him to slow down on the radio i.e. do not try to overtake your teammate.

In case you missed it:

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...ercedes-singapore.39LHh9U6TjcFKzqTxp4X5V.html

Bottas fully explained it after the race, all above board and as you would expect. It's a shame ferrari doesn't have the same rules as they always, in every race this year, have kept Leclec in hte dark as to what Vettel was doing to the detriment of Leclec every time.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Dude, they told him to slow down on the radio i.e. do not try to overtake your teammate.

In case you missed it:

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...ercedes-singapore.39LHh9U6TjcFKzqTxp4X5V.html

They didn’t tell him not to race after that event. Do you honestly believe Bottas had the best chance of winning out if the two? It was the team game. Hamilton was only compromised to begin with since they left him out to have a chance at taking on the Ferrari’s, to put Bottas ahead of him would have been ludicrous.

Frankly Ferrari should have swapped their drivers.

Bottas fully explained it after the race, all above board and as you would expect. It's a shame ferrari doesn't have the same rules as they always, in every race this year, have kept Leclec in hte dark as to what Vettel was doing to the detriment of Leclec every time.

More fool them. If they hadn’t favoured Vettel at the start of the season Leclerc would be in with a shot right now.

 

[Kanpai]

Bottas fully explained it after the race, all above board and as you would expect. It's a shame ferrari doesn't have the same rules as they always, in every race this year, have kept Leclec in hte dark as to what Vettel was doing to the detriment of Leclec every time.

They didn’t tell him not to race after that event. Do you honestly believe Bottas had the best chance of winning out if the two? It was the team game. Hamilton was only compromised to begin with since they left him out to have a chance at taking on the Ferrari’s, to put Bottas ahead of him would have been ludicrous.

Frankly Ferrari should have swapped their drivers.

The thing I'm trying to point out is that there are team orders in both camps and there is always one person who gets penalised more than the other, not just at Ferrari but Mercedes have done it countless times too.

Bottas is second in the championship, whatever happened to give him a fighting chance?

 

[Kanpai]

If they hadn’t favoured Vettel at the start of the season Leclerc would be in with a shot right now.

No he wouldn't lol, are you kidding me? The Merc has been the superior car up until after the summer break. Lewis fully deserves winning the WDC this year, if Ferrari had the current package earlier on the season it would be much closer for sure, but they didn't.

 

[lego]

Red Bull seem to have made the right decision with ditching Gasly for Albon: Alex is right up there only eight seconds behind Max.

After 3 safety cars and then 8 laps of racing? So "only" about a second a lap behind!

 

[CaptainRAVE]

No he wouldn't lol, are you kidding me? The Merc has been the superior car up until after the summer break. Lewis fully deserves winning the WCC this year, if Ferrari had the current package earlier on the season it would be much closer for sure, but they didn't.

He could be within about 50 points if they hadn’t screwed him repeatedly. He’d be a hell of a lot closer than he is now.

At least Leclerc has hopefully put himself into equal status ready for Ferrari’s challenge next year.

 

[mjt]

Meh.

 

[Fishman]

With Albon just behind Bottas, Merc needed Bottas to slow down to make sure Hamilton didn't lose the place to Albon as well as Bottas.