Spanish Grand Prix 2016, Catalunya - Race 5/21

SS-89 said:
He's got a point though, both him and vettel were put on the sub-optimal strategy unfortunately for them.

Also as well as max drove it's a lot easier to manage and lead from the front then have to chase down and pass 3 drivers on track. He drove a great race but to say that ric had a bad one is off the mark imo.

Not sure RB have the race pace on ferrari, Vettel was 7 tenths a lap quicker than Ric before they decided to pit him after only 8 laps on the soft.
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They actually weren't, if all 4 pitted onto the 3 stop then Ricciardo was on the fastest strategy and had the benefit of pitting first. Unfortunately for him Kimi stayed out so they kept Verstappen out. Also ultimately Ricciardo was too aggressive in his attempts to overtake costing him tire life advantage, had he been as sensible as Verstappen was with his tires he'd have passed Vettel and had the other two very close ahead, still with a great chance of winning.
 
Most other tracks Ricci would have won having the best tires of the top 4. As exciting as it was this track is just crap with no chance of overtaking.
 
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bayo000 said:
Most other tracks Ricci would have won having the best tires of the top 4. As exciting as it was this track is just crap with no chance of overtaking.
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Plenty of other cars with better/very different tire life overtook others quite well. Ricciardo was cutting incredibly tight corners throughout the lap, braking hard and over heating his tires. Verstappen did the opposite, he took it very easy everywhere including braking into turn one at the end of the straight but that allowed him the traction to defend at the end of the lap. Ricciardo driving the same would have had the traction in the last few corners to get the drive required to attack Vettel.

Ricciardo's tire failure was IMHO proof of how aggressively he was pushing those tires. Also keep in mind that Vettel got within about 4 seconds then the avoiding Ricciardo turn 1/2 they dropped 2-3 seconds, then gained that back. Had he passed Vettel then gaining and passing the other two on even worse tires would have been a lot easier.
 
Twirlywoos said:
What an exciting race today. Now if Lewis crashed into his team mate every race that would be nice. :D
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LOL, indeed.

It was a fun race indeed, enjoyed that one.
I actually thought at the start when Lewis lost his car on the grass that it might slide off, and rejoin without hitting anyone, then boom, Nico down.
 
put some money on verstappen to win the 2016 title as merc implode? :D Huge update coming in canada as well. wouldnt surprise me if RB pulled one out the hat haha.
 
I'm a big Hamilton fan, but after a lot of deliberation, and if no further evidence turns up, I'm going to call it as a racing incident (a rare thing these days).
 
Concrete said:
I'm a big Hamilton fan, but after a lot of deliberation, and if no further evidence turns up, I'm going to call it as a racing incident (a rare thing these days).
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How could it be anything other than that.
Lewis ran off onto the grass to avoid the car in front of him.
Completely lost control.
Went side wards and hit the car in front of him, taking them both out in the process.

It wasn't as if Nico gained from being trashed.
 
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