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Mercedes AMG were again the winners of today's Austrian Grand Prix as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton took the top spots on the podium. Valtteri Bottas finished third to finish a well deserved third.
Nice one!AnthonyG wrote:If Williams pitted sooner they would be in traffic and Mercedes would pass them in the pits. Mercedes got caught in traffic when they pitted, Williams stayed out because there was a chance the traffic was slow enough to give them the lead over Mercedes after they pitted. Staying out was the best choice.
You're making a big assumption there that Hamilton didn't start with less fuel.tranquility2k4 wrote:One thing that's frustrating is how Hamilton is consistently saving a lot more fuel than Rosberg, yet he seemingly is not being able to take advatange of this as they both still have to run the same engine settings for "fairness". This in-fact will mean that Hamilton's running with a heavier car. His team don't seem to inform him of this and instead keep asking him to save fuel. I believe it would be fairer if the drivers could run with the maximum engine setting their remaining fuel will allow them to (within reason), so at least this advantage can be measured. It's kind of like having a driver save tyres but then being told to drive to a lap delta and follow the car behind because their tyres are worse.
Did you think that maybe because Hamilton's consumption is lower - he starts with a lower fuel load than Rosberg?tranquility2k4 wrote:One thing that's frustrating is how Hamilton is consistently saving a lot more fuel than Rosberg, yet he seemingly is not being able to take advatange of this as they both still have to run the same engine settings for "fairness". This in-fact will mean that Hamilton's running with a heavier car. His team don't seem to inform him of this and instead keep asking him to save fuel. I believe it would be fairer if the drivers could run with the maximum engine setting their remaining fuel will allow them to (within reason), so at least this advantage can be measured. It's kind of like having a driver save tyres but then being told to drive to a lap delta and follow the car behind because their tyres are worse.
Not to mention that it has nothing to do with "fairness" but with the rules. There is a fuel flow limit after all. So the only way to really capitalize from better fuel mileage is to start lighter.beelsebob wrote:You're making a big assumption there that Hamilton didn't start with less fuel.tranquility2k4 wrote:One thing that's frustrating is how Hamilton is consistently saving a lot more fuel than Rosberg, yet he seemingly is not being able to take advatange of this as they both still have to run the same engine settings for "fairness". This in-fact will mean that Hamilton's running with a heavier car. His team don't seem to inform him of this and instead keep asking him to save fuel. I believe it would be fairer if the drivers could run with the maximum engine setting their remaining fuel will allow them to (within reason), so at least this advantage can be measured. It's kind of like having a driver save tyres but then being told to drive to a lap delta and follow the car behind because their tyres are worse.
Perez tried an alternate strategy - PPO, while the others were doing OPP. This alone (and ofcourse no mistakes from his part) gave him the jump on Hulk & K-Mag.Racer X wrote:Im happy with the Effort Sergio Perez showed today he out raced Hulk by some margin and his result given the starting position on grid is definitely something to be proud off. I hope he gets a better start position next race and lets see what he can do closer up. I think maybe if he keeps racing like this he can MAYBE get one more podium this season...
Explain?basti313 wrote:Because he messed it up himself.zeph wrote:I think it's interesting you thought Bottas could have won when Massa got pole and led the race without trouble until Williams botched up his pit stop. Massa went from leader to P4, and I hear none of the pundits (on tv or here on the forum) comment on that.SamH123 wrote: I thought it was interesting that Bottas could have feasibly won the race today if Williams had got the pit stops perfect. The pace difference to the Mercs along with how good the Williams cars were on the straights means he could have possibly held the Mercs if he had kept track position.
If Williams had instead decided to stop earlier than the Mercs, the Mercs had enough pace to go atleast 0.5s faster in clearer air. They would have done that for 2 extra laps, & taken the lead after stopping. Once Rosberg got past Bottas, you could see him easily open up the gap.SamH123 wrote:I thought it was interesting that Bottas could have feasibly won the race today if Williams had got the pit stops perfect. The pace difference to the Mercs along with how good the Williams cars were on the straights means he could have possibly held the Mercs if he had kept track position.
4kg is worth a good amount of lap-time and It won't be "fair" at the start if Hamilton started 4kg lighter now would it? haha..thomin wrote:Not to mention that it has nothing to do with "fairness" but with the rules. There is a fuel flow limit after all. So the only way to really capitalize from better fuel mileage is to start lighter.beelsebob wrote:You're making a big assumption there that Hamilton didn't start with less fuel.tranquility2k4 wrote:One thing that's frustrating is how Hamilton is consistently saving a lot more fuel than Rosberg, yet he seemingly is not being able to take advatange of this as they both still have to run the same engine settings for "fairness". This in-fact will mean that Hamilton's running with a heavier car. His team don't seem to inform him of this and instead keep asking him to save fuel. I believe it would be fairer if the drivers could run with the maximum engine setting their remaining fuel will allow them to (within reason), so at least this advantage can be measured. It's kind of like having a driver save tyres but then being told to drive to a lap delta and follow the car behind because their tyres are worse.
At the twitter account from the Catalan engineer Albert Fabrega, he used to work for Hispania as a team coordinator, he publishes this information at every race. That's because now he's a commentator for the public catalan television TV3.Harsha wrote:Do any one has the List of how many components each driver has after the Austria GP?
