2018 Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai, April 13-15

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zac510 wrote:If only those Ferrari strategists had attended the Centre for Advanced Hindsight, they wouldn't make this mistake!
To be fair. Many of the guys here were calling it as it happened. With no or little telemetry.

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JonoNic wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 13:40
zac510 wrote:If only those Ferrari strategists had attended the Centre for Advanced Hindsight, they wouldn't make this mistake!
To be fair. Many of the guys here were calling it as it happened. With no or little telemetry.

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Indeed those same people also rightly questioned Mercedes' strategy for them leaving Hamilton out as well.

Hamilton clearly asked the same question in the race and I've no doubt an honest Raikkonen would say the same if asked.

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Gasly going to be driving Verstappen's RBR in Spain. I feel the Helmut tide turning...

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JonoNic wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 11:11
RIC already has 10% of Hamilton's career victories 🤣

If he gets to a top team with a top PU...

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Indeed. Although only 10% of his victories having competed in about 60% of the races. So he's well off target that way :lol:
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NathanOlder wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 14:01
JonoNic wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 11:11
RIC already has 10% of Hamilton's career victories 🤣

If he gets to a top team with a top PU...

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Indeed. Although only 10% of his victories having competed in about 60% of the races. So he's well off target that way :lol:
any statistics out there with how many races Lewis won while qualifying let's say out of top3?

I'll be seriously disappointed if RIC doesn't get a championship contesting car in the near future...

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Zynerji wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 13:54
Gasly going to be driving Verstappen's RBR in Spain. I feel the Helmut tide turning...
Can you link the source please?

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I would say he has one

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I ask myself what would happen if Max crashed in Baku once again. :wtf: Increasing pressure for sure.

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NathanOlder wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 14:01
JonoNic wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 11:11
RIC already has 10% of Hamilton's career victories 🤣

If he gets to a top team with a top PU...

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Indeed. Although only 10% of his victories having competed in about 60% of the races. So he's well off target that way :lol:
He wasn't lucky to start his career in a championship winning car like Lewis did.

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max_speed wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 10:22
Chene_Mostert wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 10:18
max_speed wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 10:16
watching Alonso (mclaren) pass Vettel(ferrari) was the moment of the day for me.
Then you have very low standards =D>
what matters at the end of day is standing on the board ?.Using Kimi as a Guinea pig does show high standards ferrari as a racing team have.i like racing and overtakes. i guess even racing gods are fed up of boring processions.
Like other teams don't it either. Remember 2017 Spanish gp ? Mercedes purposely kept Bottas out on worn tyres to block Vettel which Bottas freely admitted.

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marvin78 wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 14:12
I would say he has one
With Renault PU? :D quite poor attempt at trolling mate...

He might have a great chassis, but that PU is a lackluster, there is no discussion about it

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jz11 wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 14:05

any statistics out there with how many races Lewis won while qualifying let's say out of top3?

I'll be seriously disappointed if RIC doesn't get a championship contesting car in the near future...
Using the ergast db, from grid starts outside top 3:

q=paste0('SELECT COUNT(d.driverId) AS wins FROM drivers d JOIN results rs JOIN races r WHEre r.raceId=rs.raceId AND position=1 AND d.driverRef="hamilton" AND d.driverId=rs.driverId AND rs.grid>3 ')
> dbGetQuery(ergastdb, q)
wins
4

And from official qualifying out of top 3 (penalties may have meant time was actually in top 3...)

q=paste0('SELECT COUNT(d.driverId) AS wins FROM drivers d JOIN results rs JOIN races r JOIN qualifying q WHEre r.raceId=rs.raceId AND r.raceId=q.raceId AND rs.position=1 AND d.driverRef="hamilton" AND d.driverId=rs.driverId AND d.driverId=q.driverId AND q.position>3 ')
> dbGetQuery(ergastdb, q)
wins
4


I hope to start adding more things like that to trivia sections of f1dj reviews. Latest report for Chinese GP here: https://chn2018gp.f1datajunkie.com/

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ferkan wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 11:45
Kimi wouldnt make an overtake in this formula if his life depended on it. I think, given his sensitivity to handling, amount of dirty air that makes you lose DF behind the car makes him not very well suited for overtakes. He seems to suffer more then anyone...

What his race looked like...

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Via: https://chn2018gp.f1datajunkie.com/race

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jz11 wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 14:44
marvin78 wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 14:12
I would say he has one
With Renault PU? :D quite poor attempt at trolling mate...

He might have a great chassis, but that PU is a lackluster, there is no discussion about it
Trolling? Please read what that is before you accuse someone of that.

A car you can win races like this with, is a championchip contender. Perhaps not the strongest one. And I think the pu is not so bad as RB wants everybody make believing.

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aral wrote:
15 Apr 2018, 13:33
I guess that you are overlooking the fact that until the SC came out, Vettel was lining up to pass Bottas, on newer tyres.
So even if Ferrari were tardy in calling Vettel in, there was a reason for it, and frankly it was actually working.
Vettel's tires were just one lap newer, not an offset worth anything, if Vettel was pressuring Bottas was due to being faster.