2017 Spanish Grand Prix - Catalunya, 12-14 May

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Re: 2017 Spanish Grand Prix - Catalunya, 12-14 May

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Best race of the season so far, Lewis giving it everything from start to finish and overtook on track for the win.

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giantfan10 wrote:
12 May 2017, 00:41
Schuttelberg wrote:
11 May 2017, 22:40
Merc updates look scary. No wonder Lauda was so smug!
So did the car they started the season with and look how that turned out....the proof is on the track not in how many winglets and other bits u can put on your car
Well, it appears, you got the answers.

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Vettel deserved the win more today than Hamilton in my opinion. Not that it matters.
Ferrari made a stupid error pitting too late. Bottas helped slowing down Vettel, and then Massa ..

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Kimi's gesture towards that little Ferrari support was just awesome. =D>

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ME4ME wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:47
Vettel deserved the win more today than Hamilton in my opinion. Not that it matters.
Ferrari made a stupid error pitting too late. Bottas helped slowing down Vettel, and then Massa ..
Hamilton basically had all the luck going his way, as he had in pretty much all races this year.

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ME4ME wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:47
Vettel deserved the win more today than Hamilton in my opinion. Not that it matters.
Ferrari made a stupid error pitting too late. Bottas helped slowing down Vettel, and then Massa ..
Deserved it. Why?

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A great race at Barcelona who would've thought.

Mercedes looked a bit quicker and they were sneaky good strategy wise in letting Ferrari think they wouldn't use the VSC.

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Well we learned one thing. Mercedes have fixed their tyre eating issues from earlier in the season.

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ME4ME wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:47
Bottas helped slowing down Vettel, and then Massa ..
Like Massa said on the radio, Vettel must be afraid of him or something because he gave him an obscene amount of room to get by.
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Juzh wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:49
ME4ME wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:47
Vettel deserved the win more today than Hamilton in my opinion. Not that it matters.
Ferrari made a stupid error pitting too late. Bottas helped slowing down Vettel, and then Massa ..
Hamilton basically had all the luck going his way, as he had in pretty much all races this year.
Aaahhhh.... come on man. So if Hamilton wins it's about luck and if Vettel wins, it's all great driving. You must admit that, Mercedes forced Ferrari into making errors and Hamilton did what he was expected to do.

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Good race, nice to see the little guy got to meet Kimi :D

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GPR-A wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:53
Juzh wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:49
ME4ME wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:47
Vettel deserved the win more today than Hamilton in my opinion. Not that it matters.
Ferrari made a stupid error pitting too late. Bottas helped slowing down Vettel, and then Massa ..
Hamilton basically had all the luck going his way, as he had in pretty much all races this year.
Aaahhhh.... come on man. So if Hamilton wins it's about luck and if Vettel wins, it's all great driving. You must admit that, Mercedes forced Ferrari into making errors and Hamilton did what he was expected to do.
No, driving was good from both drivers, doesn't mean he hadn't had a bunch of luck.

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GPR-A wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:53
Juzh wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:49
ME4ME wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:47
Vettel deserved the win more today than Hamilton in my opinion. Not that it matters.
Ferrari made a stupid error pitting too late. Bottas helped slowing down Vettel, and then Massa ..
Hamilton basically had all the luck going his way, as he had in pretty much all races this year.
Aaahhhh.... come on man. So if Hamilton wins it's about luck and if Vettel wins, it's all great driving. You must admit that, Mercedes forced Ferrari into making errors and Hamilton did what he was expected to do.
More over Hamilton just did pretty much half a race on a soft set of tyres.
It just confirms what I said in Qualifying. The Ferrari looked a handful to drive where as the Mercedes looked super smooth.

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Great race. Didn't think I would say that about Spain. Lot of side by sides and overtaking as well. Mercedes got the rub of the green this time. Kimi in the middle would have helped do what Bottas did to Vettel. Cars seem equal. It all depends on what the teams can do with the development of their car I suppose.

RB must be rubbing their eyes looking at the gap to the top2 on a tech track and with the upgrades. Monaco should be interesting. Ferrari seem to have fixed the starts, so that should help as well.

Did McLaren go all out for a qualifying setup? Seem nowhere in the race.
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Juzh wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:54
GPR-A wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:53
Juzh wrote:
14 May 2017, 15:49

Hamilton basically had all the luck going his way, as he had in pretty much all races this year.
Aaahhhh.... come on man. So if Hamilton wins it's about luck and if Vettel wins, it's all great driving. You must admit that, Mercedes forced Ferrari into making errors and Hamilton did what he was expected to do.
No, driving was good from both drivers, doesn't mean he hadn't had a bunch of luck.
What luck? The luck that Ferrari got bullied into an early stop and then got caught sitting in their hands during the VSC?
Let me guess though if that had happened to Vettel it would have been super smart pit strategy from Ferrari.