Terbinator
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Formula 1 - Abu Dhabi GP 2016 |OT| No matter who wins, the race will end in fireworks
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nature boy
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Nah, he was still #blessed even with reliability issues (Spa for example)
Hamilton's reliability (or lack thereof) has been a much more decisive factor than his poor starts. Rosberg had two poor starts himself anyway.
Of course, Hamilton could have nailed his starts starting from pole in Bahrain and Monza and be a net 16 points ahead of Rosberg; but if his engine had not died while dominating in Malaysia he'd have the same advantage.
In an error-free season with perfect reliability, Hamilton would have walked it. Oh well.
Of course, Hamilton could have nailed his starts starting from pole in Bahrain and Monza and be a net 16 points ahead of Rosberg; but if his engine had not died while dominating in Malaysia he'd have the same advantage.
In an error-free season with perfect reliability, Hamilton would have walked it. Oh well.
Same as 2012, Hamilton would have won the championship with 3 races to go if the car didn't suffer from a 'being in the lead' allergy.
chromatic9
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You missed his bad starts then?
Hamilton could've helped himself by not crashing in Baku, having better starts and doing better in Singapore.
I wouldn't mind seeing Rosberg having a car failure or issue, it would be just but he's also been consistent. If Hamilton was more consistent he'd be top and winning the WDC. Car issues is something you have to think about at the start and be on your game to make up for the odd car failure. There's no doubt Hamilton's a better driver and Rosberg is so slow in the wet in Monaco and Brazil. Those bad starts for Hamilton were terrible though.
The only thing that is keeping this close is Hamilton's reliability issues.
He was robbed of a win only 5 races ago by his engine going bang, that alone would have put him top of the standings by 6 points, never mind the stuff that happened in China, Russia, etc.
The rest of his season hasn't been perfect but then very few are, the big difference has been Lewis vs Nico in the reliability stakes. If Nico had had 1 reliability related retirement from any race this year (apart from Monaco where he was just shit) then this race would be winner takes all.
He was also gifted a win in Monaco. Nico lost points due to penalties. And one could argue that Nico could and would have won Spain over Lewis had they not clashed.
Lol what? He's been hilarious in a fucking terrible situation.
Had Hamilton took the lead Nico would have pushed much harder in the last 3 races, this is pretty much a fact. Second places are fine for him so he has never been on the limit as of late, so it is too easy to say Hamilton would win the title if not for reliability.
Yes, that is clearly the reason he has had what 5 engine failures this year?
Did I say his reliability didn't play into it?
Gotta move on to his promising musical career!
They can just re-use the features they ran at the last race in 2014 when it looked like he was going to retire before. Because there's been nothing to add to it since.
His dedication to chase the title to the last race says different. He didn't seem that focused at the start of the season but before the summer break he turned things around and after that it was mostly down to bad luck that he fell behind again. He deserves the respect just for doing the maximum at those last races by wining all of them.
I was so pissed that with that situation, in the end it would have been better to stop at that time or try another team. 2 years of worse than nothing.
Mohonky
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Nah, he's been a whiny bastard ever since he got in a McLaren.
'No Grip' should be the guys middle name. Every now and again a driver complains about it because of setup issues, tyre deg etc, but the guy complains about it incessantly. No grip? Ok, do what everyone else does, just make the most of it.
aspiegamer
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I freaking hate Rosberg. Though I can't deny he's worked and performed very well for the year and is entirely worthy of the title, I can't square with him having shoved Hamilton off the track in Spain and deliberately trying to crash him out in Austria. That's just not cool. Were Hamilton equally prone to that kind of assholeish stuff I'd call it even, but he's not.
The car fucking blows. He's a wdc. Of course he's frustrated.
It's gonna be a boring Mercedes 1-2💤
Oh my.
It seems that it will be on 2017's calendar, but Germany is out.
Soooo, the SC takes them around and around, and instead of "safety car in this lap" the SC will take them to the grid and they'll all take grid slots?
That's gonna throw up some interesting variables. Imagine someone getting a mega start at the beginning, lead by 20s before a SC, but then get bogged down after the SC restart and lose the race. I don't like the SC at the best of times, but this is gonna be shiiiiiit.
Graphics Horse
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Is it really worth having a safety car then now they have a vsc system?
Nobody's going to want to race ahead to park their car for minutes
Nobody's going to want to race ahead to park their car for minutes
I expect that they would do this only after red flags. That sounds much more reasonable.
Mastah
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Wait until Hamilton or Verstappen are dominating a race and there's Safety Car restart with 5 laps to go and they have terrible getaway and are out of podium at the end. This rule will be dropped quicker than you can spell "gigantic shitstorm on social media".
There are situations where you need to bunch up the field for the marshals to be able to clean the track or when you need to lead the cars through obstacles.
If it randomizes the race winner I'm all for it.
Graphics Horse
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Yeah guess so. A more advanced vsc could do that but it's probably best to not risk having a nutter leading the pack
Wax Free Vanilla
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Didn't they all agree to this in 2014 for grid restarts in 2015, what happened?
Patrick S.
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God that dude interviewing HAM and ROS right now (n-tv) is the worst English speaker I've heard in my life. Rosberg is trying his best not to laugh his ass off. Embarrasing. I had to switch to another channel because damn, the cringe is real.
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