[MuZo2]

It's a new circuit so lot of drivers made mistake. Race will be certainly interesting.

 

[Hutnicks]

  Interesting to see Force India with a bit of pace at this circuit as well - from Perez anyway. Real pity for him about the grid penalty but the prospect of Dan R starting on the front row is quite exciting given Merc's troubles with getting off the line this season.

Particularly as some pundits are claiming the P2 position to actually be a better starting position than pole on this track.
 
Ric and Seb with Identical times and we have seen how fast Vettel can get off the line.
 
Quite the mixed bag from there on for the first 10 spots. The wildcard (man?) being Kvyat. If his head fails and he decides its time for another torpedoe run to jump Massa an Kimi and put distance between him and Bottas and Verstappen it could well be a very interesting first lap.
 
So does Lewis try a panic move at the begining or hold back and let the circus unfold ahead, waiting for the dust to clear on lap 2 to make progress?  He wont feel much pressure from behind so a more laid back strat might just pay off big time at the start.
 
It's been quite a while since I actually looked forward to a race with the anticipation I have for this one

 

[oqvist]

All I could think of is this track may be awesome with the HTC Vive.

 

[Hutnicks]

  All I could think of is this track may be awesome with the HTC Vive.

Ha, may very well give you concrete burns using Vive to view that one

 

[Melrose]

....while I love the new Lewis this season, it would be cool to see him actually make another rookie mistake. Lewis Hamilton fans need to learn a lesson.
 
Would love to Ricciardo get out in front and NOT be shafted by his damn team for once.

 

[Big Kev]

Obviously, being English, I want Lewis to come through and win, with Rosberg making another rookie mistake.
 
As long as Lewis doesn't make a stupid error again, I think a podium is on the cards, but not the win, unfortunately.

 

[Hutnicks]

Wow. This easily hits my most disappointing GP threshold. Did they slip the drivers a valium during the national anthem when I was not looking?

 

[oqvist]

Yeah where where the spectacular crashes? Where the drivers so afraid of the bad tarmac they decided not to push?
 
Some hilarious pit radios was the only entertainment.  Apparently Nico had the same problem but figured it out within half a lap. For lewis it took 12. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/interviews/2016/6/f1-wolff-baku-hamilton-engine-issues.html
Claims there wasn´t any bigger  time loss though.
 
Hard to buy that it´s to complicated to learn in a simulation...

 

[Hutnicks]

  Yeah where where the spectacular crashes? Where the drivers so afraid of the bad tarmac they decided not to push?
 
Some hilarious pit radios was the only entertainment.  Apparently Nico had the same problem but figured it out within half a lap. For lewis it took 12. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/interviews/2016/6/f1-wolff-baku-hamilton-engine-issues.html
Claims there wasn´t any bigger  time loss though.
 
Hard to buy that it´s to complicated to learn in a simulation...

Unless of course it was simply a cobbled together set of paramaters from the Friday and Saturday data.

 

[oqvist]

Well there is ways to reset the engine modes. Nico remembered how to do it apparently.

 

[WraithApe]

  Yeah where where the spectacular crashes? Where the drivers so afraid of the bad tarmac they decided not to push?
 
Some hilarious pit radios was the only entertainment.  Apparently Nico had the same problem but figured it out within half a lap. For lewis it took 12. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/interviews/2016/6/f1-wolff-baku-hamilton-engine-issues.html
Claims there wasn´t any bigger  time loss though.
 
Hard to buy that it´s to complicated to learn in a simulation...

 
Wolff's first reply suggests there was an element of fortune involved in that. I'm not sure about this complete lack of radio advice anyway personally. It's one thing not to be able to give the drivers feedback on what other drivers are doing, whether they should be braking later into particular corners etc. but there doesn't seem a lot of point in forcing them to do IQ tests during the race. We're supposed to be watching their ability to drive the car, not solve puzzles.

 

[MuZo2]

There was certainly lot of hype created by GP2 race. But F1 drivers are more matured so no safety car , also Torro roso cars retirements didnt cause any virtual safety car. On Straights overtaking was relatively easy. So race was not what everyone expected.

 

[oqvist]

   
Wolff's first reply suggests there was an element of fortune involved in that. I'm not sure about this complete lack of radio advice anyway personally. It's one thing not to be able to give the drivers feedback on what other drivers are doing, whether they should be braking later into particular corners etc. but there doesn't seem a lot of point in forcing them to do IQ tests during the race. We're supposed to be watching their ability to drive the car, not solve puzzles.

Toto is doing team politics are he going to say Lewis didn´t RTFM
 
To drive modern F1 cars you need to have some technical know how there is a a ton of button pushing sadly so I really don´t mind it I like the approach drivers have to do more themselves. If the driver come to a pit stop then they can come to help fix the problem would be a good compromise. Don´t see anything wrong in that the drivers need to know and operate their car.  If you are a fighter pilot do you call home to base if you get an emergency and ask what to do? At best you have help by a copilot.

 

[Hutnicks]

   
Wolff's first reply suggests there was an element of fortune involved in that. I'm not sure about this complete lack of radio advice anyway personally. It's one thing not to be able to give the drivers feedback on what other drivers are doing, whether they should be braking later into particular corners etc. but there doesn't seem a lot of point in forcing them to do IQ tests during the race. We're supposed to be watching their ability to drive the car, not solve puzzles.

Winning a GP is uber puzzle solving at its best

 
I am 50 /50 on the radio thing. Combat pilots do it under more extreme circumstances. The F18 has a computer system that would shame an F1 car.  Then again when they turned it into the SuperHornet they but the second crew member back to handle the electronics.
 
Perhaps the ban should be lifted on technical issues and enforced brutally on anything verging on racecraft.
 
I am surprised Lewis got caught out by that one, Kimi as well. Both are technically competent. lewis' contention that it was just bloody dangerous to be occupied by the wheel on that track may have some merit. Had he been in the Merc's usual position of running away from the field he may well have been able to solve it without the distraction of traffic.
Speculation of course, but I think Merc and The Scud could well make a case for technical info exchanges to the FIA.
If you wanted to be a real Bstard, you could do something like a rule where that information could only be exchanged during a pit stop

 

[WraithApe]

 
I am surprised Lewis got caught out by that one, Kimi as well. Both are technically competent. lewis' contention that it was just bloody dangerous to be occupied by the wheel on that track may have some merit. Had he been in the Merc's usual position of running away from the field he may well have been able to solve it without the distraction of traffic.
Speculation of course, but I think Merc and The Scud could well make a case for technical info exchanges to the FIA.
If you wanted to be a real Bstard, you could do something like a rule where that information could only be exchanged during a pit stop

 
Kimi was too busy fighting rogue pieces of blue plastic as far as I could see