Grand Prix thread Official NOT606 Spanish GP Chat and Predictions

I wouldn't be surprised to see the RB on pole in Monaco tbh.

 

We should see the best chassis on pole - that must be the McLaren then

 

Whilst I understand it might be easy to arrive at this conclusion, I don't agree.

It is an unfortunate fact of life that apologies become ever more difficult, the higher one's profile. The reason is they are far more likely to be scrutinised, re-interpreted and re-presented. Such caution can be understood; it's often a concern that such re-presentation becomes a mis-re-presentation and that resulting public perception will be less than accurate, and this is the reason that 'straight-forward' apologies become rarer and rarer.

Apologising for anything takes courage these days – especially if one does not feel 100% to blame, yet still apologises.

Both drivers will have a unique understanding of exactly what occurred and both are likely to feel that their actions at the time were wholly appropriate: Rosberg closing the door on an inevitable attack due to his derate setting (which he corrected during the incident!), and Hamilton going for what he knew was a great opportunity when another might never come along. As I've said in the Awards Thread, the unfortunate reality was that both drivers took a very understandable and instinctive reaction to a situation which evolved over just a couple of seconds and that both did the natural thing from their perspectives at exactly the 'wrong' moment for the other. It's a bit like meeting someone walking the other way: usually one person will do one thing soon enough for the other to understand the intention, but once in a blue moon, all moves are synchronised such that we end up smiling face to face.

–Odd thing is that both people tend to apologise for their part in the interaction…

 

Everybody is happy!!! Hurray!!!

 

Will do the Monaco thread this afternoon. Been a bit busy. Apologies.

 

Pfff - disgusted

 

It's a shame you aren't a moderator, EMSC. I see you've now done the thread – and another great job, if I may say so – but why is it far easier to see this (the Spanish GP thread)? By comparison to the forthcoming event, this is now out of date.