The only reason he would have got a grid penalty is if he got reprimanded. As he is already on two reprimands a third would be an instant 10 place grid penalty.
The red flag for waved yellows in quali might make things interesting. I think teams will get a banker lap in early just in case.
1. Lewis love in continues. Brundle asserts every ding hes got are harsh anyway. Just call it fairly sky. 2. Lewis gets away with clear unsafe release team admits. Clearly f1 levelling it up for last time out. 3. Lewis went to stewards to complain last time so rules get changed. Sky claim it was just to clarify. The rest of us kbow it was to try gain pole. 4. Rosberg to appeal i wonder? Has he the balls? 5. Ferraris total muck so far. 6. Mercedes 1/2 ironed on. Only question is which order.
If they change the rules like this.... A. They should have a very harsh penalty for deliberate interference with quali. B. If red flag is within time to prevent a driver getting round then one single flying lap should be awarded for ALL. Its another stupid half thought out change by reactionary rule making f1
There's a guy on twitter who follows F1 stats, who reckons it's previously been a reprimand for an unsafe release in practice nearly every time, with the sole exception being Palmer getting a fine when he was a test driver. The inconsistency is the worst.
Yup it's horrid. I think what happened today is how it should be, the team should take the penalty for a mistake they make however given what has gone before Hamilton should have been given a reprimand and subsequently a 10 place grid penalty.
Unbelievable. I realky thought rosbergs lap was not enough. Something happened some where in sector 2. Rosberg faded in sector 3 i thought. This will make a start of a race at least for us. It could be all over after corner 1 of course.
Really.. well if true its really not good enough and i firmly believe theres a big element of levelling up the score cos lewis complain loud enough last time out and they were afraid to ding him.
I posted last year that I was desperate for 2917 Season . Never realised I was This desperate . What a crock of SIITTEE !!! This season has been . So far .......
I thought that was a pretty good session! Drama with Nico's car, followed by him putting together a very decent lap under pressure.
I'd say it's been a better season than 2015. Of course, that's true of most seasons and it's sad how far ahead Merc still are, but other than that (admittedly major) flaw it's been a OK season.
I think this Grand Prix weekend is a testament to how ****ed the sport is. Rules relaxed, rules changed as a result of one driver stabbing his teammate and team in the back as a result of his own selfishness (he may be breaking some records but we all know it's a sham). Pit-lane safety is obviously not as important as a gearbox change, Hamilton should have been reprimanded (and given a penalty) but Grosjean gets a grid drop for a gearbox fault. Grandstands 1/3 full compared to 10-20 years ago, nobody interested in this procession which forced upon them. Even if a German driver is in contention for the win. Next best teams finish 20-30 seconds down the road. Things are just not the same, it's dead and gone... pointless... fruitless. The regulation change in 2014 will always be known as straw that broke the camels back. And then you have sky polishing a turd of a sport. Ohhh shii... I shouldn't even be on here...
Hey EMSC, welcome back. I don't think the 2014 rule change was any worse than any other rule change, and we've certainly had worse periods of dominance this millennium. At least team mate squabbles add some interest to the Mercedes domination. As everyone except the FIA and Strategy group seem to have stated, rule upheaval always unevens the playing field as someone makes a better interpretation of the new rules than everyone else. Stable regulations allow the field to converge on similar solutions. Other than the inequality between engine performance, are the 2014- regs really that bad? I don't think you can level the blame at them for much else.
Rules are far from perfect, there's no denying that. However, I think one of the biggest problems is that the driver who has benefitted the most from these rules is a driver who polarises the fans like no one else. Has there ever been a driver to split opinion quite like Hamilton? Maybe it's this era, an era of click bait articles and keyboard warriors. It becomes less about the racing and more about the fallout.
I've never quite figured out why people get so angry over Hamilton. I get he's not everyone's cuppa tea, but some people just lose their mind over him. I can only suggest finding an alternative sport to follow to until he retires to anyone that can't handle him, because it's really not worth getting wound up about. Life's too short for that crap.
Don't understand what you mean by this at all. Are you saying that if Vettel had moved to Merc in '14 and wrapped up three easy championships, everyone would think these rules are fine, just because he's a more generally likeable person? I also don't get the "particularly polarises opinion" bit. F1 fans generally disagree about most drivers and team management, it's just some generate more press continuously? We - as a forum - were completely split over recent Kyviat handling for example - it was a heated as anything regarding Hamilton that I can remember in recent times?
On a personal note, I find Lewis frustrating. I rate him as pound for pound the best, but for someone who has everything (F1 wise) I think he is a right winge bag. What frustrates me even more, is that even though I don't support him I can only marvel at some of things he does on a racetrack! So technically I'm a closet fan.
