Put your hands up if you thought Vettel was going to dive in at the end of the straight? I did. But that's why I am not an F1 driver.
I think Rosberg's anger is mainly with himself for two things; firstly allowing himself to be shoved around again by Hamilton at the start, he's probably resolved to stop being so meek when around Hamilton in races but when push comes to shove he bottles it every time. And secondly for the mistake that cost him the race. Probably feels hard done to as well because the safety cars wrecked his race, the VSCs both helped him but he probably isn't thinking about those. On the error Rosberg said nothing like that has happened to him before, but he did exactly the same thing in Monza last year and it's fairly typical of the way he's driving. It seemed so predictable the way he lost the lead at turn one, as did his error later in the race. I thought Button was driver of the day today. Seemed to me that his level of performance was keeping him in strong positions, never seemed to be in the right place at the right time, unlike say Verstappen, who just so happened to be the guy occupying fourth when the music stopped (no disrespect to him though, he still did a good job).
Vettel has stamped his intentions firmly now, looking at the standings. This is Sebmacher vs. Hakkilton, for next season.
We can only live in hope. I don't see it coming about sadly. Merc are just light years ahead and will likely only make further advancements. I like the outcome, but this season has mostly been duller than dishwasher.
BBC highlights at 10:30. Think I'll watch it I think this was the first race I've watched in a while where my stream didn't die, chose a good place to do that
Just thinking about all this Senna comparisons, but what about Jackie? @f1fanatic_co_uk: Hamilton: "A very humbling experience, especially to equal Ayrton Senna, who meant so much to me and still does." https://t.co/QkdksMK19W
Senna is his hero so he is always going to mention him. Of course Jackie is an absolute hero and he has talked about him before todays race.
That's something that also crossed my mind, but since Senna is his hero, and since his death has been elevated a bit in stature (that might not be a popular view, but I can live with it) I think that equalling him becomes something special to drivers. Remember Schumacher breaking down? And that bloke was (is) as cool as a cucumber.
I have serious doubts about the strength and status of Kimis contract for next season after this race. I also have serious doubts about Hulkenbergs performances and why they are so. I also doubt why drivers like Maldonado still bless us with their presence. With these doubts im hitting the sack. See you on the flipside.
Kimii's contract is pretty solid for next season I would've thought. Ferrari won't want to chop and change things this late. They might be tempted to swipe Ricciardo if Red Bull go under, but I don't see why they'd want to upset the apple cart, they're moving in the right direction and I think they want things stable going into next season. The last thing they need is to be developing the car whilst two similarly matched, highly competitive drivers try to pull them in different directions. Maybe in 2017, but right now everything needs to be focussed on the car. As for Hulk, I wish he'd leave at the end of this year, especially with Bernie scheduling Azerbaijan on the same day as Le Mans, I'd much rather see him racing LMP1 cars. Off-topic: It looks like Montoya might end up filling Hulk's space at Porsche, he's aiming to become the first man since Graham Hill to win the Triple Crown.
Yeah the media are acting like Senna was the only three times champion the sport had ever had. I agree with Bhaji that Senna's death elevated his status, there seems to be a fixation among the F1 community with making comparisons to Senna as if it settles some kind of argument, as if a comparison to Senna is the highest praise that can be lavished on a driver. I would have thought comparisons to Vettel should capture people's imaginations far more, after all they're still active and both currently at the top of the sport and the peak of their powers. They're both likely to be on four championships each after next season, the first time that's ever happened, that's far more exciting to me than drawing comparisons with drivers who raced in a formula completely alien to the current one, F1's so fixated on the past it often forgets what it has now.
