Lewis Hamilton has won his first race of the year, thanks to a very unfortunate retirement of Valtteri Bottas a few laps from the end. Kimi Raikkonen finished second for Ferrari, ahead of Perez who scores the first points of the season for Force India.
Actually no. Those were the excuses, not the reasons. It was he's marketing potential and Joss the boss that got him that seat.
You only see your British bubble, that works for you eh
Well... you drive like you are the more important than the team. You drive as if endangering the life and car of your team mate is subservient to your need to pass. He will kill someone, or kill himself eventually unless he grows up.
2nd longest track is a lot of ground to cover. It happensLM10 wrote:It felt like the Safety Car was on track for ever. One would expect the track entirely clean afterwards, but at the end it was debrit which destroyed Bottas' tyre. How awkward and ridiculous at the same time.
To be honest I think most of the damage done is from the Dutch media, whom literally praises anyone doing well in a sport(excluding ice skating) as if they are a God, to such an extent that they actually destroy the sporter.
they are going waaaaaaaaaay out of their way to not give the penalty out to VER, of course the other car contributed to the accident, it hit the car in front!!!! and that is exactly why that rule of one move was implemented, so that the guy behind can count on the front runner not to close the door in such a manner, when VER moved in front of him, it was all over, the downforce from the front wing was gone and no chance at all for him to brake effectivelyjjn9128 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2018, 18:17No penalty for Ricciardo or Verstappenhttps://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ricc ... h-1031835/In a statement issued by the stewards, they noted that Verstappen had made two moves to defend his position – but they added that Ricciardo had also played his part in what happened by braking so late.
"Both drivers contributed to the collision," said the statement. "The driver of car 33 [Verstappen] made two moves, both of which were relatively minor.
"The driver of car 3 [Ricciardo] admitted he left his move to overtake on the left, too late.
"It was obvious to the stewards that although the incident had its origins in the moves by car 33, the driver of car 3 also contributed to the incident.
"Both drivers expressed regret about their respective contributions to the incident, during the Stewards' hearing."
Sorry but he was increasing the gap until Hulk made a mistake, so yes he was being faster at that point of the race. Its kinda boring to read again the Verstappen-Sainz stuff, what an obsession seriously
I dunno... the FIA stewards are trying to not give a penalty in incidents where one driver isn't predominantly to blame. My feeling was Verstappen was mostly to blame (75-80% of the responsibility) so a penalty should have been applied... one can almost see their argument though...jz11 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2018, 20:12they are going waaaaaaaaaay out of their way to not give the penalty out to VER, of course the other car contributed to the accident, it hit the car in front!!!! and that is exactly why that rule of one move was implemented, so that the guy behind can count on the front runner not to close the door in such a manner, when VER moved in front of him, it was all over, the downforce from the front wing was gone and no chance at all for him to brake effectively
How long before RIC announces he is going to another team?Tubas wrote: ↑29 Apr 2018, 20:16From https://www.formule1.nl/nieuws/verstapp ... -red-bull/ using trusty translate...
As a 'punishment' Verstappen and Ricciardo must travel to the Red Bull factory in Milton Keynes for the Grand Prix of Spain to offer their apologies. The Dutchman and Australia threw a fourth and fifth place with their clash at the Baku City Circuit, much to the displeasure of team boss Christian Horner. "We discuss these kinds of things behind closed doors, but the boys eventually drive for the team and realize that they have ruined it today," he says Sky Sports F1.
"They have to apologize to the team - to every member of the team - because this is a team sport; what they have clearly forgotten. "According to Horner, Verstappen and Ricciardo, who had fiercely fought each other in the Grand Prix of Azerbaijan, had already been told a few times by their engineers to slow down. "I do not want to blame anyone. They are both guilty, and it is the team that is the victim of it. "
