Rosberg to lead charge against Williams while watching out for Hamilton

31 comments on “Rosberg to lead charge against Williams while watching out for Hamilton”

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   Oli Peacock (@olliekart)
   21st June 2014, 19:27

   Hard to look past Hamiltons Purple S1 and S2 as an indicator of raw pace today
   1. 

      DaveD (@daved)
      21st June 2014, 20:14

      Yeah, he clearly has great raw pace as always. But the way his rear came swinging around as soon as he hit the brakes in the third sector, it sure looked like they didn’t have that brake issue from Canada resolved yet. Or possibly they overcompensated and the KERS regen jumped in too hard and locked the wheels up. But SOMETHING looked wrong there.
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         AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
         21st June 2014, 20:43

         There was no car failure, according to autosport, so it’s frustrating to see him squander this opportunity to put it one pole, and perhaps even put a car between himself and Rosberg.

         Instead, he will start back in P9 with all the first-lap risk that brings. I don’t think even victory is out of reach tomorrow, but he could just as easily crash out and hand the championship to Rosberg.
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            Patrick (@paeschli)
            21st June 2014, 20:51

            I don’t see Hamilton winning tomorrow unless Rosberg has a DNF. Even finishing second will be hard for Lewis given Williams pace.
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               AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
               21st June 2014, 21:05

               @paeschli, it’s not likely, but a first lap can change a lot. If Rosberg doesn’t pass the Williamses early on, then Hamilton might make his way onto his rear wing and there might be a race bewteen them.
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      @HoHum (@hohum)
      22nd June 2014, 1:48

      I do love a “do-or-die (thankfully no longer literally) racer” but it is clear that in the psychology stakes Rosberg is the winner and Hamilton is being forced into error after error. At years end it is likely that Lewis will have lost another WDC worth 10s of millions due to the failure of a spark-plug lead that probably cost less than a beer.
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   Dan_the_McLaren_fan (@dan_the_mclaren_fan)
   21st June 2014, 20:54

   The 8 Mercedes powered cars are the 8 fastest on a straight line : how impressive!
   1. 

      Strontium (@strontium)
      22nd June 2014, 0:00

      Yes, it just shows just how good that engine really is!
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   Timothy Katz (@timothykatz)
   21st June 2014, 21:17

   What will happen in the race if drivers exceed the track limits when they aren’t passing another car? Will it be a warning for doing it a couple of times and then a drive through?
   1. 

      Strontium (@strontium)
      22nd June 2014, 0:01

      Something like that I imagine. Maybe similar to Massa’s penalty in Brazil, but it is more likely to be a 5 second timed pit stop penalty than a drive through. A drive through would definitely be a little extreme.
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   Rick Lopez (@viscountviktor)
   21st June 2014, 22:17

   Felipe has a massive margin on the speed trap! Looks good for passing, or defending from passes
   1. 

      TdM (@tdm)
      21st June 2014, 23:29

      It’ll only last until the first stop I think. A merc in clear air is filthy fast
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   TdM (@tdm)
   21st June 2014, 22:47

   Doesn’t Hamilton have free tyre choice as he didn’t set a time in Q3?
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      f1
      21st June 2014, 22:59

      no because the quali rules changed for 2014. you have too start on your q2 tyres if you get into q3.
      1. 

         TdM (@tdm)
         21st June 2014, 23:04

         Can’t he just cheat for the sake of the championship table?
         1. 

            toiago (@toiago)
            22nd June 2014, 1:27

            @tdm – What good would that do to him though?
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               TdM (@tdm)
               22nd June 2014, 9:49

               Seems to work in football :p. Joking aside, could be a good race as long as the Williams can hold up Rosberg for a while.

               Hamilton should cut through most of those cars around him. Just had to stay out of trouble at the first corner and hope his car stays in one piece.
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   @HoHum (@hohum)
   22nd June 2014, 1:55

   This is looking like the makings of a great race, unless of course you are a Ferrari or RBR fan.
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   Funkyf1 (@funkyf1)
   22nd June 2014, 2:36

   The last 5 Austrian GPs have been won by car #1 or #4. I’m rating Vettels chances higher than Max’s.
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      Sri Harsha (@harsha)
      22nd June 2014, 2:51

      May be but records are some thing is about to be broken so i consider #6 mostly
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         Sri Harsha (@harsha)
         22nd June 2014, 6:20

         or #44 i missed to add that
   2. 

      Imre (@f1mre)
      22nd June 2014, 7:39

      Add 1+4, multiply by 4 then subtract 1.
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      tino852 (@tino852)
      22nd June 2014, 11:31

      Its been 11 years since last Austrian gp. #4×11 = #44
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   greg-c (@greg-c)
   22nd June 2014, 3:10

   Can Williams keep the Mercedes drivers at bay – or will they be content to settle for their first podium of the year? And will Hamilton stop Rosberg adding to his points lead?

   Well I think Rosberg will have a shot early and try and dissapear , Lewis will hang it all out kamakazi style on the hunt for podium points , Massa will crash and Bottas will over drive and back peddle , Ric will sneak up and be ready to pounce if mercs retire , vettle will get in there as long as his Windows 98 / renault software runs without a BSOD ,
   Bianchi for points !

   Over and out
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      Rajesh Kankavlikar
      22nd June 2014, 10:10

      Lol :-)
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   Kim Philby (@philby)
   22nd June 2014, 10:16

   The only laptime I can’t put into context is Alonso’s. It is impressive that he is only 0.526 of pole position, I mean we know that the Ferrari engine sucks yet he beat all the renault powered and half the Mercedes powered teams. We also know that the F14T isn’t as good as the Mercs and the Bulls in generating downforce so we can’t say that sector 3 suited him. And last but not least he isn’t the best qualifier, what happened then?
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    sato113 (@sato113)
    22nd June 2014, 10:26

    Hamilton really camt hanfle.pressure it seems. Every lap was fat until the one that mattered. Granted he should be +50 points or so up right now due to dnfs…
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       sato113 (@sato113)
       22nd June 2014, 10:27

       LOL. Fast, not fat. Damn phone
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       Pipito
       22nd June 2014, 10:32

       I don’t see you saying that about Rosberg when he locked up in e.g. China and Monaco? And just look back at Bahrain and Spain, can’t handle pressure?
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    Strontium (@strontium)
    22nd June 2014, 10:42

    Just realised (unless my calculations are horribly incorrect) that provided Sauber don’t beat them this race, Caterham need a 12th place to move ahead of Sauber in the championship battle. That’s not impossible.

    Also, I reckon there could well be a first corner collision here, with all the inexperience, etc. We haven’t seen a major one for a while.
12. 

    Sujeeth (@sjct83)
    22nd June 2014, 11:10

    forceindia for a podium

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