Rosberg had “no chance of a surprise attack”

23 comments on “Rosberg had “no chance of a surprise attack””

1. 

   Arthur (@eriko)
   7th June 2015, 23:22

   Haha, of course. But Sky sure tried to make it seem like Nico was going to. I remember hearing the words “battle royale.”
2. 

   John H (@john-h)
   7th June 2015, 23:24

   Vettel’s third stint was awesome. Leaves you wondering if only he was up at the front.
   1. 

      Jorge Lardone (@jorge-lardone)
      7th June 2015, 23:51

      +1
3. 

   DaveW (@dmw)
   8th June 2015, 0:11

   They need separate strategists. Maybe Stuttgart is not interested but we fans need it.
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      PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
      8th June 2015, 7:27

      @dmw Rosberg needs to try something different. Mirroring Hamilton has not once worked and Mercedes their idea of keeping things equal is nonsense. If Rosberg demands a different strategy he should be able to get one without Lewis knowing.
      1. 

         OOliver
         8th June 2015, 12:10

         It works both ways and Rosberg has benefited from the policy often.
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   Kingshark (@kingshark)
   8th June 2015, 1:09

   Rosberg should’ve pitted for new tyres on lap 52. P2 was in the bag, he should have tried something else.
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      xxytz
      8th June 2015, 4:57

      Not allowed.
      1. 

         xxytz
         8th June 2015, 4:58

         Well if you are not Lewis apparently…
   2. 

      PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
      8th June 2015, 7:28

      @kingshark Something I have been saying since mid last year. he can’t do it on pace, try something different…
      1. 

         PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
         8th June 2015, 7:32

         Even with Ferrari ‘closer’, P2 is still almost always granted.
   3. 

      Davej
      8th June 2015, 10:02

      Imagine the PR disaster if Merc had then lost another 1-2 because of over-confidence. I do concur with your sentiments though. Lewis said Merc has 1 chief strategy guy yet at Mclaren each driver has his own strategy guys. I think that approach is certainly better. Toto Wolff claimed that wouldn’t do the team atmosphere much good to have two seperate strategy teams yet there are already two sets of mechanics, engineers etc that work on each car. So I don’t see any consistency in that.
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   evered7 (@evered7)
   8th June 2015, 6:39

   The only surprise was that there was no attack at the end. Rosberg needs to start taking his chances at the start of the first lap.

   After that it is a controlled procession.
6. 

   James Muscat
   8th June 2015, 11:14

   So, Nico wasn’t able to attack Lewis because every time Nico went faster, Lewis went faster as well? That’s kind of how defending your lead is supposed to work… Same team or not, when the guy behind you starts to push, your engineer would tell you to do the same!
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   Iosif (@afonic)
   8th June 2015, 11:22

   I remember Lewis’ engineer telling him that “the other car is OK on fuel but a bit worse on brakes” or something like that, and then a few laps later Nico asked “hows the other car on fuel” to get a reply from the pits “I can’t comment on that”.

   Anyone know how is this possible?
   1. 

      Tony Hamilton (@tonybananas)
      8th June 2015, 13:32

      Different people making different interpretations in the heat of the moment…. human error… reacting under pressure… one engineer being more conservative than another… Engineers are not robots or computers so it’s entirely possible.
      1. 

         Iosif (@afonic)
         8th June 2015, 14:32

         @tonybananas I haven’t read that commenting on the fuel of another driver is not permitted, so it seems like Mercedes selected to deny Rosberg information that Lewis had.
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         Erik (@toxbox)
         8th June 2015, 16:32

         They really should have that worked out though. What with not allowing differing strategies and all, they should be clear on both drivers being allowed the same info
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            Tony Hamilton (@tonybananas)
            9th June 2015, 11:50

            Or one engineer made an on the spot judgement based on his interpretation of the regulations in the heat of a race, rather than a labyrinthian conspiracy across the Mercesdes team who are paying Rosberg tens of millions of Euros for the next 3 years
   2. 

      Tony Hamilton (@tonybananas)
      9th June 2015, 11:53

      Just because you haven’t read it doesn’t mean it’s permitted. The regulations don’t necessarily go into the level of detail of every single scenario that could possibly occur so require some degree of interpretation
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         Iosif (@afonic)
         9th June 2015, 21:25

         It’s not on the list of what they crew can’t say to a driver @tonybananas, that’s what I mean.
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            Tony Hamilton (@tonybananas)
            10th June 2015, 10:10

            OK, that being the case would you say it was a mistake or a deliberate conspiracy against Nico?
8. 

   xlr8r (@xlr8r)
   8th June 2015, 20:36

   This is the race I lost any respect I had had remaining for Nico. He was only 1-1.5 seconds behind Lewis for over 30 laps and did not do anything to try to get by. I think once he got within DRS range, but that was it. He seemed to just coast behind and keep a gap of 1.5 seconds to not ruin his tires and do whatever the team said to keep him from even attempting to challenge Lewis. The team kept saying wait 10 more laps, and after those 10 wait even more laps, and he just kept on following orders.to not race Lewis. I don’t believe Nico ever really pushed until the last 5 laps or so as there is no way Lewis is good enough to always be exactly 1.5 seconds in front. If Nico pushed, that gap would have varied more. At the end Nico finally tried to attack Lewis, but because Lewis had also been coasting for 30 laps, he had plenty in reserve and stretched out over the last 5 laps or so.

   This whole thing just makes Nico look like an idiot. He just always follows orders and never tries to pass Hamilton outside of the start of the race. He just accepts finishing second, and then acts all upset that he couldn’t do anything because he had some problem with the car (in this case brakes). Guess what Nico, if you want to beat Lewis, you have to attack him. If you just coast around waiting for an opportunity, then Hamilton is also going to coast around saving his tires for your attack. When Lewis is behind, he does not wait, he attacks when he gets his chance (See US Grand Prix last year). Nico needed to try to get by Lewis immediately after the pit stops, but instead he just kept waiting for an opportunity that never came.

   Nico needs to stop following every team order like a robot. He needs to realize that the team does not care at all whether he passes Lewis or not, all they care about is a Mercedes 1-2, not the order of that 1-2. Mercedes and other teams now always seems to try to stop their drivers from racing by throwing up a car problem that the driver needs to look after instead of racing. In this case it was brakes for Nico, and fuel for Lewis. You never really hear a team say “hey driver, everything is perfect, tires, fuel, brakes, everything, go race your teammate as hard as possible”. Instead you hear the team always telling the driver that there is a problem with the car to try to keep them from racing. For Webber it always seemed to be the KERS had a problem when he raced Vettel. Even go back to Istanbul 2010, when Lewis and Jenson were dicing for the win, the team immediately got on the radio and said stop you need to save fuel to both drivers. Time to wake up and actually race Nico, you are my Donkey of the Race, all you do is follow.

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