Silverstone sets up Hamilton vs Rosberg and Verstappen vs Ricciardo

22 comments on “Silverstone sets up Hamilton vs Rosberg and Verstappen vs Ricciardo”

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   hahostolze (@hahostolze)
   9th July 2016, 19:54

   Verstappen has had the measure of Ricciardo in races since day one, imagine what he can do when starting ahead.

   (Now I’ve said that, probably Ricciardo beats Verstappen in the race)
   1. 

      DaveF1 (@davef1)
      10th July 2016, 0:25

      Come again? Bar Monaco, they’ve been extremely close, I wouldn’t exactly call that ‘having the measure of.’
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         Jim Manna
         10th July 2016, 8:15

         Close? After de pitstops in Austria VES was 21 Laps in a row quicker than RIC. Build up a big gap.

         In Baku the same thing. In the 1st part of the race VES got stuck in traffic, once he was out of it he was consistantly quicker than RIC and ended up only 1 sec behind RIC.

         In Spain and Canada he also beat RIC. Dont know the laptimes anymore. But for someone who is not very experienced and new in the team, that is majorly impressive. Besides from that, VES is very easy on the tyres and because of that his laptimes are so consistent.

         RIC has a battle on his hands, especially if the Red Bull will start winning again. RIC Really wants a shot at the titel, but if that car is capable of it, I doubt if he will be the Bull fighting for it. It’s up to RIC to answer. Beating VES today is something he needs to do.
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         Markp
         10th July 2016, 10:57

         The impression is Max was lucky 1sr race but was right there on race pace and now he is getting used to the car is pulling clear on race performance. Quali will be interesting was this a 1 off or is Max going to start getting on top there as well?

         This driver battle has been out of the spotlight due to Merc but maybe the most interesting battle as it may well be Ricciardo is the big name Max treads on on his way to the top. He looks like he has the potential to be the greatest since Schumacher.
      3. 

         hahostolze (@hahostolze)
         10th July 2016, 20:10

         @daveF1, nah, they’ve not been extremely close
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      Mark
      10th July 2016, 4:33

      Monaco wasnt too flash…..binned it three times and we all know who shouldve won.
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      Nin13 (@nin13)
      10th July 2016, 8:55

      Agree with you. Poor Ricciardo fans can even accept truth. Few years back when he was beating Vettel, they were all saying how great he was and would win championship in a good car. Now if RBR got a good car Verstappan would win. But I expect fight to be close.
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   PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
   9th July 2016, 21:11

   Looking forward to Vettel his strategy.
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      BasCB (@bascb)
      9th July 2016, 21:28

      you think that coming from behind they will refrain from messing it up to lose out on a podium this time @xtwl?
      1. 

         PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
         10th July 2016, 8:57

         @bascb Mainly because he has one less medium. Do you think they’ll go soft/soft/medium or perhaps start on the soft and go with the hard as the only driver.
   2. 

      Faulty
      9th July 2016, 21:50

      Yeah, he is looking good for best after Mercs.
      1. 

         anon
         10th July 2016, 9:22

         I wouldn’t say that he is looking that good – he is starting in the middle of the pack due to his gearbox penalty (moving him into 11th place), so he has a higher risk of being caught up in a start line clash. Furthermore, the practise sessions seemed to suggest that Ferrari were slower than Red Bull on their long tyre runs, more noticeably so when looking at the medium tyres.

         The layout of this circuit makes it hard to pass other drivers, even if Vettel might have a slight advantage in the speed traps, and Vettel doesn’t have a strategic tyre advantage either – all of his soft tyres are used sets and have a similar mileage to those in front. Massa, in fact, has a slight advantage over Vettel in that case – he has one new set of soft tyres in reserve – so he might be slightly harder for Vettel to catch. I think that regaining 6th place is probably the best he’ll be able to achieve in a normal race – I expect Kimi and the two Red Bull drivers will simply be too far down the road by the time that Vettel makes it back through the traffic.
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   ia
   9th July 2016, 22:39

   I don’t agree. It’s going to rain so battle is completely open.
   Rosberg doesn’t seem to be good in rain.
   1. 

      Atticus (@atticus-2)
      9th July 2016, 23:20

      Simple but good point. Forecast at AccuWeather predict the highest chance of rain for the day for the first hour of the race. (56%)
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         Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
         9th July 2016, 23:39

         @atticus-2 In my experience AccuWeather do not live up to their name.
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            anon
            10th July 2016, 9:27

            @keithcollantine, by way of comparison, the Met Office currently predict that there is a 50% chance of light rain from 11am to midday, but only 5-10% during the race itself. Even if it does rain in the hour before the race, the track itself will probably dry out before the start of the race.
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      Mark G (@)
      10th July 2016, 7:37

      Whilst generally Hamilton seems to have the edge over Rosberg in the rain when all things are equal, if either driver is struggling with tyre temperature issues then it’s anyone’s game. Lest we forget how Rosberg hunted down Hamilton as the rain began to fall in Silverstone last year.

      Remaining tyre life comes into play in changeable conditions, and Hamilton took a lot out of his Q2 tyres. I don’t have the data but I’d imagine if rain fell during the first stint he’d lose temperature in his tyres quicker than Rosberg would as he’d have less rubber left to retain the heat.
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   see
   10th July 2016, 0:07

   One stop or two stops?
   1. 

      Atticus (@atticus-2)
      10th July 2016, 10:51

      Two. In the dry.
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   sato113 (@sato113)
   10th July 2016, 8:29

   first time ever a pole lap is slower than a q2 lap? (in the dry)
   1. 

      Oblivion Deathdealer (@superjosh58)
      10th July 2016, 8:53

      Not really. Happened in Baku as well.
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   ia
   10th July 2016, 15:30

   Max was 2 sec faster then Lewis on intermediates.

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