2016 British Grand Prix race result

13 comments on “2016 British Grand Prix race result”

1. 

   Bobby (@f1bobby)
   10th July 2016, 14:37

   Strange that Merc coached Rosberg out of his problem but didn’t do the same with Hamilton in Baku. Hopefully Rosberg gets a fat penalty and Ham’s race engineer is vindicated for obeying the rules.
   1. 

      Melvin (@)
      10th July 2016, 14:59

      Not really. Rosberg problem would have been terminal. So it was the right call from their perspective.
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         Sonics (@sonicslv)
         10th July 2016, 15:22

         @thetick I don’t think that the case. He seem to lost 7th gear but otherwise everything is normal, could upshift and downshift without problem too. That’s definitely not terminal.
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            Melvin (@)
            10th July 2016, 15:33

            He was stuk in seventh. Then he fixed it and was adviced to shift through.
2. 

   OOliver
   10th July 2016, 14:38

   The radio rules should not be made to affect the results, I’d rather they fined Mercedes for passing instructions to Rosberg.
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      Bobby (@f1bobby)
      10th July 2016, 14:48

      I don’t agree – driver is complicit when he’s saying, ‘What does that mean, what should I do’ etc. etc.
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         OOliver
         10th July 2016, 15:17

         I say this because, I wasn’t in agreement with Baku and Hamilton’s undocumented engine mode, and a lack of radio input from the team.
         Those who make the rules dont necessarily have a need to enjoy the racing.
         The radio restrictions are stupid in some areas.
3. 

   Oletros
   10th July 2016, 14:48

   My God, did Vettel raced today? :(
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      Chris (@cgturbo)
      10th July 2016, 14:54

      He did a bit of racing today, in between his frequent off-road explorations and impromptu spins.
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      Traverse (@hellotraverse)
      10th July 2016, 14:55

      It was actually Vettel’s blind twin brother.
4. 

   David BR
   10th July 2016, 15:52

   Much as it annoys me how often Rosberg gets away from penalities – remember “he’s not that kind of driver” from two years back? – it’s an awkward precedent if the team/engineer gives some unsolicited advice on the radio that causes a penalty. The coaching issue was to do with Mercedes literally coaching their drivers, especially Rosberg, on how to take particular corners etc. i.e. telling them how to race (and maybe borrowing from the other driver when they’ve found a way to go quicker).

   As usual FIA solves one problem with a sledge-hammer approach that generates others. Safety car starts are another example: today there were a number of closes calls, with engineers almost being hit, as all the cars streamed into the pits to swap tires after the restart. At a place like Silverstone with lots of runoff, the pit chaos was probably more dangerous.
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      Yoseph
      10th July 2016, 20:18

      This had nothing to do with Rosberg, the team made a deliberate call and a calculated risk in openly breaching a rule or face a potential gearbox failure and retirement.
5. 

   Andre Furtado
   10th July 2016, 22:37

   That verstappen kid huh. How much talent.

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