Hamilton pips Rosberg in second practice

23 comments on “Hamilton pips Rosberg in second practice”

1. 

   Nuff said
   25th November 2016, 14:40

   Any thoughts on Ros running a development wing on the long runs but not Ham? You might think the team would put that sort of thing on hold with the battle so intense this weekend. I guess the drivers are well used to it though.
   1. 

      Martin
      25th November 2016, 14:58

      I guess the drivers are well used to it though.

      Yeah they’ve be alternating running it for a few races now. As to specifically in this session watching FP2 it looked like Rosberg flat spotted his tyres and curtailed his long run so I think they might have been making use of the sudden free space is his schedule.
      1. 

         Nuff said
         25th November 2016, 15:00

         Makes sense!
2. 

   sethje (@seth-space)
   25th November 2016, 15:37

   However Ricciardo said he’d lost time on his lap due to traffic.

   Bad sign he is making excuses for only a training session.
   1. 

      Nolog
      25th November 2016, 16:46

      It’s Verstappen who said:

      You can see Ferrari is 0.25 seconds off and I am pretty sure we can do that as on my fastest lap I got blocked,” he added. “I lost two or three tenths there. We are not too far off.

      – http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ricciardo-still-hopeful-of-challenging-mercedes-in-race-853785/
      1. 

         sethje (@seth-space)
         25th November 2016, 17:15

         But RIC did not?

         Btw a nice interview between VES and RIC look here:
         link
   2. 

      krxx
      25th November 2016, 16:50

      I agree.
      “In last practice, I should have been close to the top,” Verstappen said. “I got held up in the last sector quite aggressively.
   3. 

      Miss t'ken
      25th November 2016, 21:39

      I agree, I saw how he was held up and it couldn’t have amounted to much more than half of one one thousanth of a thecond. Therefore VES is still champion of the world (RB, 2nd Practice, AD classification).
3. 

   frk
   25th November 2016, 15:48

   It was predictable that Rosberg wouldn’t have pushed in friday practice: he’s using his last (legal) engine, and a break of it would mean a grid penalty for him, while Hamilton has another one as a reserve, due to Spa skulduggery.
   1. 

      Nuff said
      25th November 2016, 15:59

      Dunno. It looked like he was pushing to me. In fact if you believe Ant Davidson’s commentary, he would have been fastest had he not had a moment in the third sector.
   2. 

      Martin
      25th November 2016, 16:02

      You need to look up the definition of skulduggery because you clearly don’t know.
   3. 

      Drg
      25th November 2016, 16:50

      Frk

      I suggest you look at my last reply to your completely ridiculous comments.you clearly have some strange issue here and a complete lack of understanding of the word ‘rules’

      Rules that all teams can use.

      For clarity both have engines with the same wear to within a few miles.

      Hamilton’s gearbox is on its last race. Rosbergs is new.

      FRK seems to ignore the other teams that have used said rules in the last two years to legally stockpile.

      And forgets said stockpile went up in flames in Malaysia…
      1. 

         nase
         25th November 2016, 17:24

         Drg steps in, makes things worse. What a surprise.
      2. 

         frk
         25th November 2016, 17:58

         Well, actually I didn’t remember of any other driver changing 3 engines in a weekend for making stockpile, for this I said LH was the only to benefit of such a controversial strategy, but if there were others, I said an inaccuracy, I don’t have any issue in admitting it, if it’s like this. Maybe he was the only title contender to do such a thing with these rules and for this reason I’ve been pretty scandalized by that.
         Anyway, as I don’t live in UK I have to rely to what my country’s broadcaster and commentators say during F1 TV coverage, and just today they said Rosberg’s engine is far more worn out than Hamilton’s one (no, I don’t live neither in Germany, if you’re wondering). I’d love to listen comment by competent people like Brundle or Herbert, but I can’t :-(
         For strange words I often write, I apoligize, but english is not my own language. Be patient, please ;-)
         And, as I said before, I’m not a Rosberg fan, simply I don’t like “predestined” champions: when Schumacher was winning many titles (unfairly, to me) I used to say worse things of him than anything I wrote about LH.
4. 

   Sheridan Repton
   25th November 2016, 16:38

   Neither of them used a race engine today anyway so it really didn’t matter.

   The race engine and gearbox does not get fitted until Saturday Practice.
   1. 

      frk
      25th November 2016, 18:02

      I didn’t know that, thank you for saying. So, my first comment was irrilevant, I’m sorry, as I said I have no problem in admitting when I’m wrong. ;-)
      1. 

         Baron (@baron)
         25th November 2016, 20:33

         Takes a man to say that FRK. Well done…
         1. 

            Stubborn Swiss (@stubbornswiss)
            25th November 2016, 22:31

            @baron The only problem is he seems to be wrong a heck of a lot of times!
5. 

   krxx
   25th November 2016, 16:54

   Sergio Perez, eighth, reported a loss of power in his car late in the session. = Ham’s hope
   1. 

      Kingshark (@kingshark)
      25th November 2016, 20:02

      Perez getting an engine failure is Hamilton’s hope.
6. 

   NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
   25th November 2016, 18:12

   Vettel P3.. gotta be careful that, he crashes a lot this year on first lap. Nico or Lewis better fight to stay P1 and far away from that nutcase… *sarcasm off*
   1. 

      SaraJ (@sjzelli)
      26th November 2016, 9:05

      Give it a rest
7. 

   MG421982 (@)
   25th November 2016, 18:55

   Wow, look at the difference between RBR guys! Can’t get closer than that.

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