Formula 1 2015: Round 9 - British GP

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Time for a new race thread

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Rosberg fastest in both practice sessions today.


Has the luck at Monaco reawoken Rosbergs title challenge and given him the confidence to beat Hamilton? Either way it looks like something to look forward to in an other wise boring season so far.

ScumLord

The problem the mercs seem to have is they don't seem to be able to overtake each other. Hamilton got stuck behind Rosberg so Rosbergs performance up to now has probably been on par with Hamilton despite never being able to get close to Hamilton during a race. Although part of me wonders is it just Mercedes policy to stay in position and avoid an on track battle between the cars. If that is the policy I think it will go out the window now that it's too close to call.

Qualifying between the Merc drivers has been to close to call, it could go either way. I'd still give Hamilton the advantage during the race despite Rosbergs excellent pass last race.

Zcott

Hamilton is apparently unhappy with the car, and claimed he was going as fast said he could. Rosberg seems to have it sorted, though. I can't help but think that had both drivers been happy with the car Hamilton would be at Monday morning by now.

christy c

Zcott wrote: »

Hamilton is apparently unhappy with the car, and claimed he was going as fast said he could. Rosberg seems to have it sorted, though. I can't help but think that had both drivers been happy with the car Hamilton would be at Monday morning by now.

Rosberg said his car was all over the place too

Zcott

christy c wrote: »

Rosberg said his car was all over the place too

Doesn't seem to have bothered him too much! I see Hamilton is also back to the previous clutch so he has no excuse for a poor start on Sunday.

supremenovice

Rosberg is this generations enigma.
He puts in dominant displays such as Austria '15 and Brazil '14 but hes just too inconsistent, eg Hungary '14 and Italy '14.
He can put it up to Hamilton on his day but so did Jenson Button numerous times at McLaren.
A very good driver alright but not championship material. Reminds me of other drivers Id put in that category ie Montoya, Coulthard and Frentzen. Jack of Spades the lot of them ( though I loved Heinz Harald).

Jordan 199

Manor Marussia have their employees names on the sides of their cars this weekend:

Terrontress

supremenovice wrote: »

Rosberg is this generations enigma.
He puts in dominant displays such as Austria '15 and Brazil '14 but hes just too inconsistent, eg Hungary '14 and Italy '14.
He can put it up to Hamilton on his day but so did Jenson Button numerous times at McLaren.
A very good driver alright but not championship material. Reminds me of other drivers Id put in that category ie Montoya, Coulthard and Frentzen. Jack of Spades the lot of them ( though I loved Heinz Harald).

Did Button not beat Hamilton over a season?

Myrddin

Jordan 191 wrote: »

Manor Marussia have their employees names on the sides of their cars this weekend

Would have been nice to Jules Bianchi listed there, unless I missed it?

AMKC

Alonso only got 6laps done in fp3. Rosberg had a leak from his gearbox but its sorted now. Torra Rossa cars looking very good were even faster than the Williams cars in this session. Hamilton fastest in p3.
I think Hamilton will be fastest in Qualifying and will get p1. It is his race to lose as he has the home crowd there supporting him.

bnt

BBC1 Q coverage has started - they're talking to Nigel Mansell, who's a steward this weekend.

Ghost Train

Sounds like Alonso probably wont make qualifying because of leak they can't find

Ghost Train

Ghost Train wrote: »

Sounds like Alonso probably wont make qualifying because of leak they can't find

Pathetic.

Ghost Train

Deleted User wrote: »

Pathetic.

they'll send him out for a lap see if the car doesn't break down and then go for a lap if the car keeps running

Ghost Train

Ghost Train wrote: »

they'll send him out for a lap see if the car doesn't break down and then go for a lap if the car keeps running

Called it!

Is there much point in doing all the early running so many are doing?

Ghost Train

Very close between Williams and Ferrari so far

Rosberg looking fast for his last lap

Edit: Pole for Hamilton

CFlat

As a fan of Alonso I've only one thing to say about this afternoons qualifying at Silverstone, the gardeners have done a superb job cutting that grass around the track.

bnt

That was weird from Rosberg: his last lap was looking worthy of P1, but he visibly backed off. He's now saying the left front tire wasn't at its best. Hamilton dodged a German bullet to get P1.

AMKC

The Williams cars both looking good both faster than the two Ferrari,s. Kimi done good today nice to see him getting his mojo back. Hopefully we will get a good race tomorrow now. I think the two Force India,s should do good tomorrow as well and the Torra Rossa,s could do good to.
Lewis good potentially make history tomorrow if he wins from pole as he would be the first person to do it at this track.

supremenovice

Terrontress wrote: »

Did Button not beat Hamilton over a season?

Think he outscored him overall for their three seasons together. Apart from that, he was more than a match for him in variable conditions

Myrddin

bnt wrote: »

That was weird from Rosberg: his last lap was looking worthy of P1, but he visibly backed off. He's now saying the left front tire wasn't at its best. Hamilton dodged a German bullet to get P1.

I think Massa is the only one who somehow improved in that last dash, everyone else was slower for some reason.

Charlie-Bravo

Just looking at weather radars and there is a chance for a sprinkle of rain coming from the south west.

UK weather radar

I watched the GP2 Sprint race this morning and thought Oliver Rowland was fantastic starting I think at 22nd and cutting his way through the field to finish 7th. What's more impressive is that it was his debut weekend in GP2. He is currently the championship leader in the Formula 3.5 series. One to watch out for!

lolie

astrofluff wrote: »

Just looking at weather radars and there is a chance for a sprinkle of rain coming from the south west.

Here's another radar that let's you zoom in closer.
http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

Ghost Train

looks like it would be end of the race if that rain was to arrive, i wouldnt object too much to some rain

CFlat

I think that Kimi might jump a place or two at the start. I can't see the order at the front 2 changing too much though. Its got to be Lewis's race to lose. I've a feeling a Ferrari might take third place on the podium.

finnharpsboy

amazing start by massa

smellslikeshoes

Woah what happened there.

CFlat

Unreal start by Massa. Unfortunate for Jenson and Grosjean.

Cool_CM

Wow, go Massa!

Gutted for Jenson though and it looks like both Lotus cars are out!

HighLine

Pathetic work from the director... showing nothing!

finnharpsboy

risky business that from hamilton

Ghost Train

Unlucky for both lotus and mclaren

Excellent from williams

Cool_CM

Jaysus this is great stuff!

smellslikeshoes

I could see Manor getting a point today, lot of cars out so early.

TheDoctor

"What it means is both Lotus and McLarens are out and Alonso running around at the back"

Give me strength

TheDoctor

Points for Manor!! Come on lads

Ghost Train

Hamilton over cooked that a bit

Ghost Train

Williams being smart telling drivers not to race?

Looks like they are racing

CFlat

Crazy calls from Williams. If they stop Bottas overtaking Massa they are going to back the up into the Mercs.

finnharpsboy

Ghost Train wrote: »

Williams being smart telling drivers not to race?

Looks like they are racing

should let bottas go

andyman

Agreed, Bottas in Massa's slipstream the whole time isn't going to do them any favours.

Ghost Train

DRS does help Bottas, would he have more pace once passed though

Thidp

Well, Williams said that he could go with a clean move, but it's not that easy.

Massa is doing a good job.

Ghost Train

Bottas looking closer now

Ghost Train

One of the Mercs should go for undercut now, stretch a one stop

Ghost Train

Must have heard me

V_Moth

Dark clouds in the background...

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Interesting finish?

Grim.

the **** were williams at there

Slattsy

Amateurish from Williams.

CFlat

Ghost Train wrote: »

Must have heard me

Yea, you know those bank of computers you see the teams looking at throughout the race...they are looking at Boards.ie

Good call though.