Formula 1 2016: Round 15 - Singapore Grand Prix

Charlie-Bravo

The race thread!!

As it's not live on Virgin Media, it'll be interesting to see if there is much need for a thread!!

Sparks43

Well i jumped to sky f%^k VM tbh

Got to watch the Dundalk match as well And again not available on Virgin media.

Id invite you all over to watch it but im an unsociable git who evens kicks his wife out of the house when the race is on :eek::eek:;)

antodeco

What time are the live sessions and the delayed ones? My guide on VM doesnt work haha

lolie

antodeco wrote: »

What time are the live sessions and the delayed ones? My guide on VM doesnt work haha

Quali live at 2 and race at 1 tomorrow our time.
Looks like it'll be battle between merc and red bull.
Verstappen in with a shout to fight for his 2nd win.

Itssoeasy

Jenson button is a gent in fairness.

Itssoeasy

Paul diresta just said that "Turn one is the start of your qualifying lap." That's deep stuff paul.

Ghost Train

Vettel has some issues. Could be interesting qualifying

Ghost Train

And Vettel out of time. Kimi well up in second,so they had some pace

Cool_CM

Disaster for Vettel.

Itssoeasy

Hello mrs bottas.

Cool_CM

Poor Jenson. Really hope he comes back to a car that can do him justice.

Ghost Train

Alonso did well to get through

Cool_CM

Ghost Train wrote: »

Alonso did well to get through

He'll thanking Grosjean for making absolutely sure of it!

Cool_CM

Also, Kylie should be at every Grand Prix

HighLine

Good looking grid but a shame to see Mercedes half a second quicker around one of their traditionally poorer tracks. Hopefully Ricciardo can get Rosberg off the line otherwise the Mercedes will prance off into the distance.

On another note.. never get tired of seeing the aerial shots of the track with the Singapore city skyline in the background.

Jayop

Any race that doesn't have Hamilton on the front row is a good day.

skipper_G

That was an incredible lap from Rosberg. I am pleased as punch. And even better because of Ricciardo beating Hamilton. Also nice job for Force India getting both cars in the top 10. Fingers crossed for a clean race for them and get back in front of Williams

RobertKK

Rosberg has always being good at Singapore.

If he wins tomorrow as I expect him to, he has the momentum and well on the road to be the 2016 WDC.

Autosport

RobertKK wrote: »

Rosberg has always being good at Singapore.

If he wins tomorrow as I expect him to, he has the momentum and well on the road to be the 2016 WDC.

Hopefully not, can't stand his smugness. I'd much prefer if Jensen won

lolie

Brilliant lap from rosberg, unless he gets a bad start it's race over after turn 1.
Love to see ricciardo get the win, and as usual kimi messed up a good chance to get p2/p3.

flazio

HighLine wrote: »

Good looking grid but a shame to see Mercedes half a second quicker around one of their traditionally poorer tracks. Hopefully Ricciardo can get Rosberg off the line otherwise the Mercedes will prance off into the distance.

On another note.. never get tired of seeing the aerial shots of the track with the Singapore city skyline in the background.

Shame about the sponsors putting up a horrible AR* clock on the Big Wheel

*Augmented Reality I'm aware you can only see it on TV.

mickdw

flazio wrote: »

Shame about the sponsors putting up a horrible AR* clock on the Big Wheel

*Augmented Reality I'm aware you can only see it on TV.

It was abit silly alright but no surprise as they use these alot.
Bernie says thanks etc written on Start line.

Jordan 199

Cool_CM wrote: »

Also, Kylie should be at every Grand Prix

I should be so lucky

Ghost Train

I see Perez gets 8 place penalty for not slowing enough for double waved yellows.

Ricciardo set his P2 time on the Super Softs so will have a tyre advantage on the Mercedes at the start of the race

El_Duderino 09

Ghost Train wrote:

Ricciardo set his P2 time on the Super Softs so will have a tyre advantage on the Mercedes at the start of the race

So imagine there's a safety car at the start. The rest of the top 10 could put for super soft but need won't want to give up track position to red Bull. That could leave them at a big disadvantage on ultra softs with the rest of the top 10 on supers.

I have to think Mercedes are banking on a clean start where they can pull away from Red Bull and make the tyres last longer than the 4st of the top 10 on ultras. That way they can pit without getting held up in traffic
Could be an interesting first few laps

Myrddin

Short of an incident on the first lap, this is going to be a complete Rosberg led snooze fest. Nico will sail off into the distance. Lewis will be stuck behind Ricciardo for ages, getting passed him eventually but being way too far behind Nico to catch him. Ricciardo will have a good race, but will probably be caught by Kimi at some point.

If Lewis scores lower than 2nd, & Nico wins, I reckon that's the title lined up for Nico this year.

El_Duderino 09

Myrddin wrote:

Short of an incident on the first lap, this is going to be a complete Rosberg led snooze fest. Nico will sail off into the distance. Lewis will be stuck behind Ricciardo for ages, getting passed him eventually ...

Keep in mind that Lewis is on softer tyres than Ricciardo which gives him an events chance of beating him into turn 1 (****ty start not withstanding).

Myrddin wrote:

If Lewis scores lower than 2nd, & Nico wins, I reckon that's the title lined up for Nico this year.

Lewis is having a lul since the summer break but this weekend is the first time it was actually his fault. I'd still bet on Lewis winning the title.

Myrddin

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Lewis is having a lul since the summer break but this weekend is the first time it was actually his fault. I'd still bet on Lewis winning the title.

I mentioned it before that there's a few 'Nico' tracks coming up, and Singapore is definitely one of them. For whatever reason, Lewis doesn't tend to go well here so I fully expect Nico to convert the pole to a win, & for Lewis to scrape second if he's lucky (first corner incidents being his biggest concern). Mexico last year didn't go his way either, so Nico can get pretty comfortable over the next couple of races if he plays his cards right.

El_Duderino 09

Which tracks are Nico tracks?

Myrddin

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Which tracks are Nico tracks?

Singapore namely fro the ones that are left, & he went very well at Mexico last year too. He also won the Brazilian & Abu Dhabi races last season too...so while nothing is set in stone, I think he has a strong chance to take the WDC this year.

El_Duderino 09

Myrddin wrote:

Singapore namely fro the ones that are left, & he went very well at Mexico last year too. He also won the Brazilian & Abu Dhabi races last season too...so while nothing is set in stone, I think he has a strong chance to take the WDC this year.

He has a strong chance alright but I still think it takes Lewis having an off day or a mechanical problem for him to win each race. If the gremlins move over to Nico's side of the garage like the end of 2014 season, then it's game over.

flazio

Grosjean starting from the pits.

Faugheen

The thought of the power failing in Singapore frightens the ****e out of me.

Cool_CM

flazio wrote: »

Grosjean starting from the pits.

Grosjean out

Autosport

F****

Cool_CM

Fück, safety car I'd imagine

Autosport

Sainz clearly hit him

Autosport

Jeez not a snooze fest yet

Faugheen

Nico Hulkenberg is the unluckiest driver on the grid.

Cool_CM

How did he not collect more cars...

Faugheen

What a stupid release from Williams.

Cool_CM

Faugheen wrote: »

Nico Hulkenberg is the unluckiest driver on the grid.

I'd imagine that Kvyat might contest that statement

Black flag Bottas, fine Williams. Have to something about unsafe releases.

Also Charlie needs to go.

Itssoeasy

Ah yeah have a Marshall on the track as an f1 car is getting up to full speed.

Autosport

Some amount of sparks

Cool_CM

Autosport wrote: »

Some amount of sparks

It's great!

Faugheen

Deleted User wrote: »

Black flag Bottas, fine Williams. Have to something about unsafe releases.

I always maintain that it's completely unfair on the driver. His view is completely hampered in the box. That's 100% Williams' fault.

Autosport

Vettel is going well

Faugheen

Faugheen wrote: »

I always maintain that it's completely unfair on the driver. His view is completely hampered in the box. That's 100% Williams' fault.

Touch, only way to do it. He's getting nothing from this race anyway.

Also a black and orange for that bit of loose bodywork. If that's the threshold from now on it'll be some laugh.

Faugheen

No further action on the unsafe release.

What?