Spanish GP 2017 - Race thread

[Giallo 550]

Moment of the race: Ferrari inviting the little boy to their garage

That was amazing!

[mwk360]

If Kimi survived , he would have negated Botas blocking Vet

[fmatiasii]

Disappointed with the result, especially after Vettel's start. Not a bad result though, considering Bottas held Vettel up and Mercedes brought what was basically a brand new car to Spain. I am shocked that Hamilton's soft tires lasted to the end... I thought Vettel would be able to catch him.

yes i was also expecting ham would burn his tire but apparently he was able to hold it.

[zike]

Seb looks really sad

[nani_s23]

If Kimi survived , he would have negated Botas blocking Vet

I agree with you on this ...

[tifosi1993]

In the race we dearly missed our 2nd driver. He would have done the job for us too

It will be like 2010 or 2012 season. When Alonso was fighting for championship and Massa was missing.

[nani_s23]

Seb looks really sad

He's disappointed

[Warp]

The car was fast indeed. Just the Medium tires didn't work for both Mercedes and Ferrari. About tire degradation seems like Mercedes solved their problems, but we manage the tires pretty well too.

I'd say Mercedes was really lucky with their gamble and Bottas did a great job for Hamilton. Also, don't forget Mercedes had a major update for this race. Ferrari is looking strong for both WCC/WDC.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and

[Kristof_F40]

In the end of the day, everybody thought the medium tyre would be much slower then it showed to be so in the end of the day a bit of luck is involved..
A shame we lost here, just like it was a shame we lost China because of a bad timing of safety car.. Still good to finish P2.
It's just so hard because it so close, like last race..

[mwk360]

I'm disappointed. 2races we lost which we should have won.
China & this one.

the damn VSC & SC

[Tony]

Wow, what a frustrating race.... Bottas not only knocked KR out of the race, but prevented Vettel from winning the race.... completely gutted by the result today....

[Zerocool]

If kimi would have been in the race it would have been a different story, karma caught bottas and mercs with the engine blow up and finally commentators saying hard fought victory for ham... But when did he fight and with whom did he fight he had everything to get past us better tyres, slipstream, DRS and yet its called fighting...? I can be happy only if we CRUSH mercs to defeat in monaco... And what a stupidity from strategy from us and at last why didn't we pit in the vsc window.. Soooooo stupid..... May be I don't know we could have waited for the clear track.... But not so sad only because we could fight....

[fmatiasii]

Seb looks really sad

for leading the majority of the race only to lose in the end?

[Jax]

Sebastian on bottes . OMG that was really epic I love this guy.
https://youtu.be/EKXiP605XPQ

[nani_s23]

Win was within our bag. Hmmmm pretty disappointed

[Kristof_F40]

It will be like 2010 or 2012 season. When Alonso was fighting for championship and Massa was missing.

I think this year our car is more competitive. But we don't have Fernando ofcourse.. However, think Seb is doing great this season

[nani_s23]

Driver of the day. It should be vettel

[fmatiasii]

Wow, what a frustrating race.... Bottas not only knocked KR out of the race, but prevented Vettel from winning the race.... completely gutted by the result today....

on the positive side, bottas retired due to engine problems.

[mwk360]

I agree with you on this ...

he even had a good start! Kimi / Ham / Seb for p1 would'v been glorious

[Nomore]

We had the fastest car, but we didnt win!

[nani_s23]

We had the fastest car, but we didnt win!

This is what I'm concerned. Two races which we should have won

[fmatiasii]

This is what I'm concerned. Two races which we should have won

it's ok mate, we'll get them next time.

[mwk360]

the way Ham passed seb so easily was really hard to watch

[zike]

We had the fastest car, but we didnt win!

S3 was not as good as Merc, so we could be in trouble in Monaco

[da_one]

2nd is not a bad result considering the massive update the Mercs brought for this race, aero and engine wise.

What is now clear is that strategy will play a very crucial role from this race forward, considering the race trim pace of Mercs and Ferrari are just about equal (although I feel we are ahead by a few tenths). Mercedes for sure is now using Bottas as their moving chicane to disrupt Vettel's run for the championship this early in the season and we need to adapt to this quickly. Of course it is easier said than done, and we need Raikkonen to perform well now more than ever to get back to our championship winning ways.

[mwk360]

on the positive side, bottas retired due to engine problems.

lol karma for what happened to Kimi

[icedeepan]

Good race at the front with blow and counter blow between Vettel and the 2 mercs! Several factors (Kimi crashing out in lap 1 meaning Mercedes had a wider strategy option with both Lewis and the other Mercedes, ability to use Bottas as a shield, the VSC eating away the 8 second lead Seb had and Pirelli's ultra conservative tyre choice) conspired against us today!

[fmatiasii]

S3 was not as good as Merc, so we could be in trouble in Monaco

i think we will be better in Monaco considering we still have a better downforce.

[mwk360]

so no major upgrades for ferrari then? if s3 is a very tight sector and monaco is a street circuit, thats going to be hard

[Zerocool]

lol karma for what happened to Kimi

Karma for holding seb took..