2015 Spanish GP race thread

[bonzo]

Ham is trying to get Ros as well, has enough time if he does 2 sec per lap faster

[Greig]

GG strategy guys...great job. Hamilton COULDNT pass Vettel because dirty air even though he was faster and then they give Hamilton clean air. I like our agressivness but today its just bad...

And how do you propose we stayed in front of him always? If we pitted Lewis would have clear air, when Lewis pitted he had clear air to pass us anyway. Only way to keep him behind is pit on the same lap which off course is impossible.

[FerrariSteve]

1-2-3. is set.. Can Kimi get 4th?

[mizf1]

we need to keep an eye on Bottas, 8 secs behind us. It seems like Williams made a good gain with their upgrades

[KurtC]

at least Vet didn't blame the strategy, well at least we might still get podium Mercs are too fast

[Rishu]

In hindsight it easy to criticise the strategy but my experience says no strategy will work if car is not fast enough. Merc do have a better car, Seb & Team doing well but unfortunately not good enough

[NenoX]

And how do you propose we stayed in front of him always? If we pitted Lewis would have clear air, when Lewis pitted he had clear air to pass us anyway. Only way to keep him behind is pit on the same lap which off course is impossible.

Yeah, we lucked out on the first stop when hamilton got held back on his first stop.

[darkchild]

Merc is bloody fast...In clean air they are pure savage but behind Vettel they just COULDNT pass them, like Vettel and Bottas in Bahrain so why give track position away? Make him eat his tires up, not give him clean track...

[Greig]

Merc is bloody fast...In clean air they are pure savage but behind Vettel they just COULDNT pass them, like Vettel and Bottas in Bahrain so why give track position away? Make him eat his tires up, not give him clean track...

And how do you do that? If we pitted first then Lewis stays out.

[LivingHitokiri]

LOL Kimi

[darkchild]

And how do you propose we stayed in front of him always? If we pitted Lewis would have clear air, when Lewis pitted he had clear air to pass us anyway. Only way to keep him behind is pit on the same lap which off course is impossible.

He had clean air first pit stop as well, Vettel still went ahead. We had 1.5s before Ham pittet for 3.4s. We COULD get infront of him...it was obvious Hamilton couldnt pass because of dirty air. Should went with tried and tested and whatever happened...anyway hopefully 3-4 is possible.

[NenoX]

Lost 2nd place, still looking forward to 4th with Kimi!!

[hakanabi]

Gave up on second? No way we could have taken second with a pace like that from mercs. They are mighty fast

[FerrariSteve]

Not only are they way faster by a mile than us, they also have bulletproof reliability which only adds to the problems.

[Greig]

He had clean air first pit stop as well, Vettel still went ahead. We had 1.5s before Ham pittet for 3.4s. We COULD get infront of him...it was obvious Hamilton couldnt pass because of dirty air. Should went with tried and tested and whatever happened...anyway hopefully 3-4 is possible.

Lewis had a slow 1st pit stop due to the rear left not going on.

[Schumiklub]

we NEVER had a chance aginst mercedes...tehy are just TOO FAST

At least it was hard for Ham to pass when he's behind Seb.

[LivingHitokiri]

COME ON KIMI GET PASS HIM!

[superwonderboy]

No substitute for raw pace. I see it here today....

[darkchild]

Lewis had a slow 1st pit stop due to the rear left not going on.

2nd one wasnt fast either. We would NEVER lose 2 seconds in one lap to Hamilton, plus our 2nd pit was 2.2s so that would mean that Ham would have to be 3s fasrer on one lap, so no way...

[NenoX]

No substitute for raw pace. I see it here today....

Yup, Merc just has so much inside their bag.

[Greig]

2nd one wasnt fast either. We would NEVER lose 2 seconds in one lap to Hamilton, plus our 2nd pit was 2.2s so that would mean that Ham would have to be 3s fasrer on one lap, so no way...

Did you miss how fast Lewis was on his outlaps? Cmon be serious we don't have the pace to race them.

[FerrariSteve]

C'mon Kimi...Push!!

[NenoX]

looks like Bahrain all over again hahaha!

[bonzo]

Let us wait for the "canadian miracle"

[stefa]

Let us wait for the "canadian miracle"

Don't think/believe there are miracles in motor sport....

[Schumiklub]

Seb driving personal best laps now...

[KimiBot]

bottas is good defensive driver, so this is gonna be difficult

[stefa]

VB is faster on straights than KR...

[darkchild]

Did you miss how fast Lewis was on his outlaps? Cmon be serious we don't have the pace to race them.

We dont obviously, but Hamitlon COULDNT pass Vettel in dirty air, he said it himself few times on TR. Fact is, Vettel would come ahead Hamilton if he pitted like last time, and then even if Hamilton would close him down (like Raikkonen is doing to Bottas now) he MAYBE wouldnt be able to pass. He probably would, but giving Ham clean air for 10-15 laps was sucidal...

[Fireblade]

Strange that our drivers are so partial to different tyres - Seb quicker than Kimi on mediums, Kimi quicker than Seb on hards.