British GP 2016 race thread

[stefa]

2016 DRIVER STANDINGS
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY CAR PTS
1 Nico Rosberg GER MERCEDES 171
2 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 167
3 Kimi Räikkönen FIN FERRARI 106
4 Daniel Ricciardo AUS RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 100
5 Sebastian Vettel GER FERRARI 98
6 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 87
7 Valtteri Bottas FIN WILLIAMS MERCEDES 54
8 Sergio Perez MEX FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 47
9 Felipe Massa BRA WILLIAMS MERCEDES 38
10 Romain Grosjean FRA HAAS FERRARI 28
11 Nico Hulkenberg GER FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 26
12 Carlos Sainz ESP TORO ROSSO FERRARI 26
13 Daniil Kvyat RUS TORO ROSSO FERRARI 23
14 Fernando Alonso ESP MCLAREN HONDA 18
15 Jenson Button GBR MCLAREN HONDA 13
16 Kevin Magnussen DEN RENAULT 6
17 Pascal Wehrlein GER MRT MERCEDES 1
18 Stoffel Vandoorne BEL MCLAREN HONDA 1
19 Esteban Gutierrez MEX HAAS FERRARI 0
20 Jolyon Palmer GBR RENAULT 0
21 Marcus Ericsson SWE SAUBER FERRARI 0
22 Felipe Nasr BRA SAUBER FERRARI 0
23 Rio Haryanto INA MRT MERCEDES 0

[stefa]

2016 CONSTRUCTOR STANDINGS
POS TEAM PTS
1 MERCEDES 338
2 FERRARI 204
3 RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 195
4 WILLIAMS MERCEDES 92
5 FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 73
6 TORO ROSSO FERRARI 41
7 MCLAREN HONDA 32
8 HAAS FERRARI 28
9 RENAULT 6
10 MRT MERCEDES 1
11 SAUBER FERRARI 0

[KimiBot]

Kimi made a bad contract, must sell his boat?

http://kk-superyachts.com/yachts/yacht-iceman-for-sale

[MRoberts]

Nothing much to hang our red hats on in that race other than Kimi was respectable....

[Golfsmith]

Both ferrRarri were left behind in the beginning...the car is not at all suited for wet conditons

I will say not good for any conditions.

[wacc]

Let us move on to Hungaroring where Ferrari will once again be outperformed by Red Bulls. Never thought to say something like that but looking forward to summer break.

[bonzo]

The year of our return to the top has begun,” he said early this month. “The team is there and we’re not far from reaching the level of our competitors.
“The investments won’t be lacking. We have invested a lot of financial resources – the work done in 2015 has laid an exceptional basis for a season of success in 2016.
“We must win right away. We must get back in the saddle immediately and reset to zero the difficulties of the past.”
XPB.cc Sergio Marchionne
Sergio Marchionne - ironic, isn't it?

[WS6TransAm01]

This is just strait up pathetic. Times like this I wish I could curse on the forum.

There is no excuse for the car being such an unmitigated turd.

[FranksterGM]

Man what a horrid day.
Only things making it ok were Raikonen showing some fight and Ricciardo not winning.

[Nova]

I dont understand..All year we have been right up there threatening
merc, then bamo..The question is not why has RB passed us in performance,
but why have we lost ours? Where did it go?

[wacc]

Compared to last year Mercedes were 3,2% faster in Q3 @ Silverstone while Ferrari and Williams were only 2,7% and 1,6% faster. On the other hand Red Bull were 3,6% faster.
Here is the updated relative Q3 performace.

[zike]

Did anyone heard the excuse for today

[wacc]

Excuse from Vettel: We were just not quick enough today.

[bonzo]

Excuse from Vettel: We were just not quick enough today.

Thanks Seb for enlightening us!

[aroutis]

2016 DRIVER STANDINGS
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY CAR PTS
1 Nico Rosberg GER MERCEDES 171
2 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 167
3 Kimi Räikkönen FIN FERRARI 106
4 Daniel Ricciardo AUS RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 100
5 Sebastian Vettel GER FERRARI 98
6 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 87
7 Valtteri Bottas FIN WILLIAMS MERCEDES 54
8 Sergio Perez MEX FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 47
9 Felipe Massa BRA WILLIAMS MERCEDES 38
10 Romain Grosjean FRA HAAS FERRARI 28
11 Nico Hulkenberg GER FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 26
12 Carlos Sainz ESP TORO ROSSO FERRARI 26
13 Daniil Kvyat RUS TORO ROSSO FERRARI 23
14 Fernando Alonso ESP MCLAREN HONDA 18
15 Jenson Button GBR MCLAREN HONDA 13
16 Kevin Magnussen DEN RENAULT 6
17 Pascal Wehrlein GER MRT MERCEDES 1
18 Stoffel Vandoorne BEL MCLAREN HONDA 1
19 Esteban Gutierrez MEX HAAS FERRARI 0
20 Jolyon Palmer GBR RENAULT 0
21 Marcus Ericsson SWE SAUBER FERRARI 0
22 Felipe Nasr BRA SAUBER FERRARI 0
23 Rio Haryanto INA MRT MERCEDES 0

We need to immediately petition Ferrari and have kimi sacked.

[aroutis]

I dont understand..All year we have been right up there threatening
merc, then bamo..The question is not why has RB passed us in performance,
but why have we lost ours? Where did it go?

Maybe they had a better setup than us?

[nani_s23]

What do u take from the race today & yest quali?
MA : we have still 10 odd races to go. We can still win races. RB is not front of us, it's just we are behind them.

Vet : not a great day, we didn't have enough speed. We have a great car, but it's just small as we don't have any luck.

Kimi : nothing great, nothing bad. One day we will be right up there for that we are moving in right direction.

This will be the common statements would be made by Ferrari team.
I think it's better to hire force India pit wall staff where there are making good calls in terms of strategy wise for Perez.

[gjoko-mkd]

What a right direction?


Ferari goes to the back of a grid

[stefa]

Let us move on to Hungaroring where Ferrari will once again be outperformed by Red Bulls. Never thought to say something like that but looking forward to summer break.

And I am going to Hungaroring to witness all that pain and suffering on +40C!

[stefa]

Excuse from Vettel: We were just not quick enough today.

Wow! Really?! WHY?????????????

[IulianFerrari]

And I am going to Hungaroring to witness all that pain and suffering on +40C!

I am not the one to be overly optimistic but looking at last year we should do better in Hungaroring than in England

[Warp]

VET recieved 2 penalty points fo incident with Massa. It was just a racing incident on a half-wet track. VET was in front and lost the rear of the car...
B$ judgement. Let stewards to discourage racing. Im glad this sport is loosing audience.
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[stefa]

I am not the one to be overly optimistic but looking at last year we should do better in Hungaroring than in England

I cannot find any straw to hold on regarding being optimistic....

[stefa]

VET recieved 2 penalty points fo incident with Massa. It was just a racing incident on a half-wet track. VET was in front and lost the rear of the car...
judgement. Let stewards to discourage racing. Im glad this sport is loosing audience.
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If like they are trying really hard to get fans off this sport!?!?!?

[IulianFerrari]

If Rosberg doesnt receive at least another 10 sec than this rule against talking on the radio is going to be made fun of and not get respected. FIA is a joke anyway with penalties, might as well put them all in a hat and draw one, makes more sense than these 0 brainers can come up with

[doublesixes]

It's not written into the laws of nature that Ferrari has to dominate F1. Our team is experiencing a substantial and continued downfall due to lack technical expertise and innovation. At this point it's not clear what is really missing from our package other than to say it sucks in all areas. The driver factor is not that relevant because any of the top 10 qualifiers could bring a winning car to the podium.

[stefa]

If Rosberg doesnt receive at least another 10 sec than this rule against talking on the radio is going to be made fun of and not get respected. FIA is a joke anyway with penalties, might as well put them all in a hat and draw one, makes more sense than these 0 brainers can come up with

[stefa]

It's not written into the laws of nature that Ferrari has to dominate F1. Our team is experiencing a substantial and continued downfall due to lack technical expertise and innovation. At this point it's not clear what is really missing from our package other than to say it sucks in all areas. The driver factor is not that relevant because any of the top 10 qualifiers could bring a winning car to the podium.

No it is not written, and I am not asking for that. I am just asking to be in position to fight for poles, wins and eventually CWC and WDC! Simple as that!

[IulianFerrari]

Mercedes are trolling the FIA just like they were trolling us at the start of the season. This can not go on, last week Ros had "break issues" and they didnt tell him, "causing" problems for other drivers, and now they told him because it could have been "dangerous for others" a mear gearbox issue, where you just slow down not throw parts left and right

[Nova]

Maybe they had a better setup than us?

Mabey, but what about the lack of speed? What, did we use old motors?
It was if we used the F2014 this race.
Could tires still be our problem?