Japanese GP 2016 Race thread

[bonzo]

So congratulation to Mercedes. But that is their last easy ear title. Watch out for next year.

I appreciate youe sense of humor

[fronaldo]

So congratulation to Mercedes. But that is their last easily earned title. Watch out for next year.

Red Bull it is

[zike]

So congratulation to Mercedes. But that is their last easily earned title. Watch out for next year.

Yes, watch out for RB

[IulianFerrari]

If either of our boys started 3rd we would have finished 2nd in this race. All going wrong at the moment, as it has been all year, drivers getting screwed by the strategists, having penalties or just rotten luck. I think in normal circumstances we would be ahead of the RBR

[Rishu]

Congrats to Mercs, Max did a solid job once again. Our boys again did whatever they could to be honest.


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[doublesixes]

Jalopies need no less than 80 HP, maybe more.

[Kyss4k]

Yea, next year... There is no chance, we will do wel next year. Our team is unstable, we lost Alison and then changing the team mid development of the new car, we have no top guys in the team to push the boundaries and the worst of all, our aero development was again really poor this season. And as it's all about aero in 2017... yeaaah

[wacc]

If either of our boys started 3rd we would have finished 2nd in this race. All going wrong at the moment, as it has been all year, drivers getting screwed by the strategists, having penalties or just rotten luck. I think in normal circumstances we would be ahead of the RBR

How do you know? Wasn't Seb 2nd before the first pit stops? Edit, no he was not but could have do undercut as Kimi did with Ricciardo.

[IulianFerrari]

How do you know? Wasn't Seb 2nd before the first pit stops?

Seb was never in front of MV on equal pit stops today

[nani_s23]

So we have 4 more races to go ... to see these brilliant strategies & gear box penalties again.
On the other side MA says, need to earn place in Ferrari.

[bonzo]

Yea, next year... There is no chance, we will do wel next year. Our team is unstable, we lost Alison and then changing the team mid development of the new car, we have no top guys in the team to push the boundaries and the worst of all, our aero development was again really poor this season. And as it's all about aero in 2017... yeaaah

Kyss, you are the best fortune teller here! Spot on!!

[Hornet]

If Vet had the same tire allocation as Kimi, then I disagree that we were forced into using one hards only. Racing with a used set of tires is something that is commonly done in races, so that shouldn't be the issue. During a race, the compound matters more than whether a set have been used in qualifying or not.

I believe the team decided to try different strategy with both drivers. Unfortunately Vettel's one didn't work out against Lewis.

[IulianFerrari]

How do you know? Wasn't Seb 2nd before the first pit stops? Edit, no he was not but could have do undercut as Kimi did with Ricciardo.

The last part makes no point either. I stand by what I said If seb or kimi started 3rd we would have finished 2nd.

[wickedf1]

I like the Max he is same like little Senna. It is fun man.

[bonzo]

Nico needs three P2 and one P3 in the last 4 races and will be wdc. Fingers crossed for him.

[F1NAC]

I like how I need to wake up early only to see how Ferrari s up again when the car is preforming.

[bonzo]

Nico needs three P2 and one P3 in the last 4 races and will be wdc. Fingers crossed for him.

Or just two more victories

[zike]

Unfortunately we wouldn't see a title for many years to come

[tifosi1993]

How can the pitwall !@#$ it up every other weekend?

"Sebastian is faster than Verstappen"
"Ok, lets keep Sebastian out until Red Bull can undercut us"

"Kimi is doing fastest laps on hard"
"Ok, lets keep Sebastian out until Lewis can undercut us"

For !@#%'s sake.

[DelMar]

Or just two more victories

Plus a small change of 3 points.

[bonzo]

Seb had 3 sets hards - one used in FPs, one in the race, so what happened to set No 3???

[bonzo]

Plus a small change of 3 points.

yeah, sorry for mistake

[Raveen34]

Hamilton was snapchatting at the start, adding his rabbit ears lol

[Warp]

Seb had 3 sets hards - one used in FPs, one in the race, so what happened to set No 3???

LH and Nico used worn tires. Ferrari could have done the same thing.

[Kyss4k]

How can the pitwall !@#$ it up every other weekend?

"Sebastian is faster than Verstappen"
"Ok, lets keep Sebastian out until Red Bull can undercut us"

"Kimi is doing fastest laps on hard"
"Ok, lets keep Sebastian out until Lewis can undercut us and let's put him on softs"

For !@#%'s sake.

[wacc]

So according to Seb, it was like we expected. The late 2nd pit stop was the strategy to try to overtake Verstapen before the end of the race.
What about trying to do an undercut next time?

[JPA]

Our guys did what they could. Drivers get A+ but reliability gets F again. Great first 10 laps for Seb and great middle stint for Kimi. As you can see overtaking is really hard here and strategy is important - we did ok with that.
Pace was actually really good. Better than either of RB cars. Still cards were deald in the beginning and before race.

Honestly guys if you could please be bit more positive and supportive - we need that attitude more now. Can't be supporter only when everything goes well.

[KurtC]

Hamilton was snapchatting at the start, adding his rabbit ears lol

like this? lol

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[badr]

Next year will be red bull fighting mercedes. And we should be happy that mclaren is still not that fast.
Ferrari is becoming hopeless. After 8 years still no prizes.
If we didn't have kimi we would be nothing this year. I am really dissapointed in Vettel and also in the strategy of the races.
Sorry but i don't see Ferrari do any better next year against merc or even red bull.
Mostly i am an optimist but we should face the truth about ferrari.

[badr]