- 21 Jul 14, 20:56#409243
racechick wrote:So of those 6, only 2 are purely bad luck for Lewis (3 if we count 2 DNF's + brake failure).
Lewis bad luck
Two complete DNF's in a race.
Brake failure in quali putting him at the back of the grid.
No safety car deployed when it should have been, putting him right back into play for the win - we don't know that! Yes the SC should have been out but we dont know Lewis would have won. Rosberg may have switched to super softs to cover Lewis as he had a stop advantage. Lewis was also only in that position because he made a mistake - so if the SC helped him he would have been very lucky.
Generally slower pitstops than team mate when tenths were crucial( a relatively minor issue considering some if the others) - That is partly his fault for not placing his car correctly in the box so again thats not really "bad luck"
Prevented from getting pole at Monaco by waved yellows. - I'm not buying this either. Both had 1 clear lap in qualifying and Rosberg set a faster time. Rosberg made an error and got away with it - more good luck for Nico than bad luck for Lewis.
Rules tightened to a disallow all wheels off the track in quali(Austria) - If Hamilton kept on the track he would have kept his time. Purely his error. He wasnt the only one to lose his time.
There's probably more.
racechick wrote:Sorry racechick, I know you are a Lewis fan and will defend him until the very end, but you do appear to be very biased towards Lewis on this. Nothing against you, I probably do the same when I discuss Ferrari or Alonso. I just think you are being slightly unfair with a few of your arguments!
Rosberg's good luck
No penalty for Monaco - Why should there be a penalty? Nico made a mistake.
A Rules made lenient, for F1 races only allowing all four wheels off the track in quali ( Germany) - Really?
No penalty for speeding through a flag( yellow? Can't remember) - I dont remember this one at all.
No penalty for pole gained with all four wheels off the track - When was this? And was it at a track where this was deemed to be illegal
No deployment of safety car in Dangerous situation - I'll accept he was lucky on this one, but I still maintain he would have held on regardless. Even if Lewis passed his super softs had no grip in the last 5-6 laps.

