geetface9 wrote:Peng wrote:geetface9 wrote:What I'm about to say, I say from a mercedes standpoint and not from a standpoint of favoring one driver over another. Mercedes lost two chances for a win today when they didn't make hamilton move over for rosberg. As has been pointed out, hamilton would have gotten 4th had they done that, but at the time of the call, they were looking at rosberg gaining 3-4 seconds a lap like he did at the end for the chance of a win and also the possibility of hamilton's tires holding out for the win, so when they made that call, they were looking at TWO scenarios in which a win was at least feasible. I think hamilton made the right choice for himself by not just pulling over, and I don't hold that against him. I would have said the same thing, "yo, tell rosberg to get on my gearbox and then I'll let him through, but not a moment before." The ball was dropped when mercedes didn't emphatically tell him to GET THE $#@! OVER because from their pitwall they were looking at the possibility of TWO winning scenarios, two different strategies as I mentioned above. So all in all, whatever hamilton gained by finishing ahead of rosberg, mercedes lost in the end because they don't care who wins, as long as one of them does and preferably as a one-two. Again, I'd have done the same thing as hamilton, and that's coming from an obvious rosberg fan. But I think the team may come under criticism that is reminiscent of red bull last year in malaysia when they told both drivers to turn their engines down and one was like NOPE! It's a little different cuz they got the 1-2 but I expect mercedes may take some heat over this. Or not, because so many people think hamilton shits gold 
They obviously had no confidence of Hamilton overtaking Alonso because asking Hamilton to move over at that point was asking Hamilton to settle for 4th place, makes no sense to me and seems like one of the worst calls Mercedes have made so far.
As I mentioned, in hindsight yes he'd have got 4th place, but at the time they were expecting alonso to pit again and lose positions. I don't think anybody expected alonso to last so long on those tires. I know I didnt. Hell of a drive from alonso on those tires!
Wait why didn't you think Alonso could do 32 laps on the options? at the time he went onto his final tyres he had already done a 29 lap stint on a set of the options, Hamilton himself did a 31 lap stint on the options and so did Ricciardo, Raikkonen actually did 33 laps on his 1st set of options.
If Mercedes really thought Alonso wouldn't be able to get another 3 laps out of a set of options when fuel levels were lower and the track was more rubbered in I'm not really sure what to say lol.
Heres a list of the strategies
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/07/27/2 ... pit-stops/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I missed out!! 
not that I would know wtf I'm doing in the first place, but...w/e 
if I do say so myself.
- By hass25