- 06 Oct 14, 12:50#419705
I guess I used the wrong verbage. Rosberg was already flat out holding hamilton off. If hamilton was sooooooooooo much faster before rosberg got oversteery how come it took him a dozen-odd laps to get past?
Nico got his arse handed to him today, without Lewis' info as a reference during the race he settled into his comfort zone - between 0.5 - 3 seconds slower a lap the whole race.
I was almost about to agree with you until this complete bullpoo flowed forth. Some people just can't help it
Geet...he might have a point since Hamilton was just sitting behind Rosberg keeping the gap at 1.5-2s....until the overtake.
From there, it was indeed 0.5-3s quicker until the end.
Suffice to say, Hamilton had the pace all along, but chose to use it when he needed to.
I'd disagree and say rosberg maintained the gap until he had his oversteer issues, and hamilton didn't make any headway into rosberg past 0.9 sec until DRS opened. Ya ya, I know how the aero gets $#@!*& being close behind somebody. Lewis was fighting tooth and nail to get those precious tenths necessary for his DRS to work. Once he got past, rosberg's lack of pace was just exacerbated by hamilton being in clean air and no spray along with the likelihood that he quit pushing as hard since he knew there wasn't anybody else in striking distance. But anyway, until rosberg started suffering from oversteer, hamilton couldn't break +1.2 sec. And I'm even going to go as far as to say that if it were a dry race rosberg would have won out right, fair and square. With the offs that hamilton had this weekend and the relatively clean weekend rosberg had, he'd have just kept his head down and handled business. He didn't make any of the mistakes under pressure yesterday like he has in the past this year
Maintained the gap? Why wasn't Rosberg running off into the distance in the first part of the race. He was in clear air and had no spray to deal with. Why couldn't he pull a gap?
Why the oversteer issues? Both guys have said the car was set up the same. Why couldn't Rosberg deal with what the car threw at him ? is he struggling without pit wall coaching and information on how Lewis is doing it?
When Lewis got past Rosberg, in the move if the race, he didn't just pull a gap, he annihilated him.
Rosberg may have had a relatively 'clean' weekend, but that's no good if you go slow and can't race your competitor.
I guess I used the wrong verbage. Rosberg was already flat out holding hamilton off. If hamilton was sooooooooooo much faster before rosberg got oversteery how come it took him a dozen-odd laps to get past?
Not bad for a #2 driver