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[DrM]

What is Mercedes doing

 

[darkinstinct]

Last race he does 40 laps on the medium and now barely 15? Guess he went too fast for the tyres?

 

[nature boy]

FFS show Hamilton's tire, shitty FOM director.

 

[tomtom94]

Does Verstappen intend to do 30 laps with a Medium here?

I reckon a very short stint on a set of supersofts to end the race, given Sainz only made 21 laps on the mediums.

 

[brotkasten]

Thought that Sauber is on 2015 engine due to lack of money

Would make perfect sense, but they somehow caught up the money.

The new car, which features an almost identical livery to the one the team used last year, is more tightly packaged than its predecessor thanks to the revised layout of the power unit produced for 2016 by Sauber’s engine supplier, Ferrari.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Is it 'World Overtake-a-Williams Day'?

 

[Chuck]

2.2 pitstop by williams

 

[Line_HTX]

Supersofts are weird.

 

[Zaru]

Terrible pit stops all around

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Oops. Rosberg did not a good stop.

 

[Goldrusher]

Sainz out.

 

[Line_HTX]

Oh fucking come on, NBCSN, where's the side by side?

 

[nature boy]

Sainz :

 

[tomtom94]

Fun fact of the day: Pedro de la Rosa is the lap record holder in Bahrain. (We're about 3 seconds off it being broken atm, if you're curious).

 

[Juicy Bob]

Fun fact: 'Sainz' means 'cursed one' in Spanish...

 

[Zeknurn]

Is it 'World Overtake-a-Williams Day'?

Trulli snuck into the Williams garage and stole Bottas' overalls.

 

[DrM]

Supersofts are weird.

Mediums are the worst decision for this track

Well unless you are Mercedes

 

[Yagami_Sama]

There is no sense and keep Bottas on the track with that super deteriorated set of tyres.

 

[nny]

Grosjean!

 

[Line_HTX]

Nice pass by Grojean over Kvyat.

Don't have to deal with Bitchstappen behind him.

 

[DrM]

Stoff in points currently

 

[Zaru]

Did I miss something or why are Rai/Ham closer to Ros?

 

[tomtom94]

There is no sense and keep Bottas on the track with that super deteriorated set of tyres.

Williams going for a two-stopper and hoping that Bottas loses less than a pitstop out on track... don't think it's working.

 

[Risgroo]

YESSS ROMAIN

 

[brotkasten]

Did I miss something or why are Rai/Ham closer to Ros?

Probably just Rosberg managing the car and tyres.

 

[Line_HTX]

Ooh, Vandoorne came from Japanese Super Formula, huh

 

[brotkasten]

Ooh, Vandoorne came from Japanese Super Formula, huh

They flew him in last minute.

 

[DrM]

Did I miss something or why are Rai/Ham closer to Ros?

Longer pitstop for Rosberg due to some tweaks

 

[John_B]

Magnussen up as 9. Not bad considering he started from the pit lane and is driving a Renault.

Many good performances today.

 

[Line_HTX]

Just saw the early highlights, damn...

 

[DrM]

Mercedes will bring first upgrades to China

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Lewis dropping way back.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Bottas put soft tyres? No way he will not do any other pit stop.

 

[psylah]

The spark plates are so dumb, lol

 

[aspiegamer]

A Manor. Overtook. A Force India. On track. For position.

 

[EarsOfASnake]

A Manor. Overtook. A Force India. On track. For position.

I'm glad I was sitting down for that.

 

[Line_HTX]

The spark plates are so dumb, lol

Yeah, I can't help but wonder if something will break off down the straight again, haha

 

[Zeknurn]

I'm still waiting for Rosberg to be forced to retire. I bet Toto is getting ready to spin the car failure wheel.

 

[brotkasten]

Mercedes will bring first upgrades to China

RIP 2016 season.

A Manor. Overtook. A Force India. On track. For position.

And it was amazing. Now watch them get the Williams!

 

[Orbis]

The spark plates are so dumb, lol

They are dumb and silly and childish. But screw it, I love them.

 

[spuckthew]

Are Merc stopping again or is Kimi gonna have to try to overtake Hamilton?

Edit: nvm lol

 

[tomtom94]

So do Mercedes not want Hamilton challenging Raikkonen or something?

 

[brotkasten]

I'm still waiting for Rosberg to be forced to retire. I bet Toto is getting ready to spin car failure wheel.

Believe me, 5 laps more and they'd have to retire BOTH cars! It was SO CLOSE. Please believe me! Why is no one believing me?!

They are dumb and silly and childish. But screw it, I love them.

Again, makes for great pictures on a track like that.

 

[stryke]

Lol both Red Bulls got exactly the same front wing damage.

 

[Line_HTX]

At least it's not Rosberg leading.

 

[Zeknurn]

That's bad luck for Haas.

 

[Chuck]

shitty pit stops as far as the eye can see

 

[Juicy Bob]

They've all got sand in their wheel guns.

 

[Psychotext]

Goddamn it. I really hope they got that tyre on properly.

 

[Zeknurn]

Believe me, 5 laps more and they'd have to retire BOTH cars! It was SO CLOSE. Please believe me! Why is no one believing me?!

Ferrari engineer brotkasten has become Mercedes pr manager.