2016 FORMULA 1 Grand Prix du Canada (Round 7)

[Big Dix]

Good to see Red Bull remembered Daniel's tyres this time

 

[darth_timon]

I thought RBR would be a touch quicker tonight.

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[happy_eagle]

Verstappen can thank Kimi for the podium if he gets it

 

[Joy_Division]

are you kidding me?

 

[darth_timon]

Will Vettel chase Hamilton down? Got a feeling he will...

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[happy_eagle]

Kind of defeats the purpose of the extra stop if Ricciardo is putting on used softs with 17 laps already on them

 

[darth_timon]

Rosberg will be getting annoyed. Probably not doing his tyres any favours


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[darth_timon]

Ultra soft for Verstappen eh? Interesting...

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[happy_eagle]

Red bull just cant overtake on this track

 

[darth_timon]

Slow puncture further screws Rosberg.

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[hey shorty]

Terrible race for Dan

 

[Scary_Foot_9]

Every week teams give up track position and every week it's a terrible decision.

 

[Copernicus]

Seb throwing away his chances here.

Danny hasn't really been on the pace all day.

 

[Copernicus]

Every week teams give up track position and every week it's a terrible decision.

Trying to be too clever at times.

 

[darth_timon]

Nice podium for Bottas. Lol @ Rosberg.

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[happy_eagle]

Another miscalculation of tyre durability from Ferrari
Maurizio wants to put a hit out on Ted

 

[DazzaTys]

Verstappen ignores team orders. Will be interesting to hear why and wether the team will say anything.

 

[LFC2010]

Verstappen ignores team orders. Will be interesting to hear why and wether the team will say anything.

LOL, you're talking about RBR here.. It'll get washed under the carpet like usual.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Much as I don't care for Hamilton, races like this and Monaco show why Rosberg doesn't really deserve the title

 

[happy_eagle]

Verstappen ignores team orders. Will be interesting to hear why and wether the team will say anything.

To be fair he was told "don't hold up Daniel" not "let him pass". Was more a case of telling him not to spend time and energy defending if a move came. Ultimately though Ricciardo got to within about half a second of Verstappen but then dropped off. Max was faster for most the race, and had every right to hold his position.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Much as I don't care for Hamilton, races like this and Monaco show why Rosberg doesn't really deserve the title

Clarify?

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Clarify?

He's slow.

And he doesn't have the ability to make big moves stick that make Dan, Alonso, Ham and Vettel great drivers

 

[Main Man]

No luck for Daniel, got a great start but held up by the Mercs who were slow off the grid which allowed Verstappen to get along side him then Rosberg re-entering as he did meant Verstappen got position on him, he had the pace on Verstappen (who was holding him up for mine) at that point but was never going to get past unless Verstappen was told to move.

I think the thing that really cost him in the end was Seb passing him, Seb dived up the inside and locked up forcing Dan wide, cost him 1-2 secs and in the end that is what cost him position behind Kimi, his race was ruined from there, Kimi put him back in the lap of faster cars whilst Max was able to drive his own race in clear air.

Admittedly he made a mistake locking up under pressure from Bottas but at the end of the day the Bulls just didn't have to race pace or ability to pass on the track against the Merc powered engines, Verstappen drove a solid race and defended well against Rosberg but don't think he was any faster than Dan on the day, it just seemed to fall into place for him.

Daniel clearly has his measure in 1 lap pace but Verstappen is certainly more competitive with race pace, Dan due a little bit of luck I would think as nothing has gone his way this year.

Take the win out and it is historically one of Dans worst tracks so I think he just forgets this one and moves on, interesting to see if the Red Bulls are competitive next week, despite the upgrade it would appear they are still going to struggle on the power tracks.

 

[Main Man]

To be fair he was told "don't hold up Daniel" not "let him pass". Was more a case of telling him not to spend time and energy defending if a move came. Ultimately though Ricciardo got to within about half a second of Verstappen but then dropped off. Max was faster for most the race, and had every right to hold his position.

I actually think Dan had more pace early was just unlucky to get behind Max at the start, however I don't think he was that much faster that Max had to move out of the way so no issues there.


Dan then got unlucky with Seb passing him, he locked up and pushed Dan wide, cost him 1-2 secs.


Their pace for the rest of the race is inconclusive as Dan was camped behind Kimi who was slow whilst Max was out in clear air doing as he pleased, don't think his pace was particularly strong given how quick Bottas and Rosberg were catching him once Kimi was out of the way.

Dan was then put onto 17 lap old softs whilst Max had the ultra softs.

To be honest not a great race for either driver, some brilliant defending by Max on Rosberg but the Bulls just didn't have the pace, hopefully more competitive next week.

 

[Bacon Warrior]

Well, at least Bottas podium'ed it.

Some consolation.