If this race is anything like last year's, then we're in for an exciting weekend. Will Nico lose his championship lead? Will Red Bull take command and go 1-2? Will Ferrari shock everyone and steal the race? Will McLaren duplicate its success from last year, or do even better?
Discuss.
Thanks for getting this up!
In response to your questions: Yes, no, no and maybe.
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Slipping
Drivers
Championship Points
Nico Rosberg 168 Lewis Hamilton 167 Kimi Raikkonen 106 Daniel Ricciardo 100 Sebastian Vettel 98 Max Verstappen 90 Valtteri Bottas 54 Sergio Perez 47 Felipe Massa 38 Romain Grosjean 28 Nico Hulkenberg 26 Carlos Sainz 26 Daniil Kvyat 23 Fernando Alonso 18 Jenson Button 13 Kevin Magnussen 6 Stoffel Vandoorne 1 Pascal Wehrlein 1 Jolyon Palmer 0 Marcus Ericsson 0 Felipe Nasr 0 Estaban Gutierrez 0 Ryo Haryanto 0
Constructors
Championship Points
Mercedes 335 Ferrari 204 RBR 198 Williams 92 Force India 73 Toro Rosso 41 Mclaren 32 Haas 28 Renault 6 Manor 1 Sauber 0
Teams on the rise:
- Force India
- Red Bull
- McLaren
Teams on the decline:
- Sauber
- Ferrari
- Haas
Teams holding more or less steady:
- Mercedes
- Toro Rosso
- Renault
- Williams
- Manor
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Well, I'm back.
Welcome back sir! As you know, you didn't miss much F1-wise.
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Just looking at the driver points and I like what I'm seeing here. Only 1 point difference between the Mercs drivers.
I think it will be interesting with the Haas strategy to see how they do in future seasons to make sure they continue to improve throughout the season. I don't think they are any worse than how they started this year. The teams around them have just gotten better.
Hamsandwich crashes out of FP1...but not before setting the 5th fastest time of the day. Ric is 2nd fastest, half a second behind Rosberg and yet again, the Mercs just look to be on a totally different level to everyone else...
The McLarens in 7th and 8th is a nice thing to see.
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Both McLarens in the top 10 is huge.
Hamilton blocked by Alonso in qualifying in Hungary again, what year is it?
These radio regulations are absurd.
Dejavu like in 2007?
Good race for HAM. Controlled it all the way. Ricciardo did ok as well. Max was lucky to get away with some questionable moves.
Another boring GP. Too predictable, race was decided at first turn.
I did not think Max's defense was over the line. The second moves that Kimi was bitching about seemed to me to be Max's prerogative through the corner. He can move right and then left when the turn is a left. Make a move, Kimi. If you're faster you make it stick.
Lot of tension in that race, even though none of it actually delivered big drama. Ferrari needs to really take it to Red Bull or there will be more heads rolling in Maranello.
I also think there will be real drama at Merc as Hamilton starts getting grid penalties for the inevitable power unit and gearbox changes. That's just the handicap that Nico needs to keep it very close for the WDC.
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