2016 Spanish GP @ Barcelona Catalunya Circuit

[auaq]

Last race was ... meh. It wasn't too exciting to be honest. Would seriously like to see someone challenging Rosberg. It's become too easy for him now winning every race but great results from him so far.

Let's see what Max can do now at RBR and all the best of luck to DK back at Toro Rosso.

Should be a good race.

Drivers	Championship Points
Nico Rosberg	100
Lewis Hamilton	57
Kimi Raikkonen	43
Daniel Ricciardo	36
Sebastian Vettel	33
Felipe Massa	32
Romain Grosjean	22
Daniil Kvyat	21
Valtteri Bottas	19
Max Verstappen	13
Fernando Alonso	8
Kevin Magnussen	6
Nico Hulkenberg	6
Carlos Sainz	4
Sergio Perez	2
Jenson Button	1
Stoffel Vandoorne	1
Jolyon Palmer	0
Marcus Ericsson	0
Pascal Wehrlein	0
Felipe Nasr	0
Estaban Gutierrez	0
Rio Haryanto	0

Constructors	Championship Points
Mercedes	157
Ferrari	76
RBR	57
Williams	51
Haas	22
Toro Rosso	17
Mclaren	10
Force India	8
Renault	6
Sauber	0
Manor	0

[BoldUlysses]

My "goal" for the weekend is for Williams to leapfrog RBR for 3rd in the Constructors'.

And for Rosberg's PU to explode in a giant fireball.

Just kidding on that last one.






Kinda.

[auaq]

Lol. He's become too lonely out in the front. Somebody shoud accompany him. Keep him entertained.

[m3fuz]

Lol. He's become too lonely out in the front. Somebody shoud accompany him. Keep him entertained.

I'm predicting that at least one Mercedes driver will throw a temper tantrum Sunday.

[burninator]

best of luck to DK back at Toro Rosso.

meh

[Jmabarone]

I'm predicting that at least one Mercedes driver will throw a temper tantrum Sunday.

Solid prediction. I expect it to come true.

[AlpineWeiss]

I would love to see Vettle put up more of a fight against Kyvat, I was disappointed he only lasted 3 hits in the last race.

[agentrnge]

Should Kyvat be pushed into Nascar, Hockey, or boxing?

[Jmabarone]

I would love to see Vettle put up more of a fight against Kyvat, I was disappointed he only lasted 3 hits in the last race.

[RidgeBack]

I had to laugh after FP1 and FP2 (where the teams did their quali runs) that Sainz (Chili) was faster than both Ricciardo and Max by 2/10ths and over a second quicker than Kvyat.

Otherwise not much to be learned except that Merc are better (easier on the tires) than anyone else on their long runs, Haas are struggling for pace as well as Williams. To be expected though because Barcelona is tough on tires and it was pretty gusty in FP2.

I expect 3 stop strategies with maybe an outlier running the hard tires going for a 2 stop. But don't think it'll be worth it since the softs are a second a lap quicker than the mediums and the meds are about the same ahead of the hards.

[m3fuz]

Now THAT was a qualifying session! I have no idea what happened to the Ferraris, but wow!

[gary88]

Williams completely botching one of their driver's sessions like always.

Alonso into Q3, first time for McLaren since Abu Dhabi 2014.

RBR in front of Ferrari who apparently forgot to put engines in their cars.

Ricciardo in front of Verstappen.

Should be an interesting race.

[RidgeBack]

Very interesting quali. Ferrari's been jinxed by Marchionne stating that Ferrari's going to start winning races.

Ferrari over a second slower than the Mercs. RBR doing well here.

[auaq]

Yes, brilliant qualifying session. I was wishing for Verstappen to stay ahead of Ricciardo but in the end Ric got ahead. Actually for one moment I thought Verstappen was going to split the two Mercs. The RBR cars turn in very very nicely and looks much stable than others. Ferrari on the other hand were all over the place. They need to work out on the rear end. Sliding everywhere. Congrats to Alonso and Mclaren for getting into Q3 for the very first time this season.

[m3fuz]

It's nice to see GP2 on before F1 again.

[gary88]

Oh.

My.

God.

Someone's getting beheaded at Mercedes.

[burninator]

Holy SHIT

[Blanchimont]

Hoping for a Ferrari win....

[m3fuz]

I so wish I was in the paddock for that conversation, though I'm kind of glad I wasn't!!!

I think Hamilton takes the blame for that one - if he was alongside Rosberg, then it's a different story.

[Yonkers320is]

No spoilers.....

[m3fuz]

No spoilers.....

Probably don't want to check the F1 race threads until you can see the race then...

[burninator]

No spoilers.....

This is a race-specific thread, you probably shouldn't read it if you don't want spoilers. By the way, Verstappen won.

[gary88]

If you had told me before the race that both Mercs would take each other out on lap 1, both Ferraris would be on the podium, and Verstappen would get his first win during his first race with Red Bull I would have laughed hard. What a race.

[metale]

Nico to blame IMO. Got too distracted fidling with the buttons on the steering wheel and them drove Lewis off the track.

[Blanchimont]

Nico did not leave space... And by the time he stopped fiddling with the steering wheel and checked his mirrors it was too late. When you race so close you have to respect and leave space or accept the consequences. Not sure how this will affect mercs line up next season....

Hamilton definitely got a better exit....man that red bull pulls out of corners like on rails.

Ricciardo came close to take Vettel out again, but that is exactly how close racing should be. He quali lap must have been mega, because Helmut Marko commented that Red Bull did not think that time was in the car.