2016 Russian Grand Prix
- Another weak race shows Sochi is the new Valencia
- Magnussen beats grand slam Rosberg for Driver of the Weekend
- 2016 Russian Grand Prix team radio transcript
- 2016 Russian Grand Prix Predictions Championship results
- Top ten pictures from the 2016 Russian Grand Prix
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
1st May 2016, 14:49
Another lucky win for Rosberg, hasn’t proved much yet with Hamilton and Vettel yet again getting problems. Verstappen needs to replace Kvyat ASAP. Disgusting GP3 driving from Kvyat.
Cyber
1st May 2016, 14:58
And what about Palmer, will his performance be reviewed to potentially change the driver at Renault mid season?
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
1st May 2016, 15:23
Completely forgot about Palmer. He needs to be replaced by Ocon.
MG421982 (@)
1st May 2016, 14:59
You gotta be kidding……!!! Yeah, and another lucky P2 for Hamilton… because Vettel DNF!!
EF1
1st May 2016, 15:00
Nice chop of the corner by Hamilton turn 1 & 2 to gain 5 places….. Could have braked to avoid the cars in front (as others did), but floored it and chopped the corner from way back straight for the marker instead.
Mike (@mike)
1st May 2016, 15:21
Did he not stay within the track?
Cyber
1st May 2016, 22:12
Nope – But the FIA race stewards were pretty lenient on this today.
So they probably let him get away with it due to all the carnage taking place on the tarmac itself. Appeared indeed like a somewhat deliberate action from Hamilton’s side and this time he got away with it. Potentially even a well-calculated risk to take, as he was starting in 11th, so it could hardly get much worse anyway, even if given a drive through…
B (@)
1st May 2016, 15:17
The only part of the race where ROS was lucky were the last 10 laps. In a post race TV interview, Toto Wolff said after Lewis’ water pressure issue, they started getting strange signals from ROS’ engine when he was flooring it the last ten laps, and their engineers couldn’t figure out what the issue was.
It was funny when ROS said he went quicker in the last laps just to keep his concentration in the race, and not to prove any point. He clearly had speed in hand.
PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
1st May 2016, 15:20
@ultimateuzair Grow up will you, please.
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
1st May 2016, 15:27
I have grown up. I’m not one of those stupid Hamilton conspiracy theorists who constantly accuse Mercedes of sabotage. Why would they want to sabotage Hamilton? I don’t see how it would benefit them.
McL88AsAp (@deongunner)
1st May 2016, 16:31
No matter how unlucky Hamilton this season, Rosberg is still performing better than him. Aussie and Bahrain is about Rosberg better getaway, China maybe Hamilton should’ve been in the podium, but if you say Rosberg win today is lucky than so was Hamilton win in China 2014 and I recall he recieved 30% of DOTW vote. And terms “luck” completely diminished when it come to 7 wins in a row.
N
1st May 2016, 16:38
“Rosberg is still performing better than him.”
That’s an interesting position to take, given that in the only 2 qualifying sessions Hamilton has been able to complete, Rosberg has been beaten.
x303 (@x303)
2nd May 2016, 0:13
How could you say Rosberg was better today?
Hamilton was hampered by mechanical problems he had no way to avoid in qualy. He started well, and when in second place aiming for Rosberg he got the instruction to lift to save the engine.
In the end you can’t conclude who was the best of the two.