Pick the Podium: F-1 - Austrian Grand Prix, Speilberg, Austria, 2016

[Retroram52]

This week the F-1 boys are in Austria at the Speilberg track. We shall see if anyone can break the grip of the Mercedes of Hamilton and Rosberg.

 

[Retroram52]

Ran was the topic at Spielberg along with Rosberg.

FP2 - Rosberg tops rain-hit Spielberg session

 

[forty_three]

Well, we've been looking for a true crapshoot when it comes to predicting the outcome of a race, and it looks like Spielberg is giving it to us. Suspension failures for just hitting kerbs, surprise pace from Red Bull and Force India, grid spot penalties, a McLaren on the second row and... oh yeah. Torrential downpours that dry in a few minutes' time.

This is gonna be madness. Great qualifying results for Hulk and Jenson, but they won't hold on.

I will take
HAM
RIC
ROS

If it rains, all bets are off.

 

[IndyAndy]

Lots of grid penalties, so it's hard to figure out who really starts where.

I'll take:

Hamilton
Raikkonen
Ricciardo

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Hamilton
Ricciardo
Vettel

 

[Retroram52]

I'll go with Hamilton, Raikkonen, Rosberg.

 

[Retroram52]

Looks like it is Hamilton, Verstappen, and Raikkonen. Rosberg and Hamilton almost took each other out again. Hamilton limped home for the win and Rosberg got punted into a 4th place finish. Hamilton is comin' on and the angst between the two is heating back up as well.

 

[IndyAndy]

Hamilton/Rosberg is starting to look like the old Senna/Prost days.

Another good drive by Mad Max.

Here's how we did:


Retroram52 & IndyAndy: 6 points each. Picked Hamilton to win, got Raikkonen out of position.
Hank Kingsley & forty_three: 5 points each. Picked Hamilton to win.

Season Totals so far:

forty_three: 40 points
Retroram52: 40 points
IndyAndy: 40 points
Hank Kingsley: 36 points
VFL1995: 16 points

All knotted up at the top.

Next Up: Silverstone, next weekend.

 

[Retroram52]

Man, what a race we have here this year! Three-way tie. Onto England we go.

 

[forty_three]

They Penalized Nico 10 seconds for that brain fart, but that will seem like nothing once Toto Wolff gets ahold of him in debrief. Holy crap, he is a bonehead. Today, Lewis won his fourth world championship.

And I was *that* close to saying HAM, RIC, RAI, but I expected some more Ferrari strategy screw ups. I mean, I got them, but I expected it to cost Raikkonen this time, not Seb. Dangit.


And I am surprised Red Bull didn't tell Max to move over early. Writing might be on the wall for Daniel.

 

[forty_three]

From the far superior Sky Sports coverage:

He didn't even try to make the corner. Should have given him a DNF.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Nancy Rosberg.

And Sky coverage is superb by the way.

 

[Retroram52]

Yep, Hank, Rosberg is whining more and more these days.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Yep, Hank, Rosberg is whining more and more these days.

And almost every time he tries to be the hard man he fucks himself up more than he fucks up Lewis.

You look at the video above and not once does Lewis do anything untoward but race.