F1 Zorg & Badger GP 2015 Season

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How the Belgian GP unfolded

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Summary

1. 'Impeccable race for Grosjean'
   
   
2. Hamilton wins, Rosberg 2nd, Grosjean 3rd
3. Kvyat 4th, Perez 5th, Massa 6th
4. Vettel suffers dramatic tyre explosion while running third
5. German furious at tyre failure
6. Williams penalised for mixing tyre compounds
7. Hulkenberg, Maldonado, Ricciardo, Sainz out

Good race though as the quote says, Vettel must have been raging especially as he questioned the decision to keep him out.

 

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Romain Grosjean beaming from ear to ear.

Toys out the pram

Sebastian Vettel is VERY angry after his right rear tyre exploded with two laps to go. (In 3rd place)

And you all thought this only happened at Sh$t Fit

One of the more unusual moments in that race was Valtteri Bottas being sent out with one medium tyre and three soft tyres on.



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David Coulthard

"Mistakes will happen but it's an embarrassing one for Williams. These sort of things shouldn't happen."

"Sounds like someone forgot to connect the batteries," reports Jenson Button, who is currently 15th, over team radio.

Oh McLaren...

That is one guilty-looking mechanic.........
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Italian Grand Prix qualifying

Summary

1. Qualifying at 13:00 BST - coverage from 12:00
2. Rosberg changes back to older engine
3. Hamilton fastest in final practice, Vettel 2nd
4. Ricciardo suffers engine failure

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Italian Grand Prix qualifying

Summary

1. Qualifying at 13:00 BST - coverage from 12:00
2. Rosberg changes back to older engine
3. Hamilton fastest in final practice, Vettel 2nd
4. Ricciardo suffers engine failure

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Taken a break from Zed cleaning to watch. Only missed about 5/6 in the last 20 years or so on the TV. Best sport in the world IMHO.

 

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Nico Rosberg had an engine change and has had to revert back to a power unit used at Spa two weeks ago. Mercedes used all seven of their tokens and only Lewis has them on his car.

MERCEDES AMG F1

MercedesAMGF1

As this engine is already in the race pool, @nico_rosberg will not receive a penalty for taking the engine change #F1 #ItalianGP #Monza

Mercedes are changing Nico Rosberg's engine to his Spa unit after discovering a problem. Means he will be down on performance compared to Lewis Hamilton.

 

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Ricciardo's Red Bull woes........

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It must be getting increasingly harder for Daniel Ricciardo to maintain that dazzling smile.
A hydraulics issue cut short his time on the circuit in third practice as Red Bull's Renault engine woes continued.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was using a brand new engine that would add to the 25 grid positions worth of penalties he had already accrued, but that failed in the course of the session, team boss Christian Horner saying the problem was "terminal".

Earlier, Horner attempted to make a joke of the situation, saying the competition for who can take the most penalties was closer than that at the front of the grid.

 

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Hamilton on Italian GP pole

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Summary

1. Hamilton on pole, Raikkonen 2nd, Vettel 3rd
2. Rosberg 4th after changing back to older engine
3. Massa 5th, Bottas 6th, Perez 7th, Grosjean 8th
4. Hulkenberg 9th, Ericsson 10th
5. Verstappen's engine cover disintegrates
6. Both McLarens, Manors, Verstappen out in Q1

 

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Hamilton on Italian GP pole

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Summary

1. Hamilton on pole, Raikkonen 2nd, Vettel 3rd
2. Rosberg 4th after changing back to older engine
3. Massa 5th, Bottas 6th, Perez 7th, Grosjean 8th
4. Hulkenberg 9th, Ericsson 10th
5. Verstappen's engine cover disintegrates
6. Both McLarens, Manors, Verstappen out in Q1

That's good for Hamilton as he's not the best at starts.

 

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That's good for Hamilton as he's not the best at starts.

Sod Hamilton, I am just really happy for Raikkonen ........

 

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I always back the underdogs after using the top dog to get me some points. Bad move this season I have to say....

My Pitwall.....BGP

Lewis Hamilton
£22 million

Kimi Raikkonen
£15 million

Pastor Maldonado
£6 million

Your Cars

Mercedes - £23 million

Lotus - £7 million

Manor GP - £2 million

 

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Red for danger?

Haha, Hamilton's look says it all to me, 'where the f*** did you come from old man?'

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Just had another thought about above photo but I do not think a lot of people will know what I am on about.......

Captain Scarlet and Captain Black........

By the way, I am not a Ferrari fan, I am a driver fan.

SPV any one?

 

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How the Italian GP unfolded

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Summary

1. Massive step in wrong direction - Rosberg
   
2. Hamilton keeps win after investigation over tyre pressure
3. Vettel 2nd, Massa 3rd, Bottas 4th, Raikkonen 5th
4. Hamilton told to push by team in closing stages despite big lead
5. Rosberg out with engine failure
6. Grosjean, Maldonado, Alonso out

Massive step in wrong direction - Rosberg​

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He retired late on with smoke billowing out of his Mercedes, and he said: "It is a massive step in the wrong direction. I keep going. Giving up doesn't exist for me."

 

[t-tony]

• I have to say I felt for Rosberg when his engine let go, he was doing a great job and would probably have caught and maybe passed Vettel ( I agree with Mike's comment about Vettel, I noticed at the end of our National Anthem he again congratulated Lewis) I would have been well p***** off if Lewis had had the win taken away from him.

Tony.

 

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Dan Thompson‎ Badger GP - F1 chat

You reap what you sow. Still worrying that we now have 4 cars with no engines and 2 more that may not make it to the end of the season without a buyout.

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Mercedes rejects Red Bull engine deal - AUTOSPORT
The Mercedes board has decided not to supply Formula 1 engines to Red Bull in the future, AUTOSPORT understands
M.AUTOSPORT.COM|BY IAN PARKES

 

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Singapore Grand Prix qualifying

Summary

1. Qualifying under way
2. Kvyat fastest, Hamilton 2nd in Q1, McLarens make Q2
3. Maldonado, Saubers, Manors out in Q1
4. Ferraris and Red Bulls outperforming Mercedes

 

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Very tight for Jenson Button but he is in second part of qualifying, and for once McLaren have not lost a car in the first part....

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Ooh, now that is a turn up for the books.......who ever expected this?
My predictions have been shot to bits.

Summary

1. Vettel on pole by half a second, Ricciardo 2nd
2. Hamilton only 5th a second behind
3. Raikkonen 3rd, Kvyat 4th, Rosberg 6th
4. Sainz hits wall, McLarens out in Q2
5. Vettel top in Q2, Kvyat top in Q1
6. Maldonado, Saubers, Manors out in Q1

 

[GazHyde]

Wow that's a shakeup!