F1 thoughts

"Bandit" (2bandit) 10/13/2013 at 22:46 • Filed to: F1 for americans

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Well that was an exciting race. Spoiler-ish things after gap.

RoGro is shaping up to be my favorite driver for next year (I don't like that Kimi is going to Ferrari and I still like lotus). At least Webber didn't have a failure of something this race...

Z_Stig > Bandit 10/13/2013 at 22:56

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Webber had a failure of team strategy....

They pitted him way too early.

marvthegrate > Bandit 10/13/2013 at 22:57

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Well, you might call it a failure of team strategy. It was good to see him on the podium. BTW I am also not thrilled that Kimi is going back to the scuderia.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Bandit 10/13/2013 at 23:01

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Webber just got fucked over by team orders in the pit strategy so that a whiny Sunshine would win.
Yeah Romaine Lettuce should be great next year, providing Lotus doesn't screw up the new car. I'm not a fan of Ferrari's style of management, but that's where Kimi is going, so I'll be rooting for the red car.

Lachlan - #ForzaJules > Bandit 10/13/2013 at 23:33

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RoGro has a nice ring to it.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > Bandit 10/14/2013 at 00:04

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Here we go RoGro here we go. *clap clap*

Simplify, then add beer > marvthegrate 10/14/2013 at 01:10

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More than just a team failure. Webber had to run 3 stops due to the fact that he goes through tyres faster. Plus he needed to pass Roman and just couldn't.

Not a Sunburst Miata > Z_Stig 10/14/2013 at 01:58

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He got shafted by RBR

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > Lachlan - #ForzaJules 10/14/2013 at 05:43

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Damn, Lotus should really try to make "RoGro" a thing.

davedave1111 > Z_Stig 10/14/2013 at 06:51

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Hardly a failure. RB got a 1-2 out of it, and the constructor's title doesn't care what order your cars come in. By putting their two cars on different strategies, RB guaranteed that Grosjean could only cover one of them; whichever he didn't respond to would be most likely to win.

If Webber hadn't used up his tyres by the time his strategy said he should pit, that was his failure, not the team's. He'd have known how many laps to go before pitting and so-on.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > davedave1111 10/14/2013 at 07:36

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Go home Christian Horner, you're drunk.

Bricks > davedave1111 10/14/2013 at 07:55

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Where I agree it was good strategy for RB it was a poor decision to bring Webber in for him. He could have easily won the race with the same strategy of Vettel. They wanted a 1-2 finish but were probably tired of listening to the whiny german on the radio.... "waahhhhh guys why am I not in first, this isn't fair.....waaaah make Mark get out of my way!!!!"

davedave1111 > Bricks 10/14/2013 at 08:00

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Aside from probably wanting to get Vettel the championship as early as possible so they can then give Webber a win or two, I don't think the conspiracy theories make much sense. There was no effective difference between the two strategies. The difference in how they worked out was down to which one Grosjean followed, which is obviously out of RB's hands. If anything, I (and so plausibly they) would have thought Grosjean would let Webber go and cover Vettel's strategy.

Menebrio > Bandit 10/14/2013 at 08:58

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RoGro, hmmm sounds like Rogains competition.

RoGro-eventually helps you mature into a tamed racing driver.

Looks like the formula is working, cause he's finally getting better!

JEM > Bandit 10/14/2013 at 10:00

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If nothing else this was a much more interesting race than the last couple.