Official 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Thread ***Spoilers***
Posted by Toki
gav Wrote:
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> Hamilton deserves this one undoubtedly and he's
> unquestionably been better, but remember that this
> is Rosberg's first title fight (and he's made a
> few rookie errors of late) but Hamilton fumbled it
> in his previous two (realistic) championship
> battles, so I'm not loading my money on Hamilton
> for 2015 quite yet. He's the clear favourite, but
> I expect Nico to push him a bit harder and a bit
> more consistently.
What's impressed me about Nico this year has been his mental resilience and hidden depths. Each time Lewis has had the upper hand, Nico has initially struggled to match him but then found another gear and responded nicely. The best example of all being his immaculate performance all weekend in Brazil. He seems to be able to dig exceptionally deep.
Overall, whatever happens this weekend, I think he's done a really good job this year. And I agree, just as he's managed to raise his game during this season, he should be able to use the experience and come back stronger next year too.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2014 01:23AM by EC83.
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> Hamilton deserves this one undoubtedly and he's
> unquestionably been better, but remember that this
> is Rosberg's first title fight (and he's made a
> few rookie errors of late) but Hamilton fumbled it
> in his previous two (realistic) championship
> battles, so I'm not loading my money on Hamilton
> for 2015 quite yet. He's the clear favourite, but
> I expect Nico to push him a bit harder and a bit
> more consistently.
What's impressed me about Nico this year has been his mental resilience and hidden depths. Each time Lewis has had the upper hand, Nico has initially struggled to match him but then found another gear and responded nicely. The best example of all being his immaculate performance all weekend in Brazil. He seems to be able to dig exceptionally deep.
Overall, whatever happens this weekend, I think he's done a really good job this year. And I agree, just as he's managed to raise his game during this season, he should be able to use the experience and come back stronger next year too.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2014 01:23AM by EC83.
By the way, from watching re-runs of the Practice sessions - how small is Will Stevens?! He looks like he could be Ant's mini-me.
Alonso lighting up the rears. 
New floor for Nico's car. Hopefully that doesn't cause any problems for him, the team look like they've made a nice job of changing it.
Martin Brundle: "Let's start a rumour and see how quickly it whirlwinds up and down that 400m of concrete down there. Button has bought Caterham, and will drive at himself, and will have a celebrity in the other car"
LMAO!
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LMAO!
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The odds are still heavily in Hamilton's favour, all Rosberg can do is win the race and hope for the best. I don't think the Williams is going to be able to challenge them in the race because the Merc is simply far better in looking after the tyres and the Merc has a big enough advantage to be able to recover relatively easily from any minor problem.. Although perhaps except the wiring loom one 
It was a very strong Q3 by Rosberg, and he put that together just at the time that Hamilton looked out of sorts. But that often turns around again in race conditions.
Bottas, put him self in a good position to retake p4 in the championship.. he seems to have been lagging behind Massa pace wise so far this weekend, but as he's often done, he's stepped up to the plate in Q3 and his final lap was very well judged. But Williams need to eliminate some of the niggley little errors and tyre dedregation issues if they're to fend of Ricciardo.
Other than that Mclaren and Ferrari could be fairly evenly matched...
And Unless the race has a major shakeup... Sauber look like ending the whole year without a single point. Which is quite frankly shocking. (Now watch Sutil finish P5 or something
)
It was a very strong Q3 by Rosberg, and he put that together just at the time that Hamilton looked out of sorts. But that often turns around again in race conditions.
Bottas, put him self in a good position to retake p4 in the championship.. he seems to have been lagging behind Massa pace wise so far this weekend, but as he's often done, he's stepped up to the plate in Q3 and his final lap was very well judged. But Williams need to eliminate some of the niggley little errors and tyre dedregation issues if they're to fend of Ricciardo.
Other than that Mclaren and Ferrari could be fairly evenly matched...
And Unless the race has a major shakeup... Sauber look like ending the whole year without a single point. Which is quite frankly shocking. (Now watch Sutil finish P5 or something
)Yeah but remember earlier this year nico said he does not play mind games 
I can see lewis going for it at the first turn and if Nico turns in that's his choice, lewis needs to be really careful of the fast Williams on a straight.
Rbr dq from quali flexing wings, Williams wings were as well yet nothing said.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2014 07:27PM by marcl.
I can see lewis going for it at the first turn and if Nico turns in that's his choice, lewis needs to be really careful of the fast Williams on a straight.
Rbr dq from quali flexing wings, Williams wings were as well yet nothing said.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2014 07:27PM by marcl.
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