25-06-2014, 18:57
Mercedes
Nico Rosberg 2 - Lewis Hamilton 6
Race: Rosberg
The battle of Hamilton vs Rosberg is now impacting on Mercedes performance as Toto Wolff has come out and said (what many predicted would happen) that team-mates are not sharing information, and that's why they didn't get the front row in Austria. As a shareholder in Williams, he should be so worried!
The fact is that Lewis is marginally the faster driver and as soon as he does something quicker, the information is passed on to Rosberg who copies it. So why would Hamilton give any advantage away when he's getting worse reliability and slower pit-stops?
Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo 6 - Sebastian Vettel 2
Race: Ricciardo
The team-mate score reflects exactly the qualifying score and it's emboldened many reporters to ask Seb - why is Daniel Ricciardo quicker than you? The answer is that he's a better driver of the RB10 and Seb is generous enough not to hide behind excuses.
This was one of those races where Dan got mugged at the start, not away from the line, but as soon as he got pushed over the difficult kerb on the outside of the Turn 1 exit. He finally made P8 after heroic last lap overtake of Hulkenberg. You can tell Dan's committed, he wore lederhosen before the race.
Ferrari
Fernando Alonso 7 - Kimi Raikkonen 1
Race: Alonso
After Qualifying that saw Felipe take pole, Alonso described him as the best team-mate he ever had. Few thought this was anything but a dig at Raikkonen, which is surprising given Alonso's domination of his team-mate this year. On a short lap, such as the Red Bull Ring, three or four tenths can contain a lot of cars and so Kimi's grid slot looked distant to Fernando, and he just couldn't make up the places with race pace after being asked to cool his brakes from a very early stage (though he did get a good start).
Fernando was asked if he was encouraged by being the best non-Mercedes runner in Austria, but we got default hang-dog: "There is always the satisfaction that everyone believes that you are performing at your best. There's the respect from the drivers, team principals and fans for the job that you do. But I'd prefer to have no respect and win more trophies." Almost the opposite of Vettel, really.
http://www.planetf1.com/race-features/93...ustrian-GP
Nico Rosberg 2 - Lewis Hamilton 6
Race: Rosberg
The battle of Hamilton vs Rosberg is now impacting on Mercedes performance as Toto Wolff has come out and said (what many predicted would happen) that team-mates are not sharing information, and that's why they didn't get the front row in Austria. As a shareholder in Williams, he should be so worried!
The fact is that Lewis is marginally the faster driver and as soon as he does something quicker, the information is passed on to Rosberg who copies it. So why would Hamilton give any advantage away when he's getting worse reliability and slower pit-stops?
Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo 6 - Sebastian Vettel 2
Race: Ricciardo
The team-mate score reflects exactly the qualifying score and it's emboldened many reporters to ask Seb - why is Daniel Ricciardo quicker than you? The answer is that he's a better driver of the RB10 and Seb is generous enough not to hide behind excuses.
This was one of those races where Dan got mugged at the start, not away from the line, but as soon as he got pushed over the difficult kerb on the outside of the Turn 1 exit. He finally made P8 after heroic last lap overtake of Hulkenberg. You can tell Dan's committed, he wore lederhosen before the race.
Ferrari
Fernando Alonso 7 - Kimi Raikkonen 1
Race: Alonso
After Qualifying that saw Felipe take pole, Alonso described him as the best team-mate he ever had. Few thought this was anything but a dig at Raikkonen, which is surprising given Alonso's domination of his team-mate this year. On a short lap, such as the Red Bull Ring, three or four tenths can contain a lot of cars and so Kimi's grid slot looked distant to Fernando, and he just couldn't make up the places with race pace after being asked to cool his brakes from a very early stage (though he did get a good start).
Fernando was asked if he was encouraged by being the best non-Mercedes runner in Austria, but we got default hang-dog: "There is always the satisfaction that everyone believes that you are performing at your best. There's the respect from the drivers, team principals and fans for the job that you do. But I'd prefer to have no respect and win more trophies." Almost the opposite of Vettel, really.
http://www.planetf1.com/race-features/93...ustrian-GP
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