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warspite1 -> RE: New Grand Prix Season Is Almost Upon Us!!! (7/6/2015 6:19:43 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14
Nice start by Rosberg, and awesome pit stop! Keep it up Nico!
warspite1
I just read an interesting take on what happened at the start of the Austrian Grand Prix.
From the BBC:
Austria a turning point?
At this point, it is worth rewinding the clock two weeks to Austria. There is no doubt Rosberg had a pace advantage over Hamilton there, but equally there was no doubt that the race turned on the start.
Hamilton, starting from pole, was not as fast off the line as his team-mate, lost the lead and from then on had it all to do.
At the time, it looked like a mistake by Hamilton, but in fact it was anything but. He was slightly late in dropping his clutch but that was because he was managing a very tricky problem.
There was a fault with his engine, which was not responding to his foot on the throttle. It meant Hamilton had to guess the correct position to hold the throttle for the start, and hope for the best. Incredibly, he got it almost right.
Mercedes replicated the problem with Rosberg at the subsequent test and he could not get the car off the line without stalling, despite trying several times. Hamilton had in fact, Mercedes executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe said, done "an amazing job" to do the start he did.
That feat demonstrated Hamilton's remarkable feel for the capabilities of a grand prix car in changing circumstances, an ability that comes to the fore on that crucial final lap in qualifying, especially in the sort of gusting winds that were blowing at Silverstone on Saturday. Or, as was the case on Sunday, in racing situations, or when it rains mid-race.
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