Singapore GP
A costly race for Nico Rosberg's title ambitions, his car suffering problems before the race was even under way, a fault eventually tracked to the wiring loom in the steering column. Rosberg's retirement meant a relatively easy race for his teammate and only other realistic title challenger Lewis Hamilton; only a safety car period before Hamilton's final stop meant that he temporarily lost the lead to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, but he easily retook the lead using DRS on the following lap.
Driver of the race was probably Jean-Eric Vergne, who took full advantage of his fresh option tyres taken on under the safety car to blast past several drivers and even nullifying the effects of a 5 second penalty to take Toro Rosso's best result of the season in the form of 6th place.
Interforum League Table:
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1___not606__________279
2___cliptheapex_____229
3___f1world_________213
4___f1technical_____213
5___garagistasf1____144
6___ja606___________140
7___motorsportforums_54
8___v2_______________51
9___f1symposium______45
10__vivaf1___________36
11__f1onboard________10
Silly season rumours are starting to firm up a bit: Alonso's mooted move to McLaren may be announced at the next race in Japan. This would pave the way for Vettel to move to Ferrari (the paddock's worst kept secret for several years).
What would really kick silly season off is if enough of the backmarker teams announce their imminent withdrawal from F1 to force Bernie's hand in having three car teams next year.
A costly race for Nico Rosberg's title ambitions, his car suffering problems before the race was even under way, a fault eventually tracked to the wiring loom in the steering column. Rosberg's retirement meant a relatively easy race for his teammate and only other realistic title challenger Lewis Hamilton; only a safety car period before Hamilton's final stop meant that he temporarily lost the lead to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, but he easily retook the lead using DRS on the following lap.
Driver of the race was probably Jean-Eric Vergne, who took full advantage of his fresh option tyres taken on under the safety car to blast past several drivers and even nullifying the effects of a 5 second penalty to take Toro Rosso's best result of the season in the form of 6th place.
Interforum League Table:
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___not606__________279
2___cliptheapex_____229
3___f1world_________213
4___f1technical_____213
5___garagistasf1____144
6___ja606___________140
7___motorsportforums_54
8___v2_______________51
9___f1symposium______45
10__vivaf1___________36
11__f1onboard________10
Silly season rumours are starting to firm up a bit: Alonso's mooted move to McLaren may be announced at the next race in Japan. This would pave the way for Vettel to move to Ferrari (the paddock's worst kept secret for several years).
What would really kick silly season off is if enough of the backmarker teams announce their imminent withdrawal from F1 to force Bernie's hand in having three car teams next year.