F1 Zorg & Badger GP 2015 Season
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Yep, and me
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Race begins at 13:00 GMT
- Rosberg on pole, Hamilton 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd
The polesitter in Abu Dhabi has only gone on to win once in six races.
However, the front row is still the place to be. The only time a driver has won from lower than that was in 2012, Kimi Raikkonen winning from fourth.
"Nico! Nico! Nico!"
One for the Alan Partridge fans out there, David Coulthard has his "Dan!" moment, shouting Nico Rosberg's name a few times. No dice.
One for the Alan Partridge fans out there, David Coulthard has his "Dan!" moment, shouting Nico Rosberg's name a few times. No dice.
Alonso "does a Maldonado" on Maldonado....
A Lotus screwed on the first lap. Maldonado is an amazing liability.
They don't blame Pastor Maldonado for this one.
Fernando Alonso got clipped by a Sauber, sending him into Maldonado.
Fernando Alonso is indeed deemed at fault for that collission with Pastor Maldonado. He is given a drivethrough penalty..!!
A Lotus screwed on the first lap. Maldonado is an amazing liability.
They don't blame Pastor Maldonado for this one.
Fernando Alonso got clipped by a Sauber, sending him into Maldonado.
Fernando Alonso is indeed deemed at fault for that collission with Pastor Maldonado. He is given a drivethrough penalty..!!
Kimi Raikkonen is the fastest man on the circuit and as he approaches Sebastian Vettel, his Ferrari team-mate lets him through.
Next up for the Finn, the two Mercedes.
David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator
"Kimi Raikkonen is continuing the great form he showed in qualifying. I wonder if someone forgot to tell Kimi that the world championship started in March."
Next up for the Finn, the two Mercedes.
David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator
"Kimi Raikkonen is continuing the great form he showed in qualifying. I wonder if someone forgot to tell Kimi that the world championship started in March."
Lewis Hamilton wants to go to the end of this race on his rapidly wearing tyres. He's warned off that idea, though. What will he do?
Lewis Hamilton: "If I was to back off and look after these tyres to end, how slow could we go?"
Mercedes engineer: "Lewis, it wouldn't work."
Hamilton: "Give me the calculation, guys."
To stop is the decision as Lewis Hamilton heads in. He takes on fresh soft tyres - matching Nico Rosberg's strategy and is back out in second and 13s behind his team-mate, with 12 laps to go. He's going to have to go more than a second a lap faster than his team-mate. Gonna be tough!
Lewis Hamilton: "If I was to back off and look after these tyres to end, how slow could we go?"
Mercedes engineer: "Lewis, it wouldn't work."
Hamilton: "Give me the calculation, guys."
To stop is the decision as Lewis Hamilton heads in. He takes on fresh soft tyres - matching Nico Rosberg's strategy and is back out in second and 13s behind his team-mate, with 12 laps to go. He's going to have to go more than a second a lap faster than his team-mate. Gonna be tough!
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff talking to BBC F1: "Nico was the quicker man on the track. We gave Lewis all the strategy options. They chose the prime because the stint would have been too long."
Mercedes just won't let their drivers roll the dice, could have put Hamilton on super softs and let him have a go at it, but no....pathetic, that was dull, loaded again in Rosberg's favour. I wanted to see him and Lewis race!
Me too. I watched the GP2 race last night and it was really interesting to watch. I will watch the sprint race now. Mercedes are obviously more interested in the team than either of their drivers I think.
Tony.
Tony.
F1 Forum - Abu Dhabi reaction
Summary
- Rosberg wins, Hamilton 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd
- Vettel 4th, Perez 5th, Ricciardo 6th
- Hamilton tried to attack Rosberg in remaining laps
- Champion questioned strategy call by team
- Bottas collides with Button in pits
- Contact between Alonso and Maldonado on lap 1
- Maldonado out
Red Bull to be competitive again in 2016?
Eddie Jordan
BBC F1 chief analyst
"Red Bull have been promised a competitive engine from Bernie. I'd like to see inside Bernie's crystal ball to see where he's going to get it from."
Eddie Jordan
BBC F1 chief analyst
"Red Bull have been promised a competitive engine from Bernie. I'd like to see inside Bernie's crystal ball to see where he's going to get it from."
Here's how the 2015 drivers' championship finished. We already knew the top three but Kimi Raikkonen pipped his fellow Finn Valtteri Bottas to fourth, Nico Hulkenberg, meanwhile, won the battle for 10th.
It came good for me in the end though MikeYep, spotted that @Mint, don't know what she is doing but she is doing it right...
Should have posted a week ago to finalize our little .ORG F1 team comp but I was trying to forget my worst season ever..
I don't know who he/she is that got first spot but good on you..
2nd place @Mint, you lucky so and so, I thought @Gail had you beat..
4th place @Gail, nice one..
5th place, our man from Brazil.... @board you are getting better at this mate..
8th place, @GazHyde, well done, about par for the course eh bud..
Oh well, I could just not get anything right, so would love to know which drivers and cars/teams you all chose to run and how you got on with your predictions.
Here is to next season......
I don't know who he/she is that got first spot but good on you..
2nd place @Mint, you lucky so and so, I thought @Gail had you beat..
4th place @Gail, nice one..
5th place, our man from Brazil.... @board you are getting better at this mate..
8th place, @GazHyde, well done, about par for the course eh bud..
Oh well, I could just not get anything right, so would love to know which drivers and cars/teams you all chose to run and how you got on with your predictions.
Here is to next season......
I was lucky to get 2nd I think, but I'll take it.
My drivers were Hamilton, Vettel & Verstappen and teams Mercedes, Ferrari and Manor and I didn't change them all season.
Don't know how to get my prediction info off the Badger site though Mike but this was my overall score:
Congrats Mint!
and your team
MINT F1
Total Points: 2503
World Ranking: 855 / 9228
Sadly, we can't, just checked their (BGP) website and they have shut down the 2015 season.
I have learnt my lesson, kept chopping and changing my cars and drivers and it did not work at all, never did that before and will not be doing it again. Hope to see you playing next year with a lot of other Zorg forum members.
Certainly will Mike, makes F1 a bit more interesting
5th place, our man from Brazil.... @board you are getting better at this mate..
Yeah if I had kept up with the predictions past the first few races I should have done a lot better!