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After first practice... looking good!!

2nd less for Lewis



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On Sky Ted said that since the test Mercedes was switching the left-right tyres which helped them a lot in the race, also confirmed by Rosberg. Now it is of course, forbidden.


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"The pace of the Mercedes cars this morning was quite a shock to everyone in the paddock," says @Susie_Wolff on @BBC5LiveF1


check the article on autosport!: Merc pace omnious or something!


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Sounds good to me!! SHock effect is good

FP2+3 are worrying sign that RBR is faster...

Lewis has lost it completely since FP1, hope Nicole has nothing to do with this...


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It seems to be the case .. Ferrari is Also fast .Lotus is not as balanced.

Great Job Hammi!! ! Congrats! !

@#$%&, just as I thought, I'm not gonna see this one live and my dad forgets to pick it up so I can review it, Lewis strikes back!!! And on my birthday!! Thanks Lewis, magnificent Pole mate! Hope he can do it tomorrow but I'm afraid RBR will be too strong. Huge cock-up from merc with nico, hopefully he can cut through the field and consolidate our 2nd place in wcc


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Is there a replay of the QWF??

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Happy birthday m8. Hammi gave u good present. . Hope Nico fights back with harder Tire!! Bring it on.!!

Thanks Timba, he sure did. I hope he can fend off the red bulls on sunday so that he can take revenge for the silverstone tyre fiasco and takes his first maiden merc win. The first of many

Also nico to storm through the field and finish behind lewis in p2


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Looks like a hami going for it:

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He's more positive than a couple of weeks ago and was smiling all the way after pole!


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Costa must be loving this!


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ham vids:

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ros:

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Sounds good DJ!!

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Okay

Looks like merc's back to struggling again. If we can finish 2nd in both championships, we've got the maximum, but forget 1st place guys, this car is way too hot to handle in terms of sensitivity...


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What just happened??

BTW: pathetic of Nico to block Lewis, sad little man driving today in car nr.9...


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I am not sure what u mean.. yes Nico Should have let Hammi past. . But it was not going to change The results anyways. So Nothing major i Think. 5th best possible today. Kimi was held 2 laps Behind crashien and they lost the Win by That, heh. OUR race pace Sucked. Too hot. .

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Really tough race today. Great pit stops and strategy helped us. We've got a great car but a lot of hard work ahead


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We need to get our heads down at the factory, properly analyse our performance and keep working hard because we know that we will see similar temperatures in Hungary to what we experienced here.”
Oh boy, any doubters that the test helped them. Clearly NOT!!!


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Nürburgring, Sunday – Toto: “Our result was pretty respectable in the end given how things looked after the first 30 laps”

Lewis and Nico finished the German Grand Prix in fifth and ninth places today at the Nürburgring. After starting from pole, Lewis finished in P5, despite running as low as P10 just 15 laps from the finish.


Lewis claimed P5 with a passing move on Jenson Button in the first sector of the final lap of the race. He made three pit stops on laps 6, 22 and 45, running option/prime/prime/prime tyres, with the best average pit lane time.



Nico started from P11 on the prime tyre and was running in P16 on lap 49 at the start of his final stint on option tyres.


During the final eleven laps, Nico gained seven positions and ran on the same pace as the leading cars. Nico's P9 finish, coupled with 10 points for Lewis, mean the team remains second in the Constructors' standings.


“Our first thoughts today go to the cameraman who was struck by an errant wheel in the pit lane” said Ross after the race. “Happily, he does not appear to have suffered serious injuries but it was once again a reminder of the dangers of our sport and underlines the need for constant vigilance in terms of safety.


Today was a race of two halves for us. In the first part, we were once again overstressing the tyres - particularly on the prime compound - and our performance fell away as a result. However, as the temperatures cooled off a little and things settled down, both drivers had respectable pace and were able to fight their way back through the field. Lewis and Nico kept pushing until the final lap and were rewarded for their commitment and determination.



At one point it didn't look like we would come away with much at all from this afternoon, so there has to be a certain satisfaction in saving 12 points today. We have said all along that there is still a question mark over our performance in hotter conditions, and today's race showed that we still have work to do.


We have made big steps forward since Bahrain and Barcelona, where we particularly suffered with hotter track temperatures, and our performance was much improved compared to those races. But we have not yet done enough to convert our Saturday pace into race-winning speed in all conditions on Sunday.


The three-week break until Hungary will give us an opportunity to think about how we can make further progress on our tyre management as well as continuing to develop the core performance of the car.”
For Toto, “we had a real character-building afternoon here at the Nürburgring. Neither of the drivers could find any grip on the prime tyre in the first part of the race and it mirrored similar experiences we have had so far this season.


We managed to recover in the second half, though, and our result was pretty respectable in the end given how things looked after the first 30 laps. Well done to both drivers for squeezing the maximum out of the car today. After such a successful weekend in Silverstone, it feels a little bit like a night and day difference for us.


We need to get our heads down at the factory, properly analyse our performance and keep working hard because we know that we will see similar temperatures in Hungary to what we experienced here.”

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So it was mostly about the weather. Too hot.

Ross Brawn:

"The construction of the tyre has changed and I think the ability to swap tyres before was a good way of offsetting the stress of the tyre.

"You could use it in qualifying and then swap it, and have it in a different condition for the race.

"You cannot do it with these tyres, and I think we were back into going over the limit of the temperature of the tyres and suffering from it.

"The first half of the race was pretty horrible. In the second half, the fuel weight went down, it got a touch cooler and we got back in the window again.

"The times were respectable, so it shows how critical we are.

"On high fuel at the beginning of race when we were trying to push we overstressed the tyre, and we need to find solutions to overcome that."

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This was what i originally thought that hurted MErc at Germany. Now Ross said it out loud. TOTO didnt

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