Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap during the German Grand Prix. But how badly was his car affected by the damage he sustained when he collided with Jenson Button?
Hamilton tangled with his former team mate on lap 30. The contact removed much of his left-hand endplate, but was not thought serious enough for it to be worth the time penalty of replacing the entire wing in the pits.
Although Hamilton was soon able to lap quicker than he had done before the collision, he would have felt the consequences of his front wing damage most severely at the end of stints when his tyres began to fade – particularly the front-left, which takes a lot of punishment at turns one, twelve, sixteen and seventeen.
Another driver who had to battle on with a damaged car was Kimi Raikkonen, who found himself pincered between two drivers on two separate occasions.
“Twice I found myself squeezed between two cars and on both occasions my front wing got damaged and that compromised my race,” said Raikkonen, who said the knock-on effect of the damage was rapidly worsening tyre performance.
“I am sure that, but for these problems, things would have worked out differently and I would have been able to finish in the points.”
German Grand Prix lap times
All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | |
Nico Rosberg | 113.344 | 119.917 | 82.32 | 82.594 | 82.165 | 82.107 | 81.807 | 82.134 | 82.382 | 82.081 | 82.203 | 82.466 | 82.748 | 82.991 | 86.395 | 97.954 | 82.657 | 82.255 | 82.073 | 82.002 | 81.84 | 81.901 | 82.018 | 82.832 | 82.483 | 82.046 | 82.622 | 82.629 | 82.808 | 83.448 | 83.033 | 83.286 | 82.596 | 82.636 | 82.724 | 82.933 | 82.949 | 83.178 | 83.543 | 85.804 | 87.373 | 98.261 | 81.743 | 81.482 | 81.539 | 81.309 | 81.437 | 81.526 | 82.001 | 82.16 | 81.793 | 81.948 | 81.88 | 82.791 | 81.984 | 81.585 | 81.322 | 81.799 | 82.034 | 81.857 | 81.824 | 81.777 | 82.187 | 82.226 | 82.083 | 81.791 | 81.298 |
Valtteri Bottas | 114.22 | 119.841 | 83.22 | 82.72 | 82.896 | 82.805 | 83.018 | 82.713 | 82.885 | 82.797 | 83.119 | 83.476 | 83.604 | 83.631 | 86.787 | 97.186 | 82.382 | 82.398 | 82.237 | 81.905 | 83.032 | 82.515 | 82.792 | 82.627 | 82.829 | 82.9 | 82.936 | 83.314 | 83.335 | 83.123 | 83.109 | 83.051 | 82.839 | 82.875 | 83.102 | 83.116 | 83.442 | 83.659 | 83.586 | 86.992 | 97.989 | 82.207 | 82.178 | 82.033 | 81.494 | 82.455 | 82.02 | 82.306 | 82.43 | 82.418 | 82.543 | 82.619 | 82.304 | 82.977 | 82.716 | 82.145 | 81.993 | 82.105 | 82.003 | 81.819 | 81.928 | 81.967 | 82.029 | 82.357 | 81.831 | 81.804 | 82.019 |
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Kevin Magnussen | 135.368 | 118.717 | 83.706 | 83.099 | 83.893 | 83.608 | 84.168 | 83.999 | 83.647 | 84.345 | 83.53 | 84.083 | 84.109 | 84.528 | 84.541 | 84.455 | 84.475 | 83.943 | 84.496 | 85.214 | 84.303 | 84.752 | 84.536 | 84.724 | 84.655 | 84.974 | 85.076 | 85.027 | 89.596 | 96.954 | 82.684 | 82.221 | 82.611 | 82.639 | 83.307 | 83.084 | 82.725 | 82.467 | 83.269 | 83.514 | 83.33 | 83.265 | 83.036 | 82.777 | 83.225 | 83.699 | 83.618 | 83.38 | 83.851 | 84.26 | 84.146 | 83.793 | 86.88 | 95.816 | 81.086 | 80.224 | 80.733 | 81.546 | 81.024 | 81.417 | 81.678 | 82.205 | 82.404 | 82.369 | 82.182 | 82.855 | |
Daniel Ricciardo | 126.569 | 113.161 | 85.624 | 83.836 | 83.694 | 83.96 | 83.585 | 83.044 | 83.947 | 83.81 | 84.183 | 84.579 | 88.637 | 97.48 | 83.771 | 83.512 | 83.091 | 83.07 | 83.509 | 83.213 | 83.019 | 82.645 | 82.597 | 82.653 | 82.719 | 83.139 | 82.898 | 83.241 | 84.318 | 83.664 | 83.407 | 83.522 | 83.683 | 83.897 | 86.716 | 96.88 | 81.485 | 81.203 | 81.409 | 81.101 | 81.03 | 82.076 | 83.174 | 83.052 | 83.368 | 86.58 | 95.725 | 81.026 | 81.04 | 81.62 | 81.476 | 81.689 | 80.846 | 80.868 | 81.33 | 81.572 | 81.419 | 81.479 | 82.623 | 82.395 | 82.013 | 83.506 | 82.474 | 83.448 | 83.071 | 82.536 | 83.556 |
Sebastian Vettel | 115.278 | 119.353 | 83.55 | 82.902 | 82.755 | 82.843 | 83.061 | 83.103 | 83.355 | 83.081 | 83.244 | 83.663 | 83.892 | 86.798 | 97.883 | 82.727 | 82.614 | 83.036 | 83.187 | 83.095 | 83.233 | 83.184 | 83.044 | 83.138 | 83.018 | 83.147 | 83.185 | 83.457 | 83.527 | 83.502 | 83.616 | 83.65 | 84.293 | 86.613 | 97.015 | 81.787 | 82.053 | 82.378 | 81.545 | 82.147 | 81.785 | 82.196 | 81.999 | 82.109 | 85.331 | 96.527 | 82.603 | 82.957 | 81.824 | 82.338 | 82.359 | 81.938 | 81.864 | 81.978 | 81.805 | 82.031 | 81.879 | 81.71 | 81.937 | 82.204 | 82.203 | 82.286 | 82.368 | 82.844 | 82.972 | 83.323 | 84.606 |
Fernando Alonso | 115.736 | 119.266 | 83.867 | 83.061 | 82.625 | 83.243 | 83.169 | 83.171 | 83.172 | 83.368 | 83.243 | 86.24 | 97.586 | 83.83 | 83.898 | 83.269 | 83.109 | 83.344 | 83.095 | 82.841 | 83.237 | 82.804 | 82.931 | 82.868 | 82.91 | 83.155 | 83.322 | 83.823 | 84.145 | 84.032 | 83.701 | 83.954 | 87.133 | 95.888 | 81.212 | 81.88 | 82.329 | 82.2 | 81.612 | 81.748 | 81.831 | 82.338 | 81.99 | 82.06 | 82.253 | 82.4 | 82.372 | 82.694 | 83.316 | 82.927 | 83.082 | 83.22 | 83.68 | 84.377 | 87.085 | 97.297 | 80.548 | 80.835 | 82.42 | 82.55 | 81.919 | 81.878 | 81.719 | 82.525 | 83.355 | 83.665 | 85.028 |
Daniil Kvyat | 117.962 | 118.248 | 85.234 | 84.514 | 83.634 | 83.706 | 83.638 | 83.706 | 96.769 | 98.948 | 83.33 | 83.633 | 84.556 | 84.532 | 84.294 | 84.051 | 84.661 | 85.011 | 84.731 | 83.962 | 84.934 | 85.306 | 84.299 | 84.475 | 84.438 | 86.332 | 84.622 | 84.536 | 84.583 | 85.615 | 85.519 | 88.976 | 98.796 | 82.179 | 83.113 | 82.542 | 82.5 | 82.859 | 82.618 | 82.598 | 82.889 | 82.958 | 82.862 | 82.987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nico Hulkenberg | 116.476 | 118.9 | 84.496 | 83.74 | 83.081 | 83.007 | 83.373 | 83.361 | 83.646 | 83.858 | 83.959 | 84.091 | 84.22 | 87.237 | 98.132 | 83.124 | 83.158 | 83.185 | 83.497 | 82.594 | 82.974 | 83.416 | 83.198 | 83.204 | 83.222 | 83.175 | 83.279 | 84.247 | 84.058 | 83.844 | 84.011 | 83.987 | 84.629 | 84.134 | 83.683 | 83.97 | 84.011 | 85.297 | 88.093 | 97.267 | 82.462 | 82.891 | 82.243 | 82.098 | 82.521 | 82.906 | 82.84 | 83.182 | 82.866 | 82.534 | 82.4 | 82.109 | 82.994 | 83.09 | 82.401 | 82.67 | 82.57 | 82.701 | 82.942 | 83.551 | 82.532 | 83.412 | 82.871 | 82.954 | 82.801 | 83.228 | 84.489 |
Sergio Perez | 118.775 | 117.806 | 84.636 | 84.127 | 83.465 | 83.486 | 83.855 | 84.112 | 85.143 | 84.752 | 84.785 | 84.71 | 85.159 | 89.891 | 100.376 | 82.912 | 83.615 | 83.482 | 83.362 | 84.038 | 85.357 | 83.894 | 83.842 | 84.65 | 83.947 | 84.007 | 84.312 | 85.096 | 85.445 | 84.334 | 84.675 | 84.554 | 85.199 | 87.865 | 98.249 | 83.008 | 83.066 | 83.356 | 83.449 | 83.43 | 82.661 | 83.02 | 82.799 | 82.46 | 82.408 | 82.85 | 82.621 | 82.865 | 83.132 | 83.384 | 83.295 | 86.836 | 97.455 | 80.752 | 80.967 | 81.234 | 81.513 | 81.091 | 81.266 | 81.108 | 81.577 | 82.46 | 82.645 | 82.946 | 82.947 | 82.803 | |
Jenson Button | 117.463 | 118.337 | 84.575 | 84.001 | 83.086 | 83.052 | 83.376 | 83.278 | 83.757 | 83.877 | 84.171 | 84.158 | 87.358 | 100.677 | 82.914 | 83.479 | 83.508 | 82.939 | 83.039 | 83.455 | 83.113 | 83.288 | 83.214 | 83.275 | 83.34 | 83.349 | 83.246 | 83.874 | 83.678 | 83.873 | 87.274 | 96.058 | 81.899 | 82.3 | 82.64 | 82.689 | 82.696 | 82.346 | 82.505 | 82.689 | 82.468 | 82.673 | 83.047 | 83.081 | 82.888 | 83.539 | 83.274 | 83.246 | 83.53 | 82.964 | 83.083 | 83.088 | 82.991 | 83.351 | 83.578 | 84.11 | 83.787 | 83.607 | 83.941 | 84.194 | 87.734 | 96.371 | 81.368 | 81.346 | 82.789 | 83.264 | 90.467 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 120.335 | 116.961 | 85.157 | 84.518 | 83.941 | 83.66 | 83.552 | 83.819 | 84.153 | 84.385 | 85.845 | 84.204 | 85.819 | 84.987 | 85.321 | 84.579 | 84.155 | 84.296 | 84.019 | 88.128 | 97.766 | 83.634 | 82.781 | 82.145 | 83.098 | 82.579 | 83.26 | 83.638 | 84.207 | 83.921 | 84.408 | 84.675 | 85.753 | 88.884 | 98.644 | 82.653 | 83.412 | 83.227 | 83.656 | 83.275 | 82.964 | 83.238 | 83.497 | 83.155 | 83.175 | 83.788 | 83.662 | 83.363 | 83.472 | 83.534 | 83.264 | 83.384 | 86.9 | 97.57 | 81.338 | 82.183 | 81.807 | 81.76 | 81.825 | 82.113 | 82.506 | 82.868 | 82.83 | 83.058 | 82.918 | 84.042 | |
Jean-Eric Vergne | 124.224 | 114.347 | 84.739 | 84.769 | 83.619 | 83.571 | 83.577 | 83.671 | 84.528 | 85.459 | 84.765 | 84.677 | 87.963 | 98.891 | 83.866 | 84.292 | 83.666 | 83.301 | 83.443 | 84.223 | 84.177 | 84.191 | 83.448 | 83.951 | 84.831 | 84.813 | 84.481 | 85.047 | 84.716 | 84.524 | 84.472 | 84.807 | 84.589 | 84.499 | 84.653 | 85.244 | 88.653 | 104.551 | 82.111 | 82.201 | 82.236 | 83.576 | 83.927 | 83.378 | 83.422 | 83.643 | 83.57 | 84.934 | 86.856 | 97.746 | 82.033 | 81.963 | 82.088 | 81.897 | 82.313 | 82.277 | 82.964 | 81.876 | 81.942 | 82.342 | 82.471 | 82.579 | 82.623 | 82.367 | 82.514 | 82.668 | |
Romain Grosjean | 124.645 | 114.453 | 85.944 | 85.728 | 85.947 | 85.285 | 85.501 | 84.722 | 84.526 | 84.63 | 84.691 | 84.689 | 84.418 | 85.029 | 86.246 | 85.042 | 84.594 | 85.188 | 84.762 | 84.888 | 86.306 | 85.707 | 85.629 | 89.652 | 97.134 | 84.137 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adrian Sutil | 121.097 | 116.701 | 85.213 | 84.482 | 84.917 | 84.013 | 85.431 | 83.673 | 83.586 | 84.477 | 84.384 | 84.677 | 84.785 | 85.186 | 84.981 | 88.261 | 99.874 | 83.613 | 83.115 | 83.082 | 83.673 | 84.569 | 85.099 | 84.02 | 83.672 | 83.813 | 83.891 | 84.059 | 85.117 | 84.66 | 85.534 | 88.236 | 99.754 | 82.678 | 82.895 | 83.046 | 83.041 | 83.409 | 83.328 | 83.189 | 82.529 | 84.826 | 83.366 | 83.277 | 83.048 | 83.286 | 86.866 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Esteban Gutierrez | 125.303 | 114.207 | 86.353 | 85.92 | 83.808 | 83.538 | 84.058 | 83.919 | 84.414 | 84.134 | 84.547 | 84.787 | 85.056 | 88.597 | 100.038 | 83.553 | 83.896 | 84.813 | 84.716 | 84.69 | 84.11 | 83.38 | 83.735 | 84.361 | 84.111 | 84.147 | 84.063 | 84.477 | 84.365 | 85.409 | 88.578 | 101.699 | 82.535 | 83.037 | 83.053 | 83.196 | 83.352 | 83.168 | 83.439 | 83.456 | 84.105 | 84.781 | 83.828 | 83.206 | 83.513 | 83.28 | 83.643 | 83.6 | 84.64 | 86.626 | 98.162 | 83.022 | 82.81 | 82.369 | 83.411 | 82.8 | 82.597 | 82.489 | 82.411 | 82.408 | 82.008 | 82.431 | 82.738 | 83.036 | 82.911 | 83.248 | |
Jules Bianchi | 131.313 | 111.275 | 85.38 | 86.051 | 85.421 | 85.108 | 84.927 | 84.682 | 84.96 | 84.892 | 85.336 | 84.764 | 84.894 | 85.22 | 85.226 | 85.681 | 84.983 | 86.57 | 85.161 | 88.612 | 99.849 | 83.99 | 84.002 | 84.225 | 84.482 | 84.921 | 84.706 | 84.676 | 84.612 | 84.5 | 86.903 | 84.483 | 85.371 | 84.661 | 84.621 | 85.065 | 84.634 | 84.789 | 86.056 | 84.808 | 84.951 | 85.574 | 84.825 | 84.786 | 88.076 | 101.717 | 83.144 | 82.96 | 83.895 | 83.775 | 83.179 | 83.069 | 84.778 | 85.101 | 82.94 | 82.567 | 82.522 | 82.691 | 83.306 | 83.697 | 83.512 | 83.516 | 83.907 | 84.356 | 83.798 | 84.54 | |
Pastor Maldonado | 126.109 | 114.038 | 86.329 | 85.84 | 84.893 | 85.211 | 83.957 | 84.114 | 84.488 | 83.937 | 84.133 | 84 | 84.02 | 84.583 | 84.259 | 85.925 | 84.65 | 88.396 | 97.301 | 83.258 | 83.209 | 83.658 | 83.284 | 83.767 | 83.631 | 83.797 | 84.284 | 83.965 | 84.75 | 84.758 | 83.985 | 84.413 | 85.794 | 83.852 | 84.375 | 84.477 | 85.146 | 88.46 | 96.622 | 82.739 | 82.305 | 83.181 | 82.9 | 83.359 | 83.09 | 83.088 | 83.048 | 82.949 | 82.875 | 83.049 | 83.377 | 83.213 | 83.688 | 84.099 | 83.762 | 83.374 | 83.234 | 84.088 | 83.181 | 84.251 | 83.866 | 83.309 | 83.753 | 86.537 | 84.82 | 84.215 | |
Kamui Kobayashi | 130.574 | 111.571 | 86.627 | 86.385 | 85.975 | 85.652 | 85.321 | 86.071 | 85.498 | 86.227 | 85.709 | 86.403 | 85.758 | 87.817 | 90.825 | 99.975 | 84.202 | 84.977 | 84.926 | 85.089 | 85.452 | 85.373 | 85.473 | 86.316 | 85.007 | 85.188 | 84.772 | 85.276 | 86.512 | 85.536 | 85.689 | 88.825 | 101.877 | 84.251 | 83.946 | 84.286 | 85.147 | 84.421 | 84.921 | 84.265 | 84.38 | 84.568 | 85.315 | 84.493 | 84.727 | 85.582 | 84.506 | 87.977 | 99.869 | 82.866 | 83.222 | 84.418 | 83.288 | 83.826 | 83.775 | 84.421 | 83.016 | 84.513 | 83.17 | 83.249 | 83.699 | 83.934 | 85.467 | 83.307 | 83.687 | ||
Lewis Hamilton | 129.422 | 111.733 | 85.552 | 84.187 | 83.058 | 83.337 | 83.887 | 82.937 | 83.68 | 83.752 | 85.087 | 84.142 | 84.096 | 83.548 | 82.352 | 82.59 | 82.428 | 82.44 | 83.072 | 83.818 | 83.409 | 83.347 | 83.593 | 83.978 | 83.788 | 87.531 | 97.317 | 82.028 | 81.926 | 83.114 | 82.239 | 82.615 | 82.492 | 81.995 | 81.691 | 82.146 | 82.197 | 82.216 | 82.35 | 82.428 | 82.462 | 85.053 | 96.614 | 80.724 | 80.342 | 80.948 | 80.673 | 80.686 | 80.255 | 84.185 | 96.194 | 80.286 | 79.908 | 80.341 | 80.424 | 80.662 | 80.719 | 80.448 | 80.59 | 81.232 | 81.96 | 81.991 | 81.99 | 82.378 | 81.839 | 81.982 | 83.04 |
Max Chilton | 127.643 | 113.356 | 86.549 | 87.057 | 85.709 | 85.314 | 85.127 | 85.156 | 85.652 | 85.547 | 85.423 | 85.603 | 85.813 | 86.911 | 87.886 | 90.415 | 104.02 | 84.333 | 84.475 | 84.992 | 85.014 | 85.199 | 85.679 | 86.21 | 85.074 | 84.998 | 85.13 | 85.607 | 86.04 | 85.506 | 85.897 | 90.591 | 100.767 | 83.955 | 84.179 | 85.26 | 84.273 | 85.241 | 84.333 | 84.353 | 84.468 | 85.246 | 84.378 | 84.66 | 84.842 | 85.235 | 88.167 | 100.162 | 83.063 | 83.035 | 84.128 | 83.535 | 83.152 | 84.381 | 83.722 | 84.137 | 84.384 | 83.541 | 83.595 | 83.728 | 88.672 | 85.589 | 84.238 | 85.983 | 85.142 | ||
Marcus Ericsson | 133.129 | 110.016 | 89.786 | 109.523 | 85.648 | 85.9 | 85.96 | 85.629 | 85.407 | 85.473 | 85.907 | 85.859 | 86.037 | 86.232 | 86.319 | 86.582 | 86.901 | 90.741 | 101.72 | 84.555 | 84.599 | 85.974 | 84.852 | 85.698 | 86.285 | 85.776 | 85.227 | 85.323 | 85.198 | 85.35 | 85.121 | 87.444 | 85.339 | 85.529 | 85.674 | 85.34 | 85.524 | 85.535 | 86.62 | 85.457 | 90.072 | 99.924 | 84.827 | 83.416 | 83.436 | 83.747 | 83.27 | 83.393 | 83.23 | 83.776 | 84.134 | 83.958 | 85.101 | 85.448 | 84.298 | 85.157 | 84.375 | 84.532 | 85.886 | 84.895 | 86.432 | 85.873 | 85.936 | 86.252 | 89.768 |
German Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
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1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’19.908 | 53 | |
2 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’20.224 | 0.316 | 56 |
3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’20.548 | 0.640 | 57 |
4 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’20.752 | 0.844 | 54 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1’20.846 | 0.938 | 53 |
6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’21.298 | 1.390 | 67 |
7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’21.338 | 1.430 | 55 |
8 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’21.346 | 1.438 | 64 |
9 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1’21.494 | 1.586 | 45 |
10 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’21.545 | 1.637 | 39 |
11 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’21.876 | 1.968 | 58 |
12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’22.008 | 2.100 | 61 |
13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1’22.098 | 2.190 | 44 |
14 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’22.179 | 2.271 | 34 |
15 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1’22.305 | 2.397 | 41 |
16 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1’22.522 | 2.614 | 57 |
17 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’22.529 | 2.621 | 41 |
18 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1’22.866 | 2.958 | 50 |
19 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1’23.035 | 3.127 | 50 |
20 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1’23.230 | 3.322 | 49 |
21 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1’24.137 | 4.229 | 26 |
22 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes |
2014 German Grand Prix
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Image © Pirelli/Hone
rez (@rez0)
20th July 2014, 19:06
Disappointed by Perez performance, what happened to him? I couldn’t watch the whole race unfortunately. Was he just slower today?
Kingshark (@kingshark)
20th July 2014, 20:16
Yeah, not something you’d expect. He usually excels in the race.
Slava (@)
20th July 2014, 20:37
He usually fails to excel when starting from top-10 on used tyres. When he fails to reach Q3, he can deliver because of having fresh rubber+his ability to save it.
For me, it was expected.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
20th July 2014, 21:08
@rez0 Both Force India seemed to struggle badly, Hulkenberg complained about heavy understeer (and software problem too), I guess it was the same for Perez.
Struggle was expected by the team though. I think the aggressive tyre choice by Pirelli for this race doesn’t suit them.
Dan
20th July 2014, 22:38
I think Ham would have won today starting on first row. His pace was awesome. He was 20 seconds down in 10th place on lap 10 i think and finshed 22 off lead. Merc should have gave him softs for final run. Look at his pace at end compared with Ros, and now way Ros will back off completely they both want to crush each other. When you think Ham won by 17 secs in Malaysia and 15 in China, he was great today as 22 is nothing from were he started. I defo think Ros and Ham are getting on more now since Monaco you can just tell.