Oct 30 2016

Formula One 2016: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

If you care about such things (and there’s no reason you should really) there is a lot of hype about whether Hamilton can overtake Rosberg for the Driver’s Championship, but the answer is- not really.

With 3 races left (today, Interlagos, and Yas Marina) and 26 points between them, Hamilton is not in a position to win based on his own actions. His fate is not in his hands.

This is because the margin between a 1st and a 2nd is 7 points and if Hamilton wins all of them and Rosberg finishes 2nd, Rosberg still wins the Championship by 5 points. It’s not even actually close.

So if you’re rooting for Hamilton you have to wish for a finish lower than 2nd for Rosberg and while that’s not beyond the realm of possiblity it’s something you can’t count on.

Me, I’m not a Hamilton fan. There are certain Drivers I actively dislike, Vettel probably at the top of the list and Rosberg on it. There are others I think are dangerous, Grosjean and Verstappen for example. Others are lower grade assholes of the sort you frequently find in competitive sports and 2 that are tolerable in the sense that you wouldn’t actively find someplace else to be at a party are Massa and Button and they’re both retiring.

The one I have some active admiration for is Alonso and I’m sad to say I didn’t appreciate his brilliance while he was at Ferrari. The man can make a brick seem racy and that unfortunately looks like his destiny. Having him behind the wheel of a Mercedes would make Formula One positively boring (I mean, more boring than it already is). Instead he’s trying to make the Honda program credible (with some success) even though it pretty much sucks.

Oh well. At least we’re seeing the backside of Bernie Ecclestone, I’d hazard the new ownership couldn’t do worse but reality has the tendency to disappoint my lowest expectations.

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  1. Vent Hole

  2. Your Half Hour of Hype

  3. Formation Lap

  4. We race

  5. Short cut through the first turn.

  6. Werhlein and Ericsson touch. Vettel has a flat. Safety Car.

  7. Start replay.

  8. Hamilton and Rosberg took a drive in the grass.

  9. Werhlein done.

  10. Mediums, Softs, and Super Softs

  11. Lap 3 back to racing

  12. Lap 5 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Hulkenberg
    Raikkonen
    Massa
    Vettel
    Bottas
    Perez
    Sainz

  13. Lap 10 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Hulkenberg
    Raikkonen
    Massa
    Vettel
    Bottas
    Perez
    Sainz

  14. Verstappen, Sainz pit

  15. Magnussen, Gutierrez pit

  16. Grosjean pits

  17. Everyone coming back on Mediums

  18. Kvyat pits

  19. Lap 15 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Raikkonen
    Vettel
    Bottas
    Perez
    Ricciardo
    Verstappen
    Alonso
    Hulkenberg

  20. Ocon pits

  21. Alonso pits. Sainz 5 second penalty.

  22. Hamilton pits

  23. Button pits

  24. Incredibly fast stop for Hamilton

  25. Bottas pits

  26. Rosberg pits

  27. Raikkonen pits

  28. Perez pits

  29. Lap 20 of 71

    Vettel
    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Ricciardo
    Verstappen
    Raikkonen
    Hulkenberg
    Massa
    Bottas
    Perez

  30. Lap 23 and Vettel and Nasr have yet to pit

  31. Lap 25 of 71

    Vettel
    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Ricciardo
    Raikkonen
    Hulkenberg
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  32. Lap 30 of 71

    Vettel
    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Ricciardo
    Raikkonen
    Hulkenberg
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  33. Vettel has been cleared to pit for 3 Laps now.

  34. Lap 32- Finally.

    Of course it means Vettel is done

  35. Lap 35 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Ricciardo
    Raikkonen
    Vettel
    Hulkenberg
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  36. Lap 40 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Ricciardo
    Raikkonen
    Vettel
    Hulkenberg
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  37. Raikkonen pits. Why? Already on Mediums.

  38. Lap 45 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Ricciardo
    Vettel
    Hulkenberg
    Raikkonen
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  39. Nasr pits (finally).

  40. Ricciardo pits

  41. Lap 50 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Vettel
    Ricciardo
    Huilkenberg
    Raikkonen
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  42. Lap 55 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Vettel
    Ricciardo
    Hulkenberg
    Raikkonen
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  43. I’ll point out everyone after Perez is a Lap down

  44. Lap 60 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Vettel
    Ricciardo
    Hulkenberg
    Raikkonen
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  45. Lap 65 of 71

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Vettel
    Ricciardo
    Hulkenberg
    Raikkonen
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  46. At this point really the only possibility for change is Vettel passing Verstappen (1.2 Seconds) or Riakkonen passing Hulkenberg (.8 seconds).

    Barring mechanical failure or accident of course.

  47. And just then Hulkenberg spins and Verstappen goes off.

  48. But nothing changes

  49. Final

    Hamilton
    Rosberg
    Verstappen
    Vettel
    Ricciardo
    Raikkonen
    Hulkenberg
    Bottas
    Massa
    Perez

  50. 5 second penalty to Verstappen

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