July 26, 2014
F1 Quals: Hungary 2014
I can only guess at what Lewis Hamilton is thinking right now. Here's the provisional grid for the 2014 Grand Prix of Hungary:
Maldonado you almost expect to see down at the bottom with some sort of problem, but Hamilton? What happened there? Simply put, someone took "Well done, Lewis" as an instruction.
Fuel leak, Mercedes is saying. "More than just bad luck," Hamilton is saying, and for a wonder I'd have a hard time disagreeing with him... until you remember that this is the first year with a new engine/power unit. I'm actually rather surprised we're not seeing more engine failures than we have been. Yes, it's unfortunate for Hamilton that Merc's problems all seem to be happening to his car, but a flat-out conspiracy? That's Ferrari-level stuff right there.
The rest of the grid is more-or-less what you would expect, save for Kimi Raikkonen down in 17th, not making it out of Q1. As time expired on the session, Ferrari kept his car in the garage, secure in the knowledge that he had gone fast enough to make it to Q2... and times kept falling, and falling, and falling, and suddenly there wasn't time to go back out and he was bumped. Ferrari-level stuff right there.
The race is shaping up to be one of the rare good ones that the Hungaroring coughs up every once in a while, because it's supposed to rain. Heavily. Between noon and 4pm local, which does a nice job of blanketing the contest... now we need to see it happen.
It'll put out Hamilton's car, if nothing else. See you then!
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Maldonado you almost expect to see down at the bottom with some sort of problem, but Hamilton? What happened there? Simply put, someone took "Well done, Lewis" as an instruction.
Fuel leak, Mercedes is saying. "More than just bad luck," Hamilton is saying, and for a wonder I'd have a hard time disagreeing with him... until you remember that this is the first year with a new engine/power unit. I'm actually rather surprised we're not seeing more engine failures than we have been. Yes, it's unfortunate for Hamilton that Merc's problems all seem to be happening to his car, but a flat-out conspiracy? That's Ferrari-level stuff right there.
The rest of the grid is more-or-less what you would expect, save for Kimi Raikkonen down in 17th, not making it out of Q1. As time expired on the session, Ferrari kept his car in the garage, secure in the knowledge that he had gone fast enough to make it to Q2... and times kept falling, and falling, and falling, and suddenly there wasn't time to go back out and he was bumped. Ferrari-level stuff right there.
The race is shaping up to be one of the rare good ones that the Hungaroring coughs up every once in a while, because it's supposed to rain. Heavily. Between noon and 4pm local, which does a nice job of blanketing the contest... now we need to see it happen.
It'll put out Hamilton's car, if nothing else. See you then!
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