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Russian GP Driver of the Day

Nico Rosberg
1
20%
Lewis Hamilton
1
20%
Kimi Raikkonen
0
No votes
Valtteri Bottas
0
No votes
Filipe Massa
0
No votes
Fernando Alonso
2
40%
Other
1
20%
 
Total votes: 5

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The 2016 Russian Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:57 pm

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 4th round of the 2016 season taking place in Sochi between the 29th of April and 1st of May.

To submit your 10 'n' Pole Picks for Russia click here, to register in the competition click here.

Picks for Russia close at the start of Saturday practice.

The event timetable for the Russian Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 07:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 11:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 12:00 local time - 09:00 GMT
Qualifying 15:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 12:00 GMT
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Post by cmlean » Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:09 pm

Well, we are back in Europe. This is where Lewis will usually hit his straps however I feel that Nico will overcome his problems of last year.

With that, I feel that Nico will again triumph over Lewis.

The battle for third will again be between the Ferrari team mates with Sebastian ahead of Kimi.

Now comes the interesting part. Will Daniel show the form from China and harass the Ferrari's or not? My feeling is the best of the rest.

Williams still haven't shown the form I would think that they are capable of so they are next with probably Filipe finishing ahead of homeboy Daniil, Bottas and then Grosjean.

The battle for the final place in the 10 will be between Max, Carlos, Hulk and maybe a McLaren.

So, mine are in 10 'n' Pole, are yours?

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Post by cmlean » Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:17 pm

FP1 Results

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Pos.	Driver			  Team				  Time
1	Nico Rosberg 		 Mercedes			 01:38.1
2	Lewis Hamilton 	  Mercedes			 01:38.8
3	Sebastian Vettel 	Ferrari		 	 01:39.2
4	Kimi Raikkonen 	  Ferrari		 	 01:39.3
5	Felipe Massa 		 Williams			 01:39.4
6	Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull Racing	01:39.6
7	Valtteri Bottas 	 Williams			 01:39.8
8	Daniil Kvyat 		 Red Bull Racing	01:40.2
9	Sergio Perez 		 Force India		 01:40.3
10  Carlos Sainz 		 Toro Rosso		  01:40.7
11  Jenson Button 	   McLaren			  01:40.7
12  Fernando Alonso 	 McLaren			  01:40.8
13  Sergey Sirotkin 	 Renault			  01:40.9
14  Felipe Nasr 		  Sauber			   01:41.1
15  Max Verstappen 	  Toro Rosso		  01:41.1
16  Esteban Gutierrez   Haas				  01:41.2
17  Romain Grosjean 	 Haas				  01:41.4
18  Jolyon Palmer 	   Renault			  01:41.7
19  Marcus Ericsson 	 Sauber		 	  01:42.0
20  Pascal Wehrlein 	 Manor		  	  01:42.5
21  Rio Haryanto 	    Manor		  	  01:42.7
22  Alfonso Celis 	   Force India	    01:43.4

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Post by cmlean » Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:05 pm

FP2 Results

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Pos.	Driver				Team				  Time
1	 Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes			 01:37.6
2	 Sebastian Vettel	 Ferrari			  01:38.2
3	 Nico Rosberg		  Mercedes			 01:38.5
4	 Kimi Raikkonen		Ferrari			  01:38.8
5	 Daniel Ricciardo	 Red Bull Racing	01:39.1
6	 Valtteri Bottas	  Williams			 01:39.2
7	 Daniil Kvyat		  Red Bull Racing	01:39.2
8	 Jenson Button		 McLaren			  01:39.2
9	 Felipe Massa		  Williams			 01:39.3
10	Fernando Alonso	  McLaren			  01:39.4
11	Carlos Sainz	     Toro Rosso		  01:39.5
12	Max Verstappen 	  Toro Rosso		  01:39.5
13	Nico Hulkenberg	  Force India		 01:39.8
14	Sergio Perez		  Force India		 01:39.9
15	Kevin Magnussen	  Sauber			   01:40.2
16	Romain Grosjean	  Haas				  01:40.3
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas				  01:40.5
18	Jolyon Palmer		 Renault		     01:40.7
19	Felipe Nasr 		  Sauber			   01:40.7
20	Rio Haryanto		  Manor			    01:41.1
21	Pascal Wehrlein	  Manor			    01:41.1
22	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber			   01:41.7
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Post by cmlean » Sat Apr 30, 2016 9:28 pm

FP3 Results

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Pos.	Driver					Team				 Time
1	 Lewis Hamilton		   Mercedes		   01:36.4
2	 Sebastian Vettel		 Ferrari		    01:36.5
3	 Nico Rosberg		     Mercedes		   01:37.0
4	 Kimi Raikkonen		   Ferrari		    01:37.7
5	 Felipe Massa		     Williams		   01:37.9
6	 Valtteri Bottas		  Williams		   01:38.0
7	 Max Verstappen		   Toro Rosso	    01:38.1
8	 Jenson Button		    McLaren		    01:38.3
9	 Carlos Sainz		     Toro Rosso	    01:38.5
10	Sergio Perez		     Force India	   01:38.5
11	Daniel Ricciardo		 Red Bull Racing  01:38.6
12	Fernando Alonso		  McLaren		    01:38.6
13	Daniil Kvyat		     Red Bull Racing  01:39.0
14	Nico Hulkenberg		  Force India	   01:39.2
15	Esteban Gutierrez		Haas		       01:39.2
16	Kevin Magnussen		  Sauber		     01:39.2
17	Romain Grosjean		  Haas	  	     01:39.2
18	Jolyon Palmer			 Renault		    01:39.6
19	Rio Haryanto		     Manor 		     01:39.6
20	Pascal Wehrlein		  Manor 		     01:39.7
21	Marcus Ericsson		  Sauber 		    01:39.7
22	Felipe Nasr			   Sauber		     01:39.9
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Post by cmlean » Sun May 01, 2016 7:44 am

Qualifying

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Pos.	Driver				Team				 Time
1	 Nico Rosberg 		 Mercedes		   01:35.4
2	 Sebastian Vettel 	Ferrari		    01:36.1
3	 Valtteri Bottas 	 Williams		   01:36.5
4	 Kimi Raikkonen 	  Ferrari		    01:36.7
5	 Felipe Massa 		 Williams		   01:37.0
6	 Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull Racing  01:37.1
7	 Sergio Perez 		 Force India	   01:37.2
8	 Daniil Kvyat 		 Red Bull Racing  01:37.5
9	 Max Verstappen 	  Toro Rosso		 01:37.6
10	Lewis Hamilton 	  Mercedes	
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11	Carlos Sainz 	    Toro Rosso		 01:37.7
12	Jenson Button 	   McLaren			 01:37.7
13	Nico Hulkenberg     Force India		01:37.8
14	Fernando Alonso 	 McLaren			 01:37.8
15	Romain Grosjean 	 Haas			    01:38.1
16	Esteban Gutierrez   Haas			    01:38.1
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17	Kevin Magnussen 	 Renault			 01:38.9
18	Jolyon Palmer 	   Renault			 01:39.0
19	Felipe Nasr 	     Sauber			  01:39.0
20	Pascal Wehrlein 	 Manor			   01:39.4
21	Rio Haryanto 	    Manor			   01:39.5
22	Marcus Ericsson 	 Sauber			  01:39.5
Vettel to start from grid position 7 after a 5 grid place penalty for a gearbox change.

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Post by cmlean » Mon May 02, 2016 11:47 am

Results (after penalties)

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Pos.	Driver			 Team
1	 Nico Rosberg	   Mercedes
2	 Lewis Hamilton	 Mercedes
3	 Kimi Raikkonen	 Ferrari
4	 Valtteri Bottas	Williams
5	 Felipe Massa	   Williams
6	 Fernando Alonso	McLaren
7	 Kevin Magnussen	Renault
8	 Romain Grosjean	Haas
9	 Sergio Perez	   Force India
10	Jenson Button	  McLaren
11	Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing
12	Carlos Sainz	   Toro Rosso
13	Jolyon Palmer	  Renault
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber
15	Daniil Kvyat	   Red Bull Racing
16	Felipe Nasr  	  Sauber
17	Esteban Gutierrez Haas
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor
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Not Classified
  	Max Verstappen	 Toro Rosso
  	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
  	Nico Hulkenberg   Force India
  	Rio Haryanto	   Manor

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Post by cmlean » Mon May 02, 2016 9:57 pm

Oh, how I would like to give 2 drivers of the day.

1. Fernando Alonso. What more is there to say. He, and his underpowered Honda McLaren came home a creditable 6th far exceeding my expectations.

2. Kevin Magnussen. On a day that the other Renault powered team would rather forget, he stayed out of trouble in the early parts of the race and then lapped consistently to finish in 7th.

Sure, both these drivers were a lap down at the end but both did enough justify my picks for Driver of the Day.

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Post by Thaddeus » Fri May 13, 2016 12:42 am

As is traditional, I'm immensely late, but voted for Alonso as well.

Incidentally, does the site/forum have a Twitter account? Just curious, as the nun said to the archbishop.

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Post by cmlean » Sat May 14, 2016 5:14 pm

Thaddeus wrote:As is traditional, I'm immensely late, but voted for Alonso as well.

Incidentally, does the site/forum have a Twitter account? Just curious, as the nun said to the archbishop.
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