Oh, how it could be a race! Both Mercedes failed start, the two Williams in the lead — it's a sensation, is not it? Yes, and several times in the course of the Grand Prix of rain began — is a real opportunity to confuse Teams...
But not for long music played — it seems subordinate to Frank Williams forgotten how to work with the drivers leaders. The rain only played up Mercedes — its two pilots finished in the first two positions.
The weekend began with a small scandal. FIA decided to set off the qualifying round of the participants, who in the ninth turn went beyond the track. The result was immediately canceled 12 fastest laps — and part of the riders «caught» in the final third part of the qualifying session.
The main novelty of the British Grand Prix was a new car the team Force India. But it is not anything special to remember — any difference in speed is noticeable not.
On the starting grid lacked one car — gearbox Sauber Felipe Nasr has died for another formation lap. Brazilian machine quickly taken to the pits, but the team did not have time to do anything...
Start the British Grand Prix has become, at least exciting. Winner of the pole position Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg passed Felipe Massa ahead of Williams. Another pilot of Frank Williams Valtteri Bottas managed to beat his compatriot Rosberg and almost repeated the success of the masses, but Hamilton managed to keep at least second place. But not for long.
Immediately after the start at the tail of the peloton have been several accidents involving all four riders McLaren and Lotus. Jenson Button collided with another McLaren and Fernando Alonso out of the race. And Romain Grosjean first grappled with Daniel Riccardo (Red Bull), and then moved into his teammate Pastor Maldonado for Lotus — Both dropped out of the race. The result of these events was leaving the pace car.
After a couple of laps took the restart, during which Lewis Hamilton tried to get ahead of race leader Felipe Massa, but instead the opposite is also passed forward Valtteri Bottas! And then something strange started.
Bottas overtook Massa and was about to attack — an advantage in speed of the Finn was visible to the naked eye, but the pits Williams followed a tough position settings are saved and do not engage in combat. After the end of the race and the management team, and racing engineers and drivers themselves justified struggle: «We would not have won so why Felipe was hurt?»
Still, it is rather an attempt to create a good face on a bad game — if Massa missed Bottas, but remained ahead of a pair of Mercedes, then at this moment faster Valtteri could easily create a gap and if I do not fight for the victory, the podium for sure. However, something happened that had happened. Bottas did not attack Massa, who was the leader and the race went on as usual.
The ban was lifted in the fight only after the first wave of pit stops, but at this point due to an earlier arrival into the pits Lewis Hamilton managed to beat both Williams cars and went into the lead! A Mass and Bottas fell back to second and third place.
Since the twenty-second lap of the race was eliminated by Daniel Riccardo — the engine of his Red Bull lost power. Ten rounds later came another representative redbullovskoy team — Toro Rosso Carlos Sainz stopped at the last corner, prompting classified mode virtual machine security.
After the restart the rain — British Grand Prix rarely goes by without rain, was no exception and the race this year.
Some riders rushed to the pit lane for intermediate tires, but paid for rush — rain ended after five laps. And two in the pits for intermediate tires turned the race leader Lewis Hamilton.
At this point, the British fans probably grabbed the heart, but Lewis has shown a phenomenal intuition — he left the boxes and immediately started a downpour!
One by one the riders fold into boxes — someone earlier, someone later — but this is the position of Hamilton made no difference. Artistically detailed in check boxes allowed him to create a decent lead. Lewis could only control it to the finish, which he did.
Nico Rosberg managed to beat Williams both car and finished the race in second place. A third was Sebastian Vettel — the German pitted just behind Hamilton and, as they say, break the bank. Early check-in for a pit stop allowed him to move from fifth place to third.
Pilots of Williams rounded out the top 5 — Massa was fourth, and fifth Bottas. But could finish on the podium...
Russian Daniil Kvyat was the best of the drivers whose cars are equipped with engines Renault — ufimets finished sixth.
New Force India brought its pilots in seventh and ninth place — Nico ahead of Sergio Perez. Between them wedged Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari).
And I locked the top ten and scored the first point of the season for himself and his team a two-time world champion Fernando Alonso! McLaren-Honda finally soak through.
