Pushing The Limits

Nico Rosberg was crowned the 2016 World champion on Sunday at Abu Dhabi! The action of the race was concentrated over the first few laps and last few laps. The last 20 laps were simply stressful for any  Mercedes fan. First of all Max Verstappen’s stint on the super softs was incredible. Despite having an early spin and falling back to the end of the pack, he suddenly found himself in the middle of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg courtesy of pit stops. Both the Mercedes were on newer tyres and Rosberg was told it was critical to pass Verstappen. I mean all of the drivers on track he had to pass Max, one of the toughest drivers to overtake and on top of that he had to do it for the championship! Nico eventually did pass him and Max soon had to pit for new tyres. “I thought I wouldn’t see Max today, not today BUT there he was again!” – Nico Rosberg  Now to the last 20 laps, Sebastian Vettel had just pitted after doing a 28

The unpredictable weather in Brazil guarantees a good race.  It was going to be a wet race and the race started behind the safety car (boring). Lewis Hamilton led the race from start to finish. Safety cars and Red flags kept resetting the gaps to zero. First Marcus Ericsson crashed , seconds after racing resumed Kimi Raikkonen ended up in the wall on the front straight. Overall there were 2 red flags and about 5 safety car intervals leading to a 3 and half hour race. Redbull tried something a little different with their tyre strategy but it failed and Max had to pit for full wets on Lap 54. He re-joined the race in 16 th and overtook 13 cars in 17 laps that brought him up to 3 rd ! Max is surely a world champion in the making.  Felipe Massa had a very emotional last home race. He unfortunately crashed but received a huge round of applause from the crowd and the mechanics. Sebastian Vettel finished 5 th after spinning early on. He made his way his through the field f