FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI 2016 (Catalunya)

[Vanja #66]

Postovi o prenosu su prebačeni na temu F1 na SK kanalima:

http://www.sportklub.info/forum/show...=1#post1503398

Molim da se držimo teme, a to je trka. Od 2011. kako je SK počeo sa ekspanzijom sportova koje prenosi, F1 i MotoGP su u drugom planu zbog jako male gledanosti u odnosu na fudbal, košarku, tenis, šta god... 1000 puta se o tome pisalo, svi su nezadovoljni što je to tako, komentatori među prvima... Urednička politika SK-a nije na njima, a ono što običan čovek može da uradi je da dovodi nove ljude u ovaj svet i da sve više ljudi gledaju trke. Drugo, kvalifikacije i pre svega trke su najčešće na nekom od prva 3 kanala koje skoro svi imaju (osim korisnika PTT KDS u Srbiji), tako da se glavna akcija može ispratiti.

[Vanja #66]

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/05/1...ce-result-fp3/

Izveštaj sa FP3... Ferrari opasno blizu, ne verujem u pol poziciju, ali uz malo sreće prvi red za jedan crveni bolid nije nemoguć. Alonso prilično bolji od Buttona, nalazi se u grupi vozača iza Red Bulla (očekivao sam da se Williams izdvoji iz te grupe do sad), fini poeni uopšte nisu nemogući. Manor deluje bliže nego do sad, oba vozača zaostaju 3s. Sauber i Renault će do kraja sezone verovatno praviti društvo Manoru na začelju...

[Vanja #66]

Felipe Baby, what happened?

[Alan]

Zreo za penziju.

[Vanja #66]

Izgleda da je i greška tima, ali fakat je da nam Felipe bledi iz trke u trku...

[forum1nick]

RBR, sa vozačem koji tek dva dana vozi njihov bolid ostavlja Ferrari u trećem redu.
Mislim da će kod crvenih opet neka metla raditi

[Vanja #66]

Hamilton na pol poziciji, hoće li sutra kao i većina pobednika pobediti sa prve pozicije?

Red Bull jako dobar, Ferrari jako loš. Slabija vremena nego u FP3, a treba da budu bar 0.5s brža... Alonso startuje 10. ali verovatno će pre prve krivine biti 2-3 mesta više...

[woxer]

Katastrofalan Ferrari, sramota za gledanje.

[Tarantula®]

Rezultati kvalifikacija:

1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 22.000s
2. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 22.280s
3. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull-Renault 1m 22.680s
4. Max Verstappen NED Red Bull-Renault 1m 23.087s
5. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 23.113s
6. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 23.334s
7. Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams-Mercedes 1m 23.522s
8. Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 23.643s
9. Sergio Perez MEX Force India-Mercedes 1m 23.782s
10. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda 1m 23.981s

11. Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India-Mercedes 1m 24.203s
12. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Honda 1m 24.348s
13. Daniil Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 24.445s
14. Romain Grosjean FRA Haas-Ferrari 1m 24.480s
15. Kevin Magnussen DEN Renault-Renault 1m 24.625s
16. Esteban Gutierrez MEX Haas-Ferrari 1m 24.778s


17. Jolyon Palmer GBR Renault-Renault 1m 24.903s
18. Felipe Massa BRZ Williams-Mercedes 1m 24.941s
19. Felipe Nasr BRA Sauber-Ferrari 1m 25.202s
20. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari 1m 25.579s
21. Pascal Wehrlein GER Manor-Mercedes 1m 25.754s
22. Rio Haryanto INA Manor-Mercedes 1m 25.939s

[Sile]

Sta je ovo bilo ?? Ferrari grande error! Eto im motor i brzina na pravcu kada treci sektor sekundu gube.. zato i ne cudi Red bull dobar.

[Dule Krtola]

Mora da se spremaju za 2017tu...

Čestitke Red Bulovcima.

[BogdanB]

Kada te pobedi tim koji ove sezone nije bio siguran da li ce da ucestvuje, koji je dosta kasno nasao dobavljaca motora, koji stavi novog vozaca u taj bolid, onda treba ozbiljno da se zapitas.

Послато са GT-I9300 користећи Тапаток 2

[Alan]

RedBul ce brzo doci na svoje mesto u vrhu, Reno ce napraviti motor koji ce parirati ili biti vrlo blizu Mercedesu a izgleda da se Adrijan Njui ove godine ozbiljno posvetio F1 projektu.

[Bastia33]

Izgleda da je i greška tima, ali fakat je da nam Felipe bledi iz trke u trku...

Gužva u krugu danas, ali osjetno pada. Prošle sezone je, po Smedleyu, odvozio sezonu karijere, i to se osjetilo. Bez problema je bio na točku Valtteriju. Do sada ove sezone, Bottas se nije nešto Bog zna šta popravio, ali zato je Felipe propao. Već mi se par sezona vuče jeza po kičmi od straha da bi to mogla biti njegova zadnja sezona, mislim da sam ju i dočekao.

Kad smo već na temi Williamsa, oni trebaju ozbiljan rebuilding tima, ovo sa Symondosom više ne funkcioniše kako bi trebalo, a Smedley baš i nije pravi čovjek za komandu pit-walla. I Woodu se dugo godina opraštalo smeće od bolida, bili su na dnu pa ih mogu razumijeti, ali sada više nema mjesta za igranje. Od sledeće sezone, s novi pravilima, nadam se i novi tim, a ako Felipe ode, molim Boga da bar neko u Williamsu bude zdrave pameti i potpiše Lynna.

[Dule Krtola]

Izjave vozača nakon kvalifikacija.

Izjave su na engleskom.


Red Bull

Spoiler

Daniel Ricciardo, 3rd, 1:22.680

“Firstly I’m really happy to be back in the top three on Saturday and will try and be back here tomorrow! I’m happy for both of us (Max and I) to be in front of the Ferraris, we are both on the second row, which is pretty awesome. It took a bit of time to come together, but in Q3 I knew I had one lap and knew I had the pace and where I could do it; it was about putting it all together – up until then I hadn’t, but Q3 is what counts and I did it, so I’m really happy.”

Max Verstappen, Position: 4th, 1:23.087

"I enjoyed the qualifying, it was getting better with every lap. For me the target today was to enjoy myself and I had a good feeling in the car. I focused on what I had to do and it worked. I’m happy, I didn’t expect to adapt to the car so quickly. I didn’t expect to be on the second row, so it’s a positive feeling. We are close to a podium and hopefully we can keep our positions in tomorrow’s race.”

Christian Horner, Team Principal

“An amazing performance by both of our drivers today. It was a phenomenal final lap by Daniel Ricciardo, he only had one set of tyres in Q3 but he made the most of them and nailed the best lap of the weekend to line up third. Max Vertsappen, making his debut for the team this weekend, has proved to be the sensation that we know he is. He will line up alongside Daniel on the second row, in front of the Ferraris, which puts us in a great position for tomorrow’s Grand Prix.”

Sauber

Spoiler

Marcus Ericsson, 19th, 1:25.202

“It’s been a tough weekend for me. I have been struggling with the balance of the car since the first practice session. We have been working really hard to get a better balance for the car, and I felt we took steps in the right direction. Now in qualifying I felt more comfortable in the car, and I am satisfied with my driving. I think the result is the maximum considering our car’s current package. Unfortunately, it is not better than 19th position. I hope we can be stronger in the future.”

Felipe Nasr, 20th, 1:25.579

“It was not an easy qualifying for us. We were expecting to face some difficulties here. But overall we did a good job with regard to the set-up of the car, especially when it comes to race preparation. In qualifying I managed to have a good lap on the first set of soft tyres. During the second run I struggled with some oversteer, so I could not improve my time. I think the results are the best we could have achieved today, as the other teams are further ahead of us. It is a long race tomorrow; a lot can happen, especially with regards to the tyre degradation.”

Haas

Spoiler

Romain Grosjean, 14th, 1:24.480

“I think we did a great job and everyone worked very hard overnight to get a better car. It’s very close and very tight in terms of lap times. We couldn’t make it to Q3, but we weren’t that far off. We need to find some more speed but, generally, I’m very pleased with the way we worked. I’m very proud of all the guys.”

Esteban Gutierrez, 16th, 1:24.778

“It was a great effort from the whole team to recover after the problems from yesterday. Today, I really enjoyed extracting the maximum on every run. I found a little inconsistency between the different sets of tyres, but that’s something we can look into and try to improve to really get the best out of our setup. Now I’m looking ahead to the race tomorrow and fighting for positions. I’m excited to get back out there.”

Guenther Steiner, Team Principal

“Q1 was pretty good. Romain and Esteban did a great job, and I think we are back where we want to be. We finished up P14 and P16. I think we’re a little under where we could be, but it’s so close out there – so many are within three-tenths. You can be 10th or 15th. All in all, we are happy where we are. We got both cars into Q2, which is a good result for us. Tomorrow, we’ll head out and try and finish in the points.”

Ferrari

Spoiler

Kimi Raikkonen, 5th, 1:12.113

"It was not an easy day: we did our best, but the result is a bit disappointing. We seemed to struggle quite a lot in the last sector and I'm not surprised we were losing a lot of time there. Before qualifying we made some changes to my set-up and the car felt better, but it was not easy to get the laps that we wanted and make the handling exactly as we desired. The car felt ok yesterday, today I was quicker, but the wind has been turning around a bit, making some places quite tricky. My last run was better than so far today, but obviously it's not where we want to be. Our rivals did a better job today, we have to keep working and improving and see what we can do tomorrow in the race."

Sebastian Vettel, 6th, 1:23.334

"I think every day can be tough but for sure I didn't expect to be that far off, especially because this morning we had a good rhythm. I didn't get hold of the car, I didn't get the feeling that I had earlier today, and couldn't nail the laps. I don't think that it is a surprise, if you don't get it together here it can be quite costly, and we know this. I think the gap to Mercedes is bigger than it has been all weekend. So clearly we didn't get it right. As for tomorrow's race, for sure the further up you qualify, the better: this rule applies everywhere. We will focus on the start, first lap and then there is a long race, and lot of things we can do. Usually there are several pit-stops here so we can play with the strategy and pass people that are slower than us. I think the car is quicker than P6, so I have high hopes for tomorrow."

Mercedes

Spoiler

Lewis Hamilton, 1st, 1:22.000

"That felt great today to finally put the lap together, I'm very very happy. You always need to put that performance in, it reassures your belief, and Nico had been so fast this weekend, sometimes two tenths quicker, sometimes more. I could see on my data where I was losing, so I had to try and figure it out on track, and it is so satisfying to attack that obstacle and get through it. I am really grateful to the team for working hard overnight to put the car in the right place for me to fight - and now it's three poles from three for me when I've been able to do the laps in qualifying. I haven't had a proper race with Nico yet this year so I am hoping that will start tomorrow. It's very hard to overtake here, so strategy is important, as is looking after the tyres: the forces round this circuit means it just eats the tyres up, so you need to get that balance just right and see it through to the finish."

Nico Rosberg, 2nd, 1:22.280

"Lewis did the better job today but tomorrow is when it really counts. There is a big opportunity for me at the beginning: I had some good starts this year and Lewis hasn't led into the first corner this season so far. Maybe in the race there will be an opportunity. Tyre usage will also play a factor and the right strategy will be crucial. So I'm expecting a pretty interesting race and I'm looking forward to the battle. We need to keep eye on Red Bull as well, as they are surprisingly stronger than Ferrari here."

Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport

"After the problems we had in the last two qualifying sessions, it was great to get both cars to the end of the session today - and to see the drivers put them on the front row. It was a magic lap from Lewis. He's struggled with the set-up this weekend but worked with the engineering team to get the car where he wanted it, and delivered at the right moment. I'm very pleased for him. As for Nico, he's second on the grid but it looked like he had something in his pocket in Q2, so his tyres might be a little fresher for the race start - and we will see if that makes a difference tomorrow afternoon. I'm expecting a tough race, a big battle between our boys and a challenge from the guys behind us on the grid. We must make sure we do our job and give the drivers reliable equipment, then see how the race unfolds."

Paddy Lowe, Executive Director (Technical)

"First of all, well done to all our colleagues at Brixworth, whose hard work and expertise over the past weeks has got us through the weekend reliably so far. Our aerodynamic upgrade package is also working well, which is a good confirmation that our development rate remains high and competitive. But we have had some difficult qualifying sessions recently, so it is a weight off our shoulders to have enjoyed a trouble-free session today in Barcelona - and it was a privilege to watch the battle between our two drivers performing at their very best. Congratulations to Lewis on his third pole of the season; he put in a tremendous performance during all three sessions and, at one point, was on course for a time in the 1:21 bracket. Well done to Nico, as well; he delivered some great laps to take our first all-Mercedes front row since Bahrain. Our focus now turns to tomorrow's race. We will need good starts, given the difficulty of overtaking at this circuit, and we expect a challenging race in terms of strategy with plenty of opportunities to take advantage. We want to make sure our long-run performance is on the same level as we showed over a single lap today."

Force India

Spoiler

Sergio Perez, 9th, 1:23.782

“I’m very happy to be starting ninth. This track has traditionally been a difficult one for us, so to come here with our upgrade and make Q3 feels pretty good. I think there was the potential to be even faster on my Q3 lap, but I’m still happy with the result. I expect us to be strong in the race and we have a good track position, which is important on this track where it’s never easy to overtake. In the first stint, the cars starting just outside the top ten on fresh tyres will be a threat, but I am confident we can make a good start and stay ahead. Strategy will be important, as well as tyre management, but it’s not easy if you get involved in battles that take the life out of your tyres. If we can come away with a good number of points it will be a nice reward for the team’s hard work and effort recently.”

Nico Hülkenberg, 11th, 1:24.203

“It’s always a bit disappointing to miss out on Q3 by just one hundredth of a second, but on the other hand starting from P11 gives us the chance to explore the strategy options with a free choice of tyre for the first stint. We brought a big upgrade here this weekend and generally it’s working well, but I’m not totally comfortable in the car and I’m still chasing the balance. I feel quite optimistic about tomorrow because our long run pace looked solid and we’ve got a good chance of scoring some points.”

Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal

“To come to Barcelona – one of the most demanding tracks where aero performance dominates - and qualify in ninth and eleventh places is an excellent effort by the whole team. Everybody has worked extremely hard to deliver our new aerodynamic package and we’ve already reaped the rewards with our performance today. Sergio and Nico both delivered tidy laps and Nico was within a whisker of joining Sergio in Q3. Those starting positions give us a great opportunity to score a good number of points and make up for the misfortune we’ve experienced in some of the earlier races this season.”

Williams

Spoiler

Valtteri Bottas, 7th, 1:23.522

"I was hoping for a bit better result, but it was a good lap so I am pleased with how we did in Q3. It’s a shame about Felipe. Tomorrow, we need to set the bar high and aim to be in the top five in the race. It’s possible with a good start and our strategy, so we’ll try to make up as many places as we can."

Felipe Massa, 18th, 1:24.941

"I’m so disappointed about what happened. I had traffic on my first run so I couldn’t do a clean lap. We didn’t have time to go out on another set of tyres. Traffic or problems on the lap can happen, but we still need to ensure we can react accordingly. It’s a long race tomorrow though, so we still need to aim to challenge for points."

Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering

"Overall it’s a disappointing qualifying session. Our fastest car is in seventh position which is where we predicted we would get to, but it’s not enough. Valtteri did everything that he could with the car to get to that position, and we’re quite close to the Ferraris, which is positive. Felipe didn’t get his lap right and we didn’t have enough time to do another run, so we need to look at what’s gone wrong on his lap, because we had eight tenths of a margin to get through into Q2, and then we have to look at what we could have done better operationally as well. We’ll dissect everything, be open and honest, and do better. What we have to concentrate on now is the race tomorrow. Valtteri’s starting from a good position, and hopefully he can get some good points and get amongst the cars in front. With Felipe we need to be a little clever with the strategy, and think about what we can do in order to get into the back end of the points with him."

Manor

Spoiler

Pascal Wehrlein, 21st, 1:25.745

“I think our qualifying performance was the maximum for us today. Our new developments are working well but even so we knew this track would not be our strongest because you really need a lot of downforce here and that’s an area where we still need to keep making improvements. Also it appears that we haven’t solved our degradation problems fully. I think this is where we are at this event but there will be some better tracks coming soon for us.”

Rio Haryanto, 22nd, 1:25.939

“I’m disappointed today as we pushed really hard in practice and qualifying. We’ve definitely seen some improvements with the new parts we have for this race but not enough to get ahead of the teams we’re competing against at this particular circuit. Still, I’m very focused on tomorrow and after the frustration of Russia I’m looking forward to actually racing, then I hope we can have a stronger day.”

Dave Ryan, Racing Director

“We have mixed feelings about our weekend here so far. On the one hand, there are some positive signs from our new developments. On the other, this was always going to be a tricky circuit for us to be able to demonstrate their benefit. We still have a lot of work to do to move us forward. Pascal and Rio did a good job today, so they’ll be disappointed with where they’re starting the race. Nevertheless, we’ve also seen them fighting hard in previous races to fight with the cars around us, so let’s see what tomorrow brings.”

McLaren

Spoiler

Fernando Alonso, 10th, 1:23.981

“Today is the first time in a long while that I haven’t watched Q3 on television!

“And it’s nice to be part of the show. This is new-shape McLaren-Honda’s first time in Q3 – but, in truth, we probably deserved this result a couple of races ago.

“But never mind that now: let’s just enjoy it before we turn our attention to tomorrow and look at how we can convert it into world championship points. That’ll require some thought because, for the first time this year, we’ll be starting on used Q2 tyres – we don’t have a free choice, which is a slight handicap that we’ll look to recover somehow.

“Nonetheless, we should be thinking about moving forwards tomorrow – and doing that here is usually all about the start and the pit-stops. Put it this way: I don’t think we’ll see too much overtaking tomorrow. That means we really need to focus on the start, and then look after our tyres because degradation is likely to be a factor.

“There’s still a long way to go, but this is a good step.”

Jenson Button, 12th, 1:24.348

“This result has been a long time coming for the McLaren-Honda team. Fair play to Fernando – he’s been very quick all weekend, and this afternoon’s Q3 success is great for the team.

“Having said that, merely getting into Q3 isn’t where we want to be as a team, but we did a good job today. And I hope it’s put a smile on everyone’s faces.

“However, it’s been a tough weekend for me. My car has been suffering from a loose-feeling rear end, which isn’t how I like it to feel because it means I can’t fully commit into corners. I tried my best, but driving around that handling characteristic has never been my strong point.

“Still, I adapted reasonably well to it this weekend, and, to end up just-one-and-a-half tenths off Fernando’s time is the best it’s been all weekend.

“I’ll start tomorrow’s race on new tyres too, so I’m not too upset.”

Eric Boullier, McLaren-Honda Racing Director

“Today’s qualifying session was the 24th we’ve entered since we renewed our partnership with Honda – and the result, our first appearance in Q3, is a welcome relief even though it’s taken a long time coming.

“In truth, however, although Fernando’s having bagged a top-10 grid slot for his home Grand Prix will cheer the local fans, and rightly so, the reason it pleases us is that it’s firm evidence of our slow but sure progress from past lows to future highs. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: we’re on a journey, a difficult journey, but it’s clear that we’re going in the right direction.

“Moreover, although Jenson narrowly failed to get through to Q3, he too is very well positioned to launch an aggressive yet canny offensive towards a points-scoring position tomorrow afternoon.

“We got both cars into the points in Sochi two weeks ago, and a repeat performance has to be our goal here in Barcelona tomorrow.”

Yusuke Hasegawa, Honda R&D Co Ltd Head of F1 Project & Executive Chief Engineer

“It was a great feeling to reach our first Q3 session as McLaren-Honda with Fernando’s P10 finish today. Jenson also finished a good P12, with only a 0.2 second difference to Fernando, and he has the benefit of selecting his starting tyre.

"Though still not fully up to their satisfaction, both drivers saw an improvement to the feeling of the car, thanks to the team’s hard work last night. We know that the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a difficult circuit at which to overtake, so hopefully we can use this good starting position to finish with both car in the points."

Toro Rosso

Spoiler

Carlos Sainz, 8th, 1.23.643

“I’m very happy with today’s qualifying! We’ve been strong the whole weekend so far and today’s P8 was the maximum we could hope for, and we did it – I’m very satisfied with my lap in Q3. Tomorrow’s race will be a very interesting one, and to start from the fourth row in front of my home crowd is something I’m looking forward to. To race on home soil is always special, something that I’ve been dreaming of since I was four years old, when I started to watch Formula 1. To finally be here, living the dream, is an awesome feeling and I will try and enjoy myself and put on a good show for all the fans out there.”

Danill Kvyat, 13th, 1:24.445

“I’m still getting used to the team and the car, so it hasn’t been the easiest of qualifying sessions. To be out in Q2 isn’t what one wants to see, but the general feeling is positive, I feel better and better in the car and in the future we will do better – I’m just not a very patient guy! We need to analyse and find where we could’ve done better to improve very quickly for the next races. Starting in P13 is not too bad, so we will do our best to score some points tomorrow – the race is very long, let’s see where we end up.”

James Key, Technical Director

“It’s been an interesting and busy weekend for us so far. We’ve been working hard with our new engineering structure and integrating Daniil back into the team. We are working very well with him and he has had a lot to adapt to. With every run he has done he has got more used to the car and continually found more performance, and we are getting the set-up more towards what he is looking for. Effectively we are trying to do the work of winter testing in the space of a race weekend! However Daniil’s learning curve has been very steep and he is settling in well. I think after Sunday’s race and a day of testing next week we will be back up to speed.

“Q1 was pretty straightforward for both Daniil and Carlos, although we went for a second run with Daniil just as a precaution, which unfortunately was not required. This left him with only one completely new set of soft tyres in Q2, although the risk of not running again was a little too high at the time. Maybe that put him at a bit of a disadvantage and he just missed out on Q3.

“Carlos did exactly what he needed to do today and got through to the top 10 as planned. We knew we wouldn’t be able to compete with the first three teams because they are a bit too far ahead, but we battled well and ended up just behind a Williams. He has had a very clean and focused weekend so far and I am sure he will carry that through to tomorrow. P8 is a decent place to start and we will target moving forwards from there, as our race pace is typically better than our qualifying pace. The good work Carlos has done with tyre management so far this weekend will help that too. The target is to get both cars in the points.”

Renault

Spoiler

Kevin Magnussen, 15th, 1:24.625

“I think we got everything out of the car, and we did a good job as a team to maximise our potential. I think fifteenth is absolutely the best that we could do today. Looking at it like that, it’s been a good day but I’m certainly looking forward to improving over the coming races. For tomorrow, we have to be ready for any opportunities that present themselves. I’m aiming to stay out of trouble and gain all the positions available.”

Jolyon Palmer, 17th, 1:24.903

“It was disappointing to be so close to getting into Q2 but just being pipped at the final moment. The car’s clearly improved and felt good, I felt happy with my lap from behind the wheel but we were not quite where we needed to be come the end of the session. There’s a little bit more time in the car; let’s try to make some places in the race tomorrow.”

Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director

"It was good to make it into Q2 and this shows that progress is being made. We have further significant upgrades to come for the test so today is just another step in this process.

"Jolyon was very close to being in Q2 despite missing a lot of running yesterday which was a strong effort and Kevin was able to deliver the close to the car’s full potential so it was a good job from both sides of the garage today.

"It will be a tough race for tyres as we see a lot of degradation here - certainly a lot more than seen at the last couple of races - which should mean a reasonable variety of tyre strategies. Obviously, we’ll be seeking to capitalise from this and move forwards a decent amount with both cars."

Pirelli

Spoiler

Paul Hembery, Pirelli Motorsport Director

“There’s certainly been plenty to talk about from qualifying. Pole here was more than 2.6 seconds faster than last year, which confirms the pattern that we have seen in every session so far this year in Barcelona. That sets us up for an entertaining battle tomorrow, where strategy will definitely play an important part. We would expect most drivers to go for a two-stop strategy tomorrow although there will be some who are likely to try a three-stopper.”