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Kimi Raikonen has hung on to his seat at Ferrari for 2016. It is seeming Honda has not found an answer to closing the gap as the upgrades are not looking like making a significant improvement to the pace of the Mclaren. Interestingly, the lack of pace of the Mclaren is on sector timing not due the chassis but more due to the lack of pace of the Honda engine. It is looking sunny at FP1 and manual clutch release is not expected to have a huge impact on the race, but we would see on sunday.
Pastor does it yet again in FP1 - crashes out. I wonder how much longer this clown will be in F1? Surely his days must be near an end.
Has Maldonado cras....oh, already, whoops
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McLaren taking 2 engine changes on each car this weekend to get all their penalties out of the way and give themselves enough engines for the rest of the season.
Scary looking tyre failure for Nico Rosberg in FP2.
Pirelli seemed angst by Hamilton's questions about the safety of the tyres. You would think when a blow up like this occurs, everyone would be wondering about the safety of the tyres. It is puzzling why the FIA would find it neccessary to defend Pilrelli in the wake of Bianchi's recent passing. It just sends the wrong message. I hope they find out what the problem with tyre is before sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyL
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Yep, l always have something to say :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
I'm getting pretty tired of vettel running wide on turn 7 and throwing stones on the track to hamper the rest of the field
Yawn. We couldn't have expected a "worse" result. Hamilton qualifies 1.3 seconds ahead of the next non-Mercedes car. Vettel 9th. I think Mercedes made a big leap over the break. Nonetheless, this does leave some room for very exciting speculation. Now that Ferrari cars are almost certainly out of podium contention, which non-Mercedes car is going to be on the podium tomorrow?
Boss, wow! :stareup:
Suddenly, I am looking forward watching the IndyCar race more than F1 on the same day.
Go Juan! :dork:
Watching the pole lap from HAM really shows how good of a car the Mercedes is. It must be like heaven to drive a car like that and absolutely dominate racing. Of course one guy gets it down perfectly and the other not so much.
Wondering what happened to Ferrari. Heard that Kimi had a sudden oil pressure drop and not sure about Vettel. Maybe Fernando can pull up a bit and have a fight with them after all! Lol
I can't count how many times the Ferrari car has let Kimi down. If he is pissed about it, he his putting up a great act. The elephant in the room going into sunday is "Are those Pirelli tyres going to blow up on race day?" Imagine if Rosberg's blow up had happened under race conditions, we would have had a mother of pile ups.
All the facts suggest that this is not a fault of pirelli but pure racing incident.
Stonking lap from Hamilton again. He has raised his qualifying form no end this year
Almost 5 tents of a second to Rosberg is quite a margin. His lap was perfect except for a touch of understeer at this stupid last chicane. Can't wait for the race tomorrow!
Awesome from Lewis, but can he and the team stop making errors and get the win.
Not over as a race yet.
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Originally Posted by steveaki13
I have $20 on Ricco for the win. Over $2000 return if he clinches it.
I have a split bet on Perez and Bottas to win the race. Chances are Hamilton would win it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warriwa
Really? That would be odds of more than 100:1. Most bookies here have odds on a Ricciardo win between 20 and 30:1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warriwa
Afternoon guys, gurlz and donkeys
:p
Can Lewis finally do something at Spa
Boo!!! :ghost:
Hi guys. :p :)
Here we.... Oh damn. Nico H's car went "Duhhhhhh"...:p
Hulkenberg looks like he is out after the aborted start. Now Sainz is in trouble
Maldo out...again.
Terrible start by Rosberg. And yet another slowing car, Maldonado this time...
Sainz back into the race and maybe back out of it.
Maldonado out.
Kimi had a shocking start but coming back through the field now.
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Originally Posted by gm99
Bet 365 had those odds last week. Their odds are great.
First Ricc, now Perez. Folks will be getting off the softs, going for the mediums.
Williams have put one medium and three softs on Bottas car.
School boy/rookie error
Max the new boss!
Williams donkeys again - they put a wrong rear tire on Bottas.
Drive thru penalty for Bottas.
Thanks, Williams. :s
Dull race so far compared to Hungary. DRS far to good here. Its just breezing past other cars time.
Sorry about your 20 $, mate ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Warriwa
Quite a few power failures today...
Ricc out. Right at the final turn.
More problems with the powertrain, it seems.
Hmmmm... Romain just behind Seb.
Every pass under DRS is done way before the corner.
Get 'im, Ro! Get 'im! :D
Done!
Pop! Goes the Tyre. :p