Bizzaro world begins in jolly old , as pink Lance is fastest in FP2 .
And the Hulk is back in the other car .
Perez's bubble burst .
Albon's in the armco , and Seb is waaaaaaay back .
Could be fun to watch qually .
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Bizzaro world begins in jolly old , as pink Lance is fastest in FP2 .
And the Hulk is back in the other car .
Perez's bubble burst .
Albon's in the armco , and Seb is waaaaaaay back .
Could be fun to watch qually .
Thanks for starting this thread , bagwan .
Lance must have disappointed you today , eh ?
Holy cow , are those Mercs fast .
And , what's up with those red cars so far apart ?
And , those Bully cars , too ?
Can't wait for the race .
No sweat , man .
I'm pretty excited about the race , too .
It feels like I'm the only one in the stands .
Don't worry .
I'm here , too .
It feels like we're in quarantine .
Pass the champagne .
I have my mask on right now , so it's hard to drink .
Russell gets burned for speeding past his spinning team mate , and Chuck Le Cluck gets off for making Pink Lance jam on the brakes .
This has been brought to you by the bbc(bagwan broadcasting couch).
More after this .
Hey bagwan , did you notice how fast Lulu was ?
I haven't seen 1 minute of F1 this year so I can't say much about what happens but the peace and harmony in this thread just warms my heart. Nice to see you all getting along so well. Sorry to interrupt. Go on please.
Yeah , pretty amazing , eh ?
I didn't mention it because nobody would have believed I was serious about complimenting him .
He broke his own record , and then broke his own record , and then broke his own record again .
He's awfully hard on those statistics people .
Good thing he drives good .
He's gotta be the outright record holder for number of hairstyles , too (sorry , maybe a little jealous there - little hair , and same style since '74 ).
You should see us when we argue .Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
Well at least there is an active thread about the qually today! :laugh:
Overall no big surprises, and Merc continue to dominate. I'm not sure I can agree with Ferrari getting away with Leclerc's release, but they seem hit and miss on pit exits at times. Seb seems lost this weekend, and the Hulk is back in a seat in the pink Merc. We'll see what he can make of it. It's great to see Mclaren up near the front again, it's been way to long. And at the rate things are going, Albon might be the first involved in the next silly season. While comparison to Max is tough, I think there are drivers that could consistently put that car farther up on the grid.
And I think we should all perform a welfare check on Bagwan, as lockdowns have not been good to him. I'll bring the beer.
I think Stroll is doing Canada proud at the mo. Interesting to see him take on the mantle as the number one driver for racing Point this weekend. And he has stepped up with a good showing. Shame, Perez is down with COVID, l have a feeling that he may have pushed the team a little further up the grid with his feedback to the team. That said, Hulkenburg did a great job coming out of the cold to join a team he has not driven for in four years. Great effort!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
Hamilton racks up the records and was simply the best after a small setback in Q2. Bottas has just seen what a mountain he has to climb to win a title with Hammy in the other car. It was quite surprising to see Redbull a full second behind the Mercedes of Hamilton. They are not real contenders this season, but l expect them to win a few races.
How Leclerc outshines Vettel most of this season! Just as Norris is equally thrashing Sainz. Maybe Ferrari hired the wrong Mclaren driver :-)
Albon is struggling, l think he is not getting the right level of support he needs. We saw this trait with Ricciado and Gasly before they departed the team. It is becoming increasingly apparent that Albon is getting lesser and lesser support with each race weekend.
Verstappen, what a star! The pesky dutchman just wrings out every gram of performance in that Redbull and somehow manages to put it ahead of the rest. I would give my left foot to see Verstappen in the Mercedes alongside Hamilton. What a cracking racing that would produce.
Well, Sunday is another day. Points are not awarded for qualifying positions, so bring on the race.
Good weekend for Hamilton so far. Pole for the British GP and Arsenal winning the FA Cup.
Pérez' car apparently came over all Pérez and got sick.
Hülkenberg won't be able to start the race due to technical problems with the Racing Point's power unit.
Freakin' Aldumb!
It's somewhat frustrating to see Magnussen out in an accident that isn't his fault. That's a new one and I'm not sure how to deal with it.
Those clean-ups are taking forever today.
So the mercedes are about 2 seconds per lap faster than the redbulls if they want to. 3 seconds per lap to the ferrari's.
Why are we even racing? Give them the tile right now and change the rules so that might have a real championship next year.
What a way to finish the race. Jesus.
I'm super gutted for Sainz of all people because I don't think he's put a foot wrong in the entire season, but every single race so far there's been something outside his control hampering him. In Austria he got screwed by yellow flags in his first Q3 run, then in Styria McLaren botched his pitstop, in Hungary he lost a lot of positions on the pitstop as he couldn't get out of his stop with everyone coming in the pits at that time, and now this. He's truly his father's son.
Also, WTF Pirelli? It looks VERY wrong considering that next week we'll be racing here with softer compounds.
Tbh I don’t blame pirelli. I blame the teams for taking them right to the limitQuote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
To be fair there's not much of a way for the teams to know where the limit was considering the limited amount of testing and the fact that testing was held on different temperatures.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
Furthermore, it's Pirelli's job to make tires that slow down when they're shot, rather than delaminating at 300 km/h.
Once again Mercedes pitfall committee nearly cost Hamilton the win. For the life of me I don’t understand why Hamilton was not brought in after bettas failure and verstappen stop. It really is ridiculous how everyone except for the Mercedes strategy guys can see that Hamilton needed to come in. Smh
Wow, what an exciting finish to a rather boring race. Red Bull must be kicking themselves for bringing Verstappen in after Bottas' tyre failure. And LeClerc once again, like in Austria 1, probably has no clue how in the world he ended up on that podium (although he was massively faster than Vettel, whose race pace was downright embarrassing).
Racing Point are the biggest losers: From the pace they showed on Friday, you would have thought they'd be Mercedes' biggest challengers this week-end, yet in the end they ended up with only two points.
Something noteworthy - this was officially branded as the Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix, which I believe is very appropriate given how it unfolded.
For the life of me, I don't understand Hamilton's fanboys always having a go at Mercedes. If only the team could be made of Hamiltons. Imagine that, all the mechanics Hamiltons, all the engineer Hamiltons.. everyone Hamiltons. They would have won like 4-5 WDCs every year, not 1 every year, like some losers.
Albon did well to finish in p8
Awesome p4 for Ricciardo and p6 for Ocon. Well done Renault.
P5 for Norris as he continues to shine. Tough on Saint. Leclerc drove a quiet faultless race and kept his tires in good shape. Also great job by Gasly in p7. Impressive.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but a disappointing p9 for stroll and racing point. They are literally giving potentially quality points away . Reminds me of 2009 Toyota who couldn’t capitalize on being the 2nd best car on the grid for most of the season.
Vettel in p10 was a salvage job for a car that wasn’t right all weekend for whatever reason. Definitely getting the 2 nd car treatment like they did to kimi a few years ago. Sad really
For the life of me I don’t understand folks who label any criticism as fanboy behavior. I guess the entire skyF1 are fan boys then since they pointed that out. As are Motorsport and auto moto sport journalists who also mentioned that. Get a grip. At least have something constructive to say rather than being callousQuote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
And Toto Wolf is on the official F1 post race interview with Buxton admitting that they should have brought Hamilton in. Oh well...haters gonna hate lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
well yes and no.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
he had a 40 second lead, if they had told him to take it real easy he would have easily won with a 30 second lead without destroying the tyre.
but indeed, they could have brought him in after max pitted, he would have easily won the race with a 15 second lead.
the only thing they should not have done is to just let him drive at the same pace, which is exactly what they have done.
Hey , didn't you just tell me you haven't watched any races ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
How would you even know just how good he is ?
There now , way to go . You've started us arguing .
And , just for the sake of starting an argument , has anyone got any criticism for the stewards allowing a team to let their driver pass the pit lane entrance with a tire very obviously delaminated , risking it thrashing it's own bodywork in the final turn on the last lap of the race ?
That might have been a real mess , with all kinds of potential controversy ensuing .
And , by the way , it wasn't just to start an argument , but something that ran through my head at the finish of the race .
Leclerc got a 10 seconds penalty last year for not pitting Fast enough when his front wing was damaged.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
But i don't feel it should be penalised here. He didn't do another racing lap with it, and coming into the pits could have created the same problems, possibly throwing off bodywork in there.
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Originally Posted by Bagwan
It seems to be a strange situation really. I think they would have probably called a penalty if he was limping it to the start with others passing or close behind, but as it was only Max was closing fast, and they could have easily tossed the yellow flag quickly as Hamilton was going slow. But then again, if he had caused a yellow due to tire debris, surely they would have imposed a penalty.
Up until that last lap... well it's a good think the midfield gave us some action. The Mercs had Max with nothing to do, and Max had Leclerc in the same situation. Thankfully from there back there was actually some close racing to be had, otherwise it would have been a complete bore-fest.
Seb was really lost today. I guess losing a ride can do that to you, but the Ferrari isn't THAT terrible.
It was very high risk decision, l am sure butt holes were firmly shut, fingers and toes crossed as they watched that car limp to the finish line. What a desperate finish to the race. I was rooting for Verstapenn to win the race, but it did not happen. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
I think Mercedes and Mclaren used the tyres within Pirelli's recommended limits of laps, considering the slow laps behind the safety car. How much the slow laps behind the safety car affected the life of the tires is not clear but Mercedes certainly expected it to last to the end of the race.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
I personally did not think Mercedes should have pitted Hamilton. He had a descent gap to 2nd placed Verstapenn to cover all eventuality. A good 30 seconds if l recall. But a pitstop would have been the safest approach. Then again what a finale!
It was not a dangerous situation. Cars with punctures have typically been driven with just the carcass back to the pits to be replaced in the past without punishment, l don't see why there should be an issue with this instance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
We can't blame Mercedes if their rivals have drop backwards in the development race. Redbull has noticeably slipped backwards in the last two races. Ferrari simply are not in it at all. Even the Pink Mercedes is faster than them at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi