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Thread: Austria '18
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1st July 2018, 11:09 #1
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Austria '18
Not too long before the race , so we had better get a thread going .
I expect curbs to break wings , and carbon fiber to cut tires .
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1st July 2018, 11:47 #2
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Seb was handed a three spot grid penalty for impeding Sainz during qualification.
Maybe this will cause the opposite of http://www.motorsportforums.com/show...rari-or-Vettel to take place, and now we will have a thread claiming the FIA is trying to give the title to Lewis.
Bottas edges out Hamilton but just barely. The best of the rest are reasonably tight, and somehow the Haas cars are up at the pointy end of the grid. I've always enjoyed this track, and the curbs and lines often cause some off line mishaps that allow passes to take place. There isn't a lot of room for error, and a good variety of corners for such a short track.
Thanks for starting a thread Bagwan. As a forum we have been slipping to the point that nobody is talking about the race until it's almost race time!
Driver Grid Qual time
V. Bottas
Mercedes·#77
1 1:03.130
L. Hamilton
Mercedes·#44
2 1:03.149
K. Räikkönen
Ferrari·#7
3 1:03.660
M. Verstappen
Red Bull·#33
4 1:03.840
R. Grosjean
Haas·#8
5 1:03.892
S. Vettel
Ferrari·#5
6 1:03.464
D. Ricciardo
Red Bull·#3
7 1:03.996
K. Magnussen
Haas·#20
8 1:04.051
C. Sainz Jr.
Renault·#55
9 1:04.725
N. Hülkenberg
Renault·#27
10 1:05.019
E. Ocon
Force India·#31
11 1:04.845
P. Gasly
Toro Rosso·#10
12 1:04.874
F. Alonso
McLaren·#14
13 1:05.058
L. Stroll
Williams·#18
14 1:05.286
S. Vandoorne
McLaren·#2
15 1:05.271
S. Pérez
Force India·#11
16 1:05.279
S. Sirotkin
Williams·#35
17 1:05.322
C. Leclerc
Sauber·#16
18 1:04.979
B. Hartley
Toro Rosso·#28
19 1:05.366
M. Ericsson
Sauber·#9
20 1:05.479
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1st July 2018, 13:24 #3
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Should be an interesting race. I'm especially interested where Kimi and Rogro finish(if he finishes)
May the forza be with you
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1st July 2018, 13:53 #4
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Not a very good start by Bottas. Hamilton seemingly running away with it at the moment.
Oct. 31, 1999 - one of the blackest days in motorsports.
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1st July 2018, 14:13 #5
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Boss is gonna' have to hustle!
May the forza be with you
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1st July 2018, 14:24 #6
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Pathetic mercedes race engineers. Yet again screwing their driver. It was an obvious call to bring him in and yet their "decision by committee" can't even figure that out. Oh well
you can't argue with results.
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1st July 2018, 14:55 #7
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Lots of technical failures today - Bottas, Ricciardo, Hulk, Hartley.
EDIT: Add Hamilton to the list.Last edited by gm99; 1st July 2018 at 15:03.
Oct. 31, 1999 - one of the blackest days in motorsports.
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1st July 2018, 15:33 #8
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It’s always the correct thing to do to pit under the safety car. Can’t believe they made that mistake again. I think that’s the 3rd time this year Mercedes have screwed up on strategy. James Vowles always makes these kind of mistakes throughout a season. They need a better strategist that doesn’t make these basic errors. First time since 1955 Italian GP that Mercedes had a dual mechanical retirement.
Great race though and thoroughly delighted for Max.Last edited by The Black Knight; 1st July 2018 at 15:38.
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1st July 2018, 20:22 #9
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A race that showed again, that Räikkönen is not done just yet
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2nd July 2018, 00:53 #10
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Somehow just when you think Kimi is well past any good races, he puts in a good race. It's also interesting that the bump by Max may have well been what cost Kimi a win today, but there was no excess whining and crying other than to mention the bump.
Great race for Haas today, keeping out of trouble and racing their race. Force India managed to do the same. LeClerc raced his way back up and helped his team both finish in the points after his off track incident.
Some decent action for Austria, but attrition took out a lot of potentially key players as well. Tires were the big factor after accounting for the other DNF's, and it seemed like the temp changes put a lot of teams on their heels. Even Max had some graining issues going on, and seemed to be in damage control mode towards the end.
A big crack in the Mercedes armor. A double DNF shows that despite being rock solid through most of the hybrid era, they are also being pushed themselves. And not pitting Lewis was just a horrible move, but that crack has reared its' head on several occasions now.
I was rather surprised and happy that Ferrari didn't use team orders and force Kimi to yield to Seb. It's one of the few instances where it might have been warranted now that team orders are legal again. It shows how they have changed as a team.
Really?? I'm no fan of F1, but too many here have a giant chip on their shoulder about F1......Compared to the WRC, it's actually a well run series....unlike the WRC which is extremely amateur a lot...
WRC main class in 2025