Quote Originally Posted by airshifter View Post
I really think Seb got screwed on this one. Watching the on board, I was like everyone else, wondering what he was thinking. Watching the overhead view drivers tracker, Seb and Sergio accelerated when they could, and the real problem were in front of them. At a bare minimum, from Bottas back should have a penalty if Seb does. And really more of the field should probably. Without setting a delta time, they are allowing drivers to slow way too much and bunch up the pack. It really goes all the way back to Leclerc and Max, and gets even worse after them.


Stolen from another place......

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Other than that rant, absolute monster lap by Norris, pushing the car right to the edge IMHO. Well deserved front row start. And Russell as well, we know that Williams doesn't belong in the top 10 with most drivers. The reds are hurting, the AT cars both in the top, and the Aston's doing well on pace also.

It seem like track temp is going to play a big role in pace, and it should be interesting to see who 1 stops and who 2 stops.



Really Lando was the only one just appearing to try to get on with it. Everyone else to some extent seemed to be playing the "hold them up" game, and a good portion of the pack caused the mess that Seb is going to pay for.
Yeah I was watching this as it unfolded and knew Alonso was going to get screwed. I think it looks like Bottas gives too much of a gap to Russell and it cascades from there but it's all fine margins.

There's a way for the FIA to sort all of this, fixed time slots. Every driver does two runs in Q3, has a timeslot and fixed lap time to get round the track before their qualifying lap begins based on their Q2 finishing position. They don't make it, they lose their Q3 run.