F1 2018

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Both Toro Rosso's in the top ten Honda managed to up their game for the home GP

Danny Ric screaming in his helmet after another engine problem, out in Q2

 

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Another Ferrari cock up

 

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Nightmare Q3 for Ferrari, they timed it right to get out before the rain but Vettel over-cooked it at spoon, another Ferrari mistake, Vettel staring from 9th

 

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Hartley!

 

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OK I'm off to bed to try and sleep before the sun comes up at 5:30, catch you tomorrow for the race

 

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Well, so far it's looking like a good weekend for all things Hammy.

Both he and Botty put in an absolute stormer on slicks while the rain was between the clouds and the asphalt. There's a pretty good chance it would still have been a Mercedes 1 and 2 even if Kimi and Vettel hadn't had their excursions.

Good result for Max, but woes again for Danny Ric.

Any word on tomorrow's weather? I'm thinking slicks, wets and pirouettes.

Chance of safety cars? Medium to high.

 

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Well, so far it's looking like a good weekend for all things Hammy.

Both he and Botty put in an absolute stormer on slicks while the rain was between the clouds and the asphalt. There's a pretty good chance it would still have been a Mercedes 1 and 2 even if Kimi and Vettel hadn't had their excursions.

Good result for Max, but woes again for Danny Ric.

Any word on tomorrow's weather? I'm thinking slicks, wets and pirouettes.

Chance of safety cars? Medium to high.

I agree, I don't think Ferrari would have been on the same level as Mercedes, what I still can't understand is why Ferrari sent their cars out on intermediates when all the other cars in the pits left on slicks, what were they thinking? Its all well and good watching a computer screen and trying to make a decision, but all the people on the pit-wall had to do was look over their shoulder and they'd have seen that no one else thought the rain was coming at that moment. While the team is to blame for the tyre choice Vettel over driving the car was his mistake.

It will be interesting to see Max's tactics for the race, he can sit back and wait for a opening to move up but I think he will say "fuck it, I have nothing to loose and Mercedes has everything to loose, so I'll just force them to let me by as they'll be worried about contact" I'm not sure the Red Bull has the power for that, but I'm sure that is what Max will think.

As for the weather it is forecast to be much better on Sunday with little chance of rain, but your guess is as good as mine and Ferrari's

 

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Lewis 50 points ahead, a win tomorrow must pretty much clinch the championship, surely?

 

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125 on table so it will more or less finish it

unless the Merc engine suddenly starts exploding at the next 3 races

 

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125 on table so it will more or less finish it

unless the Merc engine suddenly starts exploding at the next 3 races

God forbid! I think the Mercedes cars are the most beautiful racing cars I've ever seen. I wouldn't mind having 1% of the development cost.

 

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really you were alive to see the last 50 years of F1 or more


and one of the new car with the halo is one of the most beautiful ever

 

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really you were alive to see the last 50 years of F1 or more


and one of the new car with the halo is one of the most beautiful ever

Certainly, for its time, yes, it was leading edge. Cars weren't topping 200mph then though, the reason that the long straight in the Le mans 24 now has a chicane, was Sauber Mercedes cars hitting 240mph at the end of the straight. Four miles a minute.

With modern cars, drivers walk away from some very high speed crashes, back then they would likely have died.

The Lotus is almost like hotrod cars now.

 

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ahh, no worries we mixing up aesthetics with engineering supremacy

saying that the 2016 merc wins that

 

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Bleurgh!

Looks very dry and sunny.

Boo.

 

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Lost track of time at the bar and nearly missed the start of the race

Good morning all

 

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C'mon. Enough with the safety car.

 

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Vettel!

 

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Max

 

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What the fuck was Vettel thinking

 

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Ferrari appear to be making a big strategy mistake leaving Vettel out, looking at the car tracker if they called him in he would come out in clear air instead of fighting with slow back markers

 

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They've left it to late now

 

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Ferrari strategy has been poor for a while.

Danny Richard for a podium?

 

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Danny Richard for a podium?

Looks like it will be Max

 

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Its had to believe that half a dozen races ago Ferrari had the faster car and Vettel was leading the drivers championship looking at things today, if Lewis wins its game over for the season unless Mercedes have a load of DNFs

 

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Max hunting down Botty.

 

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Honda out of the points
They were looking good after qualifying

 

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Interesting mind set from Max thinking Kimi should have waited for him to get back on the track I"m sure Max would have waited for Kimi if things had been reversed

 

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Dominant race for Mercedes.

Ferrari very much second best, both in the car and in the driving. Vettel made too many mistakes.

 

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More like third best.

 

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All the millions the team spend on aero seems to be a waste of money, Max's car was damaged yet was able to keep up with the undamaged Mercedes and Vettel with loads of damages was able to get fastest lap #IcouldsaveF1teamsmillions