F1 2021

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Horner scolds Hamilton for Honda engine claims​

Some of Lewis Hamilton’s recent statements do not comport with “reality”, according to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. Championship leader and French GP winner Max Verstappen is clearly ahead so far this weekend on Red Bull’s home soil – and not just over a single lap. “He was as fast on the hard tyres as our opponents were on the soft,” Red Bull F1 supremo Dr Helmut Marko said, referring to Verstappen’s long runs on Friday.

A Mercedes engineer, meanwhile, was quoted by Auto Motor und Sport as admitting that Red Bull is half a second per lap clear. “I think it will be difficult to beat Red Bull,” Mercedes’ Hamilton admitted. “Still, it’s close. We just don’t know what will happen when they turn up the engine.” Hamilton claimed at Paul Ricard last weekend that Honda’s freshly-installed engines were obviously more powerful, giving Red Bull a further 3 tenth boost on the straights.

But his boss, Toto Wolff, is back-pedalling on that claim, agreeing with Red Bull that power gains like that are not possible with a homologated engine. “We just need to do our homework and continue to improve rather than point a finger at the engine,” said the Mercedes boss. “This is all in FIA territory. It’s much too early to say anything like that – that the engine is more powerful. There are so many things that play a role.”

Christian Horner hopes Wolff passes that message on to Hamilton. “I think Toto has answered it very well – and I think maybe he should explain it to his driver,” he said. “I listen with interest and sometimes some of Lewis’ theories are some way from reality.”

According to Verstappen, Hamilton is simply being strategic with his statements to the media. “He tries to play the underdog quite a bit,” the Dutchman told De Telegraaf.

 

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St Petersburg to host Russia F1 GP in 2023​

Formula One has announced the Russian grand prix will move from Sochi's Olympic Park to a new purpose-built circuit outside St Petersburg from 2023. The race, first held in 2014 after the Black Sea resort hosted the Winter Olympics, will switch to the Igora Drive circuit located 54km from the Baltic Sea port city of St Petersburg. "We are looking forward to racing in a hugely exciting location that includes 10 professional tracks for racing and testing over approximately 100 hectares," Formula One said in a statement on Saturday.

Igora Drive is some 150km from the Finnish border, and should be more accessible than Sochi for Russian and international fans alike. Finland has produced three F1 champions but never hosted a championship race. The new circuit was designed by German architect Hermann Tilke and received a Grade One licence in 2020. The circuit would have hosted a round of the German Touring Car championship (DTM), as well as the all-female W Series, last year but those races were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I am impressed by St Petersburg and believe that the Russian grand prix at Igora Drive will be an incredible event," said Formula One chief executive Stefano Domenicali. This year's race in Sochi, which had a contract until 2025, is scheduled for September 26.
Champions Mercedes have won all seven Russian grands prix to date, with seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton triumphant four times. St Petersburg is the birthplace of Russian president Vladimir Putin, who has regularly attended the race in Sochi to hand out the winner's trophy.

 

[Limejuice]

FP3 - Marzipan spins.

 

[MrCurry]

Shit that alpha Tauri looks quick

 

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Beat me to it

 

[MrCurry]

So many lap times getting deleted this weekend. I wonder if someone will qualify out of position if their hot lap doesn’t count.

 

[Limejuice]

So many lap times getting deleted this weekend. I wonder if someone will qualify out of position if their hot lap doesn’t count.

Fingers crossed!

 

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Final practice at the Styrian Grand Prix​

Lewis Hamilton topped final practice for the Styrian Grand Prix as Mercedes aims to put an end to the recent dominance of Red Bull. Hamilton and Verstappen have each taken three wins apiece this season but Mercedes has not stood on the top step of the podium since the Spanish Grand Prix three races ago. Although Verstappen topped both Friday sessions, Hamilton unofficially set the fastest time before his effort was deleted for a track limits violation. There was no such problem for the Briton on Saturday morning. With a time of one minute 4.369secs, Hamilton was two-tenths ahead of Verstappen although the Dutchman was hampered by traffic on his timed lap.

Valtteri Bottas was third fastest with Sergio Perez fourth, the two drivers set to provide backup to their championship challenging team-mates should this order be reflected in qualifying. AlphaTauri had Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly fifth and sixth with Charles Leclerc, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel rounding out the top 10. For McLaren, it was a mixed session with Lando Norris setting a time fast enough for sixth only to see his effort deleted, like Hamilton earlier in the weekend, for exceeding track limits. This deletion pushed Norris down to P19 with Daniel Ricciardo also struggling in P17.

Antonio Giovinazzi showed promising pace for Alfa Romeo on Friday and could find himself pushing for a Q3 berth after setting the 11th fastest time. At last year's race, George Russell made the first Q3 appearance of his F1 career and the Williams driver again showed well in 14th although his position was elevated due to the struggles of McLaren. Track limits will be crucial in qualifying with the majority of drivers being docked times during the course of the three practice sessions. Should a driver run wide at the final corner, not only will their current effort be deleted, but also their next lap.

Styrian Grand Prix final practice results

1. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] 1:04.369

2. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] +0.204s

3. Valtteri Bottas [Mercedes] +0.463s

4. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] +0.657s

5. Yuki Tsunoda [AlphaTauri] +0.781s

6. Pierre Gasly [AlphaTauri] +0.929s

7. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] +0.971s

8. Fernando Alonso [Alpine] +1.031s

9. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] +1.076s

10. Sebastian Vettel [Aston Martin] +1.123s

11. Antonio Giovinazzi [Alfa Romeo] +1.187s

12. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] +1.307s

13. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] +1.329s

14. George Russell [Williams] +1.494s

15. Kimi Raikkonen [Alfa Romeo] +1.573s

16. Mick Schumacher [Haas] +1.623s

17. Daniel Ricciardo [McLaren] +1.747s

18. Nicholas Latifi [Williams] +1.750s

19. Lando Norris [McLaren] +2.285s

20. Nikita Mazepin [Haas] +2.323s

 

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Good morning all

This looks like it could be a very close qualifying session

 

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What's all this chat about pit stops?

 

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What's all this chat about pit stops?

Formula 1’s governing body announced that, as of the Hungarian Grand Prix, teams must build a tolerance into their pit stops to allow for human reaction time. These will be 0.15s from the wheels being observed as tight to the jack man returning the car to the ground, and 0.2s from the jacks being removed to the driver getting the go signal to exit their pit box.

 

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Formula 1’s governing body announced that, as of the Hungarian Grand Prix, teams must build a tolerance into their pit stops to allow for human reaction time. These will be 0.15s from the wheels being observed as tight to the jack man returning the car to the ground, and 0.2s from the jacks being removed to the driver getting the go signal to exit their pit box.

Cheers, blink of an eye stuff.

 

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now if you had a drinking game based around taking a shot whenever the showed a picture of the red bull statue

I think you not make it out of Q1

 

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lovely little lap by latiffie

 

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Q1: less than one second covering all but two cars!

 

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so shoot the tv director

hamiltion flying lap no verstappen going slowly down the pit lane

 

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Danny Ric

 

[dessiato]

I hope the race is exciting as the Q are

 

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Interesting to see the Red Bulls on different tyres for the race start, I'm guessing they will put Perez on hard when he stops looking for track positions when the other top runners stop, will be interesting to watch for that

 

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Race on for tomorrow it seems

 

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Well deserved Pole from Max


Hamiltion overdriving the whole of the Q3

 

[Limejuice]

Nice run by Nozza. He'll start in third.

 

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if Tott was not sniffing around lando he missed a trick before he resigned for Mclaren

 

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What’s going on with Danny ric?

 

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if Tott was not sniffing around lando he missed a trick before he resigned for Mclaren

or you could say mclaren were very clever securing him early in the season. Lando being young and a bit naive is also probably kicking himself for signing so early. No doubt worth more now than when he signed on the dotted line and the other teams may wel have been sniffing.

 

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still does not understand the merc power unit it appears
and losing confidence whilst he young charger of a team mate is outqualifying him


appears to be getting worse rather than better

 

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or you could say mclaren were very clever securing him early in the season. Lando being young and a bit naive is also probably kicking himself for signing so early. No doubt worth more now than when he signed on the dotted line and the other teams may wel have been sniffing.

He for sure will have a clause in his contract that he can leave for a team like Mercedes or Red Bull

 

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He for sure will have a clause in his contract that he can leave for a team like Mercedes or Red Bull

Bet it’s a fucking huge buy out though that would see them not bother unless they were that desperate for him.