F1 2022
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1%er
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Good morning all, just back from the bar 
FP3 results
FP3 results
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | 1m19.117s |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m19.249s |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Bull Racing | 1m19.265s |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m19.275s |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m19.419s |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | 1m19.693s |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m19.809s |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team | 1m19.896s |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen | 1m20.008s |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 1m20.071s |
| 11 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team | 1m20.096s |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 1m20.133s |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m20.205s |
| 14 | Mick Schumacher | GER | Haas F1 Team | 1m20.692s |
| 15 | Guanyu Zhou | CHN | Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen | 1m20.836s |
| 16 | Alexander Albon | THA | Williams Racing | 1m20.958s |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | Haas F1 Team | 1m21.025s |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | CAN | Williams Racing | 1m21.050s |
| 19 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team | 1m21.636s |
| 20 | Sebastian Vettel | GER | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team | No Time Set |
1%er
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FIA outlaws F1 safety car restart move used by Verstappen
The FIA has told Formula 1 drivers that getting alongside another car ahead of a safety car restart, as Max Verstappen has done for three races in a row, will no longer be permitted. In the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the first two rounds of the 2022 season, Verstappen has drawn alongside the lead car prior to the race resuming.He did it on the right-hand side of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes ahead of their final-lap shootout for the 2021 title and even briefly overtook him, which formed part of Mercedes’ protest into the controversial outcome of the race and championship. Then in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia this year, Verstappen positioned his car next to Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari ahead of safety car restarts. In Bahrain he did it on the inside on the run to the final corner, which actually compromised his own exit and left Leclerc in the clear.
In Saudi Arabia Verstappen was more clever, going to the outside of Leclerc heading into the final hairpin although Leclerc was still able to hold the lead at the restart. On Saturday at the Australian Grand Prix, FIA race director Niels Wittich issued updated event notes that included a diagram of various car positions (shown below).
The note stresses a part of Article 55.14 of the sporting regulations that states: “In order to avoid the likelihood of accidents before the safety car returns to the pits, from the point at which the lights on the car are turned out drivers must proceed at a pace which involves no erratic acceleration or braking nor any manoeuvre which is likely to endanger other drivers or impede the restart.” It is therefore likely that pulling alongside another car is considered a violation of “manoeuvre” part of that rule.
As the diagram shows, the FIA has stressed that only being behind another car will be considered acceptable. If a driver still wants to move to the side, they may, but drawing alongside to any degree will not be allowed.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
So is this FP3 pace from Maccas real, or are they show boating somehow to please Danny RIC’s home crowd? I missed FP3 and haven’t been following the “tech news“ to know whether they have brought significant updates or just turned up the engine mode and softer tyres than the rest, etc.
Limejuice
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It might be turning the wick up.
Nozza had to nurse his car home after an urgent instruction to get off the throttle and "blue one, blue one", whatever that means.
It might also be that the session was bitty for the other drivers. Lots of porpoising and adjustments. Max didn't get in a full throttle, mistake-free lap. That said, the Ferraris were described as super-smooth in the corners.
That's a long-winded way of saying I haven't a fucking clue.
1%er
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Didn't sleep yet, we went to the bar late so we didn't fall asleep in the chair at home
The problem is we have a breakfast meeting tomorrow at 7am which we couldn't put off for a week, so will need to leave home around 6am 
but can catch up on the sleep tomorrow during the heat of the day, so we are awake for the race at 2am 
Buddy Bradley
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Latifi forgetting which day it is.
Buddy Bradley
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Filling in for Mazepin by crashing as much as he can.
Buddy Bradley
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Great story if Stroll causes enough of a delay for Vettel to get a decent qualifying.
1%er
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For sure he wasn't expecting Latifi to pass him having just let him through, all very strange
1%er
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Time of day?
Limejuice
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Multiple posts (how?), rather than multiple breakfasts.
Indeliblelink
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Sainz seemed to be porpoising pretty badly too but managed a decent time.
Buddy Bradley
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Damn that's unfortunate for Alonso.
Limejuice
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I'm just going to blame street circuits - those crash-crammed spawn of satan, etc.So many session stoppages in F1 these days. Not sure why it should be, but unless my memory is defective red flags used to be a rarity and now we seem to have at least five of them every weekend, across the various sessions.
Gets a bit tedious
