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PTRACER wrote: 2 years ago
Mikosyko wrote: 2 years ago Was that another race without a single yellow flag or retirement? :|
Actually I didn't notice...Hard to cause a yellow flag when there is no grass or gravel right?
Given the hard crashes we saw in practice and qualifying that would've, in race conditions, surely brought out a SC at least, I am surprised there wasn't any in the race, I must say.
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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 2 years ago Not sure what that Perez and Bottas under investigation was all about.
I thought Sergio may have left the track.. but barely, and after the pass was made.
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POS DRIVER GAP PITSTOPS
1 Max VERSTAPPENLEADER 2
2 Lewis HAMILTON+2.904 1
3 Sergio PEREZ+8.811 1
4 Valtteri BOTTAS+14.618 1
5 Lando NORRIS+64.032 1
6 Daniel RICCIARDO+75.857 1
7 Pierre GASLY+76.596 1
8 Fernando ALONSO+77.695 1
9 Sebastian VETTEL+79.666 1
10 Lance STROLL+91.946 1
11 Carlos SAINZ+99.337 1
12 George RUSSELL1L 1
13 Yuki TSUNODA1L 1
14 Esteban OCON1L 1
15 Antonio GIOVINAZZI1L 1
16 Charles LECLERC1L 2
17 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN1L 1
18 Nicholas LATIFI1L 1
19 Mick SCHUMACHER1L 1
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Not a really a great race, but the ending was clean. It would have been a steal if hamilton won driving at f2 pace
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Lol, the Lewis excuses are on..... "The Honda engine is too quick for us down the straights."
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Mr_Ferrari wrote: 2 years ago
PTRACER wrote: 2 years ago
Mikosyko wrote: 2 years ago Was that another race without a single yellow flag or retirement? :|
Actually I didn't notice...Hard to cause a yellow flag when there is no grass or gravel right?
Given the hard crashes we saw in practice and qualifying that would've, in race conditions, surely brought out a SC at least, I am surprised there wasn't any in the race, I must say.
They don't push 100% in the race, so I kind of expect that :)

Anyway, I feel really happy for Perez somehow. After the kind of career he has had, never really shining or sticking out very much and now it's coming together with a victory and a podium. Look forward to seeing what the rest of the season brings for him.
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next two races are at Spielberg. Where the Red Bull runs pretty well.
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Circuitmaster wrote: 2 years ago
Everso Biggyballies wrote: 2 years ago Not sure what that Perez and Bottas under investigation was all about.
I thought Sergio may have left the track.. but barely, and after the pass was made.
Fortunately Sergio ended up over 5 seconds clear of Bottas, so even if he gets a 5 second penalty for track limits it wont change the positions.

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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 2 years ago
Circuitmaster wrote: 2 years ago
Everso Biggyballies wrote: 2 years ago Not sure what that Perez and Bottas under investigation was all about.
I thought Sergio may have left the track.. but barely, and after the pass was made.
Fortunately Sergio ended up over 5 seconds clear of Bottas, so even if he gets a 5 second penalty for track limits it wont change the positions.
Apparently that's why Bottas didn't pit for fastest lap. Seems a silly gamble to me..
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PTRACER wrote: 2 years ago
Mr_Ferrari wrote: 2 years ago
PTRACER wrote: 2 years ago
Mikosyko wrote: 2 years ago Was that another race without a single yellow flag or retirement? :|
Actually I didn't notice...Hard to cause a yellow flag when there is no grass or gravel right?
Given the hard crashes we saw in practice and qualifying that would've, in race conditions, surely brought out a SC at least, I am surprised there wasn't any in the race, I must say.
They don't push 100% in the race, so I kind of expect that :)

Anyway, I feel really happy for Perez somehow. After the kind of career he has had, never really shining or sticking out very much and now it's coming together with a victory and a podium. Look forward to seeing what the rest of the season brings for him.
Yea, good to see. I wonder if there will be any weekends when he will have the upper hand over Max...probably not.
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All of you complaining about the drivers saving tyres, would you rather have rock hard tyres that never falls of which the drivers can pound to the limit every lap? That would be boring as F to watch.
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Good race. Still, it was only a two-man fight for first, a only two-man fight for third, and the rest of the field was lagging way behind. I would give Norris driver of the race, as he did not loose it on the first corner.

1. Mistakes Hamilton/Verstappen: Is anyone keeping a tally for the season? Lewis made a big on last race. Verstappen started this race with one.
2. Pit Strategy: It does appear that Mercedes was doomed if they did pit and would have ended up 2-4. Probably better to stay out and hope for better.
3. Did Hamilton at the start of second stint follow Verstappen for too long? Would he have been better off to have backed off earlier and conserved his tires?
4. Was not impressed with Bottas giving up second so easily.
5. Was not impressed with Hamilton giving up first so easily. Rosberg commented about that in the post race interview.
6. Ferrari was lost. Sad day for them.
7. Great race: Norris, Ricciardo, Gasly, Alonso, Vettel and Stroll (cough-cough).
8. Not sure what make of Yuki Tsunoda. But given half a chance, I am sure Helmut Marko will screw with his head.
9. Not sure why Ocon ended up down so low.
10. It does look like Ricciardo is mostly back on form, even though Norris still beat him today.

It does look like we have a real season. With the bendy wings fixed and the tires properly inflated, Red Bull was the faster car today, and this on a track that usually favors Mercedes. Going to be interesting how this all shakes out over the next couple of (Austrian) races.

So why is Honda leaving the series?
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John wrote: 2 years ago All of you complaining about the drivers saving tyres, would you rather have rock hard tyres that never falls of which the drivers can pound to the limit every lap? That would be boring as F to watch.
I would very much like a 100% flatout race from start to finish. Maybe the drivers would make more mistakes then.
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Mawerick wrote: 2 years ago
John wrote: 2 years ago All of you complaining about the drivers saving tyres, would you rather have rock hard tyres that never falls of which the drivers can pound to the limit every lap? That would be boring as F to watch.
I would very much like a 100% flatout race from start to finish. Maybe the drivers would make more mistakes then.
I take it DRS would have to go as well.

No refuelling, no pit stops, cars that can't follow or pass, and no tyre deg.

I'll pass.
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Ruslan wrote: 2 years ago So why is Honda leaving the series?
They always leave just as they get their shit together.
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