2021 Styrian Grand Prix AUSTRIA

[Ruslan]

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Interesting. So are we looking at a real fight among the top four?

Merc struggled here at least once due to hot weather. It's more like Grimsby this weekend

Yea, Mercedes is looking a little out of reach, although Max did put in an excellent lap and Hamilton kept kind of muffing his.

[Ruslan]

Qualifying was interesting:

1. Verstappen: That was a great lap.
2. Hamilton: Never really got it right. I do note that he seems to brake deeper than Verstappen. Is that messing with his corner speeds and exit?

My feel is that the Mercs are probably around a tenth of a second slower on this track than the Red Bull’s. This could be the two races where Red Bull can put their stamp on the season.

Norris/Gasly: These guys just keep performing. Good work.

14. Vettel: Back to his usual form.

Ricciardo: Don’t why he is still struggling eight races into the season. He never has before. Is there something going on we don’t know about?

Ocon: Continue to be mystified by his inconsistent performances from race to race. When he was teamed with Perez he was always fast. Since he has come back…. His performances have been mostly disappointing. Why?

Yuki: guy continues to entertain.

[erwin greven]

[Everso Biggyballies]

Apologies if a lot of my posts are missing the letter 'p'.... reason being I had a coffee spit moment on my laptop this morning and now the 'p' doesnt work. (Im on my PC in my office atm) I have been getting by with a 'p' copied ready and if I remember I paste a 'p' in where it should be, but in the heat of qualy it didnt always happen. So we might have a few 'oles' instead of pole and similar. I have not suddenly turned illiterate, I just need to pull the laptop apart and clean up inside with a cotton but and some alcohol and hope that is the reason for my missing p's.. (It is also why Perez has become Sergio this weekend so no P is involved )

[White six]

Not sure max was perfect. Yellow 3rd sector suggested he could have trimmed a couple of tenths off

[XcraigX]

Aologies if a lot of my osts are missing the letter 'p'.... reason being I had a coffee sit moment on my lato this morning and now the 'p' doesnt work. (Im on my C in my office atm) I have been getting by with a 'p' coied ready and if I remember I aste a 'p' in where it should be, but in the heat of qualy it didnt always haen. So we might have a few 'oles' instead of ole and similar. I have not suddenly turned illiterate, I just need to ull the lato aart and clean u inside with a cotton but and some alcohol and hoe that is the reason for my missing 's.. (It is also why erez has become Sergio this weekend so no is involved )

Fixed it for you. Mostly because I am an enis. But artly because I was curious what it would look like if you could only aste a 'p'. I hoe this gave you the chuckle I got.

[Michkov]

I'm surprised dangerous driving in the pitlane carries only a 3 places penalty.

[Ruslan]

Apologies if a lot of my posts are missing the letter 'p'.... reason being I had a coffee spit moment on my laptop this morning and now the 'p' doesnt work. (Im on my PC in my office atm) I have been getting by with a 'p' copied ready and if I remember I paste a 'p' in where it should be, but in the heat of qualy it didnt always happen. So we might have a few 'oles' instead of pole and similar. I have not suddenly turned illiterate, I just need to pull the laptop apart and clean up inside with a cotton but and some alcohol and hope that is the reason for my missing p's.. (It is also why Perez has become Sergio this weekend so no P is involved )

Well, I ray that you solve the roblem.

[Ruslan]

My feel is that the Mercs are probably around a tenth of a second slower on this track than the Red Bull’s. This could be the two races where Red Bull can put their stamp on the season.

According to Hamilton, they are .25 seconds a lap slower.

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/ ... _Red_Bull/

So 71 laps times 0.25 = 17.75 seconds behind at the end of the race.

[PTRACER]

Interesting. So are we looking at a real fight among the top four?

Merc struggled here at least once due to hot weather. It's more like Grimsby this weekend

Yea, Mercedes is looking a little out of reach, although Max did put in an excellent lap and Hamilton kept kind of muffing his.

It's the first time I've seen Hamilton do quite badly in a long time. The pressure must finally be getting to him.

I don't think Max will have much difficulty winning today.

[MonteCristo]

Hoping for a T1 clash.

[DoubleFart]

Hoping for a T1 clash.

Only if it ends with Lewis retiring, Max going on to take the win.

Max would be 40 points clear by now if Lewis wasn't so lucky.

[White six]

I'm surprised dangerous driving in the pitlane carries only a 3 places penalty.

It's bottas. There are questions whether he can go fast enough to be dangerous

[John]

Are we lucky enough to have a moist race?

[MonteCristo]

Hoping for a T1 clash.

Only if it ends with Lewis retiring, Max going on to take the win.

Max would be 40 points clear by now if Lewis wasn't so lucky.

I wouldn't mind them both just crashing and Piquet/Salazaring away.

I would be entertained.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Seems like Tsunoda got given a 3 place penalty for impeding Bottas in qualy,

Gearbox change is just a rumour. So no extra penalty for him. He will now start 11th, behind George Russell who goes u to 10th.

Revised 1 - 10 order

Cla Driver Time Gap km/h
1
Max Verstappen 1'03.841 243.492
2
Lewis Hamilton 1'04.067 0.226 242.633
3
Lando Norris 1'04.120 0.279 242.432
4
Sergio Perez 1'04.168 0.327 242.251
5
Valtteri Bottas 1'04.035 0.194 242.754
6
Pierre Gasly 1'04.236 0.395 241.995
7
Charles Leclerc 1'04.472 0.631 241.109
8
Fernando Alonso 1'04.574 0.733 240.728
9
Lance Stroll 1'04.708 0.867 240.229
10
George Russell 1'04.671 0.830 240.367