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The FP2 highlights said a new Turbo. Is he going to start from the back? Or are they just simplifying thelanguage for the videos.
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The FP2 highlights said a new Turbo. Is he going to start from the back? Or are they just simplifying thelanguage for the videos.
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The new turbo is 10 place penalty but the rumors that the commentators said is LEC will replace other engine components so will start from the back.
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At this rate might as well
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See that big thunderstorm coming in at the end of FP2? Shade too late to arrive.
Also, anyone else notice not one yellow flag in either session? Just that can on track for brief VSC. That was weird that not one yellow was thrown.
Also Vettel looking quite stout today. He could be in for a top 5 if form continues.
Current forecast for tomorrow:
Those are quite cold temps too.
Also, anyone else notice not one yellow flag in either session? Just that can on track for brief VSC. That was weird that not one yellow was thrown.
Also Vettel looking quite stout today. He could be in for a top 5 if form continues.
Current forecast for tomorrow:
Those are quite cold temps too.
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To my mind, knowing a bit about electronics, it's even more a bad Ferrari design. That means they're overdriving the shit out of something, or causing feedback into the ECU that's way out of proportion to what everyone else is doing.
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I can't remember every seeing just that getting replaced by itself. Usually it gets taken when they go to the back for a whole new engine.
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I don't think I've ever seen a top-tier team principal actually answer questions the way Horner does in F1. It still feels weird to hear him actually tackle hard questions head on or just flat out state "I can't talk about that" rather than blow smoke.
Nobody but Brundle on the Sky team has watched Bill and Ted 1. This explains so fucking much.
Nobody but Brundle on the Sky team has watched Bill and Ted 1. This explains so fucking much.
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Brundle is at least one who can give epic comebacks
Or his epic response to Murrays comments about Rosset
Or his epic response to Murrays comments about Rosset
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Perez on 11, the hell went wrong with the Mexican Minister of Defense? Vettel on 4 though, pretty neat. If he pulls that tractor on the podium this season, I'll give him massive props.
The Merc, on the other hand, looks like it's suffering a lot. Even with the setup trying to limit porpoising, they still bounce rather violently. If they don't get that shit under control, they might be the first that get ordered to crank up their rear end. Kinda funny that Russel says FIA's new directive doesn't solve the problem. Dude, what do you expect? FIA to show up in your garage, give you the magic "no bounce" setup and leave? FIA isn't there to solve your porpoising issues, it's there to make sure you team's failure to build a car doesn't get you killed. If this ruins your car's competetiveness, that's none of their concerns.
Also, that sky was pitch black at the end of FP2... could be quite neat, if there's a small downpour during the race. A wet race is always neat, but the best races, imho, are when the track is dry at the start and you get a sudden downpour. Really makes strategists shine and you get a lot of awesome overtaking.
Back in Verstappen's first season in the RB, he was a massive shithead, but boy was he a fucking masterclass of his own in wet races. Hated to admit it back then, cause I really disliked him, but the guy can drive.
The Merc, on the other hand, looks like it's suffering a lot. Even with the setup trying to limit porpoising, they still bounce rather violently. If they don't get that shit under control, they might be the first that get ordered to crank up their rear end. Kinda funny that Russel says FIA's new directive doesn't solve the problem. Dude, what do you expect? FIA to show up in your garage, give you the magic "no bounce" setup and leave? FIA isn't there to solve your porpoising issues, it's there to make sure you team's failure to build a car doesn't get you killed. If this ruins your car's competetiveness, that's none of their concerns.
Also, that sky was pitch black at the end of FP2... could be quite neat, if there's a small downpour during the race. A wet race is always neat, but the best races, imho, are when the track is dry at the start and you get a sudden downpour. Really makes strategists shine and you get a lot of awesome overtaking.
Back in Verstappen's first season in the RB, he was a massive shithead, but boy was he a fucking masterclass of his own in wet races. Hated to admit it back then, cause I really disliked him, but the guy can drive.
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The mercedes this year is a complete shitbox, far beyond our understanding of it. Today lewis' message that it was undrivable was quite accurate, as the rear was completely gone. He seemed more defeated in interviews after practice. This has probably been a shock to the whole team after they had more promising results in Spain. Now that they really have to stop the bouncing they have lost all performance.
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Petitioning for FIA to step in paid off big time, I'd say. They undoubtedly hoped for some directive that would allow them some way to weasel themselves out of their dead end design, FIA instead mandated them to do exactly what they could have done from the get-go, that exposes all the faults in their car.
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Watching Mercedes get what's coming to them is really just excellent.
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And looking at Hamham and Toto, you just gotta say, it could not have happened to nicer people.
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I have prepared a handy infographic, explaining the recent changes that Mercedes have been compelled to make to their dreadful car.
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All those 'Merc are back' posts from stans a few weeks back are looking mighty good right now.
Merc need to accept defeat. Set it up in a way that doesn't kill their drivers, take whatever performance hit that results in, and take the extra dev time they'll get from the lower finish to channel all their energy into next year. It's abundantly clear that even in the best case scenario the car can't compete with Ferrari and RB. Just salvage what you can and get out of there.
Merc need to accept defeat. Set it up in a way that doesn't kill their drivers, take whatever performance hit that results in, and take the extra dev time they'll get from the lower finish to channel all their energy into next year. It's abundantly clear that even in the best case scenario the car can't compete with Ferrari and RB. Just salvage what you can and get out of there.
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Seeing Toto malding is one of the highlights of this season.
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FP 3 started just now and they got Danica Patrick on track to tell us about the sport
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If they wanted they could go full fuck the cap develop all out for next season and accept the resulting disqualification, yeah they wouldn't get championship money but I doubt they're too short on cash.
Wet practice, hopefully means a changeable qualifying.
Leclec new everything so starts at the back.
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It's also interesting, cause the race setup needs to be fixed in FP3, doesn't it? The cars will go into a dry race with a setup used in rain.
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Whatever set up they drive out of the pitlane first in qualifying is their set up (except for cooling and wing adjustments). So yeah going to have to set up the car to work in a wet qualifying that can work in the probably dry race.