Formula 1 Thread

sam3110 said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Got a feeling that Verstappen has just won

Why has Leclerc gone on to the Hard tyre

Soft won't last 30 laps

I thought the mediums would have lasted longer on Leclerc for a bit longer so he could then end on softs though.

I think Ferrari were either hoping for rain, or that they could fire up the hards better than anyone else

sam3110 said:

And that's the race gone, with a crap pitstop from Ferrari once again. Honestly I've never seen a team with such a fast car consistently fuck it up between their drivers sticking it in the wall, making terrible tactical decisions, blowing up when in the lead, and having awful pitstops in high pressure situations 

Yep scratching my head as to how they've let Verstappen win this from 10th.

Might have been a glimmer of hope for the title race before the start today, but now it's well and truly gone.

Bet Sainz's softs fall off before the end too...

So whilst he'll catch Russell, I bet the latter will come back at him.

Naaa I dont see Hamilton catching Verstappen

Ham could have won this on pure pace - some messy stops and a few questionable strategic decisions.

Russell is a potential world champ of the future and will learn a lot from analysing Lewis race pace this year 

Are Ferrari betting on how badly they can mess up? Absolutely shambolic 

Give us a Safety Car and one lap of Lewis on softs against Verstappen

DaveMehmet said:

Fair play to RB, can’t stand them or Verstappen but they’ve been brilliant today.

Can’t argue with that. They’ve had a few dollops of luck too (If rain came 5 mins earlier, if Ferrari weren’t so fucking clueless, if his spin had cost him a bit more time etc) but they’ve grabbed all their good fortune in recent times and made it work. If everyone else wants to keep handing them victories, you can’t blame them for taking them.

This season is pretty much over now. Ferrari have blown it (which would normally please me) and Merc have too much catching up to do, but hopefully they and rest of the field will sort themselves out in time to knock Red Bull down a peg or two next year. They’re an excellent team, but unfortunately, they’re packed with bellends. 

sam3110 said:

This is a circuit that is tailor made for the Ferrari this season, full of traction zones and slow and medium corners, with only 1 major straight, and they are going to finish off the podium and almost a pitstop behind the Red Bull, and way behind both of the Mercedes, that overall is comfortably only the third fastest car on the grid. 

Reckon the Italian papers will be calling for Binotto's head after this

Rightly so imo.

blackpool72 said:

Verstapen is the bogeyman to many on here but to win from 10th on the grid was a great effort 

Agreed. Very good drive. Nobody is questioning his ability. Just his character.

DamoNorthStand said:

Still think Lewis and Max are a step above all the other drivers out there…..

I agree with this at the moment. I think Russell and LeClerc will continue to improve though and it could (fingers crossed) be a three way close battle between MV, GR and CL for a few years.
Thats the hope. The best title races will have three drivers and three teams with a realistic chance. That’s what we were expecting this year, but Merc and Ferrari have made a mess of it (albeit in different ways).

DamoNorthStand said:

This whole recent thing about interrupting a rivals interview in the pen to say ‘unlucky’ or ‘well done’ is such a wanky show for the cameras lol 

Who did that?

They all do it - it’s a recent thing I’ve noticed. Nothing wrong with it - just that it’s obviously a PR show to the cameras to say ‘look what a great sportsman I am’. Makes me chuckle