Poll: Portugese Grand Prix 2021, Portimao - Race 3/23
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Feel like this season is just going to be a slow creep to the finish line and barring any bad luck on Lewis' part he will have his 8th championship. The Mercedes is still arguably the better car and Hamilton is too good for Max to beat in a car that isn't better than the Merc. Bottas will keep the constructors interesting but it will slowly ebb away from RB as the season goes on.
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Something else for him to moan about.
I haven't seen the result yet, and plan on watching the highlights on 4od, does anyone know what time it becomes available at all?
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I think its straight after airing on TV - The highlights are on C4 at 7:30pm, so I would guess, 10pm?
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Wasn't a particularly exciting GP but ok enough for a basic dry race. Nice to see an overtake for the lead.
The drivers in new teams aren't exactly setting the world alight though it was interesting to see Fernando finish less 5 seconds behind Ocon given the qualifying. Vettel matched Stroll who's supposed to have parts worth 0.5s a lap on his car. Sainz had a bit of a nothing race and finished out of the points which is unacceptable really.
I wonder how much only having the one testing session versus three that they usually have has played a part.
P.S Noris is looking great this year.
The drivers in new teams aren't exactly setting the world alight though it was interesting to see Fernando finish less 5 seconds behind Ocon given the qualifying. Vettel matched Stroll who's supposed to have parts worth 0.5s a lap on his car. Sainz had a bit of a nothing race and finished out of the points which is unacceptable really.
I wonder how much only having the one testing session versus three that they usually have has played a part.
P.S Noris is looking great this year.
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Dull race on a dull track.
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I suspect the last few races have been a real eye opener for max as to how big the challenge is going to be. It’s easy to forget the skilled drivers Hamilton has beaten and with each teammate he’s gotten better and better.
RB better hope that upcoming tracks and hotter weather will suit them more. It may be irrelevant if Mercedes continue to extra performance at this pace.
There’s also an unknown as to how hard merc and rb are pushing their machinery and what the cost will be at the end of the season. It’s an interesting one, no doubt about that. I hope it doesn’t get decided by a car breaking down.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verstappen-learning-lewis-hamilton-quality/?fbclid=IwAR2fekZVUE6zydUu1yv8-TXxtff846gcE0wCV_1tHPC20Y_K0-3sQhiFe7U
I agree with Rosberg
RB better hope that upcoming tracks and hotter weather will suit them more. It may be irrelevant if Mercedes continue to extra performance at this pace.
There’s also an unknown as to how hard merc and rb are pushing their machinery and what the cost will be at the end of the season. It’s an interesting one, no doubt about that. I hope it doesn’t get decided by a car breaking down.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verstappen-learning-lewis-hamilton-quality/?fbclid=IwAR2fekZVUE6zydUu1yv8-TXxtff846gcE0wCV_1tHPC20Y_K0-3sQhiFe7U
I agree with Rosberg
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Why is it a case of no one wanting to pay for it? Surely it's just a case of enforcing the existing rule of not going all 4 wheels off track, but on every corner.
Great race by Hamilton. His move on max was great. Thank goodness we don't have 3 bottas' in the other seats.
Perez being made to look like yet another red bull casualty. But I think he's doing a bit better than the others /can't remember)
Norris is the stand out of the rest.
Glad to see alpine up there. By not good enough.
OK race by modern standards. Glad I only watch the highlights. Even these were a bit filled out
Perez being made to look like yet another red bull casualty. But I think he's doing a bit better than the others /can't remember)
Norris is the stand out of the rest.
Glad to see alpine up there. By not good enough.
OK race by modern standards. Glad I only watch the highlights. Even these were a bit filled out
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My biggest takeaway was that Mick is leagues better than Mazepin. Was surprised he was able to overtake Latifi fairly on track with the state that Has is in.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-v...Uu1yv8-TXxtff846gcE0wCV_1tHPC20Y_K0-3sQhiFe7U
I agree with Rosberg
Don’t let Rubberduck see that, he’ll never get over it.
I agree though, Rosberg knows first hand how hard it is. It’s going to be an interesting season to see how well Verstappen deals with the pressure of a season long challenge.
Overall an alright race, it was good to see some on track action for the win. Although a shame that most (all?) overtakes were due to DRS or mistakes.
That’s what Horner said in the post race interviews.
They have a white line that defines the track. It isn’t hard to say stick 2 wheels over the line to use kerbs and such is OK but stick all 4 wheels over the white line and it’s off track.
None of this you can’t run wide .... well you can at corner 4 and 15 as long as the moon is it’s third quarter and the wind is between 3 and 5 mph but only while in an easterly direction.
