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Looks like a lot of teams are going to 3 stop? Might work out well for the Alfas
And me. I'll be glad when they switch to the blue livery.
Likewise. It's been a fascinating race.
Unlucky for Max.
Wow! What an end to the race. KMag, Bottas, and Zhou stand out to me.
He was unlucky too. Only driver to double stack under the safety car, dropped him back 4 places.
Nice to see Ocon accepting blame and apologising to Mick.
These things have already broken a driver's back. That's not in any world an acceptable "punishment".
That racked up the second most laps, so I assume they did all the testing they wanted. Still not quite the same as an actual race though, with 20 cars on track, safety cars, etc.
There are also concerns about gravel traps that have led to their removal. I wonder whether they could put a, say, 1m wide strip of grass or gravel next to the track and have the broader run-offs beyond. Enough to punish a driver for dropping a foot over but no more than that. This race was a lot better than last season for staying on track so I hope that things will have improved this season.
The new regime seems more sensible: last season half the track was fair game but drop a wheel over on the wrong corner and your quali lap gets deleted but yesterday we saw Pérez go over on the final corner but as he clearly lost time as he struggled to control the car and that was the only reason he went over there was no penalty (at least I assume that was the reasoning).
I've been thinking about Merc's engine. I wonder whether they've repackaged it for their sidepodless design and then surprised the other teams with the new layout. Could it be that the customer teams were all struggling with cooling and had to run the engine turned down to avoid overheating?
Massively. Unfortunately we still had DRS so overtaking was still all about that rather than pure driving.
Massively. Unfortunately we still had DRS so overtaking was still all about that rather than pure driving.
In an interview, Charles said he was letting him past on the first knowing he could get him in the second while letting his battery recharge so he could use it to gap Max once he was past.
Apparently Pérez's time was deleted for track limits, we just didn't see anything about it (at about 1:13):
So there we go. I thought it had been left since he clearly only went over when he lost traction and thus didn't gain an advantage.
So there we go. I thought it had been left since he clearly only went over when he lost traction and thus didn't gain an advantage.
Fred Vasseur said that there was an issue with starts in the Alfa that they were looking at. Zhou also lost 4 places off the start.
Both Alfas were looking good prior to the SC, they looked like they could two stop it quite comfortably and might even have made up more places because some of the others had to pit for fresh tyres. Bottas was 8th, Zhou was 9th before the SC. Bottas kept his place, Zhou fell to 13th, and then they were promoted due to the RB's failing, and Zhou made it past Mick who hadn't stopped for fresh tyres.
Agreed. The drivers show a lot of respect for each other in these informal moments.
Surely to be consistent, they should delete the time regardless of whether or not he went quicker. Take away the potential for grey area and arguments...
The rule is and, AFAIA, always has been "leaving the track and gaining an advantage". Double penalising a driver who has already lost time through a mistake or lock-up makes no sense but they seem to be taking your approach in Quali anyway.
I don't agree you see people's "true colours" at these times; all you see is that they're stressed.
The ban is in place from the start of this season. They could develop up to this point.
The difference was massive. I don't know how anyone who watches F1 regularly can have missed it.
What are you actually looking for?
Lol, you on the FIA's pay role?
Did you watch the race? Did you look at how the cars followed each other? It was complete night and day.
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