Caporegime
I don't see why they would be suspicious about Ocon? He did the parade lap, he just didn't park in the right place.
Poll: Hungarian Grand Prix 2021, Budapest - Race 11/23
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I don't see why they would be suspicious about Ocon? He did the parade lap, he just didn't park in the right place.
I'm not suspicious but I think it would be a sensible rule nonetheless
Caporegime
I absolutely loved hearing this. I can't think of another time I've heard an F1 driver give a message like that during a race.
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I’m sure a message of ‘Ocon is still in P1, Hamilton is closing over 3s a lap’ would get the message across. Great race, but a terrible circuit for racing, even DRS barely makes it possible.
Soldato
I'm kinda torn on this though. Whilst I agree it's not a great circuit for racing... If DRS worked as well as it did on many tracks. The entire first lap would have been a moot point, as would Hamilton going to the back due to the restart chaos. He'd have passed every car and effortlessly cruised to a win with a bunch of uninteresting DRS passes and we'd all be grumbling that the race was pants and that DRS is pants. lol
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Hopefully the 2022 cars can actually follow and then it’ll be problem solved. The rule changes for this year to improve ‘overtaking’ have been a joke and clearly had another agenda.
Soldato
“Monaco without the buildings” is an excellent description of the Hungarian GP circuit. Very few chances to overtake apart from fast car on new tyres vs. slow car on shot tyres as the DRS zones did very little apart from generating DRS trains.
Soldato
More whining by RBRTo favour High Rake cars and slow down Merc & Pink Mercs?
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New tyres and a car that has half it's engine not working still doesn't equal a pass at Monoco.
Soldato
Fingers crossed! I really want to see battles like Lewis/Alonso - but on merit with similarly performing cars. The dream would be a battle like that, eventually an overtake - but the car that's behind then being in a position to fight back rather than drop away a few seconds a lap!
Caporegime
They said exactly the same thing when new regs were introduced in 1998, they said the same when new regs were introduced in 2009, they said the same in 2014 when new regs were introduced.
I think the only way you will get decent racing is high horsepower and low aero grip. Basically Nascar
. Budget cap will make things even worse as if you do not get the regs right out of the gate you are basically buggered.
Soldato
Leaked picture of Bottas sabotaging Vettel's car.
Soldato
May hopefully solve the following issue, but doesn't solve the issue these cars are absolutely massive now. Hopefully if the next set of engine regs can be agreed the cars can also go on a diet.
Man of Honour
Russell's much lauded radio message. Lets be honest; at the time - what difference did Russell saying " prioritise Latifi" make? Williams would have happily screwed Russell regardless to prioritise whoever is leading and lets not pretend that adjusting Russell's strategy would have made any real difference; its not like Latifi was 3rd and Russell running in 4th.
Frankly I think he said it knowing that team radio would pick it up and broadcast it.
Frankly I think he said it knowing that team radio would pick it up and broadcast it.