Poll: Turkish Grand Prix 2021, Istanbul - Race 16

Rate the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix out of ten

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Seems really odd to me that Merc are only taking a 10 place drop for a single ICE. To me it makes more sense to take one of every component and start at the back because:

A) It's looking like it's going to be a wet race, so more chance to overtake compared to starting at the back of a dry race
B) Starting mid-pack is asking to be involved in a T1 collision, starting from the back or pitlane means you get more of a chance to avoid incidents, or pick up some freebies
C) If they need more components later in the season then it's another grid penalty. Just fill up the pool of parts now.
 
I wonder.. could Merc take one engine penalty NOW and then take another engine penalty (also for ICU and all the rest) after qually... Adding TWO to their pool? I mean, why not... Would trump Red Bull nicely.
 
Can't teams take more than one engine per race. So Lewis could take a new engine for FP then another for quali and race. So that way he gets to serve them all at the one race. Or did they stop that after things got silly with McLaren and Honda?
 
englishpremier said:
Can't teams take more than one engine per race. So Lewis could take a new engine for FP then another for quali and race. So that way he gets to serve them all at the one race. Or did they stop that after things got silly with McLaren and Honda?
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I'd swear thats the exact same post I made 6 mins earlier but just re-worded :)
 
GR63 said:
I wonder.. could Merc take one engine penalty NOW and then take another engine penalty (also for ICU and all the rest) after qually... Adding TWO to their pool? I mean, why not... Would trump Red Bull nicely.
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englishpremier said:
Can't teams take more than one engine per race. So Lewis could take a new engine for FP then another for quali and race. So that way he gets to serve them all at the one race. Or did they stop that after things got silly with McLaren and Honda?
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No point, if you take multiple new items of the same part, you can only use one of them in future anyway

During any single Event, if a driver introduces more than one of the same power unit element which is subject to penalties, only the last element fitted may be used at subsequent Events without further penalty.
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GravyMonster said:
Seems really odd to me that Merc are only taking a 10 place drop for a single ICE. To me it makes more sense to take one of every component and start at the back because:

A) It's looking like it's going to be a wet race, so more chance to overtake compared to starting at the back of a dry race
B) Starting mid-pack is asking to be involved in a T1 collision, starting from the back or pitlane means you get more of a chance to avoid incidents, or pick up some freebies
C) If they need more components later in the season then it's another grid penalty. Just fill up the pool of parts now.
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My thoughts too. Plus after the race gets going the guys back there aren't going to put up a major fight anyway.

Also, who remembers Mercedes special livery race?...
 
Just woken up and it's rained pretty heavily here during the night but it's eased right off. FP3 might start damp by the looks of it but it's forecast to be dry for qualifying. Shame, a wet quali would really have made things interesting!

Edit - it's chucking down.
 
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Best bit is that Max didnt have a good balance in FP1 & FP2 so a soggy FP3 wont have helped... Maybe Lulu & The Wingman can get the front row before he takes his penalty?

And poor George in FP3 :(
 
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