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2017 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand PrixFormula 1
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That's just sad.
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- YA SAY WHAT?!!!!
Feeding the the engine that much juice and being 25-30kph slower is an embarrassment.
Fuel pressure loss??? I wouldn't put it past them to have run out of fuel.
Alonso back out of that...you can hear the Honda gearing down with Bottas at full noise.
Fuel pressure loss??? I wouldn't put it past them to have run out of fuel.
Alonso back out of that...you can hear the Honda gearing down with Bottas at full noise.
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I don't think the director of the official feed ever cought that, or showed it for some reason. I only saw it after the race too.
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Didn't get mentioned but Sainz drove an Impressive race 
He was brilliant and catching up the guys in front when it was more damp at the start of the race, the deficit for him to the podium is less than the car in 3rd to 2nd.
He was brilliant and catching up the guys in front when it was more damp at the start of the race, the deficit for him to the podium is less than the car in 3rd to 2nd.
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If anything, this race proved there is hope after all for 2017. Would say DRS didn't do that much this race, so in the future they might want to roll the activation zone back a little.
I think Lewis was very lucky Seb spent so long behind Kimi. After passing 2 drivers he still ended up only about 7 seconds behind, on older tyres. The Merc is the fastest over one lap, but the Ferrari is definitely faster in the races, enough for Mercedes to be worried. The safety car really hurt Ferrari in general today.
Tragic for Alonso, there's nothing more he can do. The McLaren is a fast car, and he's the best driver, but he would be better off hooking up some bicycle pedals to the car at this point. Also tragic for Giovanazzi, as he is a talented driver, but did himself no favors crashing in the same spot 2 days in a row. Hopefully he makes up for it next weekend.
I think Lewis was very lucky Seb spent so long behind Kimi. After passing 2 drivers he still ended up only about 7 seconds behind, on older tyres. The Merc is the fastest over one lap, but the Ferrari is definitely faster in the races, enough for Mercedes to be worried. The safety car really hurt Ferrari in general today.
Tragic for Alonso, there's nothing more he can do. The McLaren is a fast car, and he's the best driver, but he would be better off hooking up some bicycle pedals to the car at this point. Also tragic for Giovanazzi, as he is a talented driver, but did himself no favors crashing in the same spot 2 days in a row. Hopefully he makes up for it next weekend.
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Giovanazzi, one crash was the car getting unsettled on the rumble strips. The second one in race was just going over a wet patch. Sucks that they're the same spot but there is no correlation or greater pattern to be found.
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Pretty fun race to watch. I'm kind of surprised no one here is talking about Max moving in the braking zone on Ricciardo on either the last lap, or penultimate lap, going into T14 - the caused RIC to lock a front wheel. I didn't see a replay, no one talked about it, but it defintely looked like RIC went for the inside, then Max moved, then RIC locked up and backed out of the move.
I don't really care, but just find it surprising the incedent went under the radar.
I don't really care, but just find it surprising the incedent went under the radar.
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Teams are not going to protest their own drivers. That's the sort of area when it's down to that.
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Oh I understand that for sure, I more meant I find it surprising the media and fans aren't mentioning anything. Like I said, I only saw it once, so maybe it was actually nothing.
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Have to say I was disagreeing with the Sky commentators with their overly repeated "DRS isn't working, it's not doing enough", I thought it was working perfectly,keep it like this please.
I'd much rather it made cars close up by the end of the straight like it were this race, instead of sailing past half way down a straight as in recent years.
I'd much rather it made cars close up by the end of the straight like it were this race, instead of sailing past half way down a straight as in recent years.
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I see what you mean. My interpretation of it was that Ricciardo tried to pressure Verstappen into a mistake or to commit, Max darted over a bit to defend the inside under braking, but Ricciardo locked up snapping to the outside in response. It was far from the most outlandish bit of braking Max has done, and Ricciardo simply did too much.
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I agree with you, Kimi was stuck behind Ricciardo for a lot of laps. Kimi could only close the gap with top speed + DRS that was made with the better traction of the RBR. Just like Spain 2016, when Kimi was stuck behind Verstappen for so many laps. Vettel passed Ricciardo 2 laps after he passed Kimi and Vettel did it in both cases in a no DRS zone. In the case of Verstappen vs Bottas, Verstappen could manage the gap on the straights because of DRS and overtook Bottas in a no DRS zone too.
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The activation point seems like it starts too late on the back straight.
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A great race thanks to some changing weather conditions and some gutsy "organic" overtaking. It is awesome seeing how much the drivers are enjoying the challenge of F1 in 2017 and the battle ahead.
I am still dubious about allowing a decent GP in China to settle issues about the rules package raised pre season and after Australia. Once everyone had made the switch to dry tyres, it was another 1 stop race to the finish on the 2 softer compounds. Brundle and Croft were even asking whether anyone had used the medium tyres at all throughout the entire weekend...
The DRS zone was perfect though as it allowed for great battles into the hairpin / turn 1 without the winner being announced halfway down the straight before it. If nothing else it allowed the cars to stay close enough for a move later around the lap (turn 4, normally). I really hope that Verstappen's complaining at the end doesn't see DRS get changed going forward though. No one else suffered the same issue, at least not to the extent he was complaining anyway. Can see people arguing though that this shows we need DRS activated within 2 seconds of car ahead, since that is all that could be changed to bring it into play... We'll see, but for me he lost more time being distracted by / complaining about the HAAS than any affect the dirty air off it was playing...
Hulkenberg really struggled after the switch to dry tyres on a drying track, spinning at least once.
I am still dubious about allowing a decent GP in China to settle issues about the rules package raised pre season and after Australia. Once everyone had made the switch to dry tyres, it was another 1 stop race to the finish on the 2 softer compounds. Brundle and Croft were even asking whether anyone had used the medium tyres at all throughout the entire weekend...
The DRS zone was perfect though as it allowed for great battles into the hairpin / turn 1 without the winner being announced halfway down the straight before it. If nothing else it allowed the cars to stay close enough for a move later around the lap (turn 4, normally). I really hope that Verstappen's complaining at the end doesn't see DRS get changed going forward though. No one else suffered the same issue, at least not to the extent he was complaining anyway. Can see people arguing though that this shows we need DRS activated within 2 seconds of car ahead, since that is all that could be changed to bring it into play... We'll see, but for me he lost more time being distracted by / complaining about the HAAS than any affect the dirty air off it was playing...
Hulkenberg really struggled after the switch to dry tyres on a drying track, spinning at least once.
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If I'm not mistaken they decided to go in for slicks a little bit earlier than some other cars (end of first lap?) and after the stop Hulkenberg wasn't able to keep temperature in the tires, probably because of the VSC and SC that followed Stroll's and Giovinazzi's crashes, which caused him to spin a few times. On top of that he decided it was a good idea to overtake cars (Grosjean and Ericsson) during VSC and SC which gave him a 15s penalty.
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Missed the race yesterday and have only caught FOM's 5-minute highlights, good to hear there was more action this race although given it was in mixed conditions, and there was apparently still less overtaking than in recent dry races, I remain sceptical.
Enjoyed this "image" from the start though. Not mine. Maybe it'll give Vettel some ideas for future races.
Enjoyed this "image" from the start though. Not mine. Maybe it'll give Vettel some ideas for future races.
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lol, I missed the first minute of the race and saw that he was being investigated for being out of position but I had no idea he was quite that far out of position!!Missed the race yesterday and have only caught FOM's 5-minute highlights, good to hear there was more action this race although given it was in mixed conditions, and there was apparently still less overtaking than in recent dry races, I remain sceptical.
Enjoyed this "image" from the start though. Not mine. Maybe it'll give Vettel some ideas for future races.
