2018 Pirelli Grand Prix de FranceFormula 1

[DesertPenguin]

Usually lock ups are forgiven by the stewards, but that is no consolation for Bottas or us poor fans.

Vettel given a 5 second time penalty

 

[jake2013guy]

5-second penalty for Vettel.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Echo... echo... echo...

 

[PeterJB]

Sainz going backwards.

 

[Dennisch]

Vettel might go to the end. Ridiculous.

 

[PeterJB]

He's in the points! Who says he can't overtake?!

 

[Jimlaad43]

He's in the points! Who says he can't overtake?!

Bottas

 

[PeterJB]

Grosjean next

 

[BrainsBush]

Vettel already had his pitstop.Interesting to follow the gaps with 1-2-3. About 25 secs needed for a pitstop. And ofcourse the +5 secs penalty for Seb

 

[PeterJB]

Sirotkin being under investigation for driving too slowly kinda sums up his season so far...

 

[jake2013guy]

Sirotkin being under investigation for driving too slowly kinda sums up his season so far...

And the problem with Williams this season.

 

[chromatic9]

Fun fact: Marvel Studios has decided to delay the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp in Europe until after the World Cup so its box office doesn't suffer. That means it releases four weeks later than in the US (July 6th vs August 3rd), so good luck avoiding spoilers.

Ok?

Very understandable for length of the world cup and so many countries involved with games spread over various times..

Moving an F1 race for one group match?

If it clashed with the British GP, sure. If it was a quarter final and so on sure. I don't see F1 world's audience that much interested in this group game to move it and the UK Sky viewership is very low, maybe yes if it live on C4 or like I said BBC or ITV.

Don't forget they've moved it to clash with the Japan Senegal game.

 

[PeterJB]

Vettel passed 13 drivers and is now 11 seconds ahead of Bottas.

 

[Dennisch]

Man. The excitement is excruciating.

 

[BrainsBush]

rain is on its way

 

[niky]

Rain in twenty? Make it so.

 

[Dennisch]

rain is on its way

Possible rain. So it will stay dry. Just to keep the excitement on this level.

 

[PeterJB]

Prospect of rain now too!

 

[jake2013guy]

It's the Alonso Appeasement Rain. Therefore, there is 0 chance of rain.

 

[BrainsBush]

Oooh it was Zak Brown who drunk too much Heineken and had to run through the pits for a pee

 

[Dennisch]

With a little bit of luck, those on the SS tyre can swap to the US.

 

[jake2013guy]

Oooh it was Zak Brown who drunk too much Heineken and had to run through the pits for a pee

Or eaten too many Freddos.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Bottas keeps losing time in traffic. At one point he was 4-5 seconds behind Vettel. Now he is 13 seconds behind. Mercedes say he has floor damage.

 

[PeterJB]

Does it count if Vettel takes his penalty during a pit stop under a safety car?

 

[jake2013guy]

Does it count if Vettel takes his penalty during a pit stop under a safety car?

It didn't for Bianchi at Monaco in 2014.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Vettel given a 5 second time penalty

The oracle has spoken

@Famine We all now the wasp is going to die.

 

[PaMu1337]

Does it count if Vettel takes his penalty during a pit stop under a safety car?

Nope, not allowed.

 

[Dennisch]

Ricciardo creeping up on Max.

 

[PaMu1337]

Verstappen pits first.

 

[niky]

Good stop for RBR.