Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021Formula 1

[Fat Tyre]

Mighty time by Max.

 

[PaMu1337]

And Perez to P3! Well played!

 

[Samus]

Odd. Merc nowhere, even discounting the Perez sacrifice.

 

[Jubby]

Poor Yuki, time deleted.

 

[PaMu1337]

Odd. Merc nowhere, even discounting the Perez sacrifice.

Perez was given a tow by Max on the 2nd lap

 

[PaMu1337]

Poor Yuki, time deleted.

Looked like the tiniest bit over the line there

 

[Adam41]

Nevermind the tow, Lewis was slower than some of his faster laps.

That was his fastest lap so far. Or do you mean sector wise?

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Good strategy by Red Bull meanwhile Mercedes is sitting.

 

[Samus]

Perez was given a tow by Max on the 2nd lap

Yeah but HAM loost 3 tenths in S3, no towing there.

 

[Jubby]

That was his fastest lap so far. Or do you mean sector wise?

Yeah, theoretical best, which he usually does in Q3.

 

[Samus]

Christ shut up about your damn poll Crofty, who cares.

 

[PaMu1337]

Christ shut up about your damn poll Crofty, who cares.

Ftfy

 

[Fat Tyre]

Ftfy

Was going to write the same haha

 

[Fat Tyre]

Oh boy, I hope we don't get a turn 1 crash.

Edit: where the hell is Bottas?

 

[PaMu1337]

Norris P3!
That may prevent Perez from holding off Lewis

 

[Jubby]

Nice lap by Norris.

 

[andrea]

V-TEC kicked in today.

 

[PaMu1337]

Edit: where the hell is Bottas?

Practising for Alfa speeds

 

[Adam41]

Yeah but HAM loost 3 tenths in S3, no towing there.

With a thinner rear wing only put on for quali which sacrifices some of their speed in sector 3.

Max matched his sector 1 and 2 times on his second flyer without the Perez slipstream, and was still 2-3 tenths quicker than Lewis in the last sector!

Red Bull definitely taking some of the sandbags off for q3.

Roll on tomorrow with the different strategies.

 

[Liquid]

Edit: where the hell is Bottas?

Quite far back.

 

[Fat Tyre]

Practising for Alfa speeds

Unmotivated chubby bastard. They should have replaced him with Russell midseason.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Belter of a lap from Max. Will the soft tyres last long enough to hold Lewis back in the race?

 

[Samus]

So it's going to be a race of tyre strategy tomorrow, barring any wheel banging.

 

[phillgt2002]

Unmotivated chubby bastard. They should have replaced him with Russell midseason.

That’s a pretty needlessly harsh thing to say…

 

[Jubby]

Hear me out... but I'll preface this with "I do not want this to happen". What if Perez gets a cracking start and gets into Lewis by accident. (Read: not on purpose). Will people scream that Max should be penalised or stripped of the title?

 

[Fat Tyre]

That’s a pretty needlessly harsh thing to say…

Yeah you're right. I just felt frustrated with the result. But it's seemed like for most of the season he's been nowhere to be found when he was needed the most by the team.

 

[Jubby]

Yeah you're right. I just felt frustrated with the result. But it's seemed like for most of the season he's been nowhere to be found when he was needed the most by the team.

I hear you there. Maybe this is Bottas giving Lewis the business the way he can (e.g. do it yourself, 7x champ).

 

[PaMu1337]

Subtle bit of shade there "I'm grateful I can see where he is"

 

[McLaren]

Mah boy in 3rd.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

From the last thread by Northstar

Valtteri turns on Merc and reveals he has been with Red Bull the entire time, calling it now.

It's all going according to plan.