Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio de España 2022Formula 1

[Veinz]

The real mistake generator.

 

[PaMu1337]

Is there oil on track or something?

 

[NotThePrez]

Verstappen spins off at Turn 4, same as Carlos.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Err, why has Max gone off there too.

 

[IforceV8]

Brake at the bridge not after

 

[McLaren]

A lot of people owe an apology to Sainz.

 

[PeterJB]

So now Vips, Sainz, and Verstappen have all spun at the same corner. What is going on there?

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

They're saying there's a large gust of wind. I still suspect this is pre-1.13 patch.

 

[MagpieRacer]

You can see the tyres spitting rubber off the car in front from the onboards. Haven't seen it that visually for a while.

 

[PaMu1337]

You can see the tyres spitting rubber off the car in front from the onboards. Haven't seen it that visually for a while.

I expect to see a few punctures today

 

[McLaren]

Boy, this race is really shaping up to be a game of, "Guess which issue you're gonna get today".

 

[Jimlaad43]

Red Bull made a mistake swapping the drivers there. They went from Perez pressuring Russell every lap to Verstappen not being able to keep in DRS zone. RB should have pitted Verstappen once he was behind to try and force Ferrari to panic and make a wrong pitstop move.

 

[Blitz24]

"No George, the cool car warning is because you have a cool car."

 

[Adam41]

Red Bull made a mistake swapping the drivers there. They went from Perez pressuring Russell every lap to Verstappen not being able to keep in DRS zone. RB should have pitted Verstappen once he was behind to try and force Ferrari to panic and make a wrong pitstop move.

Swapping one car with another with broken DRS. Peak RB that.

 

[NotThePrez]

Yeah, Verstappen's DRS is busted. It looked like it came open for a split second and closed back up just now.

 

[PaMu1337]

Bottas is flying

 

[NICKname]

Hamilton punting off someone overtaking him round the outside, Sainz spinning off into the gravel, very predictable race so far.

And now Verstappen with mechanical issues.

 

[PaMu1337]

Seems 50/50 if DRS works or not

 

[NotThePrez]

Bottas is flying

Indeed, he's doing a great job today. I'd say that depending on what transpires, 3rd place finish wouldn't be totally impossible. Highly unlikely, but not impossible.

Edit: George is also doing a hell of a job defending today.

 

[MagpieRacer]

There's no way Perez can 1 stop this, don't care what knowledgeable, qualified engineers say.

Great job from Russell as well so far. Feels inevitable but he's showing good defensive skills.

 

[Jimlaad43]

"Watch out Max, George is giving you a taste of your own medicine in the braking zone"

 

[McLaren]

All this talk pre-race about 2-3 stops, and Perez gonna pull a 1-stop?

Feels like that has the potential to really backfire at the end.

 

[NotThePrez]

Vettel finally comes into the pits. Lewis is still on the set of softs that were installed after his 1st lap incident.

Edit: And Lewis pits.

Edit2: Verstappen goes hard trying to get past Russell! Russell keeps the position after a tight few corners!

 

[Jimlaad43]

Sky Glass

 

[Jimlaad43]

Verstappen trying to get his DRS to work.

 

[McLaren]

The more that flap decides to open-shut-open-shut-shut-op-shut, the more upset Max is getting.

Perez: Max, move.

 

[Magog]

Lewis wanted to retire because he was less than a minute behind with 60 laps to go in a fast car? His career is done.

 

[Veinz]

Lol YES perez tell them

 

[NotThePrez]

Perez, justifiably, asking for Max to move aside.

Edit: LecLerc is retiring. , But Russell is now fighting for the potential win!

 

[PaMu1337]

Imagine being GP having to tell Max to move aside.
I'm not sure he'll survive