Formula 1 VTB are-we-allowed-to-say-Russian? Grand Prix 2021Formula 1
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Tasty grid, shame it's going to be dry tomorrow and standard order will probably happen pretty quickly.
Really weird to see so many mistakes from HAM, but Merc also yet again with bad/slow calls, they should have been racing to get slicks on soon as RUS called for them while he was still on his inter lap, and it was clear everyone was going to follow. With everyone else on slicks there was no gamble, either everyone was going to be slower or everyone faster.
Sure HAM hitting the wall buggered it as well but they still should have been back in the pits with about 6 minute left, he finished his inter lap with just under 8 minutes left. I can only assume he did two further laps because he didn't hit the wall until there was only 4 minutes left.
Really weird to see so many mistakes from HAM, but Merc also yet again with bad/slow calls, they should have been racing to get slicks on soon as RUS called for them while he was still on his inter lap, and it was clear everyone was going to follow. With everyone else on slicks there was no gamble, either everyone was going to be slower or everyone faster.
Sure HAM hitting the wall buggered it as well but they still should have been back in the pits with about 6 minute left, he finished his inter lap with just under 8 minutes left. I can only assume he did two further laps because he didn't hit the wall until there was only 4 minutes left.
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I like the grid order watching Max & Charles climb up it, should be really entertaining. Not sure what we will get from Lewis this weekend... he's been looking a bit butter fingers...
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Bottas fingers
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I bet Lewis' jack man's eye will be twitching as he's comes in for that first pit stop tomorrow, he'll be having 'nam flashbacks...
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I'm not saying he needs to do it. In fact I think he needs to do the opposite.
Indeed, and you can guess I knew that.
Not sure what a fancy Verstappen is, I'm just hoping Russell fights Lewis out of the grid and for as long as he can so to make it clear he won't be Kovalainen'ed next year (or Bottas'ed, pick your favourite wingman finn)
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F1 Fans: SoChI iS bOrInG
Also Sochi: Hold my Vodka
Call me crazy but that was the best qualifying session of the year.
Also Sochi: Hold my Vodka
Call me crazy but that was the best qualifying session of the year.
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I think Lewis needs to be more concerned with what Ricciardo will do. If he gets as good a launch as he did in Monza then Lewis is gonna be in trouble into T1.
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True, but lewis rarely screws up.
Well except for this weekend.
I would laugh if he did a Max Start a'la Turkish GP 2020
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Was the engine change of Bottas'car necessary or is it a strategy to e.g. defend/block Max?
Already read several complot stories 😁: If Max (tries to) pass Bottas block him hard even it will cost it your car.
Already read several complot stories 😁: If Max (tries to) pass Bottas block him hard even it will cost it your car.
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It'll be to have another fresh engine for the rest of the season, no extra penalties.
But yeah it's also to try and hold Max up which we all doubt will happen. But, to give Bottas credit he did carve through the pack convincingly in Monza against the wishes of many trolls in this thread.
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I think perhaps Lewis might have been feeling some pressure with scoring his 100th win. Sometimes I see other athletes choke when they're about to hit a milestone and once they do they relax and get back to normal.
This is anecdotal evidence but I remember quite a few soccer baseball players that had trouble scoring when nearing a record and suffered long draughts.
This is anecdotal evidence but I remember quite a few soccer baseball players that had trouble scoring when nearing a record and suffered long draughts.
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I don't know what's happening, but it seems like the last 2 years, a lot of the 'boring' races actually turn out quite good
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I thought teams were allowed to swap in PUs without penalties if the swap was a previously used one b/c it would be either one of the original 3, or a 4th unit that already had a penalty applied?
Or is the penalty applied b/c the team has swapped parts after parc ferme?
Edit* Merc's social media says it's a 5th unit. Odd strategy to apply just to keep Max back.
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