Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2020Formula 1

[andrea]

Hamilton gonna be mad he won't have his sandbagger Bottas behind him all race tomorrow.

 

[chromatic9]

Shame we can't get Max in a merc. Lewis and Max in this tricky circuit showing the skills again.

 

[ScottPuss20]

Bottas getting upstaged like that by his own team mate and Verstappen is embarrassing. This is why he'll never win a championship.

 

[Frank McGank]

Yeah, P3 after doing a wheelie at turn 2, so useless. P3 may as well be pole on this track with the run to T2.

A mistake that Lewis didn’t make, and hasn’t made all season. Which is why Lewis has beaten Bottas 10-2 on Saturday and 9-1 on Sunday this year. And why he’s so far behind in points that Lewis could DNF twice whilst Bottas wins both races and STILL be ahead of Bottas. yeah, “useless”.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Edit

 

[LeGeNd-1]

Does anyone have footage of this "wheelie" that Bottas did or is that a figure of speech? Also apparently Max had a massive tow from Bottas on his quali lap. That explains why he was able to split the Mercs. Still a mega lap from Hamilton though, especially on one of Bottas' better tracks.

However, the polesitter is at a disadvantage here because of the tow and with Hamilton on softer tyre if he isn't in the lead by T2 he could be on the backfoot strategy wise. So everything still to play for.

Also somewhat OT, but watching the Nurb 24h rain chaos makes me excited for when F1 goes back there later this year

 

[evldave333]

Looking forward to seeing Lewis doing some overtakes today, the soft tyre situation will add some entertainment value for sure. Good chance of a safety car at this circuit, particularly as the grip levels have depleted on track combined with less rubber down from support races...

 

[MagpieRacer]

Does anyone have footage of this "wheelie" that Bottas did or is that a figure of speech? Also apparently Max had a massive tow from Bottas on his quali lap. That explains why he was able to split the Mercs. Still a mega lap from Hamilton though, especially on one of Bottas' better tracks.

However, the polesitter is at a disadvantage here because of the tow and with Hamilton on softer tyre if he isn't in the lead by T2 he could be on the backfoot strategy wise. So everything still to play for.

Also somewhat OT, but watching the Nurb 24h rain chaos makes me excited for when F1 goes back there later this year

Mini wheelie.


45 seconds in. He's no Rossi but generally having the front wheels on the road will be faster.

 

[Roo]

Because

Wishing penalties on a driver who hasn't actually (yet) done anything worth punishing this weekend counts as wishing incident upon a certain driver. So what if Lewis is winning anything, actively calling for him to have a misfortune, of his fault or not, isn't exactly the brightest thing to do.

As tiresome as I find @GTFan24's posts about Hamilton, trying to equate "I hope he gets a time penalty but I bet he won't" with the "any crash or physical harm being wished upon any participant" is mental gymnastics on your part.

 

[SuperDiscoDaz]

Possible penalty for Lewis for doing a practice start in the wrong place.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Did I see Hamilton under investigation for something?

 

[Samus]

Seems he did it at the very exit of the pit as it joins the track, rather than midway down the pitlane where they usually do it. Rather odd thing to just do wrong at this stage of the weekend.



Tyre marks already there so someone has done it before.

 

[PaMu1337]

One of the Haas cars stuck on the grid

 

[Grayfox]

Ummm did they get the flags wrong for the germans?
Vettel and Schumi have french flags

 

[Jimlaad43]

Ocon blinding start!

 

[PeterJB]

Sainz is having a real mare as of late.

 

[PaMu1337]

Ocon blinding start!

What about Magnussen and Grosjean, though?!

 

[Jimlaad43]

Haas Wtf, how did they do that?

 

[Jimlaad43]

Those bollards are a joke. Literally no penalty except a high chance of a crash.

 

[PaMu1337]

Ok, that was pretty stupid by Sainz

 

[Rangeraus]

Max was mildly inconvenienced by a car being on his inside during Turn 2, so just floors it across the asphalt run-off instead and re-passes 2 corners later.

It's not really racing.

 

[Liquid]

Vettel and Schumi have french flags

Might have been okay if they were from Elsaß-Lotheringen.

Weird though, yeah.

 

[Samus]

Minor thing but shouldn't Magnussen have started last since all cars had passed him before he got going? Or did that rule change?

 

[PaMu1337]

Minor thing but shouldn't Magnussen have started last since all cars had passed him before he got going? Or did that rule change?

I was thinking the same, wouldn't be surprised if he gets a penalty for that

 

[evldave333]

A real bonus for Lewis managing his tyres having 5 laps behind the safety car... 5 sec penalty though... ouch

 

[PaMu1337]

As late as the lights went off last race, they went off very early this time

 

[Grayfox]

+5second penalty for lewis.
That is going to screw him up with the pit stop.

Plus another possible penalty for +5seconds more.

 

[PaMu1337]

Wait, he has 2 penalties?

Edit: yes, two violations, 5 secs each

 

[Jimlaad43]

+5second penalty for lewis

X2

 

[Blitz24]

Wait, he has 2 penalties?

Yep. 10 second penalty.

Ferrari must be so happy for 2021. One of their drivers can't avoid a wall, the other punts a driver off. All on lap 1.