Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2020Formula 1

[Liquid]

Five whole seconds time penalty for Hamilton? I'm sure that'll make a huge difference.

 

[Samus]

If you don't win this now Valterri, pack it up and go home.

 

[FutureF1]

Yessssss. Netflix curse continues

 

[Grayfox]

Seeing as lewis is most likely going for a 1 stop strat the +5s at the end of the race is pointless.
They should make a rule that says ALL PENALTIES MUST BE SERVED IN THE PITLANE.

 

[PaMu1337]

Seeing as lewis is most likely going for a 1 stop strat the +5s at the end of the race is pointless.
They should make a rule that says ALL PENALTIES MUST BE SERVED IN THE PITLANE.

Can't they serve both penalties at the same time?

 

[Jimlaad43]

Albon doing a great job of carrying on the momentum of his podium in Mugello.

 

[Frank McGank]

Well that first lap was fun. See everybody at Imola

 

[evldave333]

10 second penalty purely discretionary too... a bit harsh, but the stewards must want cyril to get a tramp stamp good chance for a rennault podium for sure...

 

[PaMu1337]

Albon doing a great job of carrying on the momentum of his podium in Mugello.

Practicing for possible reversed grid in the future

 

[Samus]

the +5s at the end of the race is pointless.

How so? Without a big enough gap he'll lose positions. The first 5s penalty is going to put him 3rd at best.

 

[Roo]

Five whole seconds time penalty for Hamilton? I'm sure that'll make a huge difference.

It probably will. On soft tyres, after a safety car so a condensed field, it'll dump him in the lower midfield and that'll take ages to clear.

 

[AshenGraey]

So Leclerc put Strolls in the wall and nothing is being said about it?

 

[PaMu1337]

So Leclerc put Strolls in the wall and nothing is being said about it?

They tend to be a bit more lenient during the first lap

 

[Grayfox]

It probably will. On soft tyres, after a safety car so a condensed field, it'll dump him in the lower midfield and that'll take ages to clear.

Clearing the field takes time for a normal car, but when a car is 10%+ faster it is easy.
Remember Silverstone when hammy got put to the back of the grid last time.
He climbed back to the top rather quickly.

 

[TenEightyOne]

So Leclerc put Strolls in the wall and nothing is being said about it?

Yes, the stewards noted it and decided that no further penalty was required.

 

[PaMu1337]

Wow, Albon overtook a Williams, and even needed a mistake from Russell to do it

 

[Famine]

HaMiLtOn Is So LuCkY hE nEvEr GeTs A pEnAlTy FoR aNyThInG

 

[Grayfox]

They tend to be a bit more lenient during the first lap

Yet Kiyat is getting a possible penalty for not going through the bollard on turn 2.

Only hope for him is if he was avoiding Sainz.

 

[Jimlaad43]

So Leclerc put Strolls in the wall and nothing is being said about it?

From both on-board views it looked like the other driver's fault, therefore it'll go down as a Racing Incident.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

This race started early. 1 hour time penalty

 

[Jimlaad43]

HaMiLtOn Is So LuCkY hE nEvEr GeTs A pEnAlTy FoR aNyThInG

If they give him a Penalty point on his license for those infringements, especially if it's one each, he'll be on 10/12, if which none expire until Bahrain.

 

[PaMu1337]

If they give him a Penalty point on his license for those infringements, especially if it's one each, he'll be on 10/12, if which none expire until Bahrain.

He's been collecting them quite quickly recently

 

[evldave333]

What I like about Lewis is he never lets things that happen get on top of him, the mark of true greatness, sit back and watch how he responds to this...

 

[LeGeNd-1]

So FIA gave 10 second penalty for "unsafe" start practice on the track, but is okay with the T2 bollard/wall to stick out on the path of the car? Also as someone pointed out Max cut T2 and receives no penalty for not going around the bollard? F1 doesn't need new regs or cost caps. It's dumb contradictions and rules like these that just serves to obfuscate the real action on track. Makes for great viewing as HAM battles his way effortlessly back to podium finish tho...

Love the Twitch quartet (minus Leclerc) battling each other btw.

EDIT: Apparently Max goes around the bollard.

 

[Roo]

Clearing the field takes time for a normal car, but when a car is 10%+ faster it is easy.
Remember Silverstone when hammy got put to the back of the grid last time.
He climbed back to the top rather quickly.

Depends what result you're after.

I reckon Lewis will make it back to 3rd. Instead of winning, like you'd expect him to, that's a big difference - a ~17 point swing.

If you're expecting Hamilton to be cast to 17th and stay there, then that's just unrealistic.

 

[PaMu1337]

So FIA gave 10 second penalty for "unsafe" start practice on the track, but is okay with the T2 bollard/wall to stick out on the path of the car? Also as someone pointed out Max cut T2 and receives no penalty for not going around the bollard? F1 doesn't need new regs or cost caps. It's dumb contradictions and rules like these that just serves to obfuscate the real action on track. Makes for great viewing as HAM battles his way effortlessly back to podium finish tho...

Love the Twitch quartet (minus Leclerc) battling each other btw.

Max did go around the bollard, though?

 

[Grayfox]

Yeah his response.
Why do we have to serve it, why not add it after the race.

 

[PaMu1337]

Can someone send Lewis a link to the rulebook?

 

[Blitz24]

Can someone send Lewis a link to the rulebook?

TL;DR

 

[evldave333]

The netflix curse strikes again for mercedes, will make for an interesting drive to survive episode lol