F1 2021 Season

Tiber

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Got distracted by the United protests and missed most of the race. Was it a good?

Not a shock that Bottas didn't win
 

Hephaestus

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Got distracted by the United protests and missed most of the race. Was it a good?

Not a shock that Bottas didn't win
Worst of the season but still ok, Hamilton at least had to overtake Verstappen and Bottas on track. Kinda ran-away with it though.
 

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another great performance from Norris.

He’s showing he can over take when needs be, but also make the tyres last when required. Really hope with the rule shake up next year they can battle with red bull / mercedes on true pace.
 

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Like Max needed any more reason to hate the silly track limit rules.
Why are they silly?
The circuit has to have a boundary. And that is defined by the white lines.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. And drivers will always try to cover the shortest distance.
The track limits are the only fair way of applying the boundaries to all drivers.
 
Fantasy League standings after 3 Races

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Standings after 3 races
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senorgregster​
325​
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venkman​
314​
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manoucha​
306​
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chaddyp​
294​
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emm​
EMM
294​
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6th
coleworld​
290​
X
7th
vangagal​
278​
X
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impulse​
277​
X
9th
christy87​
276​
X
10th
tiber​
270​
X
11th
jtw95​
270​
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12th
evan7788​
270​
X
13th
leg-end7​
270​
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14th
dargonk​
267​
X
15th
mtf​
265​
X
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f-red​
261​
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pauldyson1uk​
244​
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20solskjaer​
240​
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Spanish GP Free Practice

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POSNODRIVERCARTIMEGAPLAPS
177Valtteri BottasMERCEDES1:18.50425
233Max VerstappenRED BULL RACING HONDA1:18.537+0.033s19
344Lewis HamiltonMERCEDES1:18.627+0.123s22
44Lando NorrisMCLAREN MERCEDES1:18.944+0.440s24
516Charles LeclercFERRARI1:18.996+0.492s25
655Carlos SainzFERRARI1:19.020+0.516s22
710Pierre GaslyALPHATAURI HONDA1:19.062+0.558s26
85Sebastian VettelASTON MARTIN MERCEDES1:19.234+0.730s24
911Sergio PerezRED BULL RACING HONDA1:19.349+0.845s17
1018Lance StrollASTON MARTIN MERCEDES1:19.429+0.925s25
1122Yuki TsunodaALPHATAURI HONDA1:19.669+1.165s22
1231Esteban OconALPINE RENAULT1:19.681+1.177s25
1399Antonio GiovinazziALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI1:19.694+1.190s23
143Daniel RicciardoMCLAREN MERCEDES1:19.732+1.228s24
1514Fernando AlonsoALPINE RENAULT1:19.950+1.446s25
166Nicholas LatifiWILLIAMS MERCEDES1:20.270+1.766s25
1745Roy NissanyWILLIAMS MERCEDES1:20.700+2.196s23
1847Mick SchumacherHAAS FERRARI1:20.766+2.262s23
1988Robert KubicaALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI1:21.887+3.383s13
209Nikita MazepinHAAS FERRARI1:21.976+3.472s22
FP2 Times


POSNODRIVERCARTIMEGAPLAPS
144Lewis HamiltonMERCEDES1:18.17032
277Valtteri BottasMERCEDES1:18.309+0.139s31
316Charles LeclercFERRARI1:18.335+0.165s28
431Esteban OconALPINE RENAULT1:18.466+0.296s29
514Fernando AlonsoALPINE RENAULT1:18.518+0.348s30
610Pierre GaslyALPHATAURI HONDA1:18.593+0.423s32
722Yuki TsunodaALPHATAURI HONDA1:18.619+0.449s30
855Carlos SainzFERRARI1:18.674+0.504s30
933Max VerstappenRED BULL RACING HONDA1:18.785+0.615s26
1011Sergio PerezRED BULL RACING HONDA1:18.918+0.748s23
115Sebastian VettelASTON MARTIN MERCEDES1:18.947+0.777s30
124Lando NorrisMCLAREN MERCEDES1:19.092+0.922s28
1399Antonio GiovinazziALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI1:19.122+0.952s29
1418Lance StrollASTON MARTIN MERCEDES1:19.134+0.964s29
153Daniel RicciardoMCLAREN MERCEDES1:19.195+1.025s28
167Kimi RäikkönenALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI1:19.213+1.043s30
1763George RussellWILLIAMS MERCEDES1:19.957+1.787s29
186Nicholas LatifiWILLIAMS MERCEDES1:20.046+1.876s26
1947Mick SchumacherHAAS FERRARI1:20.326+2.156s30
209Nikita MazepinHAAS FERRARI1:20.753+2.583s27
 

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FP3 Times


POSNODRIVERCARTIMEGAPLAPS
133Max VerstappenRED BULL RACING HONDA1:17.83511
244Lewis HamiltonMERCEDES1:18.070+0.235s14
316Charles LeclercFERRARI1:18.308+0.473s17
455Carlos SainzFERRARI1:18.410+0.575s18
577Valtteri BottasMERCEDES1:18.423+0.588s15
64Lando NorrisMCLAREN MERCEDES1:18.494+0.659s14
710Pierre GaslyALPHATAURI HONDA1:18.535+0.700s17
83Daniel RicciardoMCLAREN MERCEDES1:18.582+0.747s21
97Kimi RäikkönenALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI1:18.597+0.762s18
1011Sergio PerezRED BULL RACING HONDA1:18.606+0.771s16
1114Fernando AlonsoALPINE RENAULT1:18.662+0.827s18
1222Yuki TsunodaALPHATAURI HONDA1:18.673+0.838s21
1331Esteban OconALPINE RENAULT1:18.700+0.865s15
1418Lance StrollASTON MARTIN MERCEDES1:18.877+1.042s18
1563George RussellWILLIAMS MERCEDES1:19.005+1.170s17
1699Antonio GiovinazziALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI1:19.214+1.379s19
175Sebastian VettelASTON MARTIN MERCEDES1:19.363+1.528s18
186Nicholas LatifiWILLIAMS MERCEDES1:19.392+1.557s16
1947Mick SchumacherHAAS FERRARI1:19.999+2.164s17
209Nikita MazepinHAAS FERRARI1:20.237+2.402s15
 

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He is, but Merc usually manage to turn it up a notch when it matters in Q3
Not really true this season, Red Bull should have had 3/3 poles this season but mistakes cost them. Even in Portugal, Max's deleted time would have got him pole and he likely lost time going off track - link
 

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Not really true this season, Red Bull should have had 3/3 poles this season but mistakes cost them. Even in Portugal, Max's deleted time would have got him pole and he likely lost time going off track - link
Was just about to say the same, Red Bull have really closed the gap and I thing maybe slightly ahead of the Mercs this season.
Drivers really are the telling point, Lewis has the experience Max is still behind him in that respect.
 

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Lewis set his fastest time on a used set, so has to start the race in them.
Strange one that, the set he used earlier in Q2 would have been better.
Really bizarre that. I don't see why they did that, unless it is a misreport by the commentary?

Or is the race likely to be a 2 stop and they want the option of fresher rubber at the end of the race?
 

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Really bizarre that. I don't see why they did that, unless it is a misreport by the commentary?

Or is the race likely to be a 2 stop and they want the option of fresher rubber at the end of the race?
When they say used he probably had like 1-2 laps on them, not enough to really make a difference.
 

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Was just about to say the same, Red Bull have really closed the gap and I thing maybe slightly ahead of the Mercs this season.
Drivers really are the telling point, Lewis has the experience Max is still behind him in that respect.
On race pace it seems pretty even so far, think I saw Red Bull suggesting they were faster in the first stint in Portugal and Mercedes in the second stint, it's that close. In quali it seems to be Red Bull slightly ahead and with this circuit being dominated by the pole-sitter normally and Monaco next, that quali edge will be very useful.