BeforeKeanetherewasRobson
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God, Prost was just shown on the BBC news sport piece.
Looks about 80 and his nose has grown even more!
Looks about 80 and his nose has grown even more!
That’s one of the best auto-corrects I’ve seen in a whileWhen they were both on sofas in Q3.
Pole always wins here, but they've tweaked the track so who knows.
Completely agree with this. Red Bull race pace was looking very solid.Looking at race pace sim in FP2, I think Max could quite comfortably run away with this. The only hope for Merc is that the drop in pace in sector 3 was due to getting the tyres in the right window vs raw grip between the two. If it’s the former, then on race day it shouldn’t have the same impact.
One surprising thing is the straight line speed of RB. They’ve run a small wing. Which on softs which have more grip, might be manageable. Merc have to hope that on the harder compounds, they have a big speed advantage where the lack of tyre grip is amplified by the lower downforce set up which RB are running to have pace on the straights.
It’s definitely looking in RBs favour, but never know.
Ffs, I keep meaning to turn it off on my workphone.That’s one of the best auto-corrects I’ve seen in a while
Me too. Unless the tyre situation (being on softs) really has a big impact, on raw pace he should be able to stay out in front.Just feel like Max has got it. Track position. Pace for pace he can match the Merc.
I thought merc might have split strategies and sent botas out in softsI’m very much in the camp they always intended starting on the soft - mainly because they expected Lewis to be faster than he was - but ruining a set of mediums to do it makes no sense. They could have just sent Max out on softs at the end to “cover” track conditions improving which happens most weeks.
Yeah cos Bottas has done so well this season in slowing Max ?I thought merc might have split strategies and sent botas out in softs
Gonna be interesting to see if they pace bottas to ensure he's going to be a mobile chicane for max when he pits
Also the red bull is fairly good on its tyres... could max pull off a one stop?
Looks possible from this
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-the-saudi-arabian.OLJj6fLMDonxNxu1f2aQS.html
If they do go a 2 stop starting in softs and can see max having to pass bottas... whilst Lewis goes full hammertime ... and then at the end possibly fresher tyres on the merc
Perhaps he can brake test him instead... only a 10 second penalty afterallYeah cos Bottas has done so well this season in slowing Max ?
Done more for Max than Perez has.
I agree. It's definitely looking like 2 stopper for Verstappen. The softs wont last long (10-15 laps at most?) while Hamilton will play the long game with the mediums then go hard tyres until the end. Verstappen also doesn't have a fresh set of mediums to use now.RB didnt intend to start both cars on soft. Max said that himself. He flat spotted his only set of mediums in q2 and forced RB to go to softs. Perez was due to start on softs as a split strategy.
You definitely want to be on the Mediums for this race as traditionally the one stop has been the fastest strategy.
Fastest lap of Q2 dictates what tyre.I thought Lewis had the red soft tyres on in q3? Could have sworn I saw them on his car unless I'm going mad
Ah thank you, that explains it!Fastest lap of Q2 dictates what tyre.
I was not expecting that Q3, RB pulled off a cracking job, all credit to them.Honestly the whole weekend it looked like the Mercs were way faster than the Red Bulls untill Max all of a sudden pulled off a mega lap in Q3 which somehow shuffled the cards a bit. Still, I thinks this is Hamilton's to lose. He was faster all weekend and the races before. His car is obviously quicker. He starts on the mediums so can go long. I expect him to win.
The practice times were pretty misleading - when RB were doing race simulations they looked as quick as Mercedes.Honestly the whole weekend it looked like the Mercs were way faster than the Red Bulls untill Max all of a sudden pulled off a mega lap in Q3 which somehow shuffled the cards a bit. Still, I thinks this is Hamilton's to lose. He was faster all weekend and the races before. His car is obviously quicker. He starts on the mediums so can go long. I expect him to win.
Yeah interesting points. I think that’s why there is so many variables at play tomorrow! Both of them look really confident. They are at the top of their game and should be a cracker!Some things of interest. Max was mighty in Saudi quali and nowhere near in the race. How punchy will Norris get at the start? Lewis can lean on his tyres a little more in the first stint. Can RB do a 1 stop? If everything goes to plan Lewis will end up catching max up with fresher tyres.
Sorry, missed this and then posted something similar. This looks right to me. Safety car could change everything though.I agree. It's definitely looking like 2 stopper for Verstappen. The softs wont last long (10-15 laps at most?) while Hamilton will play the long game with the mediums then go hard tyres until the end. Verstappen also doesn't have a fresh set of mediums to use now.
It's all relative. I don't like Max, but after so many seasons of Mercedes and Hamilton, I'd take anybody over them. The sport will change completely next year regardless due to the new rules, so I wouldn't walk away regardless of the result.I’m actually nervous for tomorrow. Only started watching F1 this season after binging DTS in april. This is more exciting for me than even important United games.
I just don’t hope Max wins. He’s so narcissistic, incredibly deluded and always pushes the rules and tries to cheat. Doesn’t help that Horner is almost as bad. Been a thrilling season but seeing Max win would be seriously off-putting for my F1 interest, don’t really fancy sports where the best or most deserving sportsman/team doesn’t win.
There's plenty of time for that. The race is at 9pm here, so I guess finishes around 11pm. I'd imagine by the time I log back in tomorrow there'll have been about 15 new pages added to this thread.Wakey wakey F1 thread.
Let's have some handbags in here before the race please, need some pre-match thread build up in here.
Coming off a high on the MMA thread
My veins are ready. My body is ready! Popcorn gif, camping chair gif. It's all ready!Going to be a bloodbath in here no matter what happens.
Half expecting a first corner smash and a race-long inquest.
15 is very modest!There's plenty of time for that. The race is at 9pm here, so I guess finishes around 11pm. I'd imagine by the time I log back in tomorrow there'll have been about 15 new pages added to this thread.
It would help if they could block each other so they can stop arguing.Can we just stop with the nonsense already? It’s quite clear that none of you will ever find ground to agree on, life would be so much easier and better if you all just ignored each other.