Very strong drive from Albon, love to see it.
Ferrari not pitting under the safety car.
Count that as the first strategy blunder of the day!
Once for a change they actually got this right.
Truly shocked that it worked out for them at all.
I fully imagined ill advised stops that put them both back into the DRS train. Not bad, Scuderia!
Imagine what blunder they could have made with pitting!
they may be gambling on more safety cars, but im not sure that would help them.
Because this one's going to bunch the field up. Another safety car in 5 laps and Ferrari pitting would put them 17th-18th
That alpine wing stressed me out so much
Very surprised they didn't make him stop. Can you imagine the size of the accident if that fell off at 200mph with how close everyone was behind him. Could have ended up a multi car incident.
Haha! I love cynical GP. "Yeah we got the message, just drive...."
And despite the problem he's still pulling away
I think that was was GP meant: "Sonny you're not fooling anyone driving faster than the rest of the grid..." Since I took Max message as mind games to goad tyre information from other teams.
Three F1 communities across .world, .ml and kbin.. time to plant our flags in our favourite :D
As for the race... predictions:
- At least 3 yellow flags
- Alonso gets mad at someone
- Ferrari amaze us with a strategy we've never seen before
- George gets upset with Lewis
- Lewis gets upset with George
We ticked Alonso gets mad at
someoneLewis.
De Vries: "You're coming with me!"
Haha yeah, seemed a bit aggressive. Ruined both of their races.
Looked pretty damn funny, though
Felt pretty amateur from De Vries.
He pushed Kevin wide into turns one and two, only to ruin his entry into turn two. Then completely locks up into three trying desperately to hold onto a place he’d more or less already lost.
Albon back into the points! (for now)
Points for Alex!
Did well there defending like his arse depending on it!
What the hell was that? I thought they are gonna get out and start a fist fight.
Was expecting a RUS/BOT v2
What a podium. The gods of F1 together. All 3 world champions currently on the grid were on the podium, and joined by Newey as well. Also glad for Albon, love seeing him in the top 10.
Jenson in the safety car, cheesing like a kid haha
Hey guys, just joined Lemmy due to the silly reddit changes.
Glad to see there's already been work put in to create a sublemmy.
Ferrari, finally with a decent strategy, it is nice to see. Hopefully not just getting my hopes up once again.
Still not sure of it was deliberate or a fluke. Bit kinda glad they did well. We need them in the mix.
We finally did see some team orders and not some back alley strategy to handicap the second driver (Sainz).
Wondering how the Mercs will do compared to Alonso.
Predictions:
- Race winner: Verstappen by 10+ seconds
- First car to retire: Perez
Can we get some rain?
Mercedes integrated some Tank building knowledge into their car.
Can Max be beaten? How far will Perez progress, will he beat the Mercs?
All changes in parc ferme were either with comparable parts or within allocation, so the final starting grid matches the provisional.
I'm really excited to have my best bois Lando, Oscar, and Alex in the top ten, but honestly expect that they (along with Nico) will mostly just cause a traffic jam. Here's to hoping though.
I just want to know what Norris did that earned him an “unsportsmanlike” penalty??
He slowed down too much to open up the gap between him and piastri when they were pitting under the SC
Ah I see, thanks for explaining that!
What? Did Lance upset his Dad and had to do an House arrest Pit stop or did he have a slow puncture?
