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18 Jul 2020, 13:48 (Ref:3989241) | #51 | |||
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There is a little worry about rain, everyone out for a lap early on? |
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18 Jul 2020, 13:53 (Ref:3989243) | #52 | ||
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Perez under pressure. (A slow) lap time deleted.
Doesn't seem to be any rain issues. Hopefully not now otherwise it's all over. |
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18 Jul 2020, 14:03 (Ref:3989245) | #53 | ||
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Will be fun start with all these teammates starting side by side.
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18 Jul 2020, 14:07 (Ref:3989247) | #54 | ||
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There's no touching Mercedes and Hamilton, he's pretty much got this in the bag.
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18 Jul 2020, 14:35 (Ref:3989256) | #55 | ||
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Not expecting much tomorrow. Front 4 Mercedes will build gaps to rest of field, verstappen and eventually mclarens will get by the Ferraris. Hamilton will complain about tires but somehow keep a 3 second gap to bottas the whole time.
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18 Jul 2020, 14:44 (Ref:3989258) | #56 | |
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Mercedes in the low 13s and everyone else outside the pink team struggling to break into the 14s.
They have nailed it and everyone else has dropped the ball big time this year. |
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18 Jul 2020, 16:33 (Ref:3989268) | #57 | ||
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Am I the only one not b!tching about the Mercedes pace and instead standing in utter admiration?
Hamilton’s qualifying lap 2 weeks in a row looked insane... ....we should be savouring these times and admiring the engineering and driving skills, not saying it’s going to be boring. |
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18 Jul 2020, 17:12 (Ref:3989271) | #58 | |||
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In some ways it’s similar to when a fan who is fully focused on sitting on a coach and fully focused on listening to the onboard gets annoyed about a driver whinging. In other ways it’s very different. |
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If it was Vettel or someone I would probably be somewhat less impressed. In the same vein, Mercedes are just incredible. How do you maintain that drive and determination to improve every year? They have raised the bar considerably higher than I thought possible yet again. If you don't like either it must be pretty galling to see what has happened. |
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18 Jul 2020, 17:51 (Ref:3989275) | #60 | ||
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The guys on the other end of the radio seem to understand this and not get upset but some fans go nuts. Once they get out of the car they show a bit more perspective and calm. This happens everytime. |
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18 Jul 2020, 18:51 (Ref:3989279) | #61 | ||
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Well Mercedes engines did rather well, first 4 places on the grid and Williams doing rather well.
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18 Jul 2020, 18:52 (Ref:3989280) | #62 | ||
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Congratulations to Lance stroll, never thought i would be saying that.
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18 Jul 2020, 19:15 (Ref:3989283) | #63 | ||
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He’s been close to Perez. Especially in Q. I’m not sure Perez is the greatest qualifier, but Stroll is doing OK there.
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18 Jul 2020, 21:09 (Ref:3989304) | #64 | ||
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Watching the LM Cup coverage live today they showed Nic Lapierre in the pitlane without a mask. a minute later Eduardo Freitas came on the radio reminding everyone that the wearing of masks in the pitlane is mandatory......
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19 Jul 2020, 09:19 (Ref:3989406) | #65 | |
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Mercedes 1-2-3-4. The two black ones, then the two pink ones next. Good on Stroll on outqualifying Checo, shows he can produce good performances when he has a quick car. Ferrari bit closer to the pace this time
Well done on both Williams getting through to Q2. Then again Russell came close to doing it here last season, so obviously the circuit suits their type of car, just more improved this time Bad qualifying for RBR. Max only 7th and Alex down in 13th. At least Alex is questioning their strategy, shows he is eager to make improvements |
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19 Jul 2020, 09:39 (Ref:3989410) | #66 | ||
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This is the most uncompetitive Red Bull have been since they came into the sport I think?
Strange retort from Max about Russell's defence of Albon? Too many 'experts' jumping on Alex's back about performance. It's clear the car is a pig but we know Alex is a much better racer than qualifier which at the end of the day is what matters. I think the team know full well there is a car issue and will want to focus on that before mucking about with driver changes again. |
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19 Jul 2020, 09:45 (Ref:3989411) | #67 | ||
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Strange puffs of smoke coming from the Merc engines in all cars...
Seem to recall Ferrari engines doing similar last year?? Could be totally unconnected but it has certainly got me wondering... |
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19 Jul 2020, 09:47 (Ref:3989413) | #68 | ||
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Wolff has suggested a likely cause which will be investigated further between now and the next race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
"You can see that when the oil tank is filled up at the beginning, we seem to have an issue that oil gets out of the chassis,” remarked Wolff. “We don’t know where that comes from. It seems to be that when we fill it up to the top we aren't in control of how much escapes at the beginning. “We have seen it on all the Mercedes engines and it’s something that we need to understand. It’s not a reliability issue, which I’m glad that it isn’t. At Silverstone, I can tell you what it is because at the moment we don't know." https://www.gpfans.com/amp/article.php?id=54573 |
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19 Jul 2020, 10:29 (Ref:3989425) | #69 | |
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Just a minor inconvenience, nothing to panic about. I am sure they will find the problem without causing another problem. They will make sure no additional problems are caused by any modifications
And yes, I too found Max’s comments strange. I could understand if Russell has criticised Albon and/or RBR, but he actually stood up for Alex. And after outqualifying him, I would suggest George’s focus is very much on his driving |
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19 Jul 2020, 11:41 (Ref:3989444) | #70 | ||
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I suppose Max was trying to defend the team, but in doing so just ended up hurting Albon.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/15...mment-on-albon |
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Max is absolutely rattled.
George: "We've had our best qualifying session yet and my mate is better than he looks st the moment, by the way". Max: "CONCENTRATE ON YOUR CAR!" |
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19 Jul 2020, 12:50 (Ref:3989467) | #72 | ||
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Max has done a DC!
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19 Jul 2020, 12:52 (Ref:3989470) | #73 | ||
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They can change the front wing for something more suitable for the conditions.
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19 Jul 2020, 13:05 (Ref:3989473) | #75 | |
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Max needs to focus on his own car.
Amazing job to get that fixed in time. Blimey. |
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