nimrod
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I hope Seb and Danny Ric have a great race. Pretty stoked to see Mick make Q2 even if he threw it away. I have no idea how he got that boat anchor into Q2.
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Jessaca
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good race. So glad to finally see some racing and not just the Hamilton show. Nice to hear Bottas grow some balls.
Some points for Alonso. Could he finally be getting some cob webs worked out?
Some points for Alonso. Could he finally be getting some cob webs worked out?
I feel bad for bottas. I think this is the race where he has decided to leave.
Perez seems to be the first team mate than Verstappen gets along with. If you look at their comraderie... they both seem to really like and respect each other. Sorry albon.
as for alonso... if you got rid of the mass damper, his scandals, and he getting priority tactics and singular deployment of new parts... would he have won anything? Alpine is his first contract since his second year the first time at Renault that he does not have the strategy and parts priority in his contract.
(Judge13 gets a lot of that contract info, go check them out)
I’m thrilled to see some other teams fighting up... I really hope mclaren, aston and alpine start fighting up into the podiums.
Perez seems to be the first team mate than Verstappen gets along with. If you look at their comraderie... they both seem to really like and respect each other. Sorry albon.
as for alonso... if you got rid of the mass damper, his scandals, and he getting priority tactics and singular deployment of new parts... would he have won anything? Alpine is his first contract since his second year the first time at Renault that he does not have the strategy and parts priority in his contract.
(Judge13 gets a lot of that contract info, go check them out)
I’m thrilled to see some other teams fighting up... I really hope mclaren, aston and alpine start fighting up into the podiums.
squirelmurphy
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Bottas can’t be happy, his radio transmissions confirmed that. Toto probably didn’t appreciate that either. VB is a dead man walking, he’s just keeping the seat warm for George Russell now.
Austria part 2...
Anybody wonder why Perez didn’t get black flagged on his second run leclerc off the track, but this time with multiple contacts?
im no Fan of leclerc quite the opposite.
But still, Red Bull having 4 out of 20 cars is not enough for the Fia to play favorites.
anyways, good job to Norris for taking advantage of the other teams focusing on 2022 car development.
I foresee mclaren getting into trouble with exceeding the spending gap.
merc has already tried to steer the Fia into looking at RB for overspending but RB has the motor build exemption.
I think RB is going to bend that exemption as far as possible to develop this car, this or and next years cars.
hence a MV getting his first WDC...
Anybody wonder why Perez didn’t get black flagged on his second run leclerc off the track, but this time with multiple contacts?
im no Fan of leclerc quite the opposite.
But still, Red Bull having 4 out of 20 cars is not enough for the Fia to play favorites.
anyways, good job to Norris for taking advantage of the other teams focusing on 2022 car development.
I foresee mclaren getting into trouble with exceeding the spending gap.
merc has already tried to steer the Fia into looking at RB for overspending but RB has the motor build exemption.
I think RB is going to bend that exemption as far as possible to develop this car, this or and next years cars.
hence a MV getting his first WDC...
Bricoop
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I picked up Russel for cheap in my fantasy league with the hope he gets the promotion. Bottas having a good second trip around the RBR was important for him.
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Should be a good weekend of racing with the new sprint format on Saturday. I think it will help the midfield guys
Ok. My take (which no one cares about lol) on the sprint race:
-The first 3 laps were great because of low
Fuel and different tire options.
-after lap 5 it turned into a procession just like a full length race.
-Alonso will never get penalties because F1 management and FIA pay his salary to alpine and need him to look good so his media conglomerate prints nice things about Formula 1
-I agree with Zak Brown (for once): the sprint race is not going to encourage “sprint racing” by anyone who doesn’t have a chance at 1, 2, or 3... so what’s the point of risking a car to go from 12th to 11th or 12th to 19th when it’s a real probability that you will go from 12th to pit lane start with damage.” (Or 7th to 6th or what ever the position the vettel alonso battle did not happen at)
So they should offer points to at least 10th and possibly to 15th... maybe not full points like the race but something.
otherwise there is no reason to risk ICE/hybrid transmission damage/wear and body parts damage. Especially with parce ferme and budget issues.
-I don’t think a reverse order quali-sprint does anyone any good... but maybe do a reverse grid from last race finish or current points standing for the sprint race order. Issue points. And the finish order of the sprint race determines the starting order of the real race.
they said that since it was a sprint race you were going to see mid field getting fastest lap... didn’t happen because mid field was too worried about breaking parts.
when you have team engineers telling drivers to not go for a pass... that’s telling right there.
-The first 3 laps were great because of low
Fuel and different tire options.
-after lap 5 it turned into a procession just like a full length race.
-Alonso will never get penalties because F1 management and FIA pay his salary to alpine and need him to look good so his media conglomerate prints nice things about Formula 1
-I agree with Zak Brown (for once): the sprint race is not going to encourage “sprint racing” by anyone who doesn’t have a chance at 1, 2, or 3... so what’s the point of risking a car to go from 12th to 11th or 12th to 19th when it’s a real probability that you will go from 12th to pit lane start with damage.” (Or 7th to 6th or what ever the position the vettel alonso battle did not happen at)
So they should offer points to at least 10th and possibly to 15th... maybe not full points like the race but something.
otherwise there is no reason to risk ICE/hybrid transmission damage/wear and body parts damage. Especially with parce ferme and budget issues.
-I don’t think a reverse order quali-sprint does anyone any good... but maybe do a reverse grid from last race finish or current points standing for the sprint race order. Issue points. And the finish order of the sprint race determines the starting order of the real race.
they said that since it was a sprint race you were going to see mid field getting fastest lap... didn’t happen because mid field was too worried about breaking parts.
when you have team engineers telling drivers to not go for a pass... that’s telling right there.
nimrod
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awe nuts!