Formula 1 2021

[Erik Timmerman]

Pretty unfair I think to give HAM a free lap.

 

[scott43]

Love me a rain race. Kimi the veteran making the most of it. McLaren looking strong with a mature drive. Ferrari back from the dead apparently.

 

[scott43]

Pretty unfair I think to give HAM a free lap.

Missed that. Did they let him around at the safety car??

 

[cantunamunch]

Love me a rain race. Kimi the veteran making the most of it. McLaren looking strong with a mature drive. Ferrari back from the dead apparently.

Kimi kicks ass - he's the one person Perez had a big problem passing back in Bahrain.

 

[scott43]

Bottas sure screwed the pooch..

 

[scott43]

Bottas sure screwed the pooch..

So I'm going to say this is not right. Looking at the replay, he stayed on the dry racing line and Russell picked a bad spot and hit the wet lines and spun. I mean, it's racing..Russell mentioned gentlemen's agreement...but that doesn't mean you just let people past. So yeah..

 

[cantunamunch]

I'm with Bottas on that one

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Missed that. Did they let him around at the safety car??

yes they ulapped everyone at the safety car, so he gained about 80 seconds.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

 

[scott43]

I saw a bit of that..someone took a corner off that car or another Ferrari..and I thought, wow, that hurt. Then again, the people that own those cars probably have some budget to fix them....

Oh, and the Canadian GP is cancelled. Apparently the gov't of Quebec wanted F1 to waive the fee they have to pay associated to gate attendance, since no attendance is possible. And F1 said nope, we want our dough. So off to Turkey it goes...

 

[Saintsman]

yes they ulapped everyone at the safety car, so he gained about 80 seconds.

That wasn;t really what he gained. Because the SC came out almost immediatley after his crash, thanks to Russel/Bottas he saved a bucketload of places getting to the pits. Then all the time for the car to be repaired. And then the 80 seconds for the lap. My best guess is that he saved around 3.5-4 minutes as a result of that.

The free lap is absolutely standard in this type of situation, but the rest of his gain was huge - but no real way to counteract for that. He was just extremely lucky immediately after being pretty unlucky

 

[scott43]

Boy Seb Vet is sucking it. I read today he said as long as he has that competitive feeling he'll stay in F1. I'm thinking it won't be his choice at this point....

 

[Erik Timmerman]

You could say the same about Aonso.

 

[scott43]

You could say the same about Aonso.

Yeah he hasn't exactly lit it up either. I can give him some slack because he's been out of it for a while but yeah, he needs to pick it up. I've always admired his race craft but...he hasn't done that much so far. But Seb..ugh..

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Good showing by VET in Q1 dominating Stroll, but not as bad as NOR beat RIC!

 

[Saintsman]

Immense lap from Hamilton

 

[scott43]

Good showing by VET in Q1 dominating Stroll, but not as bad as NOR beat RIC!

I was just going to say, as soon as I slate him he goes P7 in Q2!! Good job and hope he can keep it going.

 

[Dwight]

Looks like I wasn't the only to forget to make picks.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Pretty much a standard issue HAM win today. Still, good job by NOR and my McLaren boys. RIC wasn't great, but got some more valuable points to keep Ferrari behind.

 

[SkiSVLikeAgassi]

Another epic yawner. Amazing what Charles can do with that dog of a car.
And Mercedes proves yet again, not only are they the fastest, they're also the smartest.
Brilliant pit stop. Wash, rinse, repeat.

On to Monaco, where at least we get to see beautiful yachts and beautiful people...