Stevo985 Posted September 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: This highlights the problem though, nobody should be able to go from last place to top 10 unless we are in a Disney film or he's driving a white beetle. I think it's ridiculous. Yeah 10 or 15 more laps and he'd have had a genuine chance of winning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: This highlights the problem though, nobody should be able to go from last place to top 10 unless we are in a Disney film or he's driving a white beetle. I think it's ridiculous. Agreed but if he has the other lead cars around him as well, it’s a lot harder and a lot more chance of an incident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Well there's Vettel's seat for next season. I was initially against Perez leaving when all them Seb rumours started but the fact is Lance has been better this season. Perez missing 2 races didn't do him any favours either I'd imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Vettel in then. In fairness to Stroll even though he was never going to lose his seat he would arguably be the one to partner Seb anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Mercedes - Hamilton/Bottas Red Bull - Max/Albon Ferrari - Leclerc/Sainz McLaren - Ricciardo/Norris Aston Martin - Vettel/Stroll Alpine - Ocon/Alonso Alpha Tauri - Gasly/Tsunoda Alfa Romeo - Schumacher/Kimi Williams - Russell/Latifi Haas - KMag/Perez Bit of a prediction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 9, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2020 That was when not if. Stroll was obviously keeping his seat regardless of his performances. Hopefully Perez lands on his feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Qualy was a bit dead yesterday, I haven't got much hope for today's race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Farlz said: Qualy was a bit dead yesterday, I haven't got much hope for today's race I’m at a loose end today so will probably watch it. I’m a bit gutted that I missed the 1 one good race in about 7 last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid4ever Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 So far just another boring procession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 13, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2020 Have Ferrari changed the colour of their cars out of shame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Have Ferrari changed the colour of their cars out of shame? Yes, its a celebration day or their 1000th F1 race 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Mugello killin em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 13, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2020 Twelve left - another half a dozen drop out and Ferrari will smell a potential podium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 13, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2020 26 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Twelve left - another half a dozen drop out and Ferrari will smell a potential podium. Apart from Mercedes they are the only other team with two cars left in the race 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) Edit: Edited September 13, 2020 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 That might be the worst podium of all time. So gutted for Ricciardo and Russell at the end 2nd red flag ruined everything ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 14, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted September 14, 2020 Where do you even start with that one. Having watched the lower formulas beforehand, I did think there was a chance for chaos in the F1 race because other than the first corner, it all looked very tight and sweepy. In hindsight I should have put money on a safety car, but I didn't. Ho hum. The crashes kinda dominate the headlines and dictated the shape of the race. Such a shame for Russell missing out on a points finish. Glad to see Albon turning in a podium finish even at the expense of Abiteboul's tattoo. I'm amazed we had 8 retirements and Grosjean wasn't one of them. Congrats to Ferrari on a double points finish in their 1,000th race *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted September 14, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, BOF said: Where do you even start with that one. Having watched the lower formulas beforehand, I did think there was a chance for chaos in the F1 race because other than the first corner, it all looked very tight and sweepy. In hindsight I should have put money on a safety car, but I didn't. Ho hum. The crashes kinda dominate the headlines and dictated the shape of the race. Such a shame for Russell missing out on a points finish. Glad to see Albon turning in a podium finish even at the expense of Abiteboul's tattoo. I'm amazed we had 8 retirements and Grosjean wasn't one of them. Congrats to Ferrari on a double points finish in their 1,000th race *cough* The safety car restart where everyone piled up was scary - shades of Billy Monger's crash (although at least they weren't at full race speed). At first I thought Bottas was being a bit of an idiot but having seen the post race comments from Lewis it seemed that the safety car lights only went out on the last corner so he had very little choice other than to weave about a bit before the start/finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 14, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted September 14, 2020 13 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: The safety car restart where everyone piled up was scary - shades of Billy Monger's crash (although at least they weren't at full race speed). At first I thought Bottas was being a bit of an idiot but having seen the post race comments from Lewis it seemed that the safety car lights only went out on the last corner so he had very little choice other than to weave about a bit before the start/finish line. Yeah shades of Riccardo Paletti's fatal smash for me. As has been said pretty much everywhere, Bottas fully entitled to do what he did so long as he wasn't erratically accelerating and decelerating, which he wasn't. There should be huge punishments for any midfield drivers who are found to have jumped the gun and then slammed on. Whether the lights were later than usual or not is irrelevant for me. They all know the rules and they're the best drivers in the world allegedly. They have zero excuses for me and their behaviour was shameful and very dangerous. People saying to keep it on the calendar. Gotta say I'm not entirely convinced. Take out the crashes and you've got one corner (or one sequence) where you can overtake i.e. the first corner and then into 2 and 3. The rest is a hypnotic weave of very fast corners where you stay single file until the finish straight. It's certainly not amongst the worst tracks in the world but for F1 with 2 metre wide cars that are half a minute a lap faster than a MotoGP bike, it doesn't lend itself to much racing, even if it is very pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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