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They're gonna build the car their number one wants all day long, surely?
Bit of nostalgia for fans of the Jordan 191. 🙂
They’re gonna build the car their number one wants all day long, surely?
Up to a point...but the constructors championship is worth a fortune to a team, so by building a car that is so extremely biased to Verstappen's style reduces their chances of winning that (even if they didn't set out to do that, they don't seem to be able to change it)
Bit of nostalgia for fans of the Jordan 191. 🙂
Great link, thanks. Loved the Michael Jackson story.
They’re gonna build the car their number one wants all day long, surely?
I don't think that's what they set out to do. I think they chased maximum downforce, but the rear of the car is a bit unstable on the limit. To make the car more stable, they'd end up with less downforce. Verstappen seems to be able to handle the unstable rear, so he'd end up slower because a more stable car would have less downforce. Problem is, their other drivers just aren't as good as Verstappen. He can be an arrogant ****, but you gotta admit, he's pretty quick.
BBC Presenters reckon crashappen is favorite for pole what a joke.
BBC Presenters reckon crashappen is favorite for pole what a joke.
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1332657584512393217
Thanks for the FP3 times but that is not qualifying which as we know is a whole different ball game.
Thanks for the FP3 times but that is not qualifying which as we know is a whole different ball game.
That's why Verstappen is favourite to take pole. It doesn't mean he has pole, just that he is favourite.
That’s why Verstappen is favourite to take pole. It doesn’t mean he has pole, just that he is favourite.
It's almost like a little game for Mercedes now. Mess around a bit in FP and Q1, turn on the A Game for Q3 and set a new lap record into the bargain.
not even close
Cracking lap from Russell, shame for Sainz. Fingers crossed that there's a crash up front to mix things up...
Hopefully not a gearbox or engine penalty for Sainz, going to be very hard to come back up the field tomorrow.
Anyone else watching the laps and thinking that next weekend's race on the short track is going to be bonkers? Lots of chances to make mistakes and the margins should be incredibly tiny!
It’s almost like a little game for Mercedes now.
Hold out a soupçon of hope during the practice sessions and then grind their faces into the dirt during qualifying cackling madly.
I love it. All those years of Ferrari calling the tune and now they look like small squealing piglets demanding to be suckled by mommy FIA.
They are the Donald Trump of motorsports. They got caught cheating and lost.
Insert Ha Ha! meme here.
Verstappen seems to be able to handle the unstable rear, so he’d end up slower because a more stable car would have less downforce. Problem is, their other drivers just aren’t as good as Verstappen. He can be an arrogant ****, but you gotta admit, he’s pretty quick.
This is the main thing. Verstappen, Alonso, maybe Leclerc can drive a bad/misbehaving car and still excel. This is why all of these three can still overtake, even in the wake of the car in front. They can drive through the downforce loss. Others, and I may even put Hamilton in this group, can’t. It’s difficult to tell with LH whether he can’t or doesn’t see the need to risk it.
Can we have a whip-round and buy Andrew Benson a sodding thesaurus? If I see the word imperious used to describe Hamilton again I may just kick my monitor in.
I actually like the idea of Lewis being ‘overweening’.
imperious
adjective
overbearing, domineering, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, dictatorial, high-handed, lordly, masterful, commanding, assertive, arrogant, haughty
formal peremptory, overweening
I actually like the idea of Lewis being ‘overweening’.
TBF, his performance this year justifies a bit of imperiousness. He can be a bit of a dick sometimes, but compared with Verstappen, he's pretty laid back.
TBF, his performance this year justifies a bit of imperiousness.
Im a Lewis fanboy so I agree. It’s Benson’s limited range of adjectives I don’t like. But do you mean Lewis is despotic or haughty?
he should come to the podium with this playing....
Totally!
the current merc does have whiff of Darth about it.
This is how I will remember the 2020 season.
the current merc does have whiff of Darth about it.
It reminds me of the University College Boathouse;
Merton
St Edmund Hall
Brasenose
University College - Welcome to the Death Star
Just bumped into a mate at Tesco. His son works for Mercedes and said the only real conversation this week has been about guaranteeing Bottas' second in the Drivers champs.
Noooo - that looked so bad.
Holy shit, what happened there?!
Not good :-/
Looked terrible - please let him be OK.
He's ok. Jesus christ
Bloody Hell!!
WTF!!!
Christ! So good to see him talking in the Med car. That looked horrible.
jeez that was nasty... good that he looks ok
Never seen that before. Well, not for many many years. Replay shows just how lucky he was. That could have been a fatal accident easily. Lucky boy and thank god he’s ok
Thank **** for that, I though someone was a goner when I saw that fireball, surprised to see him in the medical car looking relatively unscathed, the safety gear does work, .
Oh my god! That's incredible
love the "iron man" bit!
Fk me! Cars been ripped in half, just behind the cockpit, at the fuel tank hence the fire
OMG torn in half, very lucky boy!
How did he and the marshals survive that, the front of the car is inbedded in the barrier!
I can’t believe he’s still alive!! Car ripped in half
That footage was incredible. Amazing that he looks relatively unscathed. Looks like the halo worked!
Unbelievable. Amazed he’s hobbled away from that. Absolutely gobsmacked.