The pay drivers excelling themselves again. Both should be in touring cars with those driving skills.
Glad to see Vettel come out the garage. This is gonna be tight getting a lap in!
Well for all their claims that they hadn't made any improvements, Mercedes must be pleased with that. Good to see Norris get on as well.
Interesting that Lewis mentioned that he has a different car to George. Clearly extra bits making the car heavier to enable more data and performance gains. What was the data on the long runs?
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/f1/12585951/lewis-hamilton-compares-mercedes-to-a-viper
Figured this change was coming. Was surprised being (essentially) line astern behind the safety car wasn’t in the rules already
https://the-race.com/formula-1/fia-outlaws-f1-safety-car-restart-move-used-by-verstappen/
Good move, I too was surprised it wasn’t already in there. It’s an absolute pisstake the way he’s been carrying on at restarts so glad they’re clamping down.
Or just do what leclerc did. Drive him to track limits. If 3rd-10th air line astern and he is caused to leave the track because of his getting alongside actions. Where does that mean he can rejoin?
All the drivers have been doing it. Have a look at the footage.
I don’t blame Verstappen at all for doing it, he obviously knew the rules. Just mad that the rules allowed it
Nice to see Merc doing a bit better
RB reliability strikes again!
Oh dear, so sad.
Certainly an incident packed race so far.
So after 3 rounds - Charles, George, Lewis, Lando. Blimey. Good race from George, took his dose of luck and held onto it.
Sure Charles looks very comfortable at the moment and RB have had bad reliability but Merc haven't brought an upgrade yet so all to play for I think.
Would quite like Charles for the win this year though although would love to see a proper 3 way battle between Ferrari,RB and Merc.
Merc 2nd in the constructors too, that old adage, ‘to finish first, first you must finish’
I’d like to see a 3way between Ferrari Mercedes and Perez too.
This year, so far, is the best f1 I’ve seen for years.
# Pass the Dutchman ‘pon the left hand side,
# Pass the Dutchman ‘pon the left hand side.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bloke.
A point for Albon too, nice. The only team yet to score a point thus far is Aston Martin. Speaking of which, Lance Stroll has been hauled in front of the Stewards again for weaving and now has eight points on his license.
pretty rubbish luck for vettel and sainz. Pleased for Williams and Albon especially with their long game strategy. I still wonder how Latifi still manages to keep his drive
I still wonder how Latifi still manages to keep his drive
$$$$$$$$
The Ferrari porpoising looks worse than the Mercedes to me...but it doesn't seem to impact it. Weird.
Russell and Mercedes 2nd in the championships! Wasn't expecting that
Really glad to see Leclerc doing so well, he definitely comes across as one of the good guys
Thankfully they are just a one off, and no other Russian driver is making a **** of themselves anywhere…
https://the-race.com/junior/fia-investigating-unacceptable-conduct-of-russian-karting-driver/
Couple of questions for those who watch F1 on NowTV...
• Do you find you get better deals if you keep cancelling and resigning?
• How soon after a race do they show a full replay? As I can't watch all live.
• Can you just get F1 on it's own?
...I'm moving house and taking the opportunity to cancel Sky as the prices just keep rising and I only have it for F1. Everything else I watch I can stream.
• Can you just get F1 on it’s own?
In the past i've just paid £10 for a 24 hour pass via NOW TV, which gets you access to the Sky F1 feed.
If i'm out i'll just watch the Channel 4 highlights show for free.
I use a VPN to watch it from a free feed, costs a couple of quid a month.
I have to listen in a language I don't understand, but I don't have to listen to Ted Kravitz/David Coulthard wittering on, so it has it's benefits.
I have to listen in a language I don’t understand, but I don’t have to listen to Ted Kravitz/David Coulthard wittering on, so it has it’s benefits.
Is there not an Aussie/Canadian/Irish/US/NZ broadcaster you could use? Or do none of them have it live?
Now TV day pass is now 11.99 unfortunately. Starting to really lose its appeal for me at that price. I'd pay a premium however if I could have the option to turn off David Crofts commentary.
From twitter - Russian kart driver Dzitiev (3rd) stops to help struggling Ukrainian Bondarev to tie an Ukranian flag around his neck after winning the OK Junior final in La Conca
https://twitter.com/RobChinchero/status/1513913950160699397?s=20&t=jC6yN5PU7MFanuT6RZbcJw
So, possibility of wet qualifying without any practice, then a sprint race tomorrow. Should make for some surprises.
https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/1517434724037406720
That looks wet!
Any bets on how many laps Latifi will manage before he bins it?... I'm going for 5
Damn - beaten to it! 🙂
Latifi will bin it on his first out-lap!
Slippery.
Latifi
I don't understand why they don't just put a row of brushes on the underside of the front wing to remove water from the track before the tyres get to it!!
Definitely missing a trick, there.
Looks very wet. Should favour the porpoise cars then......
Boom and quite possibly Tish
Latifi
No, Latoffi
That looks wet!
The weather across a big swathe of the Med / southern Europe is abysmal right now!
Any bets on how many laps Latifi will manage before he bins it?… I’m going for 5
laps?!! surely how many corners before he bins its?
Just heard latoffi's radio for qualifying "Don't know what happened there" 🤦