F1 2019 - Round 10 Silverstone

Harika

Early thread as we are all busy and hyped up after Austria

Live on Sky and Channel 4

Channel 4 F1
Sessions
12/07 – 10:00 to 11:30 – Practice 1
12/07 – 14:00 to 15:30 – Practice 2
13/07 – 11:00 to 12:00 – Practice 3
13/07 – 13:00 to 14:00 – Qualifying
14/07 – 14:10 to 16:10 – Race

Weather Forecast: https://www.bbc.com/weather/2637827

Joeface

It's the hope that kills you.

Here's hoping for a quality race

I assume someone has made a bingo-card of phrases we'll hear this weekend. "Home of F1", "nowhere else like Silverstone" etc. :pac:

Charlie-Bravo

Stuck on the auld Netflix and saw Dave Letterman's interview with Lewis. Kinda a good watch. Good to see Lewis relaxed and not all corporate.

El_Duderino 09

Heading to the race this weekend. Cant wait. One of the lads ordered a crate of Rich Energy to keep us going.

Does anyone know if they take cards at Silverstone? In the event village and at the track. Or should we bring cash? I'd prefer to use cards if possible but don't want to be caught out without money.

Joeface

Alpha are the only ones that have said they are bringing an update package to Silverstone.

Williams did run 2 different Aero packs on Russell and Kubica car in Austria , so I assume given the difference between the 2 cars showed it was a step in the right direction and both will use the same at Silverstone.

I suppose we are back to normal altitude so Merc's will be back on form . Not sure what car this track suits it would be good if Honda can stay in the mix . It would be better if Mclaren could just about touch that pace as well as they have made good steps forward this year.

Charlie-Bravo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I assume someone has made a bingo-card of phrases we'll hear this weekend. "Home of F1", "nowhere else like Silverstone" etc. :pac:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvMKDynApq/?igshid=lqza3e4k4xt1

And so it begins...

Charlie-Bravo

https://www.007.com/007-and-aston-martin-red-bull-racing-team-up/

That's some coincidence that the 1,007 race lands on the British Grand Prix.

antodeco

Wouldve been better if they were still Aston Martin!

flazio

antodeco wrote: »

Wouldve been better if they were still Aston Martin!

It's Aston Martin that's putting the 007 logo there.

Adamocovic

https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/1149324442029477893?s=09

Charlie-Bravo

Possible rain on Saturday between 1pm and 3pm, but that's just a Google weather forecast. Let's look forward to something interesting on track.

seamusk84

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Heading to the race this weekend. Cant wait. One of the lads ordered a crate of Rich Energy to keep us going.

Does anyone know if they take cards at Silverstone? In the event village and at the track. Or should we bring cash? I'd prefer to use cards if possible but don't want to be caught out without money.

I went to Silverstone in 2011. One of the best weekends of my life. Camped at the track for it....In the quiet/family camp site of course

Pretty sure everywhere takes card now so you will be grand.

Enjoy!

AMKC

Watching FP3 and Romain Grojean just spun his car coming out of the pits and broke his front wing so there is a VSC at the moment.

Just heard that the pit man that is supposed to give Lewis the thumbs up to go out had a tumble into the pit lane and had to jump up before Lewis drove over him. Did not see it on the TV but they then seemingly had to push him back and let him go again. Imagine if that happened in a race I would Lewis or any driver would be annoyed about it as long was no one was hurt of course.

flazio

AMKC wrote: »

Watching FP3 and Romain Grojean just spun his car coming out of the pits and broke his front wing so there is a VSC at the moment.

Just heard that the pit man that is supposed to give Lewis the thumbs up to go out had a tumble into the pit lane and had to jump up before Lewis drove over him. Did not see it on the TV but they then seemingly had to push him back and let him go again. Imagine if that happened in a race I would Lewis or any driver would be annoyed about it as long was no one was hurt of course.

FP3?

AMKC

flazio wrote: »

FP3?

FP1 lol not 3. The Session just red flagged now Kimi's car just came to a halt at a dangerous spot on the track.

Charlie-Bravo

Sorry, I posted in the Austrian thread inadvertently. Good to have it live on C4. I'd expect the Merc are holding back as usual. But good to see Gasly making a decent effort.

skipper_G

astrofluff wrote: »

Sorry, I posted in the Austrian thread inadvertently. Good to have it live on C4. I'd expect the Merc are holding back as usual. But good to see Gasly making a decent effort.

First time Gasly topped a timesheet in F1 I guess, he needs every positive he can get right now to save his career.

Joeface

He is not using his setups any more according to RedBull , he has to us Max's and only slight adjustments allowed.

Burkie1203

Lewis complaining about Wimbledon and Cricket World cup final all on same day.

So Lewis, go home.

dublinman1990

How long ago did Silverstone had rain during the Grand Prix race? It must have been a long time ago since we had rain on it because Seb won the last year when the incident between Lewis & Kimi had happened just after the start of the race. Now with the possible prospect of rain & gusty winds coming in for this weekend; how interesting does that make this year's race? Driving through Turn 2 is really making life really tough for the drivers out there to date. I think that will have an effect on both the qualifying & the race for all of the drivers this weekend who don't keep their wits about them.

Eddie Jordan has just joined the commentary box with Ben Edwards & Tony Dudgen on C4.

AMKC

dublinman1990 wrote: »

How long ago did Silverstone had rain during the Grand Prix race? It must have been a long time ago since we had rain on it because Seb won the last year when the incident between Lewis & Kimi had happened just after the start of the race. Now with the possible prospect of rain & gusty winds coming in for this weekend; how interesting does that make this year's race? Driving through Turn 2 is really making life really tough for the drivers out there to date. I think that will have an effect on both the qualifying & the race for all of the drivers this weekend who don't keep their wits about them.

Eddie Jordan has just joined the commentary box with Ben Edwards & Tony Dudgen on C4.

I don't think its that long but I remember a very mixed weekend where the Williams were doing quite good they got 3rd and 4th I think behind the Mercs and then got ahead of them until the rain came and they made a bad strategy decision. Really should have won it that weekend was it 2015 or there about's.

skipper_G

I just saw Grosjean's spin exiting the pitlane. Just another reason not to keep him really, decent pace from time to time but infuriatingly inconsistent and makes too many mistakes.

Adamocovic

skipper_G wrote: »

I just saw Grosjean's spin exiting the pitlane. Just another reason not to keep him really, decent pace from time to time but infuriatingly inconsistent and makes too many mistakes.

Mistake by driver or car fault?

skipper_G

Adamocovic wrote: »

Mistake by driver or car fault?

Mistake by driver

Nic_Col

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Lewis complaining about Wimbledon and Cricket World cup final all on same day.

So Lewis, go home.

Christ.... the Hamilton toxicity strikes once more.

It's perfectly reasonable to question the scheduling of three major sporting events on the same day.

pjohnson

Could also be car related. It'd feel very different for Grosjean as they have stripped it completely right all the way back to its Australia settings as they try to figure out what is wrong with their car this year.

skipper_G

pjohnson wrote: »

Could also be car related. It'd feel very different for Grosjean as they have stripped it completely right all the way back to its Australia settings as they try to figure out what is wrong with their car this year.

He openly admitted it was driver error. He just ran out of talent on cold tyres

pjohnson

skipper_G wrote: »

He openly admitted it was driver error. He just ran out of talent on cold tyres

Obviously most blame would be his but just mentioning the car issues himeslf and Haas are suffering.

flazio

One criticism I have for Silverstone is the position of the podium, hidden away in the corner.
There's loads of grass space between the track and the garages, they should build a Monza style elevated podium closer to the track.

christy c

Adamocovic wrote: »

Mistake by driver or car fault?

Mistake by Ericsson

Charlie-Bravo

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzvc9TjAdb7/?igshid=1eeywz8mrrtwi

Some fun stuff on Instagram

dublinman1990

George Russell is the only driver to make a time so far in the 3rd practice session.

dublinman1990

Lewis Hamilton is doing his practice lap on Intermediate tyres right now.

Charlie-Bravo

Looks like nobody wants to push with the conditions as they are. Unlikely there'll be anything useful from fp3.

Hopefully quali is like this too, at the cross over point between slicks and inters.

dublinman1990

LeClerc topped the FP3 session with Vettel in 2nd place & Hamilton in 3rd.

Itssoeasy

So Nikki was honest then gerhard ?

dublinman1990

Billy Monger is really good at driving that McLaren.

dublinman1990

LeClerc is on fire today with that lap time in qualifying in the medium tyre.

His first lap time today at Q1 was 1:25.628

He is really showing a lot of purples in all of the three sectors which is really good.

I will be really surprised if he actually beats Hamilton in Q3 if he continues with this great performance.

skipper_G

That midfield fight was ridiculously close. Half the grid separated by three tenths. Nice lap from Checo to sneak into Q2 at KMag's expense

skipper_G

dublinman1990 wrote: »

LeClerc is on fire today with that lap time in qualifying in the medium tyre.

His first lap time today at Q1 was 1:25.628

He is really showing a lot of purples in all of the three sectors which is really good.

I will be really surprised if he actually beats Hamilton in Q3 if he continues with this great performance.

Yeah he looks on it so far, but I can't escape this feeling that Hamilton will find something extra when it really counts.

skipper_G

Not sure why Leclerc completed that second flying lap on softs. If there's uncertainty about degradation and weather surely the optimum strategy is to start the race on the medium?

pjohnson

Why have both Ferrari's locked themselves onto softs? Both Mercs starting on Mediums.

Inquitus

pjohnson wrote: »

Why have both Ferrari's locked themselves onto softs? Both Mercs starting on Mediums.

Good question, you'd think starting on the Mediums gives you a better choice of strategy for the race, should make it more interesting for us the viewers mind!

skipper_G

What is going on with Ferrari.....

Rossi IRL

Chance of rain tomorrow?

2011

skipper_G wrote: »

What is going on with Ferrari.....

Mercs & Red Bulls turned their engines up.

Inquitus

Hamilton misses out by 6 Thousandths of a sec.

Slattsy

Vettels head is gone.

dublinman1990

Bottas has pole position by beating Hamilton with 0.006. LeClerc is 3rd being 0.0079 behind Hamilton.

skipper_G

Ferrari P3 & P6 with both cars on the wrong tyre strategy for the race. Should make for a dull race tomorrow. Mercedes 1-2 anyone?