F1 2020: Round 13: Emilia Romagma GP.

AMKC

So we are in Imola for round 13. It's only 2 days . Hopefully we get a better race here than the one last week which after the first 6 laps just died.

FP 1 on Saturday and then Qualifying
Then Race on Sunday.

Charlie-Bravo

Really looking forward to watching them try get the right setup in one practice session. Renault or McLaren to surprise.

antodeco

If there's a few incidents in FP1 some may no time practice time at all before qualifying

Frank Bullitt

Woke up to check the FP results...couldnt figure it out, then I remembered.

AMKC

Gintonious wrote: »

Woke up to check the FP results...couldnt figure it out, then I remembered.

Yep the second weekend with no FP 1 or 2 although it was not planned that way for the last one t was the weather that stopped them and it was for this one so it's the first weekend where there is no FP 1 or 2 scheduled at all.

Frank Bullitt

https://twitter.com/PierreGASLY/status/1322215615109701633

I love a good tribute helmet, and this one is fantastic.

Inquitus

Rosberg's track guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpNkpVCptIQ

tipp_tipp_tipp

Loving this so far! Cars look great on track. Feeling very nostalgic at the moment

This is it

Max looking really good, both Renault decent too

skipper_G

Albon puts in a lap that's slower than both Alpha Tauri and it gets deleted for track limits. He's not helping his chances

wally1990

skipper_G wrote: »

Albon puts in a lap that's slower than both Alpha Tauri and it gets deleted for track limits. He's not helping his chances

Nope, he is 100% gone for next season, I just cant see how this is going to get any better for him soon

Poor guys confidence is prob down and the whole world is watching him perform terrible and know red bull are looking at other drivers.

He simply has not performed in that car and now is on his last legs

ctrl-alt-delete

Quite a few getting laps deleted,

Looking at the bits flying off the Ferrari they might want to try keeping well inside.

skipper_G

Lance is a lucky boy, squeezed into Q2 by the skin of his teeth. Kimi lost his best lap for going over track limits, his time was better than Stroll's

ctrl-alt-delete

Kimi obviously fancies doing what he did last weekend again :pac:

skipper_G

wally1990 wrote: »

Nope, he is 100% gone for next season, I just cant see how this is going to get any better for him soon

Poor guys confidence is prob down and the whole world is watching him perform terrible and know red bull are looking at other drivers.

He simply has not performed in that car and now is on his last legs

I feel bad for him when I hear him on team radio, he sounds completely broken. But he's not getting the job done

Burkie1203

Track limits are a sham. Should just be the white line the whole way around

wally1990

Just posting this here for anyone wondering about track limits

https://www.planetf1.com/news/imola-track-limits-warning/

skipper_G

Oh not an issue for Verstappen, he's the only one with a chance of beating Hamilton on Sunday

wally1990

Kim's disputes his time being deleted

https://streamable.com/tzp2te

ctrl-alt-delete

This is not going well for Redbull at all

Cool_CM

Albon spins - seems like he can't catch a break.

wally1990

skipper_G wrote: »

Oh not an issue for Verstappen, he's the only one with a chance of beating Hamilton on Sunday

''NOOO ITS NOT ****ING WORKING''

https://streamable.com/3dsazl

skipper_G

Albon spins and wrecks his mediums in the process, now his race strategy is compromised. So long and thanks for all the fish

skipper_G

Stroll battling Russell says a lot about their respective qualifying performances

ctrl-alt-delete

Looks like Max will have a shot,

Might have been quicker just to rob the part from Albon's car.

This is it

Gasly doing a great job, great to see him there for another year

Cool_CM

David Croft "Red Bull have never qualified over 14th at Imola"

:rolleyes:

This is it

Wrong tyre but Albon through. Vettel fails to make it through again Perez will be disappointed too

wally1990

This is it wrote: »

Gasly doing a great job, great to see him there for another year

Been an absolute crazy year for him in F1
(plus losing one of his childhood best friend last August in F2 )

Delighted for him, nobody likes anyone going through a tough time and people were writing him off in f1 when he was bad at a red bull. He is pulling it out of the bag now

skipper_G

That's pretty impressive stuff, Red Bull got it fixed and he gets one run on the mediums and nails the lap.

Absolute shocker for Racing Point both cars out in Q2. And Vettel beaten by Russell AGAIN

Cool_CM

In fairness, that Red Bull pit crew are ridiculously impressive.

artanevilla

Red Bull mechanics should get a big bonus at the end of the season.

jammiedodgers

Some job by Red Bull. Think Ted said it would usually take them 15 minutes to change a spark plug.

Jordan 199

It's a great looking circuit.

Man with broke phone

What happened force india, im out and about missing it.

flazio

Cool_CM wrote: »

David Croft "Red Bull have never qualified over 14th at Imola"

:rolleyes:

Unless you count their time as McLaren's works supplier or their previous incarnations as Tyrell or BAR (think it was gone by the time Honda went Works and certainly gone by Brawn). Mercedes Benz haven't qualified at Imola full stop.
Come to think of it, what about Stewart or Jaguar's performance here?

Cool_CM

Given the amount of gravel they have been brushing away in the breaks, looks like we'll be on for a safety car or 2 tomorrow

wally1990

Man with broke phone wrote: »

What happened force india, im out and about missing it.

Lawrence Stroll acquire /bought them out and they are now Racing Point

This is it

Man with broke phone wrote: »

What happened force india, im out and about missing it.

Not sure about Perez but Stroll had times deleted

skipper_G

Albon again, jesus

wally1990

This is it wrote: »

Not sure about Perez but Stroll had times deleted

Is that what he meant hahaha
Completely misjudged the post

skipper_G

wally1990 wrote: »

Is that what he meant hahaha
Completely misjudged the post

Well it made me laugh

Cool_CM

flazio wrote: »

Unless you count their time as McLaren's works supplier or their previous incarnations as Tyrell or BAR (think it was gone by the time Honda went Works and certainly gone by Brawn). Mercedes Benz haven't qualified at Imola full stop.
Come to think of it, what about Stewart or Jaguar's performance here?

Irvine qualified 7th in a Jaguar there in 2000. Rubens and Johnny Herbert qualified over 14th there in Stewarts too. Its so long ago though that it was just a stupid stat to mention - Red Bull were a very different operation in 2006 :pac:

Cool_CM

Well done Bottas. How many corners do you give him before Lewis is ahead tomorrow?

skipper_G

Bottas on pole, so when will Hamilton pass him tomorrow, at the start or in the pit stop phase?

Burkie1203

skipper_G wrote: »

Bottas on pole, so when will Hamilton pass him tomorrow, at the start or in the pit stop phase?

by turn 1

Jordan 199

Gasly 4th. Excellent job.

Joeface

Team of the Qual .. Alpha Tauri P4 & P8 .

Some drive from Gasly for that .

jammiedodgers

skipper_G wrote: »

Bottas on pole, so when will Hamilton pass him tomorrow, at the start or in the pit stop phase?

As soon as DRS is activated.

Top Dog

Albon had a bit of a nightmare, but recovered to end up 6th for tomorrow which isn't the worst. Am I right in thinking he'll be starting on soft tyres while others around him are on medium? He has to get a good start (for a change tomorrow) to gain some places before his tyres go off, and his starts aren't really the best so we'll see what happens.

Bottas will be in 2nd by the end of the first lap, possibly even 3rd of Max gets a good start.

Burkie1203

Hopeful we gets few safety cars tomorrow. Can see a few cars stuck in gravel in the last few corners.