F1 2021 :Round 2 Imola

Joeface

Round 2 Things to note , the race times have changed Due to the passing of some prince or other .

one DRS zone and it has been lengthened from last year

Friday 16th April 2021

Free Practice 1: 10:00am-11:00am BST (11:00am-12:00pm local)
Free Practice 2: 1:30pm-2:30pm BST (2:30pm-3:30pm local)

Saturday 17th April 2021

Free Practice 3: 10:00am-11:00am BST (11:00am-12:00pm local)
Qualifying: 1:00pm-2:00pm BST (2:00pm-3:00pm local)

Sunday 18th April 2021

Race: 2:00pm BST (3:00pm local)


That felt like a really long 3 week gap .

AMKC

So there will be lots of new data on screen at this weekends race by AWS

In the meantime, AWS and F1 will be trying to keep viewers engaged with more on-screen insights, such as how hard a driver is pushing their car, relative to its potential, as well as braking performance – showing how close to the apex of a corner a driver is slamming on the anchors. These new ‘Insights’ as AWS calls them, will be on screen for the first time at this weekend’s Emillia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/m...oser-racing-f1

I think the race is postponed until 14:45 BST as not to clash with Philips funeral

Zaph

Edz87 wrote: »

I think the race is postponed until 14:45 BST as not to clash with Philips funeral

Friday practice sessions now at 10.00 BST and 13.30 BST.
On Saturday final practice now at 10.00 BST and qualifying at 13.00 BST.
No change to the race start time on Sunday, still 14.00 BST.

Inquitus

Interesting to see if Merc have been able to get on top of their car given they luckily had 3 full weeks after Bahrain! That said all the testing and racing to date was done at Bahrain, Imola could be a totally different ballgame, answers to come tomorrow!

Adamocovic

Really enjoyed the Vettel and Lewis press conference.

Would love to see Aston Martin have a good week.

17larsson

Finally. That three week gap felt like another off season

Charlie-Bravo

It was raining today. Interesting. Could be wet in Sunday looking at the weather forecast.

Here's a warm up video if you're interested...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ngPmMk5nEM

This is it

Mazepin spins after 5 minutes of practice. Maybe I'm wrong but looked like he's damaged the front left, wheel doesn't look to be rotating right. In the pits now

SureYWouldntYa

This is it wrote: »

Mazepin spins after 5 minutes of practice. Maybe I'm wrong but looked like he's damaged the front left, wheel doesn't look to be rotating right. In the pits now

Does he know that ya cant go shoe down with the accelerator?

This is it

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Does he know that ya cant go shoe down with the accelerator?

Nearly hit the pit wall too apparently but I missed that... He won't be happy

Joeface

First Friday in ages I have to be in work , so missing this FP1 session /sigh (cannot really have Sky go running at my desk)

antodeco

Riccardo confirmed looks like a wet race. Apparently very cold there aswell so could have very different sessions over the weekend.

This is it

Perez and Ocon coming together it seems, waiting on a replay

namloc1980

More Mazespin!

This is it

Mazepin smacks the wall, catches the gravel on the second to last corner. He's having a disastrous start to his F1 career

Charlie-Bravo

Ha, Mazespin. Too funny...he'll never shake that name off.

Charlie-Bravo

This is it wrote: »

Perez and Ocon coming together it seems, waiting on a replay

I didn't get to see any - did they show one. It's not clear what happened. Horner said Ocon was on a slow lap while Checo was on a flying lap. I would put it down to the slower car not playing ball.

Joeface

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

I didn't get to see any - did they show one. It's not clear what happened. Horner said Ocon was on a slow lap while Checo was on a flying lap. I would put it down to the slower car not playing ball.

From the F1 text feed , Perez tire went and he spun in to Ocon . They have noted a feed issue with footage around the track so commentators had not see it . No idea if that's what happened

This is it

Lot's of technical issues so no replay that I've seen

BrentMused

Feels like every second race last year was supposed to be a wet race only for it to rarely materialise.

Fingers crossed for this weekend but I won't get my hopes up just yet

jv2000

BrentMused wrote: »

Feels like every second race last year was supposed to be a wet race only for it to rarely materialise.

Fingers crossed for this weekend but I won't get my hopes up just yet

Now that there appears to be some competition at the front it will probably end up being wet and we will be robbed of a proper RB vs Mercedes battle :rolleyes:

jv2000

Caught some of the F1 show on Sky. The interview with Ralf Schumacher was very uncomfortable, seems like himself and Hill still don't get on.

pjohnson

Mazespin is at Yuji Ide levels.

Inquitus

Usually Merc get more out of turning things up for Qually than Red Bull do, so the fact they are competitive in FP1 and FP2 likely bodes well for them in qualifying, we shall see. Best FP1 times to date, session over, just over 5 mins to FP2:

Inquitus

Dead Engine for Max in FP2? Anyone watching able to give us the low down on Max's Red Bull woes?

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1383038032635387907

With Max Verstappen heading back to the garage, suddenly the whole nature of this weekend has very much flipped in Mercedes' favour.

The reigning world champions also have a one-two and it is a big, big gap.

Bottas 1:15.551, then comes Hamilton 0.121 seconds behind and then it's a full second gap to Carlos Sainz, 1.172 seconds slower than Bottas.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/55648452

bennyx_o

Possibly a software issue - car back in the garage now so hopefully he can get back out before the session ends

Inquitus

FP2 Standings, session ended by Leclerc crash:

namloc1980

Merc 1 and 2 in both sessions. Mmmmmmm

Inquitus

namloc1980 wrote: »

Merc 1 and 2 in both sessions. Mmmmmmm

Look ominous, but then Max didn't really get much of a run in FP2.

Inquitus

Chris Horner wrote:

'The kerbs are pretty aggressive here'

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner talks to Sky Sports F1 about Max Verstappen's problem that ended his session early: "It looks like the drive shaft has given away. We're just trying to understand what has happened.

"We will be inspecting all the other parts as well. The kerbs are pretty aggressive here so we just need to understand what has happened."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/55648452

There's plenty of nice flat Italian flag on the other side of the white line. If you're wide enough to be hitting the "aggressive" kerbs then tough.

Faugheen

I'd love nothing more than for Gasly to outperform Perez this season.

DTS taught me that Horner wouldn't give Gasly the drive because he was being stubborn and wanted to be proven right rather than anything to do with Gasly.

quokula

Faugheen wrote: »

I'd love nothing more than for Gasly to outperform Perez this season.

DTS taught me that Horner wouldn't give Gasly the drive because he was being stubborn and wanted to be proven right rather than anything to do with Gasly.

I think it taught me that Red Bull have full access to all performance and telemetry data, and didn't believe there was any reason to expect Gasly to perform much better, regardless of how it looked from the outside.

Perez is one of the best drivers on the grid and he's still struggling, the Red Bull is not easy to drive and is simply not as good a car as Max Verstappen makes it look, that's been becoming increasingly clear through a number of seasons and different teammates now.

El_Duderino 09

Faugheen wrote: »

I'd love nothing more than for Gasly to outperform Perez this season.

DTS taught me that Horner wouldn't give Gasly the drive because he was being stubborn and wanted to be proven right rather than anything to do with Gasly.

Ah, Gasley’s performance level went down the toilet too so it’s certainly not All down to Horner. They have a track record of breaking good drivers but developing some tip-top drivers like Verstappen, Ric and Seb. Perez isn’t a young driver so I think he’ll do much better then Gasley did.

Gasley is doing much better again now that he’s out of the Red Bull.

artanevilla

I think it would be Marko's call more than Horner as well.

artanevilla

More spinnies from Mazepin.

Frank Bullitt

Looks like a tight weekend and a real car breaker. Seeing the snaps over oversteer were really nice, arcs back to the early 2000's to me.

FP3 should be a tight one with RB trying to make up the pace, still fancy Max to be very close this weekend. Ferrari look solid as well!

Faugheen

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Ah, Gasley’s performance level went down the toilet too so it’s certainly not All down to Horner. They have a track record of breaking good drivers but developing some tip-top drivers like Verstappen, Ric and Seb. Perez isn’t a young driver so I think he’ll do much better then Gasley did.

Gasley is doing much better again now that he’s out of the Red Bull.

Yeah but I also think, like Albon, it came down to confidence going to the toilet as well. Red Bull have a history of just dumping drivers after promoting them too early.

Since then Gasly has become a race winner and I think he properly deserved another go, but DTS just looked like it was Horner being stubborn. That’s just my thoughts.

Meanwhile, Alan van der Merwe still has it:

https://twitter.com/f1/status/1382749803000569858?s=21

Itssoeasy

Well this has been the hardest break between F1 races in recent years so hopefully the mercs don’t kick on and we get a precession. I want a competitive season.

El_Duderino 09

Faugheen wrote: »

Yeah but I also think, like Albon, it came down to confidence going to the toilet as well. Red Bull have a history of just dumping drivers after promoting them too early.

Since then Gasly has become a race winner and I think he properly deserved another go, but DTS just looked like it was Horner being stubborn. That’s just my thoughts.

Meanwhile, Alan van der Merwe still has it:

I think you're completely right with Albon. I think his performance at AT was similar to Gasley and if he got a second shot at AT he would be similar to Gasley now. The way it worked out was complete luck of the draw for them If Albon was promoted first then he would be back at AT and Gasley would be out of F1.

Perez almost certainly won't be affected by the politics and pressure the way the young drivers were. I think he'll still be well off Max's pace though

Charlie-Bravo

Perez is having to change his driving style to suit the car. I'd say it'll take a few races but with his years of experience and determination I'd expect him to be on par with Max quickly. I would say there's at least a win for Checo this year.

Harika

Perez is underperforming, that might change quickly but for now I miss to see the advantage to Albon or Gasly.

El_Duderino 09

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

Perez is having to change his driving style to suit the car. I'd say it'll take a few races but with his years of experience and determination I'd expect him to be on par with Max quickly. I would say there's at least a win for Checo this year.

He might adapt and improve but it’s a big claim to suggest he’ll be on par with Max. I think max is an exceptional talent and Perez is alright and very experienced - good overall but not excellent and certainly not on Max’s level. Only time will tell.

Charlie-Bravo

... Only time will tell.

If he scores better than Max this year, does that mean he's better than Max, I jest!

Here's hoping for a cracking season.

greenspurs

MazeSpin .....

Daddys money buys you the car, but cant afford the skills to drive it !! Pathetic.
The lad will injure someone !!

Dont be at yourself

What's his penalty possible points situation? I know he was close to a ban, but not sure if they've expired...

Joeface

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

What's his penalty possible points situation? I know he was close to a ban, but not sure if they've expired...

I don't believe his F2 points carried over . if it's Mazipin your asking about.

Dry qual and 60% chance of wet race .

Joeface

who does nicholas latifi think he is putting a wiliams that high up

and just as I say that he goes off

klose

Another red flag

Cool_CM

Jaysus, that could have been a big one for Max