F1 season start - Austria

theballz · 05-07-2020 2:44pm

A lot of engine issues and retirement today. The skysports team reckon it could be down to cars being inactive the last few weeks. What do you guys think?

This is it · 05-07-2020 2:45pm

Perez nearly took Norris out

Jordan 199 · 05-07-2020 2:45pm

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Ocon's onboard sounds like a blender when he's accelerating.

The blender would be more reliable.

05-07-2020 2:46pm

Perez the only one to put on Mediums? Thought most would have done it. Would understand Merc going Hards to try and have less racing between their two drivers but thought everyone else would make mediums work til the end handy enough.

skipper_G · 05-07-2020 2:46pm

Putting aside my obvious bias in favour of Racing Point and Perez, that looked an unsafe release

skipper_G · 05-07-2020 2:48pm

theballz wrote: »

A lot of engine issues and retirement today. The skysports team reckon it could be down to cars being inactive the last few weeks. What do you guys think?

A combination of factors, much warmer than expected, thinner air at altitude which hinders cooling, and it's the first race of the season.

PopePalpatine · 05-07-2020 2:49pm

theballz wrote: »

A lot of engine issues and retirement today. The skysports team reckon it could be down to cars being inactive the last few weeks. What do you guys think?

My guess is that the engine suppliers can't provide on-site support.

That said, there were quite a few mechanical failures in the F2/F3 races.

ScrubsfanChris · 05-07-2020 2:50pm

That Merc GTR safety car sounds a million times better than anything else out there

flazio · 05-07-2020 2:50pm

As long as Perez doesn't get a penalty, he's on mediums while everyone else around him is on hards.

05-07-2020 2:51pm

How many sets of hards did each team have? Could have sworn there was a race with 1 set, would be interesting if they haven't had running on them already.