F1 2020 - British Grand Prix

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 2:44pm

AMKC wrote: »

Q3 you mean

Aye, thanks!

skipper_G · 01-08-2020 2:46pm

Seems like a bizarre choice and unnecessary risk sending Vettel and Stroll out on mediums

d8491prj5boyvg · 01-08-2020 2:48pm

pity hulk didnt get into q3

namloc1980 · 01-08-2020 2:48pm

Hulk caught out there.

dublinman1990 · 01-08-2020 2:48pm

Gasly, Albon, Hulkenberg, Kvyat & Russell out from Q2.

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 2:48pm

skipper_G wrote: »

Seems like a bizarre choice and unnecessary risk sending Vettel and Stroll out on mediums

Seems to have paid off for both in the end, too much squeaky bumtime imho! Really poor for Albon

pjohnson · 01-08-2020 2:49pm

Albon in big trouble now surely, just not delivering.

Stroll lucky. Himself and Gasly with identical times.

Adamocovic · 01-08-2020 2:49pm

Still hoping a mad race tomorrow sees the Hulk move up

AMKC · 01-08-2020 2:49pm

The Hulk is out of Qualiefying:(⁷

skipper_G · 01-08-2020 2:49pm

Albon out qualified by Gasly, won't help Albon's confidence.

Stroll was only through on mediums by a stroke of luck at the end.

d8491prj5boyvg · 01-08-2020 2:51pm

In fairness to Hulk, even though he was on softs he is close to stroll - overall a good showing. Still, disappointing.

Jordan 199 · 01-08-2020 2:58pm

Lando's helmet

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 3:00pm

Massive gap from the Merc to the rest, well over a second!

This is it · 01-08-2020 3:00pm

Crazy the time between the Mercs and the rest

namloc1980 · 01-08-2020 3:00pm

The Mercs are a mile ahead here in Q3. Absolutely dominant.

dublinman1990 · 01-08-2020 3:01pm

Hamilton did a 1:24.616. He has the fastest lap record at Silverstone to date.

Bottas is 2nd with 1:24.766.

01-08-2020 3:02pm

Think it was mentioned at an earlier race this year but Merc have the same number of 1-2 qualifying results as Ferrari. That's just mental, let alone the second gap.

Cool_CM · 01-08-2020 3:02pm

Both Mercs being over a second ahead of everybody else in a Q3 session is insane

CFlat · 01-08-2020 3:03pm

2.5 secs between the Mercs and 10th place. Jaysus.

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 3:03pm

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Hamilton did a 1:24.616. He has the fastest lap record at Silverstone to date.

Bottas is 2nd with 1:24.766.

Previous lap record was Bottas Pole from last year:

Record Pole: 1:25.093 min
Date: 13 July 2019
F1 Driver: Valtteri Bottas
F1 Car: Mercedes W10
Speed: 249.228 km/h

skipper_G · 01-08-2020 3:04pm

The gap between Verstappen and Bottas is a second. Pretty much 3 tenths in every sector. That Merc is a beast everywhere

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 3:09pm

Hamilton found another three 10ths, Bottas matched Hamiltons earlier Q3 time, Hamilton on Pole! Verstappen, best of the rest, just ahead of LeClerc who drastically outperformed Vettel, Norris with a good lap too to be best of the non Merc/RB/Ferrari!

dublinman1990 · 01-08-2020 3:09pm

Hamilton has pole with 1:24.303.

This is it · 01-08-2020 3:09pm

Well done LeClerc all things considered

namloc1980 · 01-08-2020 3:09pm

So a Merc procession in store for tomorrow. A second faster than Max in 3rd is insane.

Adamocovic · 01-08-2020 3:10pm

No doubt Mercs will walk away with it again.

It’s crazy how much faster of a car it is. Shame Bottas doesn’t look like he can at least put up a fight with Lewis to give us some entertainment.

Ridiculous how much faster it is.

AMKC · 01-08-2020 3:10pm

I have to say that the was not a great qualifying season. In fact I think it was the most boring one this year. Hopefully the race is better and something happens in it.

skipper_G · 01-08-2020 3:11pm

Not unexpected at the front, but great laps from Norris and Leclerc.

Vettel P10, enough said

Acosta · 01-08-2020 3:12pm

Argh just spent an hour watching that irritating moron Crofty Croft on Sky not realising it was live on C4

CFlat · 01-08-2020 3:13pm

Vettels time proving the Ferrari have made the right call getting rid of him. Sad really considering his dominance in the early 2010s.

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 3:13pm

Acosta wrote: »

Argh just spent an hour watching that irritating moron Crofty Croft on Sky not realising it was live on C4

Aye this weeks race is on Sky and Ch4, next weeks is Sky only, sadly!

namloc1980 · 01-08-2020 3:15pm

Shame Bottas isn't able to compete with Hamilton like Rosberg did. Extremely boring up front.

weekaizer · 01-08-2020 3:16pm

Bottas is not near capable of taking on hamilton. Period.

AMKC · 01-08-2020 3:17pm

namloc1980 wrote: »

Shame Bottas isn't able to compete with Hamilton like Rosberg did. Extremely boring up front.

Agreed.

CFlat · 01-08-2020 3:17pm

namloc1980 wrote: »

Shame Bottas isn't able to compete with Hamilton like Rosberg did. Extremely boring up front.

Ah I think on a good few occasions he's at least kept Lewis honest even today.

AMKC · 01-08-2020 3:21pm

weekaizer wrote: »

Bottas is not near capable of taking on hamilton. Period.

I wonder is Bottas afraid of Hamilton or maybe team management or maybe he just does have the killer instinct to go and get it no matter what. Lewis should stop whinging over nothing. I would say any of the other 19 drivers if they drove his car would not find a thing wrong with it.

Charlie-Bravo · 01-08-2020 3:22pm

weekaizer wrote: »

Bottas is not near capable of taking on hamilton. Period.

Some amount of full stops there. Did you mean ... ? :pac:

namloc1980 · 01-08-2020 3:24pm

AMKC wrote: »

I wonder is Bottas afraid of Hamilton or maybe team management or maybe he just does have the killer instinct to go and get it no matter what. Lewis should stop whinging over nothing. I would say any of the other 19 drivers if they drove his car would not find a thing wrong with it.

Don't think he has the killer competitive instinct. Rosberg had it and was prepared to push it to the limit to win. I expect to see Bottas settling in behind Hamilton tomorrow and cruising to 2nd without really putting any pressure on Hamilton.

weekaizer · 01-08-2020 3:28pm

AMKC wrote: »

I wonder is Bottas afraid of Hamilton or maybe team management or maybe he just does have the killer instinct to go and get it no matter what. Lewis should stop whinging over nothing. I would say any of the other 19 drivers if they drove his car would not find a thing wrong with it.

Hamilton has to give the impression out to the world that he is constantly having to overcome adversity at some level... he doesn’t want people to think that these poles, wins and championships are coming easy for him because he thinks he will be discredited further down the line. He was vocal about the damage vettel was doing to the sport in the Red Bull days and now he realizes he is in the same boat in a dominant car but he will never publicly admit that. Bottas really has no advantages over Hamilton, he’s not quicker over a lap, not quicker over a race distance, not mentally as strong or aggressive, not as good in the wet and he’s not as intelligent it seems. Hamilton is in a one horse race every weekend.

Charlie-Bravo · 01-08-2020 3:28pm

Good to get a live race on C4 just to have a change of scenery away from Crofty. Ben Edwards is really good.

namloc1980 · 01-08-2020 3:29pm

Seeing lap record tumble should be exciting but it just isn't. It's like Mercedes are in Formula 1 and everyone else are in Formula 1.5.

Fair play to Leclerc, he's dragging that Ferrari around the track. Vettel very poor. Not sure his heart/head is in it.

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 3:31pm

namloc1980 wrote: »

Fair play to Leclerc, he's dragging that Ferrari around the track. Vettel very poor. Not sure his heart/head is in it.

Poor Vettel didn't get much running in FP due to various gremlins, so hard to judge him this week imho.

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 3:32pm

namloc1980 wrote: »

Shame Bottas isn't able to compete with Hamilton like Rosberg did. Extremely boring up front.

Aye Bottas wouldn't have the balls to do what Rosberg did at Mirebeau in Monaco qualifying! That's the sort of Schumacher, Prost, Senna gamemanship that is sometimes required to clinch a Drivers Championship!

https://www.racefans.net/2014/05/24/rosberg-deliberately-go-mirabeau/

recyclebin · 01-08-2020 3:37pm

Albon looks like a broken man. Confidence look to be gone.

dublinman1990 · 01-08-2020 3:59pm

recyclebin wrote: »

Albon looks like a broken man. Confidence look to be gone.

He was not in a good mood during his post race interview. I hope he bounces back tomorrow.

Jordan 199 · 01-08-2020 4:09pm

Regarding Bottas - he should have been sacked at the end of the 2018 season. Hamilton had eleven wins, Bottas had zero. Shocking.

Cork Trucker · 01-08-2020 4:13pm

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Regarding Bottas - he should have been sacked at the end of the 2018 season. Hamilton had eleven wins, Bottas had zero. Shocking.

They still won both championships, that’s all Mercedes want, is a wingman who can bring home the points and not be a threat to Hamilton, the last thing they want is another Rosberg situation. Bottas is doing what they want and is being kept honest with 1 year rolling contracts so he doesn’t get too comfortable.

Inquitus · 01-08-2020 4:14pm

Cork Trucker wrote: »

They still won both championships, that’s all Mercedes want, is a wingman who can bring home the points and not be a threat to Hamilton, the last thing they want is another Rosberg situation. Bottas is doing what they want and is being kept honest with 1 year rolling contracts so he doesn’t get too comfortable.

Agreed, he is also a damned good driver, who on the grid is better than him, he's generally just a tenth or 2 off Hamilton in qually and often out qualifies his illustrious teammate. Max is better, LeClerc is better, maybe Vettel but perhaps not this season, who else?

Cool_CM · 01-08-2020 4:27pm

Haha, Daruvala's race engineer just delivered the radio comment of the season so far in the F2 race:

Daruvala - "Can I have an update on the race?"
Race Engineer - "Just fúcking drive fast!"

:pac:

namloc1980 · 01-08-2020 4:52pm

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Regarding Bottas - he should have been sacked at the end of the 2018 season. Hamilton had eleven wins, Bottas had zero. Shocking.

That's ideal for Merc. He picked up 247 points in 2018 which a) ensured they won the WCC and b) he didn't challenge or cause Hamilton any problems. Perfect teammate.

F1 2020 - British Grand Prix

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