F1 2021 Round 9 : Austrian GP

Joeface · 01-07-2021 8:33am #1

Ah the Deja Vu GP .Its a pity they cant even change a turn or two just to make it slightly different .

SESSION
FP1 Fri, 02 Jul 10:30
FP2 Fri, 02 Jul 14:00

FP3 Sat, 03 Jul 11:00
QU Sat, 03 Jul 14:00

Race Sun, 04 Jul14:00

Weather Forecast again as it is a maybe

and the tire compounds differ this weekend

Dont be at yourself · 01-07-2021 9:00am

Tyres being one step softer could maybe lead to a two-stopper? We saw the Mercs suffering with deg on the hards last time out, and also saw with Perez that the two-stop wasn't far off in time.

If Gasly and Leclerc can survive lap 1, it should make the race for best-of-the-rest more interesting too.

Charlie-Bravo · 01-07-2021 1:49pm

The C4 didn't last long last week as the soft tyre, so I don't think the C5 will be any use for more than one really slow out lap, and one flying lap. Expect Q3 to be like the farce in Italy a couple of years ago!

Harika · 01-07-2021 8:29pm

At least rain is more likely

Joeface · 02-07-2021 9:24am

aaaaaaaand Mercedes brought an update

"Mercedes appears to have introduced a new rear brake drum design with a looped section displaced from the main body of the drum in the upper half. This should help manage the tire temperatures differently on the shoulder."

Jordan 199 · 02-07-2021 9:35am

Williams have two different front wings:

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El_Duderino 09 · 02-07-2021 9:45am

Joeface wrote: »

aaaaaaaand Mercedes brought an update

"Mercedes appears to have introduced a new rear brake drum design with a looped section displaced from the main body of the drum in the upper half. This should help manage the tire temperatures differently on the shoulder."

This was a bit of a strange one. Toto said they wont be making any new upgrades and the technical director said they have some upgrades coming. I'd say the cause of the misunderstanding is probably that they have some upgrades in train and they will be completed, but they won't be developing any new upgrades from this point onwards and all new development will be focused on next year's car.

Inquitus · 02-07-2021 10:02am

Hard to see anything other than a clone of last weeks race unless it rains or a Honda engine or two explode, how Hamilton must be ruing he Baku cock up!

Joeface · 02-07-2021 10:17am

If the current progress continues yeah he will regret Baku , but it is too soon , he has been further behind before at this point

2014: 29 pts (to Rosberg)
2015: Always led
2016: 43 pts (Rosberg, lost by 5)
2017: 25 pts (Vettel)
2018: 17 pts (Vettel)
2019: 8 pts (Bottas)
2020: 13 pts (Bottas)
2021: Currently 18 down (Verstappen)

El_Duderino 09 · 02-07-2021 10:59am

There are a few young drivers taking part in FP1:
Guanyu Zhou is in Alonso's Alpine,
Roy Nissany is in Russel's Williams and
Callum Ilott is in Giovinazzi's Alfa.

And they're using a mystery test tyre in FP1 too.

02-07-2021 11:05am

Joeface wrote: »

If the current progress continues yeah he will regret Baku , but it is too soon , he has been further behind before at this point

2014: 29 pts (to Rosberg)
2015: Always led
2016: 43 pts (Rosberg, lost by 5)
2017: 25 pts (Vettel)
2018: 17 pts (Vettel)
2019: 8 pts (Bottas)
2020: 13 pts (Bottas)
2021: Currently 18 down (Verstappen)

What do those numbers mean? Quick look and 2019 Hamilton led from race 5 til the end, 2020 he led from race 3 til the end.

Joeface · 02-07-2021 11:28am

numbers don't mean lot really , just he has been behind by bigger margins before . To early to be hoping the tide has actually turned form Mercedes ...........Don't want a flash dawn .

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Joeface · 02-07-2021 3:23pm

all change for FP2
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klose · 02-07-2021 5:12pm

Bit of rain for the last 15-20 in fp2 probably skewing a few times there

Frank Bullitt · 02-07-2021 7:33pm

Looks like a closer race on paper. Colder and softer tires have changed things up. Hamilton convinced RB have some left in their pocket.

klose · 03-07-2021 11:33am

Yuki nearly putting it into the wall again

El_Duderino 09 · 03-07-2021 12:18pm

What we're conditions like in that session, any rain? Big gap from max to the Mercedes but I see they were running the test tyres. And Giovanazzi in fifth suggests the session isn't indicative of much.