F1 2021 Round 9 : Austrian GP

Itssoeasy · 03-07-2021 2:48pm

Well at least vettell seemed to have known he’d ****ed up but the stewards won’t probably look at that.

03-07-2021 2:48pm

Zookey123 wrote: »

People are allowed to not like him. Great job by him though well deserved. Hopefully he finally gets those points tomorrow.

Yeah that's fine, just wondering. Can't see much to not like about him. Suppose he does have weirdly girl-ish eyes. :pac:

03-07-2021 2:49pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Well at least vettell seemed to have known he’d ****ed up but the stewards won’t probably look at that.

I'm sure Vettel is massively pissed off considering the pace he seemed to have. Blame has to rest with the team in these situations. If it puts him off by a tenth of a second that could mean 5 places in Q3.

skipper_G · 03-07-2021 2:52pm

Alonso had the sunglasses on and the face mask pulled all the way up marching back from the garage. Looked to be absolutely fuming under it all

ctrl-alt-delete · 03-07-2021 2:54pm

One of the few times I love hearing an orange crowd cheering.

quokula · 03-07-2021 2:55pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm sure Vettel is massively pissed off considering the pace he seemed to have. Blame has to rest with the team in these situations. If it puts him off by a tenth of a second that could mean 5 places in Q3.

Yep that destroyed both Vettels and Alonsos qualifying. He was stuck in a queue and had nowhere to go, he moved offline as soon as he could which sacrificed his ability to start his own lap, but it was already too late. He’ll be stuck starting outside the top ten on soft tyres tomorrow which won’t be easy.

Andrew76 · 03-07-2021 2:55pm

Would love it if Norris can stay ahead of Hamilton. Come on Perez.

Cool_CM · 03-07-2021 2:56pm

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

One of the few times I love hearing an orange crowd cheering.

They're ridiculously loud

Zookey123 · 03-07-2021 2:56pm

Damn the 2 Brits really performing today.

03-07-2021 2:58pm

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

One of the few times I love hearing an orange crowd cheering.

Not looking forward to next weekend so? :P

Rossi IRL · 03-07-2021 2:59pm

Go on Lando

Itssoeasy · 03-07-2021 3:00pm

Oh that’s close from Lando.

ctrl-alt-delete · 03-07-2021 3:01pm

Take a bow Lando,

Disaster for the Mercs.

Rossi IRL · 03-07-2021 3:01pm

Easy win for Verstappen tomorrow, even easier than last weekend.

Andrew76 · 03-07-2021 3:01pm

Get in!!! Perfect grid.

Cool_CM · 03-07-2021 3:02pm

Great lap by Lando - so close!

skipper_G · 03-07-2021 3:02pm

What a lap from Lando, so so close to his first pole. Gutted for him to miss out but what an effort

TheDoctor · 03-07-2021 3:02pm

How close was Norris!!

Probes · 03-07-2021 3:02pm

Wow, that was absolutely phenomenal from Norris.

03-07-2021 3:03pm

Norris and Russell a couple of stars. Really hope they get a chance soon and don't end up like Ricciardo.

McFly85 · 03-07-2021 3:03pm

Really enjoyable quali, what a lap from Norris. Would love to see him on a podium tomorrow!

Andrew76 · 03-07-2021 3:04pm

Super from Lando and kept it between the lines this time. Fantastic for Russell too. Danny Ric must be scratching his head big time.

Zookey123 · 03-07-2021 3:04pm

Georgie boy might be starting p8 if seb gets that penalty!

TheDoctor · 03-07-2021 3:04pm

Crowd is going to be nuts for the Dutch GP

Burkie1203 · 03-07-2021 3:04pm

Bang average from Perez lol

ctrl-alt-delete · 03-07-2021 3:06pm

Lando " Everyone in orange supporting McLaren"

klose · 03-07-2021 3:06pm

Gasly, tsunoda, vettel and stroll all starting on softs tomrorow, they seem to think that might resign them to a two stopper, if Russell and Williams play a blinder tomrorow they could score some nice points, vettel will assumably get a grid penalty also pushing him to p8.

Andrew76 · 03-07-2021 3:08pm

Can’t remember what tyres Perez set his best time in Q2, was it the softs? Either way he’ll need to try jump Norris early tomorrow.

skipper_G · 03-07-2021 3:11pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Can’t remember what tyres Perez set his best time in Q2, was it the softs? Either way he’ll need to try jump Norris early tomorrow.

They're both starting on mediums for the race

Charlie-Bravo · 03-07-2021 3:12pm

That's was a super Qualy session. A great watch altogether.

Jordan 199 · 03-07-2021 3:13pm

Lando is really kicking Danny's ass.

namloc1980 · 03-07-2021 3:13pm

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Easy win for Verstappen tomorrow, even easier than last weekend.

Lando and Perez as a nice cushion between him and the Mercs. Barring a problem with the car it'll be a handy win.

03-07-2021 3:15pm

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Lando is really kicking Danny's ass.

He is. I really did not expect this. I was a Richardo fan but he really seems to have lost his edge.

Hijpo · 03-07-2021 3:17pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Can’t remember what tyres Perez set his best time in Q2, was it the softs? Either way he’ll need to try jump Norris early tomorrow.

Perez did a 1.04.483 on mediums in first lap of Q2. Went out for a second lap on the softs but looked to have backed out.

Gaoth Laidir · 03-07-2021 3:22pm

Hamilton just now: "Yes, a win tomorrow is definitely out of the question".

If all else fails, try some reverse psychology...

ctrl-alt-delete · 03-07-2021 3:24pm

Bottas reckons the car is set up more for race pace, Lewis sounds a bit dejected saying it will be an easy win for Max - if the McClaren wasn't up there i'd think it was purely mind games.

flazio · 03-07-2021 3:26pm

Lets not forget that Lando started 3rd last time out and got swallowed up by Bottas and Perez early on. I think the McLaren isn't going to just magic up race pace out of nowhere.

Andrew76 · 03-07-2021 3:37pm

Hijpo wrote: »

Perez did a 1.04.483 on mediums in first lap of Q2. Went out for a second lap on the softs but looked to have backed out.

Even better so.

I’d be happy if the race ends with the same top 3 and Max extends his lead. Hopefully we’ll get some decent battles in the midfield, be nice if Alonso can bag some points.

McFly85 · 03-07-2021 3:39pm

2011 wrote: »

He is. I really did not expect this. I was a Richardo fan but he really seems to have lost his edge.

Yep. I feel sorry for him, he’s in the same position he was in when he left RB, except he’s nowhere near his teammate.

You can’t imagine there’ll be many more moves he can make if this doesn’t work out.

racersedge · 03-07-2021 4:13pm

flazio wrote: »

Lets not forget that Lando started 3rd last time out and got swallowed up by Bottas and Perez early on. I think the McLaren isn't going to just magic up race pace out of nowhere.

Yeah that is the only worry unfortunately for Lando (and based off the field spread, also for the rest of the grid!) is the field spread is significantly greater in race trim than in quali trim. Fantastic effort from Lando. This year as labelled as crucial given his partnership with DannyR. He has risen to the challenge thus far and then some. Would genuinely like to see some solid race pace from the car tomorrow to let him mix it up with the front runners.

PsychoPete · 03-07-2021 5:11pm

I'm a fan of Danny Ric but he really needs to get his act together, he shouldn't be that far behind his teammate. Mclaren should be best of the rest but Ricciardo could end up costing them places in the constructors

03-07-2021 5:14pm

Talk of a Norris podium is a bit premature IMO. McLaren have better quali pace than race pace, Merc will still be close to a second a lap quicker tomorrow. Can only assume the engine modes are different, that one rule change seems to have hit Mercedes most when it comes to qualifying IMO.

Harika · 03-07-2021 5:19pm

No penalty yet for Vettel? He should start at the Styrian GP

Burkie1203 · 03-07-2021 5:21pm

Harika wrote: »

No penalty yet for Vettel? He should start at the Styrian GP

No necessarily just Seb at fault

https://twitter.com/Diego_Luciano_/status/1411359051015933956?s=19

03-07-2021 5:30pm

Just in case anyone was going to give Croft undeserved credit (:pac:) the commentary is from earlier than the driver tracker is from.

Vettel has to get a penalty then he should make sure someone in the team is fired. Bad enough to block someone at all but once he wasn't going to get a lap in they should've got him out of the way.

Hijpo · 03-07-2021 5:39pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just in case anyone was going to give Croft undeserved credit (:pac:) the commentary is from earlier than the driver tracker is from.

Vettel has to get a penalty then he should make sure someone in the team is fired. Bad enough to block someone at all but once he wasn't going to get a lap in they should've got him out of the way.

Vettle seemed to be oblivious to alonso behind him, almost as if he got startled by Alonso just before the last corner. Then gunned it to get around the corner and out of the way when he realised Alonso was there, the car gets out of shape which probably compounded the problem.

Burkie1203 · 03-07-2021 5:39pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just in case anyone was going to give Croft undeserved credit (:pac:) the commentary is from earlier than the driver tracker is from.

Vettel has to get a penalty then he should make sure someone in the team is fired. Bad enough to block someone at all but once he wasn't going to get a lap in they should've got him out of the way.

Was there a directive from race control for no overtaking in turns 9 and 10 though? It was mentioned in comms in relation to Hamilton flying past everyone last week

Don't really see where Vettel can go there if that's the case

Burkie1203 · 03-07-2021 5:44pm

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/status/1411342124134678531?s=19

Frank Bullitt · 03-07-2021 5:58pm

RB seemed to save their pace for when it mattered.

quokula · 03-07-2021 6:04pm

Looks like Bottas overtook Vettel then slowed right down, Vettel then had no choice but to back off, and both he and his team were caught out by this leading Alonso to come up on him when he had nowhere to go.

Mazepin got a lot of bad press for queue jumping a few races ago, then Hamilton did it last week and nobody seemed to complain so this week you had both Mercs and both Red Bulls get in on it, which ultimately destroyed qualifying for both Vettel and Alonso. They need to properly sort this out, as long as you have these short sessions and tyres that need such careful preparation we’re going to have more problems.

F1 2021 Round 9 : Austrian GP

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