F1 2020: Round 13: Emilia Romagma GP.

artanevilla · 31-10-2020 2:45pm

Red Bull mechanics should get a big bonus at the end of the season.

jammiedodgers · 31-10-2020 2:48pm

Some job by Red Bull. Think Ted said it would usually take them 15 minutes to change a spark plug.

Jordan 199 · 31-10-2020 2:49pm

It's a great looking circuit.

Man with broke phone · 31-10-2020 2:49pm

What happened force india, im out and about missing it.

flazio · 31-10-2020 2:50pm

Cool_CM wrote: »

David Croft "Red Bull have never qualified over 14th at Imola"

:rolleyes:

Unless you count their time as McLaren's works supplier or their previous incarnations as Tyrell or BAR (think it was gone by the time Honda went Works and certainly gone by Brawn). Mercedes Benz haven't qualified at Imola full stop.
Come to think of it, what about Stewart or Jaguar's performance here?

Cool_CM · 31-10-2020 2:51pm

Given the amount of gravel they have been brushing away in the breaks, looks like we'll be on for a safety car or 2 tomorrow

wally1990 · 31-10-2020 2:53pm

Man with broke phone wrote: »

What happened force india, im out and about missing it.

Lawrence Stroll acquire /bought them out and they are now Racing Point

This is it · 31-10-2020 2:54pm

Man with broke phone wrote: »

What happened force india, im out and about missing it.

Not sure about Perez but Stroll had times deleted

skipper_G · 31-10-2020 2:54pm

Albon again, jesus

wally1990 · 31-10-2020 2:54pm

This is it wrote: »

Not sure about Perez but Stroll had times deleted

Is that what he meant hahaha
Completely misjudged the post

skipper_G · 31-10-2020 2:56pm

wally1990 wrote: »

Is that what he meant hahaha
Completely misjudged the post

Well it made me laugh

Cool_CM · 31-10-2020 2:59pm

flazio wrote: »

Unless you count their time as McLaren's works supplier or their previous incarnations as Tyrell or BAR (think it was gone by the time Honda went Works and certainly gone by Brawn). Mercedes Benz haven't qualified at Imola full stop.
Come to think of it, what about Stewart or Jaguar's performance here?

Irvine qualified 7th in a Jaguar there in 2000. Rubens and Johnny Herbert qualified over 14th there in Stewarts too. Its so long ago though that it was just a stupid stat to mention - Red Bull were a very different operation in 2006 :pac:

Cool_CM · 31-10-2020 3:02pm

Well done Bottas. How many corners do you give him before Lewis is ahead tomorrow?

skipper_G · 31-10-2020 3:02pm

Bottas on pole, so when will Hamilton pass him tomorrow, at the start or in the pit stop phase?

Burkie1203 · 31-10-2020 3:03pm

skipper_G wrote: »

Bottas on pole, so when will Hamilton pass him tomorrow, at the start or in the pit stop phase?

by turn 1

Jordan 199 · 31-10-2020 3:04pm

Gasly 4th. Excellent job.

Joeface · 31-10-2020 3:06pm

Team of the Qual .. Alpha Tauri P4 & P8 .

Some drive from Gasly for that .

jammiedodgers · 31-10-2020 3:13pm

skipper_G wrote: »

Bottas on pole, so when will Hamilton pass him tomorrow, at the start or in the pit stop phase?

As soon as DRS is activated.

Top Dog · 31-10-2020 4:30pm

Albon had a bit of a nightmare, but recovered to end up 6th for tomorrow which isn't the worst. Am I right in thinking he'll be starting on soft tyres while others around him are on medium? He has to get a good start (for a change tomorrow) to gain some places before his tyres go off, and his starts aren't really the best so we'll see what happens.

Bottas will be in 2nd by the end of the first lap, possibly even 3rd of Max gets a good start.

Burkie1203 · 31-10-2020 5:28pm

Hopeful we gets few safety cars tomorrow. Can see a few cars stuck in gravel in the last few corners.

Charlie-Bravo · 31-10-2020 5:41pm

The tyres were holding up well during Free practice this morning so I reckon we'll have a one-stopper race, with those on the mediums going until around lap 20-25 like last week, then going onto the hards. I also reckon the softs, which is the C4 compound will be able to last towards lap 15-20.

I am hoping the lack of track running will catch a few drivers out causing an upset/something to watch.

chicorytip · 31-10-2020 5:53pm

jammiedodgers wrote: »

Some job by Red Bull. Think Ted said it would usually take them 15 minutes to change a spark plug.

Why should it take an entire team of mechanics that long to change a spark plug? How long would they take to change a light bulb-a job entailing a similar level of complexity?

Harika · 31-10-2020 8:23pm

chicorytip wrote: »

Why should it take an entire team of mechanics that long to change a spark plug? How long would they take to change a light bulb-a job entailing a similar level of complexity?

I was wondering too, seemed like an excessive amount of time with a sudden 66 percent reduction in time needed

Top Dog · 31-10-2020 8:52pm

chicorytip wrote: »

Why should it take an entire team of mechanics that long to change a spark plug? How long would they take to change a light bulb-a job entailing a similar level of complexity?

Probably because of the amount of bodywork and engine bits that need removing to access it? Not like you can just pop the bonnet and have simple access

31-10-2020 8:58pm

jammiedodgers wrote: »

As soon as DRS is activated.

Nah, Hamilton will either get him on lap one or let him blow his tyres for 6 laps then get him.

El_Duderino 09 · 31-10-2020 10:13pm

Harika wrote: »

I was wondering too, seemed like an excessive amount of time with a sudden 66 percent reduction in time needed

I just presume there are procedures and checklists to comply with under normal circumstances. I’d bet they have to check every part they remover get to the spark plug, inspect it for damage and replace it if necessary. So they allow x minutes to change a spark plug and comply with all the precautions.

So under pressure the precautions go out the window and a spark plug change might actually take much less time than the scheduled time suggests

tipp_tipp_tipp · 31-10-2020 10:45pm

RTE's coverage of qualy here 20 years ago:

Joeface · 31-10-2020 11:39pm

Interesting enough Long Times from today .

Driver Softs Mediums Hards
Lewis Hamilton 1m 19.5s (6 laps) 1m 18.8s (6 laps) 0
Valtteri Bottas 1m 19.7s (11 laps) 1m 19.2s (12 laps) 0
Max Verstappen 1m 19.7s (6 laps) 0 1m 18.9s (11 laps)
Pierre Gasly 0 1m 18.5s (16 laps) 0
Daniil Kvyat 0 1m 18.9s (16 laps) 0
Esteban Ocon 1m 19.7s (10 laps) 0 1m 19.5s (11 laps)
Alexander Albon 1m 19.9s (13 laps) 0 0
Sergio Perez 1m 20.0s (12 laps) 0 0
Carlos Sainz Jr 1m 20.1s (6 laps) 1m 20.0s (6 laps) 0
Lance Stroll 1m 20.1s (11 laps) 0 0
Daniel Ricciardo 1m 20.3 (8 laps) 0 0
Sebastian Vettel 0 0 1m 20.5s (14 laps)
Charles Leclerc 1m 20.9 (11 laps) 0 0

El_Duderino 09 · 01-11-2020 12:18am

Joeface wrote: »

Interesting enough Long Times from today .

Driver Softs Mediums Hards
Lewis Hamilton 1m 19.5s (6 laps) 1m 18.8s (6 laps) 0
Valtteri Bottas 1m 19.7s (11 laps) 1m 19.2s (12 laps) 0
Max Verstappen 1m 19.7s (6 laps) 0 1m 18.9s (11 laps)
Pierre Gasly 0 1m 18.5s (16 laps) 0
Daniil Kvyat 0 1m 18.9s (16 laps) 0
Esteban Ocon 1m 19.7s (10 laps) 0 1m 19.5s (11 laps)
Alexander Albon 1m 19.9s (13 laps) 0 0
Sergio Perez 1m 20.0s (12 laps) 0 0
Carlos Sainz Jr 1m 20.1s (6 laps) 1m 20.0s (6 laps) 0
Lance Stroll 1m 20.1s (11 laps) 0 0
Daniel Ricciardo 1m 20.3 (8 laps) 0 0
Sebastian Vettel 0 0 1m 20.5s (14 laps)
Charles Leclerc 1m 20.9 (11 laps) 0 0

I’ve no idea what to make of that. Gasley is fastest on that list - a second faster than Hamilton.
If you take it as indicative then Gasley might be a good shout for a podium if any of the top three don’t finish.

Jordan 199 · 01-11-2020 3:57am

Race starts at 12:10 PM.

F1 2020: Round 13: Emilia Romagma GP.

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