Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted August 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2020 Oh he's back out. Just now, nudge said: Nah, hes on the track again I've got @Michael-esque delays when I watch F1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted August 16, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted August 16, 2020 Just now, Stan said: Oh he's back out. I've got @Michael-esque delays when I watch F1. No worries, he's in the pits now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted August 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stan said: Leclerc out @nudge I was actually right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted August 16, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Stan said: @nudge I was actually right Visionary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted August 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2020 I don't get why they have to see Charles sweating his ass off in the garages to realise it's fucking hot in the car and out on the track. What did they expect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted August 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2020 Great defence from Sainz! Probably won't last as Albon has fresher tyres but could be a good battle for 10th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Bottas has to attack Max now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Vettel has a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Nearly dozed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted August 16, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted August 16, 2020 Can't wait for Spa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted August 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2020 Bottas for fastest lap prediction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Vettel was my driver of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,615 Posted August 16, 2020 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2020 Did Ferrari ask Seb for a strategy? What a circus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMG 227 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Hope this lifts Seb's spirits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 If Vettel should manage to win a race with Ferrari ever again - which I don't expect, they should play this instead of the Italian anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,663 Posted August 16, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted August 16, 2020 Boring race, boring season. Bottas with another Groundhog Day race. Bad start, can't find the pace to rescue a top two finish despite having a much superior car. Red Bull fucked Albon's strategy by putting him on the hard tyre but his pace at the end was extremely poor. He couldn't catch Vettel who was on older, softer tyres. Vettel did okay but he ended up 7th with some decent tyre management. His pace was still poor and I wouldn't really call this race a step forward for him. Sainz should have had driver of the day instead of him. Gasly and Raikkonen are the others who deserve credit for today's race. I know Williams are improving but those bottom three teams are just so boring. There's absolutely no element of Haas, Alfa or Williams turning up to a track that plays to the strengths of their car and mixing it with the Renaults or Alpha Tauris. Other years you get a lot more variation in the competitive order between races but that's really been lacking this year, everything is just so predictable. I missed qualifying yesterday but I could have told you the entire grid within 2-3 positions with very few exceptions. Part of this is because we've had multiple races on the same tracks but we need more variety. Nothing against Hamilton but unless one of the other teams manages to step up to Mercedes' standard or they put a competitive team-mate in the other car, the sport will continue to be stagnant. Next year is going to be the exact same as this one and he won't even have to work hard to smash all of Schumacher's records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 29 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Boring race, boring season. Bottas with another Groundhog Day race. Bad start, can't find the pace to rescue a top two finish despite having a much superior car. Red Bull fucked Albon's strategy by putting him on the hard tyre but his pace at the end was extremely poor. He couldn't catch Vettel who was on older, softer tyres. Vettel did okay but he ended up 7th with some decent tyre management. His pace was still poor and I wouldn't really call this race a step forward for him. Sainz should have had driver of the day instead of him. Gasly and Raikkonen are the others who deserve credit for today's race. I know Williams are improving but those bottom three teams are just so boring. There's absolutely no element of Haas, Alfa or Williams turning up to a track that plays to the strengths of their car and mixing it with the Renaults or Alpha Tauris. Other years you get a lot more variation in the competitive order between races but that's really been lacking this year, everything is just so predictable. I missed qualifying yesterday but I could have told you the entire grid within 2-3 positions with very few exceptions. Part of this is because we've had multiple races on the same tracks but we need more variety. Nothing against Hamilton but unless one of the other teams manages to step up to Mercedes' standard or they put a competitive team-mate in the other car, the sport will continue to be stagnant. Next year is going to be the exact same as this one and he won't even have to work hard to smash all of Schumacher's records. Being honest I can't hack another race like today. The opening race kind of gave us all false hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted August 16, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Tommy said: Did Ferrari ask Seb for a strategy? What a circus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted August 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2020 'Okay, here's a task for you'. I know drivers know their cars inside out but it shouldn't really be up to the drivers to dictate strategy. It should be a team effort with steady, calm conversation with your engineer and you just don't see/hear that with Vettel and his. It just seems like a lot of effort for Seb to get any productivity or confidence from his engineer. Not that it should be down to him to do that. Seb puts more effort in trying to get stuff out of his engineer than it ever should. A hindrance to his own driving at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,615 Posted August 16, 2020 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 hours ago, nudge said: Damn, Seb basically had to do all the math for them. What a team. "Here's a task for you" sounds so condescending, like a teacher giving out homework to a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted August 16, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted August 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tommy said: Damn, Seb basically had to do all the math for them. What a team. "Here's a task for you" sounds so condescending, like a teacher giving out homework to a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Bottas on the ropes https://www.planetf1.com/news/mercedes-valtteri-bottas-spanish-gp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,615 Posted August 17, 2020 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2020 Best of team radio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted August 17, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 17, 2020 41 minutes ago, Tommy said: Best of team radio! For such a low-quality race there's certainly a lot of unhappy drivers on Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Haven't been able to watch 1 second...but gauging my the margin of victory...it appears that it was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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