God is Haaland 618 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Alonso made it into Q2 by the slimmest margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Hülkenberg's propulsion system got a defect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Honda's engine is that bad anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Either this is a very bad performance by Bottas who has not regainded confidence yet or he was baby sitting his tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) I knew Bottas had some problem with his new car, but Jesus Christ! This is not the most technically demanding track and Mercedes should still be faster than Ferrari, although the gap is not as big as last season. Dog shit performance from Bottas. Edited April 7, 2018 by BartraPique1932 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,330 Posted April 7, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 7, 2018 Brilliant by Gasly, P6 tomorrow. It's a pity Hartley missed Q2 by such a small margin, but still, a very good performance by Toro Rosso. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,330 Posted April 7, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 7, 2018 We should be in for a good race tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,672 Posted April 7, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 7, 2018 22 minutes ago, BartraPique1932 said: I knew Bottas had some problem with his new car, but Jesus Christ! This is not the most technically demanding track and Mercedes should still be faster than Ferrari, although the gap is not as big as last season. Dog shit performance from Bottas. What? Hamilton couldn't keep up with Ferrari either. They were just faster today. If Mercedes have the race pace tomorrow he could easily take the victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 23 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: What? Hamilton couldn't keep up with Ferrari either. They were just faster today. If Mercedes have the race pace tomorrow he could easily take the victory. Hamilton has a different strategy, because of the penalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,672 Posted April 7, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 7, 2018 1 hour ago, BartraPique1932 said: Hamilton has a different strategy, because of the penalty. I think it was pretty clear all weekend that Ferrari have the edge at least over a single lap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 35 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: I think it was pretty clear all weekend that Ferrari have the edge at least over a single lap. Hamilton topped Kimi on yellow tires in Q2. Mercedes still have more engine power, but the halo might affect them more in a negative way than Ferarri, because both cars have a fundamentally different areo design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,672 Posted April 7, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 7, 2018 Lol, such rhetoric. Bottas is no elite driver but he gets all this flak when he did better than Kimi last year. Also last week people were saying Bottas not good enough for Mercedes because he crashed in qualifying. Didn't hear a peep about Max pointing his car the wrong way for the second weekend running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,672 Posted April 7, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cannabis said: I was going to go into detail about the whole grid like I usually do but have a thumping headache so am calling it a day. To be in the elite as Bottas is then you have to get poles and win races, Valtierri just doesn't seem able to do that. Like I said I'm not saying he's in the elite but I just find it weird people are getting on his back today when he couldn't have done more. Qualified within a tenth or two of the Ferraris who were both driving what was clearly a superior car to the limit. Bottas did get a couple of poles and a couple of decent wins last year. He lost his way in the second half of the season while Hamilton was in a class of his own. He's the perfect second driver for Mercedes, allowed Hamilton to canter to the championship last season whilst outperforming Kimi comfortably to bring home the Constructors title. If you're asking whether he's good enough to take over when Lewis leaves Mercedes that's a different question. I wouldn't rule it out depending on when that time comes but there are plenty of doubts for the time being and many drivers who will be gunning to replace him if the pecking order remains similar to what it is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,672 Posted April 7, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 7, 2018 This was the battle in the F2 race earlier for 2nd place between the Brazilian Sette Camara and Russian Markelov who started the race from the pitlane after stalling on the starting grid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,403 Posted April 7, 2018 Administrator Share Posted April 7, 2018 @RandoEFC some great footage there. 1) - that move at 2mins is superb from Markelov and equally so by Sette Camara to just about avoid the side-swiping on the back of Markelov and take back 2nd. 2) - that foreign co-commentator is hilarious. he needs to take a breath sometimes though 3) - how many of these drivers will realistically make it in to F1? Does it even work like that, like a feeder system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,672 Posted April 7, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, Stan said: @RandoEFC some great footage there. 1) - that move at 2mins is superb from Markelov and equally so by Sette Camara to just about avoid the side-swiping on the back of Markelov and take back 2nd. 2) - that foreign co-commentator is hilarious. he needs to take a breath sometimes though 3) - how many of these drivers will realistically make it in to F1? Does it even work like that, like a feeder system? Almost all of the current grid came through F2, most of them were in there when it was called GP2 though but it was essentially the same thing. I went to the British GP in 2010 and 2011. I can't remember which year it was but we watched all of the feeder series including GP2 (featuring Sergio Perez and Pastor Maldonado), GP3 (featuring Esteban Gutierrez) and Formula BMW (featuring Carlos Sainz Jr). Lewis Hamilton came into F1 as a GP2 champion, as did Maldonado and Hulkenberg if I remember correctly. Jolyon Palmer and Charles Leclerc more recently. The main exception are the Red Bull academy drivers who seem to take different routes through the feeder series before getting a chance at Toro Rosso. However the FIA have set it up nicely now that there is a clear route through GP3 and F2 to get to Formula 1, with both of those series attached to most F1 race weekends. It's also good that Sky Sports F1 have the rights and show all of the qualifying and races if you're minded to watch the up and comers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,330 Posted April 8, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 8, 2018 Also worth mentioning that both Formula 2 and Formula 3 are spec series, so the teams have very limited changes they can make to the car, making the racing very competitive. Due to smaller performance gaps between cars, the focus is primarily on individual skills of the driver, making it a very good system for a feeder series/talent identification, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,672 Posted April 8, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 8, 2018 F2 second race is underway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,330 Posted April 8, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 8, 2018 Three cars stalled on start, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,628 Posted April 8, 2018 Moderator Share Posted April 8, 2018 There's a General Motorsport Topic for this kind of stuff Either way, choo choo motherfuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,672 Posted April 8, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 8, 2018 F2 and F3 stuff belongs in here. Motorbikes and touring cars etc can go in the general motorsports thread . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) Kimi to overtake Vettel at the start & win this GP, because overtaking is almost impossible. BWOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Edited April 8, 2018 by BartraPique1932 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozziovai 195 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 16 hours ago, RandoEFC said: This was the battle in the F2 race earlier for 2nd place between the Brazilian Sette Camara and Russian Markelov who started the race from the pitlane after stalling on the starting grid. when they both saw the pit lane banner FINAL LAP ...... those two say elvis's it's now or never ... very nice. back to f1. i hope kimi will make a good start and take the lead on the first lap until the last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,403 Posted April 8, 2018 Administrator Share Posted April 8, 2018 Bottas jumps in to 2nd from the start. Very busy opening lap! Looks like Hamilton lost a spot and Verstappen gained one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,403 Posted April 8, 2018 Administrator Share Posted April 8, 2018 Verstappen overtakes Hamilton but got a puncture in the process! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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