MUFC 1,503 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 3 races on the bounce Lewis has got off to monster starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Oh Vettel vs Charles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,669 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 This is dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 Ferrari fucked up both Seb's and Charles' stops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Make a call, tell Charles to let Vettel past. What is wrong with Ferrari? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Grossjean, the Russian, and Sainz seem to be having good races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 Norris takes Stroll out... Safety car! Could make things a little bit more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 So many pit stop errors. Toro Rosso screwed up now with both drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 . Lance and Lando are out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, nudge said: So many pit stop errors. Toro Rosso screwed up now with both drivers. That was a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Would really love to see one of the top two drivers not finish there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Haas almost had a mare there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 Hamilton pulling almost 4.5 seconds away from Bottas in just two laps Haas almost crashing into each other for the second time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 Come on Alex!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,622 Posted May 12, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 12, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 As my first year watching F1...all I can say is wtf???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 A boring race as usual in Barcelona... Brilliant start by Hamilton got him the win. Mercedes are just dominating this year. Ferrari screwed up as usual and it doesn't look like their upgraded PU is much of an improvement... Also absolutely rubbish strategy calls. Complete clusterfuck of a team. Good job by Max to finish on the podium ahead of both Seb and Charles. Also very impressed with his patience in the first corner where he backed out to observe the fight between the top three and then capitalised on Vettel's lock up. RB seem to have closed the gap to Ferrari but Gasly still fails to deliver. Toro Rosso and Haas both pretty impressive in terms of car performance levels. It's a pity Alex couldn't overtake Grosjean there and get another point for himself in the end though. Kvyat with a good race. Expected a bit more from McLaren to be honest... Sainz getting into the points was a combination of his great last stint and the safety car; otherwise the race pace was far from impressive. Renault's PU upgrade for reliability might be working; both cars finishing without any technical issues. Still no real pace and the car handling seems to be pretty poor. A horrible weekend for Sauber... Not even Kimi managed to turn things around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Eco said: As my first year watching F1...all I can say is wtf???? Yeah such one team domination certainly doesn't do any favours in attracting and keeping new spectators... But then everything Mercedes do is just spot on. Team management, car development, strategy, pit stops... Meanwhile, Ferrari are just a mess and keep screwing themselves in one way or another every race weekend. The rest of the field just can't compete financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, nudge said: Yeah such one team domination certainly doesn't do any favours in attracting and keeping new spectators... But then everything Mercedes do is just spot on. Team management, car development, strategy, pit stops... Meanwhile, Ferrari are just a mess and keep screwing themselves in one way or another every race weekend. The rest of the field just can't compete financially. Which means that the sport is only interesting really between 6th and the bottom two (aka Williams). The rest of the field is set in one order or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Cannabis said: I don't mind the Mercedes domination, it's not like they are PSG and have bought their way to success. They have got where they are for the reasons @nudge mentioned, they are an amazing force that doesn't seem to be going away. I'm sorry - but when it's not even competitive, it's boring. Safety car came out today and within 2 laps both Mercedes were ahead by 3 seconds already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Eco said: Which means that the sport is only interesting really between 6th and the bottom two (aka Williams). The rest of the field is set in one order or another. It looks like RB could be able to challenge Ferrari for the rest of the season; although I'm not sure how good their car is for real - whether Verstappen's performances are flattering and the car isn't that great or the car is indeed good and Gasly is just extremely underperforming... Still, even with RB potentially challenging Ferrari for P3 and P4 every race as well as for the second place in the Constructor's standings, the Championship definitely gets boring when one team enjoys such dominance as Mercedes do with 1-2 five times in a row so far this season... That's not good for attracting interest but I'm not sure what could be done. You can't penalise a team just because it is much better than their competition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 55 minutes ago, nudge said: It looks like RB could be able to challenge Ferrari for the rest of the season; although I'm not sure how good their car is for real - whether Verstappen's performances are flattering and the car isn't that great or the car is indeed good and Gasly is just extremely underperforming... Still, even with RB potentially challenging Ferrari for P3 and P4 every race as well as for the second place in the Constructor's standings, the Championship definitely gets boring when one team enjoys such dominance as Mercedes do with 1-2 five times in a row so far this season... That's not good for attracting interest but I'm not sure what could be done. You can't penalise a team just because it is much better than their competition... No - you certainly can't do anything. Just part of the sport. It's like Watching Serie A FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Question is what has happened to Ferrari? Have they sacrificed some down force/cornering speed for more straight line speed? Either they have gone backwards or Merc have pushed on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUFC 1,503 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 If true, WTF is wrong with them. https://www.planetf1.com/news/communication-issues-over-strategy-says-sebastian-vettel/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber JoshBRFC+ 1,388 Posted May 12, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 12, 2019 F1 is boring when Hamilton wins. It's amazing again when he doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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