Formula 1 2021

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Hamilton will be in now

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Max back out in front after Hamilton’s pit

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Stroll doing a nice job so far, considering brakes on fire 🔥 before the race

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Oh my Hamilton!!!!!!

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Oh fuck, now a safety car.  Good for Hamilton 

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Helps Hamilton 

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Russell and Bottas.  Bad driving there

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Red flag

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

ClusterFuck now

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

I thought Bottas went a touch to the right.  Not sure though.  

[Fastbreak 3996]

What did Bottas do that they apologized for showing?

Edited April 18, 2021 by Fastbreak

[Fastbreak 3996]

I think it was Russell’s fault 

[LonghornSean 4036]

3 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

What did Bottas do that they apologized for showing?

Middle finger I think

Edited April 18, 2021 by LonghornSean

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Is Hamilton lapped?

[Fastbreak 3996]

Clearly Russell made the mistake 

[Jive Turkey 12722]

7 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Is Hamilton lapped?

That’s what they said on tv. 

[Goofyboy 3305]

Bottas moved to the right on Russel. Russel had no where to go but the grass. Lost traction and shot him into Bottas.

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

2 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

That’s what they said on tv. 

I hope so

[Jive Turkey 12722]

I’m leaning towards Bottas being in the wrong. 

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Here we go

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

I still think he drifted a bit to the right

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

So not lapped is Hamilton 

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Plenty of laps to go

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

But Hamilton is not gaining on Max

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

That Red Flag saved Hamilton 

[Goofyboy 3305]

But Hamilton is not gaining on Max

His race is for second at this point. He won’t catch Max unless Max makes a mistake.

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

3 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

His race is for second at this point. He won’t catch Max unless Max makes a mistake.

Yup

[PittsburghTiger 6239]

Good stuff.  My brother used to handle McLaren’s trademark work in Asia so I have always rooted a bit for their success. 
 

Norris is legit

[Starfleet Command 441]

Red Bull looks like they may be ready to put up a fight this season. Too bad Perez couldn’t keep his car on the track. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21112]

Can someone explain to me why during his stop just prior to the Russell/Bottas incident (looked like an unfortunate coincidence of independent bad luck/fault to me - not surprising if each guy blames the other), Lewis put on a set of scuffs instead of a set of brand new intermediate tires? I think he later put on a new set of slicks during the red flag, didn't he? 

[Anton Chigurh 3321]

Can someone explain to me why during his stop just prior to the Russell/Bottas incident (looked like an unfortunate coincidence of independent bad luck/fault to me - not surprising if each guy blames the other), Lewis put on a set of scuffs instead of a set of brand new intermediate tires? I think he later put on a new set of slicks during the red flag, didn't he? 

Not sure why they didn’t put a new set on at the first stop. Conditions were fine for slicks but seems like everyone else used a new set. Then when he came in for the stop after going off, he got a new set of mediums and a new nose.

On the restart I believe he was on those same mediums to the end.

[ChickenSandwich 9856]

Maybe Merc saw how slow the out lap for Max was and thought they might get better traction on the outlap with the used tires?

[TonyTexas 10567]

2 hours ago, Starfleet Command said:

Red Bull looks like they may be ready to put up a fight this season. Too bad Perez couldn’t keep his car on the track. 

Perez needs to step it up for RB to have a chance to beat Mercedes. I’m not sure he can stay in touch with Bottas. 

[VABuckeye 2472]

McLaren made a mistake not putting Norris on mediums.  Ferrari was very strong today. The race for third in Construtors will be fun this year.  Riccardio did Norris no favors by not defending Hamilton better. I thought Russell and Bottas both made mistakes in that incident. 
 

I hate the ability to unlap under red.  Those guys were fairly lapped.  Bullshit that they get a get out of jail free card to get back into the race. 

[Jive Turkey 12722]

4 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Perez needs to step it up for RB to have a chance to beat Mercedes. I’m not sure he can stay in touch with Bottas. 

i hope he does.  and not just because i like Checo.  i also want to see an end to Red Bull's revolving door for a second driver.

[Goofyboy 3305]

McLaren made a mistake not putting Norris on mediums.  Ferrari was very strong today. The race for third in Construtors will be fun this year.  Riccardio did Norris no favors by not defending Hamilton better. I thought Russell and Bottas both made mistakes in that incident. 
 
I hate the ability to unlap under red.  Those guys were fairly lapped.  Bullshit that they get a get out of jail free card to get back into the race. 

They are required to move out of the way to get lapped. Take that away and make front runners race to lap, and I would agree with you.

[wood 11574]

On 4/17/2021 at 8:12 AM, PittsburghTiger said:

I’m still not getting the enforcement of track limits

Neither is Michael Masi

[wood 11574]

9 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

That Red Flag saved Hamilton 

Indeed. 

[wood 11574]

6 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Maybe Merc saw how slow the out lap for Max was and thought they might get better traction on the outlap with the used tires?

Yeah that's what I was thinking, too.

[utee94 15878]

42 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

They are required to move out of the way to get lapped. Take that away and make front runners race to lap, and I would agree with you.

Absolutely.  I hate the blue flag.  Nobody should be forced to let themselves get lapped.  If a car truly is faster and worthy of being ahead, then they should be able to make the pass.  If you can't make the pass, you didn't earn the spot.

But let's be clear-- that's not what happened to Lewis.  He wasn't blue flagged and forced to give up spots. 

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by utee94

[wood 11574]

1 hour ago, VABuckeye said:

McLaren made a mistake not putting Norris on mediums.  Ferrari was very strong today. The race for third in Construtors will be fun this year.  Riccardio did Norris no favors by not defending Hamilton better. I thought Russell and Bottas both made mistakes in that incident. 
 

I hate the ability to unlap under red.  Those guys were fairly lapped.  Bullshit that they get a get out of jail free card to get back into the race. 

The DRS was too strong to keep the Merc behind when the lead car didn't have it. Look at the difference between the laps when both had it and when only the attacking car had it. When both had it, Lewis could hardly even get close. When only Lewis had it, he easily blew right by before the braking zone. 

Re: the unlapping, in this particular case, it was the difference between Lewis finishing 2nd vs finishing what, 7th?

[wood 11574]

1 hour ago, Jive Turkey said:

i hope he does.  and not just because i like Checo.  i also want to see an end to Red Bull's revolving door for a second driver.

I think Checo will be great in that car & it's just like Horner said ... he just needs more seat time. Once he gets comfortable he'll be a points machine like he always has been imho.

[VABuckeye 2472]

Agree on all points and the unlapping makes sense given the explanation. 

[ChickenSandwich 9856]

1 hour ago, utee94 said:

Absolutely.  I hate the blue flag.  Nobody should be forced to let themselves get lapped.  If a car truly is faster and worthy of being ahead, then they should be able to make the pass.  If you can't make the pass, you didn't earn the spot.

But let's be clear-- that's not what happened to Lewis.  He wasn't blue flagged and forced to give up spots. 

 

This. Fuck the blue flag. Do it like Indy car did today. No blue flag. 

[elfenix 34385]

Hamilton drives his car into the wall and somehow still ends up on second. What the shit.

Just before that with Max working through 5 cars in half a lap was astounding racing. 7 cars in about 100 meters

[elfenix 34385]

Anyway, on GP Sunday, Miami race confirmed for 2nd quarter of the year and 3 day weekends to remain b/c the promoters want that.

[wood 11574]

6 hours ago, elfenix said:

Anyway, on GP Sunday, Miami race confirmed for 2nd quarter of the year and 3 day weekends to remain b/c the promoters want that.

Yep.

:patsselfonback:

[Prepuce of Doom 21112]

Miami is going to be a shitshow.

I don't know any of the specifics, but I lived there long enough to know that it won't be done well, efficiently, sensibly, or economically. 

[wood 11574]

1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Miami is going to be a shitshow.

I don't know any of the specifics, but I lived there long enough to know that it won't be done well, efficiently, sensibly, or economically. 

So it's a lot like Austin then. Good to know!

[faps 809]

So I was watching Indy at Barber yesterday. That would be a bonkers track for F1, too short and narrow for the current boats though. Oh and it's in Alabama.