Formula 1
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Perez goneburgers in Q1. Lawson thru by the skin of his teeth.
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..and Tsunoda a little quicker so far. He was 10th in Q1
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Perez goneburgers in Q1. Lawson thru by the skin of his teeth.
Perez is total dead weight
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Tsunoda is making Lawson sweat. They might promote him instead.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Tsunoda is making Lawson sweat. They might promote him instead.
Did Lawson make it to Q3?
Edit: I see he failed to advance from Q2. He's never raced in Las Vegas I believe, not bad
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Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
Basically last, can't really count Bottas.
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Reckon that’s sealed his fate. Best he can hope for is to keep his red bull seat. Yuki should get promoted and Perez fired
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
You have limited sets of tyres, could be something to do with that
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Obviously business in the US is going well
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@Machpants said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
You have limited sets of tyres, could be something to do with that
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360498764/how-las-vegas-gamble-turned-dud-bet-liam-lawson
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@Machpants said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
You have limited sets of tyres, could be something to do with that
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360498764/how-las-vegas-gamble-turned-dud-bet-liam-lawson
Thanks guys. Calling it a "low percentage play" is polite, it was a complete cock up. Obvious after the first stint that a one stop was never going to work and they a had a clue about the medium's longevity when Perez (I think) chewed them out after the first dozen or so laps.
I thought that the coms had said he had a medium set left? Even that would have made more sense for the last stint but maybe they had it wrong (or I did) and as you say @Machpants, all they had left was the hards. That actually makes the planning even worse though, doing 27ish of the 39ish they had to do on one set, and 11 on the other is just plain dumb. Sure, a few laps either way of half for an under or over cut, or some clear air / track position, but finishing with really good rubber is a real waste. Hope it doesn't cost Lawson too dearly...not that he was going that well anyway.
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Thankfully one dud race with reasons won't put the kaibosh on Liam's furture - I hope
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@Machpants said in Formula 1:
Thankfully one dud race with reasons won't put the kaibosh on Liam's furture - I hope
Despite what is written in the media, the teams have the telemetry, and know who is getting the best out of their cars. So if he is good enough, regardless of results, they know
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Good sprint qualifying for Lawson. He finished 10th.. he was 9th but had a time deleted
Perez 16th & Tsunoda 17th
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An absolute mare of a start saw Lawson drop from 10 to 17. Saving grace: Perez finished dead last in 20th.
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Lawson not great. But Perez managed to get himself eliminated while in 5th.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Lawson not great. But Perez managed to get himself eliminated while in 5th.
RB race pace was slow all weekend. Tsunoda 13th, Lawson 14th (15 cars finished). The sprint was Lawson 16th, Tsunoda 17th. Not much either can do when the pace wasn’t there
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Lawson not great. But Perez managed to get himself eliminated while in 5th.
RB race pace was slow all weekend. Tsunoda 13th, Lawson 14th (15 cars finished). The sprint was Lawson 16th, Tsunoda 17th. Not much either can do when the pace wasn’t there
Their cars are shit
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Sayonara Perez. Not even 1 lap.
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Lawson screwed by his team who didn’t tighten front left properly:(
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Max calling the stewards idiots for penalising him for doing his usual corner using the other car as a buffer and fuck the other driver's race.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Lawson screwed by his team who didn’t tighten front left properly:(
He was in eighth place at the time. Sounds like he drove a good race
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Lawson has done an ok job. Not bad, but not clearly superior to Tsunoda.
I think he needs a full season in RB to show his stuff properly. He doesn’t look like Red Bull quality. Yet.
Rumour mill of Bottas to Red Bull has quieted down, I thought that made a lot of sense. So who knows, fingers crossed for him.
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@MajorRage said in Formula 1:
Rumour mill of Bottas to Red Bull
Hadn't even heard that, only heard he's likely off to Mercedes.
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@MajorRage said in Formula 1:
Rumour mill of Bottas to Red Bull
Hadn't even heard that, only heard he's likely off to Mercedes.
Yeah that’s where it is now. A few weeks ago there was talk.
Be nice if he can stay in f1. Good driver to watch.
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@MajorRage said in Formula 1:
Good driver to watch
I missed when he was actually good and the only time I notice him now is generally when he's being passed easily.
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Gasny has been in great form but he’s ex red bull. Sainz would have been another choice. Hope Lawson gets it then we see what he can do in a proper car.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Lawson screwed by his team who didn’t tighten front left properly:(
He was in eighth place at the time. Sounds like he drove a good race
Eighth place not having pitted. He was heading for 10 to 14 but had to pit again to bolt tire properly.
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Pretty good points
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@Machpants said in Formula 1:
Pretty good points
It would be tough. Perez never seemed to come to grips with the car, it seems odd that they don't develop a more neutral car as a base. But opportunities like that don't come around very often. He'll grab it with both hands if offered
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Breaking news: Liam Lawson turns down Red Bull. Says he wants a car that’s “easier to drive”. Multiple other constructors reported to be lining up to sign the prodigious Kiwi talent.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Breaking news: Liam Lawson turns down Red Bull. Says he wants a car that’s “easier to drive”. Multiple other constructors reported to be lining up to sign the prodigious Kiwi talent.
Godammit I traded in my 08 Toyota Auris too early.
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