Formula 1
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MB appear to have worked out what was causing the porpoising. They're now running lower to the ground and the car has genuine pace.
George Russell starts on the second row next to the second Ferrari. Behind them, Perez and seven time world champion Hamilton. Predictably Leclerc and Max are on the front row.
Catalunya circuit is great for bikes, not so much for cars. Traditionally very difficult to overtake. But Max's long run stints in practice still looked better as Ferrari try to get better tyre wear from their car.
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Someone will be looking for a new job in Ferrari's engine department.
Toto crying that a rule change should be mandated by the FIA to make his car competitive.
Red Bull storming away with both championships.
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@antipodean said in Formula 1 2022:
Someone will be looking for a new job in Ferrari's engine department.
Toto crying that a rule change should be mandated by the FIA to make his car competitive.
Red Bull storming away with both championships.
They can form a team with Mercedes Venturi effect expert, and make the Homer of F1
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Not F1, but I can’t be arsed finding the correct thread - and Hartley is ex F1! Another Le Mans 24 victory for him and his team
Toyota secure fifth consecutive victory as fans flock to Le Mans 24 Hours
The team of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa won in the No 8 GR010, finishing ahead of their sister car at the Circuit de la Sarthe
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@Machpants It's difficult to say this without seeming dickish, but Toyota are racing themselves. There's no other manufacturers like Audi or Porsche in the category.
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Toto Wolff 'fed up' with Lewis Hamilton amid replacement thoughts
LEWIS HAMILTON has looked out of sorts for Mercedes during the first half of the season.
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Cracking race at Silverstone. Big accident on opening lap. Zhou Guanyu ended up wedged between the tyre barrier and fence. Very lucky the car didn't catch fire.
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@antipodean said in Formula 1 2022:
Cracking race at Silverstone. Big accident on opening lap. Zhou Guanyu ended up wedged between the tyre barrier and fence. Very lucky the car didn't catch fire.
One of those crashes where they don't show a replay for 15mins or so until they are sure the driver is alive and has all his limbs
Fun race but that was largely because Max's car was having issues
Drivers championship is currently grouped by manufacturer - RB, RB, Ferrari, Ferrari, Mercedes, Mercedes
Doubt anyone catches Max. At this stage I think the inter-team battles will be the most interesting - which Ferrari driver beats the other and can Lewis pass Russell?
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F1 cars are so much better at not going 'flamerino' (RAF aircrew term from the bad old days), and the halo obviously saved his life. Bit shit that Russell parked up and ran over to check on him/help, and then was out of the race cos the parking warden towed his car whilst he was out.
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@Machpants said in Formula 1 2022:
Bit shit that Russell parked up and ran over to check on him/help, and then was out of the race cos the parking warden towed his car whilst he was out.
Thats missing a step. He returned to the car and couldn't get it started. Then he left the car a second time and went back to his team. That's when it was put on the flatbed
He claims he asked the marshals to leave it. Not sure what the protocol is when they are tasked with clearing the track
edit - quote from Russell:
"I jumped out the car to see if Zhou was okay and I saw it was red flagged straight away but when I came back to the car, I couldn’t quite get it started for whatever reason, so I ran back to the team to check.I asked the marshals to leave the car and next thing, when I got back, the car was on the back of the flatbed which meant I couldn’t restart."
The TV coverage showed when he went back and tried to restart the car after checking on Zhou
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He wasn't getting that car around the track and back into the pits missing a rear wheel anyway.
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One of the best races in many a year.
Insane first start & as much as all the commentators say nobody wants to see this etc etc it is part of motor racing& does add to the drama. You know it's a big event though when they don't show replays for 15 minutes. Anyway, the racing at the start, the restart & then the last few laps was just brilliant. Plenty of proper overtaking spots.
Really does make you wonder why all these new tracks have not designed a much more racing friendly track. They may claim they have, but why does Silverstone year in, year out provide fantastic racing? What is the difference?
George Russell isn't the first racing driver to forget the truth after facing a penalty. There is of course a chance he could have been able to get the car started & then back around around the track without a rear tyre, but it was exceedingly unlikely.
Found part of me cheering for Hamilton yesterday which is a first ...
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The way Le Clerc got his comeuppance after constantly whining about Sainz was pretty tasty too. Unbelievable racing in the last ten laps, so exciting and yeah I was cheering Hamilton on too.
Was pretty odd when the commentators refused to even acknowledge Perez before the safety car let them go.
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@Bones to be fair Leclerc was obviously faster. Had Ferrari given him the reds during the safety car I believe he'd have won.
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@antipodean said in Formula 1 2022:
@Bones to be fair Leclerc was obviously faster. Had Ferrari given him the reds during the safety car I believe he'd have won.
Can't say I agree with that.
I think Sainz would have crashed out before he gave up the win. He had it set in his himself that he was winning and that was all there as to it.
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@MajorRage said in Formula 1 2022:
@antipodean said in Formula 1 2022:
@Bones to be fair Leclerc was obviously faster. Had Ferrari given him the reds during the safety car I believe he'd have won.
Can't say I agree with that.
I think Sainz would have crashed out before he gave up the win. He had it set in his himself that he was winning and that was all there as to it.
Leclerc would've easily overtaken him if Sainz was left out. The pace difference was considerable. On the same tyres Leclerc was faster and Sainz went by solely because he was on fresh, soft tyres.
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Liam lawson redbull f1 reserve driver now
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