Pirelli did a good job for Mercedes. Lucky for us it's only 3 races this season where Pirelli will cover for their car's weakness.
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The mercedes are starting on the soft as well. so no advantage there to any team.
i agree that with a good start, they should have every chance of winning it. just hope that Max doesn't hit anyone at the first corner.
What's up with the new Pirelli tyres? Vettel said Toto and Horner asked for a change 
Just read about it and i was asking. Vettel not so happy with it.
That's called good strategy. Or maybe he just didn't have it in him on the soft. Spent whole Q2 complaining about the debris on the track too, might have had something to do as well
Either way, his qualifying lap was incredible. Give him credit for that
If anything the question should be why the ferraris were so much slower in Q3
Think Ferrari didn't make the right call with their tyres.
Mercs will start on super softs if I am not mistaken.
Softs, they set their fastest time on softs in Q2 (Q2 decides the starting compound)
Thanks. Thought they set their fastest time on the red walled tyres in Q2.
Hamilton did a dummy lap (slowing down right before the line) in Q2. Don’t remember Bottas going out on Supers in Q2
"It is rubbish. All the teams had very heavy blistering in testing - Red Bull, Ferrari and ourselves".
But it seems Ferrari was fine with its tyres and didn't ask for a change.
Roll on to the race though.
But it seems Ferrari was fine with its tyres and didn't ask for a change.
Roll on to the race though.
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Well, clearly Pirelli didn't do it to help Mercedes, i agree with Lewis on this one, but it did help Mercedes nonetheless, and Toto saying that they gave feedback to Pirelli just because of security and blistering well, give me a break, if they didn't think it would suit them more, they wouldn't have made those feedback, it's not surprising that Vettel on thursday, before any pratice session was wary of this change, Ferrari knew that it would help their rivals.
Even if the tire overheated well, it's the same for everyone, even if they wouldn't have lasted long 'like toto said', well, use the soft, use the medium .... again, it's the same for everyone.
Pirelli shouldn't change things mid-season like that, this situation has been created by them, they should face up to the backlash from the fans.
Exactly. Toto looks a nice lad, but he is a big tool in the end.
Same as Horner, the media friendly bosses are all like that. he wasn't going to say that the change was made to help them, but he should have at least aknowledged that it did, help them, there's no shame in that.
Is rain on the cards today?
Yep, everyone saw it.
It's sunny atm.
The BBC just said clouds are close and 80% of rain.
Any chance before the start of the race? Don't want Alonso starting on used SSs...
All I heard was the BBC saying FIA reporting an 80% chance of rain during the race. We've heard this before and never does so we'll see.
Yep, they just confirmed it on the italian TV. Would be interesting if it happened.
There's black cloudy sky. Are they sure its not gonna rain at some point of this race?
Crashstappen for a good bet? Is he gonna hit Kimi or Seb today? 
Oh and Lewis's hairstyle
Doesn't look like we'll get rain. Start should be good though, the pole sitter lost out in F2 and F3 and Lewis has failed to convert pole into a turn one lead here in the last two years.
It looks very cloudy over the mountains, tbh.
Long since given up on his hair , he does it to get the attention and just like a kid who throws a tantrum for the same reason , ignore it and they will stop.Oh and Lewis's hairstyle
Great start from Seb! He is 2nd now!
WHAT A CRASH! SF ON!
Could be a red flag that.
FFS Hulkenburg took out , my Fantasy takes a hit in the first lap .
As always stupid Grosjean
Grosjean's an absolute idiot, should be sitting out the next race if Haas don't kick him out.
missed it , what did he do , was he the one who spin ?
That was a huge mistake from Grosjean! Really dangerous.
Good start from Seb
Ouch, K-Mag was on Grosjean line by the look of it. Nonetheless, both of Haas's drivers are idiot