F1 2020 Season

[pauldyson1uk]

OUT IN Q2

11. Sergio Perez, Racing Point

12. Esteban Ocon, Renault

13. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

14. George Russell, Williams

15. Lance Stroll, Racing Point

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Red Bull pulled that one back well.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Q3 should be a close one

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Lewis setting the pace Bottas second Max 3rd

 

[Redplane]

Lewis setting the pace Bottas second Max 3rd

Rinse, repeat.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Rinse, repeat.

yeap

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Bottas takes Pole

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Clean sweep for Bottas, Pole and fastest in all 3 sections.

1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	fastest lap 1:14.221	fastest lap 1:14.585	fastest lap 1:13.609
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	1:14.229	1:14.643	1:13.706
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	1:15.034	1:14.974	1:14.176
4	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	1:15.183	1:14.681	1:14.502
5	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	1:15.474	1:14.953	1:14.520
6	Alexander Albon		Red Bull	1:15.402	1:14.745	1:14.572
7	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	1:15.123	1:15.017	1:14.616
8	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	1:15.412	1:15.022	1:14.696
9	Lando Norris		McLaren	1:15.274	1:15.051	1:14.814
10	Carlos Sainz Jnr		McLaren	1:15.528	1:15.027	1:14.911
11	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	1:15.407	1:15.061	not available-
12	Esteban Ocon		Renault	1:15.352	1:15.201	not available-
13	George Russell		Williams	1:15.760	1:15.323	not available-
14	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	1:15.571	1:15.385	not available-
15	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	1:15.822	1:15.494	not available-
16	Romain Grosjean		Haas	1:15.918	not available-	not available-
17	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	1:15.939	not available-	not available-
18	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	1:15.953	not available-	not available-
19	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	1:15.987	not available-	not available-
20	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	1:16.208	not available-	not available-

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Hard track to pass on , the start is vital.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Nice Senna tribute helmet

 

[pauldyson1uk]

looks like Lewis has a problem with his seat.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

First race at Imola I have watched since 94

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Max in second , good start.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Strolls front wing, still on the track, just of the racing line, to move it would need a safety car.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Bottas , Lewis and Max pulling away 7 seconds ahead of Danial in 4th

 

[Redplane]

Insane how quickly Bottas, Hamilton and Max are already running well ahead of the pack again.

 

[Evans999]

If lewis was leading this race, he'd be at least 4 seconds plus clear of verstappen by now

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Gasly is pitting and out by the sounds of it.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

barring car fault or a bad pit, don't see the top 3 changing

 

[pauldyson1uk]

pits are starting early and most are putting hards on

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Max pits first and puts on the hards, 1.1 second slower that the mediums.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Bottas come in now , also on the hards.
Wonder how much Lewis has in his softs , could see a few laps of hammer time to get a bit of a lead.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Bottas has damage on his floor, will affect him, riding the curbs

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Lewis is trying to get a pit in front of Bottas, its about 27 seconds, 25.5 right now, could be working.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Lewis staying out, they want him to stay out for 10 more laps, this could be race winning strategy.
Pit put the softs on and blast past Bottas and Max.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Lewis and Bottas both with track limit warnings

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Ocon is out. clutch gone.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Lewis in now a pit stop ahead of Bottas, just.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

OMG Christmas early for Lewis, VSC.
Race winning VSC for Lewis.

 

[Evans999]

Race ruined by the VSC

 

[elmo]

I swear Lewis sold his soul to the devil.

His luck is unbelievable.

 

[Redplane]

The last thing this race needed was that VSC at that moment.
May as well go to sleep now re the top 3.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Race ruined by the VSC

Cant agrue with that.
Merc were already pitting and it was heading for a good scrap, but yeah the VSC has handed the race to Lewis.
Bottas has floor problems, Max should catch him.

 

[Buster15]

OMG Christmas early for Lewis, VSC.
Race winning VSC for Lewis.

Indeed. But Hamilton made the opportunity by delivering those fast lap times.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Seb having a good race, getting his dog of a car to 4th.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Indeed. But Hamilton made the opportunity by delivering those fast lap times.

He did ,, and he would have been just in front.

 

[SilentWitness]

I swear Lewis sold his soul to the devil.

His luck is unbelievable.

What goes around comes around and all that. Hit with some bad luck during the Rosberg/Rookie title fights.

 

[sewey89]

That VSC was insane

Literally just long enough for Lewis to benefit and nobody else and called at the perfect time for Lewis to pull in!

I think he’d have won anyway with the gap he was growing on the mediums.

Bottas is wank

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Bottas damaged car on lap 2 and it caused significant damage.
Bottas is doing what Bottas does, Max will take him.

 

[Hephaestus]

Indeed. But Hamilton made the opportunity by delivering those fast lap times.

And keeping his tyres going as well despite the higher degradation than expected.