Bottas losing power ?
F1 2021 Season
- Thread starter pauldyson1uk
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That penalty will make sure he will never do it again 
Looking like the championship will go down to the wire. Probably whoever finishes most races without mechanicals/crashes.
Massive shout out to the protesters at Old Trafford delaying kick off so I can watch the whole of this race
Haha it's been delayed?
Mazepin a whole minute behind Schumacher. Useless, horrible driver and man.
Yeah no time has been confirmed yet I think the fixture is in danger of not going ahead.
Why? Did they damage the pitch?
Stopping team buses I think. Could be wrong. You'll have to check the appropriate threads I don't want to talk to much about it in the f1 thread!
How do the drivers get their licences to race in F1?
Based on championship performance in the lower categories (F2, F3 etc)
Passing of an FIA theory test on knowledge of the F1 sporting codes and regulations when applying for the first time. When applying for the first time – Completion of either six races in Formula 2, or accumulated 25 Super Licence points in eligible championships during the previous three years.
Bottas, on new softs going for that extra point.
now Max coming on for the extra point
Mercedes basically gifting Verstappen a chance at the bonus point. Well done.
Cracking race from Lewis, bided his time at the start, waited for his chance took it and never looked back.
Bottas holding Max to help.
I enjoyed that race.
Bottas holding Max to help.
I enjoyed that race.
Hamilton is so good. Relentless.
Max was off track for his FL, he won’t keep it.
Track limits
yeah that backfired pretty bad
Max looks like he went if the track in turn 14. Wonder if it’ll be looked at, they’ve deleted times for that before.
Got away with it in the end.yeah that backfired pretty bad
Bit of a small own goal if Max gets to keep the fastest lap. Would have been better leaving it on Perez, as he is less likely to actually challenge for the championship
fastest lap scrubbed , track limits
Max just finding out during the interviews
Like Max needed any more reason to hate the silly track limit rules.
Portuguese Grand Prix Result
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | TIME | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 66 | 1:34:31.421 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA | 66 | +29.148s | 18 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | MERCEDES | 66 | +33.530s | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA | 66 | +39.735s | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 66 | +51.369s | 10 |
| 6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 66 | +55.781s | 8 |
| 7 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 66 | +63.749s | 6 |
| 8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ALPINE RENAULT | 66 | +64.808s | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 66 | +75.369s | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPHATAURI HONDA | 66 | +76.463s | 1 |
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 66 | +78.955s | 0 |
| 12 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI | 65 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES | 65 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES | 65 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | ALPHATAURI HONDA | 65 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 16 | 63 | George Russell | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 65 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | HAAS FERRARI | 64 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 18 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 64 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 19 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin | HAAS FERRARI | 64 | +2 laps | 0 |
| NC | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI | 1 | DNF | 0 |
Got distracted by the United protests and missed most of the race. Was it a good?
Not a shock that Bottas didn't win
Not a shock that Bottas didn't win
Worst of the season but still ok, Hamilton at least had to overtake Verstappen and Bottas on track. Kinda ran-away with it though.
another great performance from Norris.
He’s showing he can over take when needs be, but also make the tyres last when required. Really hope with the rule shake up next year they can battle with red bull / mercedes on true pace.
He’s showing he can over take when needs be, but also make the tyres last when required. Really hope with the rule shake up next year they can battle with red bull / mercedes on true pace.
Why are they silly?
The circuit has to have a boundary. And that is defined by the white lines.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. And drivers will always try to cover the shortest distance.
The track limits are the only fair way of applying the boundaries to all drivers.
Fantasy League standings after 3 Races
Standings after 3 races
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| 2nd | venkman | 314 | X | |
| 3rd | manoucha | 306 | X | |
| 4th | chaddyp | 294 | X | |
| 5th | emm | EMM | 294 | X |
| 6th | coleworld | 290 | X | |
| 7th | vangagal | 278 | X | |
| 8th | impulse | 277 | X | |
| 9th | christy87 | 276 | X | |
| 10th | tiber | 270 | X | |
| 11th | jtw95 | 270 | X | |
| 12th | evan7788 | 270 | X | |
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| 16th | f-red | 261 | X | |
| 17th | pauldyson1uk | 244 | X | |
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I suppose that means he their new test driver, right? They're not finally dumping Bottas I assume...
No it's just a 1 off treat for him, nothing official.I suppose that means he their new test driver, right? They're not finally dumping Bottas I assume...
That's all?! Ha...