He got very unlucky with the Albon yellow flag in sector 1 - so he couldn't have a go back at Max straightaway in Ferrari's best sector. Beyond that it's probably down to setup - Ferrari used more downforce and Red Bull less drag. It's hard to pass on the corners in SA given the nature of the track and that's where Ferrari had their biggest speed delta - it was always going to be tough to catch up Max because the pure pace of the Red Bull on straights partially negated the boost from DRS.
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He got very unlucky with the Albon yellow flag in sector 1 - so he couldn't have a go back at Max straightaway in Ferrari's best sector. Beyond that it's probably down to setup - Ferrari used more downforce and Red Bull less drag. It's hard to pass on the corners in SA given the nature of the track and that's where Ferrari had their biggest speed delta - it was always going to be tough to catch up Max because the pure pace of the Red Bull on straights partially negated the boost from DRS.
there was some team radio a bit after the pit stops where RB were telling max that they thought Le clerk was being harder on his tyres so perhaps they were right
Surprised that more has not been made of George Russell drive in Saudi as well as Bahrain. Pretty good start in an obviously poor car.
He is doing all the right things by keeping his head down and driving well.
He is doing all the right things by keeping his head down and driving well.
bernie ecclestones (grandfather of f1) used to ensure that hamilton always won races and championships as this helped to cover up racist things he was responsible for in his past (one of his grandchildren was hitler.) he would often be heard to say “how can i be racist? i fix things so an untalented black driver wins all the time in the fastest car.”
then he got so old and so racist that he sold his f1 company to someone else who isn’t that bothered about hamilton winning all the time. so the mercedes car is slow now without all the outside interference and hamilton is being shown up for being really slow, even compared to a teammate whose face was clearly made in a factory.
How did Bernie do that?
by harvesting the souls of failed red bulll driver program drivers. luckily horner ensures he can churn through them at a pace that can sustain him.
Bernie could be a right &(a$ in his F1. If he thought you looked at him funny like you'd be in trouble, if he wanted such and such driver in a certain team it would happen.
He outperformed Hamilton massively at the last race, great under the radar 5th. I had no doubts he would fit right in, people won't really sit up and take notice until Mercedes are in amongst it though, he basically raced himself to 5th last race.
No need for patronizing smileys. I would be amazed if those messages weren't put out in the broadcast, would be great TV.like he's going to tell the live television broadcast his drivers are being bellends and ignoring the team orders. Tbf they did tell Ocon to hold station literally about 2 laps after they talked to him.
It's all well and good until they crash into eachother like Ocon/Perez used to do weekly.
Possibly true, but as above, I'm surprised they weren't broadcast if that were the case.
Precisely for the reasons I listed. But as I said, he took full advantage, and that is the key if he is to continue to win championships, which I am positive he will.
Mick Schumacher's crash in qualifying in Saudi Arabia last weekend could set back the Haas team by a hefty $1 million according to team boss Guenther Steiner.
Schumacher was thrown practically at full speed broadside into the barriers after running wide on to a kerb at Jeddah's treacherous Turn 10 near the end of the second segment of qualifying in Jeddah.
Although the young German took a good beating, he escaped relatively unscathed from the wreck.
The extent of the damage to Schumacher's VF-22 compelled Haas to withdraw its driver from Sunday's race, a decision conditioned mainly by the team's low inventory of spare parts that would have put its driver at risk of not being able to take part in next week's Australian Grand Prix had he incurred more damage on race day in Jeddah.
The US outfit's first assessment of Schumacher's revealed that only the engine and the chassis' tub had survived the crash, with almost every other component needing to be replaced.
How the hell did the engine make it out in one piece !
$1m is one hell of an insurance claim.
Schumacher was thrown practically at full speed broadside into the barriers after running wide on to a kerb at Jeddah's treacherous Turn 10 near the end of the second segment of qualifying in Jeddah.
Although the young German took a good beating, he escaped relatively unscathed from the wreck.
The extent of the damage to Schumacher's VF-22 compelled Haas to withdraw its driver from Sunday's race, a decision conditioned mainly by the team's low inventory of spare parts that would have put its driver at risk of not being able to take part in next week's Australian Grand Prix had he incurred more damage on race day in Jeddah.
The US outfit's first assessment of Schumacher's revealed that only the engine and the chassis' tub had survived the crash, with almost every other component needing to be replaced.
How the hell did the engine make it out in one piece !
$1m is one hell of an insurance claim.
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Guenther being Guenther
Guenther being Guenther
Guenther is the best part of DTS
Who did deserve to win then? Leclerc? Checo?
If not Max, Checo deserved it more than Leclerc imo!
Max did the most in the race so deserved it the most to me.
I am not a Max fan by any means, but I thought he deserved the win, he played a waiting game so his chance and took it.
Checo was unlucky with timings of his pit and the SC.
Crash costs and the budget cap was a contentious issue last year when this years rules were being finalised. I wouldnt be suprised if we have more "big" crashes that the teams lobby the fia, to ensure crash costs are seperated from the budget cap.
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Yeah. Perez for me. Literally 1 lap and he'd have been fine.
It would have been interesting to see if RB would have asked Perez to move over for max if there were 10 laps or so left and they were running 1st and 2nd.
Would have been fascinating to see! My gut says they'd not have done Checo dirty to that extent as it's the 2nd race and he is the one who qualified on pole - but I could be wrong.
Don't think so. It seems unlikely that Max wouldn't be able to get past Perez if he's on his arse considering they're in the same car and it's a lot easier to follow this year. DRS should do the trick. And if not, it would probably depend on the situation. If they're in a comfortable position I don't think Red Bull would do anything, but if Perez is holding Max back while Max is under pressure from someone like Leclerc I could see them giving the order.
Oh they definitely would. We're talking about a team who took a 4th away from Perez to finish out the points just so they could take the 1 point fast lap away from Lewis. They know Perez isn't beating Leclerc only Max can do that. I'm not even criticizing them either I would do the same too. They did that a few times too, actually ended up pretty smart play in the end.
Undoubtedly he'd get the order, and would follow it too.
Perez knows that the number 2 seat at Red Bull is a wingman role, he sacrificed his own races plenty last season so it's not like he isn't used to it.
Perez knows that the number 2 seat at Red Bull is a wingman role, he sacrificed his own races plenty last season so it's not like he isn't used to it.
I pretty much agree with everything said in the video, it was driving me nuts the last day when they just decided to show an instant replay all the fecking time.
As much as Checo was doing okay for the first stint, when it was coming to the pitstop window, Leclerc close in on him to 1.4s gap before Checo stop was made. If the safety car didn't happen, I believe Leclerc could easily undercut Checo as Checo was held up by another car.
Three American GPs. What a joke. Another symptom of having out-of-touch commercially focussed American owners. F1 no longer a safe haven from them it seems!
The USA is a huge market that F1 has barely tapped into. It's not really that surprising tbh.
Europe also has plenty of GP's already.
Agree. Huge, huge market that sees F1 as a niche sport so there's ample room for development. I'd much rather have twice as many GP's in the States than in the ever increasing number of totalitarian states that are shopping for F1 validation.
As far as I can remember, the US actually had 3 races at one point in the 80's? We got Detroit as an extra grand prix for a couple of years there.
Yep they used to do a few in USA in the past.
Las Vegas, Phoenix, Dallas, Detroit, New York, Indianapolis.
Obviously some of those are no longer possible due to differing reasons, but having a few extra races in America isn't a problem at all.
i think it is a problem. americans are too stupid to understand sport by nature. they won’t be happy with all the draws in f1. like lewis and max drawing the championship last year. in that situation they would demand overtime laps to determine a winner, no matter what. for them, there is no such thing as a draw in f1.
and you can forget qualifying. a mini race before the longer race? too much fannying about. though fanny means ass over there, and not your minge. saturday will become one big tailgate party where the drivers are forced to drink 2% beer and give speeches on behalf of their sponsors all day whilst signing autographs and posing for pictures in front of numerous bbq grill offs and chilli competitions.
not to mention any races that would take place in the deep south. hamilton will be run out of town and family members in and around f1, like the andrettis, will be pressured into sleeping with each other to fit in with local customs and traditions.
Not to mention having to turn the car more than just left also! that would really freak the hell out of some.
I personally think they should introduce a half time show too.
good idea. the half time show will start immediately after the anthem at the starting line as some stupid singer has been doing that weird warbly singing all over the “star spangled banner” and the “great america” song for past 45 minutes.
Just finished the first season of Drive to Survive, absolutely brilliant.
It seems to have been a gateway into F1 for so many people and F1 seems to have experienced a big increase in popularity as a result of it.
The drama of thrashy TV mixed with genuine elite level sport.
It seems to have been a gateway into F1 for so many people and F1 seems to have experienced a big increase in popularity as a result of it.
The drama of thrashy TV mixed with genuine elite level sport.
Each team has their own cheerleaders. In the pits as cars come in for fresh tyres.
I can already hear Guenther Steiner's comments on this were it to ever happen
Americans want value for money. If it doesn't last all day they ain't interested. We'd need some of their National holidays too. Thanksgiving, feck the NFL. Spring Break, July 4th. Go big or something.I can already hear Guenther Steiner's comments on this were it to ever happen
McLaren Team Principal Andreas Seidl has stated that technology sharing between partner teams has to be reviewed with the FIA.
https://firstsportz.com/formula-1-i...technology-sharing-between-partner-teams/?amp
https://firstsportz.com/formula-1-i...technology-sharing-between-partner-teams/?amp
Before the race , an aviation parade of F-22, F-35, and an aircraft carrier being carried by four Apache gunships.
Too simple.
They should reach half way through the race (lap 30 of 60 etc) and immediately stop them on the grid.
We will watch a 20 minute concert performed on the finish line. when done, they will wave the green flag to a crescendo of fireworks as the race restarts. The crowd chant USA USA USA as the cars speed away.
What is going on