What a guy
Seb under investigation for doing a lap of the track on a moped after the session ended. He had to get out of his car with issues, but instead of getting back to the paddock off track, he just did a lap on a moped.
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At this point of his career I think Vettel is just driving for the last big paycheck.
and who can blame him, I would be doing the same.
When he does retire, he will still be around commentating.
I rate him.
Seb under investigation for doing a lap of the track on a moped after the session ended. He had to get out of his car with issues, but instead of getting back to the paddock off track, he just did a lap on a moped.
don’t blame him. that moped is from his deliveroo job that he does as a form
of secondary income. he needs all the money he can get.
Can’t wait to see the hidden potential for the Merc… they might hit the top 10
Great run from Alonso. Would love to see him on podium.
Oh, Im not saying I blame him. Not much to get excited about in a Stroll led team in my book.
Leclerc looking like the favourite, marginally. Mercedes 
Those upgrades better start coming soon.
Those upgrades better start coming soon.I agree, never used to like Seb, but now I think he is OK.
Merc can't get the sandbags out of the narrow sidepods, wedged in tight.
Dont have any expectations of Mercedes to do much to change the status quo until they get onto of the porposing issues. A new floor is in development so we may have to wait for that.
Like the Aston Martin, the car on track in nowhere near the times that the simulations say they should be achieving. Get the porposing resolved (without raising the ride height and losing downforce) and i expect huge improvements from both teams.
Like the Aston Martin, the car on track in nowhere near the times that the simulations say they should be achieving. Get the porposing resolved (without raising the ride height and losing downforce) and i expect huge improvements from both teams.
I think its the Merc's engine is the real problem tbh. They are so much down in power that no amount of tweaks of aero/car design can compensate for that.
I don't think the porpoising is as big of a problem as they make out. If you look at the Ferrari they are probably bouncing the worst of anybody at the moment. Either their drivers can handle it better or it's just not upsetting the car more than the others.
Last season reliability was suspect but the car was like a rocket, this season it like they are bogged down in treacle.
I have read they are struggling with the new E10 shite fuel, other teams dont seem to be.
The engine is part of the problem, but I most is down to aero and porpoising, get that sorted and they will be faster.
It’s has to be the new engine design that is causing this and potentially causing the porpoising by being to tight as you would think at least one of the merc teams would of got it right or at least close to right.
Mercedes have said that at peak deployment their engine is on par with Ferrari's. That doesnt mean its a match at lower or medium deployment. Too many variables such as engine maps, porposing, downforce levels, ride height etc to get a truly representative picture, but they have definitely lost their engine advantage they had before.
Porposing is the no1 issue for Mercedes. Its huge. There are loads of quotes from Mercedes to that effect. They cannot develop or try to unlock potential or properly tune the car for a race circuit until porposing is resolved. Its going to take time.
It's a convenient excuse that's for sure
While they probably aren't being able to ground the car quite as much as the others, it's quite obvious the merc engine has big problems also.
It's no coincidence every Merc engined team are struggling. Mclaren seem to be doing ok this weekend yet are still 1 second off the pace.
Mercedes haven't even got little upgrades, it looks like they are coming at Imola earliest. They better hope something works, Russell is heading back to his Williams days.
It's a convenient excuse that's for sure
While they probably aren't being able to ground the car quite as much as the others, it's quite obvious the merc engine has big problems also.
It's no coincidence every Merc engined team are struggling. Mclaren seem to be doing ok this weekend yet are still 1 second off the pace.
Definitely seems like that. As someone said previously, Mercedes lost a number of engine specialists to other teams including RB. And even if they have not suffered any deterioration (even if), they have gone backward compared to their rivals.
Merc performance due lack of Tyre temperatures.
It appears we will only have 3 DRS zones this weekend
Wtf happened to Aston Martin? Beaten by Haas and Williams, jeez..
Well vettel put it in the wall and stroll caused a red flag as well
One of the DRS zones has been removed, I would seem the drivers said it was a safety issue.
Seb and Lewis having a mare in FP3 , Seb having a mare in general, Aston Martin going to struggle to get his car reay for qualifying
Seb and Lewis having a mare in FP3 , Seb having a mare in general, Aston Martin going to struggle to get his car reay for qualifying
That merc is just a dog of a car. As the commentators pointed out, the Ferrari is bouncing just as much but it smooths out entering the corner while the Merc just keeps bouncing along.
It’s just a shit car, even if they unlock the potential
It will just be less shit.But how do Mercedes go from the best car on the grid to the dog they have now.
They spent last season developing this this car
They spent last season developing this this car
Australia GP Qualifying
So here we are Q1 in Australia first since 2019
Will be amazing if Aston can get both cars out.
Will be amazing if Aston can get both cars out.
Does Latifi go off track every weekend
Lewis not having it good in Q1, struggling to get the tyres to working temp
The Merc is a shitbox
Hamilton is barely able to hold it on the track.
Hamilton is barely able to hold it on the track.
That stupid fecking clown.
Worse than Mazepin.
Worse than Mazepin.
Latifi and Stroll fecking paid drivers
fecking paid driverslatifi is a joke.
FFS every race for this driver.
as is stroll.
Dont think you can blame Stroll, no reason to expect Latifi to dive bomb him there.
How is Latifi a F1 driver?