F1 2022 Season

Russell also had to visit the stewards after he was seen crossing the still 'live' track to get back to pit lane.

The stewards concluded: "Russell had just crashed in turn 10 and caused a red flag. He then crossed the track on foot and entered the section of the pit lane that does not have a speed limit, without permission from any marshals.

"At the time he started crossing the track, some of the cars were still on track and could possibly have missed the pit entry, causing an unsafe situation. The stewards spoke to the driver and he was issued a warning."

The warning - rather than a formal reprimand - means that Russell hasn't been fined, and has not been handed a grid penalty for tomorrow's race. That is, provided Mercedes can repair his car overnight without engine component changes.

Perez has Q3 times deleted, Russell escapes with warning (f1i.com)
 
bit of info if you do the Fantasy League.

Important: Sprint race
This race uses a sprint race on Saturday to decide the grid for the race on Sunday. Qualifying sessions on Friday will decide the starting order for Saturday's sprint race.
In Superbru, the pick deadline for Early Bru Points will be the start of the sprint race. When picking pole, you are still picking the driver who will start the race at the front of the grid, after any penalties have been applied.
 
New Provisional Grid: Austrian GP Sprint Race
1)Max Verstappen, Red Bull
2)Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
3)Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
4)George Russell, Mercedes
5)Esteban Ocon, Alpine
6)Kevin Magnussen, Haas
7)Mick Schumacher Haas
8)Fernando Alonso, Alpine
9)Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
10)Pierre Gasly, Alpha Tauri
11)Alex Albon, Williams
12)Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo
13)Sergio Perez, Red Bull
14)Yuki Tsunoda, Alpha Tauri
15)Lando Norris, McLaren
16)Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren
17)Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
18)Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo
19)Nicholas Latifi, Williams
20)Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin
 
Caught up with qually. Really dislike the sprint races as it takes the shine off qualifiying. Interesting that both Mercedes lost their rear ends. Blaming wind and driver error is easy enough, but i think they may have done somethin setup wise that has come back to bite them in the arse.

Unlucky Perez, the penalty seems harsh. Seems the development of the RedBull over past few races is going further away from his driving style and more to what max wants (which is to be expected). New cooling rear vent on the RB and changes to the floor edge this weekend.

Not planning on watching any sprint races this season. Will just check the result. I find it lessens the actual Sunday GP for me personally. Probably a too big an ask but id like a different track layout for the sprint race compared to the GP.

Also interesting fact i learnt during qually. RB dont need a warm up lap and can can get the tyres in the window straight away. Ferrari need one lap otherwise they loose 0.5 sec to the RB in qualifying and Mercedes need two warmup laps to get the tyres in the right window otherwise they have a 0.8 sec deficit to the RB in qualifying.

Crazy how important it is that the tyres are in the right window and how getting them their sooner makes a huge difference to your approach to qually.



 
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dinostar77 said:
Caught up with qually. Really dislike the sprint races as it takes the shine off qualifiying. Interesting that both Mercedes lost their rear ends. Blaming wind and driver error is easy enough, but i think they may have done somethin setup wise that has come back to bite them in the arse.

Unlucky Perez, the penalty seems harsh. Seems the development of the RedBull over past few races is going further away from his driving style and more to what max wants (which is to be expected). New cooling rear vent on the RB and changes to the floor edge this weekend.

Not planning on watching any sprint races this season. Will just check the result. I find it lessens the actual Sunday GP for me personally. Probably a too big an ask but id like a different track layout for the sprint race compared to the GP.

Also interesting fact i learnt during qually. RB dont need a warm up lap and can can get the tyres in the window straight away. Ferrari need one lap otherwise they loose 0.5 sec to the RB in qualifying and Mercedes need two warmup laps to get the tyres in the right window otherwise they have a 0.8 sec deficit to the RB in qualifying.

Crazy how important it is that the tyres are in the right window and how getting them their sooner makes a huge difference to your approach to qually.



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Weren’t the Ferrari’s the best at lighting up there tires at the start of the season, maybe it’s a change in tire dynamics to ease how harsh they were with them.
 
Looks like 2026 could be an interesting season and beyond. At the moment it seems most likely we are going to have a RedBull with Porsche supplied engines. Potentially a Alpha Tauri or Andretti team with Honda supplied engines (so they would become the works team) and Sauber (Alfa Romeo) being bought out by Audi.

That would be a helluva powertrain lineup on the grid, Renault, Ferrari, Mercedes, Audi, Honda and Porsche.

Probably get a definite answer on 2026 powertrain spec before xmas as the manufacturers need to start work on their 2026 powertrains.
 
christy87 said:
Weren’t the Ferrari’s the best at lighting up there tires at the start of the season, maybe it’s a change in tire dynamics to ease how harsh they were with them.
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Not sure, the RB is the best car on the grid in a straight line, for controlling porposing and bouncing and for getting the tyres into the window straight away.

You'd have though that with the ferrari being such a rounded package and great through corners that it would be kinder on its tyres. Apparently not. Must be related to the porposing/bouncing they have still to eliminate.
 
laughtersassassin said:
I mean if you read the quotes he says for the top teams it's not enough and for the bottom teams it's too much.

Said that they understanbly compromised.

9/10 teams voted for it after all. Sure Toto wishes it was more as well
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I am sure he does, I am sure the top 6 teams would want more
"It's not enough for us, and it's too much for the little ones. So it's a compromise, and a consensus was found in the end." Thats always been the case in F1.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
Apparently no Merc till mid way thought FP2, changing the gearbox's was delayed due to the curfew.
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Interesting that Merc decided not to use one of their 3 past midnight curfee exemptions.

Ps. I think this is the most pointless fp2 of the sprint weekend and shouldnt be allowed. Cars are in parc fermme so you cant change settings and try different stuff so whats the point?
 
dinostar77 said:
Interesting that Merc decided not to use one of their 3 past midnight curfee exemptions.

Ps. I think this is the most pointless fp2 of the sprint weekend and shouldnt be allowed. Cars are in parc fermme so you cant change settings and try different stuff so whats the point?
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Data collection which helps understand the car better and can help optimize race strategy.
 
Hamilton has a new chassis, so damage must have been worse than it initially seemed. Theres 15 odd mechanics working on his car simultaneously. Impressive coordination.
 
dinostar77 said:
Interesting that Merc decided not to use one of their 3 past midnight curfee exemptions.

Ps. I think this is the most pointless fp2 of the sprint weekend and shouldnt be allowed. Cars are in parc fermme so you cant change settings and try different stuff so whats the point?
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I can see your point about this FP2, but Mercedes would say it was very important.
You can tweak some things, one thing that can be done, front wing can be adjusted using existing parts but no parts can be added, removed or replaced.
 
Apparently ferrari need a new floor for belgium to comply with the TD. RedBull arent confirming or denying they will also need a new floor for belgium. Mercedes dont. However it is supposed to be at most a loss of 3 tenths per lap so not a game changer.
 
dinostar77 said:
Apparently ferrari need a new floor for belgium to comply with the TD. RedBull arent confirming or denying they will also need a new floor for belgium. Mercedes dont. However it is supposed to be at most a loss of 3 tenths per lap so not a game changer.
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So that confirms Ferrari were exploiting the rules, Horner was adamant yesterday that there was nothing wrong with their floor, we shall see.
 
Austrian GP FP2 Timesheet
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pauldyson1uk said:
So that confirms Ferrari were exploiting the rules, Horner was adamant yesterday that there was nothing wrong with their floor, we shall see.
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As sky said they aren't breaking any rules. They passed every scrutineering test.

Rules just weren' adequate to uphold what was supposedly intended. That a rulemaker fault
 
laughtersassassin said:
As sky said they aren't breaking any rules. They passed every scrutineering test.

Rules just weren' adequate to uphold what was supposedly intended. That a rulemaker fault
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Now I never said breaking the rules, I said exploiting the rules , using a loophole however you want to put it.
I fully agree its the rulemakers fault for allowing the said loopholes.
My view is that if you have to alter the rules mid-season because of team, interpreting the rules in a different way, the rule in the first place was wrongly constructed
 
pauldyson1uk said:
So that confirms Ferrari were exploiting the rules, Horner was adamant yesterday that there was nothing wrong with their floor, we shall see.
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Seeing as both RB and Ferrari pushed for this TD to be delayed till Belgium GP i think both have been exploiting it. Whether RB need a new floor is a different matter. Whether RB still have the development budget left for a new floor is again another matter.
 
dinostar77 said:
Seeing as both RB and Ferrari pushed for this TD to be delayed till Belgium GP i think both have been exploiting it. Whether RB need a new floor is a different matter. Whether RB still have the development budget left for a new floor is again another matter.
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If they don't have to change the floor, they will be OK, maybe this is why Horner was also pushing for a budget hike.
I have no idea how much a new floor cost, in development and building
 
dinostar77 said:
Seeing as both RB and Ferrari pushed for this TD to be delayed till Belgium GP i think both have been exploiting it. Whether RB need a new floor is a different matter. Whether RB still have the development budget left for a new floor is again another matter.
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There is no confirmation of that though.

Also it would usually take much more than
teams to push a TD out so you can be sure much more than just two teams!

It's like the extra money for inflation. Everyone was giving about about Horner wanting it yet in the end 9/10 teams wanted it.

I'm sure you'll find that a similar case is happening now!
 
laughtersassassin said:
There is no confirmation of that though.

Also it would usually take much more than
teams to push a TD out so you can be sure much more than just two teams!

It's like the extra money for inflation. Everyone was giving about about Horner wanting it yet in the end 9/10 teams wanted it.

I'm sure you'll find that a similar case is happening now!
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Horner is only mentioned because , it is Horner that is going on about it most, I have no doubt all of the top team want more money.
3.1% is not even inflation, the rate at the moment is 9.1%, so the token 3.1% is not enough really.
 
Sprint race needs to be a seperate championship. Apparently tyre mgmt will be key to the sprint race and not taking too many risks because of consequences for tomorrow. So why bother?
 
laughtersassassin said:
There is no confirmation of that though.

Also it would usually take much more than
teams to push a TD out so you can be sure much more than just two teams!

It's like the extra money for inflation. Everyone was giving about about Horner wanting it yet in the end 9/10 teams wanted it.

I'm sure you'll find that a similar case is happening now!
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Its only ferrari and RB who petitioned for the delay to the TD for the plank wear, ergo they have something to lose performance wise. The current interpretation allows the front of the plank to wear down more than the rest of the plank, which is idea when you are running some rake on the rear.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
WOW Russell's floor looks like Stevie Wonder has been at it, but they have limited time to repair.
Massive effort by 2 sets of mechanics to get Russell and Hamilton out.
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nothing wrong with black people being mechanics, mate.
 
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