Well that was exciting, for half a lap 
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Good while it lasted, Norris would be better now to make sure he finishes.
Would be foolish to push and maybe DNF
Would be foolish to push and maybe DNF
Needed 5 more laps!
Yep 5 more laps needed
Alonso in pits again. Soft on. Seems like AM is using this race for testing.
Damn, looks like he needed another few laps.
I had Max Leclerc Norris. Annoying
If only we'd had a few more laps
Commentator on the race today "bit of a slow burner"
No mate it was absolutely shite except for the last few laps
No mate it was absolutely shite
except for the last few lapsNorris did well
I have 4 correct predictions. Max, Norris, Sainz and Yuki.
San Marino and Nurburgring 24hour wins in the same day, pretty legendary.
That was impressive from Lando and McLaren, haven't seen Max have to work so hard for a race win a while.
Very strong finish to the race. Tough track to overtake at but saw some great moves. Keep this track on the calendar
Damn had to wait all race for something to happen, but at least Lando made Max work for his win this time. Not just a walk in the park for him like usual.
Few more laps and Norris would have taken him. At very least we would have had a battle.
Few more laps and Norris would have taken him. At very least we would have had a battle.
This isn't a great track for Red Bull, but it's good to see Max being pushed. Hopefully we can get some close races for the rest of the season.
Brilliant drive by Lando Norris. McLaren giving him a pretty fast car now and Norris showing his class.
Weird to feel disappointed at finishing less than a second behind the winning Red Bull.
Good race for Haas with 11th and 12th, but they need some DNFs from the bigger teams to get into the points. Magnussen finishing 6 spots higher than his qualifying is pretty decent.
8/10 with only Lewis and Russell correct 13 points
17 points, only had the podium 3 exact plus Max on pole
Alonso only one of top 10 I didn't have right
Alonso only one of top 10 I didn't have right
Had the the top three but all in the wrong order. 13 points
Going to be interesting to see what they do with him - if McLaren and Ferrari are getting closer, Max can't carry them like he did last year
Yep brilliant racing by Max today but on other tracks he'll be easily strategy tag teamed with both of the other teams and the gains they've made.
First Imola podium for Ferrari since 2006. Schumi win there. Unbeliveable.
Edit: 2006.*
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Yeah, that’s a really rough run. Hopefully it’s not another millennium until they get their next one.
Not that crazy really, this was only the 4th race there since 06.
For some reason I thought it was on the calendar for couple of years from 2010 too.
BallyJ is the Max of the Superbru league this year!
Just caught up with the highlights, predictably dull, apart from last few laps.
Very good last 10 laps, terrible race up until then really. Cars are still struggling in dirty air when they get to about 1 second gap and fade away a few laps later.
Could forcing 2 pitstops help with drivers pushing more instead of coasting and maybe getting a second chance to overtake?
Could forcing 2 pitstops help with drivers pushing more instead of coasting and maybe getting a second chance to overtake?
Good article by Mark Hughes from autosport on Verstappen's problems at imola.
Made a mistake when looking after his HARDS and cooled them too much so he couldn't get heat back into them.
If he didn't have the battery problem during last 10 laps, lando may not have caught him regardless of the tyre issue.
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mark-hughes-final-red-bull-f1-imola-weakness/
Made a mistake when looking after his HARDS and cooled them too much so he couldn't get heat back into them.
If he didn't have the battery problem during last 10 laps, lando may not have caught him regardless of the tyre issue.
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mark-hughes-final-red-bull-f1-imola-weakness/
Wonder if he simply couldn't get the temp in bc he had to drive so conservatively since early on in the race after getting the black and white flag.
I think the Ferrari is a lot quicker than it showed on the weekend. They struggled for some reason through the first sector. Watch them stretch their legs on more open circuits.
Piergiuseppe Donadoni
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Alonso and Aston used the GP as a test, with a stint on each compound. Data collection to understand why the new package is not what the technicians expected. Fernando and especially Lawrence are starting to lose their patience
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Alonso and Aston used the GP as a test, with a stint on each compound. Data collection to understand why the new package is not what the technicians expected. Fernando and especially Lawrence are starting to lose their patience
They share the same wind tunnel as Mercedes, neither team's updates work. I wonder why?
Betcha Lawrence really can't wait to have their facilities up and running now. I also think he may not have the patience much longer after that if the team doesn't consistently start being competitive. At the very least he's grown the value of the team substantially so as an investment it may still be fruitful.
I just stumbled upon a stream of the new game and Max is rated higher than Senna and Schumacher. Right then.