The F1 Thread

[flyingscot]

3 minutes ago, virginton said:

He flat spotted his tyres like a clown in the first few laps tbh.

He did but bizarrely it worked for them by putting him into clean air before others did. 

Perez and Norris getting a little bit fighty. 

Boxing Bottas for new tyres with 3 to go and telling him not to go for fastest lap. I'd go for it if I was Bottas.

[vikingTON]

If Bottas had any stones left he'd fire in a FL anyway. 

Have to say Button has called everything spot on today and is a distinct upgrade on Brundle. 

[Mr. Brightside]

Minter from Merc. Well played Bottas 

[flyingscot]

Well done Bottas. Terrific.

[senorsoupe]

Good shithousery from Bottas there

[FifeArab]

Bottas giving a big f**k you to Mercedes[emoji1319]. Shame Hamilton got the fastest lap.

[flyingscot]

I'm not a huge Verstappen fan but that atmosphere looks mint. 

[Miguel Sanchez]

15 hours ago, jimmy boo said:

First time i've ever recorded and watched qualy highlights on Channel4 as I was out and not on usual IPTV and it was very impressive. I was always under the impression Ben Edwards did the commentary and at the end do they always plug the race being live on Sky Sports F1? Loving the wild camber at this track can see carnage at the first corner and multiple red flags.

Edwards retired at the end of last season.

[Miguel Sanchez]

Anyway, this national anthem piece is just making me wonder what the Dutch is for "scrambling for relevance"

[parsforlife]

WTF happened in that interview with Russell,  interviewer and him broke down into laughter over absolutely nothing funny.

[MP_MFC]

WTF happened in that interview with Russell,  interviewer and him broke down into laughter over absolutely nothing funny.

The lando one?

He said ‘blowy’ and then immediately realised he’s going to get ripped for it in his own immature way. Pretty funny I thought tbh.

[parsforlife]

11 minutes ago, MP_MFC said:

The lando one?

He said ‘blowy’ and then immediately realised he’s going to get ripped for it in his own immature way. Pretty funny I thought tbh.

Oops.  Even my immature teenage mind wouldn’t fund blowy as funny, wasn’t really a trigger word for me as a teen.  If that’s considered funny then every time they said the track was wet would cause laughter.

Also Hamilton deserves a kick in the baws,   every single race he doesn’t win is the team’s fault, aye he’s a shit hot driver, but he needs to recognise he has a shit hot team behind him, He’d break down something ridiculous if a strategist called his driving out in a similar way to how he does the team

Edited September 5, 2021 by parsforlife

[IainMorton]

 

[Mr. Brightside]

Latifi to Mercedes confirmed.

[IainMorton]

34 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said:

Latifi to Mercedes confirmed.

Bottas straight swap with Giovanazzi I heard.

Edited September 6, 2021 by IainMorton

[Sherrif John Bunnell]

9 race wins from 5 seasons in one of the most dominant F1 cars of all time is a pretty poor return. He was lucky not to have been sacked after his clownshoes performance at Turkey last season.

[flyingscot]

30 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said:

9 race wins from 5 seasons in one of the most dominant F1 cars of all time is a pretty poor return. He was lucky not to have been sacked after his clownshoes performance at Turkey last season.

Agreed, not done enough. That was a terrible race from him but the Italian GP was as bad. 

I just think he's been too inconsistent. He's a decent enough driver, but not good enough to challenge Lewis. He is an Eddie Irvine to Schumacher. 

 

[scottsdad]

Another one that needs a good look at themselves is Perez. Red bull hired him to mix it at the front with Hamilton and Bottas, and to help them win the constructors championship. But he keeps shitting the bed in qualifying and ending up fighting his way through to the mid-points positions. He should be qualifying regularly in the top 6.

Qualifying this year:

2nd (1)

3rd (1)

4th (3)

6th (1)

7th (1)

8th (1)

9th (1)

11th (1)

20th (2)

[IainMorton]

9 wins for Bottas during five years in the fastest car, whereas Hamilton has had at least 9 wins per season since 2014. But yet some still say it’s only because of the car.

[scottsdad]

The telling thing on Bottas was when George Russell went into Lewis's car with very little notice - a car that didn't fit him at all - and he blew Bottas away. Ever since then people have been expecting Russell to take his seat.