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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,439
    Are the FIA asleep? - Get the 10min restart out!!
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,814
    16.20 local
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,439
    Okay its drying, so give a 15min restart instead the 10mins!!
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,814
    Mmmm, still looks wet. Hopefully will get some actual racing before it rains again
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,075
    Let them race now
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    Not sure what McLaren are thinking here with Lando. 
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,814
    Is DRS going to be enabled or what?
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    Alwaysneil said:
    Is DRS going to be enabled or what?
    It is enabled. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,028
    What happened to Norris for Piastri to get 8 seconds ahead?
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    What happened to Norris for Piastri to get 8 seconds ahead?
    Stopped a lap later then had a slow stop , front left issue.

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  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,075
    And he's on the hard tyre compared to the medium which will be slower 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,179
    Not exactly thrilling is it?
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    fenaddick said:
    Not exactly thrilling is it?
    A shame the Lewis charge has stalled out. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    Not the best of races but Piastri has been flawless. 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,774
    Too many mistakes by Lando. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,028
    fenaddick said:
    Not exactly thrilling is it?
    You know it was a dull race when the commentators spent at least 2-3 minutes trying to big up Norris catching Piastri when he wasn't even really that close and they were inside the last 3 laps.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,439
    FFS; Bearman finishes P11 for the fourth time, in the last four races.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,179
    Well that was a race that happened 
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,075
    Poor race, Norris start cost him, went far too early 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    fenaddick said:
    Not exactly thrilling is it?
    You know it was a dull race when the commentators spent at least 2-3 minutes trying to big up Norris catching Piastri when he wasn't even really that close and they were inside the last 3 laps.
    I didn't understand why Crofty was convinced Lando could catch? Oscar had this managed. 

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  • WHAddick
    WHAddick Posts: 1,155
    Not the most interesting race ever
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,179
    MarcusH26 said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    fenaddick said:
    Not exactly thrilling is it?
    You know it was a dull race when the commentators spent at least 2-3 minutes trying to big up Norris catching Piastri when he wasn't even really that close and they were inside the last 3 laps.
    I didn't understand why Crofty was convinced Lando could catch? Oscar had this managed. 
    Has to try to keep people interested 
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,814
    Pretty dull after the pitstops tbf. Would have been more interesting but poss a bit dangerous to go at 3pm local time. No one close to mclaren atm though
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,774
    Alwaysneil said:
    Pretty dull after the pitstops tbf. Would have been more interesting but poss a bit dangerous to go at 3pm local time. No one close to mclaren atm though
    The FIA spoiling racing again and again and again, doing their best to remove any aspect of jeopardy.
    They probably need to remove the "Motorsport is dangerous" line from the tickets.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,075
    Next year's regs will spice things up again. Could do with a bit of unreliability, these cars seem bullet proof 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    BigRedEvil said:
    Next year's regs will spice things up again. Could do with a bit of unreliability, these cars seem bullet proof 
    No one seems to like the new rules from what the drivers have said from simulator runs. Sounds like a lot of electrical energy management 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,439
    There is going to be no DRS, or P2P either so going to be interesting to see what overtaking is like, as feels like they're going back to old style skill as a requirement to get past.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    ForeverAddickted said:
    There is going to be no DRS, or P2P either so going to be interesting to see what overtaking is like, as feels like they're going back to old style skill as a requirement to get past.
    Think it's going to be heavily engine dependant. Sounds like Mercedes have the box seat on that side of things but you'll never know until the first round next year how true that is. 
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,179
    Robbed of the any potential Spa chaos by the overly cautious delay of the start the a bit of a non entity race with everyone just nursing tyres and DRS not being quite powerful enough.

    Brilliant drive from Piastri - he just so unflustered. When they’re both bang at it Norris is probably a smidge faster, out of the two of them, but he continues to make mistakes when it really matters He played it down at the end, but peak Hamilton, or Verstappen would’ve just be relentless my hunting Piastri down in that situation. I suspect Piastri would’ve done the same if the roles had been reversed.

    Nice guy, very talented driver, but I just feel with him he’s missing that killer last percent of two to make him a champion. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,056
    Exiled_Addick said:
    Robbed of the any potential Spa chaos by the overly cautious delay of the start the a bit of a non entity race with everyone just nursing tyres and DRS not being quite powerful enough.

    Brilliant drive from Piastri - he just so unflustered. When they’re both bang at it Norris is probably a smidge faster, out of the two of them, but he continues to make mistakes when it really matters He played it down at the end, but peak Hamilton, or Verstappen would’ve just be relentless my hunting Piastri down in that situation. I suspect Piastri would’ve done the same if the roles had been reversed.

    Nice guy, very talented driver, but I just feel with him he’s missing that killer last percent of two to make him a champion. 
    Absolutely agree with the Norris point. Of course he's still capable of wins but Piastri has ice in his veins. I do find it interesting the contrast in how the race engineers manage the pair of them too on the team radio , Tom Stallard is very to the point with Oscar doesn't seem to go into information overload and then it feels like Will Joseph goes in completely the other direction with Lando where there's a lot more "coaching" going on. 

    Did find it amusing that despite having a good race that Leclerc still found time for his weekly disagreement with Bryan about radio messages. 

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