F1 2020 Thread

[Neilk]

What a great race. Gutted for P9.

[cstreit]

Gutted for Russell. This was his day. Inexcusable mistake.

[rfuerst911sc]

Yeah Mercedes really screwed up . Russell scored the first points in his F1 career and he may lose them via penalty because of the tire swap error . Congratulations to Perez a well earned victory . I think RP will end up regretting letting Perez go . But he still has a shot with Red Bull .

[David]

I think Toto wolf summed it up perfectly but I can’t quote that here ��

Great for Perez. I’m a big Albon fan especially with my wife being Thai, but I won’t be surprised if RB goes for Perez.

[legion]

I think Mercedes has a system in place for a quick, unexpected pit stop for one driver. I don't think they have a good system in place for quick, stacked pit stops for both drivers. This being Mercedes, I expect they will have a system devised by next race and it will become part of their regular pit stop practice from now on.

[astrochex]

Not a fan of Perez. Once again he takes someone out (two if you count Max). Who else would not go for the giant gap tha Perez left open. He cuts across from the other side of the track and into Charles.

Gutted for Russell. How rare for Mercedes to make pit errors on both cars.

[legion]

Originally Posted by astrochex

Not a fan of Perez. Once again he takes someone out (two if you count Max). Who else would not go for the giant gap tha Perez left open. He cuts across from the other side of the track and into Charles.

Gutted for Russell. How rare for Mercedes to make pit errors on both cars.

It looked to me like LeClerc understeered and ran into Perez, unfortunately damaging his own car the most. LeClerc himself admitted as much. Could Perez have given him more room? Yes. Did he give him a car's width? Yes.

[GH85Carrera]

Hamilton must be the Mercedes good luck charm. He never gets punctures, and they make perfect pit stops. His car get a puncture to keep it from winning only with Russell in the seat.

[oldE]

My impression was you could have been watching Lewis. He took the lead from his team mate, increased his lead and was set to win. When his team screwed up, he was fighting for the lead again within a few laps. Picking up a puncture he fought back into the points.
Claire William's was right. He is the real deal.
Best
Les

[rfuerst911sc]

Russell keeps the points he earned , F1 has fined the team twenty thousand Euro's for the calamity pit stop . In a way I hope Hamilton can't make it to the last race so Russell gets another shot .

[black73]

Makes you wonder if Lewis is the only one at Mercedes that was out with the Covid. They looked like Keystone Cops out there.

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

In a way I hope Hamilton can't make it to the last race so Russell gets another shot .

Ditto. I heard the announcers talking about how people are saying, "its the car" and they tried to play it off like it is Hammy more than the car.

But if you look at what Russell did today, crushing it up through the field after 2 issues, yes it took gutsy driving, but without that car it would be another non-points finish for him.

I think GR is the real deal. Here's hoping he gets the seat next weekend!!!

[matthewb0051]

Colossal indeed TOTO

[matthewb0051]

ESPN just sucks!

I was just watching the post race interviews while eating dinner. They were doing the sitdown interview with Russell and PDR and the other Sky dude. George is literally getting ready to say what Toto or his father said and they shut off the coverage and off to whatever sport.

I know we have all discussed this before but I still find it infuriating.

[legion]

Sounds like there was an intercom malfunction that caused Bottas' tires to be brought out but not Russell's. I imagine some kind of quick double-check will remedy this in the future.

[Deschodt]

Bottas though? I like the guy, but for GR to do what he did on his first time out, it really makes Bottas look weak... Sure there's always an excuse or a technical reason but at some point you get rid of the black cat, he's cursed. As Chris Harris hilariously said, "if Bottas fell in a bucket of tits, he'd manage to come out sucking his thumb."

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

Bottas though? I like the guy, but for GR to do what he did on his first time out, it really makes Bottas look weak... Sure there's always an excuse or a technical reason but at some point you get rid of the black cat, he's cursed. As Chris Harris said, if Bottas fell in a bucket of tits, he'd manage to come out sucking his thumb.

I am gonna steal that line. I like it.

[Deschodt]

For those who didn't follow WRC, they concluded the championship at and around Monza ! Partially on the F1 track, partially around the grounds, the roads in the area, and also on the old banking !!! I had no idea that was still in use...

[nota]

I think you need a rallycar long travail set up for all the bumps/slabseams on the banking

btw I would like to see russell in a redbull NEXT YEAR

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by nota

btw I would like to see russell in a redbull NEXT YEAR

That is no in the cards, he's a Mercedes driver - it's Mercedes / racing point or Williams... Will be hard for him to step in a williams again next race, unless HAM is not recovered.