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Originally Posted by astrochex
Practice 1 showed up in my recordings.
Bummed to see Piastri had no P1 time due to O’Ward seat time and he subsequently struggled to find a good setup in P2. Excellent support for a championship contender.
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From what the announcers were saying, the rookie drives are scheduled at the beginning of the year. Every team has to let a rookie have the drives, and the teams schedule the assignments long before an actual race weekend.
It is always unusual to see Hamilton stuff it in the wall. He went for so many race weekends with flawless drives. Not this year. And it sure looked like it was his fault.
Nico Rosberg was announcing during P3. He had some wonderful insights to Norris's position, 12 point lead with a monster driver trying everything to make you finish lower down in the grid. He said at one point the team radio told him he HAD to pass Max to win the championship. He said 10 years ago Max was very dangerous and often crashed in passing situations. He made a lunge and Max gave him the room, and Nico said he was so nervous and pumped with adrenaline he right foot and leg were jumping up and down. Of course throttle control is vital important. He said he got the pass, and had to force his leg down, as his ankle was jumping. He had about 3 seconds of straight to get his leg and ankle to work as then have to.
He said he was so nervous the night before he only got two hours of sleep, and he could not eat anything but some childhood soft food that I have never heard of, and it was just a few bites.
He is the best announcer I have heard in F1. Bernie Collins has great insight, but she is so hard to understand with her thick accent.
It will be an interesting race tomorrow.