2019 Formula One German Grand Prix

[Sasha Jednak]

Verstappen was lucky today... again

I watched Spa 24h this weekend. One very nice thing I heard from commentators was about "luck". They said there is no such thing as lucky-unlucky, all out of track excursions, crashes and part failures are mistakes. One thing I agree 100% with.
Anyway, looks like today's F1 race was very similar to endurance race and most importantly it was really RACE (so I'll probably have to watch it in replay). And it can be said "winner is the one who makes least mistakes", which is also the quality for any driver that makes it, as today was Verstappen.

 

[Sasha Jednak]

I'm not going to waste my time to this series anymore, because of this:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-first-2019-point.4z9k1dIrDmAsJAs8KtJaUx.html

I still don't understand what was the actual problem there... Except of course giving penalty after the race for something that happened at the start Ah, were they so busy that they didn't have time to do it during the race.

 

[Dobermann92]

I guess I have to watch the replay of an F1 race after all those years

 

[ZuneGuy]

I'm not going to waste my time to this series anymore, because of this:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-first-2019-point.4z9k1dIrDmAsJAs8KtJaUx.html

Fans of this sport just don't seem to like the rules unless it suits their agenda, and that includes the Sky Sports F1 commentators.In fact I would say them especially.

 

[mrbungle83]

Did Mercedes swap tactics with Ferrari? Honestly they give Bottas the first option on pit stops all the time. They screwed up a potential fight between max and lew.

 

[Esox71]

Don't forget this time last year vettel looked like he was going to win the championship. This was the race where he fell apart.

 

[callumjtc]

I'm not going to waste my time to this series anymore, because of this:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-first-2019-point.4z9k1dIrDmAsJAs8KtJaUx.html

Williams and Kubica scoring a point was absolutely wild

 

[callumjtc]

Comeback?

 

[M-Bimmer]

After recovering from Spa 24 hrs, i watched the F1 race replay. Hands down Red bull are the strategy masters. Not sure what happened to Ferrari but they made the right calls today which was a huge surprise! As for Benz, sadly the celebration of 125 years of motorsport was a nightmare. Nice that Kubica scored 1 point!
Hockenheim 2019 is already a classic just like Canada GP (2013?) when JB snatched a unforgettable win.

 

[Luke Cage]

After recovering from Spa 24 hrs, i watched the F1 race replay. Hands down Red bull are the strategy masters. Not sure what happened to Ferrari but they made the right calls today which was a huge surprise! As for Benz, sadly the celebration of 125 years of motorsport was a nightmare. Nice that Kubica scored 1 point!
Hockenheim 2019 is already a classic just like Canada GP (2013?) when JB snatched a unforgettable win.

It wasn't Ferrari making the calls... Seb was.
They were being hesitant most of the time and he was just telling them to do what he told them.

Also, Canada 2011 was the year.

 

[smasha]

lol at people voting for Verstappen after the race has finished.

 

[muzikant]

Max is 22 points behind Bottas in the third best car on the grid. It say a lot good race Max

 

[miezcom]

Williams and Kubica with first point in 2019

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-first-2019-point.4z9k1dIrDmAsJAs8KtJaUx.html

"including Robert Kubica to give Williams their first point of the 2019 campaign. The team intend to appeal the decision"

The way that is written makes it sound like Williams is going to appeal the fact they were given a point which is a hilarious visual. "We're Williams! We don't want your stupid points."

 

[NewOne0]

I hope Red Bull kicks Gasly out before the end of this season. It's overdue.

 

[Michel Bélisle]

I hope Red Bull kicks Gasly out before the end of this season. It's overdue.

Gasly for Kyviat swap?

 

[Thang Nguyen]

It was Perez whose crash triggered a series of drama. Well done Checo!

 

[Kakusso]

A black hole was placed on the opposit to pit entry. Many orbits were absorbed by that black hole.

 

[michelforest]

This race was one of the most entertaining i've EVER seen,
and i'm watching F1 since 1995.

I've been watching since 1978 and that's one of the best I've ever seen. It was nice to turn off the TV after the race was over with a wide grin on my face, instead of thinking "yet another Mercedes 1-2".

Of course, this kind of show can't be repeated every week, but once in a while, it's nice to have a crazy race like that.

 

[pitkin]

It was entertaining, but I do wish they'd dump DRS, it takes away any chance of the lesser teams getting near the podium. I've seen a Ferrari breeze past a Mclaren without a fight far too often this season.

 

[farjam]

I still don't understand what was the actual problem there... Except of course giving penalty after the race for something that happened at the start Ah, were they so busy that they didn't have time to do it during the race.

The problem was that the full data of it was only visible in post-race scrutineering. it was about some elements of ECU or clutch were tuned to act like TC when you playing with the clutch to start, something like a double-clutch start (now is forbidden, you can have double-clutch paddle but you can't use it for start) that you can somehow eliminate wheelspin and get better traction as a result of it . the offense is more meaningful when you see it's raining (super low grip and wheel spin is inevitable) and also both cars started the race with this method and they could not say it was the result of playing with the clutch in a weird magical way by kimi or gio this anomaly was in the two cars so it can be seen as the team have equipped the two cars with this tuning method to have an advantage in wet(they have never started any race like this, only in this wet race). it was not about how driver applicate their clutch, it was about how their input worked on ECU (as the ECU is spec they have altered the way clutch input works) so it was not a driving offense to investigate during the race and it needed post-race investigation, like Haas at monza 2018?
it's the result of combining 2 or 3 line in regulations, not having that act like TC, not tuning the clutch to effect wheelspin or notified the driver about wheelspin.
i hope Vasseur is right and they have data to prove it wrong as it was a great race for the team.
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having DRS when few last corners and some of the first corners are completely wet was weird :|
aslo that was funny how Robert was always behind of Russel in FPs,Qs and races but he was in front the only time it was important in a **** wet race