Alright when was that again.....?

farjam · Jul 11, 2020

paracletus said:
Hopefully there will be more rain tomorrow, and maybe see ham vs ver. Hasn't happened often enough yet.

Well, i seems it's 0 to 1% chance of rain from the noon to the night for tomorrow

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 11, 2020

My goodness Hamilton nailed that poleposition lap! Impressive

BP · Jul 11, 2020

A whole 1.2 secs faster than everyone else, in the wet....surely that too wasn't luck right?

I love the rain...

paracletus · Jul 11, 2020

farjam said:
Well, i seems it's 0 to 1% chance of rain from the noon to the night for tomorrow

That's a shame. Still could be good, predicting verstappen challenge early.

Ho3n3r · Jul 11, 2020

Schwarzgruber said:
I hope Kimi will finish in the top 10?

Let's start with top 15 first. Baby steps.

farjam · Jul 11, 2020

So, 3 place grid penalty --> Leclerc for impeding Kvyat, he had another offence (crossing the control line during a red flag) but the stewards deemed it unintentional.

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Ferrari: it's not an engine thing, we have lower top speed in this season because we have changed our focus to aero to have more downforce
Downforce: no you don't have me

romanos- · Jul 11, 2020

paracletus said:
That's a shame. Still could be good, predicting verstappen challenge early.

Well, if last week's race pace is indicative, Merc are even more dominant on Sunday.
But it should be a great one regardless.

Eckhart von Glan · Jul 11, 2020

Ben Lee said:
I hope F1 doesn’t ruin the track like it has done countless others.

don't think there's enough time to do that between now and September

Slapped · Jul 11, 2020

Bram Hengeveld said:
My goodness Hamilton nailed that poleposition lap! Impressive

BP said:
A whole 1.2 secs faster than everyone else, in the wet....surely that too wasn't luck right?

I love the rain...

It's this kind of stuff that Hamilton pulls off that convinces me that he is at the very least equal in ability to Schumacher or Senna.

A lot of people say his success is due to the car, and to a certain extent I would agree - F1 has pretty much always been about the best car. However what those people are overlooking is that not only is he in the best car, he also just happens to be the best driver as well.

With that in mind, I can't wait for Russell to get a decent drive - what he's managing to do in that Williams is bloody impressive, and I think Hamilton has a potential successor there.

mrbungle83 · Jul 11, 2020

What a brilliant driver lewis is, feel so lucky to witness him in this era.

LeSunTzu · Jul 11, 2020

Hamilton is incredibly fast on wet tracks but the 1.2 secs gap is a bit happy, because Verstappen couldn't finish his last lap while he had green sectors 1 and 2 and Bottas had a brake issue.

muzikant · Jul 11, 2020

It seemed that Max had a lot more trouble controlling his Redbull, not Lewis at all. So think the Mercedes was easier to drive in the rain. Max is also a real rain master. Given its status Brasil and Hockenheim. That saying, of course, doesn't take away from Lewis's performance. Both were very good on this moment the two best drivers of F1.. But don't forget Ocon and Sainz and Russel. It was a nice qualification. More rain please

gamer19 · Jul 11, 2020

Slapped said:
It's this kind of stuff that Hamilton pulls off that convinces me that he is at the very least equal in ability to Schumacher or Senna.
A lot of people say his success is due to the car, and to a certain extent I would agree - F1 has pretty much always been about the best car. However what those people are overlooking is that not only is he in the best car, he also just happens to be the best driver as well.
With that in mind, I can't wait for Russell to get a decent drive - what he's managing to do in that Williams is bloody impressive, and I think Hamilton has a potential successor there.

I agree that Hamilton is one of the fastest, Russell is also perhaps one of those but maybe you're a little bit
carried away with patriotism

there are also some other very fast drivers on the grid too don't you agree

markg88 · Jul 12, 2020

muzikant said:
It seemed that Max had a lot more trouble controlling his Redbull, not Lewis at all. So think the Mercedes was easier to drive in the rain. Max is also a real rain master. Given its status Brasil and Hockenheim. That saying, of course, doesn't take away from Lewis's performance. Both were very good on this moment the two best drivers of F1.. But don't forget Ocon and Sainz and Russel. It was a nice qualification. More rain please

Lewis very good yes, especially when you see where Botas was with same car, but that Merc though, onboard it is evident that the car has much more downforce and is far more stable than other cars. Max was spinning wheels each time he tried to accelerate, he did a great job getting into second.

bondyboy · Jul 12, 2020

Eckhart von Glan said:
don't think there's enough time to do that between now and September

They've being doing some major reworks over the last couple of years, seen posts from their facebook, appeared to be mainly stands and facilities, but there was a bit of resurfacing and changes to gravel traps - maybe they did a bit of widening for F1 too?

Badwheels · Jul 12, 2020

Lewis Hamilton Masterclass:
I am Traction Control
I am ABS
I am Car Balance

There will be a test on Sunday, people.

BP · Jul 12, 2020

LeSunTzu said:
Hamilton is incredibly fast on wet tracks but the 1.2 secs gap is a bit happy, because Verstappen couldn't finish his last lap while he had green sectors 1 and 2 and Bottas had a brake issue.

Just watched it back again using the Live feed and the timing data.

Just after Max finished sector 2 he was practically even with Lewis' best lap at that point (+0.078 to be exact)...but then he lost traction going into the final sector so he ended up with mostly yellows in sector 3 before his spin took him out of contention...so let's say he lost 0.2 seconds when he was wrestling with the car...Lewis then beats his own amazing time by 0.5 seconds more.

So even if Max completed that last lap without spinning, he'd still be around 0.2 seconds down on Lewis' previous best (and if the clocks on the F1 overlays are anywhere near in sync with each other, Max was actually more like 0.5 seconds behind Lewis comparing their crossing under the Liqui Moly Banner)...So he would still be anywhere from 0.7 to 1.0 second behind Lewis' final time...so it was still a crazy good lap any way you slice it.

Peshala · Jul 12, 2020

Leclerc 3 place grid penalty, but Russell will be P11! Points finish for Russell today?

Slapped · Jul 12, 2020

gamer19 said:
I agree that Hamilton is one of the fastest, Russell is also perhaps one of those but maybe you're a little bit
carried away with patriotism there are also some other very fast drivers on the grid too don't you agree

Not until next year - then Alonso is back