The Official Formula 1 Racing Thread

[Supafly]

Silverstone. The arguably most important GP of the season. And this year, what a nailbiter.

Could not get much more dramatic.

 

[larss]

It was a pretty sedate race until the last couple of laps and the will he won't he final lap from Hamilton who just managed to nurse the car around for the win. When I saw his tyre go, my heart was in my throat.

 

[Supafly]

The 2020 F1 Grand Prix of Belgium at Spa. Regarding the podium places, no surprises, It's always Mercedes on top, and most everytime Verstappen on third.

 

[larss]

What the hell has happened to the red cars?

 

[Supafly]

What the hell has happened to the red cars?

If I could answer that question, I could get a couple millions from Ferrari

 

[Supafly]

Qualifying for the F1 GP Heineken d'Italia is through. There are no major surprises, yet

1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.514	1:19.092	1:18.887	18
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:19.786	1:18.952	1:18.956	18
3	55	Carlos Sainz	McLaren Renault	1:20.099	1:19.705	1:19.695	16
4	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point BWT Mercedes	1:20.048	1:19.718	1:19.720	17
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1:20.193	1:19.780	1:19.795	17
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Renault	1:20.344	1:19.962	1:19.820	18
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:20.548	1:20.031	1:19.864	16
8	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point BWT Mercedes	1:20.400	1:19.924	1:20.049	19
9	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1:21.104	1:20.064	1:20.090	19
10	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	1:20.145	1:19.909	1:20.177	20
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	1:20.307	1:20.169		14
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:20.747	1:20.234		12
13	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:20.443	1:20.273		15
14	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1:21.010	1:20.926		14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	1:20.869	1:21.573		14
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	1:21.139			8
17	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:21.151			5
18	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1:21.206			9
19	63	George Russell	Williams Mercedes	1:21.587			7
20	6	Nicholas Latifi

 

[Supafly]

Good god, both Ferraris fluinked out in the race. Both due to basic technical problems. And Vettel is beginning to not even pretend he is 150% burning for his team. But who can blame him, looking at the shitty cars the team makes him drive in.

 

[larss]

After a total fuck up from Lewis and Mercedes pitting when the pit lane was closed 7th was a pretty valiant effort.
I do wonder how the drivers are supposed to see pit closed signs on the left hand side of the parabolica, when the drivers will be looking right. I can't disagree that there should have been a penalty applied but a 10 second Stop/Go seemed excessive. However, with just half the race remaining and starting nearly 30 seconds behind the last car to end up 7th was pretty remarkable.
Really good to see some excellent racing elsewhere in the pack and great to see Pierre Gasly pick up his first win.

 

[Supafly]

Yes! In bad circumstances, character shows much more.

 

[Buttermaker]

The antics of Ferrari handling Vettel is getting ridiculous

 

[Supafly]

The antics of Ferrari handling Vettel is getting ridiculous

Amen to that!

 

[Supafly]

So, this was another crazy race. I think F1 is about to finally turn into an exciting sport once more. See for yourself

 

[Supafly]

Ah! The 2021 season is coming up! McLaren is the first team to present its new car, on the 15th of february. AlphaTauri on 19th, AlfaRomeo 22nd. And so on.

The actual GPs begin on 28th of march, in Bahrain. My gosh, I am on fire!

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...etails-and-f1-car.68SRf1OIY9vyvtcf1Nhrch.html

 

[Matt Superhorny]

I'm a Mercedes and Aston Martin fan. I love the new black livery of Mercedes! Aston Martin Cognizant is going to present their car soon.

 

[Supafly]

I'm a Mercedes and Aston Martin fan. I love the new black livery of Mercedes! Aston Martin Cognizant is going to present their car soon.

Same here. Yesterday I watched the presentation of the Aston Martin. VERY nice. But the Mercedes is on a whole other level, again. They will dominate the coming season, once more.

 

[jetskifan]

I need to start watching again, it's great entertainment

 

[Supafly]

***17 hrs 55 minutes to go***

YES!!! F1 Season 2022 is here, and this weekend, it's on!!!

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...calendar-for-2022.2HcIP34fK3Zznx7YZfWL6P.html

FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2022​

18th March, 13:00 Practice 1 up to 20th March, 16:00 to 18:00

This season, I predict it will be all about Mercedes' radical new body design, which gives them an insane edge, as testing shows - and I am dead sure they are holding back, still.

https://the-race.com/formula-1/mercedes-2022-f1-car-makes-ferrari-fear-spaceship-mirrors/

Who has got the SKY deal, being able to watch it all live? I am such a lucky, guy, got the F1 package as an bonus add-on to the Football (Soccer!) package. Spoil yourselves, it IS worth it.

 

[Orban89]

 

[tvstrip]

I can only think of Danica Patrick and maybe one or two more female drivers.
I've always wondered why there aren't as many female drivers/champions. I can't think of any physical or biological advantage that gender would have behind the wheel, so I'd have to think that as more women get into the sport, we'll see more of them succeed.

 

[Supafly]

I congratulate Team Red Bull and Max Verstappen on the second championship, and I find it great for the sport, Hamilton had his run, and he is an outstanding pilot, but we need various teams have the chance to win, and I think, other than Ferrari, too:

There need to be more top contenders