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I believe that's the endgame. Lower the Temps, lower them again, then remove altogether. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Fire begets Fire |
Ethanol in the fuel… Haven’t we learned already? "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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No points for Red Bull is a big blow, but we'll see how that plays out over the season. I am not a Red Bull fan, so I don't mind them getting no points. It is fun to see a shake up in the usual suspects. I do hope McClaren figures out their problems - I hate to see them bringing up the rear. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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It'll be interesting to see how development spreads the field over the season & what the next couple races bring. I've read that Alfa has good low speed performance, but needs to work on high speed corners. Hopefully RBPT doesn't have a major issue to sort out. Have read it might've been a spec part (fuel pump IIRC) so maybe not entirely their fault, but affected 3/4 of the RBPT cars? Mercedes PU definitely has some work to do, seems they're at the biggest deficit (after 1 race weekend). The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I was really pleased for Ferrari and Haas. They have been doing so poorly for sooooo long. Max was ringing his car's neck, but Leclerc just had a better car that day. If RB had not dropped out, Merc would have finished in nearly mid-field!! | |||
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I was very happy to see Ferrari finish 1 and 2 but was really hoping that Merc could have been held off from getting a podium. That was a gut punch so close to the finish line. | |||
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| Fire begets Fire |
Predicting an RB comeback … (Silly E10 fuels … so stoopid) "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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Surprised by Ferrari speed, MB was about 30 seconds off pace did not look engine power related, some work to do. Will see what they can do this weekend. | |||
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Saudi Arabia - Friday Practice 1 POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIME 1. Charles Leclerc Monaco Ferrari 1:30.772 2. Max Verstappen Netherlands Red Bull Racing 1:30.888 3. Valtteri Bottas Finland Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:31.084 4. Carlos Sainz Spain Ferrari 1:31.139 5. Pierre Gasly France AlphaTauri-Red Bull 1:31.317 6. Yuki Tsunoda Japan AlphaTauri-Red Bull 1:31.505 7. Sergio Perez Mexico Red Bull Racing 1:31.563 8. Esteban Ocon France Alpine-Renault 1:32.026 9. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes 1:32.364 10. Fernando Alonso Spain Alpine-Renault 1:32.381 11. Daniel Ricciardo Australia McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.506 12. Lance Stroll Canada Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:32.582 13. Lando Norris Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.594 14. Guanyu Zhou China Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:32.608 15. George Russell Britain Mercedes 1:32.839 16. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:33.034 17. Alexander Albon Thailand Williams-Mercedes 1:33.087 18. Nicholas Latifi Canada Williams-Mercedes 1:33.529 19. Mick Schumacher Germany Haas-Ferrari 1:34.429 20. Kevin Magnussen Denmark Haas-Ferrari No Time The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Fire begets Fire |
Key data point: Max Verstappen was on hard (H) tires; everybody else was on softs (S). "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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Looking more & more like a RBR/Ferrari fight. We'll see how quickly MB can fast-track development to catch up. Impressed to see VB in P3, he'd said after Bahrain that the Alfa had great low speed corner performance but that they needed to work on high speed corners. Zhou & both Haas at the bottom, but KMag had a malfunction early on that restricted his running. Only LH in the top 10 for the MB PUs. We'll see what FP2 brings, when the times are usually more representative. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Nice mix in the top 10 after FP2. Only 3 doubles in there, the usual suspects. McLaren, Alpine, Alfa & Alpha rounding it out. Still a lot of MB at the bottom. Top 12 within 1 sec of P1. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| I swear I had something for this |
LeClair’s beating Verstappen by hundredths of a second in practice times. If the Red Bulls fixed their issue from last week, Ferrari going to have a harder time keeping their lead. Looking forward to qualifying. | |||
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| Political Cynic |
Heck of a crash by Schumacher. Hit solid concrete barrier at about 170. Car is a complete wreck. | |||
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Checo P1, Max P4. Ferraris in between. Russell dragged his Merc up to P6, while Hammy didn’t make it out of Q1. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Yes, qualifying was exciting and a nice change. Hamilton, welcome to a Q1 exit, and earned, not just due to a problem. Russell showed the car isn't great but not that bad either. Max just couldn't put it together at the right time. Nice to see Mick seems to be OK but a big hit. I hope, after they get out of there, they stay out of these places. Hard to see wokeness of F1 aligning with values of some of the new events. I suspect Vettel could have had Covid as a good excuse, seeing something like that coming and didn't want to upset the powers that be by declining to attend. Hope for a safe and exciting race tomorrow. Then a quick trip to Australia. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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| Fire begets Fire |
#11 ftw "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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RB looks to have a good package this year. Will see how engine development goes between them and Ferrari. | |||
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Ouch, that Haas was thrashed. Never seen the rear just break off like that. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Can I assume a HANS device protects in side impacts about as much as it does for head on impacts? Or is that primarily handled by the body work on either side of the helmet? I'm hard pressed to remember a side impact as hard as what Mick endured today. Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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