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On March 26 2018 00:31 shiroiusagi wrote:
Wow. Was watching, but stream stopped loading for me after seeing many times of the Haas mess up replays.The gap between 4th and 5th so huge. DX
https://twitter.com/movistar_F1/status/977813097875324929?s=09
Pretty sad for the mechanic. Twice in a row.
Is Haas the only team with a single pit crew for both drivers?
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Oh come on, I see no brit complaining when the safety car is helping Lewis. It's just bad luck, it happens all the time in F1. It still looks like Mercedes have the strongest package this year and he's still one of the best driver out there so he's likely to win once more this year
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
Safety Car is different though, Safety car normally helps because it squeezes up the pack or if you are very lucky you can squeeze in the pit and keep your place. But the Virtual Safety car allows you to drive faster in the pit area run off though which again you can't do under a proper Safety Car xD
That is only thing i am complaining about xD
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Welp Hamilton 9th, bloody gearbox penalty already looks like an easy Vettel victory but hopefully not.
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lol mclaren .. honda is ahead of them :D
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Ferrari 1/2, its been a while. Gasly p6 like a boss. Both Hondas in front of Mclaren and 1.5 sec behind the Red Bull with the same power unit... so much for the best chassis on the grid
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
Good news for Hamilton is that Vettel car is rumored to be having engine troubles from P3. He might be able to cruise through tomorrow enough for it not to matter though.
Gotta hope Hamilton can cruise through the field but i doubt it.
Max has also started this season off in awful form. In Australia was driving so poor, drifting and ruining his tyres way to much. This weekend so far he has crashed going around an easy corner way to aggressively. Not a good start for him and Red Bull
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McLaren must be feeling really dumb right now. Everything running Renault or Honda is in front of them.
The Ferrari engines are so troll... Starting with a cloud of smoke.
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Bahrain really suits Raikkonen (and Ferrari) but too bad he wont get 1st in the race unless Vettel suffers a DNF. McLaren results were shocking given they have managed to finish decently in the past with a lulz worthy engine.
If Toro Rosso finishes ahead of McLaren, its a job well done! With Williams having no idea on whats going on, I'm glad that Kubica didn't join them.
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Verstappen PUNISHED for doing crazy overtaking while Ricciarddo got engine problems in lap 2 =/
Edit: Okay Verstappen OUT. Ferrari fucks up Kimi pitstop and we have a mechanic down. Suspected broken leg. Vettel wins Gasly finishes 4th!!!!!
Gasly: "Now we can fight!" https://streamable.com/0h5mw
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Not a bad race, think Bottas bottled it if he crashed the team still won with Hamilton so I doubt they would be complaining.
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
Yeah im convinced both Hamilton and Bottas left it way to late to turn the engines up. Lewis in last 3 laps went from 12 seconds behind to 5. Bottas needed to pick up the pace way earlier but i don't think he had enough within himself. Think if it was Lewis behind him would have been a different story.
Oh well Mercedes will be happy as they just took a big lead in constructors, but Lewis is now already down some points on Vettel and Bottas well he very behind.
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On April 09 2018 03:43 Pandemona wrote: Yeah im convinced both Hamilton and Bottas left it way to late to turn the engines up. Lewis in last 3 laps went from 12 seconds behind to 5. Bottas needed to pick up the pace way earlier but i don't think he had enough within himself. Think if it was Lewis behind him would have been a different story.
Oh well Mercedes will be happy as they just took a big lead in constructors, but Lewis is now already down some points on Vettel and Bottas well he very behind.
I dont think Mercedes even have hope for Bottas, In Q1 they asked Toto if they can beat Ferrari and his response was "we have Lewis Hamilton so its possible."
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
Yeah i think Bottas showed he didn't have much pace or nous in that Bahrain grand prix. Onto China next back to back weeks are fun :D
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Silly season should be fun if Bottas is being replaced, quite a few options to who to go with, and recent talk is Ric is going to Ferrari.
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
Yeah i would take the swap if Kimi still wanted to drive and take him as Mercedes no2. He would get more love without upsetting Lewis much as Kimi just is Kimi lol.
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Oh hell no. Kimi is not really motivated in F1 and likewise for Lewis. I dont think you will want to have 1 unmotivated driver (Kimi) and 1 semi motivated driver (Lewis) in your lineup.
Ric gotta leave RBR. I'm seeing echoes of Webber/Vettel situation for Ric where RBR will favour the younger driver
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On April 09 2018 19:48 Pandemona wrote: Yeah i think Bottas showed he didn't have much pace or nous in that Bahrain grand prix. Onto China next back to back weeks are fun :D I mean pushing into dirty air with dead tires isn't exactly an easy thing to do. Vettel drove great with even more dead tyres though. The reason Hamilton managed to gain so much by the end should then be quite apparent.
We'll see how the rest of the season goes.
On April 10 2018 02:08 LennX wrote: Oh hell no. Kimi is not really motivated in F1 and likewise for Lewis. I dont think you will want to have 1 unmotivated driver (Kimi) and 1 semi motivated driver (Lewis) in your lineup.
Ric gotta leave RBR. I'm seeing echoes of Webber/Vettel situation for Ric where RBR will favour the younger driver Says who? Kimi not being motivated in F1 is just not true, he may not be as motivated as before but if he really wasn't that motivated he wouldn't be in F1 to begin with. To be honest he simply just doesn't have the pace in this era, be it because of the difference in the actual cars, it not suiting his driving style that he had in the past or him being very particular to the setup. It could be any number of things but compared to the likes of Vettel and Hamilton he's just not there (anymore).
(Whether or not Hamilton is that motivated to continue is another matter though, I have gotten the notion he'd want to at least continue if he'd be able to snatch this years WDC. For that chance of beating Schumacher's record.)
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
Bottas didn't have dead tyres? Vettel was on soft tyres which die after 30 laps, by the end of the race he had ran them for 39! Bottas and Hamilton had 30 lap old MEDIUM tyres the same tyres they ran for well over 50 laps in practice without a bother which is why they were one stop statedgy. Bottas also pitted after Vettel so he had the fresher rubber that lasts way longer. He justs didn't have the pace to catch him, don't forget we saw Lewis get pulled in quite quickly on degrading tyres by Vettel on his fresh set of soft tyres, was within like 2-3 laps of him coming out of the pits on his Softs. Bottas didn't have the pace at all to challenge it seems and only caught Vettel due to Vettel really coming off the pace due to tyres dying. Bottas should have turned the engine up and went for him before lap 50 due to applying pressure to Ferrari making Vettel drive the car and causing even more issues. Martin Brundle mentions it during his race recap he posted yesterday.
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