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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2020 9:42:26 GMT -8
To succeed in racing you have to be good and you need to have some luck. Lewis is good but he is doing something right to be blessed with all the good luck he gets. Every time he falls in the poop he comes out just fine. That 1 extra point for fastest lap ended up costing Max and RB a win and 7 points.Math is hard... |
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Post by pushtopass on Aug 2, 2020 11:12:06 GMT -8
Well that was interesting at the end! I think RB were wondering if the same thing was going to happen to Max's tire (he said he was concerned about 10 laps from the end). I think they did the right thing.
I bet Vettel is ready to retire right now.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Aug 2, 2020 11:35:18 GMT -8
That 1 extra point for fastest lap ended up costing Max and RB a win and 7 points. Hindsight is always 20/20 and takes neither intelligence nor skill. |
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Post by jmjgt on Aug 2, 2020 16:57:24 GMT -8
Kvywat wrecks and loses a wheel Tire deflated, it was flat before he hit the wall. |
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Post by jmjgt on Aug 2, 2020 17:09:03 GMT -8
Good race for the yellow cars and the Alpha whatever's (Kvyat's blowout not withstanding). Both seem to be pretty good on tires.
The pink cars may be suffering from the reality that Merc may have already squeezed all of the juice out of last years car. Hulk still looks good in pink.
Vettel is pretty much dead man driving, Kimi ain't looking much better.
Red Bull has to regret driving around like a beaten man most of the race.
RoGro continues to hold the title of prized idiot.
Didier's kid makes me feel old.
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Post by Pistola on Aug 2, 2020 17:36:16 GMT -8
RoGro was pushing the limit but the rule is you can't move while under braking which he arguably did not do. Ferrari should send him some roses because he kept the pack off LeClerc and the end result was another lucky podium.
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Post by mikey on Aug 2, 2020 17:57:32 GMT -8
If's and but's aren't candy and nuts. Haha true but there was foreshadowing when Bottas lost his left front. They still pitted Max anyway. He was not under threat. Should have left him out. So what if he doesn't get the fastest lap? Second was in the bag and the win was there for him to take. Guessing Max was not happy that Albon had it and there was plenty of time to make a free stop, radio should give the answer. |
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Post by mikey on Aug 2, 2020 17:59:41 GMT -8
Red Bull had the fastest lap point on their mind. They were undone by the diversion of the minor point and lost focus on the real prize. But Albon already had it!! |
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Post by jmjgt on Aug 2, 2020 18:04:25 GMT -8
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Post by mmi16 on Aug 2, 2020 18:11:45 GMT -8
Red Bull had the fastest lap point on their mind. They were undone by the diversion of the minor point and lost focus on the real prize. But Albon already had it!! At the time Albon got it he was 11th or 12th and the point is only awarded if one is in the points (Top 10) - with all the 'action' on the final 2 laps Albon did squeak into the points. |
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Post by mmi16 on Aug 2, 2020 18:18:41 GMT -8
How about the early tire failure on Kvyat? |
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Post by snuffmoviestar on Aug 2, 2020 18:33:38 GMT -8
How about the early tire failure on Kvyat? Kvyat won't kneel so no one cares what happened to him.  |
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Post by boiler on Aug 2, 2020 19:53:17 GMT -8
Correct me if I am wrong, something like this happened a few years ago at Silverstone? They blamed the curbs or some other bullshit and switched back to the Merc friendly tires for the next race? |
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Post by jmjgt on Aug 2, 2020 21:03:52 GMT -8
Correct me if I am wrong, something like this happened a few years ago at Silverstone? They blamed the curbs or some other bullshit and switched back to the Merc friendly tires for the next race? Are you thinking about 2013 went the had like a hundred flats after Pirelli switched to steel belts then blamed everything from curbs to pressure and running the tires backwards for the failures? |
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Post by Placid on Aug 3, 2020 3:02:15 GMT -8
Best dramatic finish since the 1985 San Marino GP where fuel became a factor. And that is in F1.
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Post by montybriscoe on Aug 3, 2020 3:24:16 GMT -8
Best dramatic finish since the 1985 San Marino GP where fuel became a factor. And that is in F1. Prost won on the track but was dq'ed after his car was found to be underweight giving Elio de Angelis his second and final win in F1. |
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Post by boiler on Aug 3, 2020 4:49:55 GMT -8
Correct me if I am wrong, something like this happened a few years ago at Silverstone? They blamed the curbs or some other bullshit and switched back to the Merc friendly tires for the next race? Are you thinking about 2013 went the had like a hundred flats after Pirelli switched to steel belts then blamed everything from curbs to pressure and running the tires backwards for the failures? That might be it, I know its the teams "responsibility" to run the tires in a safe manner but outside of Nascar most other tire manufactures rarely have the kind of issues Pirelli have had since they started in F1. |
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Aug 3, 2020 5:00:49 GMT -8
Are you thinking about 2013 went the had like a hundred flats after Pirelli switched to steel belts then blamed everything from curbs to pressure and running the tires backwards for the failures? That might be it, I know its the teams "responsibility" to run the tires in a safe manner but outside of Nascar most other tire manufactures rarely have the kind of issues Pirelli have had since they started in F1. Does anyone think that it's a coincidence that the 4 fastest cars (maybe except Sainz) had tire issues and the rest did not? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2020 5:12:45 GMT -8
That might be it, I know its the teams "responsibility" to run the tires in a safe manner but outside of Nascar most other tire manufactures rarely have the kind of issues Pirelli have had since they started in F1. Does anyone think that it's a coincidence that the 4 fastest cars (maybe except Sainz) had tire issues and the rest did not? When I thinks, I falls asleep. |
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Post by jmjgt on Aug 3, 2020 7:53:13 GMT -8
That might be it, I know its the teams "responsibility" to run the tires in a safe manner but outside of Nascar most other tire manufactures rarely have the kind of issues Pirelli have had since they started in F1. Does anyone think that it's a coincidence that the 4 fastest cars (maybe except Sainz) had tire issues and the rest did not? Did the Bulls and Ferrari's have tire problems? To me it looked like it depended on how how hard the cars were on their tires not how fast they were. Ricci bbs a hard time getting his tires up to temps but once he did he drove the hell out of them right up to the last laps, same with Gasly. Stroll on the other hand wasn't able to keep up his early pace but his tires didn't blister to bits like the Merc's and McLaren's tires did. RoGro's mediums held up nicely too. I think the cars that went for a high downforce setup simply killed their tires, the teams that trimmed the load off a bit were able to keep theirs alive. Off course the cars that don't make much downforce never have anything to worry about to behind with. |
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