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Post by ChrisM on Jun 25, 2019 19:41:32 GMT
How well will Red Bull perform on their own circuit?
Will there be special tributes to Niki Lauda?
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Post by ChrisM on Jun 29, 2019 12:51:59 GMT
What's with Verstappen's helmet design? From one angle it looks like a lion, from the other it looks like Sooty on a Bad Fur day
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2019 12:55:05 GMT
There should be a tribute imho, he is an Austrian after all.
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Post by Ben on Jun 29, 2019 16:29:32 GMT
Dammit. It's been a crazy week so I've not had the time to put in my predictions.
Deemed for me then.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 11:11:09 GMT
It's a weird situation this weekend with the penalty and Seb being 8th on the grid. Looks like Leclerc has a decent chance of a win. The mix up was/is needed tbh.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 15:44:54 GMT
I very hesitantly coughed up for Sky Sports to watch today's race and am pleased I did. Good race.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 30, 2019 18:39:03 GMT
If that race wasn’t Red Bull’s home race Vercrashen would have been penalised.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 20:48:47 GMT
I am not exactly backwards at coming forwards to knock Max but, he did less than others have got away with and for Max, that move was positively gentle. Think back a few years and Lewis/Nico at the same corner. Running the other guy wide is one of those area's where they need to be consistent though. IMVHO, Max went up a few rungs in my opinion today.
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Post by Martin on Jun 30, 2019 22:06:07 GMT
Excellent race today, helped balance out the boring one last weekend.
Disappointed for Leclerc, but great to see some proper racing and Max deserved the win
I’m a big fan of Lando Norris, both in and out of the car.
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Post by Tim on Jul 1, 2019 13:20:58 GMT
Presumably LeClerc could've stuck to on a line to keep him on the track and forced Verstappen to go tighter?
I mean, Verstappen's advantage was down to fresher tyres so assuming LC hadn't outbraked himself (I haven't seen the coverage) he would've been within his rights to invite Verstappen to avoid the crash?
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Post by Martin on Jul 1, 2019 13:28:38 GMT
Nav was slightly ahead and had the inside line, so difficult for Leclerc to do anything else without hitting him. Good overtake IMHO.
I thought Bottas was poor again this weekend, especially when he barely defended when Max caught him up, he made it easy.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2019 13:35:49 GMT
Apparently both Merc's were running into problems with temps, the real shocker was Ghastly being lapped by a team mate who won the race. A very short shelf life with team Red Bull.
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Post by Alex on Jul 2, 2019 8:58:28 GMT
Apparently both Merc's were running into problems with temps, the real shocker was Ghastly being lapped by a team mate who won the race. A very short shelf life with team Red Bull. Red Bull want to challenge Ferrari for 2nd spot in the championship so they need a consistent points scorer as their second driver which Ferrari and Mercedes have in Vettel and Bottas and Gasly is not providing enough of a challenge to the midfield that are coming up behind him. I reckon a mid season change could well happen. Bottas did look like he gave up his place to Max far too easy. It was as if he was being lapped rather than racing for second place. The party line that they were suffering from engine temperature issues almost sounds like they were covering his arse. I thought Lewis gave up fourth a bit too easily to Seb too but not quite to the scale of Bottas’s capitulation. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 9:20:34 GMT
Are they playing the long game engine life wise? It can be argued that losing less time and running your own race on these occasions is a better bet.
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Post by Alex on Jul 2, 2019 15:49:08 GMT
Are they playing the long game engine life wise? It can be argued that losing less time and running your own race on these occasions is a better bet. Possibly. If they knew they were never able to win there wasn’t much point pushing it. But that again raises the question about whether three engines a season is too restrictive to allow decent racing. |
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