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To be fair it looked like JEV totally fucked up his overtake and hit Massa. If I were Massa I wouldn't be in the mood to get out of the way for him at the next corner either.
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Got home late so I had to catch all the action up on DVR, with a bit of fast forwarding here and there. Here goes:
Formula 3 Race 1 was a lot of fun, great battles for the win and some spectacular overtakes and attempts. Quality defensive race by Vips who clearly didn't have the best pace but he just drove perfectly and brought it home spectacularly.
Surprisingly enjoyable qualifying session too thanks to the track conditions changing rapidly, even despite the usual Mercedes sandbagging turning into a predictable domination. Leclerc is incredible, almost pulled off an absurd pole position with a largely inferior Ferrari. Giovinazzi almost pulled off Q3, good job there. McLaren seems a bit weaker than last time. Not expecting a classic but it might be a decent race.
F2 Feature Race wasn't as exciting as F3, but still very entertaining. The Ghiotto-Latifi battle after the pit stops was a nailbiter.
Formula E too today and... holy fucking balls, this is probably the best race in any series I've seen in years. Insane battles, tons of drama, championship wide open after all kinds of combinations, battles, chaos between title rivals. Still 4 drivers in the hunt, and while Vergne probably has this, after a race like this I am afraid to place any bets. What a spectacle this was.
Formula 3 Race 1 was a lot of fun, great battles for the win and some spectacular overtakes and attempts. Quality defensive race by Vips who clearly didn't have the best pace but he just drove perfectly and brought it home spectacularly.
Surprisingly enjoyable qualifying session too thanks to the track conditions changing rapidly, even despite the usual Mercedes sandbagging turning into a predictable domination. Leclerc is incredible, almost pulled off an absurd pole position with a largely inferior Ferrari. Giovinazzi almost pulled off Q3, good job there. McLaren seems a bit weaker than last time. Not expecting a classic but it might be a decent race.
F2 Feature Race wasn't as exciting as F3, but still very entertaining. The Ghiotto-Latifi battle after the pit stops was a nailbiter.
Formula E too today and... holy fucking balls, this is probably the best race in any series I've seen in years. Insane battles, tons of drama, championship wide open after all kinds of combinations, battles, chaos between title rivals. Still 4 drivers in the hunt, and while Vergne probably has this, after a race like this I am afraid to place any bets. What a spectacle this was.
Are we also not allowed to criticise Vettel or Grosjean or Gasly because we're not F1 drivers?
Yeah i just watched Verstappens reaction saying he had massive lag, probably felt like he could have snatched pole. That means Pierre is even farther back again if Max indeed have those issues.
I guess Max was right when he said just a little more balance and just a little more power will bring the car to life.
I guess Max was right when he said just a little more balance and just a little more power will bring the car to life.
I just think its daft saying somebody fucked up on strategy like in this instance when nobody knows the feedback they've got from the different compounds.
Some things are more obvious than others though arent they. If a driver is blatantly slower or making numerous mistakes its pretty evident by watching. I know it's the in thing to basically call every ferrari strategy call a joke for the last few years but nobody knows how the tyres are behaving in terms of degradation, operating window etc other than the guys with the data and I'm sure all that gets analysed a decision made of the back of it.
What you said was more daft by a considerable margin. You should probably go elsewhere if you're so thin skinned about people's opinions.
To put it mildly, this thread is really toxic when it comes to Ferrari. They may have been the 2nd best team in this era but from the comments you read here you'd think they're in absolute shambles like Williams.
Somebody needs to make an edit of that video with the Burnout 3-style cash amounts of damage popping up above of the cars.
Solid F3 and F2 races in Silverstone so far, not as bonkers as yesterday but decent racing. There's a bit of rain here and there, hopefully it affects F1 too.
Well I guess people have different thresholds on what they consider "obvious".
But yeah I agree that Ferrari gets blamed unfairly for a lot of their strategy calls (even when the call turns out well lol).
Going by previous logic Williams are beyond criticism due to their history in the sport. :)
Not just Q3, though. In his first run (in Q1) he was already mentioning delayed turbo lag on the radio. He reckoned that he was losing 0,150s/0,200s on each lap.
Not really the point, no. But Ferrari has been the 2nd best team in this entire era, yet here it's being criticized as if they weren't getting race wins and challenging for the championship most of the seasons. If they're tragic, I wonder what people think of McLaren, Williams, Renault, etc..
What a beautiful thing, had me smiling all the way. If anyone here hasn't seen it yet, the Williams documentary on Netflix is a really enjoyable piece to watch.
Ha that was great. Kinda sad to see hear he hasn't been able to get on the track more with how much he enjoyed it.
This series is basically track day cars and less aero than GT3 right? It's like watching Gran Turismo.
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How the hell are they going to make that track F1 ready....
It really wasnt. If you think the people who make decisions at this level of sport are fucking idiots and you not having the information to back that up makes me an idiot by arguing against that then your beyond help quite frankly.
Hee seems very confident. Very curious to see how the team will perform today.
I heard that they are going to increase the width of the track in some areas and move the barriers closer to the track like Monaco. We'll just have to wait and see how that pans out for Formula 1.
Seems to be a software niggle that cost Max pole, so I'd say not a chance with him having a shot at the win. The Austria updates from Red Bull and Honda (PU software) have made a huge difference to the performance, if they'd started like this we would have had a proper championship fight between Max and Hammy.
After the summer break it could get real interesting with the Spec 4 fuel reforming beast.
And if you expect all message board type discussions to be backed up by actual evidence in a sport where such data rarely travels beyond the walls of the participants factories then you are clearly at an elite level of naivety. Continue digging that hole though.
I wonder who will win a possible rain race... in Silverstone... considering the last rain races we had...
Well, if the track is dry we're probably getting a Mercedes 1-2 anyway. May as well hope chaos ensues, even if the top 2 is the same.
Pirelli is expecting two-stop strategies to be fastest, so watch the top 6 finish on one stop.
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