RJS1977 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 4 hours ago, melmerby said: Oh dear. The only red cars challenging the silver are the RED Bull cars 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Whoops, Still it will be interesting to see how many cars Vettel can hit on his way through the pack, haha 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Current weather prediction (from my CIA usual source) is that rain is 50-60% likely for the duration of the race. We had a prediction of 30-40% rain for the last few hours, and it has bucketted down. Should be good tomorrow! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 On 16/07/2019 at 12:03, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: What we need now is a good wet weekend. No nonsense of rain halfway through and the luck of the draw in who can get back to the pits for wet tyres, just wet throughout. Then we will get the measure of the current front runner's and new hotshot's relative abilities. Looks like we are getting what I hoped for. We have known 'forever' that Hammy is a class act in the wet. Got to believe that Verstappen has the same ability, and is developing the maturity and self control to best exploit it. Bottas, Leclerc, Norris, <insert your favoured star of the future name here> step up and show us what you have got. IT'S SPRAYTIME! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 And despite being unwell Lewis out performed Bottas. https://www.racefans.net/2019/07/27/mercedes-were-prepared-to-substitute-hamilton-in-qualifying/ 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2019 53 minutes ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: Looks like we are getting what I hoped for. We have known 'forever' that Hammy is a class act in the wet. Got to believe that Verstappen has the same ability, and is developing the maturity and self control to best exploit it. Bottas, Leclerc, Norris, <insert your favoured star of the future name here> step up and show us what you have got. IT'S SPRAYTIME! My prediction if it is a wet start. Hammy and Max come to blows at the end of the straight entering the stadium section on Lap 1. Bottas goes onto win with Gasly 2nd and LeClerc 3rd. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Just now, newbryford said: My prediction if it is a wet start. Hammy and Max come to blows at the end of the straight entering the stadium section on Lap 1. Bottas goes onto win with Gasly 2nd and LeClerc 3rd. That would surprise me on this year's form. Hamilton has not taken many risks for a couple of years. Even when Vettel was looking stronger early last season, he didn't throw all his chances with one move. Verstappen would have gone for any gap last season. I think he now backs himself to get past without taking as bigger risks as he used to. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2019 51 minutes ago, Pete the Elaner said: That would surprise me on this year's form. Hamilton has not taken many risks for a couple of years. Even when Vettel was looking stronger early last season, he didn't throw all his chances with one move. Verstappen would have gone for any gap last season. I think he now backs himself to get past without taking as bigger risks as he used to. Possibly so, but in the absence of red cars at the front. maybe the red mist will appear in Max's visor........... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 9 hours ago, newbryford said: Possibly so, but in the absence of red cars at the front. maybe the red mist will appear in Max's visor... He'll definitely be thinking, this is my best chance yet this season for a win. Now we see whether the improvement in behaviour on track this season has got a solid grip on him, or not. And I would expect Hamilton to 'avoid' if he can, his race is all about finishing. If his car is still going at race end, the probability is he's on the podium, whatever. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 How long before the 2 Williams are overtaken? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Messy! throw a dice 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 What's the phrase, to win first you must stay on the track! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2019 No points for the silver cars. Must be a long time since. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted July 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2019 Interesting race and brightened up a wet/cold day in the motorhome Eltel 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke123 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Who predicted that result?! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 4 hours ago, melmerby said: No points for the silver cars. Must be a long time since. They weren't silver ;-) I believe Mercedes originally adopted the silver colour when a car they entered in a race turned out to be slightly overweight so they stripped the paint off it and ran it in bare aluminium! When it won, they decided silver was their lucky colour and kept it. Maybe white is not their lucky colour.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted July 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2019 I wonder how much time Hamilton would have lost had he gone around the track with a damaged wing and pitted with the team ready vs the situation that occurred (assuming no punctures). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2019 That was eventful. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 https://www.gptoday.net/en/news/f1/249620/alfa-romeo-suffer-post-race-penalisation-williams-score-first-points The Alfa's have been demoted, Hamilton get's points in the end as does Williams. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted July 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2019 Bloody hell. That was utterly mental. Almost as crazy as Canada 2011(?)! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted July 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2019 Totally unpredictable but fun to see it unfold. Some very good displays of car control in some instances and also showing how easy it is to get things wrong. Great races by Max and Seb. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 11 hours ago, LNERandBR said: https://www.gptoday.net/en/news/f1/249620/alfa-romeo-suffer-post-race-penalisation-williams-score-first-points The Alfa's have been demoted, Hamilton get's points in the end as does Williams. That's an obscure one. It seems scrutineers go into a lot of detail with their post-race examinations. A shame for Alfa to lose 2 good results but the rules are there for a reason & are not worth having if you can't or don't enforce them. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Nothing like spraytime. What we now know. Verstappen has become a grown up F1 driver. And at least he gets a compensatory win this season. Stroll! Perhaps there is some talent there after all? Albon and Russell made it to the finish. Promising. Leclerc is not quite the complete package. Lost his normal edge in the wet. Gasly is not the complete package at all. Way off his teammate's pace in the wet. Byeeee. And even with flu, Hamilton is still quicker than anyone else. Anyine know yet what went wrong with the Red Bull's clockwork motor getting off the line? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: Verstappen has become a grown up F1 driver. And at least he gets a compensatory win this season. Compensatory? He did win in Austria too. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 https://www.gptoday.net/en/news/f1/249640/renault-truck-crashes-en-route-to-hungary Things go from bad to worse for Renault after both cars retired. Now one of their trucks has crashed. Fortunately it sounds like the driver is okay. Hopefully it's not one carrying the cars and anything damaged can be replaced in time for the weekend. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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