2021 Formula 1 Season Thread

[Glideslope]

Highlights from the first 2 hours.

One of the best 24 I’ve seen. Certainly wasn’t expecting the 5 Hyper Cars to finish 1-5. Toyota was dominant.

Nice to see Ferrari take GTE-Pro. Corvette 2nd in front of Porsche was a positive for me as well.

Im really looking forward to 2023. I try to keep threads on topic, but IMSA offers the best wheel to wheel racing today, IMO.

Always go when they come to Watkins Glen. 👍

 

[Glideslope]

Michael Andretti is interested in buying a Formula One team. He's talked to Gene Haas, who appears to not be interested in selling Haas F1, so he is also looking at Williams and Alfa Romeo as they are owned by private equity firms who might want to either exit or accept a major Andretti equity stake.

Andretti pursuing Formula 1 team takeover | RACER

The United States could have another team in Formula 1 if the efforts of a former driver prove to be successful.RACER has learned Andretti Autosport team owner Michael Andretti has been actively pursuing an F1 team to acquire, with multiple sources pointing towards the 1993 McLaren F1 pilot...

racer.com

My guess would be Alpha Romeo.

 

[CWallace]

Sergio Perez is being retained for 2022 at Red Bull Racing.

Red Bull announce Sergio Perez will race with the team in 2022 after signing contract extension | Formula 1®

Red Bull will field an unchanged line-up for 2022, after announcing on Thursday that they have decided to retain Sergio Perez.

www.formula1.com

 

[pachyderm]

Red Bull braced for grid penalties after Honda confirm Verstappen and Perez have both lost engines to crash damage | Formula 1®

Honda have confirmed that both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have lost the use of their second internal combustion engines of the season, making grid penalties for future power unit changes almost inevitable.

www.formula1.com

How many grid spots will VER and PER lose?

Or which race? The article doesn't say...

 

[ericwn]

Red Bull braced for grid penalties after Honda confirm Verstappen and Perez have both lost engines to crash damage | Formula 1®

Honda have confirmed that both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have lost the use of their second internal combustion engines of the season, making grid penalties for future power unit changes almost inevitable.

www.formula1.com

How many grid spots will VER and PER lose?

Or which race? The article doesn't say...

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[pachyderm]

Can you view this link with a content blocker on your device? I cannot. Even when trying to reload and then adjusting cookie settings is not possible on my 12PM.

I have an account so yeah ...

Sorry

 

[Glideslope]

Great drive by Lando. On the way to Pole?

 

[CWallace]

Heavy rain at Spa and Q3 has been red-flagged due to a major shunt by Norris (who was dominating all the sessions).

 

[CWallace]

Circuit is getting hammered with rain and there is a possibility they might not be able to resume.

 

[CWallace]

And now 20 minutes later the rain is gone for good so they're resuming Q3.

 

[CWallace]

Frack you Max!

Knocks GEORGE RUSSELL off pole, but Williams is #2!

 

[sunapple]

Exciting stuff! Tomorrow should be interesting, no doubt. Shame about Norris though, best hope is they fix the car for P10 but that doesn’t seem likely does it?

 

[Glideslope]

Heavy rain at Spa and Q3 has been red-flagged due to a major shunt by Norris (who was dominating all the sessions).

Lando. 😞😞😞

 

[Moakesy]

Russell !!

What a lap. So happy for Williams. And good to see Ricciardo in 4th.

Got to be brave to put money on predicting the podium tomorrow!

 

[michael9891]

Exciting stuff! Tomorrow should be interesting, no doubt. Shame about Norris though, best hope is they fix the car for P10 but that doesn’t seem likely does it?

It's amazing what you can do with duct tape these days.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Great performance from Lando. Such a shame he binned it. He was pole man for sure.
Also some amazing driving from Russell. So close to pole. I was just hoping Max would lock up on that last sector. Oh well.
I wonder what he can do to help secure his Mercedes seat off the grid tomorrow?

 

[Moakesy]

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I wonder what he can do to help secure his Mercedes seat off the grid tomorrow?

I wonder what will happen if Russell gets the better start, will Max feel entitled to the line as it’s ‘only’ a Williams?

Ric in 4th as well, same with Hammy? Going to be interesting for sure, especially if fully wet.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I wonder what will happen if Russell gets the better start, will Max feel entitled to the line as it’s ‘only’ a Williams?

Ric in 4th as well, same with Hammy? Going to be interesting for sure, especially if fully wet.

Wet then dry will be the most entertaining then wet again. Being on the right tyres at the right time always throws up some interesting results. Someone (Ferrari?) will gamble on slicks earlier than everyone else and either pull off a masterstroke or bin it.

 

[CWallace]

I wonder what will happen if Russell gets the better start, will Max feel entitled to the line as it’s ‘only’ a Williams?

I think Max has shown in the past that he doesn't care whomever the driver or the team.

 

[Pezimak]

Hmm I think it’s unfair, with conditions like that, Lando will now take a grid penalty due to having to use another engine, assuming the one in his car is gone now. As Vetell said they should have red flagged the session before that accident. Lando was on for pole.

George though! 😯😱 but I don’t think he will be able to hold onto the position.

 

[Pezimak]

I wonder what will happen if Russell gets the better start, will Max feel entitled to the line as it’s ‘only’ a Williams?

Ric in 4th as well, same with Hammy? Going to be interesting for sure, especially if fully wet.

Well Max is pretty much the best getting off the line all season, and he’s very very good in the wet so I doubt George will worry him. However if it’s raining I expect carnage on the first lap regardless.

 

[Pezimak]

Exciting stuff! Tomorrow should be interesting, no doubt. Shame about Norris though, best hope is they fix the car for P10 but that doesn’t seem likely does it?

They have spare cars I think, if not the pit crews can rebuild them in no time, they do it constantly. Lando hurt his elbow though so I hope he’s ok to race, they sent him for an X ray on it but I don’t know if they found anything?

 

[Pezimak]

Red Bull braced for grid penalties after Honda confirm Verstappen and Perez have both lost engines to crash damage | Formula 1®

Honda have confirmed that both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have lost the use of their second internal combustion engines of the season, making grid penalties for future power unit changes almost inevitable.

www.formula1.com

How many grid spots will VER and PER lose?

Or which race? The article doesn't say...

That’s up to them, they’ll have to plan it for the best strategy. Unless a crash forces it of course.

 

[Apple fanboy]

They have spare cars I think, if not the pit crews can rebuild them in no time, they do it constantly. Lando hurt his elbow though so I hope he’s ok to race, they sent him for an X ray on it but I don’t know if they found anything?

They’ve not had spare cars for years. It will be a long night for those mechanics rebuilding his car.

 

[Pezimak]

They’ve not had spare cars for years. It will be a long night for those mechanics rebuilding his car.

Ah they have spare monocoques and enough parts to build new cars. But yeah it’ll be a long night, still a walk in the park for an F1 team of mechanics.

EDIT: The crowds were booing Lewis again when he was interviewed after the qualifying, I think they can stop it now. It gets tiresome very quickly.