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[Guest]

Vettel swapping 1st and 2nd place after the end of the race... I guess I now have a new favourite pilot! 🤣

[Lonely-Martin]

Gotta laugh at Lewis re-entering the track only to push Max off the very next race. 🤣

[AndyGanteks]

Gotta say McLaren and Renault have been doing solid these last 2 races, finding ways to split Ferrari and Red Bull, in qualifying too. Makes the whole thing interesting again, as 1-2 are all Mercedes and 19-20 all Williams with Alfa Romeo, Haas or Toro Rosso into the 10s more and more now.

Edited June 22, 2019 by AndyGanteks

[Nico]

OH MY F*CKING GOD. WHAT A GREAT RACE.

 

I wanted Leclerc to win, but Max clearly deserved it more. Great way to recover from such an awful start. Honda was won, finally, after years of suffering. The lesson here is clear: Mercedes needs to get the f*ck out of F1 to have intense races again. Good race for McLaren and Alfa Romeo Sauber. Gasly, well, they might show him the door sometime. Lapped even by his race-winning teammate.

[Eutyphro]

Epic.

[Guest]

Here's a recap of what happened after the race in the Ferrari Box:

- Ferrari's people celebrating the victory because Sky Italy gave them the news of a 5 second penalty for Verstappen.

    ... Shouting in Italian ...

 

- 3 minutes later - Wait, this document might be fake!

    ... Scanning document, please wait ...

 

- Yes, it's fake, the document number shoudn't be 35 but 49 instead.

    ... Depression (and embarassement) increasing ...

 

- After a nice dinner in the steward's room (that lasted just 2 hours and a half), here it is the final result: Verstappen keeps the victory of the Austrian GP.

    ... Suicidal instincts ...

 

Well, an entertaining race even after the race! I wanted to see Leclerc to take his victory, but Verstappen today was pure masterclass. The incident, for me, is a 50 50 scenario, Leclerc could have broke before and Verstappen could have left a bit more space... But in the end these 2 21-years old men were battling for a 1st place, so just leave them race!

Also very good results for Vettel (shame for that pit stop), Norris (very promising), Sainz (from 19th to 8th), Raikkonen (very good start, then the Alfa Romeo's limits came up a bit) and Giovinazzi (finally taking some points).

Edited June 30, 2019 by Wolver_321

[Nico]

Again, a very good race, another chapter in the spectacular battles between Leclerc and Verstappen. Shame that Ferrari f*cked it with the strategy when the SC came out. They don't seem to realize that they have two drivers. F*cking Vettel and his millionth mistake was the very reason Leclerc reached the podium, and also allowed Gasly to finish ahead of Max. Good for McLaren (especially Sainz). HAAS is just being ridiculous at this point. Wonder whatever crap the criminal f*ckwit who runs "Rich" Energy comes up with now.

[Crokey]

It was good to see a race this season since it's the only one in the UK that's allowed to be free to air and not on Sky TV.

 

Decent race, a couple of good moments, a fairly flat middle of the race, but then I've not seen other races this season to compare to - #EffSkySports

[Guest]

4 words: What a fu**ing race!

 

Verstappen 1st after a 360 spin and a dramatic start (again).

Vettel from last to second.

Kvyat 3rd.

Sainz 4th.

Both Mercedes out.

Leclerc out but could have finished 1st from 10th place.

Hulkenberg in 2nd/3rd and then out.

Kubica and Russell have finally had someone behind who wasn't going to lap them.

 

Happy 125th birthday in motorsports to Mercedes, they couldn't have celebrated it in a better way

Edited December 27, 2019 by Wol321

[Nico]

22 year old Frenchman Anthonie Hubert has passed away after a horrible crash at the F2 race in Spa Francorchamps.

 

https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/hubert-spa-francorchamps-fatal-crash/4526124/

 

RIP. What a sad day for motorsports.

[Guest]

Well, I guess you all already knew that Italians are loud when there's to celebrate. Last Ferrari's win in Monza was in 2010, we had almost to wait an entire decade to see another Ferrari win in our home race track.

And this is probably the day where Charles Leclerc becomes the 1st Ferrari driver taking Vettel's place...

Hats off for Charles!

[Nico]

I'm so f*cking bitter towards our local F1 broadcaster for offering such a sh*tty service. Couldn't see the podium.

 

But I'm so glad to see Leclerc winning and celebrating properly. On the opposite lane, Vettel's time in F1 is over IMO. Should have been black-flagged for that unsafe re-entry alone.

[Nico]

"Bring back the f*cking V12's".

 

Nothing more wise has been said today.

[Awful Waffle]

we are now virtually racing from home thanks to Coronavirus.

this is pretty wild.

 

 

[Testarossa]

i'm actually surprised this thread isn't as active with all the stuff currently going on.

 

I gotta say that the attempt to get the action going during this crisis has been pretty good, it's such a shame we won't get to see Zandvoort or Hanoi this year but at least we're getting some really good stuff in the form of esports and what not. you have people like Norris, Leclerc, Russell, Albon, Latifi doing almost daily streams on twitch and it's super entertaining to see them constantly interacting between each other. there's this clip with Leclerc and Russell messing around in ETS2 which is really good: https://clips.twitch.tv/AliveShinyKoalaJKanStyle

 

that being said i still miss seeing the actual races going on, there's something about esports which has yet to fill my crave for something more traditional which i'm not entirely sure what it is. once again hoping to see some proper real life action really soon.

 

 

[Nico]

I'm not a fan of e-racing, although that's maybe because if I watch people playing with steering wheels and decent sim-racing setups for a long while, envy gets the worst of me. The joys of not being able to afford those things and just playing with a gamepad... 🙄

 

I'm worried about Williams though. They seem to be on the verge of collapse. They gave up their collection of cars to Latifi's father in order to stay afloat.

[Testarossa]

Vettel and Ferrari parting ways at the end of 2020:

 

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/formula1/articles/scuderia-ferrari-mission-winnow-and-sebastian-vettel-decide-not-to-extend-their-contract?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

[Nico]

Vettel is a great driver, there is no doubt about that. His championships are well deserved in my opinion. But he was never the same after he left Red Bull. We all hoped he would be part of what Ferrari needed to be champions again, but now he must pass that torch to Leclerc. I will never forget his mistakes in Baku 2017 and Germany 2018.

[Testarossa]

soo it's been confirmed, Ricciardo to McLaren and Sainz to Ferrari. I'm really happy for both of them since they truly deserve a better team for the skills they both have. That being said I'm going to miss the Norris/Sainz duo and how good their relationship as teammates was.

 

Next year is gonna be interesting for sure.

[Testarossa]

what. a. race.

[GTAJip]

Damn that race was crazy and so chaotic! 

[Nico]

Indeed it was a crazy thing. Did not expect to see so many reliabilty issues, especially coming from Mercedes-powered cars. Ferrari is a total disaster, and I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up being their best result for the whole season. Without luck Leclerc would have finished eighth or worse. Vettel needs to go now, every single mistake he makes just continues to diminish the merit of his championships. I don't really like Hamilton, but I think his penalty during the race wasn't so justified. Shame for Albon, and congratulations to Norris.

[Nico]

Today's race has shown that things get very interesting when the Mercs are nowhere near the front. This is what F1 needs, fight for the victory. My congratulations to Gasly and Sainz, although there is no consolation for the latter. He was so close in the final lap. No Frenchman won a F1 race since Oliver Panis in 1996. If we count Alpha Tauri as a new team, this is their first victory, although Toro Rosso won in this same track with Vettel in 2008. Both teams being the inheritance of Minardi. The Italians would be proud despite Ferrari's disater. I skipped a heartbeat with Leclerc's crash. I still can't understand Hamilton's mistake at entering the pits too early. Marshals also took a lot of time to penalize him. I also don't understand Mercedes' decision of making him comply with the penalty early after the relaunch. He had new, fresh tyres like everyone else, he could have built a gap while still in front and stop at the end, I don't think he would have won but he would have finished better than he did. Boring race until the red flag, AMAZING after the relaunch.

Edited September 6, 2020 by Nico

[GTAJip]

AMAZING race. Congrats to all French people here, I think they're going crazy today with Gasly his win. This indeed is exactly what F1 needs, what a race!

[Testarossa]

yeah honestly it's kinda hard to put into words just how bonkers that race was. Up until the first safety car I thought we were gonna get a McLaren double podium with Sainz and Norris on P2 and P3 respectively. I don't know what happened to Bottas but that start was just not up to what we're used to seeing. I think we were all expecting Ferrari not to do well this race after the incredibly disappointing season they've had so far. but both of them retiring just makes me feel bad for the tifosi, hell, it was Vettel's last race at Monza for the team and I would've liked it to see it go better. Big blunder for Mercedes and Alfa, I really wonder why they couldn't warn their drivers about the pitlane being closed, but I think we all collectively cheered once we saw Hamilton being under investigation and in risk of a penalty.

 

Charles' crash was really terrifying, the camera angle on the broadcast made it look so much worse than it was, and once again I think the halo has proved just how big of a necessity it is in terms of safety standards nowadays.

 

Incredible stuff at the end of the race, I was kinda rooting for Sainz to overtake Gasly during the final few laps (especially since I am a big McLaren fan lol) and I think if it were not for a couple more laps he would've won. Nonetheless seeing Gasly win his first race makes me so happy, considering all the stuff he's been through within the past year or so; getting promoted and demoted from RB, losing one of his closest friends in a horrifying accident, and then proceeding to take his first podium and first win. Truly underrated driver and I hope we get to see him in higher positions more. Congrats to Stroll as well, not a huge fan of him honestly but he did a solid job this race.

 

Next week is Tuscany which should be a bit interesting as Mugello is a brand new circuit to F1. Don't see Ferrari celebrating much at their 1000th GP tho.

Edited September 7, 2020 by Testarossa

[GTAJip]

What a crazy amazing race we got again. Two red flags, insane. A lot of crashes and action. F1 keeps getting better. 

[Nico]

Why was Bottas allowed to slow down everyone on the straight at the first restart? That was incredibly dangerous. As soon as the SC went away he should have accelerated. What a carnage. The second red flag was absolutely unnecessary.

[Testarossa]

On 9/6/2020 at 9:04 PM, Testarossa said:

Next week is Tuscany which should be a bit interesting

glad I was right about this one.

 

pretty insane race, glad everyone involved in that massive crash during lap 7 was ok in the end, same with Stroll going off near the end

 

congrats to Alex for getting his first podium, well deserved after being punted by Hamilton twice. brilliant effort from Ricciardo for almost getting Renault's first podium in a while. gutted about George, looked good up until the second restart and I'm sure he would've scored his first few points for Williams.

[Nico]

Sh*t, Honda is leaving in 2021. Future doesn't look good for F1.

[Eutyphro]

Mercedes is too dominant. It has ruined the sport.