Tsunoda has been unanimous since the opening race.

David Coulthard not mincing his words about Tsunoda there .

 

Not very impressed with him I feel!

wait, the wheel fiasco was Bottas' fault?

just reading in there Italian press that it's his fault cos he stopped too soon

and was off the mark so the mechanic inserted his tool in a weird wrong angle

Probably one of the dullest races I've seen, Monaco is certainly a useless Grand Prix. No safety or virtual safety cars. Amazing for you, Max. For the fans it certainly wasn't.

 

I think unfortunately it's always going to be reliant on crashes or strategy to make it exciting, but it's easy to see why it'll always be there, and it's fine to have on the calendar because it's really only Monaco that's like it. The race might have been boring but I was glued to qualifying on Saturday, though that's probably because the race was always going to be boring!

I always feel like Qualifying is at its peak at Monaco because it basically determines where you’ll finish come the end of the race on Sunday. Give or take a first corner first lap overtake or a under/overcut that was perfectly managed

wait, the wheel fiasco was Bottas' fault?

just reading in there Italian press that it's his fault cos he stopped too soon

and was off the mark so the mechanic inserted his tool in a weird wrong angle

 

Utter crap of course. If Bottas was out of position then how come only one wheel was a problem?

 

Toto has simply made obvious what we have known for ages - Bottas is an afterthought at Mercedes regardless of what he does. The fact is he completely outperformed Hamilton all weekend and was the team's best (slim) chance for a win yet they managed to blow it for him yet again. Bottas attempting an undercut was the obvious choice and might've worked but despite there supposed policy of the lead driver determining pit order they boxed Lewis first and it screwed Valtteri. Lewis (besides his ranting) was anonymous all weekend but the team still focused on him too much.

 

As a qualifier I think Bottas is pretty decent although in races he can't maintain the pace and struggles to get his tyres working quickly. I don't particularly rate him but he is however a decent guy and an honest driver., as well as being ridiculously unlucky.

 

He deserves better than he is getting at Mercedes and he should drive selfish. Lewis will never return the favours Bottas has given him. He may never get as dominant a car again should he leave but he may get a team that respects him.

Bottas sure can drive fast, his weakest point is overtaking, he simply can't

Got me thinking regarding the red flag at the end of Q3, If there's a red flag in the final two mins of a qualifying session, should more time be added?

Got me thinking regarding the red flag at the end of Q3, If there's a red flag in the final two mins of a qualifying session, should more time be added?

A potential issue there is over tyres. Anyone on track when a red flag comes out has quite likely wasted a set. Given that it's likely to be almost everyone that adds up to a lot of scrubbed tyres that won't set faster times when it resumes or they'd all have to be provided with an extra set which goes against the cost cutting initiative F1 is pushing.

 

There's also the scheduling issue. An incident that requires lengthy clean up means delaying any subsequent races or events in the day which may be affected by loss of daylight, potentially deciding a championship before a race begins.

 

I gather the FIA are looking at the Indycar format though - any driver who causes a red flag forfeits any time set in that session. Whilst it does prevent any attempts to end a session on purpose like Schumacher did in Monaco or any protracted questions over whether grid penalties are applied, like with Leclerc, it can be harsh if the driver in question is blameless and it's a mechanical issue

I think it’s also a bit harsh in terms of what happened to Leclerc this weekend. It was a genuine error and countless people have clipped the wall at turn in to clatter into the wall on exit with a broken suspension.

 

 

It’s a tough line to draw between what is deliberate and what is not. I wouldn’t like to be making that call

Very much a case of the race itself was boring but what it has now done to the championship (and various other stories) is much more interesting.

 

It was actually the first race I didn't watch live all the way through since coincidentally the last Monaco GP.

Baku has been a good event most of the time, can't wait for the race.

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Singapore is next to be chopped. Hope this means Turkey can be restored if things have calmed down there by then or they bring back Mugello and switch it with Russia so we have Monza/Mugello back to back like last year.

Not overly surprised that Singapore is off

 

 

 

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Good thing we are not in Belgium this weekend 😬

Talk is of a second US race rather than Turkey

Yeah heard COTA have offered to host a double header. Would make sense.

 

 

 

Im getting bored of the Mercs sandbagging Friday and then smashing it on Saturday in quali. It’s mean to tease us with the possibility that the race might actually be interesting

Yeah heard COTA have offered to host a double header. Would make sense.

Im getting bored of the Mercs sandbagging Friday and then smashing it on Saturday in quali. It’s mean to tease us with the possibility that the race might actually be interesting

Red Bull not taking no bull tho still on quali (pun intended/not)

another pole for Leclerq thanks to the red flags :)

 

Fernando Alonso was very critical with the current rules about red flags saying they need to change

also very critical about the pilots that had accidents yesterday saying some were driving beyond their abilities :o

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That’s not really a lie when you look at some of the people that had the Red Flag accidents. *cough*Stroll*cough*

 

Living for Fernando causing controversy. God I missed him when he was away for those 2 years. I think he’s rightly irritated tho as Red Flags did f*** up the Alpines run in Q1 and Q2 and Q3 and without the Q2 one the person who caused the Q3 might not have made it.

 

 

Sainz knocking his wing off was hilarious though. I can’t deny that. Mental quali

in other hilarious news, was reading in the papers that Mazepin has received a letter from there Russian Army telling him he has to join,

as in Russia it's obligatory and being an elite sportsman doesn't work as excuse :D maybe we'll get rid of him after all :D