Hamilton taking the restart alone. Bet you never thought you'd see fewer cars take a grid start than USA 2005?

ohhh poor Vettel thats unfair

reads a bit like they'e doing all they can to give more points to HamiltoN/Merc

Yeah it’s dropped Vettel from comfortably top 10 to outside

 

On a personal level I love what he has done for the sport/LGBTQIA population in the last couple of races

The Hungarian GP ain’t over yet. Tracing Point have lodged a formal appeal over the DQ and The car has remained in control of the FIA. Assuming they’re intending to strip it under FIA eyes and pull the necessary fuel volume from the tank

Bloody hell what a RIDE that race was. Hungary has a habit of throwing up thrillers (2006/2014/2015 spring to mind) but yesterday eclipsed all of those and then some. I never expected to see another Monza 2020 so soon! Many congrats to Ocon, after a great start to the season he's had some absolute stinkers the past few months so what a zero to hero result. Of course he has to thank Alonso for that epic battle with Lewis but he should also thank Latifi!

 

So much chaos and drama and Williams getting both their cars in the points has been reduced to a mere footnote. You simply couldn't write it that Russell finally gets points for Williams and yet Latifi still outscores him, such was the craziness.

 

All the memes about Bottas taking out the RBs on purpose was pretty funny but I'm really gutted for Lando who had a blistering start and was on such an incredible run of form in general.

 

As much as Merc screwed up leaving Hamilton out on the inters that call to undercut Ricciardo & Verstappen was a masterstroke and 100% saved his race. No chance Max would have let him past even with a broken car. I was also impressed by Sainz's strategy overrule on Ferrari who are notoriously shite in that department. Shame that once again he doesn't get to celebrate a podium properly!

 

 

Re Vettel such a huge shame about the DSQ but that's really a black and white case unfortunately. Happened to both him & Lewis in Abu Dhabi/Spain 2012 qualifying and also to Danny Ric at the 2014 Australian GP iirc.

 

Hamilton taking the restart alone. Bet you never thought you'd see fewer cars take a grid start than USA 2005?

 

That was iconic. One of those images that'll be implanted in many an F1 fan's brain for years to come :lol: That blunder was what made the race so epic though so an indirect WD to Merc :clap:

A bit of rain in Hungary certainly makes it quite exciting. Many congratulations to Ocon certainly proved me wrong about his temperament and talent. Shame Vettel got disqualified. And Williams scoring points, Latifi actually outscoring Russell.

Been reading, the sketch artists appeal is hanging on a few things. That they and the FIA can see from the fuel flow meter how much fuel was used And that they knew how much fuel went in And there should be 1.74l left in the car. However they had a failure of some pump within the fuel system on the cool down lap (hence it being parked mid track) and they’re blaming this failure for the FIA being unable to obtain the full sample of fuel even though there remains sufficient volume in the car.

 

 

Be interesting to see what happens when the car reaches the FIA labs in France. He might yet keep second

Summer shutdown is sooooooooooo boring. Can’t wait until Spa now. I know Alpine/Renault will be back to mid table mediocrity but I’m still bouncing after the win!

 

RBR vs Merc at spa will be entertaining AF

Summer shutdown is sooooooooooo boring. Can’t wait until Spa now. I know Alpine/Renault will be back to mid table mediocrity but I’m still bouncing after the win!

 

RBR vs Merc at spa will be entertaining AF

Indycar is back this weekend if you need something to watch.

 

 

This is my mid term top 10

 

01 Verstappen - Every poor result for him this year has been down to factors outside his control. Without those incidents he would likely be 50 points clear at the top by now.

02 Hamilton - Still driving very well on occasion but all his bad results are entirely his fault and he got very lucky in Imola and Silverstone

03 Norris - No longer showing signs of being promising. He is the real deal.

04 Leclerc - Some strong pace and unlucky at Silverstone and Hungary.

05 Sainz - Despite the pressure of joining the sports most famous team he's adapted well and shown great composure.

06 Alonso - Ocon may have got the win through a great drive and some luck at the start but Fernando drove like the legend he is.

07 Gasly - Showing some consistency and pace but has been a tad unlucky at times

08 Vettel - Much improved on his luckless and fault laden final years at Ferrari. Great to see that humour and smile back

09 Ocon - A strong and smart drive in Hungary lifts his position/ Still not quite at the right level.

10 Perez - Settled in well at Red Bull, his race pace is decent but he needs to get a handle on his qualifying. Has also been very unlucky more than once this year

This image really hits home how screwed over Verstappen was on Sunday

 

Edited August 5, 20213 yr by Severin

my top 5 of the year so far

1 Alonso - Doing little miracles with not the bestest car, he's really shown his the best pilot

2 Leclerq - Showing again he's a great driver

3 Norris - Incredible season so far, so much talented, think McLaren should try grab him rather than Russell

4 Sanz - sometimes unlucky but he's very consistent and has lots of potential

5 Verstappen - Some great races but some rookie mistakes too

 

cannot do a top 10 cos the rest are all pretty bad including Hamilton who's lucky to have the best car

 

worst driver and someone who shouldn't be there: Bottas but also Stroll, Raikonen, Mazepin

This image really hits home how screwed over Verstappen was on Sunday

 

It’s insane isn’t it!!! No wonder he had serious balance issues and challenges with the traffic.

 

 

 

I have some formula E and DTM recorded to keep me going through shut down. Was tempted by the ePrix next weekend at Tempelhof but the cheap seats were 49€ each for one day only :/

 

I know I paid a lot for the 4 day pass for Melbourne back in the day but at least an F1 race is a chunky distance. Formula E is a glorified sprint still

Is it possible to say whoever wins F2 this year is at a big disadvantage as they are almost guaranteed not to walk into an F1 seat?

Tracing point have dropped their appeal. Vettels DQ will stand. The team now have admitted there was less than a litre in the car after all but blame it on a component failure

Japanese GP the next one to be chopped. Like Australia, it might be very difficult for them to host in the future as sponsors will see it as too high a cancellation risk.

Is it possible to say whoever wins F2 this year is at a big disadvantage as they are almost guaranteed not to walk into an F1 seat?

 

why you think so?

why you think so?

 

I agree, think seats are a bit of a closed shop right now as most teams will want driver stability going into the new regs next year. Think Alfa Romeo are prob the only team that might chop one of their drivers, in which case I'd like to see Ilott take the seat but it'll probably be a boring choice like Hulkenburg. Then Alpha Tauri could get rid of Yuki but I'd expect Albon to come back if that were to happen.

 

Can't see any of the big teams changing their line-ups other than a straight swap between Russell & Bottas, which I don't even think is a cert.

Edited August 18, 20213 yr by Dobbo.

I think of the current grid you have to ask whether Kimi will be there next year. Giovinnazi is developing slowly but just enough and likely to stay but there's been plenty of talk that if Toto decides to go with George Russell then he might angle for Bottas to replace Raikkonen, which would probably suit Alfa nicely - plenty of experience, there'd less pressure without Hamilton alongside and it might bring out the best in him. That would leave Williams to opt for someone like Aitken or Nissany. Although now, that Williams don't need a pay driver so much there is the option of someone like Hulkenberg.

 

Right now I don't see any indication that any other team will look outside their current drivers. Mazepin has shown signs of improvement and given time may be close enough to average but his cash keeps the team afloat so he's safe. Tsunoda has had moments of impressive pace and once he calms down he will be fine. It doesn't help that Gasly is driving particularly well alongside him.

 

Of the other under-performers, Ricciardo is rated too highly to be in trouble yet and McLaren will give him time (Unless Pato O'Ward blows Norris away at the end of year test), especially as the McLaren is noted to be 'interesting' to drive according to Sainz. Lastly, Perez who has struggled more than many expected but again we know that the Red Bull operates on a knife edge of stability at times and many decent drivers have struggled with it too. With next years changes I can't see much point in switching drivers considering the options

Really cannot see Kimi continuing

and Tsunoda has done badly, they got rid of Albon despite doing ten times better