Formula One

[Neal H]

To be fair at the post race press conference Lewis did say that Alonso was hard but very fair, and he would have done exactly the same for his team if the positions had been reversed.

Either way, it’s great to have Alonso back and seemingly still at his best. You only have to look at how quickly Hamilton despatched Sainz’s Ferrari to see what a fantastic job Alonso did.

[Techyd]

2 hours ago, Chillidoggy said:

Albeit with the Moaner-in-Chief saying posr-race that Alonso was ‘driving dangerously’.

That is true but I do feel he delivered that line slightly in self defense against the time it took to get past.

[Evotion]

Great to see old masters like Vettel and Alonso put in some great efforts. 

Reminds the young kids of the other side of motor racing craft. It not just about attacking.

So long as Mercedes do not get more upgrades and take off again like the last few years then this season will play out as it has done.  Very difficult to predict anything at all in and around  the top 10 places.

Great innit

[pete]

Honda have announced that both Red Bulls have got to have new engines because of the two accidents so looks certain they will both have have grid penalties. Seems unfair when they have already been penalised by not being able to finish their races and neither accident was their fault. Mercedes must be laughing

[exeterjeep]

Looks as if Merc will be upgrading their cars this year after all, 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/58341506

[C8RKH]

Really pleased to read that perez has been extended at Red Bull. Good for him. Good for the team. And, actually, I think good for Verstappen too.  Hopefully this means someone has finally found a way to gag the old interfering geezer!

 

[exeterjeep]

is that Horner or someone else...

[C8RKH]

20 hours ago, pete said:

Honda have announced that both Red Bulls have got to have new engines because of the two accidents so looks certain they will both have have grid penalties. Seems unfair when they have already been penalised by not being able to finish their races and neither accident was their fault. Mercedes must be laughing

Remind me again how many people have been "punted off" by Max in his F1 career? I mean, FFS, in Spa two years running he took himself and several others out by diving into turn 1!  The dumbflugger didn't learn from the first time?

I do find it hilarious that a lot of people are saying woe is Max, when at other times it was "just racing".....

2 minutes ago, exeterjeep said:

is that Horner or someone else...

Marko

[Chillidoggy]

George Russell, what a stunning performance! 

[jep]

Williams: perfect storm. Track, conditions, strategy, driver. They gambled but had zip to lose. A joy to watch and so nearly P1.  

I hope Frank saw it. 

Justin

 

[exeterjeep]

Not a very enthralling race then, not going to watch the highlights later on this evening.

[EldonZ]

I'm sorry but that was not a race. Running two laps behind the safety car to get a classification. Really!?

Later,
Eldon

[exeterjeep]

I suppose them's the rules they play by. Shame for the crowd who must have spent many hours in the wet.

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Disgraceful. Everyone knew it was going to keep raining. Why didn’t they just start on schedule? They have wet weather tyres, but they just don’t seem to want to use them! Take yesterday qualifying for example. It was “too wet” to race and then they come out half an hour later and go straight onto intermediates! WTF! If it’s suddenly OK to go out on intermediates, why couldn’t you go out on wets before?

Perhaps they should just scrap the wet weather tyre option, since it now seems to be an irrelevance. Also you get just as many points for following the safety car for 2 laps, as you do for proper racing 75% of the full race distance. How is that fair?

Finally the cynic in me thinks that they only drove those couple of laps behind the safety car to prevent the circuit owners having to pay out all those ticket refunds… 

[scotty435]

4 minutes ago, exeterjeep said:

I suppose them's the rules they play by. Shame for the crowd who must have spent many hours in the wet.

And after the race being classified they are not entitled to a refund. Cash is king.

[exeterjeep]

34 minutes ago, LotusLeftLotusRight said:

Finally the cynic in me thinks that they only drove those couple of laps behind the safety car to prevent the circuit owners having to pay out all those ticket refunds… 

And may be tv /sponsorship money?

[pete]

[jep]

A race? I suppose we can call this a bit of a Liberty. 

Justin

 

 

[mg4lotus]

Brilliant result for Russell, he was so close to his first F1 win and it would have been well deserved, you might have been able to put it down to strategy in quali 1 but quali 2 and quali 3 it was all down to driver ability.

[scotty435]

One of the biggest Russell fans here, but come on close to his first win? lets be realistic to be on the podium on race day would have been super human. Yes great for him getting his second place in race that never even started just leaves a bitter taste in most fans minds, especially those track side.

[Chillidoggy]

I seem to recall Vettel saying it should be called off right from the start. Ultimately, to let them race could have meant potentially serious injuries. Let’s not forget it’s not long ago that a driver died at Spa. Would that have been right?

Yes, it was disappointing, but the FIA stuck to the rule book, and no amount of online whinging can change it.

We should now be looking forward to Zandvoort.

[Neal H]

It did seem all very cynical by F1. Especially if it means that the fans don’t get their money back.

[exeterjeep]

At the same meeting they had formula W - did anyone see the crash where at least 5 cars crashed one after the other - I think that was on Saturday. Not far from where Lando started his accident in Q3.

With regards to the 'race' I see Lewis has made a statement in the last few hours saying the 'race' should have not started.

[Chillidoggy]

Regarding his predictable whinge about fans not getting their money back, presumably Hamilton is going to refund Mercedes for not having raced.

[PaulCP]

@Chillidoggy in your haste to have a pop at Hamilton you miss the point completely about how F1 have screwed the fans at trackside.

A clearly calculated move to start a “race” that was never going to be.