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Post by racechick on Jul 24, 2015 9:26:27 GMT
And here's Cheko walking away from it. That's a good sight !!
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Post by racechick on Jul 24, 2015 9:28:45 GMT
Now Kimi's wing's fallen off!!
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Jul 24, 2015 11:00:53 GMT
Kimi faster than Seb, till his inconsistent wing fell off
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Post by Wß on Jul 24, 2015 11:54:31 GMT
Because NBCSports is also carrying the tour I can't watch the FP sessions. Only options are streaming or delay. At least qualifying and the race will be broadcast live on their financial network.
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Post by Wß on Jul 24, 2015 12:00:12 GMT
A huge "Thank You Bernie For The Last 30 Years" banner right over the podium? A little self serving isn't it? LOL.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Jul 24, 2015 12:37:35 GMT
Probably put there by the hookers still grateful from when Bernie brought F1 behind the crumbling iron curtain
Who can forget this?
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Post by RyRy on Jul 24, 2015 12:47:33 GMT
Interesting, Hamilton looks like he's miles ahead of everyone. Ferrari look like they're behind red bull for this race.
They all did slow laps around 1:31
Then in order of improved times: Vet 1:28.5 Rai 1:28.9 Vet 1:27.8 Rai 1:27.4 Ham 1:26.1 (first lap over 1.3 faster than everyone else Vet 1:27.3 Kvy 1:26.3 Ros 1:26.5 Ros 1:26.1 (eventually after like 5 laps matches but still slower than Hamilton) Ric 1:26.0 (Goes fastest) Ham 1:25.6 (Hamilton then sets a lap half a second faster)
SOFT RUNS: Rai 1:25.1 (2.4 faster on soft) Ham traffic on his first lap backed off they think it would lose 2 tenths Ros 1:24.6 Ham 1:23.9 (2.2 faster, should be 2.4 equalling Ferrari improvement, even the next hot lap he set an even faster sector 1) Kvy 1:24.3 Vettel span on his first lap Ric 1:24.5 Vet 1:25.6
So Red Bull and Mercedes look like the leading cars this weekend, can't tell anything about Williams.
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Post by Wß on Jul 24, 2015 12:51:30 GMT
Indeed, not a power hungry circuit. Some type of turning most of the way round the ring. We'll see Red Bull do well here, Toro Rosso will be closer as well. Tight behind the Mercs, the 3rd step on the podium will be a wildcard IMO.
Anyone know why neiter of the FI cars are running? I know Perez but did they keep Hulk off the circuit because of a suspect similar issue?
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Post by racechick on Jul 24, 2015 12:53:17 GMT
Horner just said he expects Williams to turn the wick up a bit for quali. And he said RB go well here because it's a twisty slow corner track. He's hoping they can carry it through to Quali,m Bottas has a new wing on.
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Post by RyRy on Jul 24, 2015 12:54:44 GMT
Indeed, not a power hungry circuit. Some type of turning most of the way round the ring. We'll see Red Bull do well here, Toro Rosso will be closer as well. Tight behind the Mercs, the 3rd step on the podium will be a wildcard IMO. Anyone know why neiter of the FI cars are running? I know Perez but did they keep Hulk off the circuit because of a suspect similar issue? Perez's car is still being fixed, Hulk isn't running because they're not sure what went wrong with Perez so they're checking Hulks car to make sure the same doesn't happen.
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Post by RyRy on Jul 24, 2015 13:30:05 GMT
Mercedes look stupidly good on the mediums, they match everyone on softs. If I was Mercedes I'd throw in ten laps before pitting for the mediums in the race do it nice and early.
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Post by Wß on Jul 24, 2015 13:35:28 GMT
Ferrari is struggling. The car is twitchy even though they've got a shitload of wing on it. Williams I'm not sure of, they look good but they're clearly hiding a little pace. They're definitely behind the Mercs though. I agree RyRy. Hamilton looked flawless and their pace on the harder compound has been out of everyone else's league pretty much all season long. Tire deg doesn't seem to be limiting folks too badly but in the onboards, Rosberg looks a bit more ragged and his pace isn't up to snuff.
We may see interesting results come Sunday.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Jul 24, 2015 14:34:06 GMT
This could be a job for Alonso, a bit of luck, Ferraris messing up (Seb has never nailed it here), if Williams dont have much to add we could see Alonso in Q2 and maybe even points in the race
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Post by RyRy on Jul 24, 2015 16:48:49 GMT
Ferrari look rather uncomfortable, more so with Vettel. Based on today's racing looks like Vettel will finish comfortably behind Raikkonen.
To be fair to McLaren they don't look terrible either, I could see them jumping Sauber and potentially even Lotus at this race
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Post by Wß on Jul 24, 2015 17:32:57 GMT
Seb has never nailed it here This may be a certain driver's 5th here. Just goes to show you.
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Post by RyRy on Jul 24, 2015 19:49:37 GMT
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Post by Wß on Jul 24, 2015 22:00:47 GMT
Catastrophic, like Buemi's double failure of the front suspension a few years back.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Jul 25, 2015 9:15:51 GMT
Kimi clearly faster than Seb, Alonso faster than Jenson and Jenson complains of no grip AND no balance
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Post by RyRy on Jul 25, 2015 11:40:15 GMT
I'm impressed at how Ferrari look like they've fixed their balance issue overnight and also shocked at how slow Williams are in practice 3
McLaren seem to be much closer this weekend.
Look at the results at the end of practice they were all over the place except Mercedes and Manor
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Post by RyRy on Jul 25, 2015 12:51:30 GMT
Williams were indeed still sandbagging in practice 3.
Hamilton comfortably faster every lap over his team mate, Hamilton needs to get pole and win tomorrow and he has cleaned the weekend, fastest in every session.
Edit: funny how Mercedes ate slapping them all even on used tyres lol
Good lap from Riccardo, he lost time on Ferrari in sector 1 but was faster in s2 and s3
Kyvat struggling somewhat.
Williams behind Red Bull and Ferrari for this weekend. Obviously that should switch round at the next two tracks.
Edit #2 Hamilton smashed Rosberg over half a second faster, unlucky for Ricciardo very close to beating both Ferrari cars
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