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[Ruruja]

Haha, good stuff from Ricciardo.

Great lap by Lewis too.

Lots of pressure on them both.

 

[TCRS]

The city of maranello

 

[ElTorro]

At least P6 brings Vettel closer to Kvyat on the grid.

 

[Mastah]

Absolutely magic indeed. Fucking Honey Badger!

 

[nny]

Danny

 

[nature boy]

Even so, impressive performance from Wonderboy. Didn't expect that from Ricci.

Wouldn't want to be in Maranello right now.

 

[hamchan]

Everyone is busy pitying Kvyat, but I wonder how Ricciardo feels right now.

Probably feels his competitive blood boiling. Dude's racecraft is highly regarded for a reason.

Anyways these two at Red Bull showing why they have the seat and why Kvyat is in the junior team?

 

[paskowitz]

Ricciardo be like...

 

[Zeknurn]

Alright, my prediction for an easy pole and easy win for Hamilton is still on track. Now Rosberg just needs to have his timely MGU-H failure.

 

[NewDust]

Lol Toto Wolff trying not to laugh when asked about Ferrari, sidesteps question pointing out Ricci nabbed 3rd from Ves.

 

[ElTorro]

Anyways these two at Red Bull showing why they have the seat and why Kvyat is in the junior team?

Funny how Kvyat's first move after the qualifying was to blame his team.

Unless he can massively impress over the rest of the season, this guy's time is over.

 

[Ruruja]

Ricciardo be like...

Kid = Verstappen
Howard = Ricciardo

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Come on Ricciardo, stop sandbagging.

Hahahaaaa you sneaky bugger I knew Max wasn't going to trounce him like that.

ALSO

Lewis' car works during fist two races in quali, no poles for Nico.

Merc fuck up Lewis car two quali in a row, two poles for Nico.

Lewis' car works again, no poles for Nico.


There's a pattern there somewhere.

 

[Aiii]

It's quite amazing that Verstappen absolutely delivered on his first qualifying and everyone is acting like he lost a WDC, the hype was real.

 

[ramparter]

At least he no longer has the fear of Red Bull hitting him from behind.

PS: Imagine Nico actually manages to beat lewis in title fight but losing to one of the Red Bulls

 

[Tempy]

Alright, my prediction for an easy pole and easy win for Hamilton is still on track. Now Rosberg just needs to have his timely MGU-H failure.

Had Rosberg for pole

 

[Dutch Gronk]

So. Fucking. Done. With. This. Team.

 

[Aiii]

At least he no longer has the fear of Red Bull hitting him from behind.

Vettel should torpedo Verstappen or Ricciardo tomorrow, I'd laugh my ass off.

 

[DrM]

Arrivabene will be fired for sure. Looks like their upgrade package does not work at all.

All teams made a step forward, only Ferrari and Williams are going back the grid

 

[Ark]

Great laps by both Ricciardo and Verstappen.

First qualy I've watched since Australia and it was really good

 

[bobnowhere]

Lols, Horner not sure if Ricciardo was sandbagging or not.

 

[brotkasten]

Pretty good I imagine. He easily outqualified Verstappen..

That he is still the boss and has nothing to be afraid of?

Probably feels his competitive blood boiling. Dude's racecraft is highly regarded for a reason.

Anyways these two at Red Bull showing why they have the seat and why Kvyat is in the junior team?

Don't get me wrong and it wasn't meant to be negative towards him or to over-valuating Verstappen. I'd much rather see Danny further up the grid than Max. I'd honestly like to know what Danny thinks of Max, after seeing his qualifying session.

What's up with Ferrari?

Their car usually doesn't get better as the season progresses.

 

[Upinsmoke]

Arrivabene reckons something is wrong with both cars. I just find that highly unlikely, that both cars could be coincidentally slow. It's not a coincidence, the cars shit

 

[DrM]

Arrivabene reckons something is wrong with both cars. I just find that highly unlikely, that both cars could be coincidentally slow. It's not a coincidence, the cars shit

They should unbolt all new parts, maybe they will be faster lol
Sergio Marchionne is probably pissed as fuck ("We will probably win soon, beginning in Spain")

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Rosberg looks pissed as hell in the conference

 

[hamchan]

It's quite amazing that Verstappen absolutely delivered on his first qualifying and everyone is acting like he lost a WDC, the hype was real.

Is it the Sky commentary being all negative? Not watching right now.

Anyways hype is real in RBR right now. Wonderboy shows he deserves the seat and Ricciardo now has someone to push him to go even faster.

 

[NewDust]

At least he no longer has the fear of Red Bull hitting him from behind.

Vettel should torpedo Verstappen or Ricciardo tomorrow, I'd laugh my ass off.

Be carefull what you wish for. Verstappens start on the straight were poopoo the last three races (even compared to Sainz). Lost places, but somehow managed to regain them in the first or second lap.

 

[frontieruk]

Nico not a happy bunny in the conference, very sour face.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Nico not a happy bunny in the conference, very sour face.

Still trying to work out where the hell he lost three tenths of quali speed to Lewis.

 

[Upinsmoke]

They should unbolt all new parts, maybe they will be faster lol
Sergio Marchionne is probably pissed as fuck ("We will probably win soon, beginning in Spain")

They've been going backwards since Australia though, or if not going backwards not making strides like others around them.

 

[DrM]

Also, Renault/TAG is bringing new, upgraded engine to Canada. They made huge progress over winter, but it is also very apparent that new aero stuff on RBR works as it should.

 

[Mastah]

Haha, Dan pretty much confirmed he was sandbagging up until Q3

 

[spuckthew]

Hamilton saying it how it is ("three out of three" for him) due to not being able to take part in previous two Q3s.

 

[DrM]

He looks just like he wants to murder somebody in the room

 

[nature boy]

Also, Renault/TAG is bringing new, upgraded engine to Canada. They made huge progress over winter, but it is also very apparent that new aero stuff on RBR works as it should.

Hope RBR don't start whining about Renault.

 

[Cheeseman Battitude]

Rosberg looks pissed as hell in the conference

He's broken. That's it. His season is now over.

 

[DrM]

Hope RBR don't start whining about Renault.

Dr. Helmut Marko is not even using word Renault, it is TAG Heuer for them. Also he said that they need engine upgrade (which is coming in Canada) and they will be able to attack Mercedes at tracks like Hungary and Singapore

 

[ramparter]

He looks just like he wants to murder somebody in the room

"Lewis is back on pole and now the fucking Red Bulls are upgraded? Am I gonna catch a break ever?"

 

[nature boy]

Dr. Helmut Marko is not even using word Renault, it is TAG Heuer for them. Also he said that they need engine upgrade (which is coming in Canada) and they will be able to attack Mercedes at tracks like Hungary and Singapore

Right, but I hope they don't whine when it's Spa or Monza.

Honda need a second team, to see how awful the Mclaren chassis is.

 

[Zeknurn]

Hope RBR don't start whining about Renault.

Renault sent Red Bull a power unit supply offer today, just two days before the deadline, they were even willing to talk about supplying Toro Rosso again. I think we all know who's the dominant one in their relationship.

 

[DrM]

Italian media reporting that Kimi said that team made some setup changes right before Q1

 

[ElTorro]

Italian media reporting that Kimi said that team made some setup changes right before Q1

Vettel said something similar. Apparently, the changes didn't work as expected.

 

[DrM]

I think that they messed up their tyre operating window with those changes, car was sliding around like being on ice, mostly in S3. And they cannot change anything due to Parc Ferme

 

[Tempy]

Any thoughts on the GP2 season starting this weekend?

Gasly, Sirotkin, Lynn seem to be contenders to succeed Vandoorne's throne.

 

[Mastah]

Gasly should sweep most of pole positions. But races, well, there are so many closely matched guys it's difficult to pick up clear favourite. Probably consistency will win at the end.

As shown by Sirotkin

 

[Tempy]

Sirotkin throws his race away...oofff..

 

[Tempy]

This GP2 race is pretty sweet.

Edit:
Results:
1) Nato
2) Latifi
3) Gasly
4) Markelov
5) Lynn

 

[Mastah]

Whiting is a fucking moron. Why throw a Safety Car out when it's the last lap and car is in gravel at the end of sector one? Double yellows and let them race for the rest of lap :/

 

[Tempy]

Whiting is a fucking moron. Why throw a Safety Car out when it's the last lap and car is in gravel at the end of sector one? Double yellows and let them race for the rest of lap :/

Raffaele Marciello was classified in eighth despite ending up in the gravel courtesy of a punt from debutant Antonio Giovinazzi, provisionally able to keep his points thanks to the chequered flag being waved a lap early.

I was wondering whether that chequered flag was a bit too early. I guess that was indeed the case, giving Marciello reverse-grid pole.

Edit: I guess it's more like that F1 Interlagos 2003 race where the results up to a previous lap counted (giving Fisichella the win a week later).

 

[Tempy]

This GP3 race on the other hand is extremely Zzzzzz...