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[Yagami_Sama]

Good job Vettel. With whom are you going to complain now?

 

[Cub3h]

I feel sorry for Ferrari fans, how is their strategy so bad this season?

 

[DrM]

Debris? Kerbs? Pirelli? All of the above?

Overuse, they are not made to survive 30 laps

Damn, Ferrari pit wall never disappoints.

 

[Frankfurter]

I just don't get Ferrari. Why risk so much? Why why why....

 

[Orgun]

Debris? Kerbs? Pirelli? All of the above?

Nah just Ferrari being Ferrari with strategy

 

[Hasney]

Debris? Kerbs? Pirelli? All of the above?

Most of the supersoft drivers were already in and pitted, so could have just been out too long.

 

[nny]

Debris? Kerbs? Pirelli? All of the above?

Spikes coming out from the ground - red bull arena taking care of the competition.

 

[hamchan]

Wow. And here I thought these Pirelli tyres were invincible with how long some of them have lasted this year.

 

[Lima]

Debris? Kerbs? Pirelli? All of the above?

Team. Made him stay out too long on those tires. They were done.

 

[djplaeskool]

Holy shit that slow mo.
Tire literally exploded

 

[Leonsito]

This is on Pirelli, the tyre was doing ok times and should start being slower before blowing off, the tyres weren't done, they didn't show any sign of fading away.

 

[NHale]

Vettel was lucky it could have been a lot worse.

 

[aspiegamer]

Didn't he do this at Spa a few years ago?

Ferrari are miserably desperate.

This is on Pirelli, the tyre was doing ok times and should start being slower before blowing off.

Bullshit. Even if the times were okay doesn't mean the wear wasn't at 100%.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Imagine if Vettel was the one who said that tyres are okay let's keep on the track.

 

[Lach]

Pirelli: "This is the ONE thing we DIDN'T want to happen"

Poor Vettel. Even though he went over the suggested lap count for the soft, but after the Spa incident last year Pirelli said, this year they wouldn't explode anymore.

 

[RoKKeR]

Vettel was lucky it could have been a lot worse.

That was scary when he came back across the track.

 

[Deadman]

Pirelli gonna Pirelli.

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[NewDust]

Ferrari wants to show us the famous Pirelli cliff is still there.

 

[dakun]

So Hamilton has newer tires. I wonder how much difference that makes.

 

[nature boy]

That was pretty scary.

Wehrlein isn't going to be penalized for reversing?

 

[Zeknurn]

Fucking Pirelli. How about making tyres that show some kind of degradation before they blow.

With Kimi and Vettel out of the race it's all over.

 

[Mastah]

So what's the excuse Pirelli will use today, kerbs again? Because everything related to tyres is insanely overregulated now, from cambers to massively high tyre pressures to even blanket temperatures. Shit you never ever heard before 2011.

 

[DrM]

Fucking Pirelli. How about making tyres that show some kind of degradation before they blow.

With Kimi and Vettel out of the race it's all over.

There was a slow motion video of Vettel tyres several laps before the accident and they were quite battered

 

[Orbis]

Wehrlein isn't going to be penalized for reversing?

I have no idea what the rules are, perhaps if he'd done it when the starting lights were on he'd be in trouble.

 

[Xando]

That was pretty scary.

Wehrlein isn't going to be penalized for reversing?

According to Sky Germany WEH was ordered to reverse by race control

 

[mclem]

There was a slow motion video of Vettel tyres several laps before the accident and they were quite battered

I think that was Hamilton's.

 

[Leonsito]

Didn't he do this at Spa a few years ago?

Ferrari are miserably desperate.Bullshit. Even if the times were okay doesn't mean the wear wasn't at 100%.

Tyres should degrade before blowing up, this is unacceptable, I'm hearing De La Rosa and he agrees with this.

 

[hadareud]

Fucking Pirelli. How about making tyres that show some kind of degradation before they blow.

With Kimi and Vettel out of the race it's all over.

They're not degrading enough!
Now they're degrading far too much!
Now they're not degrading the way we'd like then to degrade!

Bored with the Pirelli bashing.

 

[Zeknurn]

There was a slow motion video of Vettel tyres several laps before the accident and they were quite battered

It doesn't mater how they look, if they felt fine to Vettel they shouldn't randomly blow.

 

[cilonen]

Bring Michelin back, or even better get Bridgestone and Good Year in too and go back to tyre wars.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

If both Mercedes took each other out. Verstappen wins.

 

[Addnan]

They're not degrading enough!
Now they're degrading far too much!
Now they're not degrading the way we'd like then to degrade!

Bored with the Pirelli bashing.

I think not blowing up on the straight is not asking for too much.

 

[Leonsito]

That was pretty scary.

Wehrlein isn't going to be penalized for reversing?

The reverse on the grid? That's allowed.

 

[hadareud]

It doesn't mater how they look, if they felt fine to Vettel they shouldn't randomly blow.

heh

 

[Hasney]

Bring Michelin back, or even better get Bridgestone and Good Year in too and go back to tyre wars.

Nobody wants to make tyres that purosefully degrade. Depends if FIA keep that request or not.

 

[hadareud]

I think not blowing up on the straight is not asking for too much.

If you use them for too long they'll blow. Such is life.

F1 has to decide what they want.

 

[Orbis]

Should we at least wait until the cause of the failure is determined before blaming Pirelli or Ferrari?

 

[dakun]

Bring Michelin back, or even better get Bridgestone and Good Year in too and go back to tyre wars.

You really want tyre manufacturers being the deciding factor of the championship?

 

[cilonen]

Nobody wants to make tyres that purosefully degrade. Depends if FIA keep that request or not.

Yeah, true, but Pirelli have proven they're not brilliant at this current rule set.

 

[Mastah]

Pirelli blame debris, lol. Debris should puncture tyre, not make it fucking explode.

 

[nature boy]

According to Sky Germany WEH was ordered to reverse by race control

The reverse on the grid? That's allowed.

Thanks.

Thought reversed was only allowed in case of an accident off track.

 

[Xando]

So according to Alan Mcnish pirellis official statement was that super softs were supposed to be ok for atleast 33-35 laps.

Vettels tire blew up after 30 + qualifying

 

[cilonen]

You really want tyre manufacturers being the deciding fqctor of the championship?

It'd be better than what we have now, yes.

 

[Lach]

I get the feeling Formula 1 on Swiss Free TV is done. They've already had to switch channels for the second time this race in favour of other sports (Mountainbiking lol).

 

[Hasney]

Penalty for Hulk too. Damn.

 

[hamchan]

Hulk is bad at this pit lane stuff.

 

[Mastah]

F1 Fanatic ‏@f1fanatic_co_uk

Pirelli put this Tweet out six minutes after Vettel's tyre blew - then deleted it. #F1 #AustrianGP

lol

 

[Leonsito]

This has been a great race from Button so far, but I have the feeling that he will finish behind Alonso.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Nice move Button. But Nasr did a great job too.