Vettel looking for that secret Hamilton sauce lol.
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Formula 1 2017 Season |OT| Japanese Horror Story - Sundays on Sky
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Vettel looking for that secret Hamilton sauce lol.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
lol
aspiegamer
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Sorry, it's just a running joke. Few people here actually hate Ferrari, and the top story starting each of the past 5 years has been "the Ferrari is good this year, we swear!" I doubt you'd find a single person here actually -upset- that Ferrari is performing.
Whoever lucked out and accidentally picked Ricciardo for most positions gained tomorrow will top the league!
Yagami_Sama
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Vettel was looking to see if there were some sandbag there.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Their FP long run pace had a much bigger gap than the fast laps.
Too early to tell still. Renault issues fucked up their testing, hope they can regain form around Spain.
Yagami_Sama
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I forgot about Moto GP. I really dislike when both F1 and Moto GP happens on the same weekend.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Yagami_Sama
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Bottas was not happy with his third place.
GrizzleBoy
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Just wait til Bottas gets up to speed, the front row lock outs will continue.
I think he did pretty damn great. Coming into a team on the last minute, no experience, new guys, new car. I am going to bet that in a few months time he will challenge HAM more than ROS ever did.
aspiegamer
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Bottas is curious. You'd think he would be overjoyed with 3/10ths off Hamilton in his first qualifying session for the team. Just yesterday I said that a half second wouldn't have been that unreasonable to expect and still would have made him look fine. Rosberg would have killed for 3/10ths the past 3 years. Now there's a man who knows how much he lucked out and decided to GTFO.
Historally Hamilton has always excelled round this track in qualifying too. Usually 3 tenths up on anyone else.
Holy shit at the 2015 GP.
Seriously. Lewis is a great qualifier (probably going to break the all-time record this season) and particularly good at Melbourne (5? poles)
Yet he's been beaten in points by people that he outqualified before (and vice versa), plus the gaps can vary wildly between races. It's not like Lewis was never a few tenths off from Rosberg in qualifyings.
By mid-season we'll have a better idea.
GrizzleBoy
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Gtosjeans accent is all messed up lol he's lost a bit of his raw french twang.
We're just ignoring the 9 times he out-qualified Lewis last season then? Cool.
really liked his kinda pessimistic but realistic view on things. No BS attitude.
AmaterasuOkami076
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I think we're talking strictly Melbourne. Lewis is a ridiculously good qualifier here.
GrizzleBoy
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You mean when his car exploded three times and either sent him to the back of the grid or back to tenth place?
Meaning that he had to be careful with how hard he pushed his engine till spa, where he once more had to be demoted to the back due to being forced to take a new engine?
I see what you're saying, 5 out of 20 isn't the most flattering of stats.
And as another poster said, under three tenths to Lewis around Melbourne on a Saturday is above average.
Brundle is right as usual when he said that we could do with more Haas-like teams on the grid. Teams should be able to run more spec parts that are almost as competitive as what the up front teams run.
Pat Symonds is a great addition to the Sky team. Lets hope Herbert doesn't show up again.
Pat Symonds is a great addition to the Sky team. Lets hope Herbert doesn't show up again.
Mastah
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How much faster they are compared to last year:
Haas -4.248s (they had awful quali in 2016, so that doesn't count)
Renault -2.266s
Ferrari -2.219s
Red Bull -2.104s
Mercedes -1.649s
Sauber -1.199s
Williams -1.015s
Toro Rosso -0.897s
McLaren -0.700s
Force India -0.672s
Gaps between teams:
1. Mercedes
2. Ferrari +0.268s
3. Red Bull +1.297s
4. Haas +1.886s
5. Williams +2.255s
6. Toro Rosso +2.299s
7. Renault +2.787s
8. Force India +2.893s
9. McLaren +3.237s
10. Sauber +4.048s
That's the only disappointing thing about new rules. Difference between the best teams and the rest is too big and how much they all have gained compared to midfield over 12 months.
Haas -4.248s (they had awful quali in 2016, so that doesn't count)
Renault -2.266s
Ferrari -2.219s
Red Bull -2.104s
Mercedes -1.649s
Sauber -1.199s
Williams -1.015s
Toro Rosso -0.897s
McLaren -0.700s
Force India -0.672s
Gaps between teams:
1. Mercedes
2. Ferrari +0.268s
3. Red Bull +1.297s
4. Haas +1.886s
5. Williams +2.255s
6. Toro Rosso +2.299s
7. Renault +2.787s
8. Force India +2.893s
9. McLaren +3.237s
10. Sauber +4.048s
That's the only disappointing thing about new rules. Difference between the best teams and the rest is too big and how much they all have gained compared to midfield over 12 months.
GrizzleBoy
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Definite diminishing returns for cars running Mercedes engines. Renault/Ferrari power seems to have made just as much difference as the new aero.
Deaf Spacker
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Can someone explain the minisector boxes please? I caught the arse end of Q3.
The colors mean the same thing as usual. Gray means no improvement, green means personal best, purple means absolute best.
Though I'd like a map of the minisectors.
Deaf Spacker
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Cheers, that's what I figured but thought I'd check.
PdotMichael
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It lacks an indicator if all the colors means an improvement or not before the end of the sector.
GrizzleBoy
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There is a line that runs under each set of mini sector boxes that goes grey for no improvement, green for personal best and purple for fastest overall sector.
Yeah. They should make the line running the sectors colored while driving through the sector
But the color is only set when the sector is finished isn't it?
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