The Formula 1 Thread

[The Fear]

Quite a start that! Bottas is too experienced for that sort of mistake really.

 

[Fulford]

Quite a start that! Bottas is too experienced for that sort of mistake really.

I would have loved to have seen Toto's face when it happened. Expect more whinging from Horner now.

 

[Fulford]

What an absolute epic fuck up by Mercedes.

 

[The Fear]

Shame though, was looking forward to a great battle, not a silly mistake spoiling the race for a fair few right at the start.

 

[Fulford]

Even bigger fuck up by Haas.

 

[Fulford]

I can see a few heads rolling tomorrow.

 

[The Fear]

Wow....! This is extraordinary!

 

[astonion2]

I have never watched a race like this before. Madness.

 

[Fulford]

Lewis had this won easily if it hadn't been for the biggest balls up ever by his team. How they failed to pit him like the others is beyond me.

 

[Pride of Lions]

After all the cock-ups, you have to say, that's some damage limitation by Lewis in very strange circumstances.

 

[The Fear]

That was epic. Fabulous laps of racing between Hamilton and Alonso, so enjoyable.

Few arguments to follow in the Merc camp I bet, what a fuck up.

 

[Fulford]

Lewis doesn't look happy. He's going to give somebody pelters after this. Apparently Mercedes thought it was going to rain again which is strange as nobody else did.

 

[HeathfieldRoad1874]

Lewis had this won easily if it hadn't been for the biggest balls up ever by his team. How they failed to pit him like the others is beyond me.

There is no radio from pit to car on the formation lap. It was Lewis's decision.

 

[The Fear]

There is no radio from pit to car on the formation lap. It was Lewis's decision.

He said he'd told them the track though, all others got in, strange one.

 

[HeathfieldRoad1874]

He said he'd told them the track though, all others got in, strange one.

It looked like Ocon made his choice and everyone followed. It was too late for Hamilton.

Very odd race, but actually much more interesting because of it. Next year, that sort of race would see Hamilton win, easily, if the new car does indeed help overtaking.

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

That was epic. Fabulous laps of racing between Hamilton and Alonso, so enjoyable.

Great job by Alonso for the team and Ocon as well - if Hamilton had got past a lap or two earlier, he'd have caught Vettel and Ocon and probably won the race.

Superb entertainment, not the procession many were expecting.

 

[Villan57]

Yep Alonso won that race for his mate, Lewis was catching them like they were going backwards.

So the answer to the boring races is to start Lewis and Max at the back and see if they can overtake the rest, they normally lap most of the field anyway so it's possible.

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

Sebastian Vettel's second-place finish at the Hungarian GP is in considerable doubt due to a suspected fuel rules breach.

Vettel has been referred to the stewards by FIA F1 technical delegate Jo Bauer, who confirmed on Sunday evening that the German's Aston Martin car contained insufficient fuel at the end of the race.

The F1 regulations state that "competitors must ensure that a 1.0 litre sample of fuel may be taken at any time during the event" - and only an insufficient 300ml could be removed from Vettel's car in Budapest.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/2...isk-after-insufficient-fuel-sample-after-race

 

[HeathfieldRoad1874]

Sebastian Vettel's second-place finish at the Hungarian GP is in considerable doubt due to a suspected fuel rules breach.

Vettel has been referred to the stewards by FIA F1 technical delegate Jo Bauer, who confirmed on Sunday evening that the German's Aston Martin car contained insufficient fuel at the end of the race.

The F1 regulations state that "competitors must ensure that a 1.0 litre sample of fuel may be taken at any time during the event" - and only an insufficient 300ml could be removed from Vettel's car in Budapest.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/2...isk-after-insufficient-fuel-sample-after-race

That would just be churlish to take away the second place, wouldn't it?

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

That would just be churlish to take away the second place, wouldn't it?

Well, it is the FIA we are talking about!! But rules is rules I guess and he had already pissed them off by keeping on his LBGT t-shirt at the anthems before the race, so it would not surprise me one bit.