LeClerc outlasts a last minute charge from Hamilton to take Belgium.
**** Formula - 1 2019 Season ****
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Awesome that Leclerc and Ferrari won!
Ferrari really needs to win races to keep some competitive balance. It can't be just Mercedes and occasionally Red Bull winning a race.
Ferrari needs to be WINNING the race AT LEAST 1/3 of the time.
It seems like Ferrari will get 2 or 3 wins max this year. Not nearly enough.
Ferrari really needs to win races to keep some competitive balance. It can't be just Mercedes and occasionally Red Bull winning a race.
Ferrari needs to be WINNING the race AT LEAST 1/3 of the time.
It seems like Ferrari will get 2 or 3 wins max this year. Not nearly enough.
Excluding the Brawn/Byrne/Schumacher years Ferrari has always been an underachieving team. They went from 1979-2000 w/out a driver's championship. They lucked into one in 07 by 1 point because Hamilton and Alonso were squabbling with each other all season.JDL 96 said:
Awesome that Leclerc and Ferrari won!
Ferrari really needs to win races to keep some competitive balance. It can't be just Mercedes and occasionally Red Bull winning a race.
Ferrari needs to be WINNING the race AT LEAST 1/3 of the time.
It seems like Ferrari will get 2 or 3 wins max this year. Not nearly enough.
Another excellent race by Leclerc
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
Bring Kimi back!CharlieBrown17 said:
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
Bring Alonso back.RABAg04 said:Bring Kimi back!CharlieBrown17 said:
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
That works tooOld RV Ag said:Bring Alonso back.RABAg04 said:Bring Kimi back!CharlieBrown17 said:
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
RABAg04 said:Bring Kimi back!CharlieBrown17 said:
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
I would love to see Kimi again
Verstappen would look good in a red car too...
The steward are fairly consistent on this, but I hate how the handle guys that cut the track.
In my opinion LeClerc cut the track and gained an advantage. He should've been forced to give up the position.
In my opinion LeClerc cut the track and gained an advantage. He should've been forced to give up the position.
I've just started watching F1 and have a question about the race today.CharlieBrown17 said:
Another excellent race by Leclerc
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
Early in the race they showed Bottas in the lead by double digits(seconds), then in a matter of minutes he dropped back to 2nd or 3rd. I don't remember any time penalties or incidents related to him. Do you know what caused it, or am i remembering it wrong?
Bottas was 3rd behind leclerc and Hamilton. they both pitted and came out behind bottas. When Bottas pitted he came out back where he was before.Ferg said:I've just started watching F1 and have a question about the race today.CharlieBrown17 said:
Another excellent race by Leclerc
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
Early in the race they showed Bottas in the lead by double digits(seconds), then in a matter of minutes he dropped back to 2nd or 3rd. I don't remember any time penalties or incidents related to him. Do you know what caused it, or am i remembering it wrong?
Thanks, simpler explanation than i thought.RABAg04 said:Bottas was 3rd behind leclerc and Hamilton. they both pitted and came out behind bottas. When Bottas pitted he came out back where he was before.Ferg said:I've just started watching F1 and have a question about the race today.CharlieBrown17 said:
Another excellent race by Leclerc
Ferrari needs to replace Vet. He's deadweight in the 1 seat
Early in the race they showed Bottas in the lead by double digits(seconds), then in a matter of minutes he dropped back to 2nd or 3rd. I don't remember any time penalties or incidents related to him. Do you know what caused it, or am i remembering it wrong?
Leclerc takes pole for Singapore
Vet is done at Ferrari imo
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Vet is done at Ferrari imo
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Vettel is done at ferrari. He was the master of the blown diffuser era, but since then he's just another driver and prone to mistakes.
Bottas is such a great 2 driver. Wish he wasn't there to support Hamilton
That should've been 3 straight for Lec
But no mercs on the podium
Who was the 4th guy on the Podium on the left?CharlieBrown17 said:
But no mercs on the podium
Ferg said:Who was the 4th guy on the Podium on the left?CharlieBrown17 said:
But no mercs on the podium
Weird flex to consider fourth a podium finish
Edit to add if that was a legit question.
Podium is 1,2,3
Hamilton was 4th
I was just wondering if he was the Ferrari Team Principal or maybe the driver with the fastest lap. Just started watching F1 and am trying to learn.CharlieBrown17 said:Ferg said:Who was the 4th guy on the Podium on the left?CharlieBrown17 said:
But no mercs on the podium
Weird flex to consider fourth a podium finish
It's typically a team representative for the team that scored the most points in the race. I haven't watched this race yet so not sure who it was.
Thanks, I had never watched F1 before seeing F1 drive to survive on Netflix(which is awesome), and it gave me the interest to watch a new sport.CavitationAG said:
It's typically a team representative for the team that scored the most points in the race. I haven't watched this race yet so not sure who it was.
You bet! I think that show has brought a lot of new fans to the sport because of how well done it was. The people at COTA have said early tickets sales increased for their race and a lot of the people buying tickets mentioned that show as a reason for them going.
No! A team with their drivers in second and third places would have more points than the team with the race winner. It is a representative from the team with the race winner.CavitationAG said:
It's typically a team representative for the team that scored the most points in the race. I haven't watched this race yet so not sure who it was.
My bad. I guess I got confused with Merc always having 3 representatives on the podium. I thought it was for most constructor's points scored that race.
Lec crushes for his 4th straight pole. Ham second but starting the race on mediums. Doubt he holds second through the start
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So it will be down how many laps they can get out of the softs.
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So it will be down how many laps they can get out of the softs.
I think it's all on how much Hamilton can push Ferrari on mediums while keeping his tires intact. Q2 had Ferrari something like .8 faster on softs. If he can't push them they'll be able to baby those softs and if he pushes them but kills his tires it's all a moot point
Merc 1-2
Ferrari with some team in fighting and then Sebs retirement basically gives the mercs the 1-2 with a free pit under the VSC
Ferrari with some team in fighting and then Sebs retirement basically gives the mercs the 1-2 with a free pit under the VSC
Count me in as another person that now has his interest perked towards F1 because of that Netflix documentary. I actually watched the Russian GP this morning and it's my first ever live F1 event to watch.
Question: why did Ferrari want their drivers to swap? What's the point?
Question: why did Ferrari want their drivers to swap? What's the point?
Politics. Ferrari have Vettel who is a senior driver and multiple world championships. The other driver is a 21 year old new kid who is showing he is better than Vettel. Ferrari stated at the beginning of the year that Vettel was the chosen one and Leclerc is driver number 2. However, Vettel isn't getting it done and Leclerc is beating the pants off Vettel. The last race they played politics and screwed Leclerc to let Vettel win one. In this race Leclerc was on pole and Vettel on third with Hamilton of Mercedes in between. They asked Leclerc to give Vettel an aerodynamic tow so they could squeeze Hamilton and Mercedes out of second. It worked and Leclerc did what was asked. Vettel played dirty and used it to jump Leclerc which wasn't the team plan. The team asked Vettel to go with the plan and give it back but Vettel is a baby who has a history throwing tantrums and he said he wouldn't. Karma is a beotch as Vettel's engine blew. If Vettel had given the place back it was a 50/50 chance Leclerc could have kept first and won instead of finishing third.My Dad Earl said:
Count me in as another person that now has his interest perked towards F1 because of that Netflix documentary. I actually watched the Russian GP this morning and it's my first ever live F1 event to watch.
Question: why did Ferrari want their drivers to swap? What's the point?
Teams sometimes have rules about how they're allowed to race. Generally they don't want them racing each other too hard and exposing both cars to other drivers behind them. From all the radio chatter it sound like LeClerc didn't expect Vettel to challenge him, and that Vettel may have violated whatever their pre race team strategy was.
Combine that with the fact that in the last race LeClerc was leading, but lost to Vettel because of a put strategy decision that benefitted Vettel, LeClerc was extra pissed.
Combine that with the fact that in the last race LeClerc was leading, but lost to Vettel because of a put strategy decision that benefitted Vettel, LeClerc was extra pissed.
I can't understand why Ferrari didn't make Vettel drive back to the pits. It was two corners. That literally prevented Leclerc from winning the race.
They told him to shut down to protect the motor.
Pretty sure they said Ferrari needs/wants two more Grand Prix out of that engine
Pretty sure they said Ferrari needs/wants two more Grand Prix out of that engine
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