The German GP chat & Predictions

On Ferrari, we saw it last year, first Vettel making mistakes that he should not be making, followed by team implosion. It is becoming a pattern, in the Ferrari DNA.
In commentary I was reminded that Verstappen has not had a pole position yet. I do remember he wanted to hit someone (presumably his team mate) last year when pole was snatched from him.

Verstappen Races = 91, Poles = 0 Lewis races = 239, Poles = 86, When Max is the same age as Lewis is now, he will have 347 races under his belt, 100+ more than Lewis now (assumes 21 races a year). He will break some records I guess but I think his career stats will be hampered by the talent in his generation.

 

Ferrari's biggest mistake was not promoting Brawn to team principal... And they're still paying the price for that.

 

Well it's got a while yet but it's currently very wet over there.

 

Hamilton to win despite Mercedes giving him a flu jab in the week to make the ' I don't know how we wont that race, couldn't have done it without you guys, thank you for this opportunity.................." even more heroic than usual..........

 

I'm going to go for a strange one, Gasly to win.

 

Looking a little wet there

 

Well the rain has arrived, let’s see how light or heavy or prolonged it is!

 

Well I went for Leclerc after FP3 before Ferrari went down the toilet, so I am hoping this rain sticks around and shakes things up a bit. That Lewis is pretty handy in the rain though.

 

Lando has been impressive in the wet in some of his junior series. I've been hoping to see if he can do the same in F1.

 

Interestingly his speed traps were low yesterday when McLaren has usually been a low drag car in 2019.

I’m hoping they put a bit of extra downforce in banking on a wet race but who knows.

I fancy Renault to go quite well too- they weren’t great yesterday but the car looked neat enough and they have two drivers who can excel in the conditions- especially Nico.

 

ooh, wet, who's going off first?

 

Lewis versus Max in the wet. Could be more tasty stuff on the way. Will be brilliant or a horrible mess.

 

I think the rookies could be interesting as I'm not sure other than driving to the grid, they have ever driven an F1 car in the rain!!!!
First big breaking corner will be interesting....

Merc's flat caps are coming into their own

 

Forecast suggesting that it will carry on raining for 60 to 75 mins then dry. So we might have a great race with a drying track, reminds me of Buttton's skills on drying tracks....
Could be great, could be disaster for some.

 

I really hope we get a standing start, even if we have a few laps under safety car first.

 

The Mechanics

 

doesn't even look like it needed that, start/finish straight didn't look like it had puddles, and that's the only place it would be any different. Can't stand rolling starts in F1.

 

lol, have they forgotten to start it?

 

Start the race already.