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Grand Prix thread 2020 Spanish Grand Prix

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by ched999uk, Aug 13, 2020.

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Who will manage to get their tyres to last and finish first?

Poll closed Aug 15, 2020.
  1. Lewis Hamilton

    5 vote(s)
    71.4%
  2. Valtteri Bottas

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Sebastian Vettel

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Charles Leclerc

    1 vote(s)
    14.3%
  5. Max Verstappen

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Alexander Albon

    1 vote(s)
    14.3%
  7. Daniel Ricciardo

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Carlos Sainz

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Lando Norris

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Any Other inc Hulk

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. ched999uk

    ched999uk Well-Known Member

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    Max getting very wound up
    Hopefully albon on hards will be 1 stop
     
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  2. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    At least with the Spanish TV's focus on Sainz we'll get to see a bit of the race for 9th.
     
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  3. eddie_squidd

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    Great between Lando and Charles. Shame it’s for such lowly positions.
     
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  4. ched999uk

    ched999uk Well-Known Member

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    Rain would make this interesting at the front.
     
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  5. eddie_squidd

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    Here come the pit stops
     
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    Bugger.... Thought we were getting a safety car.
     
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    Does that maybe shed a little light on Vettel spinning?
     
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  9. ched999uk

    ched999uk Well-Known Member

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    I think red bull are expected rain as told max to go for and not worry about tyres.
     
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  10. SgtBhaji

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    Don't think so.

    They doing a ctrl+alt+delete on that Ferrari?
     
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  11. eddie_squidd

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    Could be. Otherwise the Red Bull seems harder on the tyre than the Merc in these warm conditions which was pretty much the opposite to what we were expecting.
     
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  12. TopClass

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    This has been pretty turgid hasn’t it?

    Expected a lot more from Bottas today.

    The harder tyres this week were always in Mercs favour but thought Red Bull maybe closer. Hamilton to be fair has been flawless.
     
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    There’s no excuse for Bottas not to be second in this race
     
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    Vettel could drop like a rock here.
     
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    Sergio Perez a full MINUTE behind the original Mercedes in his copier version.

    Another reminder that B and C teams are not the model for competition but actually just make the main team stronger.

    I actually felt disheartened when I heard Ottmar talking about hoping for 4th and 5th today- if you go through all that fuss of technical arguments with copying and that’s all you can hope for, what’s the point?
     
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    As usual the rain cloud acting like a giant cock tease.
     
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  17. ched999uk

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    So tracing point..... If Stroll gets within 5 sec he gets 4th but if Vettel can get close Perez could lose 2 places! It's a team sport maybe unless your dad owns the team?
     
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  18. Big Ern

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    Grosjean, what a twat.
     
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    Hopefully the point is to learn and use that knowledge to build a better car in 2022? Not a copy every year, think FIA put stop to that.
     
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  20. SgtBhaji

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    They're gotta sort him out before he causes a big one.
     
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