Grand Prix thread ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2022

Merc falling apart on the pit stop - expect unsafe release for George.

 

slam dunk pen for Russell unsafe release.

 

Max is laughing.

 

Le clerc to go long ?

 

I swear all Ted does on Sky is tell us things two seconds before the radio message gets played anyway

 

Yup. He pays no attention to anything. He's been told by his director what to say and when there's anything to react to he misses it.

 

Shocked verstappen didn't back up perez there.

If perez didn't get done over like a kipper by vettel he would be in lead (breifly)

 

I see verstappen smashed into his front jack man but croft misses that and blames rear tyre team for being slightly slow but not verstappen for making everyone shuffle up.

 

So what are Aston at with vettel?

He's going so long you'd wonder if he's going to get the hards to give him full benefit.

 

I think Aston are letting stroll get closer, that'd all only 6 seconds in it now and will have better tyres.

 

Really slow stop by vettel

He was perfect on the spot and thry really slow stopped him.

Conspiracy to get stroll ahead for final race grows in possibility.

 

Vettel dumped out into the absolute **** at the back so absolutely no Aston strategy there. Stroll in 9th laughing that daddy has helped him out

 

Croft is ignoring the battle at the front.

Verstappen not bothering to pull away and leclerc catching hand over fist.

 

Perez gives up on team niceties and reports verstappen going slower than he needs to.

We will hear this 3 and 4 times now.

If perez had any brains he would floor it here and dare vertappen hit him if he passes.

I would.certianly get to drs range before le clerc does

 

Is Checo going to get to the end on these hards? Have Red Bull completely screwed Checo on Max's orders to punish him for speaking against their Golden boy?

 

Red bull have screwed him over. Mediums would have been fine maybe but they know there's no talking to the nrat so tja tpit stop avoids the issue.

 

Come on Latifi, you can do better than that. Grosjean blew his car up at the end of his F1 career. That was a tame effort.

 

Schumacher nearly took out someone there.

Spun out into path of car.

Williams is now driving on punctured tyre a full lap amd going to create a safety car. It's inevitable

 

Ferrari need to pit Leclerc here

 

Will verstappen suddenly find pace?

And open pit stop gap over perez so he can slow him.up again?