The Formula One Thread

Amazing that a conversation from the last race seems like it is about this week's race. Like I said, those guys have earned everything that comes to them when the door closes at the start of the team meeting. They will be lucky to both have jobs next year.

 

I hope they keep the Viking, the frenchman can move on to Williams and take Kubicas seat.

 

They can move him right out of F1. No need to make a stop at Williams on the way out. Plenty of young drivers I want to see in F1.

 

I have to believe that Gene wasn’t giving them any leeway and lo and behold - both Haas drivers are brain dead.
Send them both packing with the Italian wonder boy as well.

 

What a shit show that Hamilton stop was.

 

Which Italian?

 

Max showed maturity today, drove well.

 

Exactly . A 1000 person team. They should have one engineer that is dedicated to staying on top of strategy that radios to the pit crew in the garage as to what compound goes on if a surprise stop occurs. That set is closest to them. When the data or weather change, he radios the next compound. They prep that set. All they are doing is watching the race anyway. If their driver gets outside a certain time window, the compound may change and that is the set they grab.

There is no reason a team at that level should have what happened to Hamilton today and to Ricciardo at Monaco in the past.

 

Well considering it happened in the last corner and he drove across the track directly onto pit lane and could not get on the correct side of the baluster, not sure how the crew could have remotely been ready.

 

You didn't read my post or you are not understanding my point. The engineer should have a tire compound decision set, and update as conditions and time gaps present. If you saw the chaos, they flipped back and forth at least twice . With a set decided as the race progresses and updated when indicated, they should be able to rip off the blankets and be ready even if he comes in with relatively short notice. They have GPS, radios and tv. They could have been more ready with the tires. The nose is another story.

 

I agree, those teams should be ready for any situation. Every conceivable strategy should have already been mentioned, and practiced upon.

 

Lap times dictate tires in these conditions.
Seems like no one was watching lap times or waited to see them before they made decision on tires.
Hell of a race and the best man won out today.

Steven

 

So the indecision on the tire choice was a moot point as it took a lengthy time to get the nose on. He was pretty much screwed when he slid of. I would take more issue with the decision to go to slicks on the prior change.

 

Alfa cars penalized, puts Hamilton into the points.. bleh.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/1...man-gp-points-after-alfa-romeo-take-penalties

 

The nose change was where I thought they did a horrible job though. That should be like a code red (hospital not A few good men) scenario. I watched the replay again last night and most of the wheel guys are actually already in place waiting for him to stop so they had some time to prepare. One guy runs around the nose then kneels as if he's going to take it off but there is no one with spanners to undo it. Then some guys show up later all while the tire guys are waiting around. Then it looks like they put softs on. Then the camera guy follows some lost mechanic who I think was one of the lost nose guys. He goes over to a stack of inters who knocks it over trying to pull out one in the middle then he gives up and as the camera pans back they have the inters on the car and away LH goes.

With teams of people you'd think they would have nose guys that know exactly where the nose and nose change tools are.

 

I am a huge Bottas supporter, but if he gets pushed down to third overall in points at any time this season, he should be very worried. If he finishes lower than 3rd in points by the end of the season, he should be gone.

 

Yeah, I still dislike the little smirking prick, but dang, he really did grow up since last year and is doing all the right things this year, minus his continued weaving on the straights when anyone is set to pass him.

 

So, you're Chuck LeClerke...

 

Reduce downforce to the point of being a little more grippy than rains on a wet track. Make it a fun crash fest!