F1 2019 season discussion and chat.

[bromster]

I think they were just a little put off by the weigh bridge situation and decided to park it and hope for the best.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Wow absolutely clueless bunch at Ferrari

 

[bromster]

Even if the Ferrari was fastest this season, their piss poor planning and poor team cohesion would've kept them way behind Mercedes still.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

FFS FERRARI!!!!!!!

 

[caroper]

Looking on the bright side it could add some interest to the potentially boring race if Leclerc makes his way through the field as he used to in F2.

 

[bromster]

Argh! Ol' Faithful takes it again. Bottas was robbed!

 

[mbayshark]

FFS FERRARI!!!!!!!

There is no hope!

 

[satanboy]

Ferrari's got zero strategy

 

[Agent_Smith]

Stupid to keep le Clerc in the garage. Monaco is such a short lap that the lap times are always going to be close and given that the track is constantly improving, you can never consider yourself safe. There was plenty of time after the weigh bridge confusion so that is no excuse. Binotto better pull his socks up otherwise like Arrivabene, he is going to be shown the door very quickly.

Also no issues with Vettel's error. He knew he was on the back foot and had to give it his all to not only mix it with the Mercs, but also Verstappen. Credit to him for going for it and not just accepting his fate.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Get in there Lewis!

The Nikki Lauda tribute was good.

 

[dw...]

LOL at Ferrari, they’re are like a bunch of amateurs this year.

 

[UrBaN963]

Anyone keeping track of which barriers on this track Vettel hasn't hit so far?

 

[dw...]

Anyone keeping track of which barriers on this track Vettel hasn't hit so far?

He doesn’t want to discriminate against single barrier so is trying to hit each of them at least once.

If it rains some might get a second smack as well.

 

[UrBaN963]

He’s a good man that Vettel. All about equality.

 

[caroper]

Ferrari's got zero strategy

Actually zero strategy would be better than Ferrari's strategy.
With zero Strategy the odds are you will get it right occasionally whereas Ferrari are constantly and spectacularly wrong every race.

 

[M@gn3t1c]

They need Ross Brawn back.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Msp Ferrari lol

 

[dw...]

Gasly gets a three place grid drop.

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly has been penalised for impeding Romain Grosjean in the second segment of qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix.

Grosjean was baulked by Gasly in the closing stages of Q2 exiting the Casino Square right-hander, prompting an expletive-filled radio rant from the Haas driver, who complained: "Honestly, people don't give a ****".

The incident cost Grosjean a final chance to improve his lap time and left him consigned to 13th on the grid, as he was eliminated in Q2 while team-mate Kevin Magnussen advanced to the final segment.

Gasly had advanced too, and ended up qualifying in fifth place, one spot ahead of Magnussen.

But after hearing from Gasly, Grosjean and their respective team representatives, the stewards imposed a three-place grid penalty on the Red Bull driver, as well as awarding one penalty point on his licence.

"The driver of car #8 [Grosjean] had to brake hard to avoid colliding with car #10 [Gasly], which was clearly going slowly on a preparation lap, and was on the race line," the stewards' decision read.

"At the time car #8 was clearly the only car on a fast lap in the area, and while the stewards accepted that it was unlikely that the driver of car #10 had any opportunity in that sequence of turns to see car #8, the team admitted that they had failed to give any warning."

Grosjean later defended Gasly, saying the incident was purely down to the Red Bull driver not being informed.

"Poor guy, he wasn't told anything," said Grosjean.

"They almost sent him to the moon and it has got big, big consequences for me because I could've made it into Q3 and obviously I ended up in 13th

"I think Red Bull massively f*cked up that one. Pierre couldn't do anything."

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/143660/gasly-and-giovinazzi-get-grid-drops-for-impeding

 

[dw...]

Giovinazzi as well.

Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi was another driver to incur a three-place grid penalty and one point on his licence.

Giovinazzi was judged to have "unnecessarily impeded" Nico Hulkenberg in the opening qualifying segment at Rascasse.

The stewards accepted that Giovinazzi was "warned exceptionally late" about Hulkenberg coming up behind him, but ruled that the Italian "had the opportunity to give more room regardless of whether he received a warning from the team".

The incident happened early in Q1, with both drivers still able to progress into the second segment.

Giovinazzi ended up qualifying 15th, and will now be moved behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and the Racing Point duo of Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll on the grid on Sunday.

 

[Naks]

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