Power unit failures for 3 out of 4 Honda cars within several laps of each other is a bad omen. Though Verstappen’s might have been hydraulics.

That has to be close to the best result for Haas since like 2016? Zhou got a point on his first race. Double points for Alfa is wild.

LennX

4564 Posts

March 20 2022 16:48 GMT

#2010

On March 21 2022 01:45 Ben... wrote:
Power unit failures for 3 out of 4 Honda cars within several laps of each other is a bad omen. Though Verstappen’s might have been hydraulics.

That has to be close to the best result for Haas since like 2016? Zhou got a point on his first race. Double points for Alfa is wild.

Magnussen got 2 5th in 2018 too.

Ooo Grosjean got a 4th in 2018!

Zhou with a points debut

On March 21 2022 01:44 FreakyDroid wrote:
I'd say its karma for Red Bull, but lets not go there :D

Ben...

Canada3485 Posts

March 20 2022 16:50 GMT

#2011

Ah that sounds right. I knew Haas had a 6th place on their debut and I couldn’t remember if they’d ever got above 6th before.

Mick was just outside the points so that bodes well for him. He’ll get points soon enough.

Penev

28512 Posts

March 20 2022 16:54 GMT

#2012

3 "Honda's" out, oof. Great race by Leclerc though.

Penev

28512 Posts

March 20 2022 16:55 GMT

#2013

On March 21 2022 01:44 FreakyDroid wrote:
I'd say its karma for Red Bull, but lets not go there :D

You already did.

bluzi

4703 Posts

March 23 2022 11:09 GMT

#2014

Race weekend is upon us , everyone place your best for quay to 5 and race top 5 , no pain no gain !! I feel RB would have the strongest package going in.

Qualy : Race :
1) Max 1) Max
2) Charles 2) Charles
3) Sainz 3) Perez
4) Perez 4) Sainz
5) Lewis 5) Russell (due to Lewis going for strange strategy).

Although I do expect accidents they might be at the back more so then at the front (similar to last year) , but excited to see how Ferrari would do and if they bring any updates as they are running the same car (or similar) to the Barcelona spec.

Ben...

Canada3485 Posts

March 24 2022 15:24 GMT

#2015

It's sounding increasingly like Vettel may be missing another race. He still hasn't tested negative for COVID. Aston have Hulkenberg on standby at the track.

LennX

4564 Posts

March 24 2022 15:50 GMT

#2016

Damn it. A back to back race right at the start? I already feel jaded with the amount of races...

Qualy top5 from 1 -5: Leclerc, Sainz, Ver, Perez, Bottas

Race 1-5 : Leclerc, Ver, Sainz, Bottas, Perez

I will be happy if Zhou and Tsunoda finishes in the points

Ben...

Canada3485 Posts

March 25 2022 16:09 GMT

#2017

I know it's just FP1 and not indicative of anything, but Bottas being faster than the Mercs is very funny.

Laurens

Belgium4555 Posts

March 25 2022 17:29 GMT

#2018

Actual missile exploding close enough to the track that drivers complain about a burning smell, but the race goes on

Ben...

Canada3485 Posts

March 25 2022 17:34 GMT

#2019

I’m watching FP2 now. That Mercedes looks miserable to drive. The bouncing is horrendous with that car this weekend. The Ferrari still bounces a bit but only near the ends of straights. With the Mercedes it is almost constant and even happens through high speed corners, which seems bordering on dangerous.

McLaren is looking massively better this weekend. Not top 4 but probably 5th or 6th fastest now.

edit: yeah that explosion story is crazy. Verstappen apparently radioed in asking if something in his car was burning but they had to tell him that the burning smell wasn’t related to him.

More on-board shots with McLaren seem to indicate far less understeer compared to last weekend. Ricciardo’s fast lap got ruined by traffic but Norris got to 7th on softs.

Ben...

Canada3485 Posts

March 25 2022 22:36 GMT

#2020

There's a non-zero chance the race is about to be cancelled. The team principals (some of them reluctantly) agreed to continue with the race but the drivers are possibly going to refuse. There was a drivers meeting after FP2 that is still going on and has been for an hour and a half. It sounds like they have some pretty obvious safety concerns regarding the race given the missile strike on the nearby oil refinery. The F1 leadership team (Brawn, Domenicali, etc.) were at this meeting but left.

This very much has Australia 2020 vibes where the teams were initially going to continue with racing but after a McLaren mechanic got COVID, Seb and Kimi were spotted at the airport leaving the country a few hours later despite organizers not officially cancelling the race. With no drivers they can't hold the race.

edit: Apparently team principals are now joining this driver meeting.

double edit: Four hours of meetings later, it sounds like they are in fact continuing with the race. The drivers were all up well into the night at this meeting.