F1 2021: Austrian GP - Spielberg (June 27 + July 4)

[M5Rick]

New helmet design for Max.
https://racingnews365.com/check-out-...-helmet-design

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by yco

yes everyone tries to stop Red Bull folks..

Won't help mate , Red Bull, MAX and we are unstoppable !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

New helmet design for Max.
https://racingnews365.com/check-out-...-helmet-design

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Slightly smaller version of helmet available at Verstappen.com

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by yco

yes everyone tries to stop Red Bull folks..

Mainly the fia as per Merc.

[M5Rick]

Well well I believe Pierre G has called Sainz a FC

[Robin_NL]

Cheers
Robin

[243Racing]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

Cheers
Robin

Seeing all four together..is this the ugliest driver lineup of all time?

Starring:

Max Verlispen
Slackjaw Perez
Pierre Ghastly
Chunky Tsunoda

[M5Rick]

Max tops FP1 and FP2 for today's dry session but the rain may happen tomorrow or maybe not.

[243Racing]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Max tops FP1 and FP2 for today's dry session but the rain may happen tomorrow or maybe not.

It used to be that you basically knew Merc was sandbagging, but maybe those days have passed

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by BeastieBombRacing

Seeing all four together..is this the ugliest driver lineup of all time?

Starring:

Max Verlispen
Slackjaw Perez
Pierre Ghastly
Chunky Tsunoda

What driver do you support sir..I'll try and find a catchy name for him heheh

[243Racing]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

What driver do you support sir..I'll try and find a catchy name for him heheh

Lando, Danny Ric and Seb

[EdM5]

Great news! Turkey back on the calendar.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/57606329

And this means we'll get to enjoy the legendary turn 8 again

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by BeastieBombRacing

Lando, Danny Ric and Seb

We'll forget Seb and Lando I like them.
Danny Ripteethardo

[EdM5]

Bottas spinning in the pitlane during FP2

The Finn was leaving the pits on a fresh set of hard tyres to start a race-simulation run, but lost his Mercedes as he floored the throttle over some painted areas in the pit lane.

Bottas ended up broadside across the pit lane in front of the McLaren garage, with the McLaren sporting director complaining that the incident was "absolutely ridiculous" and saying that he "could have taken out our guys there".

Bottas, who ended the session 12th fastest after following a different run plan to Hamilton, will be investigated by stewards after the session.
Source: BBC

[243Racing]

Originally Posted by EdM5

Bottas spinning in the pitlane during FP2

The Finn was leaving the pits on a fresh set of hard tyres to start a race-simulation run, but lost his Mercedes as he floored the throttle over some painted areas in the pit lane.

Bottas ended up broadside across the pit lane in front of the McLaren garage, with the McLaren sporting director complaining that the incident was "absolutely ridiculous" and saying that he "could have taken out our guys there".

Bottas, who ended the session 12th fastest after following a different run plan to Hamilton, will be investigated by stewards after the session.
Source: BBC

Valterri Bottas and the pit lane, name a more tragic duo

[GuidoK]

So with Riccardo 2nd fastest in the practice, I wonder if he's going to show some fireworks next sunday.
In the French GP he managed to get sixth, but in his race he had some spectacular overtakings.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by EdM5

Bottas spinning in the pitlane during FP2

The Finn was leaving the pits on a fresh set of hard tyres to start a race-simulation run, but lost his Mercedes as he floored the throttle over some painted areas in the pit lane.

Bottas ended up broadside across the pit lane in front of the McLaren garage, with the McLaren sporting director complaining that the incident was "absolutely ridiculous" and saying that he "could have taken out our guys there".

Bottas, who ended the session 12th fastest after following a different run plan to Hamilton, will be investigated by stewards after the session.
Source: BBC

Well..BOT has a 3 grid drop and 2 penalty points for spinning in front of Mclaren pit crew,Masi didn't take well to BOT's explanation that Merc were trying 'something new' getting away from the pit.

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Well..BOT has a 3 grid drop and 2 penalty points for spinning in front of Mclaren pit crew,Masi didn't take well to BOT's explanation that Merc were trying 'something new' getting away from the pit.

The Finn is too honest for his own good. Hammy looked to have at least equal pace with Max. His fastest lap was deleted due to track limits.

Teams will have to gamble for qualification and race “rain expected” setup.

Low downforce, top grid position with a less than ideal set up for the rain.

Or

High downforce, sacrifice grid position for better race setup.

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

So with Riccardo 2nd fastest in the practice, I wonder if he's going to show some fireworks next sunday.
In the French GP he managed to get sixth, but in his race he had some spectacular overtakings.

RBR engineer told Checo on the radio that many teams were running max power engine modes for practice so don’t get concerned with his time.

I’m not sure how the engineer knows.

[EdM5]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

New helmet design for Max.
https://racingnews365.com/check-out-...-helmet-design

Tbh I don't like this tendency of continuously changing the helmet design.

I like driver helmets to be immediately recognised. Mansell and Senna's helmets hardly ever changed and they became iconic.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by Bubbles

RBR engineer told Checo on the radio that many teams were running max power engine modes for practice so don’t get concerned with his time.

That's possible.
In free practice that is allowed I guess.

I know the race pace gap between RB/MERC and the rest of the field is still immense. In france it was +50sec I believe?