Formula 1 - 2021 Season

Wolff ‘surprised’ by Red Bull protest over F1 engine questions (motorsport.com)
June 26, 2021

 

that was not a classic race, was hoping for some of that spicy rain but alas

 

It was a pretty eventful race for Leclerc.

 

yeah but mehhhh

 

Thought you'd find this informative

 

He lost me about minute 2.

 

Holy cow that video was annoying (made it to 6:35, maybe it gets better), but I appreciate the intent, Dav. Probably better info (no meme-y BS, at least) at this playlist, Pro Driver Analysis of F1 Drivers by Driver61, especially the ones focusing on a specific driver’s style:

Bonus collection of crazy rally moments that are worth watching despite being a reaction video (you’ll probably want to watch the “Samir, you’re destroying the car!” clip separately ):

 

Much respect to Norris!

 

Lando: "So many McLaren fans at Red Bull Ring this weekend!"

 

Were these just a few courses Merc doesn't do well at/Redbull is good at or can we say we're past peak Merc?

 

Red Bull have won three out of the last four years (Mercedes won both races last year), but Merc dominated the V6 hybrid era until then.

I don't understand the Lando penalty given the supposedly new "let them race" precedent set by Max on LeClerc on T3 two years ago (and subsequently letting LeClerc do whatever he felt like in Monza, IIRC). Perez's may have followed from the (new) Lando precedent, but they either involved more wheel banging or happened later in a corner.

 

Yeah the race for the championship is far from over.

 

Lawrence Stroll says Aston Martin will have to wait for Formula 1 titles - BBC Sport

 

Zack Brawn is tested positive.

Formula 1: Lando Norris mugged and McLaren watch stolen after Euro 2020 final - BBC Sport

 

So they're not reversing quali positions for the sprint race nor are they awarding some points? Missed oportunity

 

Yeah that would have been good, it seems the FIA nerfing stick has hit the Mercs hard, and not much will stop Max driving off into the distance now.

 

I absolutely don't mind Mercs being hit, au contraire

But.. Now seems to me qualy is streched over two days basically. Diminishing the importance of both events (sprint & qualy proper).
Not sure you'd want that. Sprint race might be more interesting to watch yes; though racing for so little reward is underwhelming IMO

 

my boi alonso nailing the sprint lap one

 

While I also mentioned reverse grid and I do believe this will make things far more spectacular than they are now, it does have the issue that it needs extra rules for enforcement; othewise everyone will just go as slow as possible to end up first in the reverse grid.
My ideea is to simply not make the reverse grid sprint's result decide the grid position, at least not directly. But then you'd need to award more points in the sprint

Anyway, the sprint today was 'meh' . An extra start is always interesting, and Alonso was really impressive too. The 17 laps didn't have that much point to them, imo. And skype commentary were clearly overhype-ing it for me.