The Heron Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Agriv8 said: Russel got Hamilton’s seat wander if the will give him ‘Hamilton’s’ hammer time mode / ‘engine mode’ that’s going to spice things up . ATB Agriv8 Good luck to him a real chance to shine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Russell's looked good today. He was quickest in P1 by over a tenth. I'm not sure we can read too much into it, but promising signs for the youngster. Qualification should be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I see Russell was fastest in both first and second practise today. Impressive stuff. Only very short laps though so will be interesting to see how he is on race pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Indeed in an ill fitted cockpit and seat by all accounts! Guess He has access to full beans mode ! Let’s see the times tomorrow regards Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Agriv8 said: Indeed in an ill fitted cockpit and seat by all accounts! Guess He has access to full beans mode ! Let’s see the times tomorrow regards Agriv8 ‘Party mode’ was banned for this season. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.qualifying-engine-modes-what-are-the-proposed-changes-and-why-do-they-matter Edited December 4, 2020 by AVB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko3275 Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 15 hours ago, Agriv8 said: Indeed in an ill fitted cockpit and seat by all accounts! Guess He has access to full beans mode ! Let’s see the times tomorrow regards Agriv8 They’re only allowed one engine mode for the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Shame F1 will be gone in 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, fatchap said: Shame F1 will be gone in 10 years. Bernie cashed in at the right time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, amateur said: Bernie cashed in at the right time Yep he saw it coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) Well done George only two one hundredths behind Bottas. Edited December 5, 2020 by The Heron Missed out words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, The Heron said: Well done George only two one hundredths behind Bottas. Yup. The top three split by less than a tenth. It could make for a pretty exciting race up top for once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Shame as with technology the cars should be doing over 300mph down the straights. F1 was much more exciting two decades ago. So much for progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 Come on George...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 Good to see Russell leading - seems a modest and likeable individual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 20 minutes ago, Gordon R said: Good to see Russell leading - seems a modest and likeable individual. Nope! he's been suckered by a calamity from his team! He would have won - right up until Mercedes mixed his tyres up and put half of the wrong set on. Then he had a puncture. He was going to win and has been killed by his own team! They didn't even need to make the pitstop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 What a male chicken up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 More to it then, teams don't make those mistakes. Especially mercedes, done for a reason we will never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 23 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said: Nope! he's been suckered by a calamity from his team! He would have won - right up until Mercedes mixed his tyres up and put half of the wrong set on. Then he had a puncture. He was going to win and has been killed by his own team! They didn't even need to make the pitstop Wouldn’t say they didn’t need to make the stop- look how badly Bottas was performing on the old set that they put back on! Neither of them could have defended a lead after the the Aitkin induced, safety car incident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, figgy said: More to it then, teams don't make those mistakes. Especially mercedes, done for a reason we will never know. Apparently they had a radio failure in the pit and some of the pit crew didn’t know what tyres to put on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 30 minutes ago, Jaymo said: Wouldn’t say they didn’t need to make the stop- look how badly Bottas was performing on the old set that they put back on! Neither of them could have defended a lead after the the Aitkin induced, safety car incident. Bottas maybe, but he's always hard on his tyres but Russell looked grand. Toto Wolf's just admitted on air that they didn't need to make it. They could be both DQ'd for racing out on mixed tyres, so Russell might be losing his three points. All round ruinous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 I think they will let try and let him have the points but if other teams stick there boots in they will struggle ! Gutted Russel didn’t get the win but talk about coming out fighting in a car designed around Lewis sympathetic driving style. rare for Mercedes to mess up but I think is a simple failure of communication kit ! Regards Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 28 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said: Bottas maybe, but he's always hard on his tyres but Russell looked grand. Toto Wolf's just admitted on air that they didn't need to make it. They could be both DQ'd for racing out on mixed tyres, so Russell might be losing his three points. All round ruinous. Bottas will be ok as they kept his original tyres on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, AVB said: Bottas will be ok as they kept his original tyres on. Good call, yeah. Apparently Russell was wearing shoes two sizes too small so he could fit into Hambo's cockpit. Wrong boots on the man, wrong boots on the car. Not a good day to be a Russell! I hope Hamilton's still in quarantine next week and Russell gets another shot. And a race that has Verstappen in it too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) You have got to wonder why this Mercedes team can't find a better fitted boot for George. and another thing that pit stop was carp nobody seems to know who was doing what with who, German efficiency my ***. Edited December 6, 2020 by The Heron Missed out word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 The stewards have decided no penalty for Russell. It would have been harsh if they had as he was clearly penalised by having to pit again to change the tyres back and gained no advantage from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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