Red Bull lead Ferrari in first practice

24 comments on “Red Bull lead Ferrari in first practice”

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   bogaaaa (@nosehair)
   28th July 2017, 10:25

   Be nice to see the bull win this gp just on pace
   1. 

      Markp
      28th July 2017, 12:59

      They have not won on pace since 2013. All wins since have been as a result of issues for faster cars.
      1. 

         Lewis McMurray (@celicadion23)
         28th July 2017, 14:43

         Which makes Monaco 2016 even more heartbreaking; had Ricciardo won it would have been on genuine merit
         1. 

            Ashwin (@redbullf1)
            28th July 2017, 15:21

            Oh man no one can forget that, still disappointed about it even today. @celicadion23
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   Kribana (@krichelle)
   28th July 2017, 10:30

   I think Antonio deserves another chance..
   1. 

      Bart
      28th July 2017, 10:46

      After another crash, I fear he is a Haas been.
   2. 

      Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
      28th July 2017, 10:47

      Well, apart from a great weekend at Australia he has crashed quite a few times now… But who knows, maybe next year Sauber will run two Ferrari jr’s in Giovinazzi and Leclerc?
      1. 

         Jabbadap
         28th July 2017, 11:13

         Weren’t they going to use Honda for next year? Not that it would matters for using other teams junior drivers, as they are using Mercedes junior driver now with Ferrari engines. But I would imagine that they as independent team, they would want driver with at least one experienced race driver.
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            Hugh (@hugh11)
            28th July 2017, 11:32

            Just been confirmed that Sauber will be using up to date Ferrari engines for next season.
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            Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
            28th July 2017, 11:52

            Their new teamboss (Frederique Vasseur) came in 2 weeks ago in place of Kaltenborn (who had signed the deal with Honda) and he didn’t want to have Honda so he terminated that contract this week and signed an extension with Ferrari
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               Jabbadap
               28th July 2017, 13:14

               Ahh, just saw the article. So they carry on with Ferrari. Your point have then more merit, maybe they have some Ferrari junior drive deal included to contract.
3. 

   Rahim
   28th July 2017, 10:39

   Raikkonen should win this race man..I hope:p
   1. 

      Michael Brown (@)
      28th July 2017, 13:27

      Been too long since his last win
   2. 

      KimiRaikkonen1207 (@kimiraikkonen1207)
      28th July 2017, 18:33

      Don’t have to tell me again…
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   Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
   28th July 2017, 10:47

   Nice to see RedBull on top and also McLaren right behind the top 6! Hope it’s legitimate in both cases.
   1. 

      FreddyVictor
      28th July 2017, 10:50

      yeah, thats a nice surprise for McHonda

      hope they can sustain it thru to the race !
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   Todfod (@todfod)
   28th July 2017, 10:49

   I wonder if Lewis and Kimi also set their times on the super soft tyre. It should be a cracking quail for tomorrow, I wouldn’t be surprised if the top 3 on the grid are from 3 different teams. I’m hoping Max finally has a clean weekend as well.

   Looks like Mclaren’s risk of changing Alonso’s engine in Britain for Hungary is going to pay off (if it doesn’t retire sometime later in the race weekend of course).

   For all the people who are saying that Honda isn’t solely to blame for McLaren Honda’s poor performance really need to take a look at their performance in chassis dependant circuits. On power circuits McLaren Honda are usually 2nd to last and on chassis circuits they are generally the 4th quickest.
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      28th July 2017, 11:35

      @todfod They did – have updated the article with the list of best times by tyre.
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         Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
         28th July 2017, 11:54

         @keithcollantine Could you do that sepperately perhaps?

         What I mean is one regular timing sheet with the fastest laptimes and tire they are set on and then a second grahp with fastest laptimes per compound.
   2. 

      PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
      28th July 2017, 13:01

      @todfod I think indeed McLaren their chassis is at the top half of the field, however that would be expected. They have not suddenly lost all knowledge on how to build a car, they still have way more resources than Force India or Williams. However, I don’t think it’s that black and white in saying it is good. The engine under delivers meaning they’re not taking corners at ‘normal’ speeds either.
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   JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
   28th July 2017, 11:01

   I won’t get my hopes up too high, but it’s great to see all three teams up there with a shout at a win this weekend.

   Mclaren certainly showing that their chassis is in a good place, and Renault proving that Silverstone wasn’t a fluke either.

   Ricciardo seems to have an affinity with this track too, would be great to see him take another victory here.
7. 

   Henrik
   28th July 2017, 12:25

   20 years ago but for his Judd to fail on the last lap. Would that we have such a surprise this weekend (minus the engine failure of course)!
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      Matthijs (@matthijs)
      28th July 2017, 14:19

      It was a Yamaha, not a Judd but I would love to see a repeat of that with Alonso as Hill!
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         Henrik
         28th July 2017, 14:57

         Sorry Matthijs, it was a Judd engine even if it was labelled Yamaha OX11D, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judd_%28engine%29

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