Hamilton leads final practice after heavy crash for Hartley

15 comments on “Hamilton leads final practice after heavy crash for Hartley”

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   Jere (@jerejj)
   7th July 2018, 12:14

   Just beat the outright lap record already. BTW, The third crash of the weekend in as many sessions already.
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   Pratyush P (@pratyushp276)
   7th July 2018, 12:14

   Sauber’s heading the midfield already? Not bad.
   1. 

      Phylyp (@phylyp)
      7th July 2018, 12:21

      They’ve improved for sure, but I think this circuit is also flattering the Ferrari PU when compared to Sauber’s Renault-powered competition. @pratyushp276
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         ColdFly (@)
         7th July 2018, 13:28

         Leading the Haases though.
         Improvement indeed at Sauber. McLaren should get done training from them.
      2. 

         Alonso (@alonshow)
         7th July 2018, 13:43

         @phylip: I know almost nothing about engines, so I didn’t know that was even possible. I understand that different chassis are faster in different races due to their aerodynamic configuration, but how does that work for PUs? I thought with PUs it was a simple case of “the most powerful one goes faster”, and that would apply to any circuit. Can you explain?
         1. 

            erikje
            7th July 2018, 17:25

            It, ‘s not only power but the way the power is delivered to the components. Every race they try to find a setting fitting with the circuit. A very elastic engine offers the best tuning options.
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   Phylyp (@phylyp)
   7th July 2018, 12:22

   What’s with Vettel, btw? After his initial runs, we didn’t see him on track at all, did we?
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      koddamn (@gufdamm)
      7th July 2018, 12:31

      You are correct, we didn’t. Apparently, according to @bosyber, he is suffering with neck problems.
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         Phylyp (@phylyp)
         7th July 2018, 12:45

         @gufdamm – many thanks, I wouldn’t have guessed that, if anything I’d have thought car issues :-)
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            bosyber (@bosyber)
            7th July 2018, 13:32

            Did Sky mention it by now too? As I said in the live session; I heard it via the F1 live app on my phone (which is, I think, bbc radio5?)
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   Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
   7th July 2018, 13:04

   Feel sorryfor Hartley. He can’t catch a break. Watching that suspension just buckle was bizarre.
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      Joao (@johnmilk)
      7th July 2018, 13:24

      That was quite scary, when the car started to role it made me very nervous, fortunately it deeped in the sand and Hartley emerged unscathed.

      It reminded me of Buemi in China when he had the double suspension failure.

      Do wr know if STR will participate on qualifying @keithcollantine?
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         bosyber (@bosyber)
         7th July 2018, 13:34

         We just heard that Gasly will, after they did work on the suspension @johnmilk
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            Joao (@johnmilk)
            7th July 2018, 13:59

            Thanks @bosyber
5. 

   Michael (@freelittlebirds)
   7th July 2018, 14:31

   For US viewers, is anyone else upset that ESPN are airing the Qualifying live on a different channel for the British GP? They normally show it on one of their main ESPN channels and sometimes on one of the main network channels but today it’s on ESPN News. Even worse, their ESPN app is not letting me watch it or stream it either…

   Apparently, this is an extra channel by ESPN but my Verizon package doesn’t include it – I have to upgrade to the Extreme or Ultimate to get that and I just can’t justify it for a few qualifying sessions. NBC would sometimes air programs on CNBC instead of MSNBC but at least it was part of the package.

   Liberty Media and ESPN are busy putting the final nails on this sport and what a job they’re doing. I find myself watching all 3 races of MotoGP and fast forwarding through F1’s races.

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