Ferrari complete practice sweep as Vandoorne crash stops session

19 comments on “Ferrari complete practice sweep as Vandoorne crash stops session”

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   Jere (@jerejj)
   25th August 2018, 12:11

   Bottas should’ve stayed off the racing line. An avoidable incident caused by him pulling out an unnecessarily risky move. The second race weekend in a row in which he’s done something questionable on the track, which isn’t like him.
   1. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      25th August 2018, 12:19

      @jerejj As with Vettel in Austria, and going off what Bottas said on the radio, the likely explanation here is he wasn’t warned by his team. That is unlikely to mean he’ll escape a penalty, however.

      The interesting question for me is whether the stewards will take into consideration the likelihood that a grid penalty will be meaningless given Bottas already has to start from the back of the grid due to his engine change penalty. Perhaps they’ll impose a pit lane start instead.
      1. 

         Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)
         25th August 2018, 12:23

         @keithcollantine
         Could the stewards issue a time penalty for the race?
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            Garns (@)
            25th August 2018, 12:51

            Not sure they can issue a time penalty being that is was in practice?? Grid penalty for sure but Valtteri is at the back already.
            Bottas didn’t know he was coming, as Keith said its was the teams fault.

            Not Stoff’s fault at all but he cant catch a break!
            1. 

               Understeer (@abdelilah)
               25th August 2018, 12:56

               @garns do they have side mirrors on their cars ?
            2. 

               Phylyp (@phylyp)
               25th August 2018, 13:01

               @abdelilah – good question ☺️

               Although some might say they are first and foremost aerodynamic devices and not driver aids. 😉
      2. 

         Jere (@jerejj)
         25th August 2018, 12:32

         @keithcollantine Not being warned about a fast-approaching driver on a flying lap behind, i.e., not being aware whether there’s someone on a flyer behind or not should be even more of a reason to stay off the racing line as much as possible when on a cooldown lap, though, despite that side of a track being dirtier than the racing line.
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            Garns (@)
            25th August 2018, 13:01

            @abdelilah
            Understeer- I believe they do, is this a rhetorical question? (To quote Homer Simpson “Do I know what rhetorical means?”

            What’s your take on it?
            1. 

               Understeer (@abdelilah)
               25th August 2018, 13:18

               @garns yes, I know they do have mirrors but when you hear the drivers one might think they are just cosmetical gadgets.
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               Garns (@)
               25th August 2018, 13:27

               @abdelilah
               Just saw it again, actually worse than it first looked – could have been a big off!!
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   Ruben
   25th August 2018, 12:35

   Red bull more than 1 second off without the party modes being switched on.
   This is going to be a painful Q3.
   1. 

      Moi
      25th August 2018, 13:50

      Well we have 3 qualifyings really…. one for places 1-4, one for places 5-6, one for the rest…
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   Todfod (@todfod)
   25th August 2018, 12:51

   It’s hard to see anything other than a Ferrari front row lockout for this one. Lewis must be praying for some rain again this weekend.

   I kind of expected Red Bull to be a second behind the pole sitter .. despite their promising showing in Q1.

   Didn’t expect Sauber to be so competitive this weekend and Haas to be that behind. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Sauber outperform Haas for the remainder of the season. Sauber have built their own car and have a clear development path, while Haas sit around cluelessly, waiting for Ferrari and Dallara to give them updates.

   Mclaren … wow… I’m at a loss for words. They’re actually slower at Spa in 2018 then they ever have been even during the Honda era. I never remember them being more than 4 seconds off the pole sitter’s pace. To have both the Honda-powered Toro Rosso’s comfortably ahead of them must be a bitter blow. I have a feeling that Spa and Monza will probably be Mclaren’s poorest races of the season… and I expect them to finish behind the Williams at both venues.
   1. 

      Hugh (@hugh11)
      25th August 2018, 13:08

      Bottas could well give Hamilton a tow up the Kemmel straight, and the Mercedes looked very good in sector 2, so I wouldn’t count him out yet.
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         Todfod (@todfod)
         25th August 2018, 13:17

         If it works for Mercedes, I’d expect Kimi to tow Vettel as well. They seem too quick this weekend… and the real ace up their sleeve is their new engine spec performance in Q3. The only way Lewis could get on the front row is if Kimi botches his quali… or.. if the weather gods interfere.
         1. 

            ColdFly (@)
            25th August 2018, 13:19

            if Kimi botches his quali

            what are the chances of that happening? :P
            1. 

               Ed
               25th August 2018, 13:53

               It already happened more than once this year.
      2. 

         Todfod (@todfod)
         25th August 2018, 15:16

         @hugh11

         Guess the weather gods had to interfere ;)
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      ColdFly (@)
      25th August 2018, 13:17

      McLaren should be fine; they’re within 7%, @todfod :P

      more serious, and slightly less alarming: McLaren primarily used the Mediums and no SuperSofts as all.
      It also seems that a few teams are setting up their car for straight-line speed (racing) rather than lap time (quali)

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