Bottas quickest before oil leak halts running

26 comments on “Bottas quickest before oil leak halts running”

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   Joao (@johnmilk)
   10th May 2019, 11:34

   Ferrari sandbagging again
   1. 

      AliceD (@aliced)
      10th May 2019, 12:00

      Still not as much as HAM is sandbagging
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         Joao (@johnmilk)
         10th May 2019, 13:18

         but Ferrari are sandbagging from Melbourne with Sundays included, that’s a lot of sand
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            erikje
            10th May 2019, 14:01

            But at least Williams had a new sandbags development schedule.
            1. 

               Ioannis (@ioannisk)
               10th May 2019, 19:00

               Come on man! I was having a sip of beer while reading this and now everything around me is a total mess! Hahahahhh
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         Green Flag (@greenflag)
         10th May 2019, 14:14

         This is practice. They’re practicing, trying different set-ups. HAM might have full fuel, BOT on fumes. Who knows?
      3. 

         bob (@riptide)
         10th May 2019, 14:19

         Yup, Hamilton deliberately went and wrecked a new set of tyres to fool you.
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   bosyber (@bosyber)
   10th May 2019, 11:37

   I heard an interesting bit of radio convo. from RAI, at the closing of the session, asking his engineer whether he might have missed a weighbridge call-in (engineer checked, confirmed no missed calls there); guess drivers and teams are now alert to that then – FIA will know the Gasly penalty had effect!
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      Robbie (@robbie)
      10th May 2019, 11:57

      But the ‘Gasly penalty’ has been in place all along, so was always to be avoided. The question that came up a number of days ago simply regarded that perhaps in the future the penalty could still be one to avoid, but that doesn’t also carry over through Sunday. For now nothing has changed regarding this issue, so FIA already knew the penalty had an effect, and nobody is suggesting it shouldn’t also have an effect in the future…just with a different form of penalty.
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         bosyber (@bosyber)
         10th May 2019, 12:02

         @Robbie, please.

         Of course teams always had to pay attention, but this radioconvo. shows that perhaps the teams are re-alerted to that now, which, until a possible change in the rules, is certainly smart and logical.
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            Robbie (@robbie)
            10th May 2019, 12:16

            @bosyber But nobody is talking about a change in the rules, just a change in the penalty for certain rules infractions, and I’m sure the same rule infraction will be smart and logical to avoid as there will still be a penalty.
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               bosyber (@bosyber)
               10th May 2019, 12:30

               @robbie, is it impolite to roll my eyes?
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               Robbie (@robbie)
               10th May 2019, 13:06

               @bosyber Lol no that would be fine.
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   Todfod (@todfod)
   10th May 2019, 12:08

   Max might have been held up on his fastest lap, but Red Bull are still looking closer to F1.5 than they are to the frontrunners.
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      Robbie (@robbie)
      10th May 2019, 12:25

      Compared to last year it does seem a bit so, but at the same time their current WCC standing has them similarly too distant from Merc and Ferrari to touch the top two, but distant enough from the rest that they sit in a sole and untouched third place, just like last year.
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         spoutnik (@spoutnik)
         10th May 2019, 12:46

         @robbie my feeling is that Max is hiding the car/engine shortcomings, Alonso-style.
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            Robbie (@robbie)
            10th May 2019, 13:14

            @spoutnik Very possible. Was just thinking too how it has been interesting so far this year in that RBR is now ‘happy’ to blame their shortcomings on chassis rather than Pu, as opposed to the McHonda experience, and the RBR/Renault experience. Of course so much, and way too much, is about the narrow tire window and achieving that.
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            MrBoerns (@mrboerns)
            10th May 2019, 13:18

            @spoutnik i’m not sure ‘hiding car/engine shortcomings, Alonso-style’ is still an appropriate term post 2015. Aaaargh!
   2. 

      Chaitanya
      10th May 2019, 12:30

      RBR is in no mans land between F1 and F1.5 all thanks to brillint performances by Max.
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         Pelle
         10th May 2019, 13:16

         RBR = F1.25
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   NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
   10th May 2019, 12:12

   I can hear Wolff/Hamilton press release how Ferrari are dominant.
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      Big Joe
      10th May 2019, 12:24

      @jureo

      Yep they really believe their own mind games at dodgy Mercedes Benz.
      I’ll say it again. If Ferrari had ‘the best car’ Vettel would’ve won the WC last year and dissapear in the distance along with Leclerc this season.
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         GongTong (@gongtong)
         10th May 2019, 13:40

         LeClerc was unstoppable just a couple of weeks ago. Until he stopped himself. And a couple of months back until the engine packed up.

         Which also raises questions regarding your theory that Vettel would have dominated last year. No?
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   Velocityboy (@velocityboy)
   10th May 2019, 12:43

   Looks like Williams may have found a bit of speed. I hope it’s a trend and the reduced gap isn’t a mirage.
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   papaya
   10th May 2019, 13:33

   Looks like Mercedes fear of Ferrari, running Bottas on ultra performance suicide mode to asses its PU performance vs new Ferrari PU. It proved this doesn’t work as not reliable and causes issue. Meanwhile Hamilton on default performance mode clearly 0.5sec behind Ferrari. All in for Ferrari 1-2 this race.
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   hobo (@hobo)
   10th May 2019, 14:39

   If the soft tyres are giving up the ghost after two laps, there or thereabouts, what does that mean for tyre strategy when the top teams have very limited mediums and hards?

   Do we think they will run Q1 and Q3 on the softs, Q2 on med/hard and then use hard/med (whichever they didn’t use before) in the race?

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