In the round-up: Romain Grosjean says Haas is back to the level of form it showed in pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.
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What they say
Grosjean says the VF-19 was able to get its tyres into the correct operating window immediately in practice.
It just went in from the beginning, went back into the window we found in winter testing. Obviously we haven’t been crazy, we know where the window is, it’s just how do we get in.
It’s narrow, it’s small, it’s difficult to achieve, it’s a bit sad that the only talking point on Monday is who got the tyre to work and who didn’t. But I guess it’s the way it is.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Snapshot
Felix Rosenqvist claimed his first IndyCar pole position for today’s race on the Indianapolis road course. He shares the front row with Ganassi team mate Scott Dixon, who bumped Jack Harvey off the front row with his last lap. Harvey, a part-time driver for Schmidt Peterson, out-qualified the team’s regular drivers Marcus Ericsson and James Hinchcliffe.
Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
The @F1 teams will be given an additional set of intermediate tyres before final practice "based on the weather forecast from the official weather service provider", according to the @FIA. #F1 #SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/IhK4UG0nZo
— RaceFans (@racefansdotnet) May 10, 2019
No DRS • No future 🤦🏻♂️ #F3 #SpanishGP
— Jake Hughes (@JakeHughesRace) May 10, 2019
Hardly excited to hear from @jucerasoli that the proposed track for the Rio GP is next to Brazil's maximum security prison, miles from the beach.
— Ben Hunt (@benjhunt) May 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/HSouthwellFE/status/1126784363247624192
🎬 Here is an exclusive look at the new @FIA video "@F1 drivers advocate for #RoadSafety". Thank you all for your strong commitment and we hope it will advance this critical issue all over the world. Please retweet. #UNRoadSafetyWeek #SpeakUp #F1 #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/IyDqUPtMdm
— Jean Todt (@JeanTodt) May 10, 2019
- Find more official F1 accounts to follow in the F1 Twitter Directory
Links
More motor racing links of interest:
Max Verstappen: "During FP1 we had an oil leak so we had to change the engine ahead of FP2, which put us a little on the back foot. I think that’s also a little bit of the reason why, in the second practice session, we were not exactly where we wanted to be set-up wise with the balance of the car, but we have enough data to understand and improve it for tomorrow."
Campos Racing duo given grid penalty (F2)
"Jack Aitken and Dorian Boccolacci have been handed a three place grid drop for tomorrow’s F2 Feature Race at Barcelona, after their Campos Racing cars were both found to have used an undeclared rear part of the wooden plank during free practice."
Shwartzman secures first ever F3 pole in Spain (F3)
"No sooner had the drivers hit the track, were they hauled back into the pitlane, as Alessio Deledda came to a halt on track and brought out a red flag, succumbing to mechanical gremlins."
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Comment of the day
John has an idea how to talk Ferrari out of their power of veto over F1’s rules:
Ferrari shares are well up, road car sales are booming. F1 is the best advertisement Ferrari could possibly have… call their bluff.
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ColdFly (@)
11th May 2019, 0:53
Giving us an exclusive look by posting it on the internet ;)
faulty (@faulty)
11th May 2019, 3:01
What are talking about? that clip is full of relatable characters!!
Alex Bkk (@alex-bkk)
11th May 2019, 4:36
I for one am sick of tyres being the dominant concern in F1… I want to see races without the mention of the word “TYRES!
Phylyp (@phylyp)
11th May 2019, 4:43
@alex-bkk – are you tyred of it, or do you just want that entire topic retyred?
UNeedAFinn2Win (@uneedafinn2win)
11th May 2019, 5:41
@alex-bkk, perhaps then starting a tread about the tyres is not the best.
Your just compounding on the subject.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
11th May 2019, 6:00
@uneedafinn2win – and patience is wearing thin, isn’t it? ;)
ColdFly (@)
11th May 2019, 8:35
We seem to be going round in circles on this topic.
Tango (@tango)
11th May 2019, 9:27
There seems indeed to be a common thread here
Tango (@tango)
11th May 2019, 9:35
Oh shoot I’ve run over the same ground you already have with my last comment. Anyway let’s hope it ends up being a good year in the end.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
11th May 2019, 9:27
Let’s introduce tracks as on tanks.
Tristan (@skipgamer)
11th May 2019, 4:54
Yeah okay, oil leak, still not where they want to be after 2 practice sessions. And Horner says get rid of Fridays 🙄
ColdFly (@)
11th May 2019, 8:37
He wants to dedicate the Fridays to repairing oil leaks.
Maybe FIA can award a point for the biggest leak.
Jere (@jerejj)
11th May 2019, 7:28
Weird that the teams have been granted an additional set of the intermediate tyres given that no rain is expected for the remainder of the weekend.
Sundar Srinivas Harish (@sundark)
11th May 2019, 8:01
Maybe they’re finally going to turn on the sprinklers!
Phylyp (@phylyp)
11th May 2019, 9:31
@sundark – I can picture Bernie chuckling as he quickly sneaks around to where the sprinkler valves are!
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
11th May 2019, 12:07
cotd how naive. last veto saved f1, actually bernie knew that, their pu price cap proposal was going to drive all manufacturers out, bernie pushed it forward to force the veto out, in the end they wanted the teamms and f1 to finally sign an agreement.
Todfod (@todfod)
11th May 2019, 13:00
@peartree
That doesn’t mean that Ferrari will misuse a veto for personal gain in the future. Why should one team have the right to veto? It’s against the ethos of sport in general. I can’t even believe people are arguing in Ferrari’s defence for this absolutely disgraceful situation in F1.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
11th May 2019, 19:02
@todfod In an ideal world there should be no veto, but focussing on the veto is deflecting from the root of f1’s problems.
Todfod (@todfod)
11th May 2019, 19:45
@peartree
I agree. There are bigger issues that they need to tackle. Distribution of prize money is probably their highest priority. Now imagine if Ferrari decides to veto the wealth distribution.
Ferrari’s right to veto is wrong on many levels… And giving them this right is just asking for trouble. In my opinion it’s the most obvious decision… They don’t deserve it.
BlackJackFan
12th May 2019, 3:29
How can anyone actually deserve it…!?
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
12th May 2019, 16:20
@todfod the big problem is racing and the reason behind this is lobbying rules and collusion across teams.