Hamilton quickest, Vettel slowest in final practice

28 comments on “Hamilton quickest, Vettel slowest in final practice”

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   Kribana (@krichelle)
   29th August 2020, 12:07

   Traffic complaints in qualifying INBOUND!!!
   1. 

      Chaitanya
      29th August 2020, 12:13

      Expecting to hear about those in all 3 sessions.
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   Raymond
   29th August 2020, 12:10

   It’s terrible. Drives like a pig.
   1. 

      Sravan Krishnan (@sravan-pe)
      29th August 2020, 12:15

      Woah you can’t say that!
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      petebaldwin (@)
      29th August 2020, 12:20

      Not so sure mate – this looks quicker to me:

      https://i.makeagif.com/media/11-24-2015/ao1DV4.gif
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   Ninjenius
   29th August 2020, 12:11

   Whilst the lack of transarency still bothers me to an extent, it’s getting to the point where I hardly care at all about the details of the undisclosed agreement between Ferrari and FIA. Whatever the agreement was, it’s provided a pretty shocking outcome for the Scuderia.
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      Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
      29th August 2020, 12:39

      Transparency is not a problem, the fia pr is, they made themselves look bad. I would not expect to know how DAS works or how the party modes work or how the brake ducts do their magic, managing heat between brakes and tyres.
      The fact Ferrari was in the 41’s back in 2018 is very telling. The engine is the most affected by the directive but we already knew that, old news, it isn’t just the directive, haas running dallara made last years ferrari is .6 quicker in fp3, Gio was the quickest ferrari in fp2.
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         BasCB (@bascb)
         29th August 2020, 13:29

         As far as I understand @peartree, when Ferrari went about the design of their car for this year they still counted on having that powerfull engine, so they build a car that would best work with a bit more drag / downforce. Now that the engine can’t pull that anymore, they had to take of downforce, but the car is still draggy and with less downforce also not stable.
4. 

   DAllein (@)
   29th August 2020, 12:12

   If it stays dry, times will tumble enormously by the end of qualifying.

   I wonder about Ferrari.
   Have they been using the illegal engine right from the start of this era?.. If not, then how could they lose so much after being caught by the bottom.
5. 

   David BR (@david-br)
   29th August 2020, 12:12

   I don’t imagine this is what Leclerc was expecting when he signed for Ferrari. Outperforming the car to drag into 17th in P3 of Spa. Wow, shocking.
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   David (@davidjwest)
   29th August 2020, 12:13

   Monza is going to be fun for Ferrari.
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      Chaitanya
      29th August 2020, 12:14

      Fortunately for them there are no fans allowed at the grid.
7. 

   Samuel Andrew
   29th August 2020, 12:17

   Will be great to see Ferrari and Williams lining up next to each other at one end of the grid after so many years.
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      Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
      29th August 2020, 13:03

      But look at the difference between Hamilton and the quickest Williams. 1.516 seconds. That is impressive from Williams.
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   Pironi the Provocateur (@pironitheprovocateur)
   29th August 2020, 12:17

   The thing that bothers me the most is that no one from Ferrari openly says this is unacceptable. All of them seem to have given up, Binotto is literally an impersonation of humble defeat. This may drag on for years.
   1. 

      Andrey Baydin (@minilemm)
      29th August 2020, 12:30

      Well, given allthe development restrictions for these two seasons, what would you do?
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         Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
         29th August 2020, 12:42

         @minilemm ferrari voted in favour. Binotto warned at launch, back in march that the engine was bad, after testing he said they were slow, but like pironi is saying, there is no emotion no energy from their end, does not look like they are doing anything on the background.
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            Andrey Baydin (@minilemm)
            29th August 2020, 15:09

            Yeah it’s kinda puzzling that they did.
            Yet still, my question stands.
            And the lack of answer as of yet might provide some insight into how they feel and what they’re busy doing.
            Maybe they scratched it all and went all-out on 2022 – it’d be a very non-Ferrari and a very smart thing to do, in my opinion.
9. 

   Aditya (@adityafakhri)
   29th August 2020, 12:26

   Really hoping for wet race now. What a mess Ferrari has found themselves in
   1. 

      Sham (@sham)
      29th August 2020, 12:37

      That will hurt Ferrari more than anyone – they’ve trimmed all the downforce off so they don’t get destroyed in sector 1.
      My opinion of them and they way they run their team is pretty low, but this annoys even me.

      Unlike some, I really do want to know what they were doing last year that they’re no longer allowed to do – It was obviously technically very clever, but against the rules.
10. 

    Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)
    29th August 2020, 12:32

    This is getting ridiculous! How can Ferrari be outperformed by both their customer teams, despite having more downforce and better drivers?!

    This just proves that there is more to it than the weak PU. The whole car is a mess!
    1. 

       falken (@falken)
       29th August 2020, 12:37

       Because it’s Spa and you want hardly any downforce
    2. 

       Michael (@freelittlebirds)
       29th August 2020, 12:40

       If Vettel stays for the whole season, he may outlast every person on that team:-) I wouldn’t be surprised if Leclerc is the only one providing feedback at this point.
    3. 

       Rodber
       29th August 2020, 13:02

       Official: Ferrari are asking for Spa to be postponed to 2021. Reasons too be announced before Quali.
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    Rodber
    29th August 2020, 12:52

    Latifi. 13th! Cheating?
12. 

    Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
    29th August 2020, 12:55

    I’m betting Carlos Sainz is having occasional nightmares about him signing with Ferrari, only to wake up, sweaty with his heart racing… remembering it happened in real life too.
    1. 

       Zann (@zann)
       29th August 2020, 13:48

       yes @fer-no65 what a nightmare for him. Freezes and the budget cap locking it in. And did Nicolas Todt get some performance exit clause in for LeClerc? Have to wonder!
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    Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
    29th August 2020, 13:15

    Look at the gap between first and last on the longest track though! And Williams only 1.516 behind Hamilton and less than a second off Bottas. I think Bottas lifted off his final run, but still, this is encouraging from Williams.

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