Row 1 | 1. Valtteri Bottas 1’25.269 Mercedes | |
2. Lewis Hamilton 1’25.525 Mercedes | ||
Row 2 | 3. Max Verstappen 1’25.562 Red Bull | |
4. Charles Leclerc 1’26.035 Ferrari | ||
Row 3 | 5. Alexander Albon 1’26.047 Red Bull | |
6. Daniel Ricciardo 1’26.223 Renault | ||
Row 4 | 7. Esteban Ocon 1’26.242 Renault | |
8. Lando Norris 1’26.458 McLaren | ||
Row 5 | 9. Sergio Perez 1’26.704 Racing Point | |
10. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’26.709 McLaren | ||
Row 6 | 11. Sebastian Vettel 1’26.738 Ferrari | |
12. Pierre Gasly 1’26.776 Toro Rosso | ||
Row 7 | 13. Daniil Kvyat 1’26.848 Toro Rosso | |
14. Antonio Giovinazzi 1’26.936 Alfa Romeo | ||
Row 8 | 15. Kevin Magnussen 1’27.125 Haas | |
16. Romain Grosjean 1’27.552 Haas | ||
Row 9 | 17. George Russell 1’27.564 Williams | |
18. Nicholas Latifi 1’27.812 Williams | ||
Row 10 | 19. Kimi Raikkonen 1’27.817 Alfa Romeo | |
20. Nico Hulkenberg 1’28.021 Racing Point |
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2020 Eifel Grand Prix
- Renault “not scared of anywhere” in remaining races
- Bottas “needs a miracle” to overturn Hamilton’s 69-point lead
- 2020 Eifel Grand Prix Star Performers
- Leclerc sees ‘quite a few positives’ in Ferrari’s Nurburgring weekend
- Mercedes relied on DAS “more than ever” at cold Nurburgring
Jay
10th October 2020, 15:06
Leclerc and Perez will exchange positions in race pace?
Jere (@jerejj)
10th October 2020, 16:18
@Jay Maybe.
Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)
10th October 2020, 16:56
I wouldn’t bet on it. Ferrari have brought some upgrades which seem to be working well, plus the colder conditions seem to favor them as well.
Just look at China 2012: Everybody thought the Mercedes would be dropping down the field on Sunday (both, Rosberg and Schumi were starting from the front row). But then Rosberg was dominating the race and sealed a comfortable win in the cold conditions.
Broke84 (@broke84)
10th October 2020, 15:07
What happened to Hulk? I only watched Q3.
LB (@burden93)
10th October 2020, 15:09
Just didn’t have the pace. Only did 4 laps, was half second off Q2
Broke84 (@broke84)
10th October 2020, 15:37
@burden93 thanks. Not bad though, no practice, different steering wheel, different car. At least they had his seat from before.
LB (@burden93)
10th October 2020, 15:40
@broke84 yep anything apart from 20th would have been a miracle! Hopefully can look at the data overnight and have a strong race tomorrow
Jere (@jerejj)
10th October 2020, 16:17
@broke84 Yes, different car as he uses Stroll’s car this time around, but the steering wheel is actually Checo’s. I know as I noticed from his onboard that the DRS button (purple-colored) is on the top-left corner. Stroll has it on the right-hand side of the display.
GeeMac (@geemac)
10th October 2020, 15:49
In the circumstances it was a good effort. Being dumped into the car in Q1 was a big ask, he did a solid job.
Darryn Smith (@darryn)
10th October 2020, 17:41
Considering that I could put it into 20th position as well it really wasn’t that solid. Maybe hill get the podium he’s been looking for the last 10 years though.
BaKano (@bakano)
10th October 2020, 17:58
But would you be able to set a time within 107, @darryn ?
I doubt it…
Saying that anyone could make 20th is a huge simplification
Mashiat (@mashiat)
10th October 2020, 15:10
Fantastic from Leclerc. He was already decisively quicker than Vettel last season, but he has stepped it up again this season. He is now dominating Vettel in a manner comparable to how Raikkonen was dominated in 2014 or 2017. And for someone who is only 23, that is seriously impressive.
Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
10th October 2020, 15:23
I think it is more that Vettel just can’t perform well in this car. I think Leclerc is only slightly better than last year. He still needs to cut down on the amount of incidents he has though. He’s caused his own retirement twice as well as vettel’s one of those times.
puneeth bharath
10th October 2020, 15:42
I think lecrec needs to be given the credit he is due.. if it was the other way around… People would be raving about how vettel is hammering a hot young prospect ..or if it was max beating vettel like this people would be saying see how great Max is ( off course Max is top class) … Long story short I think lecrec is definitely a top 3 driver in the current crop of drivers along with max and hamilton…
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
10th October 2020, 17:28
@mashiat does anyone really believe that Vettel is 0.7 seconds slower than Leclerc? The way things are headed he might even be 1 second faster soon.
DeanR
10th October 2020, 18:58
Agreed!! I have zero invested in VET. In fact I don’t really like the guy BUT… it’s so obvious Ferrari are done with him. Lec is a tenth or 2 faster than LEC, at best!
Mashiat (@mashiat)
11th October 2020, 11:31
@freelittlebirds If you are suggesting inferior equipment just to slow him down on purpose, I don’t necessarily buy it. Ferrari may keep Vettel out of meetings about the 2021 car, but they need every point they can get right now, they will lose out on substantial money if they can’t even maintain a top 6 finish. Leclerc will probably get upgrades over Vettel, but I would do that even if Vettel was sticking around, as Leclerc is clearly Ferrari’s best hope of salvaging a top 6 finish in the WCC this season.
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
11th October 2020, 14:27
@mashiat well, this car is special in that it can score pole position in most races. So Ferrari are being forced to score low points and run the car slowly. Obviously Ferrari are not going to finish every race in P10 with 15 points at the end of the season just to please the FIA. So it’s obvious that Ferrari is honoring the settlement because Vettel can’t even reach Q3 while Leclerc is allowed to do the impossible whenever they need him to and bring in a lot more points than a P9,P10 combination would by ending up in P3-P6. It would have been nice of Ferrari to alternate the results but obviously they are not going to be willing to do that.
David Bondo
10th October 2020, 15:54
Imagine a title fight between the two best drivers (Verstappen and Leclerc) in equal equipment. Hopefully we get it one day.
Also, get in there Bottas.
Jeorge
10th October 2020, 17:05
Fantastico Charles Leclerc