In the round-up: Kevin Magnussen says the pit stop error which cost him two laps in Turkey was “definitely a missed opportunity” for the team.
What they say
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner doubts points would have been possible last race weekend, but Magnussen suspects it was an opportunity lost:
I would say it was it was definitely a missed opportunity. By the time I pitted I was 11th, which was a pretty tough call to make at that at that point, with some people pitting and then they came out and did some good lap times, just around the time when when I was due to pit.
The times of people on new tyres were looking good, so it was attractive to pit as well. Some people continued and had good races like, I think, Perez and Hamilton and maybe Ocon or Ricciardo at least.
So I think if we’d stayed out, it could have been a chance but I don’t know. For our season this year, it was a very good opportunity, for sure.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
Robert Kubica will drive Kimi Raikkonen's car in the first practice session for the #BahrainGP tomorrow.#F1
— RaceFans (@racefansdotnet) November 26, 2020
Just 51 points separate the top 6! 😮🙌
The 2020 title race has been one of the tightest battles in years! 💪#F2 🇧🇭 #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/6OcyduRYAC
— Formula 2 (@FIA_F2) November 26, 2020
Hear from our drivers, teams and partners on what it means to them to be part of a World Championship#ABBFormulaE #WorldChampionship #PositivelyCharged pic.twitter.com/jkArGuEU1h
— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) November 26, 2020
|@LewisHamilton asked about Franz Tost's view F1 drivers should accept salary caps of $10 million and be happy to drive the cars:
"Who said that?"
"Franz Tost."
"Who's that?"
"Er… team principal of AlphaTauri."
"Oh…" #F1 #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/NO43wq5YjC— RaceFans (@racefansdotnet) November 26, 2020
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
High-tech light panels to be mandatory at all Formula One and Moto GP circuits (FIA)
"e;Currently in F1, the championship promoter is responsible for transporting the top-level panels to each race but then removes them for the next one, meaning that other events on those circuits do not have access to this safety technology. The new requirement will mean that every championship competing on these circuits will have access to F1 levels of safety technology."
Bahraini political prisoners appeal to Lewis Hamilton for his help (The Guardian)
"In letters to the Formula 1 world champion shown to the Guardian, the three current and former political prisoners praise his commitment to pursuing equality, anti-racism and human rights causes and ask that he uses his position as F1’s most recognised and successful driver to bring their plight to a wider audience."
World championship starts now (Formula E)
"The idea for an all-electric street racing series started out as nothing more than a collection of notes on a napkin. On the evening of March 3, 2011, FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman, Formula E Chairman Alejandro Agag, met in a Paris restaurant and gathered their thoughts in just a few words on what would become the world's first all-electric international single-seater championship."
What to watch for in Sakhir (Formula 2)
"The 2020 title race has been one of the tightest battles in years. A total of nine drivers could all mathematically still win, while Mick Schumacher heads into the final rounds with just a 22-point advantage over his Ferrari Driver Academy team mate, Callum Ilott."
"The GCK e-Blast 1 represents GCK Motorsport’s first step in promoting the future of cross-country rally: the GCK e-Blast 1 will run environmentally friendly, fully electric technology for long distance rallying with a view to integrate the GCK hydrogen solution as the programme develops. Drawing on the parallels of the technological evolution between both, the electric project will provide the foundation for GCK’s hydrogen future."
My Job in 60 Seconds: Matt - Chief mechanic (Mercedes via YouTube)
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Comment of the day
After Hamilton and he agreed that the margins between them were very small, CDUK Mugello says that the measurable speed gap isn’t Bottas’ only shortcoming when it comes to fighting Hamilton.
In this business you make your own luck, and time and time again Bottas has been found wanting in the little wheel-to-wheel combat we’ve seen between him and Hamilton this year.
He’s close in qualifying. Sometimes very close. But as soon as they get into turn one it’s clear Bottas is the team player, always ready to back out of a 50/50 earlier than Hamilton will. At least with Nico Rosberg you got the sense he would give everything he had to keep Hamilton behind. I never really feel that with Bottas.
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faulty (@faulty)
27th November 2020, 1:23
No update on that F3 driver who’s been posting on social media videos of his careless driving on public roads?
BasCB (@bascb)
27th November 2020, 7:19
Probably a day early to get anything on that, if at all @faulty
Jere (@jerejj)
27th November 2020, 8:40
@faulty Who? I googled ‘F3 driver reckless driving,’ but nothing appeared.
BasCB (@bascb)
27th November 2020, 14:31
It’s about a driver named Alessio Deledda – https://twitter.com/NCGaccount/status/1332029622586904577 @jerejj
faulty (@faulty)
27th November 2020, 15:56
thanks, bascb. i remembered he was italian but didn’t want my memory to butcher name.
GeeMac (@geemac)
29th November 2020, 6:35
Now I am in no way condoning driving like that, but there are a lot of people in the GCC drive like that every single day. That sort of driving used to just annoy me, but now I’m ferrying my wife and kids about on the roads here it is genuinely worrying. You have to always be on the lookout for some clown doing ridiculous stuff like that. You’d think a racing driver would be able to get this sort of thing out of his system on the track…
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
27th November 2020, 7:42
I think the only positive for Bottas this season has been his mind set to try something different to Hamilton in terms of tyre strategy. But in the end, even that is useless, as it will always get shot down by the team.
Retired (@jeff1s)
27th November 2020, 8:22
«Hamilton should do this, Hamilton should do that» I wonder why it’s not «F1 should do this and that.»
Bottas has been lapped in a race his teammate has won, nothing more to say.
Jere (@jerejj)
27th November 2020, 8:39
”Who’s that?” – Weird for him to ask this, given that Tost has been the team principal since the beginning under Toro Rosso back in 2006.
Regarding the FIA post that doesn’t lead to the site, i.e., the link isn’t working:
The trackside light panels are a permanent fixture at Yas Marina Circuit. Just go around the entire lap via the street view on Google Maps to find out. Additionally, I walked most of the track (in the opposite direction) last January, and they were there, so they’re in place all-year-round on this circuit at least, if not anywhere else.
Luke S (@joeypropane)
27th November 2020, 9:36
I read the headline and genuinely wasn’t sure if we were talking F1 or Thanksgiving…
sumedh
27th November 2020, 11:20
:) :)
I think Hazel definitely was going for that.