foreveralone.jpg?

 

awesomesauce bauley!

 

so much for 3 engines lol

 

HAM looking like a 4x WDChump, about to spin here

 

WALL OF PRACTICE 3 TEXT!

15Sebastian VettelFERRARI1:33.0181427Kimi RäikkönenFERRARI1:33.469+0.45121377Valtteri BottasMERCEDES1:33.761+0.74316433Max VerstappenRED BULL1:33.969+0.95114544Lewis HamiltonMERCEDES1:34.057+1.03914620Kevin MagnussenHAAS1:34.329+1.31125731Sergio PerezFORCE INDIA1:34.445+1.42714831Esteban OconFORCE INDIA1:34.456+1.43816955Carlos SainzRENAULT1:34.582+1.564201035Sergey SirotkinWILLIAMS1:34.741+1.723131127Nico HulkenbergRENAULT1:34.841+1.823161214Fernando AlonsoMCLAREN1:34.851+1.83313132Stoffel VandoorneMCLAREN1:34.977+1.959161428Brendon HartleyTORO ROSSO1:34.991+1.97320153Daniel RicciardoRED BULL1:35.061+2.04341610Pierre GaslyTORO ROSSO1:35.079+2.061161718Lance StrollWILLIAMS1:35.375+2.357161837Charles LeclercSAUBER1:35.497+2.47914199Marcus EricssonSAUBER1:35.679+2.66113208Romain GrosjeanHAAS1:35.756+2.7386

 

1 5 Sebastian Vettel FERRARI 1:33.018 14
2 7 Kimi Räikkönen FERRARI 1:33.469 +0.451 21
3 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES 1:33.761 +0.743 16
4 33 Max Verstappen RED BULL 1:33.969 +0.951 14
5 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1:34.057 +1.039 14
6 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS 1:34.329 +1.311 25
7 31 Sergio Perez FORCE INDIA 1:34.445 +1.427 14
8 31 Esteban Ocon FORCE INDIA 1:34.456 +1.438 16
9 55 Carlos Sainz RENAULT 1:34.582 +1.564 20
10 35 Sergey Sirotkin WILLIAMS 1:34.741 +1.723 13
11 27 Nico Hulkenberg RENAULT 1:34.841 +1.823 16
12 14 Fernando Alonso MCLAREN 1:34.851 +1.833 13
13 2 Stoffel Vandoorne MCLAREN 1:34.977 +1.959 16
14 28 Brendon Hartley TORO ROSSO 1:34.991 +1.973 20
15 3 Daniel Ricciardo RED BULL 1:35.061 +2.043 4
16 10 Pierre Gasly TORO ROSSO 1:35.079 +2.061 16
17 18 Lance Stroll WILLIAMS 1:35.375 +2.357 16
18 37 Charles Leclerc SAUBER 1:35.497 +2.479 14
19 9 Marcus Ericsson SAUBER 1:35.679 +2.661 13
20 8 Romain Grosjean HAAS 1:35.756 +2.738 6

 

When will they follow HHF's suggestion of timing down to the ten thousandth of a second?

Anyways, saw an IndyCar type toy car in wannabe McLaren livery at Long Beach today.

 

That's former AMA champ and IndyCar driver Jeff Ward in the Porsche GT4 turning into Rodrigo Baptista in the Bentley GT3.

 

 

Mobel 3

 

 

I couldn't go today because of a wedding in nearby Fullerton. I think the same vendor goes to Sonoma so I'll try to get you a MIMED STAR car.

 

sky prequaly had an awesome segment on the sequence of events that led to francesco getting run over. i hope ESPN carried it.

cliffs:
1) the wheel gun was set to ON (RIGHTY TIGHTEY) instead of OFF (LEFTY LOOSEY)
2) ferrari doesn't use a button on the gun for the operator to press indicating the wheel is done and ready. instead to save 0.2 seconds they use a torque sensor in the wheelgun. since the gun was trying to torque the wheelnut down instead of removing the nut, the torque sensor indicated the wheel was on and ready. the jacks automatically drop when all four wheelguns indicate correct torque.
3) none of the people overseeing the stop noticed that the tyre had not changed. they have the ability tohalt the jacks from dropping the car / giving kimi the green light.

ferrari's response: nobody is allowed in the path of the wheels and one more person observing from the rear who can override the system

 

Sometimes when you over think something to try to save some time you might just ended up making more of a mess of then you really needed it to be...

 

maybe max really is a ********

 

So are Mercedes strategists....

 

they did a good job getting the lead before the SC handed the race to red bull

 

Hamilton was behind Verstappen when the SC came out. Mercedes strategists blew it by not putting him on fresh tires.

 

i would have liked to see that

 

wolff said they couldn't switch the tyres on for qualy and were then overheating them in the race. sounds like a superdiva to me

 

FTFY

So that was entertaining. China has turned into a good race track. When did that happen?

 

I was surprised that VBs right rear tire didnt blow.

 

i hate to say it but the DRS helps this track suck less

 

it was pickup not delam

 

Fair enough. It's had some good races and memorable moments in the past doe (hello 2007). My 2 cents as the most significant factors for fun/mixed up China races are: effective DRS and being so front limited that it opens up the strategies more.

BTW saw that SkyF1 snipit about the pitstops. Pretty damn cool, but holy hell the LR gun man had the gun set on tighten? CMON BRUH.