Motorsports (NASCAR, F1, etc) Discussion Thread • Page 40

They go where the money is, unfortunately

Qatar track in particular provides almost no passing, from the races I've seen there. It's really only the front straight where they'll have any hope of passing somebody

 

Oof this could be important in the championship race.

It’s a MotoGP track mostly isn’t it?

 

Yep, I've only seen MotoGP races held there

 

That’s nightmare scenario for Mercedes. He’d have a penalty for both the sprint and the race now too because he took a new engine. Yeesh.

 

So people in my work chat are talking about this, and seem to think Lewis will be disqualified from qualifying, and start the sprint race from the pit lane.

Huge for the championship, say he gets up to 12th or so, he’d still start 17th for the main race

 

Also, this is a joke. Seb used to regularly do this. I don’t see a grid penalty happening though.

 

this is pretty funny

 

Hamilton starts last in the sprint, and has a 5 place penalty for the race. God, it’s getting clearer and clearer that the Sprint in its current format is a terrible idea

 

It’s so incredibly easy for Hamilton to plié through the whole field.

 

Bottas wins, Ham 5th (will start 10th), Perez really struggled there. Can’t see anything but a podium for Hamilton tomorrow. Possibly a win if he has a start like that and Bottas and Verstappen don’t pull away

 

We could be in for a hell of a fight between the top 4 here.

 

Spoke too soon. Bottas looks to be slipping away.

 

Both Merc drivers not liking this two stop strategy. Unsure if this is another crap Merc call.

 

Verstappen slammed Hamilton wide there. jesus.

looks a good call to me, Hamilton's got this unless Verstappen takes him out.

 

No investigation necessary. That’s interesting. Would love to see the angle showing the steering wheel

 

I don't understand how Max has got away with that one. It's one thing to force another car to the outside, but going a couple of car widths off the road to do it seems remarkable.

 

Great move by Hamilton. Hope he's got enough left in the tyres to drag this car to the line.

 

Great move by Hamilton. I’d say Bottas will take 2nd. Man, I’d love if the new regs make DRS unneeded

 

Dramatic weekend for Hamilton. Final three races are going to be nail biters if Merc carry a slight pace advantage in them all. Still looks like Max's to lose now though.

 

I think Qatar and Saudi Arabia are Hamilton's to lose to be honest. They both seem to suit the Mercedes more.

 

Give me a battle going into the final race that’s all I ask

 

I don’t really care about who wins the title, but that Mercedes straight line pace is suspicious to me considering their high downforce setup.

 

Hamilton under investigation for undoing his seatbelt to collect the Brazilian flag at the end of the race.

 

Anyone seen any sign of the cockpit view from Max yet? Seems suspiciously absent, doesn't it.