![]() 09/01/2019 at 08:45 • Filed to: F1 | ![]() | ![]() |
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will lec lerc finally get his first win? will ferrari manage to avoid fucking everything up for once?...i hope so
theres a possibility all the mercs will asplode and the renaults are looking awefully smokey...maxs honda appears to be on its last legs too...course...gios ferrari asploded too....so its not like they’re in the clear either
anyhoo half the field has grid penalties so the midfield should be fun to watch today
looking forward to seeing how albon does
anyhoo lets go watch the race!
but first a minute of silence
gone too soon....rest in peace
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This is the most somber grid walk in awhile..like you can feel the soul of this race has been sucked away due to yesterday.
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Also Ferrari were monsters during Practice and Qualifying, which means they’ll find some way to fuck it up during the last 5 laps
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im sure the podium will be pretty somber too
nothing you can do about it...racing will never be perfectly safe
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entirely probable.... really hope they dont for once tho
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It was a long month but we’re finally back in action.
My morbid curiosity made me look up exactly how Hubert’s accident happened... it was a really unfortunate chain of events.
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yep...unlucky and at a very fast part of the track
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Somehow, Leclerc is going to finish the race behind Vettel.
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P1 Ham
P2 Lec
P3 Bot
R.I.P. Anthoine
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somehow neither Ferrari will win
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wo mp Max.
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good job max....ill be shocked if kimis car is still ok
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WTF
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It was a careless dive up the inside... but worked out great for Lando!
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How do you roll over a car and bounce back down in an F1 car, and still just drive away fine? I can’t believe Kimi just needed a new front
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Too busy watching Charles & Max going wheel-to-wheel with the MB to see Max go into the wall. Surprised Kimi’s car can be saved.
Going to be difficult for Carlos Jr. but a second chance is a second chance...
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guess they built that alfa like a tank
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and Sainz....
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im still going to be shocked if kimis car is still running right....
also i dont know what went wrong for carlos....but hes out
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floor damage
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Well I predicted max on the podium and that didn’t work out so well.
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have a feeling kmag and perez will end in tears
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Ferrari is starting to make a nice gap in front of the Merc’s...so this confirms they’ll fuck this up somehow
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Come on Alex, time to start passing some people!
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or not.. that was pretty easy for perez
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high time
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I don’t know, things are looking pretty good so far...
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Whether he drives for RBR or TR it looks like Gasly is right where he belongs again.
Albon isn’t looking so strong, he’s been P14 for a while now...
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Albon is also on mediums and nearly everyone else started on softs.
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there we go :)
kmag really seems to be struggling tho
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I didn’t know that, hopefully his strategy plays out well.
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Dont they usually do
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Oh please don’t let Hammy pass Leclerc.
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Of course minutes after I say that he’s now P9. Really hope he can get a solid result today.
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Meant Vettel... oops. But same feeling.
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I don’t think he will, HAM isn’t quick enough right now and VET is so fast on the new tires.
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Me too. I feel like that strategy never works as well as they think it will but hopefully he can pull it off.
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standing ovation in lap 19...thats nice
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Yeah jeez looks like Leclerc is the one in trouble lol
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Maybe I’m being too optimistic lol
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I did say earlier that somehow Leclerc was going to end up behind Vettel.
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norris is doing pretty well for himself
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As is tradit
ion in 2019.
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I get the feeling that Mercedes is trying to go for a strategy similar to Hungary: late switch onto Mediums to catch the Ferraris (well, Vettel specifically since Leclerc is still out there) as their tires fall off.
Not sure how that’ll work since I think it’s much cooler today than in practice... I don’t know.
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I want him to get a solid result, he’s had some bad luck this year and a P5 would really make up for it.
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23 laps in...nothing sploded yet.....hrmm
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yeah....im not counting them out yet
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albon on reds.... time to strut yer stuff mate
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And now we get to see if he can pass better in that car than Gasly could.
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Doesn’t
that put him on a 2 stop?
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Yet!
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holy shit... team orders in favour of leclerc
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Waiting for something exciting to happen
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He should be able to take them to the end, HAM/BOT/LEC all pitted at half distance (give or take a lap) and those were soft tires that were used in qualifying as well.
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I’m pretty sure Vettel sees Hammy in his nightmares
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Makes sense... HAM closed that +7s gap and is now at around +2s.
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maybe...looks like the ferraris wont make it either
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If not HAM then it’s his own pit wall. Gap now 1.1 sec...
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makes sense and ferrari are not things i normally put together
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Prediction: Leclerc P1, Bottas P2, Hamilton P3, Vettel P4.
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And one Ferrari domino has fallen
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It is unusual but it appears to me that Vettel was sacrificed for Leclerc, for once! Leclerc keeps pulling away and HAM is really having trouble with VET.
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every now and then dutch commentary is comedy gold
gasly just got overtaken by his own car
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I believe he just out ricciardo’d ricciardo.
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albon on riciardo was good stuff
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did they make the right call for once?
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I think vettel is still on vacation
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looks like
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So did Ricciardo...
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How is Ricciardo still in points at all on those tires?
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Grosjean has gone full fernando Alonso
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Looks like we’ll have a Ferrari win..outside of Lerclerc’s engine blowing up again.
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no idea....he took a pretty big hit in turn 1 too
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I stopped myself saying that exact thing because YOU JINXED IT ugh
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IT CAN STILL HAPPEN
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Hamilton has turned on his Jaws music...
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He’s struggling with those tires, now we have a Ricciardo train...
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gah... this is going to be stupid close....if leclercs tires make it...
also albon might just catch perez
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What time is it?
HAMMER TIME
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that’s what the BATTLE FORECAST POWERED BY AWS says lol
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Ok, I’m freaking out.
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Leclerc is sweating profusely right now
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Imagine how he feels
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NORRIS!!! wtf...are you cursed
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Sigh...
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Ok I’m gonna cry. Poor Charles. Can he ever have anything nice without something awful happening first?
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Hammy got it down from what, 6+ seconds to under .8 seconds.
Crazy
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How convenient that GIO crashed in Sector 2 where HAM would be fastest. Commence conspiracy theories!
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oh man...thats a hilarious mental image
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What a fucking shame...
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i really hope he can... dude seems like a nice guy
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yeah but he crashed on the last lap...that would have only helped if there was one more lap
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fucking seriously......he shoulda got that result
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dudes a great
a very complainey great.... but stupid fast
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It’s where HAM was always catching LEC but on that lap he had to hold back since he couldn’t go flat-out through the yellow flags. Might’ve put HAM a bit closer towards the bus stop chicane.
Either way, a hell of a drive from both of them. Happy that LEC got his first win but I’m sure we all wish it was under happier circumstances.
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HAM: questions strategy
*nearly wins the race*
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but but but....the flags happened behind them
did i go mad?
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anyhoo... mad or not... it was good...and yeah..wish it was under happier circumstances
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ive never heard monacos national anthem before.....catchy
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This is my favorite anthem combination. Please let Leclerc win the championship next year.
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I thought I saw Hamilton passing by the scene.
Either way, doesn’t take away from either of their drives.