You can change that to a 1:16.221. He’s just improved again.
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He hates the look of the car but he looooooooooooves the car
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As I recall, he just said he doesn’t like the new front wings. The car itself looks quite good.
I’m not sure I believe him.
I want to watch this live dammit, I want to see that car on track
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I agree that there’s a lack of pace in the Williams, but don’t think it’s as dire as that. Maybe in race conditions it could be a problem, but @Sweepslag is right too though - they are still playing catch up. Two days ago a lot of the field was in the mid to low 1:18s, and we know the Williams is capable of that from Russell’s 1:18.130 yesterday (and with his 140 laps yesterday as well, there’s reliability there too.)
I think the 1:20s today suggest they’ve moved onto a race simulation programme and are fuel heavy and tyre testing on longer runs, with consistency more the focus than outright pace.
What would be really very cool (seriously, it’d make my week) is if they throw absolutely everything at a pure speed run in the last 15 minutes of the day - C5 tyre it, fuel it for an out lap and one flying lap, so what if he runs out of fuel as he crosses the line and has to coast to T1. Just go hell for leather, balls to the wall and crack a time in the 1:16s.
Not going to happen, but heck, we’ve all been dreaming this week - don’t @ me!
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There’s people in these parts who are not Ferrari fans???
Burn the infidels! Stone the heretics! Cast out the demons!
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Raikkonen’s Alfa stopped at T2. Brings out the Red Flag which will give everyone an extra 3 minutes of lunch:
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And it seems that the Redbull is still struggling, Max did 29 laps and havent been seen since. So wonder if Gasly’s crash did more damage
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I might as well come clean then. Them Italians are my least favourite team. They stole far too many wins from my beloved Maccas back in the Schumi heydays.
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Weirdly I am still a driver first then team supporter since Macca broke my heart. But Redbull will have a soft spot always just because Adrian Newey
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Fair enough. I mean hold a grudge and all that.
Now, where’s that block, unfollow, ignore, dislike button again?..
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You woooouuuund me deeeeply, Sah.
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Very quiet afternoon session so far. Everyone seems to be doing long runs and other boring test work. Hopefully in the last hour or so, the glory runners will be out in force.
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Vettel was sidelined by an electrical issue, and that is apparently that for Ferrari. They will not be coming out again today, so their pre-season test is a wrap.
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Aggeneeeeee I was hoping for some interesting laps from both teams
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1:16.6 for Hamilton on the C4 tyres! That’s pretty quick.
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