F1 Austrian GP - Finally a true racing weekend?

almost 5 years ago (Edited)

Obviously, Ferrari had issues in data correlation from the wind tunnel, simulator and on-track behaviour, they found that out last week in France, and sorting that out - they look promising this weekend.

After a long time, we had Ferrari domination in qualifying. unfortunately, Vettel had cooling liquid problems and had to retire in Q3, so he qualified as 10th on the grid.

Kvyat almost killed someone (read: George Russel), but his hot lap that he eventually fucked up, with a near miss in the final corner resulted him to qualify as P17. Few minutes earlier Hamilton impeded hot lap of Kimi Raikkonen, so he received a three-place grid penalty, and Sainz didn't bother getting into Q3, since he will be starting from pit lane due to the engine penalty. Given all of this together - Yesterday's qualifying we had lots of Exciting things, and both FP1 and FP2 brought out several crashes and damaged front wings. Magnussen also qualified superb 5th but due to 5 places penalty for gearbox change in FP3 he will start from 10th place.
Top 10 starting in several hours:

1 Lecler	2 Verstappen
3 Bottas	4 Hamilton
5 Norris	6 Raikkonen
7 Giovanazzi	8 Gasly
9 Vettel	10 Magnussen

What can we expect from the race?

Lightning start and slicing through the field from Vettel?
An awesome battle between two Mercedes with Bottas leading the way and proper fight between them - I don't think so. But it is finally interesting to see Mercedes starting from the second row for the first time this year.
Maiden victory for an awesome youngster? Lecler was close to getting his win in Bahrein but bad luck caught him out. Will this be his day? There is certainly no Vettel nearby, and team orders won't affect his race!
First victory for Max Verstappen & RB Honda this year? We know Max has the ability and skill to start furiously. Can he provide lightning start and don't crack under pressure from Merc and Ferrari.

PROPER RACING - Ferrari is starting their race on the soft compound, while Verstappen & Mercedes opted for start on medium - it's always nice to have different team strategies and for sure it promises an exciting race.
Fight between McLaren and Alpha Romeo for 5/6th place or possible podium - no matter what place the fight will be for Austrian GP looks promising. And it was entertaining from FP1

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16 comments

@ybeyond 56

almost 5 years ago

I like racing very much, especially F1.

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@leedsunited 67

almost 5 years ago

If Ferrari get their act together with regards to compounds and pit stop strategy, I dont see why Leclerc can't get a start to finish win, especially with all manoevering in behind which is bound to end in incidents and accidents!
The lad is good, the Ferrari is fast enough and it sould be a nice change from Hamilton winning.
Going to be a decent race today I hope!

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@svemirac 72

almost 5 years ago

Yes :) Didn't want to sound too harsh but with Max around there is always a high probability of a crash - nowadays he is much more cautious, but still when involved first-place battle we can bet on the shines of an old Max :)
Anyways, wouldn't mind something similar to the last year's start - but I would bet on Safety Car this year at some point in the race, and with 30˚C and that pitch black asphalt :D some tires gonna be burned :D

Glad to see more people on here interested in F1 :)

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@leedsunited 67

almost 5 years ago

Maxi, Maxi, Maxi....didn't need all that aggression when he could have taken him at any time. Immature driving and bad decision making again. I hope the stewards don't penalise him but he's put himself in a silly situation for nothing!!

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@svemirac 72

almost 5 years ago

In my opinion it wasn't fair move at all... but it was just on the edge - and with the rules and consistency he should be penalised... but after all - what a great race he had, and what a great finish.
What annoyed me is... 4 hours after the race you have no idea who the winner is... that's just shit in my opinion, and Liberty media making a show out of it just ruins the racing no matter what they say.
As Vettel said - burn the rulebook, simplify the aero package, especially the low front wings, and let the boys race.

Anyways it's a nice thing to see mclaren coming back to the top, renault should join them soon. But... with the consistent rules about cars smaller teams can understand them better and improve - don't change it as soon as they figure something out.

Great race nontheless! :D

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almost 5 years ago

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@lighteye 76

almost 5 years ago

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@svemirac 72

almost 5 years ago

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@lighteye 76

almost 5 years ago

Оћемо ли имати фото-извештај са трке?

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@svemirac 72

almost 5 years ago

Iz Austrije, ne. U Australiji sam. Možda dogodine iz Melburna :D

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@melinda010100 78

almost 5 years ago

Thanks for the reminder to turn on the TV!

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almost 5 years ago

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almost 5 years ago

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almost 5 years ago

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almost 5 years ago

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almost 5 years ago

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