Formula 1

[Trader Pat]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

Bit puzzled about the walls on the starting straight. If Jos's right rear had gone, he would have veared left and hit a wall head-on at 200mph. Looked like an easy fix to create a smooth flow, rather than an ugly smash.

Jos? Showing your age there mate

Stroll's left rear blew as well and he veered left into the wall but it's practically impossible to predict what way the car is going to go in that situation. Luckily for both of them it didn't happen at the end of the straight under braking, that could have been very nasty.

It's amazing just how safe F1 is. Was watching the Indy500 las weekend and it was like the wild west in comparison!

[greenmark]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

Bit puzzled about the walls on the starting straight. If Jos's right rear had gone, he would have veared left and hit a wall head-on at 200mph. Looked like an easy fix to create a smooth flow, rather than an ugly smash.

Jos? Showing your age there mate

Stroll's left rear blew as well and he veered left into the wall but it's practically impossible to predict what way the car is going to go in that situation. Luckily for both of them it didn't happen at the end of the straight under braking, that could have been very nasty.

It's amazing just how safe F1 is. Was watching the Indy500 las weekend and it was like the wild west in comparison!

Doh! At least I can't make the same mistake with Schumacher.

[Tuco]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

...it was a good race that - enjoyed trading it

[Trader Pat]

What a bonkers race that was!

5 laps from the end I was putting my lay orders in on Max for the Championship with the logic that after this race any advantage Red Bull may have been getting from their rear wing will be gone before the next race so advantage Hamilton then bedlam!

That's two big mistakes from Hamilton already this season, maybe the pressure of having a genuine challenger this year.

...it was a good race that - enjoyed trading it

It's nice to be on the right side of late carnage

[Tuco]

It's nice to be on the right side of late carnage

Verstappen was matched down to 1.04 just before his tyre blew.

Hamilton was matched down to 1.50 as he passed Perez on the re-start - I would have been piling in had he made the first corner, but the Mercedes doesn't warm up it's tyres very well this year - last year they had the benefit of their DAS system to warm the tyres but that's been outlawed this year so they're struggling to get temperature into them.

[Trader Pat]

It's nice to be on the right side of late carnage

Verstappen was matched down to 1.04 just before his tyre blew.

Hamilton was matched down to 1.50 as he passed Perez on the re-start - I would have been piling in had he made the first corner, but the Mercedes doesn't warm up it's tyres very well this year - last year they had the benefit of their DAS system to warm the tyres but that's been outlawed this year so they're struggling to get temperature into them.

Apparently Lewis hit the 'magic button' without realising it and changed the brake balance of the car which is why he sailed straight on. Oops!

[Crazyskier]

I layed Lewis for the pole in quali, (thanks LeClerc!) but like to sit back and enjoy the Max vs Lewis battle royale on race day, without the stresses of trading of having to look at a screen.

This was indeed one of the most dramatic finishes to a race in many a year!

Biggest surprise of the day? Vettel on the podium again!

CS

[Trader Pat]

Biggest surprise of the day? Vettel on the podium again!

CS

I thought he was finished!

Hope he can build on it when we get back to 'proper' race tracks

[Euler]

F1 looks a lot more interesting this year.

[Trader Pat]

Really nice surprise, I was worried it would be another procession but its great to see two top drivers in near equal machinery going at it.

[ShaunWhite]

My lad changed the timing chains on a car owned by Mercs chief engine designer a little while ago. He was so please with how quick it had been that he brought him a printout of the 2021 overall draft car design, actual sign-off signatures not photocopies. Only condition... I don't want to see it on ebay . A job would have been better but not bad though, 3 yrs ago I thought he'd never get a proper job but the boy done good.

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[Trader Pat]

Very nice Shaun!

I used to have a model of Jean Alesi's '97 Benetton until one day my mother visited and decided to give it a dusting. She was an aggressive duster and broke the mirrors off then dropped it!

My F1 pride and joy ruined

[Tuco]

Apparently Lewis hit the 'magic button' without realising it and changed the brake balance of the car which is why he sailed straight on. Oops!

...yeah - all a bit weird, I couldn't see him hit in when viewing again - I wonder if he actually left it 'on' when lining up after the warm-up lap? Is it their new way (after DAS) of getting some temperature into the front tyres/brake discs?

F1 looks a lot more interesting this year.

...sure does!

[LinusP]

My lad changed the timing chains on a car owned by Mercs chief engine designer a little while ago. He was so please with how quick it had been that he brought him a printout of the 2021 overall draft car design, actual sign-off signatures not photocopies. Only condition... I don't want to see it on ebay . A job would have been better but not bad though, 3 yrs ago I thought he'd never get a proper job but the boy done good.
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Wow that is cool, needs to be framed!

[Trader Pat]

Apparently Lewis hit the 'magic button' without realising it and changed the brake balance of the car which is why he sailed straight on. Oops!

...yeah - all a bit weird, I couldn't see him hit in when viewing again - I wonder if he actually left it 'on' when lining up after the warm-up lap? Is it their new way (after DAS) of getting some temperature into the front tyres/brake discs?

Yeah I couldn't see it either, leaving it on is probably more likely.

These cars are so complicated now who knows what's going on?!