F1 Zorg & Badger GP Fantasy Grand Prix 2017

[smiffy]

Wow! Look at that! I'm chasing you @BMBabe !

Do keep up @hard top !

Really good to see 3 different teams on the podium, I do find total dominance makes for boring races.

Watched some of the race on the big screens at CarFest but no sound! Its like Formula E without commentary!
But did get to see and hear some proper sounding old school f1 cars running up Jody Sheckters drive!

 

[andyglym]

Not done well this week

 

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Mercedes dominated Friday practice at the Italian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas topping the second session and Lewis Hamilton quickest in the first.

 

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Italian GP qualifying: Hamilton goes for record

Felipe Massa, Williams, Formule 1 Grand Prix van Italië 2017, Formule 1​

Summary

1. Qualifying at 13:00 BST
2. Hamilton looking to break most pole positions record
3. The Briton currently on 68 alongside Michael Schumacher
4. Felipe Massa fastest in rain-affected final practice

Team radio
Verstappen's engineer asks for a "radio check".
"I am not going to do a radio check - It's too slippery" says the Dutchman...

FP3 times
1 Massa (Wiliams) 1:40.6602 Stroll (Williams) 1:40.8883 Hulkenberg (Renault) 1:41.4914 Sainz (Toro Rosso) 1:41.5155 Palmer (Renault) 1:44.3696 Ericsson (Sauber) 1:44.7017 Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:45.033

 

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The first segment of the qualifying hour is under way.
And it's raining even harder...

Team radio
"Rain is intensifying in the pitlane" says Pete Bonnington to Hamilton. "No need to take risks".

Grosjean crashes his Haas at the end of the pit straight. Aquaplaning.
Just moments earlier he had told his team: "Can't see where I am going - this is too dangerous."

Team radio
"I told you it was too dangerous," says Grosjean.
He sounds OK but pretty angry...

1. Red flag after Grosjean crashes - session delayed until 13:30 BST

Safety car on track
As in FP3, the safety car has gone out to assess conditions.

 

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Posted at 14:31
Another 15 minute delay.....

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Posted at 14:37
Haas driver Romain Grosjean speaking to Sky Sports: "We should have not gone out at all. I am pretty straight forward about that."

"The impact wasn't strong - I hit the barriers at an angle but spinning on a straight shouldn't happen in Formula 1".

 

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Posted at 14:47
Further information to come at 14:00BST

Marcus Ericsson in the Sauber looked mighty unimpressed as he removed his head restraint and stepped from his car.

14:52
Update from race control
Race director Charlie Whiting has been speaking again:

"We can't get a very clear picture of what might happen. We are still waiting for water to drain off the track and then we will have to do the best we can to read the radar and see if this will clear up."

On Romain Grosjean's crash: "When we decided to go after that the conditions got a little bit worse. Unfortunately these things happen from time to time when drivers are pushing."

 

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Andrew Evans: Drivers under pressure to race and push in conditions they know are unsafe... How soon we forget the lessons of 2014, eh?

Dave McManus: Got to restart now. Lightest rain all day at Ascari

Shane Daly: Gone are the days where racing drivers actually raced their cars, let them out and let us see them actually have to drive

Posted at 14:58
Safety car back on track again
It looks wetter than the last time it was out there.

14:59
Drivers are strapping into their cars again in the event they get the green light to go qualifying.

15:00
More information to come at 14:15 BST

 

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15:13
Safety car on track again
Spray flying.

Another 15-minute delay looms.

Next update at 14:30 BST.
In a nod to providing a smidgen more info, race control adds that there will be a 10-minute warning before any restart.

 

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15:17
None of the teams are sailing paper boats down the pit lane.
The soul of F1 is being torn out piece by piece.

Megan Walton: Was depressed to be in work missing quali, but not so much now!

Mark Meadows: Can't blame the drivers, they can only do what FIA allow them to do, several would rather be out

Dan Bell: F1 has gone soft. Some of the best races have been in the wet. Spa 1998 for example

 

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Taking the pish out of Hamilton's poem he wrote the other day about Lady Diana.......

Red flags are red

Rain drops are blue

There's not been a crash yet

Oops spoke to soon!

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There was a Frenchman from Haas

Whose language was crass

To Italy he went

And his wheel got bent

From having a very wet crash

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Lap after lap

Mile after mile

The crowd did await

For Kimi to smile

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There once was a man named Verstappen

Who got the orange fans clappin'

His Red Bull broke down

His smiled turned to a frown

And now he can't get a lap in

 

[andyglym]

Hammertime! Great qualy and surpasses the man himself, get in son!

 

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POLE POSITION FOR LEWIS HAMILTON

A 1:34.660 puts him top of the pile by a massive margin from Verstappen in second.

Mercedes team radio: "A hectic session there Lewis but brilliant. That's pole position and you've got yourself another record."

OK, these seems to be the times.

So, top 10 is...

1 Hamilton 1:34.660, 2 Verstappen 1:36.113, 3 Ricciardo 1:36.841, 4 Stroll 1:37.002, 5 Ocon 1:37.580, 6 Bottas 1:35.396, 7 Raikkonen 1:37.031, 8 Vettel 1:36.223, 9 Massa 1:37.456, 10 Vandoorne 1:37.471

Actually, reading through these, they are clearly out of whack. Goodness knows what's gone on.

Water in the computers?

 

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18:08
Revised times
They are now going with these as the official times from Q3. Order is unchanged.

1 HAM Mercedes 1:35.554

2 VER Red Bull 1:36.702

3 RIC Red Bull 1:36.841

4 STR Williams 1:37.032

5 OCO Force India 1:37.719

6 BOT Mercedes 1:37.833

7 RAI Ferrari 1:37.987

8 VET Ferrari 1:38.064

9 MAS Williams 1:38.251

10 VAN McLaren 1:39.157

Get in there Mad Max.....2nd.....

 

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Darn it.....

Summary

1. Hamilton takes record 69th pole
2. Stroll second and Ocon third after penalties for Red Bull drivers applied
3. Qualifying started at 13:00 BST before Grosjean crashed five mins in
4. Heavy rain meant qualifying did not restart until 15:40 BST

 

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18:35
Revised starting grid
After engine penalties are applied, this is how the drivers will line up on Sunday:

1 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 2 Lance Stroll, Williams, 3 Esteban Ocon, Force India, 4 Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, 5 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 6 Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 7 Felipe Massa, Williams, 8 Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren, 9 Sergio Perez, Force India, 10 Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso

11 Kevin Magnussen, Haas, 12 Marcus Ericsson, Sauber 13 Pascal Wehrlein, Sauber, 14 Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 15 Nico Hulkenberg, Renault, 16 Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 17 Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 18 Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 19 Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 20 Romain Grosjean, Haas

Looks like I am stuffed this race with the bloody penalties.......
OK with Hamilton but Mad Max 14th & Grosjean 20th..............................ffs

 

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Lewis Hamilton, whose 69th career pole - achieved at the end of an interminable, soaking qualifying session - surely ranks among the best of his career.

 

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Wonder what lap time this one got?

 

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Italian Grand Prix

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Summary

1. Hamilton leads, Bottas second, Vettel third
2. Ricciardo up to fourth from 16th
3. Verstappen has puncture after contact with Massa
4. Hamilton trails Vettel by seven points in World Championship
5. Briton will take title lead with win