Formula 1 2022

[MrH]

Result of the Rolex Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell Emilia-Romagna Sprint.
Pos Driver Team Laps Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 21 30:39.567
2 Leclerc Ferrari 21 + 0:02.975
3 Perez Red Bull 21 + 0:04.721
4 Sainz Ferrari 21 + 0:17.578
5 Norris McLaren 21 + 0:24.561
6 Ricciardo McLaren 21 + 0:27.740
7 Bottas Alfa Romeo 21 + 0:28.133
8 Magnussen Haas 21 + 0:30.712
9 Alonso Alpine 21 + 0:32.278
10 Schumacher Haas 21 + 0:33.773
11 Russell Mercedes 21 + 0:36.284
12 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 21 + 0:38.298
13 Vettel Aston Martin 21 + 0:40.177
14 Hamilton Mercedes 21 + 0:41.459
15 Stroll Aston Martin 21 + 0:42.910
16 Ocon Alpine 21 + 0:43.517
17 Gasly AlphaTauri 21 + 0:43.794
18 Albon Williams 21 + 0:48.871
19 Latifi Williams 21 + 0:52.017
Zhou Alfa Romeo 0 Accident

I thought that the Max -Leclerc fight was pretty good.
The Mag made the wrong tire choice.
McLaren looking pretty good now
Mercedes is still lost

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[hi5.0]

Boring at the front again - not counting the spin. Sainz just can't catch a break. Same with Bottas.

[MrH]

Result of the Rolex Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell Emilia-Romagna.

Pos Driver Team Laps Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 63 1h 32:07.986
2 Perez Red Bull 63 + 0:16.527
3 Norris McLaren 63 + 0:34.834
4 Russell Mercedes 63 + 0:42.506
5 Bottas Alfa Romeo 63 + 0:43.181
6 Leclerc Ferrari 63 + 0:56.072
7 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 63 + 1:01.110
8 Vettel Aston Martin 63 + 1:10.892
9 Magnussen Haas 63 + 1:15.260
10 Stroll Aston Martin 62 + 1 Lap
11 Albon Williams 62 + 1 Lap
12 Gasly AlphaTauri 62 + 1 Lap
13 Hamilton Mercedes 62 + 1 Lap
14 Ocon Alpine 62 + 1 Lap
15 Zhou Alfa Romeo 62 + 1 Lap
16 Latifi Williams 62 + 1 Lap
17 Schumacher Haas 62 + 1 Lap
18 Ricciardo McLaren 62 + 1 Lap
Alonso Alpine 6 Accident Damage
Sainz Ferrari 0 Spun Off

Yep. It was a bopring race.
Aston Martin gets thier firsty points of the season. Might be thier last.
So every team scored this season.

[Homemade WRX]

Obviously glad to see Red Bull out in front. It would be cool to see Mercedes get some things settled and turn the front into a three-way fight.

The mid-pack (what even is that right now?!) is wild.

Should be an entertaining season for sure.

[MrH]

Times from today's qualifying session for the Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Leclerc Ferrari 1:28.796 136.342 mph
2 Sainz Ferrari 1:28.986 0.190
3 Verstappen Red Bull 1:28.991 0.195
4 Perez Red Bull 1:29.036 0.240
5 Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:29.475 0.679
6 Hamilton Mercedes 1:29.625 0.829
7 Gasly AlphaTauri 1:29.690 0.894
8 Norris McLaren 1:29.750 0.954
9 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:29.932 1.136
10 Stroll Aston Martin 1:30.676 1.880
11 Alonso Alpine 1:30.160
12 Russell Mercedes 1:30.173
13 Vettel Aston Martin 1:30.214
14 Ricciardo McLaren 1:30.310
15 Schumacher Haas 1:30.423
16 Magnussen Haas 1:30.975
17 Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:31.020
18 Albon Williams 1:31.266
19 Latifi Williams 1:31.325
20 Ocon Alpine No Time

[Scooby-Doode]

Riccardo bad luck with the car.
Sainz really needs to believe in himself and be calm/cool.

I have not watched any of the support races but it doesn't seem like there are too many places to pass.

I am however stoked that there is a Miami GP, I hope to attend next year. Hopefully less crowds as this is the inaugural year.

[Plecain]

Originally Posted by Scooby-Doode

I have not watched any of the support races but it doesn't seem like there are too many places to pass.

I watched the W-series race.

It looked pretty good for passing opportunities. One thing that helped is that the W-cars are a lot narrower than F1 cars. That made for more side-by-side possibilities, even in some of the twisty stuff.

For F1, DRS is going to be huge here. It'll be interesting to see what kind of "Who got to the DRS line first?" games are played.

[Scooby-Doode]

The Red Bull has good top speed, hope the Ferrari's can keep Max (cry baby) at bay.

[MrH]

Things got interesting after the SC.

Max holds off Leclerc.
Bottas had a good run but chokes to both Mercedes
Good run by Russell,Ocon.
Shuey Jr had points but collided with Vettel.
Two cars collided on track and they called a VSC for 2 min. Should of been a SC right away.

Pirelli football helmets ?
I thought the Austin cowboy hats were bad enough.
What are they going to do for Las Vegas?
Oh great,spaghetti confetti!

[MrH]

Result of the Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix.
Pos Driver Team Laps Gap

1 Verstappen Red Bull 57 1h 34:24.258
2 Leclerc Ferrari 57 + 0:03.786
3 Sainz Ferrari 57 + 0:08.229
4 Perez Red Bull 57 + 0:10.638
5 Russell Mercedes 57 + 0:18.582
6 Hamilton Mercedes 57 + 0:21.368
7 Bottas Alfa Romeo 57 + 0:25.073
8 Ocon Alpine 57 + 0:28.386
9 Alonso Alpine 57 + 0:32.128
10 Albon Williams 57 + 0:32.365
11 Ricciardo McLaren 57 + 0:35.902
12 Stroll Aston Martin 57 + 0:37.026
13 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 57 + 0:40.146
14 Latifi Williams 57 + 0:49.936
15 Schumacher Haas 57 + 1:13.305
16 Magnussen Haas 57 + 1 Lap
Vettel Aston Martin 54 Accident Damage
Gasly AlphaTauri 45 Accident Damage
Norris McLaren 39 Accident
Zhou Alfa Romeo 6 Retired

[Scooby-Doode]

Originally Posted by MrH

Things got interesting after the SC.

Max holds off Leclerc.
Bottas had a good run but chokes to both Mercedes
Good run by Russell,Ocon.
Shuey Jr had points but collided with Vettel.
Two cars collided on track and they called a VSC for 2 min. Should of been a SC right away.

Pirelli football helmets ?
I thought the Austin cowboy hats were bad enough.
What are they going to do for Las Vegas?
Oh great,spaghetti confetti!

Max was winded, these guys did not expect such a physical race. The circuit kicked their arse. And most are supposed to be in top fitness.

Bottas ran wide and on to the marbles. He gave away his position. Shame really.

Great placement for Russel considering where he qualified. Ocon, yes he's finding his rhythm.

Mick, sigh, another round gone.

Agreed, the SC should have been deployed as soon as VSC was enabled. It's a tight circuit, no need to put others at risk once there is an incident. Gut instinct says some drastic changes will be made to the circuit, for safety and drivability. I also think the shoddy surface will be replaced with legitimate asphalt otherwise this will become a hated circuit very quickly.

I like the Texas hats, the helmets though.. Yeah a bit too NFL'ish. Must have said at least 100 times "there have been 6 super bowls here." Yeah I don't care.

The plastic string confetti was a dumb idea, it was getting caught in the drivers hands, feet. Paper would have been much better to be honest.

Gut instinct says crowds will be smaller next year.

[torquemada]

my personal opinion: boring race, I don´t care about the show or the celebs walking around saying idiotic things

[Plecain]

One part of the updates that Mercedes brought to Miami was a new endplate for the front wing.

The on-board view from Russell's car showed a large part of the left wing half.
It looked to me that the wing flaps were deflecting 2-3" between high and low speeds.

Isn't there a rule about maximum allowed deflection of the wings?

I know there was a large argument last year about both front and rear wing deflection. Have the rules changed with the new cars?

[03,2.0Ljapwagon]

I am getting sick and tired of Max winning almost every race. Why isn't RedBull having more problems???

[torquemada]

Originally Posted by 03,2.0Ljapwagon

I am getting sick and tired of Max winning almost every race. Why isn't RedBull having more problems???

you, out of the pool

[Homemade WRX]

Originally Posted by 03,2.0Ljapwagon

I am getting sick and tired of Max winning almost every race. Why isn't RedBull having more problems???

Please tell me that you're a Hamilton fan!!

I'm working to help disappoint you

[MrH]

Times from today's qualifying session for the Pirelli Gran Premio de Espana.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Leclerc Ferrari 1:18.750 132.800 mph
2 Verstappen Red Bull 1:19.073 0.323
3 Sainz Ferrari 1:19.166 0.416
4 Russell Mercedes 1:19.393 0.643
5 Perez Red Bull 1:19.420 0.670
6 Hamilton Mercedes 1:19.512 0.762
7 Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:19.608 0.858
8 Magnussen Haas 1:19.682 0.932
9 Ricciardo McLaren 1:20.297 1.547
10 Schumacher Haas 1:20.368 1.618
11 Norris McLaren 1:20.471
12 Ocon Alpine 1:20.638
13 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:20.639
14 Gasly AlphaTauri 1:20.861
15 Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:21.094
16 Vettel Aston Martin 1:20.954
17 Alonso Alpine 1:21.043
18 Stroll Aston Martin 1:21.418
19 Albon Williams 1:21.645
20 Latifi Williams 1:21.915


You all know the drill at this track,little or no passing
So the front cars are most likely to win
Good job by Haas despite not bringing updates.
For the people moaning about AM copying Redbull look were they are at.

[MrH]

Result of the Pirelli Gran Premio de Espana.

Pos Driver Team Laps Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 66 1h 37:20.475
2 Perez Red Bull 66 + 0:13.072
3 Russell Mercedes 66 + 0:32.927
4 Sainz Ferrari 66 + 0:45.208
5 Hamilton Mercedes 66 + 0:54.534
6 Bottas Alfa Romeo 66 + 0:59.976
7 Ocon Alpine 66 + 1:15.397
8 Norris McLaren 66 + 1:23.235
9 Alonso Alpine 65 + 1 Lap
10 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 65 + 1 Lap
11 Vettel Aston Martin 65 + 1 Lap
12 Ricciardo McLaren 65 + 1 Lap
13 Gasly AlphaTauri 65 + 1 Lap
14 Schumacher Haas 65 + 1 Lap
15 Stroll Aston Martin 65 + 1 Lap
16 Latifi Williams 64 + 2 Laps
17 Magnussen Haas 64 + 2 Laps
18 Albon Williams 64 + 2 Laps
Zhou Alfa Romeo 28 Retired
Leclerc Ferrari 27 Engine

Fastest Lap: Perez (Red Bull) 1:24.108 (Lap 55)

Max overcome some issues, faulty DRS, off track. to win
Leclerc was cruising to victory the the engine went
good recovery by Lewis, Alonso.

[MrH]

Times from today's qualifying session for the Grand Prix de Monaco.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Leclerc Ferrari 1:11.376 104.581 mph
2 Sainz Ferrari 1:11.601 0.225
3 Perez Red Bull 1:11.629 0.253
4 Verstappen Red Bull 1:11.666 0.290
5 Norris McLaren 1:11.849 0.473
6 Russell Mercedes 1:12.112 0.736
7 Alonso Alpine 1:12.247 0.871
8 Hamilton Mercedes 1:12.560 1.184
9 Vettel Aston Martin 1:12.732 1.356
10 Ocon Alpine 1:13.047 1.671
11 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:12.797
12 Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:12.909
13 Magnussen Haas 1:12.921
14 Ricciardo McLaren 1:12.964
15 Schumacher Haas 1:13.081
16 Albon Williams 1:13.611
17 Gasly AlphaTauri 1:13.660
18 Stroll Aston Martin 1:13.678
19 Latifi Williams 1:14.403
20 Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:15.606

[MrH]

1.Perez
2.Sianz
3. Max

[ajsti24]

Congrats Checo!

[MrH]

Result of the Grand Prix de Monaco.

Pos Driver Team Laps Gap
1 Perez Red Bull 65 1h 56:30.265
2 Sainz Ferrari 65 + 0:01.154
3 Verstappen Red Bull 65 + 0:01.491
4 Leclerc Ferrari 65 + 0:02.922
5 Russell Mercedes 65 + 0:11.968
6 Norris McLaren 65 + 0:12.231
7 Alonso Alpine 65 + 0:46.358
8 Hamilton Mercedes 65 + 0:50.388
9 Bottas Alfa Romeo 65 + 0:52.525
10 Vettel Aston Martin 65 + 0:53.536
11 Gasly AlphaTauri 65 + 0:54.286
12 Ocon Alpine 65 + 0:55.644
13 Ricciardo McLaren 65 + 0:57.635
14 Stroll Aston Martin 65 + 1:00.802
15 Latifi Williams 64 + 1 Lap
16 Zhou Alfa Romeo 64 + 1 Lap
17 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 64 + 1 Lap
Albon Williams 49 Retired
Schumacher Haas 25 Accident
Magnussen Haas 20 Water Pressure


Checo is only 25 points from Max, 6 behind Leclerc.
Russel is 34 points ahead of Lewis.
Bad strategy by Ferrari cost Leclerc.
Bad showing by Haas again

[TitoBandito]

I don't know how many times Ferrari have thrown away a probable victory because of strategy, just in the recent years 2017-2019. Or the previous time their car was competitive in 2012 when they told Alonso not to pit and continue driving around on a front wing that was dragging on the ground, which he inevitably wound up driving on top of and off track into retirement.
I know this isn't the Todt/Brawn braintrust running the prancing horses anymore, but would at least think they would have split their strategy between drivers with all the uncertainty. Like I get boxing LeClerc for intermediates and keeping Sainz out, but LeCerc still had track position over Verstappen after the first round of stops so should have kept him matched to what Verstappen was doing.
Why do they always shoot themselves in the foot.

[MrH]

Originally Posted by TitoBandito

I don't know how many times Ferrari have thrown away a probable victory because of strategy, just in the recent years 2017-2019. Or the previous time their car was competitive in 2012 when they told Alonso not to pit and continue driving around on a front wing that was dragging on the ground, which he inevitably wound up driving on top of and off track into retirement.
I know this isn't the Todt/Brawn braintrust running the prancing horses anymore, but would at least think they would have split their strategy between drivers with all the uncertainty. Like I get boxing LeClerc for intermediates and keeping Sainz out, but LeCerc still had track position over Verstappen after the first round of stops so should have kept him matched to what Verstappen was doing.
Why do they always shoot themselves in the foot.

Bernie once called them Spaghetti Heads.

Absolutely right. This has going on for years now.
I remember Vettel was yelling at them many times over the radio over pit strategy.

[MrH]

Ex F1 driver Marcus Ericson wins the Indy 500.