British GP 2017 practice and qualifying thread

**mardyrt** · 15th July 2017, 16:25

Originally Posted by jgonzalesm6

Soooo, for those of you who feel the stewards are biased towards Hamilton or Mercedes during this British GP and probably think they(stewards) are all from the UK???

Here they are:

- Dr Gerd Ennser from Germany - attorney in Motorsport racing

- Danny Sullivan from the USA - former Indycar race car driver with 17 wins under his belt

- Nish Shetty from Singapore - FIA steward (he among other stewards reprimanded Lewis in 2016 - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...nds-russian-gp)

- Nicky Moffit from UK - safety delegate

but I digress

You might have a point, but, you forgot that they all work for FIA, (Fraud International Automotive)
Its not about a country, its an agenda. Its doing what mercedes wants. They got the FIA by the balls!! They might as well just shave them off, and put a fake pair.

**JPA** · 15th July 2017, 16:48

Merc got updated engine too. Gap is still there.

**Ferrarichamp** · 15th July 2017, 16:53

Originally Posted by Shadowfax84

Half a second down. So much for the engine upgrade. Hammy will walk this race. Lets hope we can finish P2, P3 and mad Max doesn't crash into us at the start.

you should place a sizeable bet on him winning then, easy money.

**wisepie** · 15th July 2017, 16:54

Good effort from the team but prima donna HAM is obviously going to be the focus of attention, hopefully we have the race pace to change all that tomorrow.

**Rishu** · 15th July 2017, 16:59

Just watched Hamilton's pole lap. You like him or not but that was a bloody impressive lap. I'd say 99.9% perfect

**superwonderboy** · 15th July 2017, 17:03

I prefer beating lewis from pole position. He looks left he sees red, he looks right he sees red. Forza ferrari!!!

**nani_s23** · 15th July 2017, 17:09

Originally Posted by superwonderboy

I prefer beating lewis from pole position. He looks left he sees red, he looks right he sees red. Forza ferrari!!!

Well said

**Christopher** · 15th July 2017, 17:10

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ky-to-be-in-f1

what is Wolff on about this has nothing to do with spa 2012 and Grosjean has the right to complain about being blocked

**kshitijmalkan** · 15th July 2017, 17:18

Originally Posted by Christopher

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ky-to-be-in-f1

what is Wolff on about this has nothing to do with spa 2012 and Grosjean has the right to complain about being blocked

Pure arrogance from Wolff! Sure RG has had a few pad moments, but had learned and improved. There needs to be more parity on handing out penalties.

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**nani_s23** · 15th July 2017, 17:23

Originally Posted by Christopher

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ky-to-be-in-f1

what is Wolff on about this has nothing to do with spa 2012 and Grosjean has the right to complain about being blocked

Well said by Gunther Steiner.

**nani_s23** · 15th July 2017, 17:24

On Friday after fp1 FP2 times.
Some fools from RB camp said we can challenge Ferrari or be ahead of them.
Every weekend it's same story for them.

**Christopher** · 15th July 2017, 17:27

https://youtu.be/fJz8BoRwXA0

heres a comparison between lewis and kimi laps

**nani_s23** · 15th July 2017, 17:29

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wth....

**Lesky** · 15th July 2017, 17:50

Amazing how many brits thinking Hamilton should go free because Grosjean is a bad driver and driving for a nonsense team like Haas. Lewis fans are so cocky its hard to not get irritated by them. Enforce the rules regardless of team.

**Michal2_F1** · 15th July 2017, 17:57

Yeah, I also see people's argument about no penalty being because he drove such a great lap. We can see from the clip that Grosjean has right to speak. Even if someone causes ten accidents, we cannot assume he is to blame for an 11th one without proof.

**Ferrarichamp** · 15th July 2017, 18:03

to me the funniest part is how all those former Mclaren fans have abandoned their beloved team to support Merc

**WS6TransAm01** · 15th July 2017, 18:36

I love Kimi but he needs to be a sacrificial lamb here. Take out Hamilton from behind. Change ur front wing. Take the stop/go. Finish 4th or 5th.

LOL

**mizf1** · 15th July 2017, 18:41

Originally Posted by WS6TransAm01

I love Kimi but he needs to be a sacrificial lamb here. Take out Hamilton from behind. Change ur front wing. Take the stop/go. Finish 4th or 5th.

LOL

Or Kimi could just get his elbows out into the first braking section, kimi got nothing to lose with Hamilton alot to lose

**WS6TransAm01** · 15th July 2017, 18:47

Originally Posted by mizf1

Or Kimi could just get his elbows out into the first braking section, kimi got nothing to lose with Hamilton alot to lose

That would require Kimi to be on the inside of Hamilton and along side him into turn 1. Not sure he can have a start good enough for that. He could I suppose "missjudge" his breaking point.

Id hate to do this to Kimi, he is mh favorite driver of all time, hands down, but difficult choices need to be made.

**SilverSpeed** · 15th July 2017, 19:16

Why not let Max crashtappen do it ?

**Ferrari Man** · 15th July 2017, 19:21

All Kimi has to do is a have a decent start and be aggressive into turn 1. As he said himself in an interview he has nothing to loose. Hamilton should back off then into turn 1 and dis then would surely play nicely for Ferrari

**Christopher** · 15th July 2017, 19:32

Originally Posted by Ferrari Man

All Kimi has to do is a have a decent start and be aggressive into turn 1. As he said himself in an interview he has nothing to loose. Hamilton should back off then into turn 1 and dis then would surely play nicely for Ferrari

Kimi needs to start getting involved in the championship fight if he wants a new contract

**stefa** · 15th July 2017, 19:39

Originally Posted by WS6TransAm01

I love Kimi but he needs to be a sacrificial lamb here. Take out Hamilton from behind. Change ur front wing. Take the stop/go. Finish 4th or 5th.

LOL

**WS6TransAm01** · 15th July 2017, 20:26

Originally Posted by SilverSpeed

Why not let Max crashtappen do it ?

Too far back. Be isn't Kvyat the Torpedo.

**Aberracus** · 15th July 2017, 20:32

Originally Posted by Ferrari Man

All Kimi has to do is a have a decent start and be aggressive into turn 1. As he said himself in an interview he has nothing to loose. Hamilton should back off then into turn 1 and dis then would surely play nicely for Ferrari

Counting with Kimi ? What can end bad ?

Go Ferrari go!
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**Stormy** · 15th July 2017, 21:17

Nothing has changed in my opinion. We are still slower in qualy but i think we will be pretty formidable in race pace. Having said that, we are looking good.
I just don't know how HP we gained from the PU upgrade, Ted says 10hp.

**darkchild** · 15th July 2017, 22:27

I don't know, we looked pretty good. Vettel lost 2 tenths on his S1 and alot on S2, he was extremely fast in S3, fastest compared to Ham in entire week where he was slowest actually. Had Vettel had good out lap, I reckon he would be around 3 tenths of. Quite a bit, but hear me out, Silverstone is not a short track and Hamilton is beast around here. Vettel though, not so much. Just look at where Bottas was...I think we improved car quite a bit, we are definitely down ~2 tenths on them in quali, but I think we will have our shot.

**Stormy** · 15th July 2017, 22:41

Originally Posted by darkchild

I don't know, we looked pretty good. Vettel lost 2 tenths on his S1 and alot on S2, he was extremely fast in S3, fastest compared to Ham in entire week where he was slowest actually. Had Vettel had good out lap, I reckon he would be around 3 tenths of. Quite a bit, but hear me out, Silverstone is not a short track and Hamilton is beast around here. Vettel though, not so much. Just look at where Bottas was...I think we improved car quite a bit, we are definitely down ~2 tenths on them in quali, but I think we will have our shot.

Oh well, Seb and Kimi just have to finish on the podium, no worries. Then we will nail Hungaroring. I think that track suits us more.