2021 Grand Prix of Qatar - Race Thread

**stefa** · 21st November 2021, 13:45

What is Ferrari strategy?!?!

**jgonzalesm6** · 21st November 2021, 13:46

Originally Posted by Schumiklub

Charles is so slow. WTH is going on with him? Carlos is having a good race relatively speaking.

Probably a crack in the chassis???.....again???

**Tifoso Svedese** · 21st November 2021, 13:51

The only thing that could save the day is the illegal #44 breaking down but that seems as likely as finding a needle in a haystack.

**jgonzalesm6** · 21st November 2021, 13:53

yes, Bottas with a puncture.

**stefa** · 21st November 2021, 13:53

Always wrong Mercedes

**elnano14** · 21st November 2021, 13:54

Of course it's Bottas

**Noquarter** · 21st November 2021, 14:00

Stroll is way faster than Sainz

**PURE PASSION** · 21st November 2021, 14:01

I'm amazed about how slow we are. In both tires, we are the 7th!!!! team on pace !!! This is something that never happened this year !!!! And supposedly in Friday FP2s race pace we where 3d best ,with 0,5 s /lap faster then McL . WHERE did this pace gone????!!!!!

**jgonzalesm6** · 21st November 2021, 14:03

Lewis laps LeClerc on lap 39 on a 57 lap race.

**Tifoso Svedese** · 21st November 2021, 14:05

It was idiotic to not give Charles a fifth PU so at least the final two races could be a little more pleasant. That being said, for some reason this car can't drive through fast corners and it's hard to say why considering its excellent pace in Monaco. Admittedly that's more mechanical grip but still Massenet and Tabac are high-speed corners there.

**stefa** · 21st November 2021, 14:09

What a disaster race for Ferrari

**DIEK** · 21st November 2021, 14:15

**jgonzalesm6** · 21st November 2021, 14:16

Originally Posted by DIEK

https://snipboard.io/cw8Uiu.jpg

Yeah, Ocon did'nt do like Alonso did to Lewis in Hungary.

**Tifoso Svedese** · 21st November 2021, 14:22

Pirelli delivering again I'm being told...

**20000rpm** · 21st November 2021, 14:26

Stopped watching this race... it has become terrible to see Ferrari in this position.
Leclerc already being lapped...

**Tifoso Svedese** · 21st November 2021, 14:27

At least the VSC may well gift us a surprising 10-2 over McLaren. Silver linings and all that.

**Greig** · 21st November 2021, 14:28

Well done Nando

**stefa** · 21st November 2021, 14:28

At the end somehow Ferrari extended lead against McLaren

**DIEK** · 21st November 2021, 14:30

Yeesss, I know this is a Ferrari forum, but I'm shaking...from 2014!

**PURE PASSION** · 21st November 2021, 14:30

Bad pace, goodish result!!!!nothing more ,nothing less

**Warp** · 21st November 2021, 14:31

I have no idea how we finished in front of McLaren. 1-2 more laps we could get both Stroll & Ocon.

**Tifoso Svedese** · 21st November 2021, 14:31

Also Leclerc now just one point off Norris in spite of a horrible weekend. Sainz also within range (7.5 points)

**elnano14** · 21st November 2021, 14:33

Maybe we're that slow because we were nursing the tyres all the time (1 stop) ?
Also what the hell are those kerbs...

**tifosi1993** · 21st November 2021, 14:33

What a strange weekend for us. All of a sudden we're the 5th/6th fastest car and whose we were nowhere near us were much faster. Although the pace on hards was hot, especially Charles, closed up a 7.8 seconds deficit between him and Carlos.

Alonso without doubt the DOTD. The guy is over 40 and he's still performing like the vintage Alonso. Goes to show that he was always the best of his generation.

**Tifoso Svedese** · 21st November 2021, 14:35

Fernando in a Mercedes from 2014 onwards would've been a 9x WDC and everyone knows it.

**tifosi1993** · 21st November 2021, 14:37

Originally Posted by Tifoso Svedese

Fernando in a Mercedes from 2014 onwards would've been a 9x WDC and everyone knows it.

Had Ferrari provided Alonso with the second fastest car, he would've smoked Vettel.

It's a travesty that a guy like Alonso has only one more WDC than Raikkonen, and 2 less than Vettel.

**Tifoso Svedese** · 21st November 2021, 14:40

The McLaren race ought to be over - with zero Ferrari points in the final two races, not even 5th and 6th in both would do it for them. Considering the average Ferrari points yield is 14.74 points over the season even a double-zero appears extremely unlikely.

**20000rpm** · 21st November 2021, 14:42

Who took the fastest lap of the race points..?

**jgonzalesm6** · 21st November 2021, 14:42

Originally Posted by Tifoso Svedese

Fernando in a Mercedes from 2014 onwards would've been a 9x WDC and everyone knows it.

Originally Posted by tifosi1993

Had Ferrari provided Alonso with the second fastest car, he would've smoked Vettel.

It's a travesty that a guy like Alonso has only one more WDC than Raikkonen, and 2 less than Vettel.

True, but Alonso burned that bridge a long time ago.