2019 Abu Dhabi Race thread

[FerrariF60]

Umm... really? He is half a second slower than Hamilton. And that's on the good lap.

Someone who knows exactly where Ferrari’s pace is....nowhere

[tifosi1993]

Ferrari double pit stop.

[chinmay]

Like I said, double stack.

[Kyss4k]

Oh dear lord...

[TonyRizza]

ferrari literally get nothing right

[jgonzalesm6]

6.9sec pit stop for Seb.......jeeeez.

[Arcana]

6.9 seconds for Seb. Impressive as usual.

[TonyRizza]

why double stack, its add more pressure for no reason, once again another error.... pit wall are an absolute joke this year

[FerrariF60]

6.9 seconds for Seb. Impressive as usual.

Ferrari’s going for the slowest pit stop of the year

[Arcana]

Ferrari’s going for the slowest pit stop of the year

Yes if we calculate the average time spent in pitstops all this season for all teams then Ferrari ends with the most time.

[TonyRizza]

Yes if we calculate the average time spent in pitstops all this season for all teams then Ferrari ends with the most time.

dont forget about mercs 1min pitstop for hamilton in germany

[Lesky]

How embarrassing is the DRS fiasco?

[jgonzalesm6]

DRS enabled on lap 18

[Arcana]

Seb can't overtake Bottas on those almost straight lines... so no engine advantage anymore it seems.

[stefa]

How embarrassing is the DRS fiasco?

A lot ��

[JChan]

hahayyyy Vettel time to retire

[Lesky]

Seb can't overtake Bottas on those almost straight lines... so no engine advantage anymore it seems.

Merc have a new engine, and its the last race, Merc runs the engine full. The rest of the season they have it turned down, to ensure they get no penalties or failures. So no suprise there.

[Kyss4k]

Hamilton on 22 laps old tyres faster, than Ferrari on new ones...

[Aziz]

hahayyyy Vettel time to retire

It's really time for the entire Ferrari F1 team to retire

[TonyRizza]

this race is really exciting...

[tifosi1993]

Hamilton on 22 laps old tyres faster, than Ferrari on new ones...

Because Leclerc is looking after his tyres and maintaining his gap to Vers. He's not racing Hamilton so no point overcooking his tyres by pushing hard.

[FerrariF60]

Seb can't overtake Bottas on those almost straight lines... so no engine advantage anymore it seems.

Dude, potato head botas has a brand new engine along with all other goodies like turbo...etc
Whereas Vettel has an engine and components that have done a Lot of races.....so enough said

[FerrariF60]

Hamilton on 22 laps old tyres faster, than Ferrari on new ones...

Lololol.....the story of Ferrari pace this season

[Kyss4k]

Because Leclerc is looking after his tyres and maintaining his gap to Vers. He's not racing Hamilton so no point overcooking his tyres by pushing hard.

Then what was the point to pit so early on his mediums? When others are doing basically the same or better laps than him and will have better tyres afterwards. Makes sense... not.

[vcs316]

"The problem I have" says Hamilton, "if the safety car comes out and I have to pit for the hard tyre, I can't get the temperature into it and then we're in trouble". Bono reassures him, suggesting everyone else will be in a similar position.

[tifosi1993]

Then what was the point to pit so early on his mediums? When others are doing basically the same or better laps than him and will have better tyres afterwards. Makes sense... not.

What others? Even Red Bull can't keep up with Hamilton on the same tyres.

Ferrari did the right thing by pitting Leclerc early.

[nani_s23]

Vettel having MGU-K issues ...

[nani_s23]

Bottas has been told we are racing Lec

[Kyss4k]

What others? Even Red Bull can't keep up with Hamilton on the same tyres.

Ferrari did the right thing by pitting Leclerc early.

Hamilton, Verstappen and Bottas are all faster on the old mediums, than Lec on new hards. So there was no point in pitting so early. Now Verst will have new hards and will give Charles hard times... There was no need for pitting. And if there was, our tyre management is really bad, which does not bode well for next season.

[vcs316]

"Something is not correct", Verstappen says after a slide. He's not massively happy under braking at the moment...