2022 Spanish Grand Prix - Race Thread

[tifosi1993]

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[SFTifoso]

That photo makes for an awesome background. Let’s go! Ferrari 1-2! :ferrarifl:ferrarifl:pass:pass

[Gilles]

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[Toothlessrage*]

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This is the year we've all been waiting for!
Finally, 2 quick drivers and Ferrari shrugging off the cob-webs of prior failures!

FROZA Ferrari!:ferrarifl

[Cemz85]

Charles let it slipped out of his mouth post qualy press conference
he said he has 1 new set of softs for the first stint
Carlos was implying something like this too right after q3

S-M-M

[nani_s23]

Ferrari Struggled with M on high fuel load. Hence we might see split in the strategy.
If Sainz could have done better in Q2 similar to Leclerc, he would have had 1 new Set of Softs.

[nani_s23]

On Verstappen's RB18 replaced:

Rear crash structure cover
DRS flap pivot pins
Fwd plank section
DRS Actuator

@Giuliano Duchessa

[Cavallino]

On Verstappen's RB18 replaced:

Rear crash structure cover
DRS flap pivot pins
Fwd plank section
DRS Actuator

@Giuliano Duchessa

they're stil working on it

[Decoded]

He just only came out 6 second before the pitlane was closed

[Ferrarichamp]

let's hope Max has another DNF today.

[Decoded]

There also seems to have been a car problem on Carlos car on the side

[tifosi1993]

:ferrarifl

[denskits]

Any link please ?

[stefa]

Any link please ?

http://f1livegp.me/f1/live.php

[denskits]

Many Thanks

[jgonzalesm6]

The heat must be unbearable for the drivers. I bet they lose 3 kilos of water after the race.

[stefa]

The heat must be unbearable for the drivers. I bet they lose 3 kilos of water after the race.

37C

[SFTifoso]

RB was hacking their wing with a dremel rotary tool? Lol Please DNF! :pray

[nani_s23]

The heat must be unbearable for the drivers. I bet they lose 3 kilos of water after the race.

Yeah. Max left the pit lane at the last moment. That was very close.

[jgonzalesm6]

Yeah. Max left the pit lane at the last moment. That was very close.

He had an ice-pack vest on before getting in the car.

[tifosi1993]

Hamilton on mediums, everyone else on softs.

[JChan]

CS is useless, he is better be a wingman only.

[tifosi1993]

Carlos is a terrible wingman.

[stefa]

CS is just 2nd tier driver

[jgonzalesm6]

K-Mag rallycross.......

[JChan]

2015-2021 all the goodluck is on LH! now that he is useless not a threat he has all the bad luck, why not the bad luck for MV.

[WS6TransAm01]

CS is just 2nd tier driver

I don’t know what’s happening to the guy.

[nhiepka]

This guy CLS is idiot

[Ferrarichamp]

Carlos is always nervous, but racing in Spain, well you can imagine.

[jgonzalesm6]

Lewis pitted......on softs.

[totox]

Sainz will let us WCC down

[Greig]

Lewis wants to give up :-D

[SFTifoso]

The goat wants to quit? Lol

[WS6TransAm01]

Hamilton wants to park the car.

Awe. Baby doesn’t want to play when his toys aren’t as nice.

[SFTifoso]

Lewis wants to give up :-D

Can you see Michael, senna, or Gilles thinking this way? NEVER!

[stefa]

Lewis wants to give up :-D

That's the spirit of 7WDC. I hate this clown!

[tifosi1993]

Hamilton wants to give up already. Comical.

[WS6TransAm01]

Carlos needs to start working his way up.

[Greig]

Oh Carlos....

[tifosi1993]

Sainz....useless.

[JChan]

haist another useless CARLOS! after extending 2 years contract

[WS6TransAm01]

And just as I said this… Carlos takes a trip into the gravel.

[Tifoso Svedese]

The Spanish Massa without the wins. Do we have a performance clause???

[elnano14]

What the **** is wrong with him

[stefa]

OK. After this he needs to be said that he is NUMBER 2!!!

[SilverSpeed]

CS... sigh

[Greig]

The Spanish Massa without the wins. Do we have a performance clause???

What? Massa was much better than Carlos....

[totox]

I guess this is the time when we start missing old Seb...

[patrese86]

For god's sake

[tifosi1993]

Sainz is going to cost us the WCC. Even Perez has his numbers.

[stefa]

Sainz will let us WCC down

Unfortunately

[Ferrarichamp]

Sainz....useless.

no driver bashing, remember?

[bogs1207]

CS tsk tsk.

[Tifoso Svedese]

What? Massa was much better than Carlos....

True, but the 2010s Massa is the one I was talking about here :wave

[ferrari1.8t]

Lewis wants to give up :-D

Typical behaviour from the “goat”. They call him crymilton for a reason….

[nhiepka]

what the hell CS is doing, firing him quickly.

[Arcana]

The Spanish Massa without the wins. Do we have a performance clause???

Massa was sometimes rubbish in the rain, Sainz is worse than Luca Badoer.

[Greig]

LOL Max

[tifosi1993]

Max :rotfl

[JChan]

YES MAX!

[faloupas]

Sainz is a joke...Replace him now!
Thanks for that gift Max!

[Tifoso Svedese]

:clap

Keep it together now Charles!

[da_one]

What's the matter Lewis, you want your lady butler drive for you? :-D

[ferrari1.8t]

The Spanish Massa without the wins. Do we have a performance clause???

I hope so, seems he can’t handle the pressure of driving a contending Ferrari. What a shame, we will never win WCC with a second driver driving like this. Unbelievable.

[SilverSpeed]

Max oh ow hehe good riddance!

[Greig]

Better sack Max......

[bogs1207]

Nice! Thank you max 😂

[totox]

Don't Jynx it please. There's is hard wind in that corner. Could happen to Charles.

[tifosi1993]

Russell being a great teammate for Charles.

[Tifoso Svedese]

Russell drives like a nutter today so wheel-to-wheel between him and Max could get spicy :-D

[Greig]

Perez told to move

[tifosi1993]

That was a team order.

[drax]

RB with team orders already ?

[Greig]

DRS problems for Max again...

[SilverSpeed]

Russells car is overheating hehe.

Good riddance too.

[Greig]

Russell car is overheating hehe.

Good riddance too.

Would rather he stays ahead of Max tbh.

[SilverSpeed]

Would rather he stays ahead of Max tbh.


Max DRS flap is not opnening HAHAHA

Dremel boy bye bye :-D.

[WS6TransAm01]

Don’t celebrate the failure of others until the end of the race.

Still 53 laps left. Still a long way to go.

[Greig]

Russel and Max pitted

[Greig]

Sainz up to p9

[Greig]

Should pit Charles now?

[Greig]

DRS working for Max

[Greig]

DRS not working again for Max lol

[stefa]

Should pit Charles now?

I think it is time. Cl is 1.29 and MV 1.27

[SilverSpeed]

Haha Max DRS closed almost instantly.

[tifosi1993]

Incredible pace from Charles. Tyre wear!? What tyre wear.

[Ferrarichamp]

is a one-stopper possible?

[stefa]

CL in low 1.28

[Greig]

Max nearly losing it again, car looks on the edge.

[tifosi1993]

The faulty DRS is so funny to look at.

[SilverSpeed]

Hahaha Max crybaby 2.0.

[JChan]

CL is aiming for 2nd grandslam?

[Ferrarichamp]

Lewis the backmarker

[SilverSpeed]

CL can get a grand slam here!

Just need to cruise it out!

[tifosi1993]

Ferrari should pit Charles.

[WS6TransAm01]

Charles isn’t loosing time to Max because of the battle with George.

Charles just needs to take it easy.

[Greig]

Are we going for 1 stop?

[Noquarter]

Sainz in Ferrari is on pace of Ocon. :-)

[hakanabi]

Why aren't they pitting Charles?

[SilverSpeed]

CL just cruise it out on those softs.

Pit for mediums later on and cruise out on those.

Max radio msg are so funny haha.

[JChan]

let max stress that engine, so in the following races that engine will give up.

[SilverSpeed]

Why aren't they pitting Charles?

Cause he isn't losing time on Max...

[Greig]

Charles in, nice stop.

[tifosi1993]

Charles Pits.

[stefa]

2.2

[Greig]

Lost about 6 seconds by not pitting....

[drax]

Hopefully we don’t have to worry about tire ware now

[WS6TransAm01]

Lost about 6 seconds by not pitting....

I don’t believe so. It was a 27s delta when he stopped. It was 30 when George and Max came out of the pits.

So over 9 laps only 3 seconds lost and 9 lap newer tires

I think this was the right decision.

[tifosi1993]

Sainz can't even pass Ocon. :roll

Edit: He finally did, after 4 laps.

[Greig]

I don’t believe so. It was a 27s delta when he stopped. It was 30 when George and Max came out of the pits.

So over 9 laps only 3 seconds lost and 9 lap newer tires

I think this was the right decision.

Charles was about 12 seconds ahead...now 6....

[totox]

It's time to swap sainz with russell

[Greig]

Wow Russel

[JChan]

why can't sainz pass ocon? CS is in newer medium than ocon

[SilverSpeed]

Russell HERO haha let those 2 cocks fights :-D.

[Greig]

Great for Charles this battle, ruining their tyres also :-D

[SilverSpeed]

Hahaha no DRS :rotfl.

CL almost got the big straight as advantage!

[totox]

Impressive drive from Russell. That Merc isn't on rb level.

[WS6TransAm01]

Charles was about 12 seconds ahead...now 6....

Before the George/Max stop. Yes

Once they came out it was 30. When Charles entered the pits it was 27.

So it all depends on what basis point we’re talking about.

[jgonzalesm6]

Russell is one hell of a driver.......great defense.

[Greig]

Before the George/Max stop. Yes

Once they came out it was 30. When Charles entered the pits it was 27.

So it all depends on what basis point we’re talking about.

LOL

[Greig]

Perez wants them to move Max out the way hahaha

[totox]

Pérez loool

[stefa]

CS is not gaining on VB

[Greig]

Perez told no

[drax]

Crap

[Noquarter]

****in Sainz is useless

[Greig]

Charles out.....brilliant

[tifosi1993]

DAMN

[SilverSpeed]

From 9 sec to 13 sec lead!!!

[stefa]

End

[WS6TransAm01]

This is why I told you not to cheer about Max.

[SilverSpeed]

:furious

[Tifoso Svedese]

Championship over god dammit.

[stefa]

Unbeliveavle

[Kyss4k]

GJ Ferrari.

[totox]

This is why I told you not to cheer about Max.

Exactly

[stefa]

This is why I told you not to cheer about Max.
You are right

[Greig]

Championship over god dammit.

LOL calm down

[jgonzalesm6]

Oh Leclerc......really???

[ntukza]

Heartbroken

[JChan]

what happen to CL?

[Greig]

Easy win for Max now

[tifosi1993]

This is heartbreaking. But things like this will happen.

[Aziz]

Fresh PU ffs

[SilverSpeed]

Sack 'm all :rotfl:-(.

[patrese86]

I don't believe it

Charles will lose the lead now

[stefa]

This had to be CL win! Not much pointwise, but moralwise

[stefa]

Easy win for Max now

Easy 1-2

[SFTifoso]

I’m not watching this crap. Disappointing. :furious

[ntukza]

Charles Leclerc hugging and shaking hands with his mechanics. Absolute class!

[Ferrarichamp]

we don't know if Max will finish the race.

[Noquarter]

Sainz is total disgrace.

[tifosi1993]

And Sainz is so useless that we can't even get on to the podium.

[tifosi1993]

I'd take a Perez win over Verstappen.

[ferrari1.8t]

When will it be our turn to have luck? Why is it always us? I don’t understand….so heart breaking. Unbelievable.

[Greig]

I'd take a Perez win over Verstappen.

No chance they will allow that.

[Greig]

Another Ferrari PU gone....

[Ferrarichamp]

well Ferrari seem happy enough with Sainz, so I guess we're stuck with him.

[Kyss4k]

Leclerc had over 40 points lead. We managed to get rid of it in 3 races. That has to be some kind of a record surely. What a joke.

[nani_s23]

When we are having a good weekend …. This sort of things will happen. Great.

[SilverSpeed]

Ted Bill will tell him to let Max by, don't worry...

[tifosi1993]

Well I'm out. Don't have the heart to see Red Bull vs Mercedes battle.

[Greig]

Leclerc had ove 40 points lead. We managed to get rid of it in 3 races. That has to be some kind of a record surely. What a joke.

Still halfway in this race, the gap was only inflated due to Max DNF.

[Kyss4k]

By the way what is Sainz still doing at Ferrari?

[da_one]

Ferrari Power pffffft.....

[MSC Fan]

Man, Charles was on another level today with that pole lap and had shown some quite skillful display in terms of laptimes even before Verstappen spun. What a shame. Hopefully Maranello can filter this issue out in future GPs.

[drax]

This year reminds me of our late 90s charge almost there, still optimist a lot of races to go and I believe we are improving

[Tifoso Svedese]

The whole selling point behind our title win would be consistency, tyre wear and reliability. Then beachball Sainz. Then Imola. Then Miami eating tyres alive. Then this. **** **** **** **** **** **** ****

[Greig]

By the way what is Sainz still doing at Ferrari?

You want him sacked mid-race?

[WS6TransAm01]

This is why delaying updates was idiotic.

Ferrari gave up points to Red Bull when they had the reliability, today they didn’t have the reliability.

[Kyss4k]

Still halfway in this race, the gap was only inflated due to Max DNF.

Sure, but then we should keep it stable if the cars are quite comparable, not just lose it all in a blink of an eye. I will repeat again, this is not how you win a championship. This is how you throw it away.

[Greig]

Sure, but then we should keep it stable if the cars are quite comparable, not just lose it all in a blink of an eye. I will repeat again, this is not how you win a championship. This is how you throw it away.

Yet Max is leading with DNF's???? makes no sense...

[Greig]

This is why delaying updates was idiotic.

Ferrari gave up points to Red Bull when they had the reliability, today they didn’t have the reliability.

What updates were delayed?

[Aziz]

We will not win anything like this, useless second driver, lack of updates and now lack of reliable PU

[MSC Fan]

This is why delaying updates was idiotic.

Ferrari gave up points to Red Bull when they had the reliability, today they didn’t have the reliability.

Don't forget what happened to the Singapore upgrades in 2018. I would rather have sure shot upgrades than those that could potentially be useless or even worse, make the car slower.

[Kyss4k]

You want him sacked mid-race?

That would be cool, wouldn't it be? Nah, I never wanted him in in the first place. There were other drivers I was hoping Ferrari would get back then. Norris, Hulk or even Ricciardo.

[Ferrarichamp]

We will not win anything like this, useless second driver, lack of updates and now lack of reliable PU

you don't trust Binotto?

[Greig]

We will not win anything like this, useless second driver, lack of updates and now lack of reliable PU

Don't watch the rest of the season then...

[faloupas]

Nothing is coincidental.It happened 2017 and 2018...it happens again.Ferrari has a lot of work to do in order to be a regular championship contenter.
We dont like Max...but Red Bull has all the package...Car-Driver-Team.
Lets see where Carlos will finish this race ..but i dont expect anything.Maybe a SC could give him a shot...

[Greig]

That would be cool, wouldn't it be? Nah, I never wanted him in in the first place. There were other drivers I was hoping Ferrari would get back then. Norris, Hulk or even Ricciardo.

Ricc doing well ain't he :-D

[Aziz]

you don't trust Binotto?

I do not trust the entire team

[Kyss4k]

Yet Max is leading with DNF's???? makes no sense...

Because they began to be consistent. Their curve has an upward trend. Our is the exact opposite. We had 3 good races and then bam, dropped it hard. That's not encouraging at all.

[Kyss4k]

Ricc doing well ain't he :-D

Yea... even I was mistaken about him :roll:lol but I think I got 2 out of 3 right

[jgonzalesm6]

Lewis up to 7th......expect the 7xWDC holder to complain about no grip on the tires....:roll

this guy wanted to quit the race....unbelievable.

[MSC Fan]

That would be cool, wouldn't it be? Nah, I never wanted him in in the first place. There were other drivers I was hoping Ferrari would get back then. Norris, Hulk or even Ricciardo.

Sainz destroyed Norris in 2019, the only benchmark Ferrari had before signing him. Hulk hadn't even gotten a podium in a 9 year F1 career. Ricciardo is getting clobbered by Norris and has in general shown worse performance than Sainz in both 2021 and only slightly better off in 2022.

[JChan]

relax it's 30 laps to go we don't know how good RB engine last!

[Aziz]

Don't watch the rest of the season then...

I wish I could to it, but is seems I like to hurt myself

[arno]

Fantastic Leclerc! So much bad luck for him when he is so far ahead! Same as his first possible win in Bahrein.
Updates bring always some additional risk I guess... That's it, tough game; this is needed to beat Verstappen.

And then it's Sainz... ��
I want Bottas in our team ☺️

[SilverSpeed]

Now Perez will lose 6 magic seconds lol.

[patrese86]

Engine issues is just one of them. It's gutting but it happens to all teams. I'm more frustrated when driver errors cost the team points. It's a shame it had to happen today when we were cruising to a win.

[Tifoso Svedese]

I reckon both Norris and McLaren would be up for a bit of $$$ for a driver swap for 2023. External costs are not part of the budget.

[Hornet]

The reality is our car is not invincible either, so unfortunately these kind of DNF is something we too will have to deal with eventually.

Now we just hope that it doesn't mean we'll need to take an additional engine

[totox]

I do not trust the entire team

So why are you here then? Go and find another team to trust in.

[Kyss4k]

Sainz destroyed Norris in 2019, the only benchmark Ferrari had before signing him. Hulk hadn't even gotten a podium in a 9 year F1 career. Ricciardo is getting clobbered by Norris and has in general shown worse performance than Sainz in both 2021 and only slightly better off in 2022.

What are you even comparing? Different cars to differend teams, what is that? Sure, Sainz had 1 good season and "destroyed" a guy in his 2nd year in F1. Somehow Norris made a good impression on me back then and seem I was right about him as he is destroying the guy I was wrong about.

[jgonzalesm6]

Lewis up to 6th place now........lap 38

[stefa]

At last Ferrari have great race pace in Leclerc case. That little fag from Spain is midfield driver. Losing time to Bottas

If possible I would trade CS with VB

[nani_s23]

Ferrari at some point will have to take 4th engine PU. So that’s a penalty.
This DNF really hurts on that context.

[jgonzalesm6]

If possible I would trade CS with VB

Bottas has been unleashed......he's doing great is'nt he.

[ferrari1.8t]

Lewis up to 6th place now........lap 38

Does the luck that he and Merc have ever run out? So sick of it.

Completely gutted at what happened today.

[MSC Fan]

Ferrari at some point will have to take 4th engine PU. So that’s a penalty.
This DNF really hurts on that context.

That is only if the engine is unsalvagable or if they haven't been cycling through the engines instead of waiting for them to blow up.

[evo_spook]

Does the luck that he and Merc have ever run out? So sick of it.

Completely gutted at what happened today.

Yeah, being barged out on lap one is real lucky


What is wrong with you people :-E

[jgonzalesm6]

Ferrari at some point will have to take 4th engine PU. So that’s a penalty.
This DNF really hurts on that context.

sure looks like it.

[Noquarter]

Me too. Bottas is very solid driver

[nani_s23]

This was our race to Win. We lost. Next race Monaco, hope leclerc wins it.
I expected much from Carlos Sainz, given his dominance over Norris & Max. He’s disappointing me so far.

[PURE PASSION]

I'm on the edge having a stroke, BUT I chose to try and take some positives out of this disaster.
Lec had the best race pace !!!! Faster and with no degradation!!!! Everything else.......:-(

[SFTifoso]

If possible I would trade CS with VB

I would love this.

[Ferrarichamp]

Poor Hamilton, getting beat by Russell again.

[nani_s23]

That is only if the engine is unsalvagable or if they haven't been cycling through the engines instead of waiting for them to blow up.

ferrari already planned this penalty coming after initial races. That’s wt I read from AMus.

[MSC Fan]

I hope Perez wins this race and Russell clinches P2 or else we are in some big trouble for future races when Verstappen would defend/attack more aggressively once he starts to lead the championship.

[evo_spook]

Poor Hamilton, getting beat by Russell again.

Sainz is beating CL? Do circumstances to both matter or only with one?

[Tifoso Svedese]

If unit two already blew up on Leclerc and Bottas they'll need six or seven. Pathetic.

[Tifoso Svedese]

Sainz is beating CL? Do circumstances to both matter or only with one?

Russell has driven like a lion all weekend, come on now Hamilton fanboy can't you admit that? :lol

[jgonzalesm6]

Poor Hamilton, getting beat by Russell again.

Russell is definietly better than this so-called 7x WDC that the media and some British were raving over the past 8 years to include the commentators.

[MSC Fan]

Ocon and Tsunoda are looking impressive in this race.

[PURE PASSION]

And the most frustrating thing is that this would be a PERFECT win / weekend. Fastest in all sessions, pole,win ,Fastest Lap ,not loosing the lead (grand slam)and the fastest pit stop ???

[nani_s23]

I'm on the edge having a stroke, BUT I chose to try and take some positives out of this disaster.
Lec had the best race pace !!!! Faster and with no degradation!!!! Everything else.......:-(

I would say 50-50, because of Max spin. It was not evident.

Look at Max on Softs pace, he’s absolutely flying. On the other side I feel leclerc was managing race by saving tyres.

[tifosi1993]

I don't get the trolls here. Upgrades that Ferrari brought worked, Charles-F175 combo is the fastest and fixed all the tyre deg of previous races. What happened today was equally heartbreaking and annoying, but it will happen.

The F1-75 isn't invincible but it is the fastest. And at the end of the day, the fastest Car-Driver combo will always win the championship.

[ferrari1.8t]

Yeah, being barged out on lap one is real lucky


What is wrong with you people :-E

We finally have strong car, a phenomenal driver….had a good start today, pulled away and built a nice gap and we end of DNF’ing….frustrating is all. Merc had 8 years of ease, waiting for our time I guess; thought this would be the year. With every race that dream slips away…So gutted today.

[Greig]

I don't get the trolls here. Upgrades that Ferrari brought worked, Charles-F175 combo is the fastest and fixed all the tyre deg of previous races. What happened today was equally heartbreaking and annoying, but it will happen.

The F1-75 isn't invincible but it is the fastest. And at the end of the day, the fastest Car-Driver combo will always win the championship.

Indeed maybe they would rather we are running midfield instead of fighting for title win.

[nani_s23]

I can’t see this race anymore. :-(. Will be back for next race.

Last 3 races were disappointing for us. We need some luck.

[Ferrarichamp]

Sainz is beating CL? Do circumstances to both matter or only with one?

Russell has been beating him all season, poor Hamilton.

[Greig]

Sainz up to p6

[evo_spook]

Russell has driven like a lion all weekend, come on now Hamilton fanboy can't you admit that? :lol

He won in qualifying by 0.1 Lewis has had faster race pace. I wanted CL to win and also get the WDC this year, but I like Lewis, so I don't like the hate showning just because of who he is, it is distasteful and disturbing, thankgully, I am better then that type of shameful behaviour, we all don't have to get into the gutter.

[nani_s23]

I don't get the trolls here. Upgrades that Ferrari brought worked, Charles-F175 combo is the fastest and fixed all the tyre deg of previous races. What happened today was equally heartbreaking and annoying, but it will happen.

The F1-75 isn't invincible but it is the fastest. And at the end of the day, the fastest Car-Driver combo will always win the championship.

Problem is reliability hitting us this time & Penalty coming in later part of the season. So we are on the back foot a little bit.

[drax]

Perez, Max is faster than you

[SilverSpeed]

Max gifted the win oh oh oh pfff.

[Tifoso Svedese]

Bunch of w-nkers the lot of them Fool Fools.

[jgonzalesm6]

Problem is reliability hitting us this time & Penalty coming in later part of the season. So we are on the back foot a little bit.

yep

[JChan]

max 7pts lead come on MONACO!

[Red is Best]

Gutted, but it happened twice to Verstappen, the season is still very long and the updates seem to be working very well.
As for Carlos, the team should really consider getting Bottas in the second car if the spaniard's form doesn't drastically improve by mid-season. He is costing us too many points.

[jgonzalesm6]

Perez, Max is faster than you

Max on fresher tires. Perez thinks its unfair.

[MSC Fan]

Carlos really needs to step it up ASAP. Any more mistakes/underperforming and we will slowly but surely slip out of contention of the WCC. I hope this spin in his home GP doesn't destroy his confidence even more. It's embarrassing watching such a great car's potential be wasted like that.

[ferrari1.8t]

Max on fresher tires. Perez thinks its unfair.

Perez should pull a Rosberg and take Max out as he try’s to pass…

[PURE PASSION]

I would say 50-50, because of Max spin. It was not evident.

Look at Max on Softs pace, he’s absolutely flying. On the other side I feel leclerc was managing race by saving tyres.

Well I saw the pace on full fuel on softs on 50°. This should be the worst case scenario for us from what we have seeing in previous races.And Lec was tenth by tenth faster then Ves and kept his tires for 22 laps !!!!! I'm pretty sure he had the edge over Ves !!!

[jgonzalesm6]

Perez should pull a Rosberg and take Max out as he try’s to pass…

:-D

[totox]

I'm on the edge having a stroke, BUT I chose to try and take some positives out of this disaster.
Lec had the best race pace !!!! Faster and with no degradation!!!! Everything else.......:-(

Good points

[Aziz]

Ricc doing well ain't he :-D


max 7pts lead come on MONACO!

3rd win in a row... And a lot of people here are saying we are the fastest

[nani_s23]

Another problem is Carlos Sainz performance.
Look at Perez, he blocked Leclerc at imola & now in P2. He’s doing wt RB & Max wanted.

Sainz need to step up his game else I don’t understand his contract for 2years. But I feel he’s much more stronger than his current form. Not sure whether pressure is taking on him.

[Ferrarichamp]

what's a shame is that Sainz didn't lose his PU instead of Charles, but that's motorsport.

[jgonzalesm6]

3rd win in a row... And a lot of people here are saying we are the fastest

Both cars are even steven given the track. F175 is awesome in the corners. RB18B is awesome on the straights.

Both teams need work on reliability whether it's the PU or the DRS.

[nani_s23]

Well I saw the pace on full fuel on softs on 50°. This should be the worst case scenario for us from what we have seeing in previous races.And Lec was tenth by tenth faster then Ves and kept his tires for 22 laps !!!!! I'm pretty sure he had the edge over Ves !!!

Then that’s good for rest of the season. Now the next issue to resolve is Straight-line speed.
We need a 2019 kinda engine for rest of the season at high powered tracks.

[PURE PASSION]

3rd win in a row... And a lot of people here are saying we are the fastest

So Ves took the win because HE was fastest!!!!
You should stop watching races, just watch the results!!!!

[tifosi1993]

Carlos really needs to step it up ASAP. Any more mistakes/underperforming and we will slowly but surely slip out of contention of the WCC. I hope this spin in his home GP doesn't destroy his confidence even more. It's embarrassing watching such a great car's potential be wasted like that.

He can't step up. Last year made him look way better than he actually is. He's not a WDC material and not even close to Charles-Max's level. And right now, Checo looks way better option than Sainz.

[jgonzalesm6]

AAAAAAAnnnnnnnd the quitter gets the fastest lap currently.

[PURE PASSION]

Then that’s good for rest of the season. Now the next issue to resolve is Straight-line speed.
We need a 2019 kinda engine for rest of the season at high powered tracks.

In 2019 was not just the engine. We had the most speed efficient car with not so good aero.

[tifosi1993]

3rd win in a row... And a lot of people here are saying we are the fastest

Foolish comment. Sainz was ahead of Charles last year, so I guess that made him better driver, by applying your logic that is.

Red Bull-Mercedes had no answer to Charles and the F1-75. So quit trolling and go sulk somewhere.

[Ferrarichamp]

Another problem is Carlos Sainz performance.
Look at Perez, he blocked Leclerc at imola & now in P2. He’s doing wt RB & Max wanted.

Sainz need to step up his game else I don’t understand his contract for 2years. But I feel he’s much more stronger than his current form. Not sure whether pressure is taking on him.

Binotto seems to have a lot of faith in Carlos.

[faloupas]

Hamilton chasing Sainz...ok...

[MSC Fan]

He can't step up. Last year made him look way better than he actually is. He's not a WDC material and not even close to Charles-Max's level. And right now, Checo looks way better option than Sainz.

We don't even need him to be championship material. If he starts to consistently finish on the podium (consistency being the quality he has been famous for), it's more than enough.

[elnano14]

3rd win in a row... And a lot of people here are saying we are the fastest

Leclerc was the fastest man on track even on the first stint. What's wrong with saying that ?