2022 French Grand Prix - Race Thread

[458 Italia]

5 second time penalty for Scuderia Ferrari's mistake(Sainz) in the pitlane and sending him into the path of the Williams.

I've never known a team to lack composure as much as this.

[tifosi1993]

One mistake just throws the whole team off. No composure.

I'm not sure that was a mistake. His tyres were lighted up and looked like the car was still on throttle when he applied brakes.

[Greig]

let's be honest though, we started the season well with 2 wins out of 3, but after that the team faded quite badly.

Reliability aside we are in a good place considering where we were last season.

[JPZ]

Basically just have to hope for some race wins now and not really think of championship.

[hakanabi]

You're not going straight on into the barrier at that corner with that runoff in the dry unless something is wrong with either the throttle or the brake. In the event of a mistake you're spinning sideways there.

Excatly, there was no mistake there by Charles but poor reliability.

[patrese86]

Christ even Sainz is more on the ball than the pitwall.

[stefa]

Basically just have to hope for some race wins now and not really think of championship.

Championship is OVER!

[458 Italia]

I'm not sure that was a mistake. His tyres were lighted up and looked like the car was still on throttle when he applied brakes.

If it turns out to be the same issue as last time then that's a new level of incompetence from this team.

[Kyss4k]

Reliability aside we are in a good place considering where we were last season.

To win first you must finish.

[jgonzalesm6]

Reliability aside we are in a good place considering where we were last season.

It's not just the reliability......the pit wall needs an upgrade as well....for like the longest time.

[Whatsyourangle]

I did turn the computer off after CL crash. What a lousy team. From A to Z. A total failure.

[patrese86]

I'm not sure that was a mistake. His tyres were lighted up and looked like the car was still on throttle when he applied brakes.

What I mean is when one thing goes wrong, whether it's driver error or a mechanical issue everyone loses there heads.

[Greig]

To win first you must finish.

I would rather this than last 2 seasons...reliability will come.

[WS6TransAm01]

Charles’ most dangerous adversary is Ferrari and it’s not one I think he can beat from within.

It’s a sad sad situation.

[hakanabi]

If it turns out to be the same issue as last time then that's a new level of incompetence from this team.

I am quite certain it was that clutch issue once again.

[WS6TransAm01]

I would rather this than last 2 seasons...reliability will come.

Not in time to win this championship. It’s too late for that.

[jgonzalesm6]

To win first you must finish.

"In order to finish first, you must first finish."

[Tifoso Svedese]

I would rather this than last 2 seasons...reliability will come.

I had more fun last year than this one. Hell, even the livery was good.

[hakanabi]

Shame team screwed Cs Pitstop amd gifted him with a 5 seconds penalty, he is flying out there

[faloupas]

let's be honest though, we started the season well with 2 wins out of 3, but after that the team faded quite badly.

As always...same story as 2017,2018...
The sad thing is that this year the car is good enough to get at least on championship . We are just not capable.

[458 Italia]

Not in time to win this championship. It’s too late for that.

I tend to agree this was our chance before the return of formula merc next season.

[Greig]

I had more fun last year than this one.

I will check if you did after the race

[patrese86]

I would rather this than last 2 seasons...reliability will come.

We might find reliability but there is no guarantee we can find more performance relative to Mercedes and Red Bull. Mercedes will get stronger next season and we know Red Bull are strong, they built a great car whilst still fighting for the championship last year.

This season was a good opportunity considering Mercedes dropped the ball and we had a good start.

[Greig]

Not in time to win this championship. It’s too late for that.

Certainly is now unless Red Bull run into serious trouble.

[Kyss4k]

I would rather this than last 2 seasons...reliability will come.

Will we be able to build such a strong car next year when we'll not have the time and wind tunnel advantage we had going into this year though? This was a huge chance to do something special this year yet we threw it away.

[Tifoso Svedese]

Losing while leading is a lot more anger-inducing than finishing P5 because someone else did a better job. Charles would've won this race easy on the one-stop.

[Greig]

We might find reliability but there is no guarantee we can find more performance relative to Mercedes and Red Bull. Mercedes will get stronger next season and we know Red Bull are strong, they built a great car whilst still fighting for the championship last year.

This season was a good opportunity considering Mercedes dropped the ball and we had a good start.

Performance wise we are up there, nothing to suggest we would not remain to do so.

[bonzo]

Charles’ most dangerous adversary is Ferrari and it’s not one I think he can beat from within.

It’s a sad sad situation.

Same applies for Seb and Alonso in past years. Massa as well.

[tifosi1993]

No sure Sainz has the pace to overwhelm Max and Lewis. He can't even get pass Russell.

[hakanabi]

I would rather this than last 2 seasons...reliability will come.

We will loose second in cc by the time they fix reliability and that's a big IF, if they can fix all of it. They even admitted that they don't know when they will come to bottom of these reliability issues.