F1's new ground effect era. Back to the future?

injinji

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Some of the have nots have moved up the grid, while Lewis languishes in the rear. How long will it take the Silver Arrows to put the porpoises behind them?

The red flags pushed the end of quali past my recording window, so I had to look online to see who got the pole.

 

rkymtnman

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haven't watched it yet but i read something about rebels blew up a fuel depot near the track or something??
 

injinji

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Lots of back and forth with a couple three overtakes between the leaders late in the race. The DRS line played a major roll in who won the race.

 

injinji

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Lando at the top after P3. Alonzo 4th. Lewis 8th and George 11th. Max was 7th on mediums, so we won't know what he really has until quali. But Charles looked best in all three practices. He still has the porpoise on the straights, but it go away on the curves. Lewis and George have them on the straights and the curves.
 

injinji

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Max's car has let him down again. Now it's happened in two of the first three races. Even winning the one race he finished, he is in 7th place in the points.

George got some safety car luck and ended up in 3rd place. Lewis had been ahead before the SC but finished 4th. Going into quali they were having real breaking issues. With race weight the car handled better. Still about a minute behind Charles. In the long run, that won't cut it.
 

injinji

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The boys are in Miami this weekend. The first GP there on a street course by the water. The silver arrows brought a new wing, and George was fastest (and Lewis 4th) in P2. We were several hours without power and I missed P1.

 

injinji

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The guys are in Barcelona this weekend. Rare that they race in town I've spent time in. I was there for two weeks around Christmas/New Years in 81/82.

I don't really have time to watch all of P1 and P2 before heading out to the river, so. . . .


 

injinji

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George came in 3rd and Lewis had 4th until the last lap when he had to lift and coast due to engine loosing cooling. He fell back to 5th.

 

injinji

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For whatever reason free practice 1 was not on TV. I'm watching fp2 now, but did look at the highlights earlier.

 

injinji

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The street courses have been playing havoc on the drivers who are still dealing with the porpoises. Lewis's back was really bad after last weekend's GP. F1 said they are going to do something about it. Not sure yet what the fix is going to be.

 

injinji

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Really bad wreck at the start of the race. Driver is alright, but this brings George's streak of top five's to an end. (he stopped to make sure the driver was OK, and the marshals loaded his car on a rollback)

 
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