Official 2021 Grand Prix Support races thread (F2, F3 & W)

[anonymous-user]

3 races, 3 messes.

[TheDeuce]

Hilarious.

On to the F1 then - I'm sure that'll go smoothly...

[JonChalk]

zetec said:

JonChalk said:

..oh and that will be a red flag as well.

Well predicted

Two cars smeared across over 50% of the track, including a bit of the racing line + no run off / escape areas .....

Not feeling particularly smug about it though - it's bit disappointing and a little predictable.

[kambites]

Race over... no great surprise.

[NRS]

How do they decide the result here?

[andycaca]

lol what a mess.
I'm going to have the worlds largest bucket of popcorn ready for the F1 race based on what I've just seen for the F1...

[LostM135idriver]

Surely they could have had them out the way with 1 lap of safety car? At Monaco they would.

I think red flag may have been a way to to grab back 6 mins pre F1.

[kambites]

NRS said:

How do they decide the result here?

Has to be the last complete lap before the accident doesn't it? Anything else would be ridiculous.

[anonymous-user]

F20CN16 said:

JonChalk said:

In absolutely no way did Boschung do a single thing wrong defending from Zhou.

Why investigate it?

I’m watching that one with interest because the Max Verstappen rule makes it okay.

That only applies when it's not one of those.

[Sandpit Steve]

NRS said:

How do they decide the result here?

Two laps back from the red flag - so the end of lap 4 possibly?

[NRS]

kambites said:

NRS said:

How do they decide the result here?

Has to be the last complete lap before the accident doesn't it? Anything else would be ridiculous.

Yes, was thinking that has to be the way to do it. As you say would be madness otherwise.

[anonymous-user]

LostM135idriver said:

Surely they could have had them out the way with 1 lap of safety car? At Monaco they would.

At monaco they can grab cars without recovery trucks on the circuit. Here, F1 has decided to rush the race onto the calendar.

[kambites]

Lol:

"I think we won?"
"I would say so, but lets wait a bit"

[Adrian W]

More proof that this track isn’t fit for purpose

[JonChalk]

LostM135idriver said:

Surely they could have had them out the way with 1 lap of safety car? At Monaco they would.

I think red flag may have been a way to to grab back 6 mins pre F1.

The marshalls here aren't at Monaco levels of experience - they've borrowed a load from Bahrain, apparently - but speedy crane operation not a factor there (loads more trackside access). there does seem to be a lack of cranes to lift cars off quickly here though.

[TheDeuce]

andycaca said:

lol what a mess.
I'm going to have the worlds largest bucket of popcorn ready for the F1 race based on what I've just seen for the F1...

...goes to put extra beers in the fridge...

[RichB]

Adrian W said:

More proof that this track isn’t fit for purpose

It's a bit st isn't it. Like a Formula E car park circuit but for real racing cars.

[Sandpit Steve]

JonChalk said:

The marshalls here aren't at Monaco levels of experience - they've borrowed a load from Bahrain, apparently - but speedy crane operation not a factor there (loads more trackside access). there does seem to be a lack of cranes to lift cars off quickly here though.

Monaco is the exception, where the track is so short and twisty that they can get enough cranes in to cover a dead car almost anywhere. Longer street circuits can’t get enough cranes in.

[LostM135idriver]

andycaca said:

lol what a mess.
I'm going to have the worlds largest bucket of popcorn ready for the F1 race based on what I've just seen for the F1...

Ah yes, the disturbingly onanistic sounding bottomless popcorn bucket.

[JonChalk]

Official comment from F2 website:

The FIA advises that incident occurred during the FIA Formula 2 Feature Race start today, 05/12/21, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, involving car #10, Théo Pourchaire, and car #14, Enzo Fittipaldi.

The drivers were immediately attended to by emergency and medical crews. The drivers were conscious and extricated by the attending medical crews. Both have been transferred by ambulance and helicopter to King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah.