The Official 2018 Spanish Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

[Derek Smith]

Angpozzuto said:

I'll take lap 67 on the cool down lap

You think he'll be running underweight then?

[99dndd]

I'll go for lap 42 and a Force India on the Max sweepstake.

We'll see how the race goes. It has the potential to be a slow burn/snoozefest but hopefully we see some action.

[angrymoby]

DanielSan said:

The name is Italian, they’re about as Italian as a now part Chinese part Russian owned company can be...

well, HQ is still in Milan ...& it's still run by Italians afaiaa

& it's a can of worms arguing whether any floated company is still French/ German /British /Italian if it's main investment is from elsewhere ...an example that's close to home, being Mclaren & Bahrain

[joefraser]

What are the best places to sit with GA tickets?

Here for the whole weekend, cant wait for the action to start on Friday

[sparta6]

DanielSan said:

The name is Italian, they’re about as Italian as a now part Chinese part Russian owned company can be...

^^this^^

[sparta6]

37chevy said:

Shush you, you’re ruining spartas theory :-p

With growth of over 25%, China was the market with the strongest absolute growth and the largest individual market for Mercedes-Benz in 2017.

[Dr Z]

Kccv23highliftcam said:

Man that turn 3 has gotta hurt!

Yep, and who has this ¬



...to take Campsa flat?

Mark-C said:

Angpozzuto said:

paua said:

Vaud said:

I'll take lap 66 with a last minute dive...

1 - Deesee
2 - Jasandjules
3 - NRS
6 - GTO-3R
10 - DeejRC
15 - AW111
22 - suffolk009
66 - Vaud

Pitlane exit/ rejoining the race, lap 12.

I'll take lap 67 on the cool down lap

Lap 5 taking out Alonso and causing a safety car and\or riot

Now he's on the naughty step, he will be a good boy and take a dominant victory with no crashes.

[angrymoby]

sparta6 said:

37chevy said:

Shush you, you’re ruining spartas theory :-p

With growth of over 25%, China was the market with the strongest absolute growth and the largest individual market for Mercedes-Benz in 2017.

errr, doesn't that mean Mercedes are more likely to be in China's/ ChemChina's pocket ...rather than the other way around?

Not that ChemChina has even overall control in Pirelli these days.

Or are even Mercedes main supplier of tyre.

But carry on.

[The Moose]

angrymoby said:

37chevy said:

Right, so not actually bribed, nor is it a bespoke compound. Think Sparta can put his tin foil hat away for one more race. I mean it’s not like Ferrari, with all their Pirelli tyre testing never suggested improvements on tyres...it’s kinda what testing is for

Pirelli are Italian
Pirelli are pretty much the default factory fit for Ferrari's road car division

Yeah, they'll definitely want to go out of their way to help Mercedes

Edited by angrymoby on Tuesday 8th May 22:13

I think I’d rather my tires were factory fit on all Mercedes than all Ferrari!

[hairyben]

TheInternet said:

Mark-C said:

Angpozzuto said:

paua said:

Vaud said:

I'll take lap 66 with a last minute dive...

1 - Deesee
2 - Jasandjules
3 - NRS
6 - GTO-3R
10 - DeejRC
15 - AW111
16 - hairyben
22 - suffolk009
64 - TheInternet
66 - Vaud

Pitlane exit/ rejoining the race, lap 12.

I'll take lap 67 on the cool down lap

Lap 5 taking out Alonso and causing a safety car and\or riot

[joefraser]

Vaud said:

Are you part of a team?

I suspect maybes a bot of some sort, all posts read like they have been taken from articles / google searches.

[Vaud]

joefraser said:

Vaud said:

Are you part of a team?

I suspect maybes a bot of some sort, all posts read like they have been taken from articles / google searches.

Possibly, or a non native English speaker. It did look a bit news/auto generated.

[Dr Z]

Ferrari have mounted the mirrors on the halo and added a little wing above it



All eyes on the McLaren garage...they must be bringing something...first I've heard of it



Merc brake duct assembly and aero bits (snapped yesterday as the car was loaded off the truck)



Quite like the look of the Renault wing...



More here

[suffolk009]

So, what'll it be? One race, maybe two before those extra wings on the Ferrari's mirrors are banned?

[cuprabob]

suffolk009 said:

So, what'll it be? One race, maybe two before those extra wings on the Ferrari's mirrors are banned?

If they were on any other car yes but the FIA won't do anything to upset Ferrari

[Kraken]

They're perfectly legal as far as the rules go so why ban them?

[Vocal Minority]

Kraken said:

They're perfectly legal as far as the rules go so why ban them?

Because conspiracy!

[Zoobeef]

They were only allowed the small amount of aero on the halo, they asked if they could mount the mirrors and we're told yes. So they've put the mirrors on with 2 winglets also. I imagine some teams will be questioning it.

[Mark-C]

Zoobeef said:

They were only allowed the small amount of aero on the halo, they asked if they could mount the mirrors and we're told yes. So they've put the mirrors on with 2 winglets also. I imagine some teams will be questioning it.

Apparently they are there to support the mirrors

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/135910/ferrari-t...

[suffolk009]

If those pictures in autosport are from today then it looks like Kimi gets to keep the old ones. I suppose he lost a game of scissors - paper - second driver.