Official 2021 French Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

[TheDeuce]

SmoothCriminal said:

jsf said:

Red's are being thrown for ridiculous things.

Wouldn't have made a difference if they let the session finish would have been double waved yellows no body would have improved at least with the red they get more time to clear the track

Yea it equals more quali time/drama overall. I can see why for the sake of 'the show' it's tempting to red flag.

Same reason they red flag races at the drop of a hat if it's clear a restart would reinvigorate the race drama.

I'm not sure if I approve or not. It's contrived, yet undeniably had thrown up a few exciting race twists.

[skwdenyer]

May have been mentioned before (sorry, haven't read the whole thread), but if Bottas profoundly out-qualifies Hamilton will there be some discussion about the equality of the chassis (given that AIUI they've swapped chassis this weekend)?

[Sandpit Steve]

Lewis doing one more lap than he’d have wanted to do on those tyres.

[JonChalk]

skwdenyer said:

May have been mentioned before (sorry, haven't read the whole thread), but if Bottas profoundly out-qualifies Hamilton will there be some discussion about the equality of the chassis (given that AIUI they've swapped chassis this weekend)?

Not sure if it's a straight swap - don't think Hamilton has the chassis Bottas has been driving recently, though Bottas definitely has Hamilton's previous chassis.

edit: a bit of Googling has the majority of websites saying it is a swap, so I am probably wrong. Sorry.

[Sandpit Steve]

JonChalk said:

skwdenyer said:

May have been mentioned before (sorry, haven't read the whole thread), but if Bottas profoundly out-qualifies Hamilton will there be some discussion about the equality of the chassis (given that AIUI they've swapped chassis this weekend)?

Not sure if it's a straight swap - don't think Hamilton has the chassis Bottas has been driving recently, though Bottas definitely has Hamilton's previous chassis.

Yes, they swapped. Lewis is running the chassis Valtteri ran in Baku, and vice versa.

[JonChalk]

Sandpit Steve said:

Yes, they swapped. Lewis is running the chassis Valtteri ran in Baku, and vice versa.

Yes, I corrected/edited my post above - my bad

[Sandpit Steve]

Christian Horner was right - Mercedes were sandbagging this morning.

Either that, or RB had their new engines in qualy mode.

[M5-911]

Sandpit Steve said:

Christian Horner was right - Mercedes were sandbagging this morning.

They were using soft this morning. like in Q1.

[anonymous-user]

There is no qualy mode. They have to run the race in the mode used in qualy.

[JonChalk]

Probably true "sand-bagging" in the sense of running really high fuel loads...

[Sandpit Steve]

jsf said:

There is no qualy mode. They have to run the race in the mode used in qualy.

Ha yes, true. They still have different modes they can use in practice though.

Or the old fashioned actual sandbagging, running a heavy car.

[Sandpit Steve]

Ricciardo on the mediums - insteresting in Q3.

[Adrian W]

So now they know the limits of the cars, what a load of bks

[JonChalk]

Magic, made up numbers, presented as fact, down to a decimal point, all to feed Crofty bks.

I fking hate all the AWS st.

[Chebble]

Brundle’s disdain for those AWS stats is palpable.

[JonChalk]

I've said it before, but it's worth repeating; Gasly is doing a stunning job - P6.

[Sandpit Steve]

RB, Merc, Merc, RB.

That might make for an interesting strategic race tomorrow.

[anonymous-user]

JonChalk said:

Magic, made up numbers, presented as fact, down to a decimal point, all to feed Crofty bks.

I fking hate all the AWS st.

Just ignore the utter bks that is those stats.

No doubt Rob is earning a pretty sum for them.

[JonChalk]

jsf said:

JonChalk said:

Magic, made up numbers, presented as fact, down to a decimal point, all to feed Crofty bks.

I fking hate all the AWS st.

Just ignore the utter bks that is those stats.

No doubt Rob is earning a pretty sum for them.

You words are wise, I shall pay them no attention and relax a bit more .

[anonymous-user]

Slapdown from Lewis to SKY.

Bottas 65.3 with a different chassis still not quick enough.