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

[Piginapoke]

Round 7 and France. A dull, dull circuit but if Red Bull win again, you’d have to start taking their championship chances seriously. It’s also the first GP with the new flexi wings tests, which may shake things up a bit.

Another Max and Red Bull win for me.

Date(s): Friday 18 June - Sunday 20 June 2021.

UK Broadcast Timings (and local time)

All sessions are live on Sky F1; Channel 4 showing highlights of Race and Qualifying:





Live timing for all sessions available here:

https://www.formula1.com/en/f1-live.html

Lap times, PU component use, technical reports and Stewards' decisions for the weekend will appear here:

https://www.fia.com/events/fia-formula-one-world-c...

Weather forecast:
https://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/France/Pau...

Tyre options:

Teams have two hard, three mediums and eight soft sets available per driver for each weekend.



2020 race result:

N/A

2019 race highlights:

https://youtu.be/THK2lYEusLo

Edited by Piginapoke on Sunday 13th June 20:52

[TheDeuce]

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Anyway, the following week is Austria!

[vulture1]

If they did the cut between 10 and 12 it would create a better stopping and passing oportunity. The rest of the track long fast corners and a waste.

[TheDeuce]

vulture1 said:

If they did the cut between 10 and 12 it would create a better stopping and passing oportunity. The rest of the track long fast corners and a waste.

What if they just cut the entire circuit?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

If Max wins here, I'd bet big (I don't bet) on him winning the championship.

[Sandpit Steve]

10,000 possible layouts, yet they still can’t find one that makes for an exciting race.

Don’t they have sprinklers here for testing in the wet, maybe turn them on and off at random times for 90 minutes?

[Eric Mc]

I can't watch the French GP because it gives me a headache.

[TheDeuce]

Not particularly interesting but apparently it was part resurfaced and tweaked in a few places: https://www.planetf1.com/news/paul-ricard-makeover...

[paua]

Eric Mc said:

I can't watch the French GP because it gives me a headache.

If you look at the above photo with crossed eyes, you'll never have need of a Ltd Slip Diff

[Mark-C]

paua said:

Eric Mc said:

I can't watch the French GP because it gives me a headache.

If you look at the above photo with crossed eyes, you'll never have need of a Ltd Slip Diff

Far out man

[suffolk009]

I just hope Max and Lewis both finish on (or near) the podium this time.

[TheDeuce]

suffolk009 said:

I just hope Max and Lewis both finish on (or near) the podium this time.

Don't wish to jinx it but...

Newly surfaced track and hotter track temps than usual.. pirelli might have another bad weekend here and subsequently screw up the proper order.

[thegreenhell]

TheDeuce said:

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Anyway, the following week is Austria!

[sparta6]

Sandpit Steve said:

10,000 possible layouts, yet they still can’t find one that makes for an exciting race.

Don’t they have sprinklers here for testing in the wet, maybe turn them on and off at random times for 90 minutes?

Not attending this year but I agree Bernie's sprinkler system is a must !

[TheDeuce]

I suppose there must be a French equivalent of this forum - I wonder what they think about this disgrace of a circuit..?

As a nation, between Paul Ricard and Renault, F1 hasn't served them very well in recent years

[HustleRussell]

I think this will be a Mercedes return to form.

Maybe with that and with Perez clicking with the Red Bull, we’ll get our first look at 2 Mercedes drivers vs. 2 Red Bull drivers.

McLaren return to the position of best of the rest.

[HustleRussell]

TheDeuce said:

I suppose there must be a French equivalent of this forum - I wonder what they think about this disgrace of a circuit..?

As a nation, between Paul Ricard and Renault, F1 hasn't served them very well in recent years

First French driver to win a race since ‘96 last year

[Deesee]

TheDeuce said:

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Anyway, the following week is Austria!

Just need this as a red button option..

[anonymous-user]

HustleRussell said:

I think this will be a Mercedes return to form.

Maybe with that and with Perez clicking with the Red Bull, we’ll get our first look at 2 Mercedes drivers vs. 2 Red Bull drivers.

McLaren return to the position of best of the rest.

I agree apart from the fact that I have very limited confidence in Bottas doing the business. Hope to be proved wrong.

[Blib]

TheDeuce said:

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Anyway, the following week is Austria!

Problem solved!

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