Official 2021 Portugal Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

[Piginapoke]

Round 3 of what is shaping up to be a cracking season and we're on to Portugal. We can assume another Max v Lewis shootout I think, but pressure will be on Perez and Bottas to get closer to the front. Vettel really needs to beat Stroll, Russell needs to stop wasting opportunity.

My money’s on a Red Bull 1-2.

Date(s): Friday 30 April - Sunday 2 May 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://weather.com/en-GB/weather/today/l/37.14,-8...

Tyre options:

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



2020 race result:



2020 race highlights:

https://youtu.be/nQ8du5ysxTI

Edited by Piginapoke on Friday 23 April 05:41

[Piginapoke]

1) Verstappen
2) Perez
3) Hamilton

[Piginapoke]

TheDeuce said:

Very true. And Ferrari are the darlings of F1 too, able to get away with murder - or worse (in racing terms), using extra fuel in a fuel limited race.

All of this would normally be very distressing in the modern world of corporate accountability and equality.. But thankfully Ferrari are so feckless these days that they can't convert any of their special treatment in to a title. Bless em.

Just a small point Deuce; Ferrari was never accused of having more fuel in the car than it was allowed to have (110kg), it was accused of having more fuel in the car than it had declared. The extra fuel is believed to have flowed through the fuel flow sensor on overrun and and then be stored, ready for the next application of the throttle. Pretty clever if you ask me.

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Deesee said:

On from Imola and George Russell’s 2 million pound overtake (plus the lost WCC points for Williams getting to 8th so say an other 25 million), here’s the update on PU usage.

(New) EX = exhaust usage (9 per season allowed)

3 ICE, 3 TC, 3 MGU-H, 3 MGU-K, 2 ES and 2 CE



Hungry Hungry Hondas..

Thanks Deesee. I'm amazed that Bottas hasn't has to swap any ICE or electronic bits after that shunt.

Prize money difference from 8 to 10th place is nearer to £5m than £25m, otherwise you'd see the smaller teams still pushing development this year.

[Piginapoke]

Lap of the day from Russell I think. Great job.

[Piginapoke]

I wonder how much fuel the Alpines were running. No way they have improved that much in two weeks.

[Piginapoke]

The folk looking at the drain covers yesterday were in a Merc.

[Piginapoke]

Impressive from Norris!

RB struggling to get heat into the mediums, not such an issue on the softs

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95 fiesta si said:

Vettel going well today, would like to see him in q3

Agree- & I think he'll make it

[Piginapoke]

Sandpit Steve said:

Russell 11th, he’s a great shout for points tomorrow.
Half a tenth from Q3.

Particularly good as the car is meant to be very wind sensitive. A Williams in 11th, who'd have thought it!

[Piginapoke]

Norris is really making a statement this year isn't he.

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Sandpit Steve said:

Wow, Bottas 4/1 to win the race, starting on pole. That does seem a little high, he got the pole on genuine merit on a difficult day.

I know it's a thing that lots do, but can we please not let this thread turn into an F1 gambling thread......

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RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:

ajprice said:

Are there still rules on the race numbers being a certain size and clear to read? I wouldn't call the Mercedes 44 and 77 easy to read, on the nose or the engine cover/fin.

Both the Red Bull and Mercedes are awful for this. Not everybody wants to hunt out Lewis' purple helmet every time a black car appears on screen.

That livery really is a dog's dinner

[Piginapoke]

I really think it’s hard to say, that’s what’s so great about this year. If the RB can make the mediums last better than the Merc, Max has a real chance. That’s what I’m hoping anyway!

[Piginapoke]

farm said:

yellow camera where?

The other one

[Piginapoke]

Bonefish Blues said:

Poirot, Herge, Plastique Bertrand.

Merckx.

[Piginapoke]

Just seen the race. A little bit of an anti climax but no change to the overall championship picture.