Official 2022 British Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

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Round 10 and we’re back to Silverstone. A proper circuit that should suit the new cars, expect quick times. There will hopefully be none of the controversy of 2021….

The big question will be if Mercedes can sort the bouncing out around what is a fast track. It’s hard to see past a Red Bull win for me, although Leclerc badly needs a win and will be quick.

For Channel 4 viewers, qualifying and the race are live- enjoy!

Here’s to a great race.

Date(s): Friday 1 to Sunday 3 July 2022.

UK Broadcast Timings (and local time)

All sessions are live on Sky F1. Qualifying and the race are live on Channel 4.





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.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637827

Tyre Options:

Pirelli has chosen the hardest range of tyres: C1, C2 and C3. The old Q2 tyre rule is scrapped for 2022.

2021 Race Result:



2021 Race Highlights:

https://youtu.be/FRt8hXFb0Vg

Drivers Championship:



Constructors Championship:

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Red Bull update:

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New Williams side pods (similar to RB18):

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Funky Alpine side pods, copy of Ferrari:

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Blib said:

I wonder if I'll hear the boos for Verstappen all the way over here in East Suffolk?

I’ll be cheering for him!

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It’s tipping down

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Hi all. Checking in

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rampageturke said:

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Hi all. Checking in

You're still alive? Or did you take the RB hat off?

Oh the MV hat is still on

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Max to lead by end of lap 1

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Who’s upside down?

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This could be nasty for the Alfa

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He want into gravel, fast, on his roof. Not a good place to be

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Wow. That was nearly car in crowd

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Come on Perez!

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Fabulous race. Well done Carlos!

Will be interested what was up with Max's RB18.

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MiniMan64 said:

I still don’t understand why the didn’t double pit both the Ferraris? Would have been extremely easy to engineer a bit of a gap and double stack. Pretty much nailed on 1-2 if they didn’t hit each other.

What were they hoping to achieve leaving CLC out on old hards?

They had plenty of time to pit leclerc under the SC, Perez was miles back. It was a stupid decision to keep him out on used hards.

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StevieBee said:

General Price said:

Has there been any talk about the roll bar getting torn off Zhou's car.

That shouldn't happen,should it?

I'm not sure that it did.

The camera mounts went (obviously) but the part where the roll bar sits appeared intact when they pulled the car back out. And providing the halo's integrity is maintained the need for the roll hoop isn't as profound as it once was.

The roll bar was torn away, early in the accident. It may be that the 'blade' type used by Sauber didn't help.

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StevieBee said:

Piginapoke said:

StevieBee said:

General Price said:

Has there been any talk about the roll bar getting torn off Zhou's car.

That shouldn't happen,should it?

I'm not sure that it did.

The camera mounts went (obviously) but the part where the roll bar sits appeared intact when they pulled the car back out. And providing the halo's integrity is maintained the need for the roll hoop isn't as profound as it once was.

The roll bar was torn away, early in the accident. It may be that the 'blade' type used by Sauber didn't help.

I may be wrong but unless there's confirmation that it was ripped off, then I'm fairly certain that it's still there. What was ripped off was the camera and air intake. You have to be able to take a straight line from the top of the hoop to a point just forward of the steering wheel and be able to clear the top of the driver's helmet. The drivers sit very low-down and looking at the image, I'd say that this was possible here. And the halo takes much more of the responsibility for protecting the driver's head to a degree that makes the hoop less critical than it was pre-halo.

It’s clearly gone

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Pflanzgarten said:

Can we start the Austria thread?

Done

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kambites said:

ch37 said:

And whilst Zhou had the most graphic crash, it was Albon that needed hospital checks. It goes to show that the serious ones are often not the ones that look the most dramatic. Albon got properly bashed around by a couple of cars but it kinda went unnoticed in all the drama.

Zhou's crash looked spectacular but if you look at the spectator footage for the other side of the catch fencing it looks like he was doing about 30mph when he finally vaulted over the tyre-wall and into the catch fencing. The highest G-force he suffered was probably when the car landed upside down for the first time near the start of the accident.

Albon was punted into a concrete wall, fortunately at a fairly shallow angle, but I think it was a far bigger impact than anything Zhou suffered.

yes, its the accidents with a sudden stop which are the most worrying.