WHAT HAPPENS IF A CAR GETS DAMAGED? Damage in the sprint is treated in the same way as damage between normal qualifying and the race. Teams can apply for permission to change components and should do so with parts of the same specification.
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What a mess. It should be whoever was fastest on friday qually gets official pole position end of. Sprint race outcome is a lottery, qualifying is about being as fast as possible over one lap. No wonder vettel so against how PP was awarded this weekend.
Maybe I'll like it after tonight but so far I think this whole sprint race thing is a fecking shit show.
Why do we have FP2 at 12pm today? Surely the cars should be in parc ferme until the sprint race? What a mess.
Problem with FP2 is that RB will dial in the car for the circuit and fix the understeer that max had during qually yesterday.
I hate this new concept, talk about diluting your IP/brand.
Problem with FP2 is that RB will dial in the car for the circuit and fix the understeer that max had during qually yesterday.
I hate this new concept, talk about diluting your IP/brand.
I think that failed 'time balance' qualy from 2012/2013 one of those years, was way better than this debacle.
Ferrari viewing sprint qualifying weekend as ‘400km race with a red flag’.
An interesting take on it. Also an understandable one.
An interesting take on it. Also an understandable one.
It's F1, everybody breaks the rules until they get caught and pretend they didn't know about it.
Well with only 1 practice session how do you expect a team to dial the car in, the qualifying system is a joke might want to take the silver tinted glasses off, FP2 is part and parcel of an F1 weekend also generates money.
It is to allow all the teams the same 3 practice rounds as in a standard gp.
Not all that excited for this mini race, feels almost redundant with the big race tomorrow. Instead of spicing things up it's more like two quali sessions. I don't like the idea of this race like a piggy in the middle. Imagine a football game lasting 20 mins then we come back tomorrow for the 90 min one. We've got everything there to race, all the prep just to cut it short. Like Ferrari say, it's a 400km race with a red flag and for me is very anticlimactic.
I can’t see why any of the top 10 would risk making up a place or two, unless it’s any easy overtake. Far too much to lose if you get any kind of damage.
The less FP sessions there are the more unpredictable the race as the teams can dial in the car nor do the long runs with different fuel loads / tyres etc.
Anyway fo2 was under parc ferme conditions, which i discovered as i watched it. I think the sprint race will be an anticlimactic event. Too risky to cock it up for tomorrow when the majority of the points are handed out.
I'm looking forward to this sprint race. Hope they all really go for it, I like the idea of a short race without worrying about tyre management or strategy.
Hope the sprint doesnt just turn into a procession, with everyone too nervous of collisions and damage to send it.
Exactly, he even got a little tow from Bottas. But that's how the Hamilton myth works, I've seen people claiming that he's great because he's this successful with 3 world championas as teammates, they count the fact that he managed to be beaten by Rosberg (and Button) as a sign of his strength.
British GP FP 2 Times
British GP Practice Two Timesheet
| Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.902 |
| 2) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.375 |
| 3) Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.605 |
| 4) Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +0.805 |
| 5) Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.898 |
| 6) Lando Norris | McLaren | +1.128 |
| 7) Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +1.132 |
| 8) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +1.229 |
| 9) Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | +1.278 |
| 10) Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +1.286 |
| 11) George Russell | Williams | +1.335 |
| 12) Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | +1.361 |
| 13) Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +1.387 |
| 14) Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | +1.426 |
| 15) Nicholas Latifi | Williams | +1.435 |
| 16) Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.502 |
| 17) Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +1.691 |
| 18) Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +2.139 |
| 19) Nikita Mazepin | Haas | +2.572 |
| 20) Mick Schumacher | Haas | +4.115 |
Decided not to renew Sky subscription before the season starts and now missing the sprints which sounds really cool ..
It's on channel 4 this weekend as well.
Thank you!
Lewis and Max on Mediums.
Bottas on softs.
Bottas on softs.
Great to see fans at Silverstone. I'd love to go but it's so expensive
Beautiful from max
This is just what we want.
Max just has the edge, looks like he has solved his understeer.
Max just has the edge, looks like he has solved his understeer.
Good strart to the 'sprint' race
Max, you Beauty!
What a start
Great start!
Blimey... those tyres..!
So whomever wins this little race is on pole?
brakes
Yeah, sorry, my bad.
Mazepin is not the best at this sport innit
yes and gets 3 championship points
Anyway, come on Lewis!
Perez needs to hurry the feck up or Max is going to be alone against the Mercs again tomorrow.
How did he manage to fall to 8th
How did he manage to fall to 8th
Lewis not getting close to Max
100Kms seems a bit much. Should have been shorter maybe.
yes 2 for 2nd and 1 point for 3rd
Thanks mate