[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by dtla1

Maybe this is good news for general race spectators. Might mean the Mercedes will have overheating issues again and we'll get a good race similar to Austria! We can hope, but let's see the reality this weekend.

EDIT** Just looked up the weather, should be an interesting weekend. 102F (39C) projected for Friday, then 90F (32C) with scattered Thunderstorms on Saturday, and finally 78F (26C) with Rain and Thunder on Sunday. Unpredictable weather might mean more unpredictable race?

Yeah I know . The temperatures from the weather prediction are always *average* temperatures .
This means landward (inland) temperatures are +/- 3°C hotter than average temps.

Let us not forget the heat glow from the tarmac on the circuit, this will chew through the tires . As for thunderstorms , we have them always with extreme heat . For the moment we have to hide us for the sun . Sun burns like it's fire in the sky ( never seen) Spectators will also suffer from the sun .


RB will run with a new chassis . From the tests the chassis will save the tires more ...
Anyway . Think everyone would love to see another fight between MAX and Charles . MAX vs HAM would be even better ....

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by dtla1

Maybe this is good news for general race spectators. Might mean the Mercedes will have overheating issues again and we'll get a good race similar to Austria! We can hope, but let's see the reality this weekend.

EDIT** Just looked up the weather, should be an interesting weekend. 102F (39C) projected for Friday, then 90F (32C) with scattered Thunderstorms on Saturday, and finally 78F (26C) with Rain and Thunder on Sunday. Unpredictable weather might mean more unpredictable race?

Weather will almost guarantee a HAM victory. He's won the last 10 rain affected races if my memory is correct.

On the highlighted portion: I would hope that we, as fans, can wish for the competition to increase their competence rather than the class of the field stumble. While a W is still a W, there is no glory in beating a downed opponent, only a hollow victory.

SF and RBR need to up their game. McLaren is on the mend and will be much closer to the sharp end of the grid by the end of the year.

Better racing with stronger teams, not winning because of failure. HAM's victory over LEC's failure at the beginning of the season is not what we as fans should want to see.

Cheers-mk

[dtla1]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

Weather will almost guarantee a HAM victory. He's won the last 10 rain affected races if my memory is correct.

On the highlighted portion: I would hope that we, as fans, can wish for the competition to increase their competence rather than the class of the field stumble. While a W is still a W, there is no glory in beating a downed opponent, only a hollow victory.

SF and RBR need to up their game. McLaren is on the mend and will be much closer to the sharp end of the grid by the end of the year.

Better racing with stronger teams, not winning because of failure. HAM's victory over LEC's failure at the beginning of the season is not what we as fans should want to see.

Cheers-mk

Agreed, from a purely fan of the sport's perspective your right on. But from the perspective of a spectator that just wants to see excitement, an interesting race is an interesting race.

Kinda like that NFL game last season (I can't remember who it was playing, maybe Browns vs someone else?) where the teams individually had horrible records within the NFL, but that individual game was really good because of how evenly matched they were.

I also would prefer even racing from the teams without external factors, but I gotta take an eventful or exciting weekend when we can get it.

[yco]

im pretty hasty for HAM breaking the victory record of Schumacher.. and we havent watched any race like Ferrari dominance in those years.. so each race that HAM is leading is pretty exciting.. at least for me..

and i guess this time we ll see big cooling gaps on the cars from Merc for not repeating A1..

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by EdM5

Not gifted right? World population on that day was appr. 5,6 billion.
Jos was definitely within the top 100 best racers worldwide.

Not gifted?

It's a tough crowd. 4 WDC doesn't even earn you "gifted" status around here lol.

[///M Power-Belgium]

The Mercs will run in special liveries in Germany.
In 1934 they removed the white paint to make the cars lighter.

[e90335e36m3]

I'll be going to the GP, will miss practice due to work but the qualifying and race are on. Have never been in person, but not as excited about F1 since the 90s-2000s.

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

It's a tough crowd. 4 WDC doesn't even earn you "gifted" status around here lol.

Hey, we live in a tough world....

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The Mercs will run in special liveries in Germany.
In 1934 they removed the white paint to make the cars lighter.

That doesn't look very nice.

They should have gone for the plain silver look, of Silver Arrows of old.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Pierre Gasly crash in FP2 !

[yco]

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

That doesn't look very nice.

They should have gone for the plain silver look, of Silver Arrows of old.

before silver Germany's national racing color was white.. its the anniversary of those times.. so it was white and they peeled off and became silver arrows for a race and then on.. Merc's color is already silver..

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by yco

before silver Germany's national racing color was white.. its the anniversary of those times.. so it was white and they peeled off and became silver arrows for a race and then on.. Merc's color is already silver..

In 1934...

[jondagger]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Today the weather prediction is 40° Celsius (code-red) but I just read (4-PM) on my thermometer 44°C *in the shade* !
Tomorrow , weather prediction is even hotter ! I've never seen this before...

Drivers will get 50°+ Celsius in their cars => https://nieuws.meteovista.be/24-7-20...en-onweersbui/

Meanwhile redbull and merc cant keep their front wheels on track. Retractable roofed tracks for the new global warming crisis??

[yco]

125 of motorsports is an awesome thing..

and btw Ferrari makes a practice pitstop..

[EdM5]

Ferrari, what a desaster

[racerbruce]

Originally Posted by EdM5

Ferrari, what a desaster

Double DNQ in Qualy....
Perhaps Toto can stop by and offer his services to Mattia.

[racerbruce]

Mercedes reliability vs Ferrari's unreliability....
Perhaps this is why the Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal's name is attached to their transporter with Velcro....more heads will roll.

[Das BMW]

At what point do Ferrari leadership start getting canned??

There's literally been at least 1 mistake per race across all areas.

[///M Power-Belgium]

According the latest from MAX : From P2 everything is possible now !

[thebishman]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

According the latest from MAX : From P2 everything is possible now !

Except he’s 0.35/lap down on Hamilton, and having to start on the Soft tyres.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by thebishman

Except he’s 0.35/lap down on Hamilton, and having to start on the Soft tyres.

OFC. I know . But....Chance of rain is 69% => https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...wesQIFe9h.html

[gatorfast]

What a shame for Ferrari. This looked like the perfect opportunity for Leclerc to get his first win and for VET to be in the mix but their team failed them.