The radio messages they choose really aren’t that flattering. I’m more annoyed at the TV direction ignoring other driver radios in favor of hamilton complaining
I’m a little sad that McLaren doesn’t appear to be quite up to Ferrari but glad that Norris seems to be solidifying best of the rest especially in a car that has so far this season been all around not great
Another VER win but he had to work for it a little. PER managing a very good damage limitation drive in ending up on the podium
Ferrari pulling off a double podium could have been a dream come true given where the team was a few weeks back. Alas, it was not to be. 2-4 is not a bad weekend though is it? If they can get strategy sorted out, the car seems to be getting there but tyre deg is still a touch too high.
NOR killing it today and putting that McLaren on the map yet again. PIA needs to step up or we will be talking about him getting replaced soon. I know he doesn’t have the upgrades this race but ending up rock bottom when your teammate rakes in points is not a good look.
ALO having a very lonely race but scoring some much needed points. STR just squeaking in a point was nice but he can and should be doing better.
HAM struggling quite a bit today while RUS seemed more comfortable with the car. But the car seemed to be genuinely struggling at this track. Let’s see what the British isles look like for this team next week.
GAS doing quite well to clock 2 points for the team. Too bad OCO could not be bullheaded enough to get some points today.
ALB and SAR having very good runs, a nice change for SAR huh? The Williams is easily the best if the rest at this point.
ZHO and BOT doing their usual thing. BOT getting squeezed at the start again and ZHO ending up ahead of him but not too far ahead.
DEV outperformed TSU today, a much needed performance but I am afraid it had more to do with TSU losing it rather than DEV rising to the occasion. Doubt it will cut much ice with Helmut.
MAG the lone Haas in the fight today and there’s not much good to tell. The car is a shitbox and there don’t seem to be signs of improvement.
Really nice to see these McLaren improvements. I hope the performance translates to other tracks. It will be great to Lando potentially fighting for podiums.
Not strictly race related, but taking part in a live discussion thread on Lemmy is miserable. It's way too slow to reload, and when you do it forgets that you want it ordered by new.
Lemmy.world is struggling to keep up with the Reddit refugees. They ran into a lot of scaling issues last night and are working with temporary load balancing and a lot of behind the scenes stuff.
It should get better over the next few weeks as some stability work is done to the backend.
I'm a Reddit refugee as well. Could you please explain what does it mean that you have your own instance? Does it mean that posts and our comments are stored somewhere on your side as well, and that's why it's working good for you?
Lemmy is build from many instances like lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, feddit.de, kbin.social and whatever. They are all interconnected and are mirroring communities from other instances on their own. And some instance are more overcroweded than others right now. I dont really get why it runs smoother to access this post from feddit, since I thought mirroring is bound to the same performance issues. But apparently not
Yeah I have an account on lemmy.world and programming.dev and for some reason interacting with communities from lemmy.world is faster when I'm on the .dev instance...
Earlier it updated with new posts automatically without needing to reload browser. Probably they turned it off temporarily with the big migration of reddit users.
Agreed. Staying within the white lines is well within every driver's ability. Although I think it would be better to design a "penalty" into the track (gravel, grass, etc.).
Its easier to design a penalty into the track than just brake a bit harder or turn a bit more? Grass or Graveltraps are hard to design since so many things like safety, other series need to be taken into account. Also it reduces the kind of corners you can do if white lines arent worth anything
It's not necessarily easier to design in a deterrent, but I think it results in more entertaining racing. All things equal I would prefer to not watch racing "evened out" with time penalties. You're completely right about it not being feasible in every corner though.
A little bit earlier I complained about this season not being exciting, but damn, this race is actually good and fun to watch. We know who's going to win, but p2 and p3 are I think open for anybody, given the amount of penalties.
The number of mixed up drivers in penalties has been ridiculous. They showed Gasly being investigated for Ocon's unsafe release and Hulk getting a track limits warning after retiring.
Cherry on top with RB pitting MV on 70. Went out of their way with risk just to get an extra point. Grid is no longer challenging enough, they have to set their own objectives now.
Great race for Norris though! Really hoping McLaren upgrades hold up for the rest of the season.
Absolutely amazing drive by Lando there, it's nice to see the upgrades bringing him back somewhat into the fray. Hopefully that continues through the season
That message from Toto seemed like a polite way of saying “shut the f up and drive”
I like Lewis but he can come across as whiny sometimes...
The radio messages they choose really aren’t that flattering. I’m more annoyed at the TV direction ignoring other driver radios in favor of hamilton complaining
Its just his "in car"-persona lol
I think the radio messages that get played make a lot of the drivers sound a bit whiny.
Really nice fight between sainz and perez! I’m digging the new cars feels like they can fight each other more.
It's great to see how close they can follow! I wonder how it would have looked if DRS wasn't a factor.
Those were awful pit stops for Ferrari
Absolutely terrible. Great driving from Sainz to recover what he could though.
I’m a little sad that McLaren doesn’t appear to be quite up to Ferrari but glad that Norris seems to be solidifying best of the rest especially in a car that has so far this season been all around not great
You get a 5 second penalty, and you get a 5 second penalty... insert oprah meme
Verstappen getting heat in the tires in front of Leclerc, lol
What a show of complete dominance haha
Toto Wolff: "We know that the car is slow, just drive it"
Just a deeply depressing moment
Another VER win but he had to work for it a little. PER managing a very good damage limitation drive in ending up on the podium
Ferrari pulling off a double podium could have been a dream come true given where the team was a few weeks back. Alas, it was not to be. 2-4 is not a bad weekend though is it? If they can get strategy sorted out, the car seems to be getting there but tyre deg is still a touch too high.
NOR killing it today and putting that McLaren on the map yet again. PIA needs to step up or we will be talking about him getting replaced soon. I know he doesn’t have the upgrades this race but ending up rock bottom when your teammate rakes in points is not a good look.
ALO having a very lonely race but scoring some much needed points. STR just squeaking in a point was nice but he can and should be doing better.
HAM struggling quite a bit today while RUS seemed more comfortable with the car. But the car seemed to be genuinely struggling at this track. Let’s see what the British isles look like for this team next week.
GAS doing quite well to clock 2 points for the team. Too bad OCO could not be bullheaded enough to get some points today.
ALB and SAR having very good runs, a nice change for SAR huh? The Williams is easily the best if the rest at this point.
ZHO and BOT doing their usual thing. BOT getting squeezed at the start again and ZHO ending up ahead of him but not too far ahead.
DEV outperformed TSU today, a much needed performance but I am afraid it had more to do with TSU losing it rather than DEV rising to the occasion. Doubt it will cut much ice with Helmut.
MAG the lone Haas in the fight today and there’s not much good to tell. The car is a shitbox and there don’t seem to be signs of improvement.
Very thrilling race. 8.5/10.
Really nice to see these McLaren improvements. I hope the performance translates to other tracks. It will be great to Lando potentially fighting for podiums.
And that's why yuki isn't replacing checo anytime soon
A bummer...
I can't believe they're pitting for the fastest lap! What a risk, and its not like they really need the point.
If they told him no, Max would have come in and forced the stop, guaranteed.
That would have lost him the race. They wouldnt have been ready and that would have cost the 4 seconds he was in front of leclerc after the stop
Go on the radio like "Coming in, be ready". You really think, they'd not be ready? Of course they'd be ready.
He definitely would have wanted to! Max shows up to every session with the desire and means to dominate.
More valuable to Perez tbh
This battle between Sainz and Perez is incredible!
They need to update their TV graphics to show all the track limits penalties.
I don't get why they don't have a little "+5s" tag next to the driver's name. It's common in most other series.
Not sure it would fit...
Sainz: Let's extend and hope for a safety car! Ferrari: Copy! Also Ferrari: Box, Box!
Does anyone have the weather predictions?
My app on Samsung predicted possible thunderstorms, but it looks mostly overcast and mid-20 degrees.
Those were awful pit stops for Ferrari
De Vries moment
He’s looking just as bad as normal
Not strictly race related, but taking part in a live discussion thread on Lemmy is miserable. It's way too slow to reload, and when you do it forgets that you want it ordered by new.
Lemmy.world is struggling to keep up with the Reddit refugees. They ran into a lot of scaling issues last night and are working with temporary load balancing and a lot of behind the scenes stuff.
It should get better over the next few weeks as some stability work is done to the backend.
lemmy.world is just slow. From my instance everything runs smooth
I'm a Reddit refugee as well. Could you please explain what does it mean that you have your own instance? Does it mean that posts and our comments are stored somewhere on your side as well, and that's why it's working good for you?
Lemmy is build from many instances like lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, feddit.de, kbin.social and whatever. They are all interconnected and are mirroring communities from other instances on their own. And some instance are more overcroweded than others right now. I dont really get why it runs smoother to access this post from feddit, since I thought mirroring is bound to the same performance issues. But apparently not
Yeah I have an account on lemmy.world and programming.dev and for some reason interacting with communities from lemmy.world is faster when I'm on the .dev instance...
Thank you @[email protected] and @jeanmiaouss. I will try to check different instances as well :)
Earlier it updated with new posts automatically without needing to reload browser. Probably they turned it off temporarily with the big migration of reddit users.
Toto being a dad for a child with a tantrum it sounds like.
I mean the viewers are frustrated with the dominance. I cant imagine how it is when you dedicate your life to it and then you are uncompetitive
Well it's the nature of the sport. we had 7 years of Merc dominance.
So here we go. The quick lap times also brings backmarkers into play which can help mix things up.
They should do something about this turn 10, all these penalties are ridiculous...
Drivers could just take more margin...Its not that hard
Agreed. Staying within the white lines is well within every driver's ability. Although I think it would be better to design a "penalty" into the track (gravel, grass, etc.).
Its easier to design a penalty into the track than just brake a bit harder or turn a bit more? Grass or Graveltraps are hard to design since so many things like safety, other series need to be taken into account. Also it reduces the kind of corners you can do if white lines arent worth anything
It's not necessarily easier to design in a deterrent, but I think it results in more entertaining racing. All things equal I would prefer to not watch racing "evened out" with time penalties. You're completely right about it not being feasible in every corner though.
That RB DRS comes open and the car gets a whole lot visibly faster. Holy shit
Thats just too easy
A little bit earlier I complained about this season not being exciting, but damn, this race is actually good and fun to watch. We know who's going to win, but p2 and p3 are I think open for anybody, given the amount of penalties.
I hope my boy Lando ends in p2!
Seeing a 4 way fight between Mercedes, Ferrari, AM, and McLaren! It's so competitive and exciting if you look past Redbull!
But mainly because its so confusing who has a penalty and who doesnt
Even Hülkenberg got one after being out of the race 😂
The number of mixed up drivers in penalties has been ridiculous. They showed Gasly being investigated for Ocon's unsafe release and Hulk getting a track limits warning after retiring.
Unlucky for the Ferraris, the VSC came when they passed the pit entry. Then Sainz losing 3 places after the doublestack.
Why aren't Ferrari pitting any of there drivers!!!😡
Lol they waited for the green flag
Ferrari double stack, hahaha.
What a fun race so far. Too bad the server is struggling, taking a long time to post today.
Interesting move from Yuki
He also doesn’t have the upgrades that have been added to Norris’ car iirc
Broke his front wing when Magnussen was forced to stop on the apex. Been struggling ever since.
I mean he just continues to dominate its uncanny.
That last second box by Verstappen to get top lap time was just stunting by that time
Disappointing for Stroll starting in front of Alonso on the grid, and still ending up far behind him. Did something happen?
Please let the McLaren upgrades translate to decent race pace at Silverstone - I live in hope...
Those helmet cameras offer such a unique view.
Really nice fight between sainz and perez! I’m digging the new cars feels like they can fight each other more.
I'm happy that Charles gets a podium again but I wonder how Ferrari will improve enough to be competitive next year.
I mean as Ferrari fan you'll have to cling onto the hope... as every year
Dirty stuff from de Vries
I hate that even the commentators cant think of drivers just not going to the absolute limit of the white line. Then its also not marginal...
Perez should have got P2 here really - would be interesting to hear his radio on the DRS and the initial pitstop call
Let's gooooo
Cherry on top with RB pitting MV on 70. Went out of their way with risk just to get an extra point. Grid is no longer challenging enough, they have to set their own objectives now.
Great race for Norris though! Really hoping McLaren upgrades hold up for the rest of the season.
That was a fun race, good points for Lando, redemption for checo. Great weekend overall
Sainz vs. Ferrari
He was clearly faster than Lec in the first and second stints, and yet Ferrari just let him keep station while both their drivers fell back from Ver.
Perez, please don't screw it up (he is going to screw it up)
I can already see a perez L coming
How did stroll end up in 15 the place?
It would be funny if that fails now
They should just introduce the longlap system. Turn one even has the long lap penalty from motogp
So thats it again
Absolutely amazing drive by Lando there, it's nice to see the upgrades bringing him back somewhat into the fray. Hopefully that continues through the season
Especially when he admits he’s having control problems. Like, you think they’re being unfair to you when you admit you’re off the track? Chill out.