F1 2019 - Round 15 Singapore

deafroadrunner

Pretty tame start. Top 6 are sticking close enough. If vettel can close gap to Hamilton I can see it getting good. Danny got a good start. Up to 14th. Norris is up to 7th as aswell

flazio

Not really lining up to be a classic is it?

Harika

6 within 6 , can go either way. Especially with heavy undercut

PsychoPete

Hoping they turn up the pace fairly soon

Itssoeasy

Construction corner from brundle.

deafroadrunner

flazio wrote: »

Not really lining up to be a classic is it?

Think it's guna get very interesting soon enough. Not much separating Hamilton vettel max and bottas.

Itssoeasy

Danny Ricciardo is feeling it.

skipper_G

Ricciardo doing his best to put on a show. Nice move, then Kvyat got mugged by Stroll to boot

Joeface

Yeah so far it's the Danny Ric Show

PsychoPete

Honey badger finishing in the points would be a great result for him

skipper_G

Another nice move on Kvyat from Perez

A Shropshire Lad

Its a pity Vettel is not the driver he once was. He should be on the rear of Hamilton here putting the pressure on

deafroadrunner

A Shropshire Lad wrote: »

Its a pity Vettel is not the driver he once was. He should be on the rear of Hamilton here putting the pressure on

Might be trying to preserve tires for an undercut during pit stops

skipper_G

deafroadrunner wrote: »

Might be trying to preserve tires for an undercut during pit stops

Definitely, and also managing temperature in brakes, engine etc;

A Shropshire Lad

Vettel will find a way to screw this up

Faugheen

Er... Merc?

skipper_G

Faugheen wrote: »

Er... Merc?

Not sure what they're thinking keeping him out. They need a safety car to make it work otherwise he's screwed. He'll be out in P6 at this stage

Itssoeasy

Unless the Mercedes have an extra page that no other team has then Hamilton is in trouble.

ScrubsfanChris

Croft just called Danny Ric Hulkenburg 4 times in a row............ is he alright?

Itssoeasy

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Croft just called Danny Ric Hulkenburg 4 times in a row............ is he alright?

Probably not.

flazio

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Croft just called Danny Ric Hulkenburg 4 times in a row............ is he alright?

He never has been.

Faugheen

We like to despise him but I think Croft has nailed it with the traffic line.

A Shropshire Lad

Go Max !

flazio

"Valterri, it's James... "

PsychoPete

I really don't agree with telling Bottas to slow down, let him race

Itssoeasy

Didn’t work that well.

deafroadrunner

Merc made a shambles of that

Sharp MZ700

PsychoPete wrote: »

I really don't agree with telling Bottas to slow down, let him race

Bottas timed it to perfection.

Faugheen

I think Merc are hoping the tyres of the Ferrari’s go off a cliff. Following these cars can’t be helping them.

flazio

Black and white flag for Vettel I think.

PsychoPete

Sky should just have Horner on commentary

Cool_CM

Surely safety car?

This is it

I can see LeClerc catch Vettel? I think so. Not sure how it'll play out though. If they race it could be 2 x DNF instead of a Ferrari 1,2. Still plenty to go in this

Faugheen

Feck’s sake Grosjean

ScrubsfanChris

Faugheen wrote: »

Feck’s sake Grosjean

Russel radio: "I shouldn't be surprised" :pac:

skipper_G

Faugheen wrote: »

Feck’s sake Grosjean

Classic Grosjean

ctrl-alt-delete

I like Leclerc even more after those radio messages.

wally1990

Better view of the crash

https://streamable.com/rjkf3

christy c

I know in Germany Vettel basically called his own strategy. I wonder did the same thing happen here as opposed to Ferrari screwing Charles?

deafroadrunner

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

I like Leclerc even more after those radio messages.

I missed it. What did he say

This is it

deafroadrunner wrote: »

I missed it. What did he say

Calling bullshît on the team strategy. He should've been first, they gave Vettel the undercut.

Anyway, this safety car is good for Ferrari, shouldn't have tyre issues now.

H3llR4iser

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

I like Leclerc even more after those radio messages.

He's one hell of a driver and a likeable guy, but he needs to understand sometimes the team might decide differently than what suits him.

Vettel's chances for a podium were thrown away in Spa so he could slow Hamilton down to give Charles a bit of a breather. Here, the idea was to undercut Hamilton, I don't think they anticipated they'd undercut Leclerc as well. Also, Ferrari needs "old" Seb back, if winning here helps, so be it.

ScrubsfanChris

LeClerc in DRS

ctrl-alt-delete

H3llR4iser wrote: »

He's one hell of a driver and a likeable guy, but he needs to understand sometimes the team might decide differently than what suits him.

Vettel's chances for a podium were thrown away in Spa so he could slow Hamilton down to give Charles a bit of a breather. Here, the idea was to undercut Hamilton, I don't think they anticipated they'd undercut Leclerc as well. Also, Ferrari needs "old" Seb back, if winning here helps, so be it.

I agree with that,

Which is why I like him more for it.

skipper_G

Damn it anyway, another mechanical failure and Perez out.

deafroadrunner

Another safety car

quokula

This is it wrote: »

Calling bullshît on the team strategy. He should've been first, they gave Vettel the undercut.

Anyway, this safety car is good for Ferrari, shouldn't have tyre issues now.

They had a big lead before the safety car - Mercedes were a good 15 seconds behind - saving the tyres for a couple of laps isn’t worth that much time.

Vettel did a brilliant job getting through traffic better than anyone else, he deserves the win on what’s happened so far.

quokula

Leclerc starting to sound like another diva on the grid.

ScrubsfanChris

If this were Monaco, that car would be removed in 2 minutes

Zaph

I really like Leclerc, but he needs to stop moaning now and get on with it. If it had been the other way round Vettel would have made his feelings known once and then carried on racing.