F1 2020: ROUND 14 Turkish GP

Joeface

On to another Old Venue .



Session Your time
1st Free practice Fri 13 Nov 08:00 - 09:30
2nd Free practice Fri 13 Nov 12:00 - 13:30
3rd Free practice Sat 14 Nov 09:00 - 10:00
1st Qualifying Sat 14 Nov 12:00 - 12:18
2nd Qualifying Sat 14 Nov 12:25 - 12:40
3rd Qualifying Sat 14 Nov 12:48 - 13:00
Race Sun 15 Nov 10:10 - 12:10

What is there for this weekend , Hamilton's title if he finished pretty much anywhere in the points . Hopefully with the lack of Knowledge at the track we will get some entertainment thrown in with some racing . It has helped at the last few unknowns .

flazio

Williams acting Team Principal won't be there as he's tested positive for Covid 19

tipp_tipp_tipp

Good track, probably one of tilke's best. Shame turn 8 will probably be easy flat.

ELM327

Interesting that they have DRS around turn 11. I thought DRS couldnt be used for that, which is why there's no DRS coming up to the bus stop in Spa?


Also, I hope Lewis wraps up the title this weekend, then we can have a few good races without it being mentioned and the mercs wont have any team orders as all is won.

AMKC

This happened in Turkey.

https://youtu.be/tHb1y9TJMV4

Not Vettels finest.
That year really should have been Mark Webbers WDC to win.

pjohnson

Saubers 500th Race and Haas 100th

tipp_tipp_tipp

Just tuned in for last few mins of FP1. Track has no grip at all. Looks like they're driving on ice.

El_Duderino 09

tipp_tipp_tipp wrote: »

Just tuned in for last few mins of FP1. Track has no grip at all. Looks like they're driving on ice.

Is that the reason FP1 times are om all over the place? The top 10 are covered by 6 seconds. Was it poor grip or broken running so nobody got a few laps together or what?

tipp_tipp_tipp

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Is that the reason FP1 times are om all over the place? The top 10 are covered by 6 seconds. Was it poor grip or broken running so nobody got a few laps together or what?

Just saw the last few mins so not really sure what the story with the times is. But everyone was struggling. Saw a couple of spins in the few mins I watched. Turn 8 nowhere near flat. Hadn't realised the track was resurfaced about 2 weeks ago.

JeffKenna

Sweeeeet, thought the race was next weekend. Hope I'll have time to fit it in with all the hurling!

AMKC

tipp_tipp_tipp wrote: »

Just tuned in for last few mins of FP1. Track has no grip at all. Looks like they're driving on ice.

Looks like they were all having fun something that obviously did not interest Hamilton as he did not do any time at all.

Joeface

That was one of the more interesting FP sessions . nothing bad happened just so many laps put in and decent mix up on the time sheets .

Redbull look pretty on point , Ferrari weren't to bad either . Mercedes took a lot of time to come up the time sheet and even with it been just an FP session , Alpha Tauri again that car just seems to work at every track .

Renault , Mclaren , Racing point all looked a little bit lost , so the battle for third in the constructor's is going to interesting if Qualifying was to follow on form this FP session



1 Max Verstappen 1:28.330
2 Charles Leclerc +0.401
3 Valtteri Bottas +0.575
4 Lewis Hamilton +0.850
5 Alexander Albon +1.033
6 Daniil Kvyat +1.359
7 Pierre Gasly +1.614
8 Sebastian Vettel +1.692
9 Lance Stroll +1.967
10 Lando Norris +2.577
11 Sergio Perez +2.774
12 Esteban Ocon +3.050
13 Antonio Giovinazzi +3.163
14 Carlos Sainz +3.168
15 Daniel Ricciardo +3.330
16 Kimi Räikkönen +3.602
17 George Russell +3.972
18 Romain Grosjean +4.240
19 Kevin Magnussen +4.477
20 Nicholas Latifi +5.158

BrentMused

10am race time is superb!

Watch the race over breakfast and the whole Sunday afternoon won’t be gone like usual.

Love it!

Charlie-Bravo

Joeface wrote: »

On to another Old Venue .

Session Your time
3rd Free practice Sat 14 Nov 09:00 - 10:00
1st Qualifying Sat 14 Nov 12:00 - 12:18
2nd Qualifying Sat 14 Nov 12:25 - 12:40
3rd Qualifying Sat 14 Nov 12:48 - 13:00
Race Sun 15 Nov 10:10 - 12:10

Those times will catch a lot of us out. Please take note. I'm going to set a reminder!!!

kksaints

JeffKenna wrote: »

Sweeeeet, thought the race was next weekend. Hope I'll have time to fit it in with all the hurling!

Should be fine, race starts at 10:10 Sunday morning.

recyclebin

Brilliant, can watch the GAA afterwards too. Weekend full of sport ahead!

PukkaStukka

The BTCC championship clinax is Sunday as well so.have that to savour after the GP

Joeface

Raining in Turkey now , washing away the rubber they just put down . Hopefully leads to more of the same today .

Adamocovic

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Is that the reason FP1 times are om all over the place? The top 10 are covered by 6 seconds. Was it poor grip or broken running so nobody got a few laps together or what?

Hamilton was criticizing the decision to resurface the track. Called it terrifying, and lacking grip. Said it was like an ice-rink which would explain the bizarre times and spins.

Pirelli have admitted they weren't made aware, or it wasn't clear enough the track was being resurfaced in time, so the harder compounds are the tyres the drivers have available. They would have gone for softer for more grip if they had of fully known. Apparently they said this year has been more difficult to align and get this sort of information. Which I think sounds mad!

Basically they said this:

So it was a decision we have to accept, basically, it's done. So there is very little we can do. But the result is this one, basically very little grip.

So I'd expect a bit of a chaotic race!

EDIT: Should had during this time of year the weather/temperature won't help either! Fairly certain rain is forecast for the entire weekend.

AMKC

PukkaStukka wrote: »

The BTCC championship clinax is Sunday as well so.have that to savour after the GP

Where is that on what station?

AMKC

Adamocovic wrote: »

Hamilton was criticizing the decision to resurface the track. Called it terrifying, and lacking grip. Said it was like an ice-rink which would explain the bizarre times and spins.

Pirelli have admitted they weren't made aware, or it wasn't clear enough the track was being resurfaced in time, so the harder compounds are the tyres the drivers have available. They would have gone for softer for more grip if they had of fully known. Apparently they said this year has been more difficult to align and get this sort of information. Which I think sounds mad!

Basically they said this:



So I'd expect a bit of a chaotic race!

EDIT: Should had during this time of year the weather/temperature won't help either! Fairly certain rain is forecast for the entire weekend.

I would say the Turkish track owners were looking at the other races and how boring most of them were and thinking we need to do something to have on exciting race on our track and maybe race of the season. I know let's resurface it that should make it exciting lol.

This is it

I'll go with a LeClerc win

Adamocovic

This is it wrote: »

I'll go with a LeClerc win

Feck it. Vettel to win haha

Jordan 199

Adamocovic wrote: »

Feck it. Vettel to win haha

Go back to bed will ya

This is it

Adamocovic wrote: »

Feck it. Vettel to win haha

I wouldn't mind either! Would be great to see Vettel on the podium again though

Joeface

its cold and wet for FP3 90% chance of rain .

Charlie-Bravo

Wow, I've never ever seen so many cars spinning on track during a wet session and only 12 mins have gone by.

Harika

That qualifying will be a must see

Joeface

proper raining now , this session is done . HA

skipper_G

Rain is starting to get heavier again

Mrtm17

What time is qualifying on?

kilburn

12

antodeco

Track has no grip in the dry, and literally nothing in the wet! Could be interesting later. Any ideas on weather for tomorrow?

Joeface

the standing water is pretty dangerous so if it stays like this ........Qual could be put off , that means FP2 time stand right ?

Joeface

antodeco wrote: »

Track has no grip in the dry, and literally nothing in the wet! Could be interesting later. Any ideas on weather for tomorrow?

It is suppose to be overcast tomorrow , but it wasn't suppose to rain today so its a bit of an unknown really

skipper_G

Joeface wrote: »

the standing water is pretty dangerous so if it stays like this ........Qual could be put off , that means FP2 time stand right ?

No if they can't run qualy today, then they can run it tomorrow morning. And if that's not possible then they use FP3 times.

antodeco

skipper_G wrote: »

And if that's not possible then they use FP3 times.

STOP THE COUNT!!

tipp_tipp_tipp

Damn, missed FP3, sounds like it was fun. Delighted the rubber has been washed away now. Qualy and the race should be very interesting.

El_Duderino 09

AMKC wrote: »

I would say the Turkish track owners were looking at the other races and how boring most of them were and thinking we need to do something to have on exciting race on our track and maybe race of the season. I know let's resurface it that should make it exciting lol.

Yeah seriously. The bizarre races have stood out. Tyre madness at Silverstone jumps to mind. Maybe a slippy track will make a great race.

Maybe what we really need is less competence in F1. Start appointing people’s sons to replace them in important roles instead of interviewing and getting the best person for the job.

El_Duderino 09

Oh my god it’s rained to help bring out great oils from the new surface. This is shaping up to be a classic!

El_Duderino 09

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Maybe what we really need is less competence in F1. Start appointing people’s sons to replace them in important roles instead of interviewing and getting the best person for the job.

Obviously that's a pisstake but it would be way more fun. :pac:

skipper_G

I see they still have a problem with stray dogs on track

This is it

Looking forward to this

Harika

Verstappen and Leclerc dealed best so far in those conditions.
But yeah wet track at least for the start of qualifying, even if dried up slippy track. Be prepared for surprises

Cool_CM

This should he fun!

Jordan 199

I'm hoping for another strong performance from Renault.

This is it

Max already sideways, this is going to be nuts

Charlie-Bravo

We could see some serious upsets today! Maybe Mr Saturday will get into Q3?!

skipper_G

There's no grip at all, they can barely touch the loud pedal at all

Faugheen

This is great. Brand new surface plus the rain is making for chaos.

Cool_CM

Rain in 5 - going to see some red flags, I'd say