F1 2021 Round 10 : Silverstone

Joeface

All Change this weekend , should be interesting . I believe it is live on Channel 4 as well for all sessions .

keep an eye on the session times .

FP1 Fri, 16 Jul 14:30

QU Fri, 16 Jul 18:00

FP2 Sat, 17 Jul 12:00

Sprint QU Sat, 17 Jul 16:30

Race Sun, 18 Jul 15:00

This is it

Took me a while to find the thread! Looking forward to the changes with the sprint and to see how it goes.

Joeface

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117612788#Comment_117612788

just like F1 there are changes here , not sure I am liking the changes here yet either

skipper_G

We're always hearing that these cars can't follow closely enough in a Grand Prix, they overheat tyres, brakes, engines, etc. As a result we often end up with trains of cars just managing the gap. Bearing that in mind, if you can't follow in a Grand Prix won't the sprint race likely be the same? Just seems dumb

MadYaker

I found the forum! Took a while. Looking forward to this, the sprint quali should be interesting. There’s been a lot of big talk from Mercedes about turning things around this weekend.

Dont be at yourself

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117613099#Comment_117613099

I think the best reference point is the red flag restarts at Baku this year, and Monza last year. Cars on fresh tyres with low fuel produced great racing. I guess the one counter-argument is that the risk/reward is not quite the same as Sunday; will drivers be willing to risk a move for the sake of one grid position on Sunday, if it could mean a retirement and starting from 20th?

Perry12

Driving up to Silverstone tomorrow evening with the campervan. The plan was to catch the qualifying on Saturday but will miss it now that it's been moved to Friday, shame. Still looking forward to it though and the sun will be shining.

AMKC

It has not even started yet and already I do not like it. I think it's a gimmick. Hope it does not last. If it ain't broke don't fix it is how the saying goes.

It was perfect before. We have had some of the best quali sessions ever over the last couple of years so it was working grand. Leave what works alone and just fix the cars I say.

Gru

How do they decide the grid order for the sprint race? Doesn't seem to be mentioned in any of the articles I've looked up.

Joeface

There.is a qualifing session on Friday evening for the sprint race

Gru

Ah cool! Thanks.

[Deleted User]

Hey all!

Making a post in the hope I can find this thread again over the weekend.

eviltimeban

Forum is a disaster at the moment, no more followed threads, no more dropdown links, had to search for ages to find this thread.

quokula

I'll reserve judgement for the sprint race, but I am interested in some of the side effects.

For one thing they get much less practice time before parc ferme now, so I expect lots of sub-optimal setups could make things interesting.

Secondly, the silly rule about top ten drivers starting on qualifying tyres goes away, which opens up many more possibilities for strategy on Sunday. Easy to imagine someone like Perez starting the race on hard tyres and shaking things up a bit. Also puts an end to the annoying situation where a midfield driver who does great on Saturday basically gets punished for it on Sunday versus the guy that qualified 11th or 12th.

afatbollix

Got an invite for tomorrow and he's even driving... So to the bar here I come!

Never been to F1 before so not really sure what to expect but qualifying should be ok at 6pm on Friday.

Going to be a warm weekend so no talk of rain radar by Crofty.

Harika

Go sprint

SCOOP 64

No idea how this sprint race for qualifying works.

flazio

This is probably against the grain around here, but I hope Mercedes-Benz gain some ground on Red Bull this weekend.

No, no, hear me out

I want this championship to go down to the wire. Last lap of last race if possible. (imagine if France or Baku were the finalé) Right now Max has enough of a cushion to leave Silverstone championship leader no matter what. If this trajectory continues, he'll have it wrapped up with 3 rounds to go.

Frank Bullitt

No really sure how I feel about the sprint race. I don't think it will go as planned either.

I can see RB still having their edge at the race.

SureYWouldntYa

I think we'll end up with a proper Noah's ark grid by the finish Sunday

The extra 17 laps of racing will give the better cars more time to get ahead, and leave slower cars behind

Hijpo

Did anything ever come of the customer teams exclaiming that their clutch won't hold up?

Not sure about the quali and sprint race. I would imagine there won't be much of a change from how they line up for the sprint race.

Really don't like the forum changes.

Top Dog

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117614264#Comment_117614264

I'm not losing the plot so trying how to follow a thread.

klose

Unless a regular Q3 driver has a nightmare quali for the sprint race I predict it will be a bit of a snooze fest as its very high risk low reward, perhaps a back marker fancying his chances and causing a spin ?

Itssoeasy

I’m curious does the sprint race finishing get the drivers points in the championship, or this simply a trial of the format ?

klose

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117617727#Comment_117617727

1st gets 3 points

2nd gets 2 points

3rd gets 1 point.

Not much at stake, final order after the flag saturday then decides starting grid for sunday.

[Deleted User]

Practice just about to start, lucky bastards at it. :pac:

The lack of practice is probably my favourite thing about the sprint qualifying format.

dublinman1990

Hiya folks. I've just seen that Verstappen is ahead in the practice sessions. Do you think that position will change later on?

dublinman1990

Lando Norris clocked in a lap just behind Verstappen. I hope that will give Lando a boost in confidence as he heads into Qualy later this this evening.

And Carlos Sainz had a little spin in his Ferrari before he went into the pits.

AMKC

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117620161#Comment_117620161

Nope I do not unless Lando can get on pole otherwise ot will be Max on pole I would say.

Joeface

Lando's time on Mediums rest of the top ten is softs .

antodeco

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117620363#Comment_117620363

Danny Ric also on Meejums