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[thegamer23]

 

 

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Buongiorno a tutti! 

 

 

Time to race at Imola, for the Emilia Romagna GP!

After Mika Hakkinen & Kimi Raikkonen, another finnish guy got the pole at the Circuit Enzo & Dino Ferrari: this time it's Valtteri Bottas with his Black Arrow!

 

Check out his incredible quali lap!

 

 

Championship Leader Lewis Hamilton secured P2 after a "bad lap", just 0,090s off his teammate. 

Ah, the Mind Games! We can expect the F1's Recordman mounting a charge towards his teammate on Lap 1!

 

 

 

Max Verstappen kept his cool after a difficult quali, with some electrical problem in his Honda Power Unit.
Stil, got his P3 spot, in front of an incredible Pierre Gasly.

The Frenchman got an extra boost from wearing the Ayrton Senna's Lid this weekend, and finished not far from the Red Bull. Can he get another maiden Podium?

 

Ferrari idol, Charles Leclerc will start only P7. 
The monegasque driver did his best with the current Ferrari package, but the Circuit of Imola doesn't seems to suit the car to perfection. 

Should be a more difficult race for the guys in Red compared to Portimao!

 

 

 

 

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COMPLETE STARTING GRID

 

Something's off, isn't it? 

 

 

 

 

 

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TYRE STATS FOR THE RACE
BORING BUT NECESSARY!

 

 

 

 

 

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LAP 1, BRACE FOR IMPACT!

AND FINGERS CROSSED

 

 

Race Starts in Imola are CRUCIAL!
Not just beacause it's not super easy to overtake here (even tho DRS & the removed chicane should help a lot), but also beacause contacts are very likely in the first few chicanes.

Do you remember those monumental crashes??

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A TIPICAL SUNDAY'S MENU IN IMOLA!

SIMPLE YET TASTY FOODS!

 

 

Time to have a good Lunch before the race start   
A Tipical Sunday's Italian lunch is composed by:


LASAGNA AL FORNO

 

Very delicious plate, with ragù, besciamella & pasta. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARROSTO CON PATATE

 

After a good old portion of Lasagna, it's time to get a flavourful Arrosto con Patate.
 

Bring additional extra-flavour adding some extra Rosmarino, would do just fine! 

 

 

 

 

NO TIME FOR A DESSERT!

Race is starting EARLY!

 

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RACE TIMETABLE 

EARLIER THAN YOU THINK!

 

START AT 12.10 (UK TIME), 13.10 CET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENJOY THE RACE!

AND BRING IMOLA BACK NEXT SEASON!

 

 

All set, all ready for a Classic GP at Imola. 

 

The weather is perfect, 18°c, clear skies. Perfect temperatures to have a good race!

Hopefully it will be a good, entertaining race, with maybe an unexpected result. One can hope! 

 

 

Remember the last race that took place there?

It was 2006...

 

 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 01 November 2020 - 09:35.

[thegamer23]

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[mikeC]

That  arrosto di agnello con rosmarino looks lovely, when are you serving it?

[jonpollak]

Poll forgot the option of imbibing the work of gods majesty!
As I’m only here for the scenery.
Jp

[thegamer23]

THIS is how you beat Lews.

Nigel Bottas

 

[TomNokoe]

Expecting LH to find a way past VB, either at the start or later on, in spite of the short DRS zone. Going to be fun nonetheless as I'm sure LH's inherent race pace advantage is quite large this weekend.

Another lonely race for Max.

I really want Gasly to hold on to P4, but the penalty of starting on Softs will be very high. AT focussed on long runs more than others in FP, so hopefully it will pay off. Wouldn't even put it past the Gazman to have a run at Max into T1.

Ricciardo has a very, very important day ahead of him to try and help Renault pull clear in the constructors. I would back him in a straight fight vs Gasly, Albon, Leclerc, etc. but a big caveat in that he may have overqualified his car.

Hope Kvyat can make it a double points score for AT in their attempts to upstage Ferrari both at home and in the WCC. Deserves one last good drive before his inevitable departure.

McLaren looked quick all weekend until Q3. It will be a struggle from P9-P10 with arguably slower cars in front, and quick cars behind on better tyres.

Perez from P11 is my outside bet for P4. RP is devilishly quick in race trim and free tyre choice will be a bonus.

If Russell can have a solid start he should be quick enough to break free from the lower starting Alfas, Haas, as he did last week. I said earlier that those running lower DF may improve as the weekend goes on, and that's exactly the situation Williams are in. A sniff of points, but only that.

Should be an easy one stop. Warm-up is fine so a few will risk H-M outside the top 10, I suspect.

And thanks to the early start time it's only 1hr 40 away

[Dutchrudder]

Midday UK start time is perfect, imo.

[rf90]

THIS is how you beat Lews.

Nigel Bottas

 

 

Nice pic (real or photoshop?) .. the 'tash suits him. If he drives like Nigel today it would be a fabulous race for the win... but, he won't 

[SilverArrow31]

THIS is how you beat Lews.
Nigel Bottas

Bottas is driving under the influence of a moustache... expect elbows out at the start... Bottas 3.11 has arrived.

[SophieB]

Yet again the race day thread saves someone from missing the start because I figured on usual European start time!

[Retrofly]

Yet again the race day thread saves someone from missing the start because I figured on usual European start time!

I must have skipped that part of the post, glad I didn't skip you post! I thought it was starting earlier, E.G 13:10 instead of 14:10, not 12:10!!!

[OvDrone]

It's a travesty that this place ain't on the calendar every year.

[Topsu]

Lewis will drive 2-3 seconds behind Bottas, Bottas will destroy his tyres, then Lewis will overcut him like the GOAT he is while telling his team "the tyres are still ok".

[Risil]

Yet again the race day thread saves someone from missing the start because I figured on usual European start time!

Why is F1 doing this? Concerns about daylight/track temperatures?

[IrvTheSwerve]

Why is F1 doing this? Concerns about daylight/track temperatures?

 

Who said that F1 is predictable?! 

[jjcale]

Weather and temps?

[jcbc3]

Yeah, we are getting deep into the autumn. Better safe than sorry. And the early start mean, that I can get out having a drink with friends and still be back for supper today. Win-win-win.

[Anja]

Why is F1 doing this? Concerns about daylight/track temperatures?

 

Well, we're in November already after all and the sun sets rather early in Europe this time of the year - quick check says it's around 17:00 local time. And they need a comfortable time margin on top of that. 

[Risil]

I'm going to have it on the radio while I clean the cats' litter trays. One of them has had a bad week for reasons I don't understand so compared to that the race will be very pleasant!

[jjcale]

Just now watching the pre race buildup show on the F1 youtube channel .... DC just interviewed SP in English and then at the end asked him for a few words in "Mexican" 

 

SP, ever the pro, didnt even bat an eyelid.

Edited by jjcale, 01 November 2020 - 11:33.

[JimmyClark]

Well, we're in November already after all and the sun sets rather early in Europe this time of the year - quick check says it's around 17:00 local time. And they need a comfortable time margin on top of that.

It's to start the race window 4 hours before sunset isn't it, since Japan 2014? (though Baku seems to get away with this)

[TomNokoe]

Just now watching the pre race buildup show on the F1 youtube channel .... DC just interviewed SP in English and then at the end asked him for a few words in "Mexican"

SP, ever the pro, didnt even bat an eyelid.

Johnny did the same with Latifi a while ago, a few words in Canadian

Edited by TomNokoe, 01 November 2020 - 11:37.

[thegamer23]

Slightly overcast, 17 degrees atm

[ExFlagMan]

I'm going to have it on the radio while I clean the cats' litter trays. One of them has had a bad week for reasons I don't understand so compared to that the race will be very pleasant!

 

Did you not see Stroll lurking round your area?

[TomNokoe]

Willy T. Ribbs story about jogging with Muhammad Ali on Sky, brilliant!

[TomNokoe]

Max complaining of no immediate grip on his recon laps, it is slightly cooler.

[FullOppositeLock]

I'm going to have it on the radio while I clean the cats' litter trays. One of them has had a bad week for reasons I don't understand so compared to that the race will be very pleasant!

I fear cleaning cat decrement could give F1 in its current state a run for its money for pleasure...

[PayasYouRace]

Just now watching the pre race buildup show on the F1 youtube channel .... DC just interviewed SP in English and then at the end asked him for a few words in "Mexican" 

 

SP, ever the pro, didnt even bat an eyelid.

Good of him to specify which dialect of a Spanish he wanted Sergio to speak in.

[Anja]

It's to start the race window 4 hours before sunset isn't it, since Japan 2014? (though Baku seems to get away with this)

 

Is it a specific rule now? Would make sense with the maximum race time including red flags etc being 4 hours. 

[milestone 11]

No lisp in Mexico for those on the guagua

[thegamer23]

Trophies!!
 

[TheFish]

Expecting 1 stop, SH or MH today?

[jcbc3]

LOLZ - Helmuth Marko listening in on Abiteboul and Masi chatting.

[milestone 11]

The stands aren't entirely empty.

[ANF]

How many cars in the gravel at Tamburello on lap 1? 2?

[jcbc3]

They'll behave. I guess 0.

[Ultraviolet]

Poll:

Gasly to take a maiden podium or even a win!

 

 

 

 

 

Huh?

[jcbc3]

God, that anthem is soooooooooooo good.

[PayasYouRace]

I was expecting a local anthem for Emilia Romagna.

[Risil]

Monza was a collective delusion

[jcbc3]

And they got the flyover right!

[Ev0d3vil]

The Italian anthem sounds so nice.

[search]

They'll behave. I guess 0.

best chance to make up positions, so I'd say there's quite a good chance for a crash at the start incoming

[thegamer23]

- 10 minutes to race start! 

 

Slightly colder track temperatures today, harder tyres starter could struggle a bit. 

[Chunkinator]

Nigel Bottas is fabulous 

[JBJ]

THIS is how you beat Lews.

Nigel Bottas

 

BOTTASH

[Pimpwerx]

Looking forward to Lewis having a strong race today. His pace looked great yesterday. I expect him to either lead into T1, and drive away from the field, or push Bottas to the edge of his limits on every stint. Let's go!

[jcbc3]

best chance to make up positions, so I'd say there's quite a good chance for a crash at the start incoming

 

Kiesa on Danish tv just agreed with you.

[FLB]

best chance to make up positions, so I'd say there's quite a good chance for a crash at the start incoming

The first FRenault race yesterday had it happen.

[renzmann]

1. Hamilton, 2. Bottas, 3. Verstappen, 4. ZzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzz