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2022 French GP Build Up Thread - A Weekend of Historical Importance


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#551 yolo

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 08:52

How? Merc are 10 km/h down on the straight.


10kph down on RB but within 1-2kph of Ferrari.

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#552 ConsiderAndGo

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 09:53

Ferrari need to be able to pull a gap in S3 if they’re to have any chance today, otherwise they’re toast (and I don’t mean the engine!)

#553 TomNokoe

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 09:55

I can cobble together a race thread but first I am going for a walk

#554 ANF

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:10

Where to find that overview? I checked F1 page which normally shows it.

Here you go: https://twitter.com/...146603746033664

#555 Hellenic tifosi

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:11

Pirelli thinks it's a one stopper. This should be taken with a pinch of salt though, as they suggested that Austria would also be a single stop race.

#556 pRy

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:11

Lando is streaming the parade. Might be brief.

 

https://www.twitch.tv/landonorris



#557 Ivanhoe

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:14

Ricciardo only one set of mediums and hards? That’s gonna be a long race for him.



#558 ANF

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:16

Ricciardo only one set of mediums and hards? That’s gonna be a long race for him.

Same for Vettel and Stroll. A puncture and they will have to use the softs.

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:20

Same for Vettel and Stroll. A puncture and they will have to use the softs.


AM lightly scrub a set each race, so they don't appear as a fresh set.

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#560 Gary Davies

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:35

Hi guys. Been busy so far this weekend so I've just started. Question is... Martin Brundle? Is he away again? And if so, is he racing? Or having a weekend with his feet up at Kings Lynn?



#561 JimmyClark

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:38

Hi guys. Been busy so far this weekend so I've just started. Question is... Martin Brundle? Is he away again? And if so, is he racing? Or having a weekend with his feet up at Kings Lynn?


I don't blame him not wanting to frazzle his eyes commentating on this turd of a track.

#562 LolaB0860

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:38

Hi guys. Been busy so far this weekend so I've just started. Question is... Martin Brundle? Is he away again? And if so, is he racing? Or having a weekend with his feet up at Kings Lynn?

 

I don't know if he's away as I have not bothered to watch any of the sessions so far this weekend, but if he is that is very normal as he is only contracted to 16 races every season

 

But even the races he does do he sounds very tired, so maybe he should spend even more time at Kings Lynn


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#563 Gary Davies

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:41

I don't blame him not wanting to frazzle his eyes commentating on this turd of a track.

 

"Blue lines, following me, 

Nothing but blue lines do I see...."



#564 JimmyClark

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:44

I don't know if he's away as I have not bothered to watch any of the sessions so far this weekend, but if he is that is very normal as he is only contracted to 16 races every season

But even the races he does do he sounds very tired, so maybe he should spend even more time at Kings Lynn


Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if he calls it in soon. I'm getting that vibe from him.

He's been doing this for 26 years, plus 13 years of racing, so that's 39 years of travelling the world with F1 - no wonder he's tired. That's a year longer than I've lived!

#565 Pete_f1

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 11:46

Rumor has it this will be the last GP here.

Hope it's true.

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 12:16

Here you go: https://twitter.com/...146603746033664


I just don’t understand how teams can go into the race having never even run the hard tire in practice. They have no idea what it will do.

#567 Hellenic tifosi

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 12:19

I just don’t understand how teams can go into the race having never even run the hard tire in practice. They have no idea what it will do.


Since they only have two sets available, if they fear that it could turn into a two stopper then they are between a rock and a hard place.

#568 Atreiu

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Posted 24 July 2022 - 15:43

How? Merc are 10 km/h down on the straight.

 

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