2020 Italian Grand Prix - Monza, September 4 - 6

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Re: 2020 Italian Grand Prix - Monza, September 4 - 6

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basti313 wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 16:51
Mudflap wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 16:36
Mercedes are really struggling..

to hide their pace
With the mode switching ban they need to go back to classic sandbags.
Don't forget Sieper mentioned something about an email from Toto that said "crush them", perhaps this is what it was in reference to.
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SiLo wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 14:52
It's Hamilton that will be behind Bottas this weekend. They have always just alternated who goes first and last weekend Bottas was behind Hamilton. He got a tow for the entire lap.
Not exactly. They alternate who gets the choice of when to go out. So that it is Bottas' choice this week, I reckon he will choose to go after lewis to get the tow.
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dans79 wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 16:59
basti313 wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 16:51
Mudflap wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 16:36
Mercedes are really struggling..

to hide their pace
With the mode switching ban they need to go back to classic sandbags.
Don't forget Sieper mentioned something about an email from Toto that said "crush them", perhaps this is what it was in reference to.
If since been informed that was likely from those headline regurgitate newssites and that it was (very) old news. But OK, that second update was not the same person.

I think mercedes will do anything to have a good margin this weekend, mental blow. Let’s see. Sofar RBR does not seem fast, but SAT do.

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Sieper wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 17:17
Sofar RBR does not seem fast, but SAT do.
I assume that because the RBR is still a handful and the drivers don't have full confidence in the car.
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dans79 wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 17:25
Sieper wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 17:17
Sofar RBR does not seem fast, but SAT do.
I assume that because the RBR is still a handful and the drivers don't have full confidence in the car.
Mhhh. Who knows. Another reason is also thinkable. SAT have not been up so high in the field yet. Regardless of RBR.

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Does anyone have FP2 race simulation timings?

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Ricciardo spoke to soon. Renault smack dab in the mid-field.
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PlatinumZealot wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 17:56
Ricciardo spoke to soon. Renault smack dab in the mid-field.
Ricciardo had his best lap removed that was faster than Gasly, it was about 8 tenths off Lewis but cant remember if it was faster than what Lando did. He ran a fraction wide at Parabolica, so it didnt gain him anything substantial.

Edit. Just looked, it was a 1.20.905. so he was the only person other than the Mercedes boys to get in to the 1.20's, less than half a second behind Valterri.
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Oh ok. Four-way fight for podium is on then.
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PlatinumZealot wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 18:24
Oh ok. Four-way fight for podium is on then.
Something is telling me Gasly is looking likely this week. Possibly Honda doing a 'demo' too
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SiLo wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 14:52
It's Hamilton that will be behind Bottas this weekend. They have always just alternated who goes first and last weekend Bottas was behind Hamilton. He got a tow for the entire lap.
I think they alternate who has the choice to go first. Hamilton had the choice to go first or second in spa and he chose to go first. So I believe bottas will have the choice this weekend, and will obviously choose second.
That's how I understand it anyway.

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They have a rule in qualifying where minimum lap time has to be a certain percentage of their best P2 time I believe, didn't hear the exact rule in commentary but they did mentioned it.
Did anybody catch it?

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Mchamilton wrote:
04 Sep 2020, 19:01
They have a rule in qualifying where minimum lap time has to be a certain percentage of their best P2 time I believe, didn't hear the exact rule in commentary but they did mentioned it.
Did anybody catch it?
During Free Practice session 3 and the Qualifying Practice, the time published in accordance with Item 8 of the Race Directors Event Notes will be used as a guide by the stewards to determine if a Driver is considered to be driving unnecessarily slowly on an out lap or any warm up lap.”

Item 8 of the event notes states that the maximum time permitted for an in-lap will be determined after Friday practice,

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Mchamilton wrote:They have a rule in qualifying where minimum lap time has to be a certain percentage of their best P2 time I believe, didn't hear the exact rule in commentary but they did mentioned it.
Did anybody catch it?
The maximum lap time for Qualifying is 1:43.00


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Juzh wrote:Anyway, days of record setting quali pace are over, unless teams figure a way around engine map change ban. We know highest engine setting in race is worth 1s over normal modes (horner to wolf comment for bottas' fast lap in spain), and quali mode is worth another 1s over this I'd say, so pace will drop significantly.

Predicting no car under 1.21
Already in the 1:20’s and it was only practice


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