FORMULA 1 ROLEX TURKISH GRAND PRIX 2021 - Istanbul....PRACTICE 1/2/3..▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS▄▀▄▀▄▀

About 2hrs and 15min till FP1

 

I'll be lucky to watch anything at all this weekend. My F1 channel disappeared from my TV, replaced with 3 pointless ones...and internet isn't very good here so will be lucky to stream it.

 

Seb's new lid this weekend. Water = Life

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Cars on track!

 

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Turns out the useless sacks of **** at provider lost rights to fox sports Australia...so can't see f1 anymore.

 

Try streameast.live if you can get online.

 

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I always go to sportsurge, and then manage to find a link...

 

Not too bad...

 

5 drivers testing prototype gloves for better fire resistance

Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Carlos Sainz, Daniel Ricciardo and George Russel

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Hamilton (+10 places)

Lewis takes a new ICE and EXHAUST.

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Hopefully representative times for both with new PU.

 

LH engine components change lol. Best not kept secret on grid this week!

 

F1 Turkish GP: Hamilton leads FP1 with new Istanbul Park track record
By: Luke Smith
Oct 8, 2021, 5:37 AM
Lewis Hamilton topped opening practice for the Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix with a new track record as drivers found significantly more grip than last year at Istanbul Park.

Will tire wear be an issue for this one?

 

Positions: Free Practice 1
1
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Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:24.178
Laps: 25
2
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Max Verstappen
Red Bull
+0.425
Laps: 23
3
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Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
+0.476
Laps: 26
4
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Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
+0.664
Laps: 27
5
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Carlos Sainz Jr
Ferrari
+0.682
Laps: 24
6
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Esteban Ocon
Alpine
+0.731
Laps: 29
7
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Lando Norris
McLaren
+1.169
Laps: 25
8
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Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri
+1.204
Laps: 29
9
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Fernando Alonso
Alpine
+1.205
Laps: 25
10
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Sergio Perez
Red Bull
+1.281
Laps: 23
11
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George Russell
Williams
+1.507
Laps: 24
12
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Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren
+1.572
Laps: 25
13
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Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin
+1.632
Laps: 25
14
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Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo
+1.635
Laps: 23
15
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Nicholas Latifi
Williams
+1.685
Laps: 27
16
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Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo
+1.755
Laps: 23
17
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Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
+2.183
Laps: 28
18
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Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
+2.246
Laps: 27
19
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Mick Schumacher
Haas
+2.458
Laps: 24
20
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Nikita Mazepin
Haas
+2.841
Laps: 27

 

Bas this works fairly well.

https://cricfree.live/livetv/skyf1.php

 

https://cricfree.live/livetv/skyf1.php

 

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/mercedes-explains-why-it-didnt-give-hamilton-full-f1-power-unit-change/6683051/

Mercedes explains why it didn’t give Hamilton full F1 power unit change
By: Jonathan Noble
Oct 8, 2021, 6:44 AM
Mercedes says it steered clear of going for a full Formula 1 power unit change with Lewis Hamilton because there would be no extra performance or reliability benefit.

With the world champion team concerned about the risk of a reliability failure in the closing stages of the championship, it has opted to fit Hamilton with a fresh internal combustion engine for this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix.

The choice to change just a single component means Hamilton will get a 10-place grid penalty rather than a back of the grid drop that would have come from a full power unit swap.

Speaking about why Mercedes did not go for a complete switch, Shovlin said it felt a full change would not have offered the benefits needed to justify it.

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin told Sky Sports F1: “We are simulating all the races until the end of the year.

“There is the balance and risk of a reliability issue, and obviously the thing that you definitely don’t want to do is fail during the race and then have to take a penalty anyway.

“Then there is also a performance element because the power units do lose a bit of horsepower over their life.

“The 10-place penalty is the bit that most contributes to that reliability element and the performance is the ICE itself, so it is better to take 10 places than to start from the back.”

 

Bad graining in front tires for FP1 Ferrari.

This will be a very green track, more grip and less data available from last year rain with no grip. Interesting to see who adapts.

 

Perez doing better this session. Maybe his 'turn around' will begin...............

 

My issue is internet speed...2mb/s on a good day and it just buffers like crazy.

Thank goodness my internet doesn't cost a grand a month.

Oh wait. It does.

Paradise

Picking up a 4g router tomorrow and getting some very expensive data just for the race, lol

 

Ok Bas. I have links for F1 marked when I travel. I hope the new system is successful!!

Interesting to see teams adapting to the grip levels being much improved and inducing understeer for many. Should mix it up a touch!

 

Really happy SKY has Laurent Mekies from Ferrari to chat live on PitWall this weekend! Nice to hear Ferrari news and insights.

 

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