Silverstone 2021 Pre-Race Thread

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Zak has'nt taken the vaccination shot/shots???


BREAKING: McLaren has confirmed that Zak Brown has tested positive for COVID-19 and won't be at Silverstone this weekend.

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I'd guess that if you were totally clueless about F1, and somehow watched this race, it wouldn't be that hard to understand: the term "meaningless practice" means there are no points, it's practice.

Friday
1-meaningless practice
2-qualify for Sat
Saturday
1-more meaningless practice
2-30 minute race for real start position in the big race
Sunday
1-the big race

 

You can still be infected after being vaccinated...the vaccination really just helps with a stronger immune response so you hopefully don't fall super ill or worse die.

 

You can also unwittingly carry and spread the virus, it has to be said.

 

No, no nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

Why would you risk gaining no more than 3 points (sprint) and give up on a chance to start on poll and gain 26 (Sunday) ? I'd have to guess that there is a rule that to compete for the season you must enter each race too.

 

Agree with you. I posed that question when I was surmising the points would be the same for the Sprint and the Sunday race, which now I understand to only be a max of 3 points (or Max with 3 points)

What I don't understand though is how the FIA can introduce an additional 15-17 laps of hard racing only to gain a max of 3 points, during a season with serious cost reduction measures. There is a lot of risk taken to gain only 3 points or worse, no points if you don't finish on the podium.

 

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Vettel: "Wrong" to give F1 sprint race winners official pole stat
By: Alex Kalinauckas
Jul 15, 2021, 12:57 PM
Sebastian Vettel feels it is "wrong" for Formula 1 sprint qualifying race winners to be credited with the official pole statistic because "it is a new discipline" for the championship.

When asked by Autosport what he made of the decision to award the pole stat to sprint qualifying race winners, Vettel - who first clarified that would be the case with Alpine's Esteban Ocon, who was appearing alongside the Aston Martin driver - said: "I think that's wrong.

"Pole is the fastest lap time achieved, or the fastest laptime in qualifying.

"It gets all a bit confusing. But obviously it depends. If this is a one-off, then it doesn't do much harm.

"But, if we end up having 10 sprint races next year or in the future, then I think it's just a bit weird. So, pole position should go to the guy who goes fastest in one lap."

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/vettel-wrong-to-give-f1-sprint-race-winners-official-pole-stat/6630856/

 

Another thing to consider...what if any of the top 3 decides to punt another out in the sprint race? The punted one crashes out/relegated to last so will start at the back. What kind of penalty will it be? 5 seconds? 10? 5 place grid penalty 10? Either way...the one that punted the other seems to win in that scenario.

 

he's not wrong

 

U can get it vaccinated or not. I’d assume he is vaccinated and he is just positive.


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He is actually right [emoji23]


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Just seen that the start of Friday quali is at 3wm here. Yeah I think not. Why is this weekend held at a ****ing ridiculous hour for European standards?!

 

Mercedes' F1 upgrade revealed ahead of British GP
By: Matt Somerfield
Co-author: Jonathan Noble
Jul 16, 2021, 5:45 AM
Mercedes has offered a first glimpse of the updates that it hopes will move it closer to Red Bull in the fight for Formula 1 glory at the British Grand Prix.
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With the German car manufacturer having not won since the Spanish Grand Prix back in May, it is keeping its fingers crossed that the developments will bring it a much-needed performance step.

For while main rival Red Bull has unleashed an aggressive aero upgrade programme on a race-by-race basis, Mercedes has instead been more conservative with its changes.

So far it had only made small adjustments to its floor and diffuser as part of a rectification programme, with a larger update package seemingly always their preferred route rather than trickling through smaller tweaks.

The team had openly spoken about a potential final development arriving at Silverstone, with the new designs spotted in the pitlane ahead of the British GP.

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Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes W12

Photo by: Alessio Morgese

Rather than being visually dramatic, the changes are more nuanced – but could still play a role in helping better manage airflow.

The bargeboards and sidepod deflectors have been fettled in order that they work together more harmoniously, with the boomerang winglet now split into several layers.

The lowermost of these connects with the Venetian blind-like deflector array, which itself has been modified, with the skyscraper deflector at the front cut down and the slats extended forwards.

The two ‘r’ shaped vanes at the base of the sidepod deflector array have also been joined by a third, longer vane that sits beneath the main skyscraper deflector.

In keeping with these alterations, the design team has also optimised the area just behind, as four outwardly angled fins can now be found mounted between the edge of the floor and the sidepod.


Furthermore the ‘wavy’ floor edge has been reduced to just a single kink with the flap mounted behind converted into a two-piece arrangement.

Mercedes drivers both welcomed the efforts by Mercedes to improve its W12, but were not getting too carried in expecting a dramatic change in fortunes.

Lewis Hamilton said: “There's a lot of changes on the car but it's not a massive update in terms of the gap [to Red Bull] that we've seen in the races, but it definitely helps us in terms of closing that gap quickly.”

Asked about what sort of lap time gain the team was hoping from the changes, Valtteri Bottas said: “I can't put a direct number. It is nothing huge, it's nothing small. But we'll see, obviously already on Friday, when we find out how fast the cars are on a single lap.”