It’s dry (that’s a change compared to recent races) but windy in Austin. Air temperature 28°C; track 34°C; humidity 53% There were a few penalties to apply after qualifying: LEC
It’s dry (that’s a change compared to recent races) but windy in Austin. Air temperature 28°C; track 34°C; humidity 53% There were a few penalties to apply after qualifying: LEC
The race was in the middle of the night (my time) so I thought I’ll record it and watch it later… although I already know there was a rain delay
The only post-Qualifying penalties were for Mercedes: RUS qualified P11 but took on variety of engine changes so he was sent to the back of the grid [F1] The Mercedes
The only post-Qualifying penalty is a €5,000 fine for McLaren for the unsafe release of NOR in Q1. So the grid is: VER, LEC, SAI, HAM, PER, RUS, NOR, SCH,
In case it wasn’t confusing enough after Qualifying, another driver has taken an engine upgrade so here’s how Quali ended: VER, SAI, PER, LEC, OCO, ALO, HAM, RUS, ALB, NOR,
There’s a Mercedes on pole, but probably not the one you’d expect! Provisional grid: RUS, SAI, LEC, NOR, OCO, ALO, HAM, BOT, RIC, VER, PER, ZHO, MAG, STR, SCH, TSU,
Well, this could be interesting – the official FIA timing chart shows 32 rows even though there’s just 20 cars on the grid; hmmm, I hope they’ll fix that before
Yesterday’s Sprint (don’t call it a race) set the grid for today, which started without ALO (DNS due to electronic issue) and with ZHO in the pit lane (engine cut
It’s dry & sunny in Montreal, not like yesterday’s Quali sessions. The track is “green”, i.e. there’s no rubber down after all the rain, and the cars were set up
No live notes from me this weekend – we’re moving house. After Monaco, VER is 9 points ahead of LEC with PER a further 6 points back; Red Bull are