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[swogerino]

It is only natural for Hamilton to break records as long as he races every race and he is driving for the best team of the moment.I think he will continue to break his own records and I think it will be very difficult for any other driver to break such records in the future.

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I also read a article about the Party modus and Mercedes with the strongest engine about 1000HP... and surprise surprise Ferrari with the weakest engine.

But only a article in German i found?!

https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-1/news/mercedes-knackt-1000-ps-honda-nur-noch-mit-28-ps-rueckstand-20081307

Good for RedBull, Honda with the second strongest engine.

They are talking a lot about it here on Sky.it they were speaking with a theoretical decrease in time around 0.5-0.7 secs for a lap in qualify for Mercedes engines.

Is not clear on why they are pushing it so fast,

Have they discovered something in the Mercedes' engines?
Are they going only to nerf Mercedes cause they are too strong? (I don't think they can ever do a thing like this)
Engines will can use only one mapping because was too hard for FIA to check if anyone was cheating?

[AakZaki]

This week MotoGP is back in Austria, the long straight is the favorite of Honda, Ducati and I think KTM, because they have more power on the straight track. In history, Dovi and Marquez are in first place and second place for thirdplace is Quartararo. Seeing Honda's opportunities without Marquez, Yamaha is weak on the straight. Can they get to the podium again?

[Koal-84]

I also read a article about the Party modus and Mercedes with the strongest engine about 1000HP... and surprise surprise Ferrari with the weakest engine.

But only a article in German i found?!

https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-1/news/mercedes-knackt-1000-ps-honda-nur-noch-mit-28-ps-rueckstand-20081307

Good for RedBull, Honda with the second strongest engine.

They are talking a lot about it here on Sky.it they were speaking with a theoretical decrease in time around 0.5-0.7 secs for a lap in qualify for Mercedes engines.

Is not clear on why they are pushing it so fast,

Have they discovered something in the Mercedes' engines?
Are they going only to nerf Mercedes cause they are too strong? (I don't think they can ever do a thing like this)
Engines will can use only one mapping because was too hard for FIA to check if anyone was cheating?

Every years the same when one team have a stronger engine than the other, last year the same Ferrari used a grey zone and the other Teams make protest...

This week MotoGP is back in Austria, the long straight is the favorite of Honda, Ducati and I think KTM, because they have more power on the straight track. In history, Dovi and Marquez are in first place and second place for thirdplace is Quartararo. Seeing Honda's opportunities without Marquez, Yamaha is weak on the straight. Can they get to the podium again?

KTM have a advantage, KTM test very at the Austrian race tracks the same as Brno. I am also counting on ducati, but yamaha will also fight for the podium, maybe not for the win but definitely for the podium.

[Naida_BR]

Hamilton managed to get the pole in the Spanish GP.
Once again both Mercedes are going to start the race from the first row and Max is going to follow them.
Will he be able to get the win from them as in the previous game?

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From 1st part of the qualification from the last part, Mercedes got an increase of about 2 seconds with the push of their engine, while others teams got a lot less.
Will be fun to see in the next GP if they will have the same advantage, probably not.

This will be an interesting GP only if Mercedes will have problems with tyres due to the high temperatures.

[dre1982]

Hamilton managed to get the pole in the Spanish GP.
Once again both Mercedes are going to start the race from the first row and Max is going to follow them.
Will he be able to get the win from them as in the previous game?

Let's hope Verstappen will win again. It will make the championship a lot more exciting.

[Koal-84]

Formula1 at this year only have one side, and maybe next the next years only boring so guys look MotoGp. Many teams (factories) have a Chance to win. This Qualifying are exiting, Yamaha is stronger than all think so look at tomorrow.

Sorry for P. Espagaro and Rossi at the Quali but at FP4 the two have the fastet racing speed for sunday!

[-CryptoViking-]

From 1st part of the qualification from the last part, Mercedes got an increase of about 2 seconds with the push of their engine, while others teams got a lot less.
Will be fun to see in the next GP if they will have the same advantage, probably not.

This will be an interesting GP only if Mercedes will have problems with tyres due to the high temperatures.

I didn't get the chance to see the quail but after watching the results and times I got to this conclusion.

If a train in Japan is behind the schedule for the amount of time how much Ferrari is behind Mercedes, driver of the train commits suicide 

Jokes aside, nothing new, but as you said this race will most likely be really chaotic and fun to watch, midfield is extremley tightly packed and Verstappen could do some damage again.

[Koal-84]

Horrible crash at the Moto2 race...

https://youtu.be/PMHdRuojP_8

The most important thing is there is no serious injury. It looks luckily at the moment. The race is at a restart.

[swogerino]

Hamilton managed to get the pole in the Spanish GP.
Once again both Mercedes are going to start the race from the first row and Max is going to follow them.
Will he be able to get the win from them as in the previous game?

Let's hope Verstappen will win again. It will make the championship a lot more exciting.

I think this is a very beautiful track in F1 and is not the same as the last one where Verstappen won.In here the tyres should suffer less and if Hamilton manages to pull out first from the first corner this race is gonna be truly boring.It will be very difficult for Verstappen to win today.

[LTU_btc]

Horrible crash at the Moto2 race...

https://youtu.be/PMHdRuojP_8

The most important thing is there is no serious injury. It looks luckily at the moment. The race is at a restart.

Damn, this is so scary. At least he isn't injured seriously.
And on MotoGP another big crash happened moments ago, Johan Zarko and Franko Morbidelli involved. Flying bike almost hit Rossi. Seems that nobody isn't injured seriously.
Edit
https://mobile.twitter.com/ma_ipp/status/1294971066310426627

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Valentino Rosso got luck Today in one accident a moto passed over his head at around 300km/h .

Less than 1 meter away from his death.



Credits: https://www.ilsussidiario.net/news/valentino-rossi-sfiorato-da-moto-in-volo-video-incidente-choc-tra-zarco-e-morbidelli/2060219/

[AakZaki]

Valentino Rosso got luck Today in one accident a moto passed over his head at around 300km/h .

Less than 1 meter away from his death.
~snip~

Today's race in Austria happened with a lot of accidents. VR was almost hit by a Morbidelli motorbike that floated into one of the corners, when Rossi passed it it was terrible. However, Andrea Dovizioso survived winning the Austrian MotoGP 2020. The Italiano victory confirmed Ducati's dominance in Spielberg. Almost 4 years Ducati has always won in Austria. Furthermore, congratulations to Yamaha for placing the 3 riders in the current standings.

[dre1982]

The gp of Spain wasn't that exciting like last week. Top 3 was predicted only Verstappen surprised to split the Mercedes.

Red Bull needs to find a better driver than Albon. Being lapped by your teammate in the same car.

[LTU_btc]

Yeah, Spanish GP was really boring. We saw fight for positions only in the middle of peloton. Finally Vettel had decent - P7. But Ferrari strategy for him was really ridiculous - 37 laps on soft tyres...

Red Bull needs to find a better driver than Albon. Being lapped by your teammate in the same car.

I don't think that changes are needed, I think they should let Albon to finnish season in Red Bull. Yeah, he is underperforming, but I doubt that Gasly or Kvyat would give significantly better results. None of them can't drive even close to Max level. And I think history of Red Bull changing driver in the middle of season, all these comparisons with Max results gives them too much pressure.

[dre1982]

Yeah, Spanish GP was really boring. We saw fight for positions only in the middle of peloton. Finally Vettel had decent - P7. But Ferrari strategy for him was really ridiculous - 37 laps on soft tyres...

Red Bull needs to find a better driver than Albon. Being lapped by your teammate in the same car.

I don't think that changes are needed, I think they should let Albon to finnish season in Red Bull. Yeah, he is underperforming, but I doubt that Gasly or Kvyat would give significantly better results. None of them can't drive even close to Max level. And I think history of Red Bull changing driver in the middle of season, all these comparisons with Max results gives them too much pressure.

It wasn't even a strategy of Ferrari ;-) it was just a decision to let vettel outside and hope for the best . The word strategy means that people made a plan on forehand ;-)

[Cnut237]

Yeah, Spanish GP was really boring.

Unfortunately this looks to be the pattern for most of the season. Last time out, Max's win was an aberration caused by three factors coming together: a) demanding circuit, b) hot weather, c) drivers limited to fairly soft tyre choices.

We saw today that if you take out one of those factors, Red Bull can't get close, and it's a Hamilton procession. We had harder tyres today, as we did for the first UK race... and Hamilton won by a huge margin.
Given his championship lead at the moment, he looks all but nailed on for another world title.

[Koal-84]

Valentino Rosso got luck Today in one accident a moto passed over his head at around 300km/h .

Less than 1 meter away from his death.



Credits: https://www.ilsussidiario.net/news/valentino-rossi-sfiorato-da-moto-in-volo-video-incidente-choc-tra-zarco-e-morbidelli/2060219/

Not only by Rossi also by Vinales the Bike spring over his head  . Many luck for the drivers yesterday, at the first lap after restart Vinales loses some positions the curve 3 i think he have a flash back at the first moment?

Yeah, Spanish GP was really boring.

Unfortunately this looks to be the pattern for most of the season. Last time out, Max's win was an aberration caused by three factors coming together: a) demanding circuit, b) hot weather, c) drivers limited to fairly soft tyre choices.

We saw today that if you take out one of those factors, Red Bull can't get close, and it's a Hamilton procession. We had harder tyres today, as we did for the first UK race... and Hamilton won by a huge margin.
Given his championship lead at the moment, he looks all but nailed on for another world title.

That's Formula "boring" this and the next year but also the last years are not spectacular. So i hope with the new regulatory other teams catching up on Mercedes.

[Naida_BR]

The gp of Spain wasn't that exciting like last week. Top 3 was predicted only Verstappen surprised to split the Mercedes.

Red Bull needs to find a better driver than Albon. Being lapped by your teammate in the same car.

Albon was so promising last season when he replaced Gasly in the Red bull car.
This season Gasly seems to be more prudent and he performs better that Albon so maybe Redbull is going to switch them again(?).
Driver of the day was Vettel, he did a good race but still Ferrari is so noncompetitive this season.