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[coinlocket$]

Hamilton will surely sign again and with 2021 being tech limited, he will have the best car again and considering he is Hamilton and he has best car dude will get the title once again, at this point I am not watching to see who will be first because we know who will be the first, I am watching to see if anything exciting will happen under him.

Not sure about it, it depends and we have a previous in recent history.

3 years ago Rosberg with 2 more years in his contract with the best car and around 40 more $ milions in contracts for the following 2 years gave up.

Anything can happen but I think he will continue with Mercedes it will too stupid to retire now when he can beat basically every record in the F1.

[marioantonini]

Hamilton will surely sign again and with 2021 being tech limited, he will have the best car again and considering he is Hamilton and he has best car dude will get the title once again, at this point I am not watching to see who will be first because we know who will be the first, I am watching to see if anything exciting will happen under him.

Not sure about it, it depends and we have a previous in recent history.

3 years ago Rosberg with 2 more years in his contract with the best car and around 40 more $ milions in contracts for the following 2 years gave up.

Anything can happen but I think he will continue with Mercedes it will too stupid to retire now when he can beat basically every record in the F1.

i think is different, Rosberg retired only because have win a world champions and he knew it was going to be hard to win aother time. Hamilton wants to become the new legend in history and create records that will be hard to destroid for the next 20 years.
my dream would be to see a good driver alongside hamilton, like Russell or Lando Norris

[aesma]

Well the best driver aside from Hamilton right now is obviously Verstappen.

Imagine Verstappen at Mercedes, that would be fun ! A bit like Hamilton/Alonso at McLaren. Cost them the driver title, however...

[marioantonini]

Well the best driver aside from Hamilton right now is obviously Verstappen.

Imagine Verstappen at Mercedes, that would be fun ! A bit like Hamilton/Alonso at McLaren. Cost them the driver title, however...

it would be a dream but he Hamilton will never accept having Verstappen as a teammate.

in 2006, with alonso in the team, Lewis lost the world championship by a few points,  because he also had to fight against his teammate, but it was a fantastic show.

i hope mercedes will get some competitive drivers at least in 2022

[-CryptoViking-]

Looking forward to qualies today! Would love to have a rainy qualies and a rainy race to spice this even more I have a feeling this will be an epic return to Turkey with a completely crazy race

Seems like Haas signem Mick and Nikita Mazepin. Good news for me.

[swogerino]

Well the best driver aside from Hamilton right now is obviously Verstappen.

Imagine Verstappen at Mercedes, that would be fun ! A bit like Hamilton/Alonso at McLaren. Cost them the driver title, however...

it would be a dream but he Hamilton will never accept having Verstappen as a teammate.

in 2006, with alonso in the team, Lewis lost the world championship by a few points,  because he also had to fight against his teammate, but it was a fantastic show.

i hope mercedes will get some competitive drivers at least in 2022

That is in 2007 and not in 2006 and unfortunately Lewis lost only by one point.Kimi Raikonnen won the Championship of 2007 just by one point.Lewis and Fernando both had 107 points and Kimi had 108 if I remember correctly.It was Lewis first year with McLaren.Hamilton will not care about the team mate as long as he has a competitive car just like the above example of the year 2007 in which although Lewis a newcomer to F1 didn’t give a damn about his team mate which was a World Champion in 2006.

[Cnut237]

3 years ago Rosberg with 2 more years in his contract with the best car and around 40 more $ milions in contracts for the following 2 years gave up.

i think is different, Rosberg retired only because have win a world champions and he knew it was going to be hard to win aother time.

This is my perspective, too. Rosberg was second best to Hamilton, and he knew it. The only reason he became champion was because Ham had a succession of bad luck that season that cost him the title. Even so, Rosberg only just won it. He knew if he stayed, then Ham would continue to beat him. So he chose to leave as reigning world champion instead.

Rosberg was definitely a better driver than Bottas, although Bottas is more of a team player, and helps to get the best out of Hamilton.

[Naida_BR]

Wondering top 3.

Even Vettel was at #5. Don't know what Ferrari did, but it works.

You know that Mercedes is going to be on the two out of those three pictures during the weekend.
Istanbul Park is a fast track this is why redbull and ferrari seems to be on the top of the standings during free practice however, during the race we are going to see strategies taking place in which Mercedes is the best at.

[xzone]

When we look at the weather, we see that Istanbul will be rainy on Sunday Most of the racers mentioned that the road was slippery during the test drives on Friday. Drivers who struggle at Turn 8 even without rain may have a big problem if it rains on Sunday.

Tire performances and pitstop times will be very important in tomorrow's race. I haven't been this excited about any race in a long time! Races held under difficult conditions are always more enjoyable and we may encounter surprises

[coinlocket$]

FP3 this morning with the following results



https://f1i.com/news/389917-turkish-grand-prix-free-practice-3-results.html

Source: rain was present and maybe heavy raining in the qualify, if they can't run they can use this as a starting grid.

If they run it will a fun hour with a very slippery track even if it will not rain.

[coinlocket$]

FP3 this morning with the following results



https://f1i.com/news/389917-turkish-grand-prix-free-practice-3-results.html

Source: rain was present and maybe heavy raining in the qualify, if they can't run they can use this as a starting grid.

If they run it will a fun hour with a very slippery track even if it will not rain.

i think is different, Rosberg retired only because have win a world champions and he knew it was going to be hard to win aother time. Hamilton wants to become the new legend in history and create records that will be hard to destroid for the next 20 years.
my dream would be to see a good driver alongside hamilton, like Russell or Lando Norris

Yep but he retire while he had a 40m $ from his contract in due years...

[Cnut237]

Istanbul will be rainy on Sunday [...] Races held under difficult conditions are always more enjoyable and we may encounter surprises

Races in wet weather are often more exciting, yes. Rain also tends to highlight the differences in raw talent between the drivers. Expect Ham and Verstappen to do very well in heavy rain, Bottas and Vettel to struggle.
There is also the added issue of the newly resurfaced track, and leaking bitumen causing a greasy surface even in dry weather... not sure if the rain will lessen this or make it worse, but either way we're set up for an interesting race!

[ingiltere]

We might see a normal standing at pole again. People expected surprises in these conditions but familiar faces in Top 5 again in Q2.

Bad luck for Grosjean and Latifi at Q1.

Some cars still have intermediate tires, I don't understand this choice. They will be eliminated probably. Hoping to see faster times in Q3.

[dre1982]

We might see a normal standing at pole again. People expected surprises in these conditions but familiar faces in Top 5 again in Q2.

Bad luck for Grosjean and Latifi at Q1.

Some cars still have intermediate tires, I don't understand this choice. They will be eliminated probably. Hoping to see faster times in Q3.

What a qualification with Stroll at pipe. Who expected that  

1. Stroll 1.47.765
2.Verstappen 1.48.055
3. Perez 1.49.321
4. Albon 1.50.448
5. Ricciardo 1.51.595
6. Hamilton 1.52.560
7. Ocon 1.52.622
8. Raikkonen 1.52.745
9. Bottas 1.53.258
10  Giovinazzi 1.57.226

[Cnut237]

What a qualification with Stroll at pipe. Who expected that  

Crazy. And Mercedes well down the order, 6th for Ham, 9th for Bottas.
If it wasn't for Verstappen's final lap, it would have been a front row lock out for Racing Point!

Of course if it's raining for the race, pole might not mean that much... but certainly not a boring qualifying session, let's hope for more excitement in the race

[ingiltere]

What a qualification with Stroll at pipe. Who expected that 

Everything changed in Q3 man, that was probably the most joyful Saturday event in F1 this season. Lance Stroll won his first pole position in his career. When weather changed in last stage he drove really good with intermediate tires and got a well deserved lead.

We'll see what happens tomorrow, maybe it will be rainy this time and that would affect standings. Glad to not see Hamilton at pole position.


Stroll
Verstappen
Perez

[coinlocket$]

Ferrari and Mercedes got problems with cool tires but Ferrari was a lot worse-



Source: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/turkish-qualifying-results-grid-lineup/4909583/

For sure tomorrow will be a fun race to watch, even if it will with no rain some cars has hard time to get the grip.

[swogerino]

Just when I thought what a boring Q3 will be without Ferrari and McLaren things got a drift for the right way.It was an awesome Q3 which showed and emphasized a lot more the driver skills than the cars in general.Well done to Lance Stroll for achieving his first pole ever in F1.

[jostorres]

It looks like tomorrows race will be one of the races where not many racers will finish. It is both rainy but also the road doesn't have proper grip, it was a rush job and it looks like it was done badly so many people keep spinning constantly. Only Vettel has managed to go without too much problem and did over 10 tests, aside from him everyone else got the gist of it and they have probably decided that with right setup and with right pit stops constantly and not really going full speed, they could just finish the race without too much fighting going on.

Either that will happen or they will just spin constantly and there will be tons of crash, I feel like both will happen between all the drivers, some going slow and steady and trying to just finish without caring about others, and there will be some that will spin and crash.

[tokeweed]

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