Race chat transcript (pt 1)
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(13:45:38) Jody_Barton: So we all going to have a chat about the race? If it's dry I think it's probably advantage Ferrari.
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(13:50:53) pennywise: I think it lcl's to lose.....but I think Hamilton will be all over him on the first lap and could pass him
(13:51:01) morini: @Jody, sebs lap was mentioned on pre-show. Brundle talking to conolly on the grid said he was not all 4 wheels off track. Bollocks if you ask me.
(13:52:25) morini: And for what it's worth, I think Hamilton might have an early pop but if it does nt come off I expect him to be in WDC mode. He doesn't need to win TBH.
(13:54:33) morini: Bottas is my dark horse for the win. He was really on it yesterday.
(13:54:42) pennywise: I thought he was off track as well but they decided he just touched on the outside rim....new rules for red cars in Italy
(13:54:54) morini: Heheh
(13:55:46) pennywise: Yea bottas was flying....don't think he has enough to pass ham
(13:56:52) morini: If he gets in front at the start I reckon he has the speed to win it though. He's shown plenty of times he can win from the front. If it's an on track battle then no, he hasn't got the ingredients
(13:57:02) pennywise: Excited to see Verstappen come through the field
(13:57:13) morini: Yep, that should be fun
(13:57:40) pennywise: The first lap is key here...always incidents
(13:57:56) morini: Yeah, massive run to T1.
(13:57:58) Jody_Barton: Well... Seb's lap still isn't on the App and they've not shown it pre-show. He was off, clearly off
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(13:58:33) NeilP: Good morning (afernoon) everyone
(13:58:35) morini: I agree Jody, but Gary Conolly insists he wasn't. Like I an said, they bottled it.
(13:59:03) morini: Georgous George is starting 14th with all the reshuffling
(13:59:03) NeilP: So who is going to take off who in teh first chicane
(13:59:18) Jody_Barton: I think Lewis will be in WDC mode, but if he gets a sniff, well, Lewis is Lewis and he'll apply the pressure and see if young Charlie boy cracks.
(13:59:58) morini: VB is talking his chances up. I'll punt him for the win today.
(14:00:22) morini: Lando looks a right tit in that hat!
(14:00:32) morini: Like a bloody flowerpot man
(14:01:41) Antilochos:
(14:01:45) Jody_Barton: As to who will take who off? If Lewis and Hamilton get the flying starts they have do far we might see contact between Silver and red, also think Sainz gets good starts and he might cause the Renault boys some problems. We'll see
(14:02:00) Jody_Barton: Lewis and Bottas...
(14:02:04) Jody_Barton: D'oh
(14:02:08) Antilochos: So, 10 silly minutes from now...
(14:02:10) NeilP: lol
(14:02:18) Jody_Barton: I'm going over
(14:02:25) Jody_Barton: FFS
(14:02:26) Antilochos: Still don't understand those extra 10 minutes.
(14:02:35) Jody_Barton: I'm hung over
(14:02:48) morini: Good lad!
(14:02:52) Antilochos: I wish I was, but not much brain left
(14:03:11) Jody_Barton: The 10 mins is for yankie TV
(14:03:13) morini: I recommend hair of the dog
(14:03:30) NeilP: I am enjoying my cream cheese bagel and coffee, I knew I could find something good about teh USA
(14:03:40) Jody_Barton: They start the show on the hour, so zero chance of missing it
(14:04:31) Antilochos: Christ, if you can't make it in time for 15.00, you probably mess up 10 minutes later because you take those minutes for granted.
(14:04:41) Jody_Barton: By it I mean the start of the race
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(14:04:56) Antilochos: Okay
(14:05:28) NeilP: The problem is Anti lots of TV programs start on the hour so they could miss the start that is why it was done
(14:05:52) Jody_Barton: It's all about scheduling anti and yankie TV works on 30 Mon slots on the hour and the half hour
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(14:06:11) Jody_Barton: What NeilP said
(14:06:20) NeilP: Pick your winner then boys before It starts I am going with LeClerc
(14:06:29) morini: Bottas
(14:06:30) Jody_Barton: Hamilton
(14:07:06) pennywise: I'm with Hamilton as well
(14:07:14) Jody_Barton: I think the F1 app is like 2 days behind
(14:07:41) Antilochos: Mine is working fine I must say
(14:07:49) NeilP: The F1 App seems to be a disappointment to many
(14:07:50) Jody_Barton: I'll let you know when I go lights out
(14:07:50) Antilochos: I really like it.
(14:08:00) Antilochos: I will as well
(14:08:05) NeilP: I think I am behind too Jody
(14:08:07) morini: I'm watching the Sky feed so will respect the delay
(14:08:11) Jody_Barton: I'm not a fan anti
(14:08:16) Antilochos: We are all behind Morini
(14:08:27) Jody_Barton: The MotoGP app is so much better
(14:08:32) NeilP: some of us with Knives!!!
(14:08:55) Antilochos: I like that you can choose car view when you want and wich car you want.
(14:09:01) morini: I imagine Ian is watching the sky feed as well.
(14:09:13) pennywise: The app is slower than the Williams
(14:09:22) Antilochos:
(14:09:34) NeilP: Does the F1 app run on a PC or just Android and Iphone?
(14:09:43) Antilochos: Poor Williams, really hope they find their way back next year.
(14:09:46) morini: George starting 14th. He might get a podium!
(14:09:51) Antilochos: I am watching on pc
(14:09:54) Jody_Barton: I like that too Anti, it's got lots more stable, but it does buffer too much
(14:10:09) pennywise: I'm on sky
(14:10:11) Jody_Barton: PC, Android, iPhone
(14:10:15) morini: Here we go then, formation lap started
(14:10:21) Antilochos: It does buffer, but that probably is to create stability.
(14:10:42) Jody_Barton: Has an issue with Linux though for some reason
(14:10:55) Antilochos: Formation lap just started here
(14:11:13) Antilochos: Saying it now because at start I will be to busy...
(14:11:20) morini: You aaren't *that* far behind then anti
(14:11:41) Jody_Barton: Yeah formation lap going
(14:12:01) Antilochos: Alonso is really trying to get back in F1...
(14:12:27) Jody_Barton: He is, rumours are he's pushing for the RBR drive
(14:12:40) Antilochos: I don't see it happening. Red Bull will never take him
(14:12:47) Jody_Barton: Nope
(14:12:49) morini: Max would murder him.
(14:12:52) Antilochos: He is to hard to handle for a team.
(14:12:54) Jody_Barton: Honda as well
(14:13:03) Antilochos: O, I forgot Honda
(14:13:16) Jody_Barton: Seb playing deliberate silly buggers
(14:13:27) Jody_Barton: Holding way back
(14:14:21) morini: Wow, CLC has early pace
(14:14:47) Jody_Barton: He'll have the extra engine mode for the start of the race
(14:15:03) Antilochos: Clean start, except for Verstappen.
(14:15:24) Antilochos: He had such a good run untill last race...
(14:16:19) morini: VB looks the faster merc early doors
(14:16:21) Antilochos: Stroll is doing pretty well.
(14:17:08) morini: Go Albon! Cracking move
(14:17:09) NeilP: Going to be a big fight all through the field today methinks
(14:17:28) morini: But it all turns to shit.
(14:17:57) Antilochos: Bad race start for Red Bull
(14:19:21) Antilochos: Verstappen is very far behind. They think he can make it on one set of tyres? I don't think so.
(14:19:44) Jody_Barton: No way will he make it on one set of tyres
(14:19:55) morini: No, especially as hes doing fastest laps
(14:19:57) Jody_Barton: Nose to tail so far
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(14:20:24) morini: Bottas definately being held up by Lewis at the moment.
(14:21:17) Antilochos: Seems Mercedes strategy if I listen to radio on Bottas car.
(14:21:27) NeilP: Renault actually holding on fairly well all things considered
(14:21:37) Jody_Barton: You think Morini? I think it's just line astern for now
(14:21:52) morini: Vettel, FFS
(14:22:03) morini: Bloody chaos
(14:22:13) Antilochos: Vettel, really?
(14:22:31) morini: Yeah, sorry Anti. You'll see in a minute
(14:22:55) Antilochos: No, I saw it on onboard view of Vettel.
(14:23:31) Antilochos: Poor Stroll, he was doing well.
(14:23:35) morini: He's going to get a penalty as well. Should be disqaulifies ofr that!
(14:23:45) Jody_Barton: Penalty
(14:24:03) Jody_Barton: Time to retire
(14:24:05) morini: Deffo Jody
(14:24:13) Jody_Barton: Bring back Alonso
(14:24:32) NeilP: Drive through penalty for sure absolutely horrific, what is it with Vettel. Its time for him to go
(14:24:43) morini: I'm getting the sense Ham is biding his time. He's a bit anonymous at the moment
(14:24:59) morini: Yeah, I agree. CLC has ratlled him
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(14:25:39) NeilP: I wonder if Mercedes will undercut Leclerc I think that is probably the best chnace but not too early
(14:25:54) Jody_Barton: Lewis is not in a high engine mode
(14:26:21) Jody_Barton: No, let CLC run out of tyres, which he will
(14:26:26) morini: Renault boys looking like a really strong result
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(14:26:50) Jody_Barton: Yeah, I said Ricciardo was a cheeky bet for a podium
(14:27:55) morini: Lewis closing now
(14:28:00) Antilochos: Saintz can give it a go fighting Renault later in the race.
(14:29:15) Jody_Barton: Maybe anti, the McLaren is kinda on its tyres
(14:29:30) Jody_Barton: KINDER
(14:29:39) Jody_Barton: bloody predictive text
(14:29:59) morini: heh
(14:30:14) morini: 10 second stop / go.
(14:30:17) morini: For Vettel
(14:30:26) NeilP: Giovinazzi quietly having a very good race
(14:30:28) Jody_Barton: Yeah, that's fair
(14:30:39) Jody_Barton: I rate Giovinazzi
(14:30:39) Antilochos: Looking on the on board view of Verstappen, it is just silly how much faster the Red Bull is compared to the Williams.
(14:30:48) NeilP: That is teh max penalty and rightly so
(14:31:03) Jody_Barton: Never a top driver, but he's capable of a solid career
(14:31:08) morini: Charles doing really well here, fair play
(14:31:25) Jody_Barton: Yeah he is, driving well
(14:31:51) Jody_Barton: Retire that Ferrari
(14:32:03) NeilP: Retire that driver
(14:32:10) morini: Vettels been lapped now
(14:32:19) morini: He's done his stop / go
(14:32:20) Jody_Barton: No point putting mileage on the engine
(14:32:49) Jody_Barton: Plan B, that's normally 2 stops for Ferrari right?
(14:32:52) morini: He should still get points
(14:33:04) morini: If he can go to the end on hards
(14:33:36) morini: I thought this one was a slam dunk 1 stpooer TBH
(14:33:56) Jody_Barton: Me too Morini
(14:34:09) Jody_Barton: But plan B is normally 2 stops
(14:34:49) morini: If I was ferrari I'd leave CLC out as long as possible. He's managing the gap fine
(14:35:25) Jody_Barton: Yeah me too Morini
(14:36:06) NeilP: anyone know the undercut time advantage?
(14:36:08) Jody_Barton: Depends how those tyres hang on because if they start to go off the Mercs will get him on the under cut
(14:36:13) pennywise: But if Merc pit bottas he'll get the undercut
(14:36:36) morini: Merc are being very naughty with the pit stop games. That is not allowed
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(14:37:59) Jody_Barton: Yeah, they need to stop them doing that
(14:38:23) Jody_Barton: CLC been told to put the hammer down
(14:39:14) NeilP: I think Mercedes will quietly be quite happy with the Spa and Monza races they managed to hang on very well which bodes well for the rest of the season
(14:39:16) pennywise: More penalties than the world cup
(14:39:19) morini: He's got the pace Jody. I was expecting Merc to be faster, but they aren't. Lets see what they're like on Mediums
(14:39:42) Jody_Barton: It's following in the dirty air Morini
(14:40:25) Jody_Barton: I think Ferrari should have this comfortably
(14:40:26) morini: Hamilton thinks the overcut won't work as he hasn't enough rears
(14:40:58) morini: In fact, Ham pits
(14:41:01) Jody_Barton: I think he's right
(14:41:33) Antilochos: I agree
(14:41:34) morini: Will mediums do 33 laps?
(14:41:44) Jody_Barton: Yeah should do
(14:41:49) pennywise: He's pushing hard
(14:41:55) morini: CLC in now. This will be tight!
(14:42:05) morini: Onto hards too!
(14:42:22) morini: CLC keeps the lead!
(14:42:45) Jody_Barton: Race over
(14:42:55) morini: Yep. CLC wins from here
(14:44:38) morini: What kind of lap times is Bottas doing. CLC and hamilton ticked up behind the renaults
(14:45:03) morini: Great move Charles!
(14:45:19) morini: gREAT RACING
(14:45:52) morini: hARSH BUT FAIR clc
(14:45:57) Antilochos: Good racing from Hamilton
(14:46:12) Antilochos: Did not see that.
(14:46:16) morini: Lewis moaning about not being left space
(14:46:21) pennywise: No cars width there
(14:46:44) morini: Black and white flag!! Waht the fuck??
(14:46:45) Antilochos: I don't like Leclerc but that was fair racing.
(14:46:55) Antilochos: I don't like Hamilton either...
(14:47:02) pennywise: Ohhhhh a flag.....feck off
(14:47:19) Antilochos: That flag is just silly.
(14:47:40) pennywise: Pointless
(14:47:40) morini: Lewis is going to wreck his tyres here
(14:47:56) Jody_Barton: No onboard that was naughty
(14:48:56) Antilochos: Could Bottas be lucky now? Could he push enough?
(14:49:02) morini: Bottas ain't doing fast enough laps
(14:49:13) Jody_Barton: Nah not working out for Bottas at all
(14:49:28) NeilP: He will be on fresh tyres though at teh end