Has anyone watched the Netflix series F1?! I just finished episode 1, last night and it was amazing!
That documentary was beautifully shot and very, very entertaining. Nice window into the behind the scenes drama. I'm sure my non Formula 1 friends enjoyed watching it too.
I fell asleep during the Channel 4 highlights, worth rewatching?
Also, any other UK / C4 viewers notice anything odd about Quali? Did they chop chunks out of Q1 & 2?
Dunno ... I fell asleep during the qualifying, though I managed to stay awake for the race. I expected Max to take Seb out during his first attempted overtake following Seb's antics in qualifying (which I absolutely understand were really of Max's making but the fun part of all of this is that Max never understands that).
Never seen before a driver obeying immediately to such orders and THEN talking about it!! Leclerc shows some character right?
I don’t understand why you say it’s of Max’s making? I think Seb will pay the price for it at some point. I also think a big crash is coming in qualifying due to the tyres needing to be treated this way
Max was slowing down to allow himself a gap for his flying lap. What he either didn't realise or didn't care about was that in slowing down, those behind him wouldn't get across the start line before the session ended. In fact, two other cars missed their flying lap.
While I think he is a talented, entertaining and a race winning driver he lacks the total perception of others in the field. It's going to continue to bite him until he can rectify that fault in himself.
From the footage I saw he was matching Leclerc’s pace until Vettel over took. He then slowed to get clean air again, at this point it unravelled and others realised there was not enough time to get to the start line, admittedly he seemed slow to realise the danger.
It’s the second time Vettal has broken the unwritten rule of not overtaking after the penultimate corner in qualifying. The future of that politeness, well as they say in Holland, I think you can now write that on your hand.
He is very young but has more experience and maturity than most F1 drivers. I don’t think you will see a mistake twice, and Vettal will be on the ‘hit’ list, maybe literally in unfavourable circumstances.
