Alonso out... Honda literally make the worst engines. Pathetic how bad those engines are. Fernando let down again by his car, great drive from the Spaniard.
Nooooooooo!!!! What a shame. He was just gaining places and so close to the end.
I hope Alonso comes back next year. He did so well this year.
Oof big crash with a few big names.
Indy Car should pay him to come back, even got my dad watching Indy Car again (he adored the series back in the 90's, CART or Indy Car it doesn't matter) and its been great publicity for the race series. I would love this to become a thing each year, have an F1 driver get a Indy seat for the Indy 500.
Alonso out... Honda literally make the worst engines. Pathetic how bad those engines are. Fernando let down again by his car, great drive from the Spaniard.
Well thats a bit harsh with the top 10 dominated by Honda and an Honda winning.
That was a great race. Probably one of the be post 2012 races we actually had. People forget how good Sato was in F1 and even though he did go through a lot of cars, his aggressive style make him actually fun.
He pretty much played this race right, clearly he was pretty pumped up for this race, why wouldn't you if you're part of the top Indy 500 team in the series, and his moves throughout the race was amazing. On the Alonso front, it a shame that he retired with a engine failure, but at least this engine is competitive and won the race with another driver then what's been happening in F1.
I kinda hope that everyone actually enjoyed that race actually watched it cause you'll not see anything like it until next year with the new style of cars
A good race, driver of the day for me was Carlos Sainz, taking a not great car to the top 6 was a job well done. Unlucky for Vandoorne and Kyvat as they both had solid drives and probably, on the balance of things, deserved points.
Unlucky that Perez decided to shunt them both out of the way, you mean? That was pretty poor form.
@dave_tacitus: Kinda harsh. Sato was that driver who was balls to the wall, Maldonado just was clumsy and overly reckless. Also Sato is just a nice guy as well
@georgiotre: By all accounts Maldonado is one of the nicest guys to ever have been given a life ban from racing at Monaco on the grid. In Sato's F1 days he was very much in the Maldonado mould - Quick on occasion, calamitous on others.
My friend and I are driving up from Cincinnati, Ohio to Montreal next week and are really excited to be seeing our first race in person. Anyone else going to be there? We will be in Grandstand 11 section 6 (right at the first couple turns at the end of the pits/start straight.
Any tips on things that we should do in the city if we have some free time? (Apologies if this has been discussed / asked before).
@djn3811: I'll be going too. There's a ton of meetups and information on the r/formula1 subreddit. I'd check there for info. There's activities every day starting Thursday.
Will be wearing my GB shirt to some meetups in case other folks are around.
@machofantastico: Crikey. That weather looks abysmal. Hope they pull through. The Isle of Man TT sneaked past my attention this week, too. Ian Hutchinson broke his leg again chasing his 17th win. I'm beginning to think Dunlop's records will be untouchable solely due to attrition.
So sad for Alonzo. I think the rumors of him going to IRL for the rest of the season are interesting. At least some fans got cool souvenirs with ALO going into the stands when he retired.
I do love all these midnight Le Mans bits. What a shame for Kamui that engine issue.
EDIT: A thrilling race all the way through. Hopefully we'll see more cars and reliability in the LMP1-class next year. That GTE PRO finish was something though, true Le Mans spirit up to the very end.
Baku has been a snorefest again this year so far. The only mildly entertaining bit is the slippery chunks of the track catching drivers out. Merc qualified 1-2 on a very Merc-friendly track so chances are Hamilton will comfortably win it barring some type of first lap incident. Ferrari has been looking rough all weekend despite somehow still getting 3 and 4. Vettel seems to be having some pretty bad luck these last couple weekends and Kimi is just doing his thing (fast on one lap, pokey in the latter parts of the race). Red Bull seems to be stuck with a car that either goes very fast or not at all.
Hopefully Baku's off the calendar within a year or two now that Liberty seems to be favoring going to more European tracks and other locations not in oil-funded dictatorships. Supposedly Imola has been recertified for F1 racing so it may be back soon. That's a good track.
@ben_h: It doesn't look like the marshalls have much access to the track itself (that's why it took a while to get Kvyat's vehicle off track), which is why we still see more debris and leads to a whole heap of potential issues which played out accordingly.
@dizzyhippos: Its not like it was a big deal. A small touch wheel to wheel in low speed. They might give him a few points on the licence and i do hope they give Hamilton something aswell for his braketesting which triggered it all and truly was unsafe driving.
A very eventful race indeed, delighted for Stroll.
What the FIA are thinking with just a 10 second penalty is beyond me, possibly one rule for Ferrari and another for everyone else. Hell didn't Maldonado end up getting suspended for a race for something similar. Poor decision by the FIA and absolute stupidity from Vettel. Fun race overall though, the racing was a bit immature at times but entertaining. I bet the dude who didn't put Hamilton's head rest on properly is right scared stiff after this, things like that cost championships. Great race overall on a track I'm not a massive fan of personally, other than the Vettel-Hamilton incident is was a blast throughout.
Well that was one crazy race. Almost seemed like early troubles were the way to success in this one :D
Also, can't believe the Force India boys, namely Ocon this time around.
If I was the head of Force India I'd be fighting the temptation not to strangle Ocon for not giving Perez any room whatsoever. Stupid driving, cost them what could have been an amazing result.
@machofantastico:He cut the chicane and couldnt make the turn just like Bottas when he rammed Kimi in the start. It wasnt a matter of leaving room or not it was a mistake.
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