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Posted on 9/11/26 at 4:48 am to
Posted by Lsut81
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 4:48 am to
Cannot wait to watch the train wreck this morning. Seeing the drivers comments after all the negative buildup about this track makes it almost certain there are going to be issues.
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 4:58 am to
And another one in the wall

In other news, Herta was P5 in practice
This post was edited on 9/11/26 at 5:00 am
Posted by MississippiLebowski
Member since Jul 2022
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 6:45 am to
This track doesn’t look as bad as they made it seem. A lot of walls but the cars look fast.

quote:

Herta was P5 in practice


I think I read the other day that Kyle kirkwood is eligible for a super license now and Herta is not. Kyle has probably had the better Indy car career.
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This post was edited on 9/11/26 at 7:07 am
Posted by fightin tigers
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Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 7:55 am to
quote:

This track doesn’t look as bad as they made it seem. A lot of walls but the cars look fast


I liked it. Have no clue where they are on the track at any time.
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 8:56 am to
F2 cars are really struggling with this track
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
Ms Gulf Coast
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 9:03 am to
Herta ends qualifying with a crash
Posted by s14suspense
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 9:09 am to
I mostly just listened to FP1 but it was fairly uneventful. Hope everyone has the suspension arms built for battle this weekend. Lots of curbs and walls.
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 9:51 am to
It seemed the F1 guys were being cautious after seeing the mayhem of F2.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
near the Apple spaceship
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 10:38 am to
FP2

Lindblad was having a spectacular session, up to P4.

Then he flew too close to the sun...
Posted by MississippiLebowski
Member since Jul 2022
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 10:41 am to
I think Lindblad sees this weekend as a huge opportunity with this being everyone’s first time at this track.
Posted by jefforize
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 10:50 am to
High banking turn is pretty cool
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 11:33 am to
They kept getting in the way even on the big arse corner.

Lando’s gearbox blew up spectacularly.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
30278 posts
Posted on 9/11/26 at 1:11 pm to
I wouldn't read much into that. That's on the higher end, but not anywhere near the most. New track and traffic will cause lots of deletions. Portimao had 125 deletions during one practice session. Austria is notorious for deletions.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 1:45 pm to
Also a street course with chicanes will encourage people to get fully off the track for faster traffic.
Posted by TheArrogantCorndog
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Posted on 9/11/26 at 11:56 pm to
Just watched Kimi's onboard... that track is fricking insane

Its like someone said "lets make a Monaco, but 3 times faster and every turn has double chicanes"

What the hell were they thinking?!

This is garbage... zero passing areas, the straits aren't strait, and the pit lane is entirely too big... i don't see the fans enjoying this parking lot/single file display
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
86069 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 6:24 am to
quote:

This is garbage... zero passing areas,


Yeah, the drivers have done better than I thought theey would on the track, Does soemone try to pass on the banked curve?


WTH happened in P3, just turned on and the PIT ws closed with 13 min left and 90% of the drivers were over a min behind on timing with a number not even having times?

Was Hamilton's incident, even though they haven't said a red originally that didn't keep the clock running?
This post was edited on 9/12/26 at 6:38 am
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
Ms Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 9/12/26 at 6:50 am to
Bearman with a big crash

2nd red flag of this session

They didn’t stop the clock for Hamiltons incident for a while

This post was edited on 9/12/26 at 6:51 am
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
86069 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 7:02 am to
Just saw, Hamilton being a dumbass. Should have never tried to get back to the PIT.

He fricked not only himself, but a lot of the other drivers with that stunt.
Posted by MississippiLebowski
Member since Jul 2022
1523 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 7:02 am to
“ Teams have encountered a MASSIVE degradation in Madring

?? They're losing around 2-3 tenths per lap. Way above Pirelli's expectations

?? Toto Wolff said that if the race had been yesterday it would have been SIX stops

?? An evolution of the circuit is expected to mitigate this, but they don't know how much”
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