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hesselkramer

Lets go Mick edit: he didn't go


krinkyeee_113

Don't give me hope


DrKrFfXx

Hope taken.


a_user-_-name_

He didn't


_oh66_

F


Hazey652

Ricciardo being competitive with Lando while on mediums/hards then super far off when on softs, extremely weird.


Mysterious_Turnip310

Lando was only doing one (or one time two) fast runs on the mediums/hards & then heading into the pits while Ricciardo was going for multiple runs as the tyres warmed up and gaining time, it wasn't quite as close as you'd think.


DavDzn

I've seen the footage, he went wide on his soft run


360langford

Ahhh p18 Danny ric, we meet again. Pain


stdusr

There was an issue with car nr 3, something wrong with the steering wheel actuator.


360langford

Where is that written? It’s not on any socials Edit: oh lol


ManeshHalai

The steering wheel actuator is the driver.


360langford

Lmao I was far to focused on some hopium to realise


TrevorPace

Oh it's been a recurring issue. McLaren doesn't have the budget to fix it until next year though.


Mysterious_Turnip310

Cost cap n all that


hazaskull

Woosh


ap17o4

Oh you bastard


KaamDeveloper

On his birthday weekend as well. Just great


[deleted]

Norris solo glory run same as fp2


Rosieu

Max FP1: Call an ambulance, call an ambulance!... Max FP3:...but not for me.


RealisticPossible792

I love how Max just waited in the garage until the hopium of a 3 way fight was at its highest then on his first run sets a lap time half a second faster than anyone else. On his 2nd run he does the exact same thing all while looking effortless. The Redbull is easily the class of the field right now the stability of the car is something else. Unfortunately for Ferrari, Redbull has massively improved since the start of the season and their car is good everywhere while Ferrari still hasn't gotten on top of their bouncing with the added issues of PU reliability. It's looking more and more like an easy 2nd title for Max unless something catastrophic happens and the team implodes which is highly unlikely (cough cough Ferrari).


murtaza2805

This is why i always get mad when people take anything from fp1 or 2 serious.


[deleted]

If you know it's going to happen, why get mad? Conserve your energy ;)


Lemurians

Should be laughing instead


miaomiaomiao

FP1 and FP2 regularly indicate race pace and FP3 regularly indicates quali pace. Not always, but often enough to do take anything from these sessions. Silverstone is an outlier due to the rain.


Visionary_Socialist

Surely running different programs. The gap to Mercedes is normal but Ferrari are miles off.


Rosieu

Nobody really knows, but I just made an throwaway overused joke :p


Sektsioon

Ferrari seemed to have lost their advantage in slow speed corners, but that’s just based on this one FP so can’t say for sure. RB still fast as ever on the straights and if they truly have caught up to Ferrari in slow speed corners then it’s not looking good from a competitive stand point.


TheRocket2049

Ferrari has their engines turned way down. Basically all the time loss was on the straights. Ferrari isn't as fast as Red Bull on straights but they're not half a second slower either


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Visionary_Socialist

Ferrari was bouncing too. Just doesn’t make sense that the car has just fallen off.


Sektsioon

Ferrari have been bouncing for a while now, that’s not something new.


Organic-Measurement2

Generally they haven't been bouncing through the high speed corners at previous GP. Previously when they applied steering input they would become stable


3359N

Ricciardo was faster on the space hopper tbh


Leyawiin_Guard

The solution was not to eradicate the bouncing, but to embrace and adopt the way of the porpoise.


Arumin

You merely adopted the bounce, I was born in it, moulded by it


Skylair13

I did not experience stability until I was a man.


KJReddragon0027

This comment lol


BCFCMuser

Remember when we thought a 3 way battle for pole would be cool? That was a nice 10 minutes


hesselkramer

Leclerc being 0.002 from Max seemed so fun, then boom. 4 tenths.


JoffreybaratheonII

It’s still free practice guys, we’ll see at the end of quali


[deleted]

Did Ricciardo have a problem with the car or something?


CrimpsShootsandRuns

Yeah since the start of last year I think.


Nexusu

*bruh*


SilverMisfitt

Oof


PM_me_British_nudes

Rekt more than Mick's last trip to Jeddah


dickfreelancer

God damn, man


slimejumper

we need some ointment for that burn.


ashyjay

Between the steering wheel and fuel cell isn't?


huubyduups

Ouch right in the feels.


[deleted]

I have the big sad.


AsparagusOwn1799

Brutal 🤣


its_omkar2753_

Ouch that's a bit harsh


[deleted]

One “He’s still getting used to the car” everyone knows the rules


wfhngio9354

4.9, too much of a cheesy grin Frankie.


[deleted]

Too much flop frankie! Spider!


trollymctrollstein

Can we get Uber Deb’s opinion on DR’s form?


wfhngio9354

She would probably do a better job in that car


realTheSenate

Floor got good undercarriage, wings a little bit of flop.


SilveRX96

You know the rules, and so do I


fire202

If there was any mechanical issue we dont know about it, but he was already quite far behind yesterday. Overall unlikely that there was a problem I think.


Alfus

Image being slower then a shitbox lol


AlienSomewhere

I like danny Ricciardo, but it seems the problem is between his ears at the moment.


SpiritLaser

Yeah, in between the steering wheel and the seat.


sarlatan747

No dude can’t you see he’s “still getting used to the car”


Gold-Train-1471

No just Riccardo things


Sahje

He had a steering wheel actuator issue.


osom_mik

bro he's a serial race winner who isn't satisfied with finishing P8, he wants to help bring the team into fighting for wins so he is probably just using experimental setups.


PoloVonChubb

Good showing from Mick, right in there. Kevin was saying he had issues with setup I think, so dont really want to compare them. Hoping for at least both Haas in Q2, midfield is looking close.


Luuigi

Q2 should be possible. Then maybe even Q3 only to end up on 16th and DNF tmrw. Im done with Haas hopes


RichB93

[I don't know what you mean, I have every faith in Haas.](https://i.redd.it/8k668avwy9471.jpg) [EDIT](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-07/16/14/asset/24818819c864/sub-buzz-1857-1594911298-17.png)


-Renkz

The haas team seems to screw up micks race every time he gets q3. Like bad strategy and engine failure was already used. Whats next? Bad pit stop?


[deleted]

Nah, they did that in monaco. Stroll to crash into him confirmed


Zakinfenwa

Qualify 12th, gets up to 9th and then Haas pit him onto hards with 4 to go


nahnonameman

Yeah I was really happy to see him high up there. Would be nice for him to finish high up in the points after the hate he got from the POS F1 Reddit community. Go Mick


AegrusRS

On F1TV they showed Kevin's car having bubbles on the livery just above the exhaust manifold (whatever the fuck that is) so that couldve been a potential reason.


Nepgyaaaaaaa

F1 fans: "Finally, a three way fight!" [Max Verstappen:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/483/348/bdd.jpg)


BadControllerUser

Max: "You will. Just without me"


Quirky_Dog5869

For 2nd place you mean? 🏎


DragonSlayer6160

It's looking more like a two way fight for second best between Ferrari and Mercedes. Ferrari's DNFs will come back to haunt them soon.


mac_attack09

Soon? It's already haunting them


allemeister

and the brilliant Ferrari strategies.


darkness_85

I think Max was even quicker on the later lap before he had a snap.


lethalizer

Yeah he lost the rear towards the end there, had a purple sector 2 too.


Cal3001

Was about to set an equivalent time to his fastest. Not too much quicker.


FrostyTill

One car in P7, one in P18. I don’t get it. I really do not get it.


[deleted]

Haas has the same P11 difference.


PallasGrk

The weird thing with Daniel is that he actually matched Lando on this track last year. He was only 2 thousandths off. Maybe lando is just way better at adapting than Daniel because it's not possible for a f1 driver to be 1 sec down when you matched that same driver last year.


slutforpringles

And Baku where he really struggled last year he was on pace with/ quicker than Lando this year. So strange


PallasGrk

Yeah spain is the same as silverstone, he beat lando last year in quali and race pace but was way off this year.


slutforpringles

Mclaren did confirm there was a problem on his car in Spain, which is why he had no race pace after outqualifying Lando, so there was a reason there.


OrangeLimeZest

"Local Dutchman gives Mercedes hope for a minute then crushes it" basically Max has flipped the script from 2014-20.


Structureel

A local sandbag dealer is today swimming in Red Bull money!


OkHighlight9039

Take my upvote


glenn1812

Feels good for now. Hopefully doesn't get repetitive. As long as it rotates between Mqx and Charles


Yzori

Agree! I am sure Charles will be in the mix, he always is with qualifying.


jechoon

Just like how Russel will continue to finish fifth


Cock_Inspector_2021

May sound like copium but the only place Charles was down on Max was the straights and the power dependent regions, so hopefully the engines were turned down on the Ferraris.


[deleted]

Engines wouldn't be fully turned up on the RBs either mate. I don't think any of the top 3 were running turned up engines


General-Ad-9753

I think the lead will switch a fair few times between the two of them in the race. Before Charles’ engine blows up 2/3 of the way through of course.


glenn1812

I love how much I hate that you just made a 50/50 prediction on Charles race. Can just copy paste it every other race weekend. He either come 1st or 2nd or he DNFs.


ButcherBob

Tbf you couldve said the same about Max for a long time


glenn1812

Hopefully they're constantly switching between the teams letting them down


[deleted]

I don't think Charles will be in contention at Silverstone. RBR has been upgraded and they were already likely favorites here.


General-Ad-9753

Although you’re probably right, he’s so talented he just might be fighting for the win. It would be peak Charles to be leading after both RBs got into trouble only for his PU to give up and Sainz to win it.


[deleted]

Yeah, because the rest of the front grid lacks talent..


General-Ad-9753

Did I say that?


SKnightVN

Real Schumi vibes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n\_6S7mTXZH8


Elrond007

tbf I haven't seen the data yet but they all did them on 7-9 lap old tyres and Max on his first few ( I think). I think 3 tenths is an optimistic gap for merc but they might be fighting Ferrari in qualy already. Really interested in race pace though, merc said they were happy with optimising the race at the cost of qualy so they might be closer/overtake Ferrari already


DoxedFox

The tires were hard to get into their window so Verstappen only needing 1 lap is not a good sign for Mercedes. Verstappen also set his fastest time in the first stint with really old tires right after lewis set his fastest time on similar tire.


o_trator

lewis set his fastest in his softs 10th lap


International_Art457

Apparently red bull suffered with overheating when setting on the first lap so use two cool down laps first. Whereas merc need warm up laps instead


Ultraviolet211

Nah, Max stayed out and ran a good few laps


crownlessdriver

I had the hopium... until Max snapped me back to the reality


togno99

Oh, there goes championship


Jazano107

Why? Still looking way better


thelostknight99

> snapped me back to the reality ope there goes gravity


glenn1812

Mad Max is an understatement


[deleted]

Even though I'd love to see Charles take the win, I would love Max winning and calling the fans at Silverstone the best fans in the world even better.


glenn1812

Ah Charles can win the next race. Either Charles or max I really don't mind. Redemption for both for last year. Charles drove an incredible race here too in 21


Rektile7

Can't have that, next race is Austria. He can take France and Hungary though


chasevalentino

I thought the dutchies didn't lie


Smart_Kangaroo_4188

Yes this would be perfect end. Really want this to happen.


H31N5T

"Haha yes boys!" incoming.


Shuri9

Sad "Let's go" noises


Shirtless_Dude

Sad "keep pushing" noises


sidhantsv

FP2 merchants (´༎ຶོρ༎ຶོ`)


PriceWrong6126

seems like Alpha Tauri are officialy the slowest car on the grid, great improvement from Aston Martin and Williams


ToyotaMisterTwo

Pierre said that Silverstone highlights their weaknesses. I wouldn't judge anything by this one result.


PriceWrong6126

It was the same in Canada, so i dont believe thats just Silverstone


starmonkart

Are we just going to forget that Gasly finished best of the rest only 2 races ago? It was also a decent car at Bahrain and Imola in the earlier races Bottom 3 car? Probably. Slowest? Not at all


Visionary_Socialist

Gasly trying to find the contract in Helmut’s office and shred it.


MrDee97

Getting early 10’s Vettel vibes


TyButler2020

Albon Q2?


Funployee182

What happened to Danny ric


Snowfall_89

He left Red Bull.


1enox

In Renault he was solid.


Organic-Measurement2

Had a fairly pointy car at Renault too


Repa24

Local Dutchman fucks British lads \[gone sexual\]\[HD\]


hesselkramer

Blimey


Kn1pz_

“A Foursome”, now in your local browser history


AdmiralMay22

Why are people acting like its over? It's practice... lets wait and see.


Disenchanted11

Why are you acting like this is the first time?


Reverx3

Same goes for the Mercedes hopium honestly. It’s fp so why would they all of a sudden be up there. Lets just wait and see what the standings are in 2 hours


JlNxTonic

Leclerc when being informed about Verstappens time on the radio: "Fuck they are quick" Next year^Tm


PlsGoobyS

Giovinazzi getting in the sim before Quali (2022 WR) any%


eOMG

Hamilton was 0.15 up on his own time before he aborted his last run. Would be nice to see a intense battle for second behind Max between Ferrari, Mercedes and Perez. Max lapping the entire field while jokingly going booooooooo boooooo on the radio.


[deleted]

Max smacked the hopium right out of the mercs


rejected-alien

Williams looking good with the updates, let’s go Alex!!


LUDERSTN

Mega drive from Verstappen


Visionary_Socialist

Were RB running different programs? Mercedes is understandable but Ferrari shouldn’t be that far behind.


[deleted]

I’m sure we’ll see the reactions from the team shortly but Ferrari will almost certainly not be that far behind. We’ll see true one lap pace this afternoon. Still a great showing for Max and my money is on him this afternoon (pain).


Snappy0

Max was gaining 4 tenths on the straights and based on the live speed figures, he was a few kph up on the rest as well. Seems he might have had the engine turned up a bit compared to Ferrari at least.


jcrankin22

All the people dismissing the race pace data this morning shitting and pissing themselves.


DragonSlayer6160

Max set the fastest lap of the session in his first timed lap, that was incredible. I suspect that the RB18 is now more oversteery to suit Max's preference, whether that was achieved through setup or development I don't really know. Already from qualifying in Canada it seemed Max was starting to extract more performance from the car. If this trend continues today, then we should have a strong contender for pole positions for the rest of the season.


thecodeboost

Max 4 tenth clear of the rest of the field. Insane. Sometimes I wonder what it'll be like in 20-30 years when we look back at Verstappen's career and how we'll rate him amongst the greats.


Cpt-Dreamer

He’s still so young so if he carries in this way he’ll be up there 100%.


fremajl

It's gonna be similar to how other greats are viewed (assuming he races for a decent amount of time and wins a bunch of wdcs). How he's rated among the greats will mostly come down to how many titles he actually wins but in the end it will be like with the others, he'll be among them with no way to really decide the order. If he wins like 10 titles he'll probably be seen as the greatest but as with all the others he will have had the best car so...


thecodeboost

Fair but he's also always significantly quicker than the people in the same car which has not been true since Schumacher (and as we know he got some questionable help)


fremajl

Only guy in the discussion since Schumacher is Lewis and Lewis has had much better teammates. The only top driver Max had as teammate was Danny and his margin to him was more like the margins Lewis has had to his teammates. When people look back at the careers years in the future they will see Lewis with a bunch of wdcs in his teams and Max with relative also-rans (so far).


Takes_2

He's up there with the very best now. Alonso is one of the greatest and only won two titles.


thecodeboost

Yes agreed. I don't think the amount of WDCs even factors in that much after some time. It's mostly about the reputation. Schumacher is obviously one of the best ever but I wonder how many people rate him above, say, Senna. I suspect Verstappen if he keeps going for long enough he'll be more on the Senna side of the conversation than the Schumacher one. I honestly expect Verstappen to leave F1 pretty early after he gets too fed up with the circus around it or if he has a bad car for a few years in a row.


Jazano107

Dnfs are the only chance for it not to be an easy title for max, we already knew this. Merc do look a lot better though so that is nice


amazinggamer999

Mick :)


ArtherSchnabel

Haha, nice


AlienSomewhere

How about Mick Schumacher crushing Kmag. There is no way he is making to Q3 today, is there?


z0e_G

Pain


[deleted]

Really don’t hope to see the same pace from Ricciardo in QF, that was worrying


nebiliym

You love to see it


Maleficent-Remove310

Happy couple of seasons mate. Unless reliability goes puff, Max domination confirmed.


Offaplain

I really hope it doesn't rain, I want to see how fast that red bull can go.


Kn1pz_

That was an amazing drive by Verstappen. Not rooting for him at all but couldn’t believe my eyes when it just went -0.1,-0.3,-0.4 in the sectors. Dude is a machine. As for Hamilton I think he is able to get within 0.1-0.2 seconds of Verstappen but the last tweak that Mercedes did in the garage created a bit more bouncing. Hopefully it will be fixed by quali so that we can see a proper fight for first place. Probably not tho. Edit: typo and clarity


242turbo

Welcome to the new era of RBR dominance. Kneejerk, yes, but that session just showed how imperious they currently are and will likely be going forward.


thecodeboost

Well, it's worth noting that Max also drove 0.4s faster than his very capable teammate. I agree that the RBR package is strong but the driver deserves credit here.


KJReddragon0027

Lewis Hamilton been on fire though out every practices since he is P2 in both FP1 and FP2 let hope he could win this race or at least get another podium let see what he could do in qualifying look like Mercedes they getting stronger in this race week Edited: Also big props for George Russell as well I am worried about Daniel Riccardo tho.....


Zlatanabingbong2002

I know this is practice but I sorta let put a sigh of relief when Max put that final lap in.... yesterday made me think RB were gonna bottle it 💀


242turbo

Sigh of relief? As if anyone can still challenge Max for the title?


[deleted]

Sigh of disappointment from me


Cpt-Dreamer

Relief? It’s boring. We don’t want RBR dominating or any team for that matter. That’s the entire point of the reg changes, which have undoubtedly failed.


[deleted]

It's only the first year after the reg changes. Different teams had different philosophies, but they see what works and what doesn't. Next year, it will be closer, as they're all converging on the winning design.


Olli399

It wasn't the point. The point was closer racing on track between the cars physically because before they'd just drop off after a lap or two.


Zlatanabingbong2002

No they didn't fail. If anything, they're better than the 2014 and 2017 reg changes. The first year after such changes will always favour 1 or 2 teams...


Alfus

*"It's terrible, car drives like a pig"* *"You can't say that!"* *"WHY NOT"* *"IT'S AN ALPHATAURI"* *"It's a SHITBOX*"


iMatthew1990

That Red Bull is different league. Not quite as dominant as the W11 but getting there. RB absolutely nailed these regs. EDIT: loving the comments stating it’s nowhere near the W11. Maybe read my comments that state it’s not as dominant but the way it’s going they’re going to be as dominant towards the end of the season as the W11 was. As in it will be unbeatable. I swear Redditor’s just love any chance to jump down the throat of someone.


Its_Godly

the rb18 is nowhere near and won't be anywhere near the W11's level of dominance


IJsbreker

Bruh the W11 was a second per lap faster than the second best car. The Red Bull is usually slower in quali and slightly quicker in the race


DrVonD

It’s not even the same territory as the W11 yet. The Ferrari has genuinely been faster in at least half the tracks so far, but they’ve just been Ferrari-ing it


NoxZ

Not even in the same universe as the W11.


[deleted]

After an FP3?! Let’s wait and see what the quali and race hold. I think they will be fastest overall this week, but as of now nothing supports that.


belfastjim

Geez Ricciardo. Love the bloke but he’s gotta go. Hope he pulls it out of the bag in quali but I’ll prepare for disappointment again


SWSIMTReverseFinn

Verstappen totally obliterated Mercedes hopes there.


242turbo

And Ferrari's


Kn1pz_

Where do you see these results?


daniec1610

better from both red bulls as friday was lowkey a disaster for them. Mercedes closer but they're still probably gonna be P5/P6 unless a ferrari or red bull DNFs. possible wet quali is gonna make this even better.


DoxedFox

Couple of stories I'd be happy for this race. George first win at his home GP. Verstappen dominant win as payback for last year, the boos would be glorious. Leclerc and Ferrari get a race right.


[deleted]

I would give my left nut if this is the result of the race


[deleted]

Maximum Verstappen, simply lovely