F1 Suzuka

[Panther_99FS]

1	5	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	1:28.988	1:28.174	1:27.064	16
2	16	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	1:28.405	1:28.179	1:27.253	16
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	1:28.896	1:27.688	1:27.293	21
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	1:28.735	1:27.826	1:27.302	20
5	33	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:28.754	1:28.499	1:27.851	16
6	23	Alexander Albon	RED BULL RACING HONDA	1:29.351	1:28.156	1:27.851	19
7	55	Carlos Sainz	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:29.018	1:28.577	1:28.304	21
8	4	Lando Norris	MCLAREN RENAULT	1:28.873	1:28.571	1:28.464	21
9	10	Pierre Gasly	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:29.411	1:28.779	1:28.836	21
10	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	1:29.572	1:29.144	1:29.341	15
11	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:29.604	1:29.254		15
12	18	Lance Stroll	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:29.594	1:29.345		12
13	7	Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI	1:29.636	1:29.358		15
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	1:29.723	1:29.563		16
15	27	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	1:29.619	1:30.112		13
16	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RENAULT	1:29.822			8
17	11	Sergio Perez	RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES	1:30.344			9
18	63	George Russell	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:30.364			NC 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI DNF 2 NC 88 Robert Kubica WILLIAMS MERCEDES DNS 1

 

[Panther_99FS]

Albon might be tough to unseat by Gasly....we'll know by the end of the season....

 

[wombat666]

Gasly is better off at STR for at least another season.

Albon is doing well at RBR and deserves his seat.

Common sense (not in Marko's vocabulary!) would be to keep the present lineup, Gasly and Kvyat seem to be a good fit and Albon will give Verstappen some decent competition.

Outstanding drive by Bottas!

 

[Panther_99FS]

I can't help but think Ferrari should be champions - seems like they need to hire Ross Brawn back for strategy purposes....

 

[Panther_99FS]

LeClerc Demoted to 7th Place by Two Penalties

https://racer.com/2019/10/13/leclerc-demoted-to-seventh-by-two-penalties/

 

[ftl818]

LeClerc Demoted to 7th Place by Two Penalties

https://racer.com/2019/10/13/leclerc-demoted-to-seventh-by-two-penalties/

Justice has been done. But what would have happened if the debris stuck on his car dislodged and hit Hamilton fatally. Remember the accident with Felipe Massa.

 

[wombat666]

Justice has been done. But what would have happened if the debris stuck on his car dislodged and hit Hamilton fatally. Remember the accident with Felipe Massa.

I thought the fugly 'Halo' was supposed to solve that sort of thing!
Between Verstappen and Hamilton whining over comms it was a certainty that Leclerc would be pinged.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Justice has been done. But what would have happened if the debris stuck on his car dislodged and hit Hamilton fatally. Remember the accident with Felipe Massa.

A front wing end plate is mostly styrofoam wedged between thin layers of carbon fibre so no real big danger there, but apparently the FIA ordered the team to call him in but he continued for another lap and that caused a lot of debris on track. Luckily no punctured were caused by it, just before the 130R...