And Alonso overshot turn 1, wrecking his tyres and going form P16 to P17
#Rosetta's Wacky Races
wet fox
Stroll boxes lap 19 and emerges P14, behind Hamilton and ahead of Lawson
Who is being chased by Alonso afte rhe reclaimed P16 from Bottas
Make it a 14-15 on lap 20
By lap 22 the pack has seperated, leaving Stroll alone and Alonso no one to help him get his tyre life back
And Bearman ends up in the gravel at turn 5, recovery took ages, he's at the back
He was behind us anyway tho
On lap 24 Alonso and his group caught up to Stroll, Alonso got ahead
Considering they started 10 grid spaces apart, should I be happy or sad?
Probably happy
By lap 26 Piastri made his way through the back and passes Stroll too, who is now P15
Unfortunately passing Alonso lap 27 too
On lap 31 Leclerc spun on turn 1, he coes back in P8
Meanwhile Alonso has a 6.5 second stop and emerges P17
On lap 34 Stroll manages to get past Hamilton, putting him back in P11
Meanwhile Gasly went into the gravel in turn 6, coming back P6
He might have to park this race, Stroll may get Aston Martin a point
Then it will only be Haas without one, and their duo are 21-22 currently, don't fancy that anytime soon tbh
Not looking good for Russell either on lap 38
Gasly gets apuncture on lap 39 letting Stroll pass anyway, Aston points!
On lap 42 Alonso finds himself Stuck behind Hulkenberg as Antonelli comes in to lap him
He manages to gey by after Antonelli does
At least he can hold back the annoying white cars
Stroll pits lap 43 and emerges P16, behind Hamilton and the Hulkenberg train, yay
Lap 45: the train is broken after Hulkenberg pits, Perez very quickly catches up to and passes Alonso, Stroll also breaks through ending up right behind Alonso, 12-13
Alonso does his final pit lap 47 and emerges P18 - just behind Bortoleto, ahead of Hulkenberg
passing Bortoleto was easy, P17 starting lap 48
Hamilton closes the gap to Stroll lap 49 but I'm not worried - he has older harder tyres
Yeah he gave up on that idea pretty quick
On lap 50 Leclerc Sainz and Lindblad pit - Stroll emerged ahead of them all but Leclerc quickly took P9 back, but Stroll is P10
With 15 laps to go, Hamilton somehow took P10 form Stroll, this is bad
Meanwhile ALonso places Gasly between himself and Hulkenberg, P14 with an inevitable gap
On lap 56, with Stroll's struggles to claim a point, Sainz sneaks past, P12
On lap 60 we have something interesting, Verstappen lapped Stroll but then Stroll got by again - this means Stroll doesn't have to cede to Verstappen but everyone else still will, essentially turning Stroll into a lapping car that everyone must let by - now to just catch Sainz who formed a large gap after passing Hamilton
Well that's not happening
But what could happen is Alonso getting P13, with Lindblad just ahead
He butchered the opportunity on the second straight
Well, unfortunate, but what can you do with this car
First time Stroll beat Alonso in a race btw
Well anyway let's get out of there and say hello to...
robust elbow
Go Weeyums!
wet fox
Last time out at Williams, I won with them... what the hell happened here
Notably they appear to be research enjoyers, the first I've seen
Wait - how are they designing and researching chassis at the same time?
Maybe if I show them how to make an underfloor again, everything will be good
(the chassis they designed was trash)
Targets are 18th for both for some reason
Hoo boy it's wet
A surprise at the top of FP! - the weather was everywhere, the setups are everywhere, good thing there's 3 of them
Sainz P19
In FP2 Antonelli span on his in lap, this lead the game to get confused and not pit him, causing him to just stop there
FP2 is topped by his teammate, where it's a shock to see both Cadillacs up there
Sainz P12 Albon P19
And he tops a dry FP3 too - Albon P15 Sainz P21
We got the double 100% at least
Quali went back to wet, the top didn;t change, good to see us get it when it matters more
Antonelli tops Q2, it's only one of us in Q3
And for a ncie surprise, Norris is on pole
Meet the masterplan
wet fox
Argentina DDoS'd the servers when Colapinto crashed, causing the game to crash too
Oh well, I'll resume when I can
wet fox
And we're off - a great start from Albon who outdid Hadjar and turn 1'd Piastri to get to P5
Sainz soared past Hulkenberg Perez and Colapinto for P12
Poor Piastri is P11
By lap 7, Albon is far behind Antonelli and far ahead of Hadjar
Sainz is in between the Cadillacs, no movement there either
Took until lap 10 for Sainz to make a move past Bottas, P11
On lap 15 the duo get past Lindblad but Sainz is still P11 after Lindblad lets Bottas past first
Sainz makes a move on Bottas again lap 18 but it just doesn't cut it
Until lap 19 where Bottas pits anyway
We both pit lap 23 - Albon emerges P6, one place lower than he was, but Hamilton ahead is on hards and hasn't pit yet
Sainz emerges P16 - undercut by Bottas, Lindblad and Hulkenberg who he passed way back on lap 1
Albon gets turn 4'd lap 25... pushing him down to P10
Bearman spun at turn 4 lap 27, going form P21 to P22, losing out to Ocon, Haas are having a good time
Sainz catches up to Hulkenberg lap 28, tried to get by and can't
Albon finally passes Hamilton lap 30, but not after he was passed by 3 other cars, P9
And on lap 31 he's past Lawson
As the rain starts, earlier than planned
Also Sainz got past Hulkenberg, P13
Bottas got turn 1'd lap 32, Sainz P12
And on lap 35 they get past Hamilton, who still hasn't pitted
On lap 37 Albon steals P5 form Leclerc
Next is Piastri, who turn 4'd Albon in the first place
Sainz finds himself in the points after overtaking Lindblad lap 39
We box for inters lap 41 - Albon emerges P6, overcutting Piastri, all alone
And Sainz emerges P10, with Perez behind
For some reason Perez is fast, overtaking Sainz on lap 42, P11
On lap 49 Hamilton wa sovertaken by Gasly so he got mad and crashed
Still in but heavily damaged
Sainz finally got a move on lap 54, overtaking Perez and Lawson to claim P9
With 15 laps to go, Albon make s amove on Hadjar, P5
He is closing in on Norris, but is it enough?
Albon catches up to Norris with 3 laps to go
They go down the final straight side by side...
And Albon wins the duel!
Well, what a race that was, and Mercedes didn't win!
The site now also has this graphic
Verstappen and Red Bull both jump to 3rd
Meanwhile I will jump to...
wet fox
Alright chat I can't guarantee I'll have tome tomorrow but I have time today so let's do it today
The state of Alpine looks okay, we just need to correct the high speed downforce and all looks epic
Not that there's any time to do that tho, nothing will happen these 4 days
Targets are Gasly 12th Colapinto 16th
wet fox
There's FP1 - topped by Antonelli, we're 13-14, De Palo is a bit of a shock
Mercedes 1-2 in the first SQ, Leclerc is out of SQ1! How did that happen?
The setups are a bit rough but that's what one practice does for ya
Disaster strikes in SQ2, Colapinto fumbled both attempts at a lap
And it's a Mercedes 1-2 at the top
This is how we do it
I wouldn't do this at the front because it's cold but in dirty air it can work
wet fox
The sprint will be done when I get the time
I try to save on the final lap but mistimed it as you can't save when the leader finishes, and yeah right when I fail to do it
wet fox
And we're off again - Gasly stays right where he is
So does Colapinto
We both make an overtake after the fist straight, 7-15
Sainz clips Lindblad lap 2 and send them both flying off Copse, Lindblad P11 with a penalty, Sainz P22, Colapinto P14
Also Colapinto passed Bortoleto for P13
With 15 laps to go, Albon gets past Gasly putting him down to P8
This is an energy nightmare track
Colapinto took P12 form Lindblad down the straight lap 4
Oh no, Colapinto got a fault on lap 5
With the nature of this track, that's terrible
He then goes and loses P13 to Leclerc
But Gasly takes P7 back after passing Lawson, Albon has a bit of a gap now
Oh and Colapinto's fault just vanished, cool
With 10 laps to go, Hadjar passed Lawson and Gasly, down to P8 again
Neither managed to form a gap, the fight is still very much on
Lindblad's woes continue as on lap 9 he misses turn 16, P20 only to the Haas drivers behind
Onwards to lap 12, Colapinto managed to pass Hamilton for P12, next is Hulkenberg
Thw two briefly had a duel, but Hulkenberg defends in the end
With 3 laps to go, Gasly takes the fight to hadjar again, but he can't get by
But Colapinto is past Hulkenberg, P11
Gasly makes his move on the final lap, P7
And Hulkenberg spins at the end, down to P18
Antonelli wins
Two points, we'll take it
Forget the graphic is takes too long to load and causes some issues
This is the most shocking Q1 I've ever seen - not because of Bottas P2...
(Colapinto P11)
But because both Ferraris end their Saturday there
In Q2 Gasly was held up by Bottas inconveniently going out at the same time as him
The setups now are 96 97 btw
And Russell takes pole
The race masterplan
It seems we have a medical truck here instead of a car
And we're off again, Colapinto gets past Sainz for P6
While Gasly holds position in P11
In fact, he loses P11 to Sainz
As Colapinto loses P6 to Albon too
On lap 2 Lindblad also passes Gasly, P13
And Colapinto falls to P8
On lap 4 Perez and Hulkenberg swapped positions, Gasly wa sin between them so still P13
On lap 6 Colapinto drops to P10
As Gasly gets past Lindblad again, they're practically in the same place
On lap 7 Bottas locks up turn 3
He rejoins P13, karma
And Colapinto loses out to Perez
By the way, the Farraris have gained only one place each, they're acting like this is their place in the pecking order
On lap 10 gasly gets ahead of Colapinto, Colapinto what is going on?
Colapinto comes in lap 17 and emerges P13, he has lost out to Lawson Perez Sainz and even Bottas, this is terrible
Gasly pits te next lap and emerges behind Colapinto, even worse
The two leaders make contact lap 19
Bear in mind Norris hans't pit, Antonelli has
Takes until lap 25 for Gasly to catch up to Bottas, currently 10-11 on track
And on lap 26, he's past
We pit again lap 36, galsy emerges P11 behind Bottas Colapinto P14 behind Hamilton after an issue
Make that P15, Lindblad got by
But Colapinto is keepingt he fight up with 15 laps to go
Past Hamilton lap 39
Gasly is also alone in P10 after someone pit, so at least we get one point
wet fox
On lap 40 Lindblad has passed Hulkenberg, so he's Colapinto's next target
Meanwhile Gasly resumes the Bottas vendetta
And he got him lap 41, P9
Make that P8 as Perez misses turn 16 again
While that happend, Colapinto took P13 at the final turn
Quite big gaps to the cars ahead
But Gasly is in striking distance lap 49
So is Colapinto
Colapinto gets Lindblad on the final lap
Gasly gives it a good go too
But fails
But then he tries again and succeeds!
Of course Antonelli wins, Gasly has a great one
Colapinto not so much
And Ferrari were pretending to be one of their customers
Hmm
Anyway, Sainz got the DOTD today
