Sam Clark75 said:The latest forecast is looking like things will dry up by 3:00, making for a dry race. Just an hour ago, they were calling for rain around 4:00 PM—at least according to what I'm seeing on my end.
Fernando Alonso just mentioned he's skeptical about whether anyone will even touch the slicks today, even if the rain stops. VER says they weren't expecting this much downpour. We'll see how it plays out.
These hourly forecasts are pretty much useless, at least from what I've gathered so far.
cosmicmoose2 said:Tomorrow’s going to be a rough one for Ferrari... Red Bull just seems to have the edge on race pace at this track.
Depends entirely on the weather—that's the wildcard. If rain hits, Ferrari finds their rhythm, though there's always a decent chance at least one of them ends up buried in the catch fencing. On the flip side, Red Bull just needs to make it through the whole distance without blowing an engine or falling apart.
I have to admit, Ferrari just didn't get the luck they needed today. When BOT went off, they were flying yellow flags, and it wasn't until after VER set his time that those red flags actually came out. Ferrari really missed their window when MAG spun out earlier.
Those qualifying sessions—or more like race controls, given all the red flags—were honestly a mess. They could have just waited a beat to see if the driver was going to crawl out of the gravel. There were better ways to handle this—for instance, they could have just thrown out a ten-second Virtual Safety Car instead of killing the session entirely.
Jacob Castillo70 said:tomorrow’s sprint is going to be pure chaos if these conditions hold up...
The forecast says it should stay dry. Honestly, I’m expecting a slow procession—not much anyone will want to risk blowing their entire Sunday on some desperate, rushed maneuver tomorrow.
I wonder which guy they actually decided to extend the contract for... 🙄 The main thing is that he isn't about to settle for being anyone's number two.
Ferkan seems pretty solid when things get wet. It looks like Red Bull Racing is the only one actually capable of competing here, though since the track finally dried out, those last few minutes of lap times aren't really telling the full story.
Mercedes-AMG is complaining about how much the car is bouncing around—which, honestly, makes sense if you're trying to drive one. But from where I'm sitting, it looks like Ferrari is catching even more air than they are, yet somehow they’re still a full second faster 🤷
Feel free to set me straight, but this is honestly the first time in ten years I’ve actually seen you praise Ferrari’s performance across the board during a race weekend.