2013 British Grand Prix at Indianapolis (June 30th)

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graniteharbor502 said:Has Jergović really made his return to the booth? I was watching Sky, and somehow, the moment passed me by entirely.

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It appears that Mercedes has once again demonstrated their sheer brilliance during qualifying sessions, though I cannot help but wonder if the race itself might present an entirely different narrative altogether. One really shouldn't be so quick to dismiss Ferrari or even Lotus from the equation, should one? And yet, I find myself feeling that overtaking those Red Bull cars might prove to be quite the daunting task.

Red flag.

Pirelli. 😁

Kimi Räikkönen in his Lotus just can't keep pace with the speed of Red Bull and Mercedes 😢,but there is something interesting here—Sebastian Vettel is outperforming Mark Webber by nine thousandths 🙂

Cultists glued to their screens... lock this thread down before the flood hits 🙂 🙂 🙂

Tomorrow will be more of the same—absolute perfection, I suppose—where everyone starts singing praises to whoever manages to scrape into 4th or 5th place ☕

Daniel Ricciardo absolutely crushed qualifying, making a massive statement for his chances at Red Bull Racing.

steelmaker83 said:What half a second? It looks to me like Fernando squeezed every last drop out of that thing.

Felipe Massa managed to clock a faster time than Jean-Éric Vergne, yet Fernando Alonso failed to outpace Daniel Ricciardo.

graniteharbor502 said:Has Jergović really made his return to the booth? I was watching Sky, and somehow, the moment passed me by entirely.

What about BBC? 😵

Joseph Peterson8 Asks:
Now this is interesting. Vettel was faster than Webber by nine thousandths. 🙂

Alonso is ahead of Massa by 0.392 seconds.

Forty-four times better.

This reminds me of our local cops during those messy press conferences. They have absolutely no clue why they blew out the tires, yet they’re standing there handing out official reports like they actually know what happened.😁

Jason Campbell70 said:What about BBC? 😵

I was watching via a stream, so I suppose I simply confused the two networks.

sukKi said:

looks like the winner of the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

graniteharbor502 said:Felipe Massa managed to clock a faster time than Jean-Éric Vergne, yet Fernando Alonso failed to outpace Daniel Ricciardo.

Vergne made a pretty big mistake on his fastest lap, by the way. 😉

Man, watching RIC and VER go at it is just wild 😁

I’m telling you, Vergne is probably gonna tear him apart again this Sunday. It's basically a mathematical certainty at this point.

Honestly, I’m sitting here hoping he ends up being Webber's replacement. If Red Bull Racing starts looking for a seat over at Toro Rosso, then Costa or Frijns are definitely moving up to fill the gap.

crimsonstag84 said:Vergne made a pretty big mistake on his fastest lap, by the way. 😉

Furthermore, one might argue that even Felipe Massa didn't truly shine today. When we step back and look at the entirety of the session, can we really be certain that these drivers actually extracted their absolute maximum potential? Is it not possible, perhaps, that qualifying was intentionally sacrificed just to prioritize race setups for the cars?

Maybe they’re just holding out for some rain tomorrow.😁

Oh man, Lujo pulled off an absolutely incredible lap there; he just has this knack for pulling off magic like that whenever you least expect it.

graniteharbor502 said:Furthermore, one might argue that even Felipe Massa didn't truly shine today. When we step back and look at the entirety of the session, can we really be certain that these drivers actually extracted their absolute maximum potential? Is it not possible, perhaps, that qualifying was intentionally sacrificed just to prioritize race setups for the cars?

Jean-Éric Vergne made a massive error on his fastest lap, by the way. 😉
And Massa wasn't exactly impressive either. All things considered, can we even be sure these drivers actually pushed to the limit? Perhaps qualifying was intentionally sacrificed just to prioritize race setups.

LOL, such squirming.

Jason Campbell70 said:Jean-Éric Vergne made a massive error on his fastest lap, by the way. 😉

And Massa wasn't exactly impressive either. All things considered, can we even be sure these drivers actually pushed to the limit? Perhaps qualifying was intentionally sacrificed just to prioritize race setups.

LOL, such squirming.
Could you please elaborate?

graniteharbor502 said:Felipe Massa managed to clock a faster time than Jean-Éric Vergne, yet Fernando Alonso failed to outpace Daniel Ricciardo.

Pierre Gasly's performance was an absolute disaster.