Spielens – Prakhar Drolia
The Tuscan Grand Prix which marks a special event of being Ferrari’s 1000th race in Formula 1 and also marks a new track on the calendar, also 20 years of Kimi Raikkonen’s first ever Formula 1 test drive with Sauber and also Vettel’s move to Aston Martin as Perez’s contract gets terminated by Racing Point at the end of 2020. It was an interesting and intriguing Friday at an awesome circuit Marvelous Mugello!
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That is what is probably required after every few races to mix it all up and have a podium with no Red Bull or Mercedes or even Ferrari. There was a lot of action an drama and emotions involved. So many emotions that Pierre Gasly wasn’t even able to soak it all in. Williams came in with a good performance to do a final one for the Williams family and Hamilton gave it such an amazing drive but it was all about the great great and historic drive by Pierre Gasly and ofcourse Carlos Sainz.
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It was a great strategical qualifying and a lot of notes were made and the FP2 and the new regulations were awesome. A look into all of that and the whole of the 2020 F1 season alongwith a humble thanks to the Williams family.
The Italian Grand Prix was off to an expected kind of start with there being some spins and some gravel run offs. There was a lot of insights gathered and it was very interesting to see how the drivers were fairing. The teams were also working out how to test their engine modes to fine tune them to their most perfect settings in order to maximise their performance and maintenance.
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This is not a race review but a preview of the future based on the analysis of the races. FIA have finalised the decision, which will come into action from the Italian Grand Prix in Monza during the 4th – 7th September weekend, which puts a ban on changing engine modes during the weekend. The teams will have to keep the engine mode exactly the same from Saturday qualifying till the completion of the race on Sunday, with the exception of in and out laps. This will have several effects on the races and may even make somethings a little bit less interesting.
The Belgian Grand Prix was off to a damp kind of start with there being rain but not during the sessions. The atmosphere was dampened a bit for Haas due to engine issues and for Daniel Ricciardo due to unspecified issues in his car. Overall, the cars were fast and the drivers were fighting the…
Tyres move the car! Tyres are rotated by the engines inside the car and they rotate, this rotation around the center of the tyre results in displacement of the car, as the tyre cover a distance equal to its circumference in one single rotation. When this tyre keeps on rotating, the car keeps on moving and if the speed of its rotation increases, the car accelerates and when brakes are applied, the cars stop due to less energy provided and due to friction and hence the car decelerates until accelerated again or brought to a halt.
The qualifying was amusing and the Free Practice session was reflective. The tyres were the talk and the cars roaring were the on the block.
Many cars were not upto the mark whereas some drivers outdid their cars.
The 6th Grand Prix weekend of the 2020 F1 Season went on to a successfully hot and ignited start as the drivers utilised the two Free Practice sessions and made some very important and notable understandings which will affect each and every team a lot. Williams again gave a F2 racer a chance to drive a F1 car in the first Free Practice Session. The Spanish Grand Prix is a critical one keeping in mind what had happened previously on this circuit, what has happened previously in the 2020 F1 Season and what is set up for the future.
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THE RACE was a great and clean mess. It was a trademark race with the best overtaking action but dirty tyres. Bono? No, maybe tyre management.
It was a great race. Analysing the same!
The fourth Grand Prix of the 2020 F1 Season swished off with all cars speeding and accelerating on the Silverstone Circuit. The first practice session and the second practice session, both were filled with similarities as they were several issues, speeds and accidents throughout the day. There was even a surprise as Nico Hulkenberg replaced Sergio Perez as Perez tested Covid – 19 positive. Hoping he gets well soon and stays fit.
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The actions had started even before the actual race had begun as Pierre Gasly took a new Power Unit and Verstappen crashed into the barriers at Turn 12 when coming from the pits to the starting formation grid after changing his tyres to Intermediate as all teams felt that the track was a little greasy or wet as of that time but there was one time which decided otherwise and decided that they will start the race from the pits and change the tyres to slick tyres as they understood that the track was dry enough and soon wold dry even more. This helped them get their first points for the season.
All Drivers completed the Qualifying Sessions trying to give their best and some qualified with pole position whereas some surprisingly failed to qualify at the expected or wanted grid positions. The track performed in starkly different manners during the 3 Qualifying sessions under the main 1 hour qualifying session.
Some cars outdid the expectations whereas some continued to face dynamical issues and had to succumb to those issues and suffice themselves with what their cars allowed them.
The third Grand Prix of the 2020 F1 Season swished off with all cars not really roaring but driving around the Hungaroring track. The first practice session was a dry affair whereas the second one was a more silent and wet affair.
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YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST FOR THIS BLOG! The second race of the 2020 F1 Season culminated on 12th July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring with Lewis Hamilton leading from pole for the whole 71 laps and finishing victorious with a sleek and unparalleled and unchallenged 1st place. The Styrian Grand Prix…
All Drivers completed the Wet Qualifying Sessions trying to give their best and some qualified with pole position whereas some surprisingly failed to qualify at the expected or wanted grid positions. The factor of rain surely did affect the qualifying laps of each and every driver a lot with the fastest lap being about 15 seconds slower than in Austrian Grand Prix Qualifying.
An analysis and a look at the predicted leaderboard formation.
The second Grand Prix of the 2020 F1 Season ignited off as the drivers accelerated out on the Red Bull Ring for the second FP1 in just a week’s time as the Red Bull Ring hosts a double-header. The Friday Free Practice session were taken part in by all 20 drivers and gave a slight sense of how the season, or more prominently how the weekend will work out.What also needs to be kept in mind is that there is a probability that the Qualifying sessions might not take place due to weather conditions and then, the FP2 results might be taken into consideration to form the Starting Grid for the Race on the 12th of July, 2020.
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The Austrian Grand Prix finally did take place on the 5th of July 2020 and well… it left people asking the question that “Was that a Grand Prix I just witnessed?” There was a lot of action in the opening Grand Prix of the 2020 F1 season which also highlighted several problems that the teams…
All Drivers completed the Qualifying Sessions trying to give their best and some qualified with pole position whereas some surprisingly failed to qualify at the expected or wanted grid position. An analysis and a look at the predicted leaderboard formation. The expectation were that there would be a Mercedes front row lookout and they might…
The F1 season finally geared in and the engine for everyone ignited as 20 engines roared on the Red Bull Ring. The Friday Free Practice session were taken part in by all 20 drivers and gave a slight sense of how the season, or more prominently how the weekend will work out.
This is what the Friday Sense tells brains!
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