Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2020

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 12:07 pm

Sochi Autodrom (Сочи Автодром)

Last year's race

Vettel did everything wrong in this race, from team orders on the start to providing a VSC to allow another easy Mercedes victory

2020 Season Standings
after 9 races

Code:

DRIVERS
POS   DRIVER   NATIONALITY   CAR   PTS
1   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   MERCEDES   190
2   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   MERCEDES   135
3   Max Verstappen   NED   RED BULL RACING HONDA   110
4   Lando Norris   GBR   MCLAREN RENAULT   65
5   Alexander Albon   THA   RED BULL RACING HONDA   63
6   Lance Stroll   CAN   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   57
7   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   RENAULT   53
8   Charles Leclerc   MON   FERRARI   49
9   Sergio Perez   MEX   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   44
10   Pierre Gasly   FRA   ALPHATAURI HONDA   43
11   Carlos Sainz   ESP   MCLAREN RENAULT   41
12   Esteban Ocon   FRA   RENAULT   30
13   Sebastian Vettel   GER   FERRARI   17
14   Daniil Kvyat   RUS   ALPHATAURI HONDA   10
15   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   6
16   Kimi Räikkönen   FIN   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   2
17   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   2
18   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   HAAS FERRARI   1
19   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0
20   George Russell   GBR   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0
21   Romain Grosjean   FRA   HAAS FERRARI   0

CONSTRUCTORS
POS   TEAM   PTS
1   MERCEDES   325
2   RED BULL RACING HONDA   173
3   MCLAREN RENAULT   106
4   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   92
5   RENAULT   83
6   FERRARI   66
7   ALPHATAURI HONDA   53
8   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   4
9   HAAS FERRARI   1
10   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0

Timetables
all times are local (GMT+3)

Code:

Thursday 24th SEPTEMBER        
Formula 1   Team track walks   09:00 - 12:30
Formula 1   Press Conference   14:00 - 17:35
         
FRIDAY 25th SEPTEMBER        
FIA Formula 2   Practice Session   09:35 - 10:20
Formula 1   First Practice Session   11:00 - 12:30
Formula 1   Press Conference   13:00 - 14:00
FIA Formula 2   Qualifying Session   14:00 - 14:30
Formula 1   Second Practice Session   15:00 - 16:30
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   16:45 - 17:15
         
SATURDAY 26th SEPTEMBER        
Formula 1   Team Pit Stop Practice   09:10 - 09:40
FIA Formula 2   First Race (28 Laps or 60 Mins)   10:15 - 11:20
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   11:35 - 12:05
Formula 1   Third Practice Session   12:00 - 13:00
Formula 1   Qualifying Session   15:00 - 16:00
Formula 1   Press Conference   16:00 - 17:00
         
SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
     
FIA Formula 2   Second Race (21 Laps or 45 Mins)   10:55 - 11:45
FIA Formula 2    Press Conference   12:00 - 12:30
Formula 1   Drivers' Presentation   12:30 - 13:00
Formula 1   End Racism Recognition   13:53 - 13:54
Formula 1   National Anthem   13:54 - 13:56
Formula 1   Grand Prix (53 Laps or 120 Mins)   14:10 - 16:10

Hamilton equalizer will be on the Sochi Mickey Mouse Putingrad GP

JJ · PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 1:01 pm

Guaranteed snoozefest. Nothing will happen after the lights go out. No retirements, no overtakes. Maybe Bottas will win for a change.

But who cares, when you can watch 24 Hours Nürburgring instead.

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:21 pm

JJ wrote:

Guaranteed snoozefest. Nothing will happen after the lights go out. No retirements, no overtakes. Maybe Bottas will win for a change.

But who cares, when you can watch 24 Hours Nürburgring instead.

I said "race over, snoozefest" before Monza...everyone said it before Mugello. This should work.

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:35 pm

not anymore, when someone points it out it gets immediately jinxed

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:54 pm

LucasWheldon wrote:

not anymore, when someone points it out it gets immediately jinxed

Fuck.

Sorry everyone.

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:57 pm

it's ok Russia is a lost cause anyway

codename_47 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:07 am

Well this will be the first meeting in about 10 years that I won't see anything at all of, not practice, qualifying or racing due to working at my track instead

MAYBE I'll get to see F2 Race 2 early Sunday morning but that's about it.

Enjoy your epic, FLIPFEST where it'll be RAINING and the track will be WET AND there'll be a FOOL running across the course, what a raving LUNATIC AND you'll get a surprise winner too :whistling:

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:59 am

There are only 2 exciting things to ever happen at Sochi:

1. Kyvat kamikaze

2.

Gabriel · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:11 am

I imagine that Tilke made a scketch of the track and said to himself "aw yiss, I'm a fucking genius".

But I think he just don't give a fuck. He got paid anyway.

Philthy82 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:03 am

I imagine Tilke got specific instructions from Putin that the track should produce very predictable racing with no chance of a weak team passing a more powerful team or anything that could encourage the idea of free will or freedom of expression. Or the alternative of a nice cup of tea with a slightly funny aftertaste.

Fabs · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:53 am

I hope Lewis wears his BLM shirt here as well and that drivers kneel.

I'm thinking they got a message saying they shouldn't though. Siberia is not far away.

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:56 am

Fabs wrote:

I hope Lewis wears his BLM shirt here as well and that drivers kneel.

I'm thinking they got a message saying they shouldn't though. Siberia is not far away.

Are you kidding? Russia loves to prove the moral high ground against America. They gonna use any driver kneeling and say "look how fucked up shit is in USA. Here? Nothing to see here".

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:05 pm

Lewis will be in trouble only if he wears a t-shirt campaigning for LGBT rights, other than that is quite ok

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:14 pm

Gabriel wrote:

I imagine that Tilke made a scketch of the track and said to himself "aw yiss, I'm a fucking genius".

But I think he just don't give a fuck. He got paid anyway.

you can literally draw this track following tile grout with your finger :lol:

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:26 pm

so the track was designed after the development of the olympic park or the olympics organizers invited Tilke so they could make both ideas work together?

Fabs · PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:33 pm

Forgot this even happened, of course it was Grosjean

JJ · PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:09 pm

I though there would be unseen footage, but no, just the two angles we've seen million times. Maybe they should change the title to "Memba this?".

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:22 pm

if that crash had happened in the 90's the perpetrator surely would be Jos Verstappen

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:31 pm

LucasWheldon wrote:

if that crash had happened in the 90's the perpetrator surely would be Jos Verstappen

I was thinking Jean Alesi

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:46 pm

he had a very similar one at Spa 1996, one of the greatest crashes without any footage

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