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TenEightyOne
Rain going to last for the first half of the race, according to BBC Weather. With Verstappen starting on the "wrong" tyres (softs rather than the meds of everyone around him) this could be good for Red Bull - once the race is wet the tyre-change rule is dropped.
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Maybe I’m missing something but if it’s a wet race then the quali tyre strategy is thrown out of the window?
 
Hopefully it's not a rolling start behind the safety car.
 
Nobody has data in the wet? It never rained in any of the test days or anything?
 
This is going to be a very interesting start.
 
ROAD_DOGG33J
When Brundle was in the Mercedes, Hamilton filmed him passing by in vertical mode. SMH
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Oh god he's one of those.... lol

Are they doing a normal start? Because a safety car start would be boring and ruin everything.
 
PsuPepperoni
Nobody has data in the wet? It never rained in any of the test days or anything?
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I read somewhere that only a handful of drivers have any actual experience on the wet tires in testing. Not sure if true.
 
Do they have a different tread depth or a thinner carcass this year, as well?

PsuPepperoni
Nobody has data in the wet? It never rained in any of the test days or anything?
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Just for the track/weekend, I think.
 
I woke up at 5am, got a bike ride in, breakfast, I'm ready. Being interested in Motorsports in the US takes discipline :p

McLaren on full wets o.o

Commentators mentioning safety car start :/
 
niky
Do they have a different tread depth or a thinner carcass this year, as well?

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Pretty sure they are just thinner, not sure if they changed the tread.
 
Sc start.
Ridiculous, what was the point in changing the rules to allow wet weather starts if they’re just going to ignore them?? These are the best drivers IN THE WORLD...
 
Well there goes any excitement from having a wet start in the first place...

Bunch of cowards the stewards are......
 
So the commentators are saying there's nearly no data on how the cars with new aero work in the wet.

Could be a big opportunity for some of the new drivers to break out.

Uh... in a good way, I mean.
 
niky
So the commentators are saying there's nearly no data on how the cars with new aero work in the wet.

Could be a big opportunity for some of the new drivers to break out.

Uh... in a good way, I mean.
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If they had a chance to show how well they can get up to speed. Now it's just a parade and overtaking is even harder because you can't see in front as far.
 
Most of the rain will get cleared out under the safety car. A couple of laps on inters and then they'll move to the dry tires.
 
"Best Driver In the World"

Not even a heavy rain:
Starts behind safety car lmaook
 
Why is Formula 1 so afraid of a wet race?!
 
No standing water, get rid of the sc and let them do a standing start. Smh
 
Any more laps and they’ll all be boxing for inters...
 
What the **** are they doing?! This is getting so stupid
 
Well it's still saying "FORMATION LAP" so I'm guessing it's not started yet

EDIT; Standing start for the win
 
A standing start!! This will probably be exciting.

This race should of been allowed to start as normal though, Fia treats F1 like they need training wheels when it's wet.
 
Finally, that was two laps too many
 
Let's get reaaaady to ruuuumble....
 
Standing start!
 
Well that was a waste of a couple of laps!
 
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