The 2018 German GP Thead

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Germany '18 - Driver of the day

Lewis Hamilton
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Valtteri Bottas
0
No votes
Kimi Raikkonen
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No votes
Max Verstappen
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No votes
Nic Hulkenberg
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Other
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Total votes: 1

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The 2018 German GP Thead

Post by cmlean » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:44 pm

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 11th round of the 2018 season taking place in Hockenheim between the 20th and 22nd of July.

To submit your 10 'n' Pole Picks for Germany click here, to register in the competition click here

Picks for Germany close at the start of Saturday practice

The event timetable for the German Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 11:00 local time - 09:00 GMT
2nd Practice 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 12:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
Qualifying 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

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Re: The 2018 German GP Thead

Post by cmlean » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:58 pm

The Ferrari's are a hot chance to do the unthinkable in Mercedes backyard. The recent spate of problems in the silver arrows garage has shown just how must pressure the they are being put under by the Maranello marauders.
That said, German pride will rise to the surface and the Mercedes will be bringing all that they can to this event to prevent this happening.
Red Bulls will again be pushing these two teams but I feel that they will not quite be there.
Haas should be the next best and then it really gets interesting with Force India, Renault, McLaren and Sauber fighting out this mid field.
Toro Rosso have struggled a bit of late and it will be up to Gasly to show what he is made of. I feel that Hartley has used all his chances and, if he has a good result, it may prevent the inevitable. The two Williams will prop up the field.

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Re: The 2018 German GP Thead

Post by cmlean » Sat Jul 21, 2018 8:06 am

FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		   Team
1	1:13.525	Daniel Ricciardo   Red Bull Racing
2	1:13.529	Lewis Hamilton	   Mercedes
3	1:13.714	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
4	1:13.796	Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari
5	1:13.903	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
6	1:14.267	Kimi Räikkönen	   Ferrari
7	1:14.691	Romain Grosjean	   Haas
8	1:14.853	Kevin Magnussen	   Haas
9	1:15.097	Charles Leclerc	   Sauber
10	1:15.282	Nico Hulkenberg	   Renault
11	1:15.415	Sergio Perez	   Force India
12	1:15.544	Fernando Alonso	   McLaren
13	1:15.629	Lance Stroll	   Williams
14	1:15.769	Carlos Sainz	   Renault
15	1:15.864	Brendon Hartley	   Toro Rosso
16	1:15.876	Sergey Sirotkin	   Williams
17	1:16.023	Nicholas Latifi	   Force India
18	1:16.071	Pierre Gasly	   Toro Rosso
19	1:16.136	Antonio Giovinazzi Sauber
20	1:16.149	Stoffel Vandoorne  McLaren
Daniel Ricciardo is starting rear of grid due multiple penalties for a new MGU-K, control electronics and energy store.
Renault had a disrupted session with Sainz having a fluid leak which limited his running.
Hulkenberg had the major off for the session missing his braking marker and having to run through the gravel trap at turn 12.
Giovinazzi was leaving pit lane when the left side engine cover flew off.

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Re: The 2018 German GP Thead

Post by cmlean » Sat Jul 21, 2018 8:17 am

FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:13.085	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing 
2	1:13.111	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
3	1:13.190	Valtteri Bottas	  Mercedes
4	1:13.310	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
5	1:13.427	Kimi Räikkönen	  Ferrari
6	1:13.973	Romain Grosjean	  Haas
7	1:14.189	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
8	1:14.374	Charles Leclerc	  Sauber 
9	1:14.496	Nico Hulkenberg	  Renault
10	1:14.508	Esteban Ocon	  Force India
11	1:14.552	Sergio Perez	  Force India
12	1:14.592	Carlos Sainz	  Renault
13	1:14.682	Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing
14	1:14.783	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber
15	1:14.793	Pierre Gasly	  Toro Rosso
16	1:14.830	Brendon Hartley	  Toro Rosso
17	1:14.836	Fernando Alonso	  McLaren
18	1:15.269	Lance Stroll	  Williams
19	1:15.408	Sergey Sirotkin	  Williams
20	1:15.454	Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
Teams seemed to be settling into their programs and not yet showing their true speed.
The usual suspects were at the top of the time sheets except Ricciardo spending the whole session concentrating on his long run pace. A small spin early into his run was about the only incident to occur in this session.

The weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday looks like there could be some rain.

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Re: The 2018 German GP Thead

Post by cmlean » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:49 am

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:34.577	Charles Leclerc	  Sauber
2	1:35.000	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber
3	1:35.334	Sergey Sirotkin	  Williams
4	1:35.573	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
5	1:35.659	Pierre Gasly	  Toro Rosso
6	1:36.151	Brendon Hartley	  Toro Rosso
7	1:36.873	Nico Hulkenberg	  Renault
8	1:37.755	Kimi Räikkönen	  Ferrari
9	1:38.393	Lance Stroll	  Williams
10	No Time		Romain Grosjean	  Haas
11	No Time		Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
12	No Time		Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
13	No Time		Fernando Alonso	  McLaren
14	No Time		Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
15	No Time		Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing
16	No Time		Carlos Sainz	  Renault
17	No Time		Valtteri Bottas	  Mercedes
18	No Time		Esteban Ocon	  Force India
19	No Time		Sergio Perez	  Force India
20	No Time		Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
What's there to say?
The rain came and all drivers did, at least, a sighting lap.

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Re: The 2018 German GP Thead

Post by cmlean » Sun Jul 22, 2018 8:02 am

Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:11.212	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
2	1:11.416	Valtteri Bottas	  Mercedes
3	1:11.547	Kimi Räikkönen	  Ferrari
4	1:11.822	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:12.200	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
6	1:12.544	Romain Grosjean	  Haas
7	1:12.560	Nico Hulkenberg	  Renault
8	1:12.692	Carlos Sainz	  Renault
9	1:12.717	Charles Leclerc	  Sauber
10	1:12.774	Sergio Perez	  Force India
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11	1:13.657	Fernando Alonso	  McLaren
12	1:13.702	Sergey Sirotkin	  Williams
13	1:13.736	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber
14	No Time		Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
15	No Time		Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing
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16	1:13.720	Esteban Ocon	  Force India
17	1:13.749	Pierre Gasly	  Toro Rosso
18	1:14.045	Brendon Hartley	  Toro Rosso
19	1:14.206	Lance Stroll	  Williams
20	1:14.401	Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
Hamilton had a hydraulics failure in Q1 and failed to take part in Q2
Ricciardo set no time in Q2 and will start rear of field due to MGU-K, control electronics and energy store replacements.

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Re: The 2018 German GP Thead

Post by cmlean » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:53 pm

Race Results

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
2	Valtteri Bottas	  Mercedes
3	Kimi Räikkönen	  Ferrari
4	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing 
5	Nico Hulkenberg	  Renault
6	Romain Grosjean	  Haas
7	Sergio Perez	  Force India
8	Esteban Ocon	  Force India
9	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber
10	Brendon Hartley	  Toro Rosso
11	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
12	Carlos Sainz	  Renault
13	Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
14	Pierre Gasly	  Toro Rosso 
15	Charles Leclerc	  Sauber 
DNF	Fernando Alonso	  McLaren
DNF	Lance Stroll	  Williams 
DNF	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
DNF	Sergey Sirotkin	  Williams
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing 
Sainz finished 10th across the line but incurred a 10 second penalty for passing another car while under safety car conditions.

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