Red Bull advising Verstappen to manage the shoulders of his tyres.
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@keithcollantine.bsky.socialRed Bull advising Verstappen to manage the shoulders of his tyres.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialRidiculously long delay for a single-car stoppage. More time being wasted letting cars unlap themselves.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialFIA has to resort to a full Safety Car as Albon's car is stuck in gear.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialOcon takes the 'Hamilton Shanghai 2007' line into the pits.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialAlbon now under investigation seemingly for this.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialSeveral exchanges of position but nothing you'd really call an overtaking move.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialRed Bull gave Hadjar carefully-worded messages about doing the same in Baku last week:
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialPiastri nearly ran into Albon at the pit lane entry, looks like Albon was driving extra-slowly because he had Sainz immediately and did not want to queue behind him.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialOcon has passed both Williams drivers and is now sixth.
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@racefans.netUPDATE: "Software issue" and downpour delays race start by an hour and a half
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialWhen the race was originally delayed, the FIA incorrectly put out the new starting time at 4:40pm, then swiftly corrected it to 3:40pm.
They may yet be right. The latest planned start time is 4:33pm...
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialStefano Domenicali and Mohammed Ben Sulayem were awfully keen to congratulate themselves on the grid for this race going ahead.
They should come back out and tell the crowd why it still hasn't started yet.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialAt this rate, the delay caused by F1's power units not being able to do a formation lap will be longer than the delay caused by the downpour.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialI look forward to discovering the result of today's race from the International Court of Appeal in January.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialMercedes say the FIA are sending new software parameters to the teams in an attempt to prevent cars stopping on the formation lap again.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialThe FIA say that the original grid order is likely to be used.
@keithcollantine.bsky.socialFormula 1 in 2026 is an overcomplicated, over regulated mess.
With rubbish tyres.
@racefans.netThe start has been suspended in confusion as now several cars have stopped and the Safety Car has caught several of them.
@racefans.netFirst Verstappen, now Hamilton going very slowly.