Formula 1 FIA World Championship 2022

[Monzanator 4,839]

Sergio Perez takes pole in Saudi Arabia. His first ever @mrv86

 

Hamilton down in 16th

[mrv86 3,256]

15 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Sergio Perez takes pole in Saudi Arabia. His first ever @mrv86

 

Hamilton down in 16th

Now let’s hope he gets his first points this season.

[Monzanator 4,839]

Btw, Mick Schumacher will not take part in tomorrow's race after a heavy crash in qualifying.

 

 

[AmericanHero40 243]

God I'm sick of those random street circuits.   Not even happy about the vegas one coming up next year.  This is such a dangerous track.   Thank god the Vietnam race never happened.  From the looks on f1 2020 game.  It was another dangerous and unnecessary track 

[Monzanator 4,839]

Well, Perez got hosed by VSC pitstops after Latifi's crash and dropped from 1st to 4th. Still 20 laps left.

[Monzanator 4,839]

Verstappen wins after a late pass on Leclerc. Sainz 3rd ahead of the unfortunate Perez. Hamilton only 10th after having to make his lone pitstop under green due to closed pits under VSC (Ricciardo & Alonso conked out right at pitlane entry).

[heywoodu 16,278]

That was a fantastic battle, true classic racing  

 

Bad luck for Perez which made said fight possible, but still. Hamilton got a little screwed by his team being too late with the call to box, but also generally just didn't have the pace to really go for anything much better.

 

Two races today and both were full with fights left, right and center. Well done Jeddah, too bad it's in Saudi Arabia.

[heywoodu 16,278]

Meanwhile the director was making a hell of a mess of the broadcast. Those impossible helmet cams all the time, making it near-impossible to see what's going on, and even a long shot of some random fans at a moment where Leclerc and Verstappen, fighting hard for the win in the final few laps, were just diving into the first corner almost side-by-side.

[NearPup 3,646]

41 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

That was a fantastic battle, true classic racing  

 

Bad luck for Perez which made said fight possible, but still. Hamilton got a little screwed by his team being too late with the call to box, but also generally just didn't have the pace to really go for anything much better.

 

Two races today and both were full with fights left, right and center. Well done Jeddah, too bad it's in Saudi Arabia.

I think this is a great track for sim racing, but here in the real world the entire circuit just strikes me as a death trap.

[AmericanHero40 243]

1 hour ago, NearPup said:

I think this is a great track for sim racing, but here in the real world the entire circuit just strikes me as a death trap.

Thank god Vietnam never happened