July 29, 2017
F1 Quals: Hungary 2017
A bright sunny day greeted the F1 Circus, the pleasant atmosphere belying the fact that they were in Hungary. Still, while they were there, they may as well go racing, right? And before you race, you have to qualify, and they did. Here's the provisional grid:
Sharp-eyed readers may notice a name is missing. Felipe Not Retired Massa felt light-headed and dizzy during P2 on Friday. FIA medical personnel gave him a clean bill of health today before Practice 3, but during the session the dizziness returned and Massa removed himself from the car for the rest of the weekend. Thus it fell to Williams reserve driver Paul di Resta, who hadn't actually run the FW40 at all, just sim work, to get in the cockpit for the first time since 2013 and not suck. He wasn't last, so mission accomplished: he didn't suck.
| Pos |
Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:17.244 | 1:16.802 | 1:16.276 | |
| 2 | 1:17.364 | 1:17.207 | 1:16.444 | |
| 3 | 1:18.058 | 1:17.362 | 1:16.530 | |
| 4 | 1:17.492 | 1:16.693 | 1:16.707 | |
| 5 | 1:17.266 | 1:17.028 | 1:16.797 | |
| 6 | 1:17.702 | 1:17.698 | 1:16.818 | |
| 7 | 1:18.137 | 1:17.655 | 1:17.468 | |
| 8 | 1:18.395 | 1:17.919 | 1:17.549 | |
| 9 | 1:18.479 | 1:18.000 | 1:17.894 | |
| 10 | 1:18.948 | 1:18.311 | 1:18.912 | |
| 11 | 1:18.699 | 1:18.415 | ||
| 12 | 1:18.843 | 1:18.495 | ||
| 13 | 1:18.702 | 1:18.538 | ||
| 14 | Leone | 1:19.095 | 1:18.639 | |
| 15 | 1:19.085 | 1:18.771 | ||
| 16 | 1:19.095 | |||
| 17 | 1:19.102 | |||
| 18 | 1:19.839 | |||
| 19 | 1:19.868 | |||
| 20 | 1:19.972 |
Sharp-eyed readers may notice a name is missing. Felipe Not Retired Massa felt light-headed and dizzy during P2 on Friday. FIA medical personnel gave him a clean bill of health today before Practice 3, but during the session the dizziness returned and Massa removed himself from the car for the rest of the weekend. Thus it fell to Williams reserve driver Paul di Resta, who hadn't actually run the FW40 at all, just sim work, to get in the cockpit for the first time since 2013 and not suck. He wasn't last, so mission accomplished: he didn't suck.
Oh, and Ferrari locked out the first row, with Seb Vettel setting the fastest lap ever around the Hungaroring in the process. Probably no surprise, this is the sort of track that suits the Ferrari quite nicely... it needs more nimbleness than grunt, and it has both. Meanwhile, the Mercs have a longer wheelbase and the best power ensemble. This is great for fast tracks but it's not rewarded around here. The Red Bulls have historically been great in the turns as well, and with them locking out the third row it's clear nothing has changed. The best example, however, of how much Hungary rewards the ability to turn and weave has to be the McLarens, both of which made Q3. We're talking about a car that has been as much as 15mph slower down a straightaway this year, remember.
So if nothing else, Vettel has stolen a march on Hamilton and Bottas, capturing pole on a track where it's... difficult... to pass. I'm thinking the Ferraris will have a win tomorrow, but it won't be overly easy, and Raikkonen will end up fourth or fifth along the way.
Not that I'm predicting or anything. Race is Sunday morning, see ya then!
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Posted by: Mauser at July 29, 2017 10:56 PM (TYvUn)
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Wow, that's pretty. Thank you Mauser.
It's interesting how old time photography like that really did make the subjects look so different than they were in real life, and, when we today look at pictures from that time, the quality of the photographs reinforce the feeling of antiquity, for lack of a better term. Roger Ebert always said that black and white added a surreal dimension to movies not possible to recreate in color films, and these pictures prove it, to me. Even though these were taken within the last few years, the subjects in them have that same look. The picture of Smiley is particularly striking in this regard. In that portrait of him, he looks like he might be a man of 100 years ago. Fantastic stuff.
It's interesting how old time photography like that really did make the subjects look so different than they were in real life, and, when we today look at pictures from that time, the quality of the photographs reinforce the feeling of antiquity, for lack of a better term. Roger Ebert always said that black and white added a surreal dimension to movies not possible to recreate in color films, and these pictures prove it, to me. Even though these were taken within the last few years, the subjects in them have that same look. The picture of Smiley is particularly striking in this regard. In that portrait of him, he looks like he might be a man of 100 years ago. Fantastic stuff.
Posted by: Thomas at July 31, 2017 09:24 PM (mSIXR)
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Oh, and the track girl too, two pictures down from Ricciardo. Give her a different hairdo, and she'd look like a flapper.
Posted by: Thomas at July 31, 2017 09:29 PM (mSIXR)
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