Formula One British Grand Prix. Race Sunday 2nd August, 14:10

[SteveB]

Formula One British Grand Prix. Race Sunday 2nd August, 14:10


Qualifying.

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
5 Lando Norris McLaren
6 Lance Stroll Racing Point
7 Carlos Sainz McLaren
8 Daniel Ricciardo Renault
9 Esteban Ocon Renault
10 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
11 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri
12 Alexander Albon Red Bull
13 Nico Hulkenberg Racing Point
14 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri
15 George Russell Williams
16 Kevin Magnussen Haas
17 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo
18 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo
19 Romain Grosjean Haas
20 Nicholas Latifi Williams

Daniil Kvyat has a five-place grid penalty for tomorrow because of a gearbox change.

Sergio Perez becomes the first driver to test positive for covid-19 and is replaced by Nico Hulkenberg . Sergio Perez is likely to miss at least two races.

[Ryankelvin]

I posted about Perez’s positive test on wrong thread, I feel it was very irresponsible of him to test positive

[SteveB]

I posted about Perez’s positive test on wrong thread, I feel it was very irresponsible of him to test positive

He went to his home country, Mexico, to visit his Mother who had a serious accident. He says he had travelled by private jet and observed all protocols. He has not had any symptoms but had tested positive in a routine test. Shows how easy it is to catch the infection and also maybe an indication of how many asymptomatic people there are. It has been suggested over half the people who have the virus have no symptoms.

[SteveB]

Revised grid for British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Lando Norris (McLaren)
Lance Stroll (Racing Point)
Carlos Sainz (McLaren)
Daniel Ricciardo (Renault)
Esteban Ocon (Renault)
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
Alexander Albon (Red Bull)
Nico Hulkenberg (Racing Point)
George Russell (Williams)
Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)
Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)
Romain Grosjean (Haas)
Daniil Kvyat (Alpha Tauri, including five place grid penalty)
Nicholas Latifi (Williams)

Likely to change again because Charles Leclerc faces a potential penalty for an unsafe pit release, and George Russell could get a three-place penalty if he is found to have not slowed down enough under yellow flag conditions.

[SteveB]

It is hard to imagine but Lewis Hamilton is now the second-oldest driver on the grid, next to Kimi Räikkönen.
He plans to go on for another three years at least. Hard to see him not having most of the records by the time he finishes.

[Ryankelvin]

He went to his home country, Mexico, to visit his Mother who had a serious accident. He says he had travelled by private jet and observed all protocols. He has not had any symptoms but had tested positive in a routine test. Shows how easy it is to catch the infection and also maybe an indication of how many asymptomatic people there are. It has been suggested over half the people who have the virus have no symptoms.

True , it probably says more about the virus than Perez’s traveling, it just seems amazing that F1 performed thousands of tests and the only positive was in 1 of 20 drivers, it shows you can be extremely unlucky and basically cannot be careful enough

[Ryankelvin]

It is hard to imagine but Lewis Hamilton is now the second-oldest driver on the grid, next to Kimi Räikkönen.
He plans to go on for another three years at least. Hard to see him not having most of the records by the time he finishes.

I don’t see much to prevent him winning next 3 world titles and whatever records come with that,

[SteveB]

Charles Lecerc has escaped a penalty for his alleged unsafe pit release. Good, because he put in the best performance in qualifying, considering the performance problems with his car.

Daniil Kvyat, 14th and George Russell 15th, have both been given 5-place penalties.

[SteveB]

Nico Hulkenberg's car will not start! Disaster! Will start from pit lane assuming it can be got going. Sounds pretty terminal.

[SteveB]

Confirmed. Nico Hulkenberg will not be in the race.