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Well breaking rules is cheating, whatever the cause for it was.

People have have been disqualified in other sports for using drugs to cure a cold (or so they said), rules are there to be followed and F1 is all about bending them, bend less next time and all will be fine. I'm as sad for George and Mercedes as I am for my fantasy results. Dura lex, sed lex.

According to some channels on the interwebs Hamilton is supposed to have been furious, in Capital letters, over Mecedes’ strategy call. I interpret this to mean that he felt should have been on the winning strategy. This must have been before Russell was DQ´ed.

This kind of situation will potentially be plentiful and a lot of fun to watch once Hamilton finds himself at Ferrari.

One interesting quirk about Spa is the lap is long, and there is no cool down lap. The drivers at Spa cross the line, go around La Source and then pull a hard right back in to the pit lane exit. If you watch any other race, during the cool down lap the drivers run off-line, and if you listen to the radio you will hear them reminded to run in the pick-up. What this is instructing them to do is run off line and get rubber to stick to the hot tires, increasing car mass for the weigh-in. At Spa, Russell had no chance to do this. With a full cool down lap I bet he would not have been under weight and would have won.

F1 is back. Get your fantasy sorted. It's shaping up to be a good second half of the season.

Zandvoort is one of my top tracks in the world, one of my absolute favorites to drive. But as a racing track it isn't as good, as turn 1 is the only true overtaking zone on the circuit. This one will come down to track position, tire deg and strategy (and maybe weather) not much progress can be made on track overtaking other cars.

McLaren look favorites. Fez are all at sea. What the hell happened? In Monaco they were sitting on top, and since then have taken a nose dive. At Zandy they have been the slowest car in slow corners. How do you win Monaco and two months later be the slowest car in slow corners? Doesn't make sense. Freddy's honeymoon is over. I was full of praise two months ago, but he has let it get a way from them. Grasping at straws is how it feels.

Maybe it's not so much that Fez have fallen off, but the other big 2 have stepped forward much with upgrades, and RB was already good enough for an early victory streak.

Charles isn't too far down after all.

I didn't change my fantasy at all, with the unpredictability that comes with a rainy weekend, let's see how it goes.

Yeah, maybe so. Leclerc had a good quali, but that's sort of his thing, isn't it? Lets see what happens in the race.

Spicy grid. But when is it not?

For fantasy out went Hulk and Red Bull and in came Fernando and Merc. Should have kept Red Bull on this evidence, but we will see how it shakes out in the race. This is the first race since we started this league three years ago that I have not had part of Red Bull in my team.

Albon's quali is DQ'd, for a floor infringement. It was too wide, failed scrutineering and there ya go. Another ridiculously bad break for rollnloop. His three fantasy points will now become -15 points I think. I don't want to benefit this way. Bad break mate.

Hamilton with a three-place grid drop, to 15th, for impeding on Perez. Should have kept the Bulls! I always do this as I always am moaning about. Chasing the splashes as I call it, straight in to the next salvo.

Yeah, I ain't fan of negative points, then again it can happens to any of us, so....


Grats Lando, work on your starts now

Now what about Fez ? Quite a good recovery hey ?

Ferrari looked quite handy indeed. I bte they're rather surprised themselves. But the car had great pace, and they did all the other stuff right too. Another race with no yellows or safety cars.

Lando was just out of this world. Blistering pace across each stint. Red Bull have to find a way to close that down, or hope track characteristics favor them at some circuits. But this was not fine margins.

Fantasy was a bust. Three drivers in the top ten and still got smoked with Lando scoring a ton of points.

That race needed some sort of drama. I loved the in-car shots around this track, as they titled with the banking. What a great track to drive around.

I said turn 1 was the only overtaking spot but I didn't mean literally. I don't recall a pass anywhere else in this race. Maybe there were and I forget.

Not a great race, but the weather, crowd and amazing track made it an enjoyable watch.

Indy Car race was good. Grosjean lost his mind. Too bad, as this was shaping up to a be a great result. I forget who got the penalty for the contact that sent Dixon off but that was weak. Dixon did that to himself, which you rarely say.

It's all ovals from here on in.

It seems Grosjean has a way of losing his head when things go wrong. Rejoining the track in such an unprofessional manner really should be something he had learned not to do by now.

I felt that Pietro Fittipaldi was unfairly penalized for the Dixon incident. Kirkwood forced Dixon off track as I saw it and when Dixon rejoined he basically took away the space where Fittipaldi needed to be. In a sense, it was bit like the Grosjean move. Fittipaldi could not be expected to lift off because he had another driver very close behind him and would risk a collision by going off the gas.

Good showing from Ferruci and the Foyt team.

Looking forward to Milwaukee and Nashville.

Logan's out. Ouch !

It should not have taken this long. I had hoped to see him succeed, as American drivers get a bad rap in my view, and he has done nothing to change that. But it was clear he wasn't proper caliber for F1. I don't recall a single race where I felt like he outperformed his machinery. He had to go, and it should have been after last season.

That's still harsh. He only had 1 1/2 year to prove himself, Alex is a serious contender, and williams has an "OK" car only.

But indeed there are so many talents waiting, and the last rookies who stayed for long all proved their point quite early, be it Alex, George, Oscar, Lando, Charles or Max.

I wish him best luck in indycar, where he's most likely heading.

I think he was given a long leash, longer than I would have given him to be fair. Williams is a mess, and that didn't help. But I never felt he belonged. He's like Mick, or Latifi. Good driver, but not the right level for Formula 1.

For me, the surprise isn't that he got the boot, it's that Colapinto is the replacement. It makes a little sense if they want to see what they have in him, a trial by fire so to speak. But I expected someone with more experience. I thought Lawson would get the nod honestly. Colapinto has a lot of pressure on him to perform I'd say.

Didn't Colapinto pay for that seat ?

It would make more sense if so. But I haven't seen if he is a pay driver. Did you see that he is?

https://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/fr/formule-1/colapinto-paie-4-5-millions-de-dollars-pour-prendre-la-place-de-sargeant,193565.html

That's french.

That is a hefty sum. Hard to believe people pony up that sort of cash to do this. Explains why he got the seat though, doesn't it?

Max topped the time sheets in FP1, how about that? Antonelli crashed out and that will dent his confidence, which was probably already shaky. Not a big deal, and all drivers have this happen from time to time. But all eyes were on him today.

I just read volwes denied money as a motivation, but confirmed argentinian companies invested after he was chosen.Yet voles sees Colapinto as a natural.choice and an investment. He already drove the car and Sim, and is a potential reserve pilot for.next year.

Now Monza, let's see what comes with FP2, I have zero Idea of pecking order.