#austria 2016

Light and Colours

Vienna, Austria in October 2016

I might have Pavlov-ed myself into believing that car sounds make me happy

Nico Hulkenburg is p2??!

Why are there so many grid penalties- what happened in this qualifying session?

I hate watching races where Nico qualifies well, I always have to confront the fact that he actually never stays there in the end

Oh it’s Seb’s birthday!

“Could this be the day that Force India capitalize on Nico Hulkenburg’s top qualifying position?” Don’t make it worse please

Oh that’s not a good start- Wehrlein is in the wrong grid spot

“Nico Hulkenburg has lost a place or two” :/

“Jenson Button already forming a bit of a buffer for his former teammate” Yay DRS train

Aah Nico vs Nico

“Hulkenburg’s lost two places in the span of two corners”

Max really be just following the top cars and making everyone’s lives difficult

Both Ferraris making moves at the same time>>

Also Kimi p2!!

“That’s Vettel on his former teammate”

Nico has fallen to p8. I knew this was going to happen but it still sucks.

Nico R overtaking here much faster than he did in Canada

Nico H pitting already?

“Okay Daniel, we might be stopping soon, push now, push now”

Very impressed by Lewis going long on those tires and still maintaining pace

“I do think we need to just keep Raikkonen in mind a little bit because he’s driving himself into contention” Yes, let’s go!

No way Nico’s taking those tires to the end

Nice, Hulkenburg’s still in the points

Nevermind, I spoke that into non-existence

Ohmygod no wait, Nico fought back

Annnd he’s lost it again

Did Nico R just successfully undercut Lewis?

Ayy Ferrari called in Kimi too late. They were 1-2 and now Kimi’s in p6

Hehe Kevin being a menace

Why is Nico H pitting again??

Seb?? Ohmygod?? Did his tire just burst?

“Has Ferrari left it too long to bring him into the pits?” Aaah I’m going to scream

Him just sitting there on the track is awful

I have realized just now, watching Nico leading this race, that I’ve never actually watched a race where he wins. What the hell?

I completely missed the safety car pit stop games because of that realization

I don’t think any of the top five cars pit again though?

So cute all the cars following the safety car through the pit lane

“Red Bull sitting pretty, Verstappen and Ricciardo 3 and 4”

Whyyy is Nico Hulkenburg p16?!

“There’s some Ferrari hanging off the front of that Mercedes” Hehe

Yesss Checo! Double overtake!

Checo practically carried that team fr

Nico and Kevin getting penalties basically at the same time. Their teammate agenda started early

Felipe Nasr leading a DRS train>>

“Nico Rosberg leads by two seconds” Ohmygod am I finally about to watch him win?

“There are twenty of them on track but it’s looks like there are thirty on there doesn’t it, with the amount of scraps” It really does! With everyone so bunched up

Checo and Massa have been battling for so long, they overtook the same guy together to continue battling

“I’m really missing radio communication in f1” I too would like to hear more radios

“Jenson Button is having a good afternoon isn’t he?” WHY ISN’T NICO HULKENBURG??!

“Verstappen- the non-Mercedes man, in a podium position”

NH: “Guys I think I’m bailing out, there’s so much vibration” Ajhshsbsbhsggsg

Man I forgot about his five second penalty, he might as well have retired

LH: “Okay Lewis close that gap as much as you can, it’s hammer time”

Ooh good pit stop for Lewis

Good pit stop for Nico too

They really be so evenly matched

“This is going to get punchy isn’t it” Bring it on!

LH: “Why is he on a softer tire than me?!”

Huh when did Kvyat retire?

It’ll be hilarious if Max wins this race by going till the end on those tires

Honestly it must be so terrifying being hunted down by both Mercedes rocket ships

Ah that was a good move from Nico

Ughh traffic while trying to overtaking must be the worsttt

Never seen Ricciardo and Button battling before. This is fun

Yesss late on the breaks babyyy

Massa, Alonso and Hulkenburg retiring?!

Yes traffic must suck. I’m pretty sure Nico’s cursing them out right about now

Ohmygodd no wayyyy!!!

Checo?!

“He’s been passed by the Red Bull and the Ferrari as well!”

How did all of this happen in the last lap?!?

I thought Nico was going to win!!!

LH: “I was on the outside. It wasn’t me that crashed”

I’m in such shock, I’m still reeling

“I don’t think there will be a hug between the two drivers” These commentators just do their best to add more drama don’t they?

On the flip side though, Kimi podium!! (Also Carlos points!)

Ooh this is Max’ second podium (Man’s first podium was a win- how cool)

MV: “What happened there?”

LH: “ *scoffs* He made a mistake into turn 1 in the last lap”

KR: *watching with interest *