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Disastrous qualifying session for ferrari.
I predict an easy win for another race for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton again.

yes, it seems that the turbo problem is in the VETTEL. FERRARI driver who recorded the best time in FP, but in their qualification the record time is down.
it looks like HAMILTON will again dominate German F1 this time. even though at FP it didn't record the best time, but in qualification HAMILTON could record the best time,

2019 FORMULA 1 GERMAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING RESULTS

1   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport   + 0.623s   1m12.149s   1m11.767s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda   + 0.187s   + 0.278s   + 0.346s
3   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport   + 0.846s   + 0.275s   + 0.362s
4   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda   + 0.762s   + 0.236s   + 0.413s
5   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing   + 0.837s   + 0.370s   + 0.771s
6   Romain Grosjean   FRA   Rich Energy Haas F1 Team   + 0.917s   + 0.620s   + 1.084s
7   Carlos Sainz   ESP   McLaren F1 Team   + 0.992s   + 0.483s   + 1.130s
8   Sergio Perez   MEX   SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team   + 0.965s   + 0.627s   + 1.298s
9   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   Renault F1 Team   + 0.957s   + 0.617s   + 1.359s
10   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m12.229s   + 0.195s   no time
11   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing   + 0.936s   + 0.637s   
12   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   Rich Energy Haas F1 Team   + 0.874s   + 0.640s   
13   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Renault F1 Team   + 0.902s   + 0.650s   
14   Daniil Kvyat   RUS   Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda   + 1.049s   + 0.986s   
15   Lance Stroll   CAN   SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team   + 1.027s   + 1.301s   
16   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   + 1.104s       
17   Alexander Albon   THA   Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda   + 1.232s       
18   George Russell   GBR   ROKiT Williams Racing   + 2.492s       
19   Robert Kubica   POL   ROKiT Williams Racing   + 2.610s       
20   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Scuderia Ferrari   no time

What a bad day for Ferrari. One driver out cuz it was turbo failure and other fuel line error. Can we see from Max to end Mercedes wins here we will see tomorrow.

Thank you
Here is the shape of the circuit

https://www.theweek.co.uk/formula-1/102401/f1-german-gp-practice-qualifying-race-start-time-predictions-tv-guide-betting-odds

Hamilton is the big favorite.
But the odds for him aren't very low, do you know why?

https://www.oddschecker.com/motorsport/formula-1

A New Formula 1 GP this week.

They will race in Germany on the bad version of Hockenheimring.

The race will permit overtakes if drivers can do them so it will not be boring as other GP, Mercedes are favorite.

These are 2018 results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Grand_Prix

Pole position

Germany Sebastian VettelFerrari1:11.212

Podium

        1. United Kingdom L. HamiltonMercedes1:32:29.845
        2. Finland V. BottasMercedes+4.535
        3. Finland K. RäikkönenFerrari+6.732

Fastest lap

    United Kingdom Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:15.545

yes it might be like that, but it shouldn't be as a director acting like that, because ROSSI is also still in its TEAM, even though the ROSSI era is up, but at least ROSSI can still compete in the front line when getting the right setup and no problems at YAMAHA.

I speculate that Sebastian might finish on 1st on the German grand prix's qualifying session this Saturday. The circuit has longer straights that is good for the Ferrari cars. It is also his home race hehehe.

Where can we bet?

That is totally logical and sad in the same time.
Valentino Rossi is not able to compete the championship in my opinion. And as the team knows that they need to replace their "priority" with a most competitive one. The era of Rossi is coming to an end.

the latest news from the YAMAHA MOTOGP team, that Yamaha LIN JARVIS team director, gave a surprising statement about VR46, JARVIS stated that VR46 was no longer the main priority of the YAMAHA team.

very rarely a driver doesn't get injured, even if only a minor injury, anything can happen when on the track. maybe for a SCHUMACHER a lot of luck from other drivers.

Schumacher was a great driver but was also lucky because he happened to drive for Ferrari when there was no competition from other teams.He took full profit from this happenings as he was beaten many times in his career by drivers less well known like Jackue Villeneuve and also from others when competition was strong.He was the right person at the right time driving for the right team.

AFAIK Schumacher got his sickness when he's skiing. What happens to him is unfortunate but that doesn't change the fact that he did so well in his career, so some people would call that luck or hard work.

IMO we can get some luck if we worked really hard, you can change something like work hard to make your body more resistant to injury, but there's no way you can influence how other riders ride his race. Sometimes they crash to you, sometimes they don't.

Guys, in this sport or you have luck or not.  You can do your whole career without injuries, and then lose everything at a crucial moment.  Remember Michael Schumacher.

yes indeed the luck factor has not been on the side of DANI PEDROSA, it is also possible that if he did not get a lot of injuries in the past, it might be true that he would become a world champion. besides injury, DANI also doesn't fight enough to win in every race.

I think Valentino Rossi will not win another title even if he is given the winning bike I doubt he can beat Marc Marquez.
The best for Valentino is to retire,all stars after a certain time have retired,he can work as team consultant or offer his support to the team and eventually become why not a team principant.That is the best he can do but I also admire his will to continue despite his age.

When you all mentioned this, right move was made by Casey Stoner. He become champion with ducati and retired. He drive for one season after that for Honda the become test driver for them, and last two season for ducati. He made right choice, but VR want one more title then he will retire.

I don't think Pedrosa was unlucky because he fought many years to become a Champion but failed in all of them. Injuries can impact you a little but not justify you for not winning if you are a true Champion.Pedrosa was one of my favourites but with the passing of time his performance only decreased.

Moto sports is dangerous there time that  your unlucky in your career even how good you are sometime bud luck come your way.

yes, I agree, ROSSI also does not deny that he is getting older, if indeed his age has an effect on his reflexes, he should not be able to podium at the beginning of this year's MOTOGP event.

not a VALENTINO ROSSI whose name is that he easily gives up, he knows when it's time to quit the world of racing, even though maybe the tenth world title can't be achieved, he will definitely keep racing as long as there is a lot of support from the team.