Audi F1 Team

So we then move on to Nico Hülkenberg who was the winner out of all of that.

Audi sent him out ahead of Ocon, and he kept that P10 when all the cars sorted themselves out near the end.

And now Audi are just four points behind Haas in the Constructors', and it could be three if their Tsunoda Monza appeal goes through.

And indeed, that pit stop exchange made the weekend for Audi and brought them some sort of good fortune.

And he also made a soft tire start which meant that he had to make an early pit stop which ultimately suited him.

A then switch to hard was workable.

The Audi were able to preserve the tires.

And I did notice that in practice that the Audi's medium tire performance was really good.

So yeah, a bit of a shocker from Gasly.

Um, standard, you can basically watch every single quali review this year, uh, where we talk about Audi, uh, taking that 11th spot, uh, and in fact, 11th and 12th this weekend for Hülkenberg-

[laughs] Oh

... and Bortoleto.

It's every time that cha- it changes as well.

You know, sometimes a, a VCARB's in 10th, sometimes an Alpine's in 10th, sometimes a Haas sneaks into 10th, sometimes...

W- whatever it is, it's amazing that Audi have had this consistency of when the rest of the midfield have changed so much and you're going to different circuits, and we've seen so much between power unit tracks versus car performance tracks and how that's changed, and how Audi manage to have this baseline where they're just [laughs] always 11th, it- it's truly bizarre.

Mate, I tell you right now, if they existed when they had the fresh tire rule from 11th down, they would win the championship-

If you think like, hey, this team, let's just hypothetically say Alpine just was terrible in FP1, well, they might come back and find something in FP2 because they are trying something completely different.

It could be happening to all the teams, Audi, anyone.

So just consider that.

There's going to be a lot of testing from FP1, and I'm almost positive every team is going to try something different going into FP2, unless it's a team that's just like, hey, we were on it.

I think I wanted to get into...

Let me see.

What was one market I actually really liked? Um, I think if you're going to, Oh, I do think Audi is going to be better this, this weekend than they were last weekend.

It was something I talked about where they just lack in their top end speed compared to the other teams.

Uh, no points sadly for him, just missed out.

Standard Audi 11th place, uh, haunting him again, but I also think the Audi wasn't particularly great this weekend, and he's done, uh, a, a pretty solid job.

You know, there were some mistakes in there.

I think the Audi in general is just so inconsistent with its starts, and so, um, you can never rely on, on, on the, on the car to allow you to, to make up positions at, at the beginning.

But, uh, I think the second one in particular was, was poor for him.

Um, and yeah, I, I, I think that generally it was a, it was a good weekend from Audi a- around a track that just, you know, they, they have their own power unit, bless them, and, um, I think they're still doing a brilliant job as a team, uh, this year and, and to not be finishing around the Cadillacs around a track like this when they've built their power unit themselves is, is a phenomenal job.

So yeah, not the fastest midfield car by any stretch, but still a strong weekend for Bortoleto, so I've gone for a seven.

I've also gone for a seven out of 10 for Gabby Bortoleto.

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If there's one that I would be like, I'd rather throw my money on, it's Hulkenberg to retire in the race.

I think that Audi's reliability has been okay, but now we're at a high-speed track.

It's going to be hot.

Maybe this might be their downfall because reliability is still a concern for them.

Okay.

Let's see what first constructor is.

Audi's plus $750.

I guess you could take that if you wanted to bet on Bordelletto or Hulk or both.

Beyond that, though, I don't see a lot of drivers who can easily gain us value this week.

So the menu is pretty small, and it relies heavily on Audi and Aston Martin, so we need their reliability to hold up.

Terry, am I missing anyone here? Or are these really the only tier B drivers worth considering for cost cap gains?

This is pretty much a conclusive list.

This team costs $125.6 million, and it's a great place to use either the 3X Boost or Autopilot chips.

Terry, our Tier B drivers are from constructors with really low reliability.

If you had your say, would you pick two Audi or two Aston Martin drivers on this team?

I'd be inclined to go for two Audi, if I'm honest.

Finishing ahead of the points.

More points for Audi.

I mean, the midfield is looking...

We, we actually got to see midfield fighting-

Alpine right behind with 63.

So yeah, Alpine needs to kinda lock in.

What is it, where's Audi sitting?

Audi's sitting right behind with 16.

É, depois vou dizer aqui uma coisa que é polêmica, que é alguma capacidade de resposta do, do paddock e da FIA, que apesar da resistência inicial, relembro que o Toto Wolff disse que havia "zero chance" de mudanças e acabou por haver algumas mudanças e ceder alguns ajustes, falta saber se são suficientes ou se faz, ou se faz sentido.

E depois outro ponto positivo, que eu acho sempre positivo, foi as chegadas da Audi e de mais dois carros da Cadillac, além do regresso da Honda, é, que mostrou que há sinal de espaço, há espaço pra grelha crescer E apenas dois pontos rápidos para o Racing Bulls, que pra mim é a equipa que basicamente quase que luta com a sua equipa-mãe e claro, têm sido os mais constantes ao, ao longo da época e pra Ferrari, que a gente gosta sempre de chatear dos pequenos.

Isto só pra irritar o Leo David Antunes como ponto positivo à Ferrari.

É, mas é que eu acho que tem sido o ponto positivo, é o único que consistentemente, de uma maneira coerente, vai beliscando, hããã, a Mercedes.

Nos pontos positivos, hããã, a Mercedes começou o chamado "hit the ground running", acho que foi, começaram muito bem, mostraram por que que sempre que há alterações de regulamentos, é, são três ou quatro equipas só que acertam.

Desta vez foram eles, há quatro anos ou há cinco, é, não aconteceu assim.

A Audi acho que começou muito bem, com um carro muito fiável.

Ééé, depois de tudo o que também se foi, acho que têm de facto, ééé, caminho a fazer e possibilidade de crescer, é, e a nível de pilotos, um Lewis Hamilton renascido.