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- Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:21 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Anyone still on here from 9 years ago?!
- Replies: 355
- Views: 72303
Re: Anyone still on here from 9 years ago?!
13 year veteran checking in. Usually just lurk these days and never really engaged much but there are members here whose opinions I regard as highly as any professional pundit - Dolo, Fiki, Obi, the late great POB to name a few.
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:52 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2017 - 2019 just an illusion after all?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9153
Re: 2017 - 2019 just an illusion after all?
Exediron mistook what I said, anyway still interesting how the Mercedes are cheating got a free pass. It got a free pass from me because it's: a) Impossible to prove one way or another at this time b) Probably true The poster was making the point that every F1 team is likely cheating to a larger or...
- Fri May 22, 2020 5:35 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Is the current grid weak?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 15751
Re: Is the current grid weak?
I agree the grid is young and unproven and therefore, it is weak. When Vettel leaves, and assuming Alonso does not return, then you have 2 WDCs on the gri d - and that is assuming Kimi stays (and he won't be challenging with his team). Of the remaining, Verstappen and Riccardo could possibly challe...
- Mon May 18, 2020 1:27 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ferrari and Indy Car 2022 ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6078
Re: Ferrari and Indy Car 2022 ?
No. I am not claiming that at all. If I were, i would just have stated that it is. Just dumbed down so they have to be close......a show. Pick a number and spin the wheel. ;) So you're claiming the race orders are chosen at random? I'm confused. You seem to be claiming that Indycar is not a legitim...
- Sun May 17, 2020 11:43 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ferrari and Indy Car 2022 ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6078
Re: Ferrari and Indy Car 2022 ?
Aaaaaahhhh how history repeats itself. At least this time Ferrari doesn't have to waste the time and expense in building a FIA threatening car, it can just buy a DW12 off the shelf. ;) The previous scare tactic, the CART F-637..... https://external-preview.redd.it/3kGs44FKTWSJ5HpcoMXUp3arKOweS5tZiM...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:52 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 2020 Pre-season Barcelona Test 1
- Replies: 115
- Views: 34094
Re: F1 2020 Pre-season Barcelona Test 1
But they'll be working together in the courtroommikeyg123 wrote:I think after day 1 it's safe to say the 2020 season will be a hard thought battle between Mercedes and Racing Point.
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:50 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 2020 Pre-season Barcelona Test 1
- Replies: 115
- Views: 34094
Re: F1 2020 Pre-season Barcelona Test 1
I'm not sure what your post would add or detract from my post... They have simply tried to copy all they could see, that is basically what I said. The point I was making is that that doesn't make it "a W10 with a pink paint job". I would expect passing similarities between the two cars, but those h...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:11 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 2020 Pre-season Barcelona Test 1
- Replies: 115
- Views: 34094
Re: F1 2020 Pre-season Barcelona Test 1
If Reddit can get hold of that detailed photograph of the W10 brake assembly then it is clearly impossible for Racing Point to do so. What are you getting at? I just wanted to point out there seems to be much more than a passing similarity between the RP20 and W10. It's not just the ducting, have a...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:52 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 2020 Pre-season Barcelona Test 1
- Replies: 115
- Views: 34094
Re: F1 2020 Pre-season Barcelona Test 1
I expect there will be a lot of grumbling early doors, especially if the RP is scoring big points, but I can't see them developing the car properly at all if its just the W10 with a pink paint job. Well of course it isn't a pink W10 and there shouldn't be any complaints. It is indeed probable they ...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:00 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ferrari '21 - Would you sign Hamilton
- Replies: 109
- Views: 22675
Re: Ferrari '21 - Would you sign Hamilton
This thread is about Tifosi wishful thinking, as usual. You heard it here first... Hamilton will finish his career at Mercedes. The two parties are saying far too many nice things about each other for it to be Tifosi wishful thinking. I have no doubt discussions have been held. To say anything more...
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:13 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 263
- Views: 40562
Re: 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thr
Enforce every white line. Imagine if we were having this argument about Tennis or Football. Unsurprisingly, different sports have different priorities. The line is there to mark where the playing surface ends. Going outside the line is not necessarily an advantage, but doing so is against the rules...
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:33 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 263
- Views: 40562
Re: 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thr
Enforce every white line. Imagine if we were having this argument about Tennis or Football.
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:01 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2010-19 - end of a decade
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7636
Re: 2010-19 - end of a decade
According to some (and the modified Julian date) the decade doesn't end until at the end of 2020. :-P Please don't start! For the purposes of this thread the OP has named the decade in question 2010-2019. The decade that ends at the end of 2020 is the 202nd decade of the Gregorian calendar, not the...
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:22 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2010-19 - end of a decade
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7636
Re: 2010-19 - end of a decade
1. Driver of the decade Lewis Hamilton 2. Team of the decade Red Bull Racing 3. Race of the decade Baku 2017 4. Lap of the decade Mark Webber - Pole Position Monaco 2010 5. Season of the decade 2012 6. Best single race performance of the decade Maldonado - Barcelona 2012 7. Favourite moment of the d...
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:37 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: PF1 Forum teammate wars vote: Brazil
- Replies: 59
- Views: 11165
Re: PF1 Forum teammate wars vote: Brazil
I've gone for: Hulkenberg - I've explained before in this thread. Ricciardo was the quicker driver this weekend. But he made a mistake which he was responsible for. As well as getting the 5 second penalty, he suffered the big consequences of his rather common and clumsy lunge. I've said this before...
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:29 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Vettel vs. Leclerc
- Replies: 524
- Views: 142867
Re: Vettel vs. Leclerc
Can you have progressive suspension failure? Its not as though the bushes have worm out over time is it. Its either a broken arm or its not surely! The image I saw on the broadcast looked like the lower wishbone arm failed - as in the arm itself, not where it joins to the car. I'm no expert but it ...
- Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:23 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2019 Mercedes vs. Ferrari vs. Red bull
- Replies: 596
- Views: 156875
Re: 2019 Mercedes vs. Ferrari vs. Red bull
My favorite old motor racing saying is "I know you're cheating because I'm cheating and you're still beating me."Covalent wrote:Sad day for F1 if it turns out that the only way to best Mercedes is to cheat. It's still a big 'if' though.
Somewhat apt to the current situation I think.
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 11:24 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 4th in the WCC
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9509
Re: 4th in the WCC
I think McLaren has had the clear 4th best car for most of this year, and a combination of bad luck and (occasionally) driver differences have made it closer on the points table than it should be. Renault have been doing a good job on Sundays by and large, it's just they have had to overcome awful ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 11:17 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Paul di Resta and Lewis Hamilton
- Replies: 86
- Views: 19001
Re: Paul di Resta and Lewis Hamilton
Forums everywhere are well past their peak. This is the only forum I was using a decade ago that is still alive. People use Reddit now or just comment on social media. This isn't the most dead F1 forum, but there are several which generate far more traffic than this one, going by the regularity of ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Albon in, Gasly out
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87620
Re: Albon in, Gasly out
It was interesting you used Leclerc too, the same Leclerc who was 5-1 down in qualifying against Vettel and generally well beaten - bahrain aside - in there first 7-8 races of the season by Vettel. After being 5-1 down, he then went what was it? 9 straight wins against him in qualifying... Leclerc ...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:51 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Was Ferrari infringing on the technical directive before USA
- Replies: 388
- Views: 111884
Re: Was Ferrari infringing on the technical directive before
Are there any speed trap figures from Austin? Here ya go. It's a PDF file so I can't post it in the forum. https://www.fia.com/file/106230/download Leclerc's start/finish speed would suggest there is still a substantial advantage in acceleration. The gap was similar in qualifying. I'm not totally c...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:41 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Albon in, Gasly out
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87620
Re: Albon in, Gasly out
But you agree, Verstappen massively improved though right? He went from an average of 0.5 behind over his first 8 races in 2016 to ahead in 2017. Nobody knew how quick Verstappen/Sainz were in 2015 because both were rookies. Let’s not forgot, Sainz out qualified him too. So back in 2016, I’m sure y...
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:12 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Albon in, Gasly out
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87620
Re: Albon in, Gasly out
I think F1 Racer must be Pierre Gasly's Mum.
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:29 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Renault disqualified from Japanese GP!
- Replies: 78
- Views: 20685
Re: Renault using a Illegal Braking System?
Wouldn't it be funny if this was info brought in by Ricciardo about how the Red Bull brakes work, but no one protested them because there's no gain in it for any other team... Conspiracies abound... Not suggesting Ricciardo would knowingly cheat, just a scenario of "Hey guys, the Red Bull was like t...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:14 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Renault disqualified from Japanese GP!
- Replies: 78
- Views: 20685
Re: Renault using a Illegal Braking System?
I would love to see the protest, because IMO the Renault system is not illegal, but a novel way to improve the driver/car performance. I went over the regulations, and while such things as anti-lock are banned, this system is not actually anti-lock but just fine-tunes the braking balance dependent ...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:07 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Official Carlos Sainz Jr. Thread
- Replies: 244
- Views: 39185
Re: The Official Carlos Sainz Jr. Thread
You want to discredit the results you need some logical reason and evidence to do so. Umm, no. You made the claim, therefore it is incumbent on you to prove your claim. Anyone challenging your claim does not have the burden to disprove your claim. The claim is that Sainz is best of the rest this ye...
- Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:31 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Official Carlos Sainz Jr. Thread
- Replies: 244
- Views: 39185
Re: The Official Carlos Sainz Jr. Thread
Inappropriate post removed.
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:36 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Unpopular opinions (2019)
- Replies: 268
- Views: 69566
Re: Unpopular opinions (2019)
If Alain Prost drove today, he would be nothing special. His main advantage over his competitors in the 80s was being 7-15 kilos lighter than the average man, while driving in an era where driver weights did not count with the total weight of a car. If pre-1995 weight regulations were still in effe...
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 10:08 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: WHEELCHAIR ACCESS TO A FORMULA ONE RACE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3914
Re: WHEELCHAIR ACCESS TO A FORMULA ONE RACE
Albert Park has a raised viewing area specifically for people in wheelchairs on the outside of the braking area for turn 3 - Really good spot! Singapore had at least one as well.
- Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:13 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
The whole arguments in support of fossil fuels and their convenience (their range is so much longer, they are much faster to recharge, the vehicles are much heavy) ultimately seems to be missing the point. EVs aren't becoming vogue because the technology in its current state is perceived as being s...
- Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:16 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
The whole arguments in support of fossil fuels and their convenience (their range is so much longer, they are much faster to recharge, the vehicles are much heavy) ultimately seems to be missing the point. EVs aren't becoming vogue because the technology in its current state is perceived as being s...
- Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:01 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Albon in, Gasly out
- Replies: 428
- Views: 87620
Re: Albon in, Gasly out
I would say Albon has a 0% chance of being a WDC, and perhaps a 20% chance of being a runner up in the WDC. He's wasting a seat it feels to me at the moment. If Albon is wasting a seat, then surely so are the other 15 or so drivers... Yeah, and your point being? Why do you think there is such a gap...
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:40 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
[ICE's are still being churned out by the worlds manufacturers in the millions per month, each one with a lifespan of many decades - more if maintained correctly. What happens to these engines? Can you imagine the waste involved in phasing out ICE's? ICE production slowly ramps down over the next f...
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:05 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
[ICE's are still being churned out by the worlds manufacturers in the millions per month, each one with a lifespan of many decades - more if maintained correctly. What happens to these engines? Can you imagine the waste involved in phasing out ICE's? ICE production slowly ramps down over the next f...
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:19 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
F1 Mercenary: Of course it will take decades to build a new infrastructure and of course this change will expend energy and create new problems to be tackled, but that would be the case whatever the nature of the new power unit in question. Bottom line is that locally emitting ICEs are on the way o...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:45 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
F1 Mercenary: Of course it will take decades to build a new infrastructure and of course this change will expend energy and create new problems to be tackled, but that would be the case whatever the nature of the new power unit in question. Bottom line is that locally emitting ICEs are on the way o...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:46 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
GM EV1 - 1996 Range: 160km Charge time (100%): 8 hours Tesla Model 3 - 2019 Range: 380km Charge time (100%): 13 hours The last 23 years have not been particularly fruitful... How long do you YOU think it will take for an EV to have a 1000km range and 30 second charge time? The model 3 has more than...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:30 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: It's not the car, it's Lewis!
- Replies: 232
- Views: 45572
Re: It's not the car, it's Lewis!
Can you elaborate on why you think this?Todd wrote:It isn't Ferrari and RedBull-Honda that are improving, it's that Lewis Hamilton is fading like a sandcastle in the rising tide.
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:10 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
If you are buying a Porsche for £115,000 do you worry about battery life?......thats like buying a LaFerrari and moaning about the cost of petrol! If my LaFerrari had a fuel tank that got a little bit smaller every time I filled it up I would be quite annoyed. I also don't get the appeal of 100km o...
- Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:51 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THREAD)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23804
Re: How long will F1 remain a fossil fuel sport? (SPLIT THRE
If you are buying a Porsche for £115,000 do you worry about battery life?......thats like buying a LaFerrari and moaning about the cost of petrol! If my LaFerrari had a fuel tank that got a little bit smaller every time I filled it up I would be quite annoyed. I also don't get the appeal of 100km o...