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Maximum Verstappen.

GarJE

"One swallow does not make a summer". As discussed earlier on, let's see how the (long) season goes before my thread is (illegitimately given you aren't a mod) closed down. And yet 1 team (haas) has 2 bad pit stops and you hit the panic button calling for pit stop safety??? The numbers dont show pi...

GarJE

"One swallow does not make a summer".

As discussed earlier on, let's see how the (long) season goes before my thread is (illegitimately given you aren't a mod) closed down.

GarJE

Alo to retire
Bottas to McLaren
Ver to Ferrari
Ric to Merc

GarJE

I saw someone break their leg in a football match the other day. What rules should be changed? Hi, Given that F1 has an inherent engineering aspect to performance and safety, I think your attempt to draw comparison to football irrelevant. A better comparison might be made by looking at incidences a...

GarJE

ReservoirDog wrote:Ban F1 altogether. Will make things even safer.

Thanks for such reasonable input.

GarJE

They should have just one person at each wheel. There are far too many people in the firing line that also causes confusion, and obstruction of sight. There should be a human that triggers (when he is satisfied) when the lights can do its work. I tend to agree, and have said so before, that the num...

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Hi, The point I'm trying to make is that the time needs to be suitable to ensure a human being can make sure it's safe before releasing a car. 4 seconds was a suggestion. It could just as easily be more time as necessary. Todays accident was just that an accident. How many sub 3 sec pit stops have ...

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Hi, The point I'm trying to make is that the time needs to be suitable to ensure a human being can make sure it's safe before releasing a car. 4 seconds was a suggestion. It could just as easily be more time as necessary. Todays accident was just that an accident. How many sub 3 sec pit stops have ...

GarJE

Hi,
The point I'm trying to make is that the time needs to be suitable to ensure a human being can make sure it's safe before releasing a car. 4 seconds was a suggestion. It could just as easily be more time as necessary.

GarJE

IIRC there were plenty of unsafe releases with the lollipop man on each team before. The overriding concern of them being competition rather than safety. Only way I could see that work would be an independent lollipop man on each team.

GarJE

Hi, I agree that the idea of pitstops is contrived one, purely to "mix things up". I think Pirelli said a few years ago they could make tyres to last a whole race. Based on the retention of pitstops (for now), I'd like to know why it has no place in F1, when so many other such "lines in the sand" ha...

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MW alluded to this at the end of the C4 coverage. Would a pitstop time of say 4 seconds reduce the unsafe releases? It seems that the laws of physics have now been reached by many teams, so a mandatory minimum would serve to slow things a bit and improve safety. An upshot might be, that crews won't ...

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After watching F1 for over 20 years now, there seems to be a pattern, whereby a young new driver comes in and seemingly "takes the car by the scruff" and achieves (compared to their older, established team mate) a better result. This seems to repeat itself, as drivers go on establish themselves they...

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All very well defending FIFA but in 2006 Jarno Trulli also had a World Cup winners tribute helmet. http://cdn-5.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/300000/370000/377000/377200/377255/s1_1.jpg FIFA didn't seek to have Jarno remove the cup from his helmet then. I don't see what the difference is now tbh. W...

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People knocking FIFA for this need to appreciate commercial law a little more. If you don't defend your brand in such circumstances, you set a precedent. This precedent can then be cited in any future use of such branding as a defence. Do you think the FiA or FOM would be any different if the tables...

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Just thought I would highlight what seems to be a common misconception regarding the double points for the final race of the 2014 season in Abu Dhabi. All points scorers will receive double points. As outlined in: http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2013/12/15343.html I've read many people referri...

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I think I know where Merc's performance gain is. The mgu-h is used conventionally to overcome lag by pre-compressing the inlet tract. A second benefit could be that in a decoupled turbo, the exhaust turbine could be "spun-up" independently, creating a draw in the exhaust track, effectively pullung d...

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Vettel is too old to sell energy drinks to kids now.
Webber was always too old/wise.
Ricciardo is perfect.

This is the reason Red Bull is in F1. To argue otherwise is a joke.

GarJE

Minimum pitstop time would solve these insafe releases. Does anyone care that RB can change a wheel 0.1 seconds quicker than MB?

GarJE

I've often thought, at a race weekend; how far do scrutineers go with their checking of the car's design. I know they carry out all sorts of bodywork deflection tests and superficial measurements, but would they for example inspect a crankshaft or other internal engine components. I ask this as I ca...

GarJE

Just wet the runoff areas with a thin film of water. Will screw a driver's grip for a bit with no lasting effect for the or others.

GarJE

Minimum pitstop time would solve these problems. They're all pretty much as quick as each other anyway.

GarJE

I can't understand people saying Vettel is simply a better driver. To those people I pose this question. Why, when Red Bull use the same engine and ecu as lotus is there such a difference in both sound and traction between them?

GarJE

If Webber had any backbone he would have smashed Vettel off the track following the Multi 21 debacle. I would have and many drivers from the past would have.

GarJE

I think red bull are capitalising by still developing the car under this year's rules. They know a storm is coming in 2014, in the shape of a three pointed star.

GarJE

I've often thought they're using some sort of fuel linked system to alter their suspension setting/ride height. Hence the difference in performance when light in qualifying and heavy in the race.

GarJE

Ban radios.

I want to see drivers racing the cars, not engineers.

GarJE

Surtees was way out of his depth up on that podium. Alesi realised that andtook proactive steps. Reminded me of Pelemissing the chequered flag. Old drivers are like old people. Great remembering what they did 50 years ago, but can'tremember the last 50 minutes.

GarJE

McLaren have too many sideshows these days. Seems to be to the detriment of their competitiveness.

GarJE

Live telemetry.

GarJE

He panicked. And his weakness cost di Resta his race.

GarJE

Yeah, it's getting boring. This is why I stopped watching during the Schumacher years, because honestly, with the exception of Seb Vettel's parents does anyone really want to watch the same procession week in week out? Spa was over halfway through the first lap barring a parts failure or tyre blowo...

GarJE

I hope they're using hemp rope, natural fibres and got there on a camel.

GarJE

Mark looking to box this lap.

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Mark looking to box this lap.

GarJE

They'll have to develop a new Monsoon tyre.

GarJE

Here's another idea. Similar to NASCAR but a slight twist. 2 tyre changers who must start on the back wheels then change the fronts. The driver can then see if they have had an issue before setting off again.

GarJE

Given another two unsafe release incidents (so far) this race, what do you think about a minimum pitstop timebof say 5 seconds for all teams. This would ensure enough time is given to removing/fitting tyres and the lollipop man time to assess pitlane traffic.

GarJE

Vettel says lots of things. Talk is cheap.

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