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by slowestofall
Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:59 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2020 Russian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 269
Views: 28022

Re: 2020 Russian Grand Prix Race Thread

I haven't had the time to follow the analysis of the Russian Grand Prix as I would have liked, but does anybody know whether the place where practice race starts were supposed to have taken place, were discussed in the drivers' briefing prior the race? If it were so discussed, what would be the odd...
by slowestofall
Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2020 Russian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 269
Views: 28022

Re: 2020 Russian Grand Prix Race Thread

Since the FIA official documents are now published: Go to: https://www.fia.com/documents/season/season-2020-1059 Read Documents: 16. Race Directors' Event Notes Version 3 (especially 19.1 and 19.2) 46. Offence – Car 44 - 1st Practice Start 54. Replacement for Documemt 46 - Offence – Car 44 - 1st Pra...
by slowestofall
Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2020 Russian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 269
Views: 28022

Re: 2020 Russian Grand Prix Race Thread

If the track regulation 19.1 issued by Masi says: "Practice starts may only be carried out on the right-hand side after the pit exit lights and, for the avoidance of doubt, this includes any time the pit exit is open for the race. Drivers must leave adequate room on their left for another driver to...
by slowestofall
Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:09 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2020 Russian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 269
Views: 28022

Re: 2020 Russian Grand Prix Race Thread

If the track regulation 19.1 issued by Masi says: "Practice starts may only be carried out on the right-hand side after the pit exit lights and, for the avoidance of doubt, this includes any time the pit exit is open for the race. Drivers must leave adequate room on their left for another driver to ...
by slowestofall
Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:10 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Eric Boullier leaves mclaren
Replies: 110
Views: 30629

Re: Eric Boullier leaves mclaren

Since the thread was originally about Boullier leaving, it has expanded into a wider discussion of McLarens woes, which is fair enough cos that is what threads tend to do. But going back to the Boullier bit, we know he has been replaced by Gil De Ferran. I remember his name as a very good driver wit...
by slowestofall
Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: When, and to where, will Ricciardo move? [A: 2019, Renault]
Replies: 643
Views: 186049

Re: when, and to where, will the Ricciardo move take place?

The rumours were fairly strong at the beginning of the year that Ricciardo would move to Ferrari in 2019. That seems to have died down a lot in more recent months but I still think there is a big chance that he will finish up there. As an F1 driver he fits the profile of the type of driver Ferrari l...
by slowestofall
Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:47 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Which Drivers SHOULD NOT or WILL NOT be in F1 for 2017?
Replies: 161
Views: 27589

Re: Which Drivers SHOULD NOT or WILL NOT be in F1 for 2017?

Fernando says he hopes to be fighting for the championship next year. By September, if the car has not improved greatly, and the 2015 and 2016 experience leads him to lose hope that McLaren-Honda can produce a championship car in 2017, will he choose to leave? And unless there is a small miracle, th...
by slowestofall
Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Which Drivers SHOULD NOT or WILL NOT be in F1 for 2017?
Replies: 161
Views: 27589

Re: Which Drivers SHOULD NOT or WILL NOT be in F1 for 2017?

From a recent Alonso interview: 'Speaking to L’Equipe the 34 year old Spaniard said, “When the time comes, I will leave Formula 1. When you’re not fast enough, when you no longer enjoy it and when you cannot meet the demands, you know that it is time to leave. I feel right now as if I’m approaching ...
by slowestofall
Wed Jun 22, 2016 1:08 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team Thread (formerly Racing Point)
Replies: 158
Views: 97673

Re: The Official Force India F1 Team Thread

Can anyone tell me who designs the Force india F1 car. Their website has Andrew Green as the Technical Director, but is he the person who leads the design team?
by slowestofall
Fri Feb 26, 2016 9:24 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2016 1st Test - Catalunya
Replies: 292
Views: 60070

Re: 2016 1st Test - Catalunya

McLaren/Honda may still have some reliabilty problems, but their management problems seem to be even bigger. How could they be so unprepared for (by their own admission) small things going wrong? Perhaps they did not see the first test of the year as being very important, but to lose 40% of the avai...
by slowestofall
Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:31 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Arai to be replaced as head of Honda's F1 project
Replies: 21
Views: 5480

Re: Arai to be replaced as head of Honda's F1 project

From a MotorSport exclusive interview with Arai: “In fact, Arai's departure is based on an inevitable future event, for Honda's company policy means that Arai must retire when he hits 60 later this year. "It is not related to engine horsepower nor performance – it is about my age and that I cannot c...
by slowestofall
Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:45 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Honda claims 223 bhp improvement for 2016
Replies: 20
Views: 8271

Re: Honda claims 223 bhp improvement for 2016

I thought the idea was that the Honda ICE was relatively OK, roughly in the same ballpark as Ferrari power-wise. Which stacks up given Honda's current expertise and experience in many motorsport areas. Is the extra 70 BHP coming from a revised turbo? Honda built a smaller diameter turbo to fit in wi...
by slowestofall
Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:52 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: New 2017 Alternative Engine Specs unveiled
Replies: 212
Views: 35123

Re: New 2017 Alternative Engine Specs unveiled

Once the cat is out of the bag, you cannot put it back in. Hybrid power units are much more technologically advanced than ICE alone. F1 is supposed to be at the forefront of technology. Imagine if the luddites had won the argument 130 years ago: “The new ICE devices just don't have the same torque a...
by slowestofall
Sun Oct 25, 2015 11:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Red Bull Honda
Replies: 128
Views: 23277

Re: Red Bull Honda

Of course he will if he can just like the others not fancying competing on equal term s. Looking like Renault or $500m bust now, start warming up the humble pie for Horner and Marko ;-). All the teams are competing on equal terms. They all compete under the same rules. If any team has clever people...
by slowestofall
Sun Oct 25, 2015 10:50 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Red Bull Honda
Replies: 128
Views: 23277

Re: Red Bull Honda

Why would McLaren veto Red Bull involvement? Surely a 2nd team running the engine to help iron out Honda's numerous flaws benefits them? Doubling the “testing” mileage does not identify the problems, they are all too easy to find using only the McLaren cars. Having Red Bull use the engines will not...
by slowestofall
Sun Feb 22, 2015 1:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Alonso crash/missing Melbourne [MERGED]
Replies: 837
Views: 183265

Re: Alonso Barca testing crash/illness.

Since people at the circuit, and McLaren, have said that Alonso is OK and just going to hospital for precautionary checks, I think it is OK to speculate a bit. One of many possibilities to fit what is known is that he may have had a bird hit him on the helmet. Even a 100 gram soft squishy bird conta...
by slowestofall
Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:25 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Pick your McLaren 2015 Team
Replies: 40
Views: 10371

Re: Pick your McLaren 2015 Team

When asked about who would drive for McLaren next year Ron Dennis said, in an interview with Martin Brundle at Abu Dhabi “... stretch your imagination ...”. Brundle mentioned Stoffel Vandoorne, and many fans have assumed that he is “the fourth driver”. It is not stretching the imagination at all to ...
by slowestofall
Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:09 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Jenson Button's future
Replies: 469
Views: 112533

Re: Jenson Button's future

There is no point in having 2 expensive WDC drivers near their end of carer in a team that is in transition and might just be a midfield team in the first year. JB did a great job and was relatively better than expected vs KM. But I think if you look in the long run, FA and KM are the ones for 2015...
by slowestofall
Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Which team will takeover from Mercedes?
Replies: 41
Views: 9720

Re: Which team will takeover from Mercedes?

There are restrictions to what may be changed on the engines for next year. It seems the restrictions are tight enough for Red Bull's TP to go overboard to try to get the rules changed so that Renault (and Ferrari) can just try to get a bit closer to Mercedes. Most likely no-one will get close to th...
by slowestofall
Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Button: Dad would be livid
Replies: 140
Views: 27511

Re: Button: Dad would be livid

We have no idea what Magnussen's peak is. Some drivers do not make it beyond their early twenties. We have loads of hard evidence of Button's peak and where he is now relative to that peak. It depends if McLaren want to use next year as a driver training school or an attempt to get a high position i...
by slowestofall
Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:12 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Cars already faster than last year?
Replies: 7
Views: 2514

Re: Cars already faster than last year?

Don't forget that the circuit is at an altitude of about 800 metres (2600 feet). Recent naturally aspirated engines in F1 cars would lose about 8% of their power at this altitude compared to sea level. Most other circuits are at sea level or close to it. If, at the other circuits so far this year, t...
by slowestofall
Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:14 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Jenson Button's future
Replies: 469
Views: 112533

Re: Jenson Button's future

As much as I appreciate Sandman's post, and I agree that it is fair enough to question Martin Whitmarsh's ability to get the McLaren team to perform at the top level, but Ron Dennis screwed up big-time in the years before Whitmarsh's appointment by the Board at McLaren. The Board thought that Ron ha...
by slowestofall
Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Alonso 2015
Replies: 383
Views: 80967

Re: Alonso 2015

This thread is getting surreal now, Mclaren will not be running two different engines next year. Alonso is just waiting to see 3-car teams definitely ruled out for next year then he will take up his McLaren-Honda option probably forcing Jenson out. If 3-car options are in then he will tip up at Mer...
by slowestofall
Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2015 Uberthread [MERGED]
Replies: 2131
Views: 388646

Re: Silly Season 2015 Uberthread [MERGED]

Just a couple of quotes from a Q & A session between Eric Boullier and Formula1.com “I need a boost, so our driver line-up needs to be boosting the team’s morale.” If Eric has Fernando in mind: will it be “Oh No, not him again!” or “Great, wasn't he very motivating and uplifting the last time he was...
by slowestofall
Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:32 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2015 Uberthread [MERGED]
Replies: 2131
Views: 388646

Re: Silly Season 2015 Uberthread [MERGED]

A lot of comments on this thread build up an image of Alonso as some sort of demi-god, that any team would sacrifice almost anything to acquire. As Alonso's time at Ferrari has demonstrated, he is not a miracle worker, just a great driver, with lots of plus points and one or two negative points. Sir...
by slowestofall
Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:40 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do McLaren have an underpowered Merc engine?
Replies: 24
Views: 7580

Re: Do McLaren have an underpowered Merc engine?

Surely there is a system where the FIA make sure that Power Unit supply is fair. Like the suppliers each have to give the FIA fifty Power Units in sealed boxes at the start of the year, and then each chassis maker comes along and picks their engines at random. If the teams are paying tens of million...
by slowestofall
Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:25 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Button or KMag
Replies: 230
Views: 46455

Re: Button or KMag

Saw two interviews with Jenson this weekend, after the best performance since Australia. He was very downbeat, almost moribund. In contrast Alonso was smiling like a Cheshire cat, despite another Sunday in nowhere land. My take is that Alonso is going to McLaren and Jenson has the chance of being P...
by slowestofall
Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:55 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Button or KMag
Replies: 230
Views: 46455

Re: Button or KMag

McLaren have said several times recently that they are looking at a three to five year plan. My opinion is that the driver part of that plan should include Valtteri Bottas. Sir Frank Williams said when he signed him that he was future world champion material. These past two seasons have have given ...
by slowestofall
Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Button or KMag
Replies: 230
Views: 46455

Re: Button or KMag

2nd half of the season he seriously dropped off probably afraid to take too many risks. Since things looked like that JB may not be with McLaren he has slightly upped his game. I like JBs smoothness and when he takes risks they do tend to pan out well for him, just makes me think that if he didn't ...
by slowestofall
Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Button or KMag
Replies: 230
Views: 46455

Re: Button or KMag

McLaren have said several times recently that they are looking at a three to five year plan. My opinion is that the driver part of that plan should include Valtteri Bottas. Sir Frank Williams said when he signed him that he was future world champion material. These past two seasons have have given p...
by slowestofall
Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:32 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2014 Singapore Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 447
Views: 65637

Re: 2014 Singapore Grand Prix Race Thread

I am surprised that the stewards in Singapore did not investigate Jenson Button's Mclaren. It must have been illegal in some way. The Event Data on the FIA's own website (Race Classification/Maximum Speeds) shows that JB's car was over 80kph (Eighty!!) faster than all other cars at the Start/Finish ...
by slowestofall
Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: So what will the verdict be on Ricciardo?
Replies: 207
Views: 34116

Re: So what will the verdict be on Ricciardo?

Amon: “I'm pleasantly surprised about Ricciardo and I don't see he did anything wrong that race. I hope he gets his points back.” It really does not matter whether Ricciado personally did anything wrong or not. If the team did something against the rules which made his car faster, he reaped the ben...
by slowestofall
Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:16 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: UPD: Ricciardo DSQ for breach of fuel flow limit, RB appeal.
Replies: 1355
Views: 193196

Re: UPD: Ricciardo DSQ for breach of fuel flow limit, RB app

Another piece of information (or rumour) that puts a different slant on what, if anything, might be wrong with the sensors. From grandprix247 translating a report in Auto Motor und Sport: "But Auto Motor und Sport claims that ’95 per cent’ of all the problems with the sensor up and down pitlane in 2...
by slowestofall
Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:51 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Red Bull Commitment 'Has its limits'
Replies: 132
Views: 41686

Re: Red Bull Commitment 'Has its limits'

Dietrich Mateschitz would not schedule a media interview, and make comments about Red Bull's commitment to F1, unless it suited his own agenda regarding that issue and the timing of his comments. Of course, business people sometimes say things to put pressure on regulators or their competitors. But ...
by slowestofall
Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:25 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Australia 2014 - Place your podium bets.
Replies: 45
Views: 7267

Re: Australia 2014 - Place your podium bets.

Button, Magnussen, Hulkenberg

McLaren knew early in testing that their car was fast. They spent a lot of time after that sorting the car for race conditions, not quallifying. Qualifying will not be as important as in previous years.
by slowestofall
Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: BUtton vs Barrichello 2006-2009
Replies: 34
Views: 7965

Re: BUtton vs Barrichello 2006-2009

Lots of good input here but for me personally Rubens is of another level compared to Jenson. While Button FINALLY looked competitive consistently in 2009, it was truly the first time in his F1 Career that he looked the part whilst driving some really good cars. In Contrast, Rubens looked good from ...
by slowestofall
Sun Dec 08, 2013 11:53 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ron Dennis looking to take back control of McLaren?
Replies: 29
Views: 8477

Re: Ron Dennis looking to take back control of McLaren?

He's probably happier in his newest role. He is beyond retirement age, and his current job is less stressful, involves less travel, and is probably less involving too. If he wanted to jump back in to the deep end, I seriously think that his age will hinder him. He's not the cold, ruthless figure he...
by slowestofall
Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:47 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Brawn confirmed leaving Merc
Replies: 126
Views: 25385

Re: Brawn confirmed leaving Merc

McLaren are making many more sports cars than they were a few years ago. A limited number of F1s were almost like a hobby. Now their road car ambitions are much bigger. They have already turned out over 3000 12C cars at their factory in Woking. They recently opened dealerships in four big Chinese ci...
by slowestofall
Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:09 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Fitness
Replies: 53
Views: 9848

Re: Fitness

I want to know the diet and excerise routines of an f1 driver cause I want to train like them, can you guys help? I think you might have failed the very first test of becoming an F1 driver: asking a bunch of prejudiced amateurs like us for real advice. You might get lucky if any of the three people...
by slowestofall
Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:21 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Your surprise(s) of the Australian GP weekend?
Replies: 34
Views: 7908

Re: Your surprise(s) of the Australian GP weekend?

Biggest surprise is how thrilled the media, and a lot of supporters, are that the F1 Championships have now become all about building a car, and driving a car, so that the tyres do not wear out too quickly. That aspect has become more important than anything else. Kimi did the fastest lap of the ra...