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by Battle Far
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: This Is Getting Ridiculous. Felipe Massa is Looking At Legal Options Over 2008 F1 Title Outcome.
Replies: 554
Views: 31797

Re: This Is Getting Ridiculous. Felipe Massa is Looking At Legal Options Over 2008 F1 Title Outcome.

The news that Massa has begun a UK high court legal action against 3 named organisations/parties regarding his failed WDC victory has changed my view on the entire process. It seems apparent that Massa feels abused by inappropriate implementation by the named orgs/peeps of the then current regulatio...
by Battle Far
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:54 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26602

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

My take is slightly different, I find the continued financial reward so transparently paid so regularly to so called journalists a much bigger problem. We have no evidence that info placed in the public domain (about anything) is accurate or truthful, we do however, have plenty of evidence of journo...
by Battle Far
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

OMG Like others have thought in other junior formula and has been suggested here, at least by me, nothing in motor racing managed and sponsored by commercial creeps like Liberty has any judgement of ability or results based on competence IMO everything, everywhere is only about which of the parasite...
by Battle Far
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Driver(s) of the day - 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Replies: 52
Views: 1585

Re: Driver(s) of the day - 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Bearman #1

Magussen #9,307,211

Mag's score is so impressive since no other driver gets away with scaring everyone else every time he's challenged without getting a Masi holiday
by Battle Far
Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Race 2 saw the same podium with Pin this securing the fastest lap, Pulling back nearly 2s and Weug 4s. Chambers, passed by Lovinfosse into turn 1, simply and IMO deliberately drove into the back of LL, I do not understand how the organisers penalise a driver for going off track but do nothing when o...
by Battle Far
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Race 1 sees Pin first, Pulling 2nd & Weug 3rd. Pulling set fastest lap👍

2020 (and the grid) again, yawn!
by Battle Far
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:05 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9947

Re: 2024 Junior Series

Bearman is a lucky (if very good) boy, last race Antonelli beat him in his first ever F2 meeting, this week Antonelli in his 2nd ever F2 meeting qualifies 4 places and just 0.2s behind Bearman in 5th. I seriously would have considered Antonelli instead of Bearman if only he'd been old enough to driv...
by Battle Far
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

JN23 wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:37 pm
I noticed you'd been missing from this thread - hope you're feeling a bit better :)
Fighting the big C mate, currently winning 😏
by Battle Far
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26602

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

Removed by moderators.
by Battle Far
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

And there you go, Pin secures pole for race 1 by 0.72s from Pulling and 1s from Weug.

In 5 years she's still in a different league to all the other girls...
by Battle Far
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Hey folks, been away poorly for a while. It's funny that Pin's 2020 performance in Girls on Track has so little significance. She wasn't just the fastest, she blew away her rivals regularly running as much a 0.75s a lap faster than anyone else, including Weug who was less time behind race winners in...
by Battle Far
Thu May 11, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

I watched the highlight reel. Some enjoyable racing, but as a series they need a driver briefing on track limits, they were racing as if the track was 3 miles wide! Agreed It's the fundamental issue with run off areas, if they drove like that on a street circuit only 2 or 3 would have been running ...
by Battle Far
Thu May 11, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy's post Valencia round 2 day test saw Nerea Marti dominate at her home track setting fastest time in all four sessions. Marta Garcia led the lap count with 154 laps while, with Pulling only 8th best and Edgar & Gilkes propping up the timesheets one can only hope that Carlin were concentrai...
by Battle Far
Thu May 11, 2023 10:44 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy's Valencia round race 3 saw Marta Garcia lead from start to finish from pole. Abbi Pulling made a poor start from the front row losing 2nd place to Nerea Marti but fought off Lena Buhler despite recording a slower best lap time than those immediately following. . Pos Driver Team Time Diff...
by Battle Far
Thu May 11, 2023 10:36 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy's Valencia round reverse grid race 2 saw Bianca Bustamente lead from start to finish. Abbi Pulling sustained damage in an early off avoiding a collision, recording the slowest lap time as a result. . Pos Driver Team Time Diff Best 1 B. Bustamante Prema 18:49.969 - 1:35.718 2 L. Buhler ART...
by Battle Far
Thu May 11, 2023 10:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy's Valencia round race 1 saw Hamda Al Qubaisi dominant, Marta Garcia recovered to 6th from the back of the grid while Abbi Pulling, also at the back due to track limits, didn't. Note Garcia's fastest lap was 1s quicker than Pulling & her Carlin team mates. . Pos Driver Team Time Diff Best ...
by Battle Far
Wed May 10, 2023 9:13 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Every Euro Nascar practice session, qualifying & race was streamed live on youtube from Valencia. The cameras, commentators & editors were already there, the infrastructure for streaming was already there. There was some excellent F1 Academy racing to broadcast. Every European level F4 series is str...
by Battle Far
Sat May 06, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Italian F4's Misano race 1 saw Viktoria Blokhina (PHM) finish 19th, Aurelia Nobels was classified 28th albeit 5 laps down while Tina Hausman crashed out in a violent incident when hit from behind in a braking area, her car rolling 3 times leaving a pile of broken bits, fortunately she walked away fr...
by Battle Far
Sat May 06, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

In what can only be described as an utter farce the grids for F1 Academy races 1 & 3 have effectively been stood on their heads by the application of post qualifying penalties for track limits. Race 1 sees Marta Garcia (1st) & Abbi Pulling (3rd) demoted outside the top 10 while Chloe Grant was promo...
by Battle Far
Fri May 05, 2023 4:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy Valencia qualifying 2 would have seen Prema dominate again, if Bustamente could kept her car within track limits, she had two laps faster than Hamda cancelled. . P Driver Team Time Gap 1 GARCIA Prema 1:34.489 - 2 AL QUBAISI, H MP 1:34.577 +0.088 3 BUHLER ART 1:34.704 +0.215 4 PULLING Carl...
by Battle Far
Fri May 05, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy Valencia qualifying 1 saw Prema dominate. For me this is the folly of having teams run the cars, I don't need another F4 series to know that Prema is the best team. Pullng is not 0.4s slower than Garcia, neither are her Carlin team mates 0.8s slower than Bustamente. IMO the whole concept ...
by Battle Far
Fri May 05, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Hausmann is impressive and I think she's really young still isn't she? One to watch. Garcia is really on a mission. Can't find it now but there a big post on twitter explaining (maybe) why no live feed for F1A - cost basically. Apparently W Series secured it but it cost them a fortune and F1A want ...
by Battle Far
Fri May 05, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Italian F4's Misano Free Practice 2 saw James Wharton set the fastest time. Tina Hausman was unable to repeat her first session heroics this time being 0.8s off the pace. She did, however, beat both of her team mates in both sessions. . Pos Driver Team Time Diff Laps 1 James Wharton Prema 1:34.370 1...
by Battle Far
Fri May 05, 2023 12:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Italian F4's Misano Free Practice 1 saw Kacper Sztuka set the fastest time but, remarkably with only 7 car races under her belt, Tina Hausman recorded the 8th fastest time (of 33) less than 0.4s behind Sztuka. . Pos Driver Team Time Diff Laps 1 Kacper Sztuka US Racing 1:34.550 18 8 Tina Hausmann AKM...
by Battle Far
Fri May 05, 2023 11:52 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy's Valencia Free Practice 2 saw all but Marta Garcia & Bianca Bustamente on long run practice with used tyres. Garcia, who only managed 3 laps in FP1 used her new tyre allocation from FP1 to set fastest time. Abbi Pulling & Hamda Al Qubaisi were separated by just 0.001s! . Pos Car Driver T...
by Battle Far
Fri May 05, 2023 9:05 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

I thought some might be interested in the Race Control log. Race Control Messages 05/05/2023 07:29 TIMING TEST ON TRACK 05/05/2023 07:29 TIMING TEST ON TRACK 05/05/2023 08:28 YELLOW FLAG AT TURN 8 05/05/2023 08:28 YELLOW FLAG AT TURN 8,9 05/05/2023 08:28 YELLOW FLAG AT TURN 8 05/05/2023 08:28 GREEN ...
by Battle Far
Fri May 05, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy's Valencia Free Practice 1 was characterised by the largest number of deleted laps for track limits I've ever seen! 6 drivers received TL warning flags and 3 (Caceres, Chong & Lovinfosse) received 2 minute stop & go penalties! Nerea Marti, who lives 30 minutes from the track, was quickest...
by Battle Far
Thu May 04, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy's pre event test afternoon session at Valencia was dominated by the Al Qubaisi sisters (and their MP team), the Carlin ladies remained off the pace. It's early days yet and their team is likely a factor but I am disappointed. We already know that neither Hamda nor Amna can compete with th...
by Battle Far
Thu May 04, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Italian F4's pre event test at Misano saw Ugo Ugochukwu set the fastest time but, likely for the first ever time in F4, all the female drivers were within 1.2s of his time. 34 drivers set times. Hausman was quicker than 1 of her 2 team mates, Nobels & Blokhina were the slowest in their team. . 1 Ugo...
by Battle Far
Thu May 04, 2023 11:20 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

F1 Academy's pre race test at Valencia, morning session saw the two local girls, Nera Marti & Marta Garcia dominate until Hamda Al Qubaisi split them in the last 10 minutes of the test. Notable for being completely off the pace are the Carlin ladies with double pole winner from the Red Bull Ring Abb...
by Battle Far
Tue May 02, 2023 2:02 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: It's finally happened... (losing interest in F1 thread)
Replies: 535
Views: 21105

Re: It's finally happened...

Sadly, I'm old enough to have actually seen Stirling Moss race before his accident, I became addicted to F1 in the 1960s, raced myself from 1969 through the mid 70s (up to to F5000), and have been an avid follower ever since. The sport changed for me the moment that mainstream car manufacturers boug...
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

IndyNxt at Barber Motorsport saw Jamie Chadwick (Andretti) classified 11th (of 18) albeit a couple of laps down on winner Christian Rasmussen (HMD)
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: MotoGP
Replies: 14
Views: 2218

Re: MotoGP

Nice to see a strong return to form for Sam Lowes at Jerez, pole by 0.5s and apart from the start never threatened. Acosta, despite being at home, had no answer but was still better than the rest.
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F2/F3 2023
Replies: 295
Views: 24779

Re: F2/F3 2023

Paolo_Lasardi wrote:
Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:19 pm
Battle Far wrote:
Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:15 pm
Bearman, 17 years old, 109 total car races, 2 x F4 titles at 15, 3rd in FIA F3 at 16, 8 starts in F2, 2 wins

I wonder what he needs to do to be considered a standout :D
I think he is considered a stand-out, isn't he?
Apparently not, by some. Take a look at page 1 of this thread...
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Euroformula's Algarve race 3 saw JuJu Noda (Noda) finish 7th of 10, Noel Leon (Motorpark) won.
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Dorianne Pin enhanced her growing reputation with an outstanding drive at Spa. Starting 5th in class in damp conditions she passed all those ahead of her to lead LMP2 before handing over 2nd in class after a slow pitstop. Running much of the time in the first 3 the Prema run Oreca finished 10th afte...
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Lilou Wadoux made history by becoming the first female driver to stand on the top step of a podium at a WEC race when winning the Spa 6hrs GT-Am class with team mates Luis Perez Companc and Alessio Rovera. Wadoux began her double stint in 5th place fighting through to take the lead on track before a...
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:17 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 709483

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Euroformula's Algarve race 2 saw JuJu Noda (Noda) finish 7th of 9, Francesco Simonazzi (BVM) won.
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F2/F3 2023
Replies: 295
Views: 24779

Re: F2/F3 2023

Bearman, 17 years old, 109 total car races, 2 x F4 titles at 15, 3rd in FIA F3 at 16, 8 starts in F2, 2 wins

I wonder what he needs to do to be considered a standout :D
by Battle Far
Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 204
Views: 7336

Re: 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Race Thread

Something I never thought I'd ever write Perez had Vestappen covered for pace Ocon & Hulkenberg spending 90 minutes driving for TV coverage, it stinks I tells ya what was the strategy for those 2 Team principals will argue street race, safety car/red flag but the sad truth is that Moneygram got mor...