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by Beschy
Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:48 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Top 170 - Most successful F1 drivers
Replies: 52
Views: 11416

Re: Top 170 - Most successful F1 drivers

For instance Fernando Alonso is one of my favorite drivers, and I would personally rank him considerably higher. But his move to McLaren has resulted in only two podiums in 57 races, and that doesn't collect many ranking points. The past three years has dropped him several places down the list, and...
by Beschy
Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:14 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Brawn: I couldn't Trust Wolff & Lauda
Replies: 15
Views: 5547

Re: Brawn: I couldn't Trust Wolff & Lauda

Spot on POB! Toto somehow bought shares in Williams, yet was hired on at Mercedes in a high position that rivaled that of the man who took them to a championship after floating the entire team on his back with very little outside money. How he weaseled his way to that position is beyond me because ...
by Beschy
Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:05 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Thanks a lot C4
Replies: 48
Views: 11508

Re: Thanks a lot C4

Will say this, nice to see which ones of you actually watch the whole race live ;) I was with family all day. Ridiculously, I actually have Sky, but they do not replay the race until tomorrow (Monday) evening. I had the choice of watch C4 highlights or wait until Monday evening. I stupidly chose hi...
by Beschy
Sun Jul 31, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Thanks a lot C4
Replies: 48
Views: 11508

Re: Thanks a lot C4

It would have been fine if there had been the "look away now' prefix, but nothing. They just launched into it literally one minute before their highlights show.
by Beschy
Sun Jul 31, 2016 6:54 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Thanks a lot C4
Replies: 48
Views: 11508

Re: Thanks a lot C4

I avoid the result or any mention of the race today as I would be watching on C4 at 6.00, so tune in at 5:53 when the news is about Syria, then no inter like "in Formula one" or Todays motor sport so I could put my fingers in my ears and sing DaDaDaDA, No, she starts with Lewis Hamilton retains his...
by Beschy
Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:28 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Who will end their career with the most wins?
Replies: 973
Views: 309765

Re: Who will end their career with the most wins?

Rosberg is creeping up on Alonso for more wins 8O
by Beschy
Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:17 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Allison: 2017 Cars won't be ugly...
Replies: 23
Views: 6376

Re: Allison: 2017 Cars won't be ugly...

Official FIA halo:

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by Beschy
Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2016 European GP - Baku, Free practices
Replies: 160
Views: 26317

Re: 2016 European GP - Baku, Free practices

A bit off topic, but how is it that classic circuits have been neutered to within an inch of their lives in the name of safety, but Baku somehow breezes through FIA safety assessments. The track is less than four people standing arm to arm wide in places.
by Beschy
Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:50 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2 Seperate Incident Fatalaties at Isle of Man TT!
Replies: 107
Views: 16446

Re: 2 Seperate Incident Fatalaties at Isle of Man TT!

The reason I do it is because if you do it wrong, it will kill you.
If you think it's too dangerous then go home and cut your lawn and leave us to it.
Guy Martin
by Beschy
Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:35 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Onboard lap of Baku
Replies: 24
Views: 6905

Re: Onboard lap of Baku

We haven't had a rubbish race yet this year. I expect this one to be decent after seeing the onboard. There will be some carnage though.
by Beschy
Tue May 31, 2016 12:05 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Has Raikkonen equalled Vettel so far this year?(2016Austria)
Replies: 89
Views: 15748

Re: Has Raikkonen equalled Vettel so far this year?(2016 Mon

Raikkonen is not performing to Vettels standard this year and I don't think Vettel is at 100% either. Kimi is passed it. When was the last time he did something good? How many facepalm moments have there been in the last couple of years. I think he's lucky he is not up against an on top of his game ...
by Beschy
Sun May 15, 2016 1:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 330
Views: 51224

Re: Official 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Race Thread

Red Bull got Ricciardo's strategy wrong - they've handed Verstappen the win. This is what I'm thinking. Max will get all the glory, but Red Bull have screwed RIC Ricciardo has the faster strategy and Kimi has the same strategy with a faster car. RIC had track position, Red Bull gave him an unfavour...
by Beschy
Sun May 15, 2016 1:36 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 330
Views: 51224

Re: Official 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Race Thread

Badgeronimous wrote:Red Bull got Ricciardo's strategy wrong - they've handed Verstappen the win.
This is what I'm thinking. Max will get all the glory, but Red Bull have screwed RIC
by Beschy
Sun May 15, 2016 1:34 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 330
Views: 51224

Re: Official 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Race Thread

If Max wins this everyone will go nuts, but RIC should have won this right?
by Beschy
Sun May 15, 2016 1:07 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 330
Views: 51224

Re: Official 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Race Thread

Have Red Bull stuffed this up for RIC?
by Beschy
Sun May 15, 2016 12:34 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Rosberg V Hamilton Crash Debate/Poll [MERGED]
Replies: 742
Views: 104371

Re: Rosberg Vs Hamilton Spanish gp crash. The debate

There seems to be a perception here that if you have a little bit of your nose alongside the rear wheel of the car in front you have won the corner. :lol:

Hamilton's fault all day long. Rosberg finally putting his foot down. And he can afford to.
by Beschy
Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Monaco 2016
Replies: 9
Views: 2932

Re: Monaco 2016

Contact BookF1.com - they're a good company and pretty helpful.

The track opens up very shortly after all sessions. I went last year and I was driving our car on the circuit about an hour after qualifying.
by Beschy
Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:14 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

This incident reminds me of Spa '12 had Hamilton avoided the move people would have hailed Grosjean or Bahrain '14 had Hamilton avoided Bottas am guessing same woild have happened. There's nothing one won't hear from fans the driver in front should brake so the person flying in from behind on a rig...
by Beschy
Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Total noob question
Replies: 28
Views: 5573

Re: Total noob question

Interesting. Can't say I ever realised this. Just assumed the top ten started the race on their Q2 tyres.

Have I been stupid for not realising this the last however many years or have they not made a very good job of making this clear?
by Beschy
Mon Apr 18, 2016 9:21 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Total noob question
Replies: 28
Views: 5573

Re: Total noob question

Yeah I realised he did Q2 on softs - I just always thought the tyres you completed your fastest (qualifying) lap on were the set you started the race on. If it is in fact the Q2 set that you start on why have Merc never done this before? They could easily have done the same thing most races througho...
by Beschy
Mon Apr 18, 2016 9:14 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Total noob question
Replies: 28
Views: 5573

Total noob question

Rosberg set his pole on super soft tyres in China, but started on soft. I thought you had to start the race on your qualifying tyres?
by Beschy
Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:47 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

Blackhander wrote:
Does... Does that mean I win? I don't understand.

Why do I suddenly get the feeling that I've just been shovelling food under a bridge for the past half hour?
It means the subjective opinions have exhausted themselves and I'm bored now.
by Beschy
Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:41 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

http://i65.tinypic.com/x1c7bq.png This shot clearly shows that even if Vettel and Kimi had not made contact, Kvyat would have run them both off the road because he was carrying too much speed to hold a controlled line round the corner. This is what Vettel was angry about. I think it just shows that...
by Beschy
Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:20 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

http://i65.tinypic.com/x1c7bq.png This shot clearly shows that even if Vettel and Kimi had not made contact, Kvyat would have run them both off the road because he was carrying too much speed to hold a controlled line round the corner. This is what Vettel was angry about. I think it just shows that...
by Beschy
Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:11 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

http://i65.tinypic.com/x1c7bq.png This shot clearly shows that even if Vettel and Kimi had not made contact, Kvyat would have run them both off the road because he was carrying too much speed to hold a controlled line round the corner. This is what Vettel was angry about. Just as likely that he had...
by Beschy
Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:50 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

Image

This shot clearly shows that even if Vettel and Kimi had not made contact, Kvyat would have run them both off the road because he was carrying too much speed to hold a controlled line round the corner.

This is what Vettel was angry about.
by Beschy
Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:34 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

This photo makes it look like Kvyat has made the corner, but actually he was going much too fast and was always going to cross onto Vettels line Perhaps this sequence of images will persuade you otherwise: http://i.imgur.com/98tC7R5.png Why would it? At this point Vettel has already taken evasive a...
by Beschy
Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:12 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

Vettel had plenty of room between him and Kvyat. Contact was made because he chinked left into Raikkonen on his own accord, not because Kvyat forced him to do anything. Vettel should accept fault and apologise. The German described Kvyat as "a madman" and his move as "suicidal" over team radio, and...
by Beschy
Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:17 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat [MERGED]
Replies: 229
Views: 37671

Re: Vettels post race rant to Kyvat

It's a tricky one. I don'tparticularly think Kvyat did anything wrong, but from Vettel's onboard there is not much he could have done to avoid contact to either the left or right.
by Beschy
Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:28 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK

I don't think it's going to be much of a pain really. By the sounds of things there may be terrestrial TV highlights coverage and paying £11 to watch on NOW tv is reasonable considering that's the similar price to a book or cinema ticket. But as long as it's free to watch highlights I don't really ...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK

I take it you send that £25 to Bernie at the moment, you know, to keep the moral high ground ;) We truly live in an entitled society. No I watch on C4 at the moment which I've paid for via the TV licence. What about my position makes me entitled? The fact that you feel your within your rights to 's...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:14 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK

If you don't want to give your money to Sky do without F1. That's the only way to have the moral high ground ;) In your opinion. I'm comfortable 'stealing' it. I'd happily pay up to £25 or so for s treat directly from F1.com I take it you send that £25 to Bernie at the moment, you know, to keep the...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:38 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK

On another note I will have no moral issue stealing f1 coverage from 2019. I refuse to give my money to Murdoch (and I could easily afford a sky package). As customers we are being given no choices - it's not purchase option A, purchase option B or steal. Sky have the monopoly. I feel I have the mo...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:19 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK

On another note I will have no moral issue stealing f1 coverage from 2019. I refuse to give my money to Murdoch (and I could easily afford a sky package). As customers we are being given no choices - it's not purchase option A, purchase option B or steal. Sky have the monopoly. I feel I have the mo...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: The Death Of Formula 1. 1950 - 2018

Gothnak gets it He gets it by saying the new generation is inherently immoral? There was a time when just because something was wrong and hurt someone actually was enough to stop the majority of people from doing it, crazy thought. For the record, I don't believe in his reasoning one bit. The peopl...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK

On another note I will have no moral issue stealing f1 coverage from 2019. I refuse to give my money to Murdoch (and I could easily afford a sky package). As customers we are being given no choices - it's not purchase option A, purchase option B or steal. Sky have the monopoly. I feel I have the mor...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: The Death Of Formula 1. 1950 - 2018

Gothnak gets it Trying to lower costs and raise accessibility is just arranging the deck chairs on a burning Titanic. The problem goes a lot deeper than that; trying to get these people to pay for anything that isn't physical is ultimately a losing game, and the entire world is going to have to fig...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: The Death Of Formula 1. 1950 - 2018

There are some decent quality streams around, obviously not hd, but watchable and seem to be getting ever more reliable. I would never pay for sky and take great pleasure in streaming their channels. Its purely about money. sky dont care about anything else. I take it you are an habitual thief then...
by Beschy
Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:54 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK
Replies: 193
Views: 30912

Re: Sky Sports lands exclusive F1 television coverage in UK

This is sad news and the move seems just wrong. Even now, Formula 1 is behind the times in not providing online streaming from Formula1.com. By 2019 it will just be absurd that we need a Sky package and not just pay to stream races on demand. Goodnight sweet F1. In the UK at least. What other sport...