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Then the butterfly effect comes in, doesn't it? One never knows what would have happened had the previous thing not happened, even if they aren't directly related. Had Lewis not crashed Verstappen out in Silverstone we probably wouldn't have had the AD2021 drama. Or if Verstappen had been black-fla...

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Senna and Ratzenberger must have weighed about 70Kgs anyway so how would that have saved their lives, this friendship thing you will now focus on to gloss over the fact that you said that the driver and car minimum weight rule never happened soon after Prost's retirement. No, that's just you trying...

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This article I provided is by a respected journalist and has a DIRECT QUOTE from Balestre. If you want to find other sources to counter that or claim it is fake, then please do so instead of trying to act like it isn't true. This exact quote is repeated in Tom Rubython and Keith Sutton's book on Se...

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Not for a lack of trying ; he contacted the stewards to get Senna disqualified, but the stewards told him they didn't have grounds to do so after Prost had cynically tried to take Senna out at Suzuka the previous year. Not the right thread for this, but you're also clearly forgetting how the reques...

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Not for a lack of trying; he contacted the stewards to get Senna disqualified, but the stewards told him they didn't have grounds to do so after Prost had cynically tried to take Senna out at Suzuka the previous year. Not the right thread for this, but you're also clearly forgetting how the request...

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It was introduced in 1995, Prost retired after 1993 and quite late in the day I believe perhaps to have changed it for 1994, or it could be just an unhappy coincidence, Balestre also left office in 1993, all an unhappy coincidence. https://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28901 The nominal...

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POB's system did not account for the fact that Prost's weight in itself gave him a 0.3s advantage per lap, every lap, to Prost over his competition. Not just pace - this also massively helped with reliability in an era where reliability frequently decided championships. And everyone can see Prost c...

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That's quite an accusation you write there. What gave you the idea that Prost and Balestre were friends? Secondly, I believe the FIA only introduced combined driver+car weight in 2019, some 11 years after Balestre died, and some 27 years after he left office. Looking forward to an enlightening answ...

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The problem with assessing anything about Verstappen at Red Bull is that there's pretty obviously something weird going on at that team with the second seat. Now, I'm no fan of Verstappen, and I think that's pretty obvious. He is a very talented driver. As a complete package, he's probably the best...

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There were calls for a minimum weight for both car and driver but fell on deaf ears with Prost's friend and compatriot Balestre the FIA President, soon after Prost retired then hey presto we got minimum weight for car and driver. That's quite an accusation you write there. What gave you the idea th...

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The problem with assessing anything about Verstappen at Red Bull is that there's pretty obviously something weird going on at that team with the second seat. Now, I'm no fan of Verstappen, and I think that's pretty obvious. He is a very talented driver. As a complete package, he's probably the best...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:31 pm

The subtitles miss a bit. Prost explains that he used a strap (instead of "this part") to keep his head up in corners.

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Even an overrated driver like Prost "won" 3 (thanks to the unfair FIA rules which were conveniently only changed after his retirement - thanks Balestre :uhoh: ) and cheated his way to a 4th, so who knows? Maybe Colapinto might sneak one too. Interesting, do tell us about the FIA rules that were cha...

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If this rumour is true, his days are really numbered because burning of the clutch by a F1 driver doesn't shed a good light on the driver's skills & doesn't help justify his place on the F1 grid. And yet, that was what Schumacher did on his very first F1 race. So who knows, perhaps Franco is also o...

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Funny thing i just saw (at risk of devolving this thread into chaos) in 2021 Saudi Arabia Verstappen apparently applied 1000psi of braking force when he didn't brake check Hamilton. Braking system operational pressure VS brake pedal applied pressure perhaps? I don't know. Those pushing this narrati...

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Funny thing i just saw (at risk of devolving this thread into chaos) in 2021 Saudi Arabia Verstappen apparently applied 1000psi of braking force when he didn't brake check Hamilton. Braking system operational pressure VS brake pedal applied pressure perhaps? I don't know. Those pushing this narrati...

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Strider wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 11, 2025 8:15 am
"... the fact that Prost's weight in itself gave him a 0.3s advantage per lap, every lap, to Prost over his competition."

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Car performance was necessarily influenced by the set-up choices in view of the weather forecast.

Hülkenberg, Gasly, Stroll

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And yet, that was what Schumacher did on his very first F1 race. So who knows, perhaps Franco is also on his way to 6 driver titles... And if he is to be replaced, I feel Jack Doohan should be given a decent second chance. Even an overrated driver like Prost "won" 3 (thanks to the unfair FIA rules ...

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If this rumour is true, his days are really numbered because burning of the clutch by a F1 driver doesn't shed a good light on the driver's skills & doesn't help justify his place on the F1 grid. And yet, that was what Schumacher did on his very first F1 race. So who knows, perhaps Franco is also o...

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This makes Hulk's podium even more deserving. He disagreed with his race engineer twice in the first nine laps relating to pit strategy. He even said in the post race interview that he thought about putting slicks when on the formation lap but when he reached sector 3, he changed his mind & decided...

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If this rumour is true, his days are really numbered because burning of the clutch by a F1 driver doesn't shed a good light on the driver's skills & doesn't help justify his place on the F1 grid. And yet, that was what Schumacher did on his very first F1 race. So who knows, perhaps Franco is also o...

Fiki

If this rumour is true, his days are really numbered because burning of the clutch by a F1 driver doesn't shed a good light on the driver's skills & doesn't help justify his place on the F1 grid. And yet, that was what Schumacher did on his very first F1 race. So who knows, perhaps Franco is also o...

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Yes, the race director put out the safety car because the drivers were trying to eke out their stints on inters in the hope of avoiding pit stops. A completely incorrect decision to put out the Safety Car, if you stay on inters and end up leaving the track, that is your own fault. All drivers could...

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This was the first race this year that I had to miss watching live, and during that first SC period the station I recorded ran a few ads, so I don't know whether a reason was given for deploying it. But if it was "only" on account of the rain, then it seems to me that SC deployment was against the ...

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Yes, the race director put out the safety car because the drivers were trying to eke out their stints on inters in the hope of avoiding pit stops. A completely incorrect decision to put out the Safety Car, if you stay on inters and end up leaving the track, that is your own fault. All drivers could...

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This was the first race this year that I had to miss watching live, and during that first SC period the station I recorded ran a few ads, so I don't know whether a reason was given for deploying it. But if it was "only" on account of the rain, then it seems to me that SC deployment was against the ...

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This was the first race this year that I had to miss watching live, and during that first SC period the station I recorded ran a few ads, so I don't know whether a reason was given for deploying it. But if it was "only" on account of the rain, then it seems to me that SC deployment was against the ...

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This was the first race this year that I had to miss watching live, and during that first SC period the station I recorded ran a few ads, so I don't know whether a reason was given for deploying it. But if it was "only" on account of the rain, then it seems to me that SC deployment was against the r...

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Siao7 wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 04, 2025 9:52 am
Seems like we have another candidate for BS's position!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/ar ... 9zrk83g42o

I don't know who Tim Mayer is, but hey, at least Ben Sulayem is not just going to win unopposed.

He is a former F1 steward, I'm surprised the name didn't ring a bell.

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DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:18 pm
But I was at two of the GPs they did a lot of the filing at (Silverstone and Hungary) so I saw the cars doing lots of laps and the Apex GP pit etc.

So the Apex had ride height problems?

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I know at least 2 members that will have a great time/fit! I hope the first header is noted: These are GUIDELINES and NOT REGULATIONS I know, this is the best thing about them. What a caveat!!! I call guidelines "cop out clauses". Quite sensibly really. In any incident one party is looking at them ...

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Given current situation it wouldn’t surprise is this season’s championship is cut short 2 or even 3 races. Businesses big and small are putting travel restrictions in place for a suite of Middle Eastern countries, and governments and businesses are also putting advice/restrictions in place for the ...

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I think Max was trying to thread a needle that may not have had an eye (take enough speed into the corner to be able to hold off Charles but not too much speed to lose grip). Isn't it possible Max took the amount of speed he thought was necessary to be able to maintain position down the straight, a...

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As fighter jet movies go, I think the French movie of a few years after Top Gun was just as good; "Sky Fighters". A movie made a few decades after a successful TV-series "Les Chevaliers du Ciel". I will go and see the F1 movie, not expecting it to be for F1 fans in the first place, just as Top Gun w...

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I can't help but wonder why drivers would still have to worry about sticking to the delta time, when simply running behind the Safety Car and complying with those particular regulations. In this case it showed up something of a contradiction between the drivers first indicating the SC was going too ...

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I highlighted the specific point that was of interest to me which confirmed what I always thought about Warwick. And where do you see that confirmation? Surely not in the fact that he fully agreed with the penalties meted out? He said that Verstappen didn't intend to hit Russell, I'm not sure that'...

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Did I not just say. No. You offered a poor summary that missed the point. I highlighted the specific point that was of interest to me which confirmed what I always thought about Warwick. And where do you see that confirmation? Surely not in the fact that he fully agreed with the penalties meted out...

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He's one of a few people who believes that Verstappen didn't hit Russell intentionally and he's an acting race steward. And which specific point do you contest in all of what he said? Did I not just say. No. You offered a poor summary that missed the point. I highlighted the specific point that was...

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Who would have thought as you would ask in the past what problem do I have with Warwick. :) I still do. He's one of a few people who believes that Verstappen didn't hit Russell intentionally and he's an acting race steward. And which specific point do you contest in all of what he said? Did I not j...

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