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by Fiki
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The big 6 then the rest?
Replies: 891
Views: 20731

Re: The big 6 then the rest?

t2jd1967 wrote:
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:34 am
What may tweak my perspective is that Renault was not considered a top team before 2005 (except for back in 1994 and 1995 of course),
Do you mean Renault as engine supplier in 1994 and '95?
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

Yes I am saying that and he touched his brakes on a place on the track where you shouldn't have to even slow down, what they said was the main slowing was lifting off and down shifting. But still you said that Alonso did a brake check... Just for giggles, was it? I think I can because he touched hi...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

4. Despite having telemetry data which I'm sure could prove a throttle issue Aston Martin have decided not to defend their driver. We don't know what was discussed but didn't make it into the stewards' report. And Aston Martin didn't protest the penalty, which is not the same as failing to defend y...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

Yes that's what I watched, it mysteriously appeared after Russell crashed, how come that was wasn't used in defence of Alonso, maybe because it was not actually true. If it wasn't actually true, then how was Alonso able to fake it? Answers on a postcard for the lucky draw! :D Staccato application o...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

Diplomacy Alonso touched his brakes where you don't normally look to brake. So you're saying that the stewards are diplomatic about Alonso not having done a brake check, even explaining that it was not the main reason why Alonso's car slowed, yet giving him a penalty equal to a drive-through. Is th...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

4. Despite having telemetry data which I'm sure could prove a throttle issue Aston Martin have decided not to defend their driver. We don't know what was discussed but didn't make it into the stewards' report. And Aston Martin didn't protest the penalty, which is not the same as failing to defend y...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

I wonder what we might make of Alonso trying to say he had a throttle peddle problem immediately after seeing that Russell had crashed, wanting it confirmed by his engineer, strangely he had no such problem before the corner, that quickly seems to have melted away. It seems there was a problem with...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

It was a brake check causing another driver to crash for me I would have black flagged him out of the race. Of course you would, but on what grounds? Even the stewards don't agree with you calling it a brake check. Here's how the stewards describe that is wasn't a brake check: Telemetry shows that ...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

I think calling it a brake test is a little unfair, even if it technically was one. The spirit of what Alonso was doing, wasn't to brake test Russell in the way we understand the term brake test. I've no reason to disbelieve Alonso, his recount seems like what he was trying to do, and what happened...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

I think calling it a brake test is a little unfair, even if it technically was one. The spirit of what Alonso was doing, wasn't to brake test Russell in the way we understand the term brake test. I've no reason to disbelieve Alonso, his recount seems like what he was trying to do, and what happened...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

20 second penalty for Alonso. Drops to P8. Wow, that's a far more major penalty than has been handed out recently. It was a brake check causing another driver to crash for me I would have black flagged him out of the race. Of course you would, but on what grounds? Even the stewards don't agree with...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

I think calling it a brake test is a little unfair, even if it technically was one. The spirit of what Alonso was doing, wasn't to brake test Russell in the way we understand the term brake test. I've no reason to disbelieve Alonso, his recount seems like what he was trying to do, and what happened...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

Brake test or whatever, its poor from a pro driver in that scenario to panic at the helm and go off..he wasnt that close In other news, alonso gets twice the penalty that max got for jeddah 2021, a far more obvious amd dangerous move. Alonso did similar in defense on hamilton hungary 2021 turn 1 ex...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

20 second penalty for Alonso. Drops to P8. Wow, that's a far more major penalty than has been handed out recently. It was a brake check causing another driver to crash for me I would have black flagged him out of the race. Of course you would, but on what grounds? Even the stewards don't agree with...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

Brake test or whatever, its poor from a pro driver in that scenario to panic at the helm and go off..he wasnt that close In other news, alonso gets twice the penalty that max got for jeddah 2021, a far more obvious amd dangerous move. Alonso did similar in defense on hamilton hungary 2021 turn 1 ex...
by Fiki
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:02 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 470
Views: 20232

Re: Silly Season 2025

Sainz is in a slight predicament imo.... I wonder if Mercedes is worth going to considering their yearly struggles to understand their car. Red Bull seat no. 2 is the sole seat in the top teams made for a no.2 driver as per position in the team. Even if Sainz is given an equal opportunity, getting ...
by Fiki
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 221
Views: 4312

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

UnlikeUday wrote:
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:55 am
Panic in Russell's voice & expectedly where he was stuck hanging....
I hear urgency in his voice, not panic. I would even say, anything but panic.
by Fiki
Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 254
Views: 4572

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

This is the crucial bit. If's and but's. They way they dealt it though, Logan's frustration is a certainty. Logan won't feel happy about it, that's a certainty. But I think the team should make him understand that he largely saved the team's weekend. I'm astounded by the number of mistakes we see t...
by Fiki
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 254
Views: 4572

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Siao7 & t2jd1967>You're talking about what feels right, and whos fault it is, but those arguments don't have any value in this situation. Formula 1 is big business, and just like it's the managements job to make unpleasant decisions about their employees in any other business, it is also the Willia...
by Fiki
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 254
Views: 4572

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Siao7 & t2jd1967>You're talking about what feels right, and whos fault it is, but those arguments don't have any value in this situation. Formula 1 is big business, and just like it's the managements job to make unpleasant decisions about their employees in any other business, it is also the Willia...
by Fiki
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 309
Views: 7493

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

It was shown that he cut the chicane, gaming the system is short for weak and ineffective stewarding. I understand they've only just introduced the 10 second penalties but they can't be allowing drivers to be able to carry on racing with 20 second or 30 second penalties, there's a point where penal...
by Fiki
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?
Replies: 31
Views: 913

Re: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?

Verstappen running over Hamilton at the 2021 Italian GP... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VSwwZYDW94 Really? Really. Hamilton had just left the pits on cold tires. Verstappen's hot tires would easily overtake HAM after the slow chicane, had he patiently waited. Instead, VER chose to barge his way...
by Fiki
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?
Replies: 31
Views: 913

Re: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?

Verstappen running over Hamilton at the 2021 Italian GP... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VSwwZYDW94 Really? Really. Hamilton had just left the pits on cold tires. Verstappen's hot tires would easily overtake HAM after the slow chicane, had he patiently waited. Instead, VER chose to barge his way...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 309
Views: 7493

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

Not in reply to your post. We clearly had moved on to track limits when you said that they shouldn't be monitored. I didn't say track limits shouldn't be monitored, they should be abandoned completely except for pit entry and pit exit. that wouldnt make much sense, on many "modern" tracks where is ...
by Fiki
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

I see Senna getting a bit ridiculed for dirty driving, when you compare with the likes of Schumacher and Verstappen he looks somewhat saintly apart from that one incident that was pay back for the year before. Your remark has me wondering what your definition of saintly would be, but let's not star...
by Fiki
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
Replies: 315
Views: 16143

Re: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?

On top of it all, Hamilton never had a car as dominant as Verstappen has enjoyed the last 2 seasons and seemingly this season as well. I'm sorry, but that's just not true. The only way the current Red Bull is even potentially better than the peak Mercedes years is reliability, but purely from a per...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

There was nothing perfectly timed about the red flag at Silverstone. It was a red flag because of the severity of the hit, and the need to rearrange the Tecpro barriers. And since every red flag means there's a possibility of repairing damage, there is no reason to say Hamilton should have retired ...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:05 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

There was nothing perfectly timed about the red flag at Silverstone. It was a red flag because of the severity of the hit, and the need to rearrange the Tecpro barriers. And since every red flag means there's a possibility of repairing damage, there is no reason to say Hamilton should have retired ...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

No Masi didn't change the rules for the Silverstone GP so I'm not sure what argument you're looking to make plus Verstappen evened things up at Monza . Assuming both races would have finished in the running order prior to the incident (for simplicity sake). . . Silverstone: Max lost 32 points (+7 t...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 309
Views: 7493

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

There is nothing to condone here. Formula One applies a system that apparently isn't pitch perfect. I have no problem with that as long as it applies to everyone equally. The same goes for poor stewarding, not a problem per se as long as the bad calls go around equally, which is what happens. Yes h...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

You can pick out 2 things perhaps and one of those wasn't even in F1, strange that in your Verstappen version you looked to blame Hamilton. I did, in the same way I blamed Verstappen for turning in on Ocon at Brazil 2018. That must be one of the stupidest things I have seen him do in the period bef...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

Masi did the job for him. Really? Did Masi knock Verstappen out of the British Grand Prix? You see, that single race changed the whole outlook of the 2021 campaign. If you look to Abu Dhabi in an effort to diminish Verstappen's stature, you can only do so by including Hamilton's serious mistake at ...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 309
Views: 7493

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

There is nothing to condone here. Formula One applies a system that apparently isn't pitch perfect. I have no problem with that as long as it applies to everyone equally. The same goes for poor stewarding, not a problem per se as long as the bad calls go around equally, which is what happens. Yes h...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

I said saintly in comparison to drivers like Schumacher and Verstappen, not that he was some kind of angel. Do you know what the infamous clash between Hamilton and Verstappen at Monza reminded me of? Have a little guess; it involves a certain Brazilian driver. Saintly indeed... You can pick out 2 ...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

Very long seasons, best and most dominant team ever, midfield teammate - these cruising statistics are really not worth anything. Verstappen beat Hamilton in similar cars despite suffering 3 DNFs in a season while his far more experienced rival only had 1. In other words, he was about 50 points mor...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:05 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 309
Views: 7493

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

Doesn't that apply to every part of life? That sportspeople maximise their chances of winning should be coming natural to them, that you call it cheating does not make it so. You seem happy to condone it. There is nothing to condone here. Formula One applies a system that apparently isn't pitch per...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

I see Senna getting a bit ridiculed for dirty driving, when you compare with the likes of Schumacher and Verstappen he looks somewhat saintly apart from that one incident that was pay back for the year before. Your remark has me wondering what your definition of saintly would be, but let's not star...
by Fiki
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

Prost is “greater” than Alonso and Verstappen by virtue of having a lot more success than Alonso, and having won with different teams unlike Verstappen, even though both Verstappen and Alonso are easily better drivers than Prost. Makes these rankings quite tricky and complicated. Verstappen will al...
by Fiki
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

I see Senna getting a bit ridiculed for dirty driving, when you compare with the likes of Schumacher and Verstappen he looks somewhat saintly apart from that one incident that was pay back for the year before. Your remark has me wondering what your definition of saintly would be, but let's not star...
by Fiki
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

I see Senna getting a bit ridiculed for dirty driving, when you compare with the likes of Schumacher and Verstappen he looks somewhat saintly apart from that one incident that was pay back for the year before. Your remark has me wondering what your definition of saintly would be, but let's not star...