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Asphalt_World wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:21 pm
It's taken a long time, but this is much better from Albon.

Though the least, in the circumstances, and probably most too that could be expected of him.

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The problem here is the use of a tyre barrier. Modern circuits haven't used them for years for this reason. As far as I'm aware, all modern circuits use them for F1 races. Am I mistaken? They do. TecPro barriers are used in limited, specific, areas as an alternative. Much as I'm a fan of gravel, th...

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I'm at a loss to understand how this wasn't a red flag immediately. Surely the need to rebuild the tyre wall was obvious? There's no reason to red flag this. No-one injured & the tracks not blocked. This all could've been sorted under the SC. Last week there were tyres everywhere after LeClerc's cr...

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Invade wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:53 pm
Was the red flag necessary? It feels almost overtly artificial.

Why bother restarting after 75% race distance? What's the threshold?

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Somebody in the FIA rediscovered the red flag a few weeks ago & is loving the their new toy. (Much like the warning flag has been lost).

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Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:13 pm

Asphalt_World wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:12 pm
Another day of easy DRS passes.

I’m not sure, I just think the Ferrari is so slow it’s looking easy.

There's a strong correlation between the common factors so far!

Feel for LeClerc.

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Timid Bottas at turn 1. With 13 cars left, I could imagine Rosberg would have taken the tactical chance on running Hamilton out wide or even tagging him. Bottas couldnt run Hamilton unless you want to drive across the track against a car in front and smash you both out. Something Rosberg probably w...

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Timid Bottas at turn 1.

With 13 cars left, I could imagine Rosberg would have taken the tactical chance on running Hamilton out wide or even tagging him.

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Albon out, Gasly in. I jest! Gasly has made it clear he has "unfinished business" with Red Bull, so I wonder if he'll have a choice message for the RBR gang after this result. "I'm ready." ... said Gasly with deadpan certainty. He's been one of the better drivers this season. Not sure where I'd pla...

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Can you please do us a favour and ID the rule? I've been checking the Sporting Regs, e.g. section 22 and not seeing it. If it is a rule, then that would change the debate. Thanks This is what's in the Appendix L: 3. Cars stopping during a race b) Should a car stop outside the pit lane, it must be m...

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In reply to anyone thinking the car should have been left there for the rest of the race, however slight the chance of another car hitting it, who makes a decision on what positions a car is or isn't going to have a high chance of being hit? You can't do that. All cars must be removed to remove any...

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Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:59 pm

mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:54 pm
So with a red flag... Those that haven't pitted are now in the lead.
Can you change tyres under red flag?

Happened scandalously back in Monaco a few years back. Justified as a safety issue in case of debris on tyres, but can change compound etc...

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In reply to anyone thinking the car should have been left there for the rest of the race, however slight the chance of another car hitting it, who makes a decision on what positions a car is or isn't going to have a high chance of being hit? You can't do that. All cars must be removed to remove any...

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There's no space to move it off track so have to push it down or lane. Hardly a laughable safety car. Just leave it there for an hour? It's causing no harm whatsoever. That never happens in F1 these days and rightly so. A spinning car could hit it. But at what speed after spinning across a track's ...

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Safety Car laughable. There's no space to move it off track so have to push it down or lane. Hardly a laughable safety car. Just leave it there for an hour? It's causing no harm whatsoever. That never happens in F1 these days and rightly so. A spinning car could hit it. But at what speed after spin...

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Ridiculous. Is the virtual safety car still a thing? Absolutely no need for a full safety car there. Especially after taking so long to decide. Surely it's not hard & the best thing to throw VSC instantly to observe & assess an incident's risks. Then either cancel or convert to full SC. One advanta...

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Right, that doesn’t mean he was trying to get them a penalty. He has no need to. It’s laughable to suggest the guy leading the world championship by 47 points would want to get drivers in the middle/low part of the grid penalties. If Grosjean had done what Hamilton did there, most folks would be ta...

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Ruste13 wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:04 pm
Its not just you. Its pretty painful.

100%

"Go Verstappen!" Followed by a Ricciardo shooey I don't know if Verstappen has ever done

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Unless they unpack last year's engine, Belgium proves Monza's straights are going to be the greatest embarrassment for Ferrari. Fans will never have been so grateful to not be there to witness it.

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So if everyone has to run the same engine settings all weekend then RB drivers asking to turn the power up will go as well then! Didn't like the pit tinkering with power levels during the race anyway. Will it make a big difference? I guess there's a few ways of looking at this - Merc (and RP/Willia...

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https://www.mclarenstore.com/us/en/mclaren-f1-we-race-as-one-team-u-mask/701210840-orange.html I'd been wondering since last week & finding it fascinating comparing the teams with bespoke masks vs. standard surgical masks. I baulked at the cost of the McLaren mask - £35 - but then saw the manufactu...

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If the safety car is really going to be used every single time a car stops on track (despite them recovering the car before the cars line up proving a VSC would have been fine) we need to find a different solution. We can't continue to allow the races to be corrupted like this. This year I would im...

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If the safety car is really going to be used every single time a car stops on track (despite them recovering the car before the cars line up proving a VSC would have been fine) we need to find a different solution. We can't continue to allow the races to be corrupted like this. This year I would im...

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Hamilton cost Albon his first race victory, in all likelihood. But it would be fair to suggest that losing a race you'd led the whole way, with 3 fulls SCs, would have been harsh on Bottas. Winning is one thing, but I'd imagine the satisfaction from winning a less disrupted race would be greater. I...

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Zazu wrote:All the Hamilton fan boys whinging

Would have been a disgrace if Hamilton was let passed and took the chequered flag race.

Why?

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Mercedes gave away Hamilton's 3rd place by not putting him in front of Bottas. Agree, plus if they pit both drivers then Hamilton would have had more pace and the end and I doubt the initial fight with Albon happens. Or perhaps Bottas is playing the long game & slightly backed Lewis towards Norris...

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BBC F1 website now also suggesting 2021 rules, already delayed to 2022, are likely to be pushed back 2023.

With McLaren changing engines in 2021 & DAS confirmed as banned, any regulations limiting development are only going to come under increasing stress

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FIA and F1 still can’t agree in their statements. F1 say the season will start at the end of May, FIA say the start of May. As it happens, they’ll probably both be wrong. Shambolic few days for the pair of them. Looks like the FIA have amended theirs to agree on end of May. Guessing someone at FIA ...

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Christ, does Andrew Benson even think about or read what he writes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/51846341 Vietnam's first Formula 1 race is scheduled to be held on 5 April but the country has said it will refuse entry to anyone who has been to Italy in the previous 14 days. That would mean A...

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How about they pick one country with the most FIA Grade 1 circuits - or configurations of a circuit - and run as many races as possible there to tide the championship over until some travel can resume. This would eliminate the international travel risk... By my reckoning (according to Wiki) you coul...

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Where is the outrage over the illegal MB 2020 race car? MB had to change brake ducts to comply with technical regulations. Now we have factual evidence that MB "cheated". I tend to look at things as not cheating however taking the rule book to the max. In this case RB was able to show and the FIA i...

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With McLaren withdrawing does that mean this round won't count towards the Championship? If it goes ahead, no. Brawn said races would be non-championship if a country barred a team. Not if a team chose to withdraw. Other than a force majeure rule, I don't know if the FIA Sporting Regs would permit ...

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Actually curiosity got the better of me:

FIA Sport Regs 2020:
"5.4 The maximum number of Events in the Championship is 22, the minimum is 8."
&
"5.7 An Event may be cancelled if fewer than 12 cars are available for it."

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So since McLaren have withdrawn even if the race goes ahead no points will be awarded, is that right? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/51849163 I think the regulations only require a minimum number of entrants, much like a championship only requiring 14 events out of 22 to go ahead. (Though adm...

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The FIA's latest move in this game of poker: https://www.fia.com/news/fia-announces-world-motor-sport-council-decisions-17 The Council expressed unanimous support for the FIA President and the FIA Technical Department in regard to the overall management of the case, and strongly opposed any comments...

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FIA STATEMENT FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION FROM SEVEN FORMULA 1 TEAMS https://www.fia.com/news/fia-statement-following-communication-seven-formula-1-teams Defensive, basically the FIA 'bottled it'. It's not a court of Law for goodness sake. Its for the FIA as the authority to rule and for Ferrari as a c...

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Basically sounds like they found a smoking gun but can't prove it's been fired. It does question having such ridiculously complex rules that it's to difficult for the sports governing body to prove they have been broken. I can't believe that a case based on probabilities can't be constructed though...

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FIA STATEMENT FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION FROM SEVEN FORMULA 1 TEAMS https://www.fia.com/news/fia-statement-following-communication-seven-formula-1-teams A rather firm and strong "pipe down" message to the 7 teams. Next move is theirs, though I presume they were fully aware of Article 4 of the JDR etc…...

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I'm not sure what your post would add or detract from my post... They have simply tried to copy all they could see, that is basically what I said. The point I was making is that that doesn't make it "a W10 with a pink paint job". I would expect passing similarities between the two cars, but those h...

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I'm not sure what your post would add or detract from my post... They have simply tried to copy all they could see, that is basically what I said. The point I was making is that that doesn't make it "a W10 with a pink paint job". I would expect passing similarities between the two cars, but those h...

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