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Mercedes left a door open for both Vettel and Verstappen, that's why Bottas was on 1 year contracts, what rivalry does Verstappen have with Alonso, Alonso is always championing him. And what about Ricciardo? Who you like to point out has beaten both of those drivers. Was he not rated higher than Bo...

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I fully understand why RB doesn't go for Alonso or Hamilton, the superstars of the past. Then again, I didn't expect Ferrari to sign Hamilton either, so ... ;-) I agree - Alonso's/Hamilton's best value is as a mentor to a high-potential junior racer. If that's the overall case, yes, it is kind of s...

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But unlike Leclerc, Lewis throws his team under the bus every chance he gets. I bet Ferrari can't wait for Lewis' detailed car drawing for next year's challenger :lol: You don't hear the Ferrari drivers criticising their car, that's interesting. Not in the same vein that Lewis has repeatedly done o...

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53645894184_9320973202_b.jpg Shouldnt this be with axes reversed ? So, the top line would be the fastest ? Yes, the canonical method for graphing is to put the independent variable (# of GPs) on the X-axis and the dependent variable (number of wins) on the Y-axis.

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And this is not too different to 2021 when you compare what was done and how poorly each situation was handled. I would say the essential difference is quite clear and significant; whatever there was to know in order to protest and appeal in 2021, was known on the day of the assumed wrong itself. A...

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I would say Sainz and Tsunoda. I don't actually understand the votes for Leclerc, he was not on an inferior strategy and lost the fight with his teammate on Saturday. If Leclerc matching Sainz on race day makes him driver of the day, well then the tide has truly turned. The whole concept of DOTD se...

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Sainz seems to be a lot more "solid" and reliable than Leclerc. In my work environment, "heroes" who rescue you from horrible, short-sighted situations are almost universally better rewarded than "yeoman" performers who keep you out of trouble (a common reflection on the prevailing management cultur...

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I take it you didn't bother to read the stewards' report on the matter? Why do you always hit me with some laborious admin work just to reveal that it was actually 100m before the braking zone not 200m as if it makes any difference to the point about braking unpredictably early or excessively for a...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:07 pm
Just FYI when a source is cited as "A friend" it's almost always the person themselves.

That's funny - as in "I'm asking this on behalf

of a friend..." Not universally, but so often ... true.

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BiB - This quite clearly isn't true. There's gravel at the end of the main straight in Australia. If a car ends up there then it's dangerous. A brake failure or a big collision between two cars and then the car in the gravel is in the firing line. Would it not make sense to deploy a regular single ...

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I think an extra few SC's a season would be well worth not having to endure concrete run offs. I don't even believe there's a need for bringing out the SC simply because there's a car in a gravel trap somewhere. It's off the track, and therefore not in a dangerous place. I have always thought that ...

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I think an extra few SC's a season would be well worth not having to endure concrete run offs. I don't even believe there's a need for bringing out the SC simply because there's a car in a gravel trap somewhere. It's off the track, and therefore not in a dangerous place. I have always thought that ...

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Racing could be just as unfair in the 80s just perhaps in different ways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulV75GP2CiU If this sequence of events involving Senna and Rosberg happened today nobody would ever stop talking about it. There was just no social media back then to magnify controversies. A v...

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It's significantly easier to judge the white line limit on a bike than an F1 car. You can see all of your wheel for a start and you're head is centric with the wheels. Problem F1 has we are policing track limits to the millimeter, and the drivers will push the limit to the millimeter. You see two c...

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I think there's a pretty clear argument for Red Bull bringing the sport into disrepute if they're actually engaging in a coverup. It's drawn international attention at this point, and it's getting people that don't normally care about F1 to suddenly notice it in a bad light. Maybe; maybe not. It's ...

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Is Sainz fit to drive? That will be decided thursday, when he has to pass an FIA-test. This is from msn.com: On Thursday at Albert Park, the Spaniard is due for the FIA’s mandatory medical evaluations, which include a crucial driver extraction exercise. This test is quite demanding as it requires t...

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The efficiency of the ICE is notoriously low - because of the inherent thermodynamic limits of the Otto cycle. A site (that may be biased - https://insideevs.com/features/392202/ice-vs-ev-inefficient-combustion-engine/) cites the following efficiencies. Even if off by a substantial amount, they're p...

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Like I said just laziness, let the sensors do the work regardless of whether they are doing the job properly. Well, it eliminates the human factor. No system or person is infallible and having both in place will lead to protests. Imagine the sensor indicating movement, but not visible on the camera...

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Hahahaha imagine paying a subscription to get called a dips*** and a*****e Who is AJ Hawk? Tony Hawk's little brother? As Peter Cook once said (in The Frog and Peach), "well, I wrote them a letter" - exactly to that effect. Their web site structure is absolutely abysmal. I get ESPN bundled in as pa...

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:36 pm

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Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:42 am

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
Wow, all the best.

Absolutely! Wishing the best to you!!! Keep up with the positive attitude (as it matters a lot).

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In a situation like this why not just allow all the drivers past the stricken car to complete their laps before throwing the red flag? One word, safety. What would be unsafe about it? The drivers already passed him have a clear track and those that don't will have to back off and go slow. Yeah, "sa...

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This is really sad. I finished watching SA 2024 FP2 a bit ago in the US - Sky broadcast carried by ESPN in the US. Immediately afterwards, the next show came on and opined thusly. Please - for those not in the US (the great majority), please understand what sports (particularly motorsports) are like...

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EPROM: You are undoubtably the best qualified on this site within the statistical univers, so you are very welcome to use this thread as a platform for presenting ideas and numbers that you find interesting. That was bacically the purpose of this thread when I started it a little more than four yea...

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I feel like it depends on the quality of racing. I much preferred 2019 - 2020 to 2014 - 2016 for example. Purely because the racing was so much better. Excellent response. The real answer of course is "it depends." T he reality is that the majority of seasons are not incredible exciting from a spor...

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For those with sufficient interest, would it make sense for some interested members to import some various forms of F1 data from a Wikipedia data set (which seems to not exist) or from some other dataset? Or maybe add data to some dataset? A few years ago, I was refreshing on "R" (based on "S"...), ...

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We all talk about how strong Verstappen is compared with Perez, and the difference between them is a fact. But based on my Elo-score it's only the second biggest difference in strength between team mates at this moment. The biggest difference is between Albon and Sargeant. Unfortunately for Albon n...

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have never watched not one episode and don't plan on watching, its just not my cup of tea You actually do learn some things you were not aware of. It might be a useful service for some who watch the series to post on a thread here of such things learned (or at least presented on the series - with a...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:25 am
Divebombing Ricciardo on cool down lap after the race is over just shows Yuki isn't ready for the Red Bull seat. He can't tame his temper one bit.

Not exactly a good look; likely to be remembered along the paddock for as long as he's around.

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I am talking about racing where a car dominates everything, you talk about a team-ball- game where one athlete excels. Two different worlds, really. Apart from that, it is subjective what I enjoy or not. ;) I consider race car engineering to be every bit as much a part of F1 competition as the driv...

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You have to admire what RB is doing. Ferrari, Mercedes and co look like stupid amateurs in comparison. Unfortunately, it kills the racing. As a fan of racing (in contrast to predictable show-cruising), I guess my 2024 schedule will consist of Indycar, F2 and F3 plus a little bit of WEC and the Nürb...

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You have to admire what RB is doing. Ferrari, Mercedes and co look like stupid amateurs in comparison. Unfortunately, it kills the racing. As a fan of racing (in contrast to predictable show-cruising), I guess my 2024 schedule will consist of Indycar, F2 and F3 plus a little bit of WEC and the Nürb...

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You have to admire what RB is doing. Ferrari, Mercedes and co look like stupid amateurs in comparison. Unfortunately, it kills the racing. As a fan of racing (in contrast to predictable show-cruising), I guess my 2024 schedule will consist of Indycar, F2 and F3 plus a little bit of WEC and the Nürb...

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You can only see the fixed dash display on the straights though. Which is the main time you will be looking at it. At least it won't rotate and shake. Obviously there will be a reason for it. But I've seen many instances where a flatspot ona front wheel makes the steering wheel shake so much that t...

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We all have our particular viewing options (and choices). I (in the US) happen to use YouTubeTV, and my subscription points to the ESPN* feed from Sky. The race is commercial-free, but everything else has commercials. FWIW

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Really not a smart move, and could have wide ranging implications for Red Bull, F1, FIA and all of the other recipients who have potentially just had their email addresses revealed. The fact that people know who and how many it people it was sent to suggests BCC was not used. As an aside, be carefu...

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First of all, the drain covers function more as a deterrent than as a drain cover in Bahrain, where it never rains (at least I cannot remember it). The drain covers were not designed with ground effects cars in mind. That is going to require some serious thinking for places where the covers actuall...

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I agree though, if Red Bull are dominant in the first third of the season, I expect there to be some regulation changes for 2025 to try and cut the advantage. They've won 32 of the last 34 races. I imagine Liberty, who love the 'show', are very concerned about that behind closed doors. No idea what...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:08 am
Everyone's eyes are on this wing (deemed legal by FIA):

Source - Postimage

No flexing allowed, right? Folks, if this is acceptable (which is perfectly fine with me), the "flexing" arguments posited here previously are clearly just specious.

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As this has gotten very much to be a discussion tangent from the original, may I suggest that everyone just give it a rest and let it die (and take it up in other threads more directly so (and therefore avoidable if one so chooses))?

Or maybe the mods need to get involved...

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Yeah I really dont get the black. Everyone loved the white version and the chrome versions they did If it is for weight-saving as everyone says then it can't be anything other than black (the colour of carbon fiber), can it? Yeah I know just a shame Is there a way of encouraging team's to paint the...

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