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by oz_karter
Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:17 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Who was the better Mercedes driver in 2022?
Replies: 37
Views: 2484

Re: Who was the better Mercedes driver in 2022?

I’d say George. He came out of the gates with better form and seemed to handle the problems with the car better than Lewis. Lewis had a few races later in the year where he had better pace, but not massively. When the car had race winning pace, it was George who got the result and convincingly so. I...
by oz_karter
Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:33 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Daniel Ricciardo Thread
Replies: 540
Views: 159354

Re: The Official Daniel Ricciardo Thread

Vandoorne had everything against him, the Honda engine, Alonso himself being quicker and then being treated as a #2 driver that exaggerated the performance difference. Ricciardo can't drive the car plus I think he struggles with the tyres, Ricciardo has always been a limited driver, not great in th...
by oz_karter
Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:22 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How do you feel about the Red Bull penalty for breaching the budget cap?
Replies: 244
Views: 15661

Re: How do you feel about the Red Bull penalty for breaching the budget cap?

<t>It was the first year of the budget cap regulations. It doesn't appear to be deliberate. The overspend was not enormous. They have got both a fine and a sporting penalty. <br/> <br/> Penalties should be more harsh in the future as the teams and FIA refine their understanding. <br/> <br/> Move on....
by oz_karter
Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ricciardo vs Ocon 2020 Revisited
Replies: 2
Views: 1285

Re: Ricciardo vs Ocon 2020 Revisited

That is a comprehensive trouncing by Ricciardo on Ocon. I think many have forgotten just how quick Ricciardo was in the Renault and how close he was to Max in the Red Bull. This battering of Ocon only happened two years ago, so it’s not as if Ricciardo could have declined that quicky as a driver. My...
by oz_karter
Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:55 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45676

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Jezza13 wrote:
Wed Oct 05, 2022 10:05 pm
Or a 2nd team they can use to do a bit of development on the side.

Hold on, wasn't the hypercar an Aston Martin?

Hmmmmmm.
Red Bull are building their own now, to be released in 2025.
by oz_karter
Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45676

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

IDFD wrote:
Wed Oct 05, 2022 10:01 pm
So Red Bull broke the cap by £12m. Lollerskates. We all were aware they could do what they want right?

Got capped off at £25k

Aston Martin broke it by less and got a bigger punishment. Amazing.
Based on what? Have you seen the report already?
by oz_karter
Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:39 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2023
Replies: 697
Views: 61845

Re: Silly Season 2023

McLaren are holding a press conference today, presumably to announce Piastri for 2023.
by oz_karter
Mon Aug 01, 2022 4:49 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Daniel Ricciardo Thread
Replies: 540
Views: 159354

Re: The Official Daniel Ricciardo Thread

I’m going to come at this from a different angle. Ricciardo took some time to get up to speed at Renault, but when he did he was consistent and was clearly ahead of Hulkenberg and Ocon. His “loss of speed” coincided with his move to McLaren so we can clearly see that the McLaren is a very differentl...
by oz_karter
Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:34 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: What can be done to eliminate porpoising
Replies: 186
Views: 17248

Re: What can be done to eliminate porpoising

Interestingly Mercedes actually say they've resolved their porpoising (as of the Spanish GP), but they also have an issue with "bouncing" which occurs on bumpier tracks. Sounds like they are running a very low ride height to achieve their downforce and the suspension isn't stopping the car bottoming...
by oz_karter
Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:31 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Is Hamilton's plant based diet causing his back problems?
Replies: 55
Views: 6711

Re: Is Hamilton's plant based diet causing his back problems?

My brain hurts due to the existence of this thread.
by oz_karter
Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Your choice of formula 1 race director for formula 1s 2022 season.
Replies: 239
Views: 17224

Re: Your choice of formula 1 race director for formula 1s 2022 season.

Ok, to clarify - the rule book appears to give the race director discretion over some processes and procedures including the safety car. In no way was I suggesting he/she has the ability to stop a race and change the results. It gives the race director discretion in when to call out and call in the...
by oz_karter
Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:37 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: COVID responses of different countries.
Replies: 178
Views: 43612

Re: COVID responses of different countries.

Again, this still could mean the virus is quite dangerous, but we have our own empirical information to go on nowadays that allows at least us to relax about it compared to March 2020. All in all, the human condition for tribalism has made a right cockup of what should have been a rational debate, ...
by oz_karter
Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:31 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Schumacher's comeback vs. Alonso's comeback
Replies: 116
Views: 7506

Re: Schumacher's comeback vs. Alonso's comeback

Hard one, the results aren't really conclusive on their own.

Subjectively, I would say it was obvious during Schumacher's time at Mercedes that he wasn't at his best. But with Alonso it's not so clear, he could be a lot closer to his best.
by oz_karter
Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Latifi recieves death threats
Replies: 39
Views: 4677

Re: Latifi recieves death threats

It just shows a lack of knowledge to not realise that the problem wasn't Latifi but how F1 is run, just clueless casuals not real F1 fans. Yes that's it. They aren't real fans, they are just people who clearly have no life of their own, so they unnecessarily attach their own emotions and feelings o...
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 21, 2021 2:32 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Your choice of formula 1 race director for formula 1s 2022 season.
Replies: 239
Views: 17224

Re: Your choice of formula 1 race director for formula 1s 2022 season.

The rule book doesn't give the race director discretion. Please please stop this narrative. It gives him discretion over when yo use the safety car not on disregarding protocol. You're basically saying the RD could decide on the final lap for no reason at all he can decide the car in 20th wins. Tha...
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 21, 2021 12:56 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Your choice of formula 1 race director for formula 1s 2022 season.
Replies: 239
Views: 17224

Re: Your choice of formula 1 race director for formula 1s 2022 season.

Give him another year, he's a race director that wants to see competitive racing and I believe that's what the drivers and fans want too. My issue is that he seems to prioritize competitive racing over things like fairness, driving standards, and the rulebook he's supposed to be following. I'm not ...
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 21, 2021 12:11 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Your choice of formula 1 race director for formula 1s 2022 season.
Replies: 239
Views: 17224

Re: Your choice of formula 1 race director for formula 1s 2022 season.

I'd be inclined to give it to Masi for another year. I know that will be an unpopular opinion, but I have reasons. I think everyone would agree that this year has been the closest fought between two drivers from different teams for a very long time. It also had many eventful and contentious moments....
by oz_karter
Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:26 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Should merc take the case to court
Replies: 122
Views: 10331

Re: Should merc take the case to court

I can't agree that handing the title to the correct winner after the fact is a bigger farce than giving it to the wrong person in the first place. It's a deeply unfortunate situation with no good outcome, but I don't see the answer being to double down on the bad decision just because it happened. ...
by oz_karter
Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:12 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: FIA Statement regarding Abu Dhabi
Replies: 33
Views: 4317

Re: FIA Statement regarding Abu Dhabi

Even if you didn't want this to go to court. You must now want it to go to court. Just to see how this plays out. This is even better than the season now. I really don't. Because if the appeal is successful and the result is overturned, that's a much worse outcome than the messy end to the GP. Why?...
by oz_karter
Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:54 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Should merc take the case to court
Replies: 122
Views: 10331

Re: Should merc take the case to court

I'd say no. Let's say Mercedes do take it to court and somehow they are successful in their appeal, having the result overturned and crowning Lewis champion well after the fact. That's going to leave an even worse taste in the mouth than what many currently feel about the end of the GP. The question...
by oz_karter
Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:51 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: FIA Statement regarding Abu Dhabi
Replies: 33
Views: 4317

Re: FIA Statement regarding Abu Dhabi

wire2004 wrote:
Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:45 pm
Even if you didn't want this to go to court. You must now want it to go to court. Just to see how this plays out.
This is even better than the season now.
I really don't. Because if the appeal is successful and the result is overturned, that's a much worse outcome than the messy end to the GP.
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:08 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Things that must be better next year
Replies: 11
Views: 1238

Re: Things that must be better next year

Safety is obviously the highest priority, but I think physical barriers, sand traps, etc. provide a more natural and realistic challenge than artificial, electronic limits. Sure, they do. But I think it's much more realistic to implement electronic limits than to imagine that all of the tracks can/...
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:07 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Things that must be better next year
Replies: 11
Views: 1238

Re: Things that must be better next year

Jezza13 wrote:
Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:10 am
I fear as long as a media company holds the commercial rights to a sport, very little will get better. Hope i'm wrong though
I agree, it's one thing to have natural drama, another to be introducing gimmicks to create it.

If I recall there were suggestions Liberty were looking to sell?
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:19 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Safety cars
Replies: 55
Views: 3966

Re: Safety cars

My question is - would the racing be too boring without them? If the field spreads out continuously for 50-60 laps that could get boring very quickly. Yes, on a pure level that means it should be down to car speed and safety cars wouldn't affect the result. But given they do bring the field back to...
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:15 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Things that must be better next year
Replies: 11
Views: 1238

Re: Things that must be better next year

For me, minor running over the edge of the track shouldn't be punished unless it's obviously being repeated to gain an advantage. Why not, though? If this was Monaco, Mount Panorama, etc. the drivers would stay on track or cause catastrophic damage to their cars and likely be out on the spot. Isn't...
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 14, 2021 1:57 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Safety cars
Replies: 55
Views: 3966

Re: Safety cars

Who really cares what the rules are, so long as you don’t change them in the middle of the contest in such a way as to massively benefit one driver and to massively disadvantage another. What they did is the antithesis of sport. The rules weren't changed. The application of the rules did not affect...
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 14, 2021 1:56 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Safety cars
Replies: 55
Views: 3966

Re: Safety cars

Safety cars do effectively manipulate the race if you consider motor racing on a pure level. However, they are present in virtually all forms of circuit racing and are a necessary evil. All teams are in the same boat and must consider the possibility of safety cars when determining strategy. My ques...
by oz_karter
Tue Dec 14, 2021 1:48 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Things that must be better next year
Replies: 11
Views: 1238

Re: Things that must be better next year

I agree that it needs to be better. It's so complicated and many times it has negatively impacted the racing and the spectating. I don't know how you fix it though. The tracks have changed in a way that means there is better safety but also it's very easy to take a shortcut and gain an advantage. Fo...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Abu Dhabi 2021 - How has it left you feeling?
Replies: 699
Views: 57758

Re: Abu Dhabi 2021 - How has it left you feeling?

Overall I think a win for Max is good for F1. Mercedes and Hamilton have been dominant for so long. I enjoyed this season much more than most over the last decade, purely due to the tight title fight. I think Hamilton taking yet another title would have been deflating after such an intense season, a...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:24 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

You can claim to be taking the impartial high ground here, but if you're going to do that then the race ought to have ended under safety car -- which is something that happens in motor racing. The stewards have confirmed that Masi made an unusual decision when he called the safety car in a lap earl...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:06 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

Masi was in a difficult position and if he made any other decision he sealed the title for one driver. Effectively, what we have here is an F1 version of the Trolley Problem . Masi had two options; one in which he takes no action, and one in which he does. a) Do nothing, in which case the race fini...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:59 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

Masi was in a difficult position and if he made any other decision he sealed the title for one driver. Effectively, what we have here is an F1 version of the Trolley Problem . Masi had two options; one in which he takes no action, and one in which he does. a) Do nothing, in which case the race fini...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:48 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

He could have had a racing lap. His original decision to restart with backmarkers in place would have allowed that and who knows what would have happened. Once he decided to allow backmarkers through, and only a subset at that, he was obliged to restart 1 lap later which would mean ending under the...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:47 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

Masi was in a difficult position and if he made any other decision he sealed the title for one driver. Effectively, what we have here is an F1 version of the Trolley Problem . Masi had two options; one in which he takes no action, and one in which he does. a) Do nothing, in which case the race fini...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:43 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

He could have had a racing lap. His original decision to restart with backmarkers in place would have allowed that and who knows what would have happened. Once he decided to allow backmarkers through, and only a subset at that, he was obliged to restart 1 lap later which would mean ending under the...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:33 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The bad luck debate
Replies: 110
Views: 8217

Re: The bad luck debate

What about good luck?

E.g. Hamilton at Imola running off into the sand trap, but being able to rejoin the lead lap due to the red flag caused by Bottas & Russell colliding.

I believe there were a few similar lucky moments throughout the season.
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:28 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

He could have had a racing lap. His original decision to restart with backmarkers in place would have allowed that and who knows what would have happened. Once he decided to allow backmarkers through, and only a subset at that, he was obliged to restart 1 lap later which would mean ending under the...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:25 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

The title race is not relevant concerning sc restart procedure, to cover your first 2 points Why should he have had the opportunity to use the tyres? By bringing up earlier season swings and roundabouts, that tells me you are assessing this SC thing through a lense of "well its fair overall", as op...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:18 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

He could have had a racing lap. His original decision to restart with backmarkers in place would have allowed that and who knows what would have happened. Once he decided to allow backmarkers through, and only a subset at that, he was obliged to restart 1 lap later which would mean ending under the...
by oz_karter
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:16 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 1214
Views: 99128

Re: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Thread

In what alternate universe did you watch a race where all lapped cars were unlapped and the result didn't change? Why was Sainz denied the opportunity to attempt a pass on Verstappen and why did Verstappen have this God given right to move up behind who he was racing with but Sainz didn't? No alter...