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by Harpo
Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Madrid then... Thoughts?
Replies: 33
Views: 5555

Re: Madrid then... Thoughts?

They should get rid of Spa, Silverstone and Sao Paulo and replace them (and all the other ones not mentionned) by something more interesting along the Avenue Louise, Thames Embankments and Copacabana beach... How about getting rid of Suzuka for Downtown Osaka https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/10112...
by Harpo
Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Madrid then... Thoughts?
Replies: 33
Views: 5555

Re: Madrid then... Thoughts?

They should get rid of Spa, Silverstone and Sao Paulo and replace them (and all the other ones not mentionned) by something more interesting along the Avenue Louise, Thames Embankments and Copacabana beach...
by Harpo
Thu May 04, 2023 8:50 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: It's finally happened... (losing interest in F1 thread)
Replies: 535
Views: 20875

Re: It's finally happened...

At least, my previous (last turned penultimate today) post from the 3 april is now placed in an appropiate thread : I'm done with F1. I don't feel any need (nor any pleasure) to watch the corpse of a life long love complete its rotting. Yesterday ridiculous "Tiny Prix" was one farce too many. I've b...
by Harpo
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:39 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Tweaks of Sprint and Qualifying
Replies: 183
Views: 8087

Re: Tweaks of Sprint and Qualifying

I'm done with F1. I don't feel any need (nor any pleasure) to watch the corpse of a life long love complete its rotting. Yesterday ridiculous "Tiny Prix" was one farce too many. I've better and more important things to do, but it's not only, not even mainly, a matter of wasting my time. I really can...
by Harpo
Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2023 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 124
Views: 5614

Re: 2023 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Yes, it is really sad. I am not sure what makes them think that more DRS is what is needed. RB's speed means they need less "length" to overtake, by giving them more DRS zones it plays into their hands (not that the FIA did it on purpose). It is a really bad idea. Most authoritarian power act like ...
by Harpo
Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: International Womens Day....does the forum have any?.
Replies: 53
Views: 3141

Re: International Womens Day....does the forum have any?.

Laura is the last lady I remember, very knowledgeable too. Shame that she left. I didn't care for her much really. I found her aggressive and observed her enjoying bating others into squabbles at times so when I'd see her in a thread I'd move on. Guia I'd forgotten about but I found to be quite ple...
by Harpo
Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: International Womens Day....does the forum have any?.
Replies: 53
Views: 3141

Re: International Womens Day....does the forum have any?.

I expect that we do. The question that will be answered here is 'do we have any female members who are interested in being publicly identified that way', and typically that number has lagged behind the total female membership. Well there's always been significantly less, even at the forums peak use...
by Harpo
Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:36 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2023 predictions
Replies: 78
Views: 11860

Re: 2023 predictions

I expect Verstappen to win his 3rd WDC but I hope he doesn't. I'd like Leclerc or Russell to win (well ideally Alonso or Perez but being realistic....) I don't think it's good for F1 to bounce from Vettel winning every season, to Hamilton winning every season and now onto Verstappen winning every s...
by Harpo
Sat Feb 18, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2023 predictions
Replies: 78
Views: 11860

Re: 2023 predictions

I'm no good at predictions, even the catastrophes I see coming turn out to be worse than I predicted... My PF1 predictions for 2023 : - We'll get a "Michael Masi. 2 years on" thread if the current one doesn't survive the racing season. - UnlikeUday will forget once again to start a "Countdown to 202...
by Harpo
Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ferrari SF-23 revealed!
Replies: 15
Views: 5693

Re: Ferrari SF-23 revealed!

I'm waiting for the Mercedes... It's not yet a spec series, but the time when you could set apart the cars by the shape, not the liveries, is definitely over.
by Harpo
Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:52 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: McLaren MCL60 revealed!
Replies: 6
Views: 5725

Re: McLaren MCL60 revealed!

I always thought the current generation of F1 cars is ugly, was adding more ugliness a necessity ?
by Harpo
Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Jean-Pierre Jabouille passed away
Replies: 8
Views: 10191

Re: Jean-Pierre Jabouille passed away

Never knew about him, but someone who knows, please clarify how you pronounce Jabouille correctly ! Give me a phonetic break down. What follows is not quite converted in IPA... :) But should work : Jab (pronounced like the first syllabe of "jabberwocky") - ou (pronounced like the "oo" of the word "...
by Harpo
Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Williams FW45 (livery) revealed!
Replies: 8
Views: 7425

Re: Williams FW45 (livery) revealed!

Looks like warship camouflage to me. Do they intend to let in water once again ?
by Harpo
Fri Feb 03, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Red Bull RB19 revealed!
Replies: 9
Views: 10762

Re: Red Bull RB19 revealed!

The presentation was the almost awkward thing I have ever watched. 90 minutes of blurb about how Red Bull are great innovators, always changing, seeking new adventure etc... Then they release last years car in a virtually identical livery and everybody has to pretend it's amazing and how shocked th...
by Harpo
Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Jean-Pierre Jabouille passed away
Replies: 8
Views: 10191

Jean-Pierre Jabouille passed away

Long time PF1 forumers may have noticed the great esteem I have for J.P. Jabouille. I truly consider him as one of the very best of the late 70's. Everybody still talks of the Arnoux/Villeneuve on track brawl at Dijon in 1979, and usually forgets that Jabouille won the race with a 15 s lead... He wo...
by Harpo
Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:01 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Andretti Cadillac
Replies: 181
Views: 35131

Re: Andretti Cadillac

The US has hosted three races in the past (1982, Detroit, Long Beach AND Las Vegas). I recall at the time it was an experiment to see if the audience for F! would grow in the US. Bottom line, it didn't. And I doubt that three races in the US in 2023 will be any different. Ten years from now, the on...
by Harpo
Mon Jan 23, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.
Replies: 2029
Views: 136118

Re: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.

If Mr Masi had made only one questionable (to say the least) decision during his tenure, this decision being the Abu Dhabi blunder (to say the least), he would still be remembered as far worse than his current successors. Successors who, according to their 2022 season, can be hopeful to equal Mr Mas...
by Harpo
Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Andretti Cadillac
Replies: 181
Views: 35131

Re: Andretti Cadillac

I suggest anyone who uses the word "hip" probably isn't one to judge what is hip... Fire maybe, Dope, Sick I have no idea. I tried sneaking a look at my sons messages on his phone and honestly thought his phone had stopped printing vowels.... It's like a new language! Can we claim that a language g...
by Harpo
Sun Jan 08, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Andretti Cadillac
Replies: 181
Views: 35131

Re: Andretti Cadillac

If the consent of all the existing teams is required for a new team (and it's not clear that it is) front running teams are likely to be ambivalent, it's those turkeys at the back who are unlikely to vote for Christmas . Why ? They can hope the newborn turkeys will move the 10th team from last to l...
by Harpo
Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:00 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Which current driver(s) do you support?
Replies: 67
Views: 7502

Re: Which current driver(s) do you support?

Blast from the past! Welcome ba Thank you Siao, I haven't been on line much lately due to some serious family health problems. Hopefully will be around more often now that they have mostly been resolved. An old former member here, Paul, has passed on & I'm having great difficulty contacting Blinky....
by Harpo
Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: CONFIRMED: Mattia Binotto to be replaced by Fred Vasseur as Ferrari TP
Replies: 80
Views: 9097

Re: Rumour: Mattia Binotto to be replaced by Fred Vasseur as Ferrari TP

They lose a great engineer and a poor team manager. They should have kept him as engineer. Binotto hasn't designed any aero or engines for a very long time. He's literally a team leader but has failed at the TP level where he succeeded at the departmental level. He was promoted out of technical rol...
by Harpo
Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:39 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: CONFIRMED: Mattia Binotto to be replaced by Fred Vasseur as Ferrari TP
Replies: 80
Views: 9097

Re: Rumour: Mattia Binotto to be replaced by Fred Vasseur as Ferrari TP

They lose a great engineer and a poor team manager. They should have kept him as engineer. Question : Apart from Ferrari, has there been another team where someone combined the post of team manager with that of head of engineering department (which in my opinion is more a problem than a solution, es...
by Harpo
Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: CONFIRMED: Mattia Binotto to be replaced by Fred Vasseur as Ferrari TP
Replies: 80
Views: 9097

Re: Rumour: Mattia Binotto to be replaced by Fred Vasseur as Ferrari TP

Binotto is a great ingineer and a poor team manager. He never should have have been "promoted" (named ? appointed ?) team principal. Mauro Forghieri who passed away few weeks ago, one of the greatest ingineers who ever graced Ferrari, never was a team principal (though, in my opinion, he would have ...
by Harpo
Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:02 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Dog setup advice needed
Replies: 20
Views: 1847

Re: Dog setup advice needed

Stop at the dog pit on your way back, change the paws and stiffen the rear tendons...
by Harpo
Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45676

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

As someone who doesn't take F1 seriously anymore, all I can say is whatever the outcome of this farce (that will just be ahead of the next one by a handful of weeks, if not days), it will just strengthen the very low opinion I developed year after year. This, is the problem, credibility is rapidly ...
by Harpo
Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45676

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

As someone who doesn't take F1 seriously anymore, all I can say is whatever the outcome of this farce (that will just be ahead of the next one by a handful of weeks, if not days), it will just stengthen the very low opinion I developed year after year. I'm sure Verstappen doesn't care of what I thin...
by Harpo
Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:10 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45676

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Be ready to see another F1 filthy saga ending with a disappearance of the dust under the carpet.
F1 is mainly, if not only, a goose laying golden eggs that even the victims of the cheating won't risk to harm.
by Harpo
Fri Oct 07, 2022 10:29 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Japanese Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 99
Views: 6896

Re: 2022 Japanese Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

UnlikeUday wrote:
Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:04 am
How the hell has Latifi been in F1 for so long? This incident is baffling.....
At least he doesn't end in a farm yard.
I do this regularly when taking short cuts in places I've never been before, and nobody asks why I've been driving tractors for so long when being young.
by Harpo
Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:55 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45676

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

F1 is a joke...
by Harpo
Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:56 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sprints
Replies: 131
Views: 12194

Re: Sprints

Here's an idea... Let's make all race weekends "Sprints". No need for a race at all. Let's see if the spectators will buy that. They already have split weekend races at some Indycar venues (half races both days). Yea, let's be more like Indycar? And me who thought that the essence of a Grand Prix w...
by Harpo
Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:47 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Grid Girls are now “Media PR Professionals”
Replies: 6
Views: 1755

Re: Grid Girls are now “Media PR Professionals”

Hi All Anyone find it suspicious that a lot of the team PR and Media Professionals also happen to be very attractive young women? Call me a cynic, but it seems as though the eye candy have swapped umbrellas and sign posts for microphones. Thoughts? Naming a girl "Media Professional" is far more off...
by Harpo
Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sprints
Replies: 131
Views: 12194

Re: Sprints

Siao7 wrote:
Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:27 pm
Thanks I guess?
No need. Pleasure is mine...
by Harpo
Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sprints
Replies: 131
Views: 12194

Re: Sprints

Pardon the ignorance, what do you mean the Las Vegas attraction? https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/11/15/1321360146686/Fremont-Street-Las-Vegas--003.jpg And more... You can get the true stuff : https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/tour-eiffel-at-night-...
by Harpo
Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:38 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sprints
Replies: 131
Views: 12194

Re: Sprints

And on the basis that people almost universally loathed them, or at best, were indifferent to them, they have increased the number to 6. Brilliant. F1 racing is a private club, not a democracy. Sure and given some people put in serious money and expect even more in return I understand that. What I ...
by Harpo
Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:06 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Sprints
Replies: 131
Views: 12194

Re: Sprints

DOLOMITE wrote:
Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:57 pm
And on the basis that people almost universally loathed them, or at best, were indifferent to them, they have increased the number to 6. Brilliant.
F1 racing is a private club, not a democracy.
by Harpo
Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:20 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 2023 calendar
Replies: 38
Views: 7681

Re: F1 2023 calendar

The main reason of 24 F1 races a year is making the most money while they can. They'll soon extend to 25 or 26, and F1 racing, from the exceptional motor sport event it was (long ago),will definitely become the humdrum past-time for rainy week-ends Libery Media is longing for. The number of dedicte...
by Harpo
Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:17 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 2023 calendar
Replies: 38
Views: 7681

Re: F1 2023 calendar

The main reason of 24 F1 races a year is making the most money while they can. They'll soon extend to 25 or 26, and F1 racing, from the exceptional motor sport event it was (long ago),will definitely become the humdrum past-time for rainy week-ends Libery Media is longing for. The number of dedicte...
by Harpo
Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:07 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2023
Replies: 697
Views: 61845

Re: Silly Season 2023

JN23 wrote:
Fri Sep 23, 2022 9:56 am
Latifi’s Williams exit has been confirmed.
Is his father's money quitting Williams too ?
by Harpo
Thu Sep 22, 2022 1:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2023
Replies: 697
Views: 61845

Re: Silly Season 2023

Tsunoda confirmed for Alpha Tauri in 2023. No mention of his teammate in their statement. Since he was confirmed & not Gasly, this is a clear indication Gasly is moving ship. I wouldn't say it's a clear indication Gasly is moving. I would say it's a clear indication that right now, Gasly's future i...
by Harpo
Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:21 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 2023 calendar
Replies: 38
Views: 7681

Re: F1 2023 calendar

The main reason of 24 F1 races a year is making the most money while they can. They'll soon extend to 25 or 26, and F1 racing, from the exceptional motor sport event it was (long ago),will definitely become the humdrum past-time for rainy week-ends Libery Media is longing for. The number of dedicted...