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by Covalent
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Replies: 1495
Views: 161728

Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread

JN23 wrote:
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:04 pm
Covalent wrote:
Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:24 pm
My F1tv subscription price went up from €30 to €140.
Yikes! Is that like for like subscription and nothing different?
Should be like for like. 140 is still decent all things considered (and comparing to any alternatives I have) but the increase in percentage is quite dramatic nonetheless.
by Covalent
Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Replies: 1495
Views: 161728

Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread

My F1tv subscription price went up from €30 to €140.
by Covalent
Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 F1 Pre-Season Testing Thread
Replies: 124
Views: 8841

Re: 2024 F1 Pre-Season Testing Thread

FormulaFun wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:18 pm
Those cooling pillars that run down the body of the Red Bull are HUGE
I'm struggling to not pronounce this like Trump would.
by Covalent
Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 F1 Pre-Season Testing Thread
Replies: 124
Views: 8841

Re: 2024 F1 Pre-Season Testing Thread

Are you there Unlike?
by Covalent
Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
Replies: 39
Views: 5558

Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special

Yeah Taponen has been the best driver on show which was a surprise after how dominant Barnard was in the initial races. Don't know how much of that is down to the car though. Even then I thought he showed a pace advantage over Stenshorne for the time they were teammates Yes the difference between t...
by Covalent
Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
Replies: 39
Views: 5558

Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special

Yeah Taponen has been the best driver on show which was a surprise after how dominant Barnard was in the initial races. Don't know how much of that is down to the car though. Even then I thought he showed a pace advantage over Stenshorne for the time they were teammates Yes the difference between t...
by Covalent
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
Replies: 39
Views: 5558

Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special

Yeah Taponen has been the best driver on show which was a surprise after how dominant Barnard was in the initial races. Don't know how much of that is down to the car though. Even then I thought he showed a pace advantage over Stenshorne for the time they were teammates Yes the difference between t...
by Covalent
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
Replies: 39
Views: 5558

Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special

mikeyg123 wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:37 pm
Covalent wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:16 pm
Taponen just won the FRMEC championship (rookie and proper) with two races to spare :thumbup:
It's about time we had the next Fin show himself.
Indeed.
by Covalent
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
Replies: 39
Views: 5558

Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special

Taponen just won the FRMEC championship (rookie and proper) with two races to spare :thumbup:
by Covalent
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Replies: 472
Views: 21174

Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season

Not really important but that transcript that is referred to as ‘an interview in 2015’ isn’t actually an interview from 2015. Matt Bishop did an article recently in which he recounted a conversation he had with Lewis in 2015 (the conversation you can see in the tweet) which he had not previously sh...
by Covalent
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Car Launch Thread
Replies: 17
Views: 741

Re: 2024 Car Launch Thread

Strider wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:57 pm
See quite a few cars have been launched but we don't seem to have a thread for it yet - where is UnlikeUday with the pictures and the launch thread? :D
Similar to Perez it seems like UnlikeUday is underperforming ;)

Sadly this is another example of the slow dying of discussion forums.
by Covalent
Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:33 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Replies: 472
Views: 21174

Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season

Hamilton's move to Ferrari wasn't a sudden quick decision... 1756960262966358485 Well it's not like Fernando could have known that. https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/a-great-way-to-end-my-f1-career-when-hamilton-revealed-his-ferrari-plan/ Matt Bishop: "Soon he and I foun...
by Covalent
Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26589

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

I don't buy the Verstappen's being the masterminds behind all this, why rock the boat that's doing all the winning? That said, it smells of something larger going on behind the curtains and not just some disgruntled employee. I agree with this sentiment. Even of Jos Verstappen held a grudge against...
by Covalent
Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26589

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

I don't buy the Verstappen's being the masterminds behind all this, why rock the boat that's doing all the winning? That said, it smells of something larger going on behind the curtains and not just some disgruntled employee.
by Covalent
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30446

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

So here goes - Remember this is just a bit of fun. We can quibble with odd positions (I swap certain names around regularly) but I'll be interested to here if anyone thinks I've got anything way out and will use contributions to reassess my list. Here we go again... 1 - Michael Schumacher 3 - Juan ...
by Covalent
Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:33 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
Replies: 39
Views: 5558

Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special

Could Antonelli suffer Vandoorne's fate if he's fast tracked to F1? Has someone followed both of their junior careers and can comment how they compare? IIRC Vandoorne was not nearly as young as Antonelli would be next year.
by Covalent
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Replies: 1495
Views: 161728

Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread

Couldn't they use the Q1 results as the starting order of the sprint? That way they could still have two practice sessions.

Friday: FP1, FP2
Saturday: Qualifying, sprint shootout
Sunday: GP
by Covalent
Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:05 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: FEEDBACK THREAD
Replies: 3980
Views: 1564189

Re: FEEDBACK THREAD

As someone who's colorblind, I've struggled for years to follow who said what in nested quotes as I found it real difficult to differentiate between the shades of the quotes. This is a brilliant change. So easy to see now. Thanks heaps. Yes kudos from another colour blind person :thumbup: The only ...
by Covalent
Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton vs Leclerc
Replies: 300
Views: 8492

Re: Hamilton vs Leclerc

I have always felt Leclerc is a bit overrated and wouldn't count out Lewis on either Saturdays or Sundays, of course it's hard to estimate how long it will take for him to adapt to the new car.
Voted Equal on Sat and Sun but early in the season Leclerc should have the advantage.
by Covalent
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Replies: 472
Views: 21174

Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season

When Hamilton joined Mercedes in 2013 many thought it was a bad move. I wonder if Hamilton has seen something we haven't or he has the confidence to turn things around. He's even getting some folks from Mercedes to Ferrari to help Ferrari reach the summit. Newey to Ferrari, you heard it here first.
by Covalent
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Replies: 472
Views: 21174

Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season

mikeyg123 wrote:
Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:10 pm
The money talk is pointless because we have know idea if Hamilton is being paid a billion dollars a year or if he's driving for a chocolate hob knob and a happy ending from Fred.

Anyone reporting anything on the subject is doing nothing but total guess work.
:lol:
by Covalent
Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:40 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Replies: 472
Views: 21174

Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season

Alonso gobbled up Massa and Räikkönen without any trouble and quite honestly Vettel was far from an improvement as his successor at Ferrari. Hamilton lost out to Button and 2022 was also not great, all champions have had a few seasons hardly worth remembering. Edit: grammar. Massa who got beat by B...
by Covalent
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 462
Views: 20100

Re: Silly Season 2025

Alonso to Mercedes
Sainz to Red Bull
Perez and Antonelli (on loan) to Aston Martin
by Covalent
Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
Replies: 315
Views: 16126

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

Edit: Moved to silly season thread
by Covalent
Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Madrid then... Thoughts?
Replies: 33
Views: 5578

Re: Madrid then... Thoughts?

Monaco. Yes for historical value. Azerbaijan. Yes. Its the 2nd one. Singapore. Yes. 1st night race. Everything else. NO. in a 25 race season. Street tracks will be 25% of the entire season. This is not what f1 is about and gors against the entire deal of the sport. We may as well just bring in 2 or...
by Covalent
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
Replies: 39
Views: 5558

Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special

I'm going to go with Tuukka Taponen, the finnish Ferrari Academy driver. Currently he leading the Formula Regional Middle East championship as a rookie, and after two rounds (six races) he's started stronger than Antonelli last year. This weekend (round two) he absolutely destroyed everyone else, be...
by Covalent
Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: FEEDBACK THREAD
Replies: 3980
Views: 1564189

Re: FEEDBACK THREAD

I noticed the colors, and had to do a double take since the first thing I saw highlighted in yellow was my post inside a nested quote! At first I thought it was calling me out specifically, but it certainly seems easy to differentiate the nested quotes to these young eyes. Yes the quote within the ...
by Covalent
Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:50 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: FEEDBACK THREAD
Replies: 3980
Views: 1564189

Re: FEEDBACK THREAD

I noticed the colors, and had to do a double take since the first thing I saw highlighted in yellow was my post inside a nested quote! At first I thought it was calling me out specifically, but it certainly seems easy to differentiate the nested quotes to these young eyes. Yes the quote within the ...
by Covalent
Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Charles Leclerc Thread
Replies: 254
Views: 106462

Re: The Official Charles Leclerc Thread

tootsie323 wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:16 am
Covalent wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:32 am
You guys should introduce "meanian"® which would be the mean of the median and mean scores. :D
Would this meanian report to Gro..?
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by Covalent
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Charles Leclerc Thread
Replies: 254
Views: 106462

Re: The Official Charles Leclerc Thread

You guys should introduce "meanian"® which would be the mean of the median and mean scores. :D
by Covalent
Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Female Racing Drivers
Replies: 3310
Views: 708992

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Another all-female F4 Championship to launch this year . USA this time, by "Exclusive Racing", the people behind Formula Pro USA. Titled Formula Pro WRS, the plan is for a 6 weekend series of double-headers. It will use 2.0L, non-turbo 160HP Ligier F4 car. Aged 14+ but , and here's comes the eyebro...
by Covalent
Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The top 3 performing drivers of every season
Replies: 53
Views: 11570

Re: The top 3 performing drivers of every season

Interesting way of ranking the drivers, really rewards drivers that are capable of maintaining high form over a long period of time.

BTW where is Kimi in the final rankings? And I believe you should give MSC 34 points?
by Covalent
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:01 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Red Bull Budget Cap Groundhog Day Thread
Replies: 340
Views: 14187

Re: Red Bull Budget Cap Groundhog Day Thread

I, for instance, refuse to believe that RB - who I consider to be the smartest, sharpest, and most competitive team in F1 - to be naive or dumb enough to miscalculate more than a dozen cost categories. The only thing I'd say to this is that the people at RBR who make up the smartest, sharpest, and ...
by Covalent
Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: PF1 Forum TMW 2023 Results
Replies: 19
Views: 3363

Re: PF1 Forum TMW 2023 Results

Great write-up, really enjoyed reading that. Thanks for all your work again! Would be interesting to see how the intra-team scores have evolved over the years, for the teams with no changes in lineup. And also how the vote percentages correlate with championship points percentage of team total, may...
by Covalent
Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: PF1 Forum TMW 2023 Results
Replies: 19
Views: 3363

Re: PF1 Forum TMW 2023 Results

Great write-up, really enjoyed reading that. Thanks for all your work again! Would be interesting to see how the intra-team scores have evolved over the years, for the teams with no changes in lineup. And also how the vote percentages correlate with championship points percentage of team total, may...
by Covalent
Fri Dec 15, 2023 6:28 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: PF1 Forum TMW 2023 Results
Replies: 19
Views: 3363

Re: PF1 Forum TMW 2023 Results

Great write-up, really enjoyed reading that. Thanks for all your work again! Would be interesting to see how the intra-team scores have evolved over the years, for the teams with no changes in lineup. And also how the vote percentages correlate with championship points percentage of team total, mayb...
by Covalent
Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:08 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official Max Verstappen thread
Replies: 489
Views: 125238

Re: Official Max Verstappen thread

He's 37 wins behind Schumacher, he's won 34 in the last two years. He needs to win 19 a year (just like 2023) to pass Schumacher by the end of 2025. Is it possible? He just showed it is, plus they'll have two more races on the calendar each of the next two years (China, and Imola cancelled this yea...
by Covalent
Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:05 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 19025

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

I've also begrudgingly accepted that Verstappens a very, very good driver, though until he does what Vettel dared to do & leaves the safe & comfy environs of RB & gets out there to challenge himself, i'll never rate him up there with the Sennas, Prosts, Schumachers & Hamiltons of this world. Versta...
by Covalent
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:05 am
Forum: Hall of Fame
Topic: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance
Replies: 70
Views: 7175

Re: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance

Here is how I voted in the poll: 1 Verstappen 2 Norris 3 Alonso 4 Hamilton 5 Leclerc 6 Sainz 7 Piastri 8 Russell 9 Albon 10 Gasly 11 Ocon 12 Bottas 13 Hulkenberg 14 Tsunoda 15 Perez 16 Magnussen 17 Stroll 18 Zhou 19 Ricciardo 20 Sargeant 21 Lawson 22 De Vries EPROM difference metric: 1.182 The only ...
by Covalent
Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official Valtteri Bottas Thread
Replies: 615
Views: 158346

Re: Official Valtteri Bottas Thread

Bottas is on a reported $10M salary at Alfa Romeo. I find the claims that he is not motived quite incredulous to be honest. Why even bother giving him a contract in the first place if he can't be a**ed to give everything every single session and race? It's a matter of personal opinion of course, bu...