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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 30, 2022 9:45 am
Nice to see you back!

Thank you!
Due to some new challenges I've committed to professionally it's been next to impossible to frequent the forums as I used to. Still won't post as much as I did but I see there's still great content here so I might visit more often

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On the flip side it's pretty impressive that Horner, who was appointed at Red Bull as team principle when he was just 31, guided the team all the way from the midfield in 2005 to the present day. A period of 17 years and there has never been a whiff of him getting sacked or moved on in any way. Tha...

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Battle Far wrote: For reference Chadwick was competitive/beat DeFrancesco in the Asian series

No, she wasn't/didn't... DeFrancesco only participated in 3 of the 5 rounds and still didn't finish that far off Chadwick who did all 5 rounds. He finished ahead of Chadwick in every race.

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Just for accuracy it's F3 Asia 4th: 10 points. :) My mistake! Then I believe if you have 25 F1 super license points you can compete in F1 FP1 sessions gaining 1 point for each session up to a maximum of 10 points. You can gain a point per weekend - but I believe test drivers can only do Friday FP1 ...

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The point being made here about the superlicense system is one I'd missed. The answer to the often asked question "when will next see a female F1 driver" is now much more defined by "when one is doing well enough in lower formulas". Previously it *could* have happened pretty much on the whim of a t...

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I would just disagree with your last sentence I think it makes good sense for her to compete in the 'W' series because of the F1 super license points on offer, last season really was little more than a demo year with only the prize money on offer. If she wins the title again because of the F1 super...

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I pretty much agree with everything you wrote... Doesn't alter the fact that she improved dramatically during the 15 race series, from circulating with Calderon to racing at the front and demonstrating far more speed & race craft than I gave her credit for before the series. I'm now looking forward...

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Joey Alders hasn't raced any other single seaters (karting to Asian F3) , Doohan has done a bit of F4 with unremakable results, Mazepin has raced a fair bit with a high of 2nd in GP2. Alders was in single seaters in 2018 as well - German F4, mediocre results. Mazepin was 2nd in the last year of GP3...

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Albon is not good enough for this team and Max will trounce him again. They should have swallowed their pride around their young driver programme and hired Hulkenberg. I don't understand comments like these. It's absolutely commendable that they are doing it this way. It's also a huge benefit to si...

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I'm confused here. Why does this RP20 look so different to this RP20? : https://www.racefans.net/2020/02/19/first-pictures-racing-points-new-rp20-debuts-in-testing/ It is the pictures from testing that look very like last year mercedes. What are the ones on this page? Surely it can't be the same ca...

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I'm confused here. Why does this RP20 look so different to this RP20? : https://www.racefans.net/2020/02/19/first-pictures-racing-points-new-rp20-debuts-in-testing/ It is the pictures from testing that look very like last year mercedes. What are the ones on this page? Surely it can't be the same ca...

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I think the FIA might have something to say if they turn up at Melbourne with such an obvious Mercedes copy. Unless they got to this point by blatantly stealing technical documents (or getting them from Merc, which Merc will not risk), they'll be fine. They can copy whatever they want as long as th...

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So, any idea why it appears Hamilton's steering wheel is pulled towards him on the straights? 8O :? 8O https://twitter.com/i/status/1230423655492071425 https://twitter.com/i/status/1230423525347020800 More on this: Some interesting discussions going on right now regarding the Mercedes car. Replays ...

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I still can't warm up fully to FE. But I got really bad-tempered at the start of last race. The start sequence, what the hell was that? For some reason some genius felt like it was better to see the starting sequence from behind the pack and switch to the usual front view after lights out and cars ...

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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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Watching some of the day's footage, it's going to be difficult to identify some drivers from the head-on shots during race weekends. I thought their numbers were supposed to be clear for viewers on TV? The Alfas, AlphaTauris and Red Bulls I can't see their numbers at all... Both RBR and AT have it ...

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I think there is more chance of Markko putting you in the second Red Bull than Gasly. :lol: Jokes aside, that does raise the question of why Gasly and Kvyat are still in the B team. The purpose of Alpha Tauri is to groom talent for Red Bull - if they're both non-starters for the top seat, why have ...

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https://external-preview.redd.it/3azpKrSt5v3oOUUeNrFY42sMbpn_u1_iUTc3NVKrl_w.jpg?auto=webp&s=4979cf5a8de0d0e23466854d7b5334c41a592179 It's a copy. (Image via Reddit) 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...

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Watching some of the day's footage, it's going to be difficult to identify some drivers from the head-on shots during race weekends. I thought their numbers were supposed to be clear for viewers on TV? The Alfas, AlphaTauris and Red Bulls I can't see their numbers at all... Both RBR and AT have it ...

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I expect there will be a lot of grumbling early doors, especially if the RP is scoring big points, but I can't see them developing the car properly at all if its just the W10 with a pink paint job. Well of course it isn't a pink W10 and there shouldn't be any complaints. It is indeed probable they ...

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I still can't warm up fully to FE. But I got really bad-tempered at the start of last race. The start sequence, what the hell was that? For some reason some genius felt like it was better to see the starting sequence from behind the pack and switch to the usual front view after lights out and cars h...

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Agree - Max, no contest. Albon didn't do badly, but Verstappen is something else while Albon is probably a solid driver but not top. I don't think even RBR are expecting him to be close. Unless he implodes he will probably be at RBR in 2021 as well. If he does I really wouldn't be surprised if RBR g...

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Well Williams already do look like they've worked a bit better than last year. Hope so, as it's not a pretty sight to see them so far back as last year. At least if they can fight with others it would be nice. Not a lot to take away thus far. Most still doing C1/C2/C3 runs. Comparison with last year...

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Calderon will be racing in F2 with Arden: https://www.crash.net/f2/news/913672/1/calderon-steps-f2-bwt-arden and that's the dilemma isn't it. Nothing against Calderon but in her 3 years in GP she finished 21st, 18th and 16th... And that was after three nothing years in F3. Six seasons without resul...

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Data from a few minutes ago - total laps over two days until now:

Team:
SF90 257
W10 248
RB15 205
MCL34 177
C38 176
RS19 146
STR14 143
VF-19 98
RP19 79

PU:
Ferrari 531
Honda 348
Mercedes 327
Renault 323

The Ferrari PU has an extra car running so their huge lead is normal, but look at that Honda.

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The cars mostly look a lot better in the flesh than on their CGI reveals, apart from the Ferrari, which looks great, except that it appears someone quickly used the dark grey flood-fill tool in MS Paint on a bunch of white parts of the livery. I think it looks too orange as well, to be honest. Ferr...

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Jorda was apparently on the original list but was a no show. This from her: ""It has been a pleasure for me to help promote a championship for women as W Series during the past months but unfortunately we couldn't find an agreement that could fulfill my sponsors' needs" I suspect this is her way of...

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Number of laps tends to be more important than times to begin with so you'd have to say its looking very good for Ferrari and Mercedes (no surprises) but also Renault are right up there in lap count. I really hope they can take the step up this year and give us a season long battle between Red Bull...

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Still in awe with those sidepods, or the near inexistence of them. They just "stop" after a bit.

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Has there been a modern example of a team missing the forst day of testing or even the first test and going onto a good season? Brawn GP. Exactly. Nothing to worry about. ;) I remember when people were sure that they are driving the underweight car to make impression on potential sponsors xD Not go...

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Productive first morning for Ferrari and Mercedes. Good promise on how fast the cars will be - just 2 seconds slower than last year's pole with a track hardly rubbered in and on the C3 compound. Honda teams off to a slow start this morning but reasonable after that. Number of laps per team: SF90 72 ...

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So they're within a second of last year's Day 1 testing times, so don't appear too much slower And at this point, first morning of the first test, they're already a full second faster than last year's day 1 testing. So on the C2 compound, the second hardest, only 2 seconds slower than the fastest t...

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UnlikeUday wrote:Not bad looking here:

I don't like the RP livery. Too much going on.

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So they're within a second of last year's Day 1 testing times, so don't appear too much slower And at this point, first morning of the first test, they're already a full second faster than last year's day 1 testing. So on the C2 compound, the second hardest, only 2 seconds slower than the fastest t...

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So they're within a second of last year's Day 1 testing times, so don't appear too much slower And at this point, first morning of the first test, they're already a full second faster than last year's day 1 testing. So on the C2 compound, the second hardest, only 2 seconds slower than the fastest t...

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Massa the lapdog? The crybaby that not even as late as Germany 2010 when he was completely out of the running made it impossible to arrange a reasonable change in position for the WDC? The same one that was surly for four years after that claiming he was right then and there psychologically deraile...

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Think this news merits a new thread... https://www.racefans.net/2018/07/20/formula-1-18-inch-wheels-2021/ So basically there's now a tender phase for suppliers which runs until the 31st of August. The wheels will go from 13" to 18". Also, the front tyres width will be reduced to 270mm and tyre blank...

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TheGiantHogweed wrote:But on the restart, Vettel did have an easy chance to get past Bottas. Bottas didn't even risk trying to defend probably due to the speed advantage Vettel had over him with DRS.

A restart with DRS? You may have watched it countless times but you probably need one more go...

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Not pitting Bottas wasn't really a gaffe, he had no fresh soft tyres, so he would have been on mediums behind Vettel on softs. Which would still have seen him easily end up second (or third, conceding a place to Hamilton), so yes it was a gaffe. Mercedes would have at least gotten P2-P3 out of pitt...

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pokerman wrote:
UnlikeUday wrote:Engine components used till now:

Source - http://www.imgur.com
Looking at that Honda are still behind the game, such reliability will scupper any Red Bull title charge next season.

I don't think even RBR are hoping for a title charge next season.

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