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- Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:45 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Should Sochi be Cancelled?
- Replies: 175
- Views: 15604
- Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:43 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Turkish Grand Prix being lined up to replace Sochi
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3198
Re: Turkish Grand Prix being lined up to replace Sochi
According to the BBC the FIA are montioring the situation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/60508391
To my mind the decision should have been made this morning. Russia must immediately be totally ostracised from the international community. Any delay by the FIA simply plays into Putin's hands.
To my mind the decision should have been made this morning. Russia must immediately be totally ostracised from the international community. Any delay by the FIA simply plays into Putin's hands.
- Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:56 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Michael Andretti possibly entering an F1 team
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3634
Re: Michael Andretti possibly entering an F1 team
Starting a brand new team is hideously expensive. I'd have thought it's most likely he'll buy Haas..
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:26 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: New Rules
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2245
Re: New Rules
There's been some new rules announced so far today and I'm sure more are yet to come. And the points have changed for the Sprint races. Points will now be awarded down to 8th. With first getting 8 points and 8th getting 1 point. The big question is how the sprint race affects the grid. If it's like...
- Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:04 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Aston Martin Reveal (2022)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2841
Re: Aston Martin Reveal (2022)
Interesting to see the difference in height between front wing and main body. With the return of ground effect are we going to see efforts to bend the rules and minimise the gap between sidepods and track? The days of high-rake are presumably gone too, which could penalise Red Bull more than Merc..
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 12:34 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Aston Martin Reveal (2022)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2841
Re: Aston Martin Reveal (2022)
But I still dislike the huge snow-plough front wing; the halo will never be anything but ugly, and to my mind the car is too long overall to match the beautiful proportions of the late 80's early 90's cars. The cars will never be as small or well proportioned unless the sport becomes more willing t...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:01 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Aston Martin Reveal (2022)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2841
Re: Aston Martin Reveal (2022)
But I still dislike the huge snow-plough front wing; the halo will never be anything but ugly, and to my mind the car is too long overall to match the beautiful proportions of the late 80's early 90's cars. The cars will never be as small or well proportioned unless the sport becomes more willing t...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:03 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Aston Martin Reveal (2022)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2841
Re: Aston Martin Reveal (2022)
Unlike the Red Bull, this looks like it is probably actually a 2022 car chassis. The nose and sidepods are quite different from the show car, as are both wings. Personally, I think it looks great; if this is indicative, the 2022 cars might be the best looking of all time. It looks sleek and modern,...
- Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:30 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2022 Pre-season Thread (Car launch dates, News etc.)
- Replies: 188
- Views: 21858
Re: 2022 Pre-season Thread (Car launch dates, News etc.)
I’m not convinced the rule changes will bring a hugely closed up field as hoped. We’ll see, but I think one or two will get it right and have an advantage over the rest. Yes, big rule changes usually lead to a spreading out of the field - at least temporarily. But, given we have the biggest aero re...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2022 Pre-season Thread (Car launch dates, News etc.)
- Replies: 188
- Views: 21858
Re: 2022 Pre-season Thread (Car launch dates, News etc.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/60252261
Looks like we're back to just 3 sprint races. Hooray! But will the grid relationship with the main race and pts will be as 2021 ? I lost track of that debate.
Looks like we're back to just 3 sprint races. Hooray! But will the grid relationship with the main race and pts will be as 2021 ? I lost track of that debate.
- Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:54 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: FIA release new statement on Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Replies: 245
- Views: 19531
Re: FIA release new statement on Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
If there's an accident that requires the safety car everyone comes in to the pits and lines up in order. They'll be released based on the time gap to the car Infront. There'll be no running around behind the safety car. So in Abu Dhabi's scenario Hamilton is at the front of the queue gets the green...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Cancel Sochi?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1510
Re: Cancel Sochi?
You mean the way every body other than the WTA have stood up for Peng Shuai? Good luck!!! Not that I'm defending the Chinese authorities, but that's not a comparable issue to my mind. It's an accusation of abuse from a Chinese player against a team official. It's not a State sponsored military inva...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:21 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Cancel Sochi?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1510
Cancel Sochi?
The normal response to international political issues is that they should be kept out of sport, but I think that if Russia invades the Ukraine then a line is crossed. In that case the Sochi race should be cancelled for 2022, and unless the invasion is very shortlived, binned permanently. I hope the ...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:15 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: FMG Acquires Williams Advanced Engineering
- Replies: 2
- Views: 893
Re: FMG Acquires Williams Advanced Engineering
"Leading provider of high-performance battery and electrification technologies Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Fortescue, ASX: FMG), has entered into a share sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Williams Advanced Engineering Limited (WAE) from private equity firm EMK Capital and Willia...
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2022 Pre-season Thread (Car launch dates, News etc.)
- Replies: 188
- Views: 21858
Re: 2022 Pre-season Thread (Car launch dates, News etc.)
As per one or twoF1 websites, the FP1& FP2sessions will revert back to 90-minute duration this year. I though FP1/2 sessions being an hour was a good move generally because it meant there was almost always action, and teams still got their work done (according to James Allison) in that time, it jus...
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:21 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: FIA release new statement on Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Replies: 245
- Views: 19531
Re: FIA release new statement on Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
I'd say it's a bit arrogant of Hamilton to expect the whole process to revolve around him. Reminds me of Senna in 93 holding Mclaren and hence F1 to ransom with the will-he-wont-he race tactic. He did it mainly to squeze more money out of Ron Dennis as they'd lost the Honda engine. The FIA has the r...
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:58 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Some amazing stats from 2021 season!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 6719
Re: Some amazing stats from 2021 season!
One from the Autosport review of the year that surprised me: Number of laps led (out of approx 1500 in total): 1 Verstappen 652 2 Hamilton 297 3 Bottas 79 4 Ocon 66 etc. Verstappen led over twice as many laps as Hamilton? In all the other stats they're near even. Maybe that explains my feeling that...
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:48 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How would you rate your F1 knowledge?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2645
Re: How would you rate your F1 knowledge?
it's hard to judge what level of F1 knowledge I have compared to others but at a guess I'd go 7/10. On a similar note, would any of you have an F1 topic as your specialist subject if you were on the quiz show Mastermind? For those of you who don't know, Mastermind where contestants face two rounds ...
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:29 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Some amazing stats from 2021 season!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 6719
Re: Some amazing stats from 2021 season!
One from the Autosport review of the year that surprised me: Number of laps led (out of approx 1500 in total): 1 Verstappen 652 2 Hamilton 297 3 Bottas 79 4 Ocon 66 etc. Verstappen led over twice as many laps as Hamilton? In all the other stats they're near even. Maybe that explains my feeling that ...
- Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:53 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Beleriand's Statistical Corner
- Replies: 173
- Views: 46907
Re: Beleriand's Statistical Corner
Who is the most successful Red Bull-driver ever? In some ways Max Verstappen is still considered the new kid on the block, but facts tells us different. He has just completed his sixth season with Red Bull, which was the same number of seasons Sebastian Vettel did with the team. During that time Ve...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:01 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Russell's pts vs Hamilton's
- Replies: 89
- Views: 8515
Russell's pts vs Hamilton's
Looking at the percentage of Hamilton's points scored by his team-mates at Mercedes, how will Russell do in 2022? 2013: Rosberg - 171 vs 189 = 90% 2014: Rosberg - 317 vs 384 = 83% 2015: Rosberg - 322 vs 381 = 85% 2016: Rosberg - 385 vs 380 = 101% 2017: Bottas --- 305 vs 363 = 84% 2018: Bottas --- 24...
- Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How would you rate your F1 knowledge?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2645
Re: How would you rate your F1 knowledge?
On a similar note, would any of you have an F1 topic as your specialist subject if you were on the quiz show Mastermind? Choosing just F1 we'd all get crucified! To have any chance you'd need to restrict your subject to a few years, one team or driver. If I were to apply I would probably bone up on...
- Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:36 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How would you rate your F1 knowledge?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2645
Re: How would you rate your F1 knowledge?
I've been watching since James Hunt's glory year of '76. Coincidentally that was when F1 started appearing regularly on UK TV. Over the years I've accumulated video of a lot of the 70's to '90s seasons, and I re-watch them periodically. For anything post-Senna I rely on memory or F1 stats websites! ...
- Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:15 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Best drivers for team-mates?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1478
Re: Best drivers for team-mates?
I forgot my own reply! I'm going for Hamilton & Prost. I think they'd dominate and neither would resort to negative tactics againt the other. btw: in case it wasn't obvious, I didn't mean they had to be actual team-mates, or even racing at the same time.. I also think Lauda is well worth his place. ...
- Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:09 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Best drivers for team-mates?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1478
Best drivers for team-mates?
So you're the manager of a top F1 team: which driver pairing do you choose from the last 40 years? They have to work together to win both championships, and if either is well ahead in the driver's points the other must obey team orders to help him win. You also don't want to give yourself a nervous ...
- Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:38 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Your hopes for 2022
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7566
Re: Your hopes for 2022
The principle (and related goal) should be restarting the race as close to the same exact conditions that existed at the time of the throwing of any safety-related flag. I completely agree with this, and from a sporting point of view it's a no-brainer. If any other sport is halted in progress, the ...
- Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:55 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Will Hamilton compete in 2022?
- Replies: 215
- Views: 21951
Re: Will Hamilton compete in 2022?
Lewis has a pretty secure legacy. With rules changing aiming to bunch up the field - it is difficult to imagine any team ever being allowed to get ahead like Mercedes has, for as long as Mercedes has, ever again. I can't see Lewis numbers being overtaken. He will always be in the conversation for b...
- Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:09 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2022 development restrictions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1510
Re: 2022 development restrictions
Interesting info. Hopefully the teams further down the grid should have the chance to catch up on aero development during 2022. As long as the big teams don't find some loophole in these new regs..
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Latifi recieves death threats
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4852
Re: Latifi recieves death threats
I know that - finger slip!Siao7 wrote:
PS receives not recieves
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:24 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Latifi recieves death threats
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4852
Latifi recieves death threats
https://www.nicholaslatifi.com/a-messag ... abu-dhabi/
Very disappointing. But at least Latifi shows he's mature enough to handle it. Is this irate Hamilton fans? If not, who?
Very disappointing. But at least Latifi shows he's mature enough to handle it. Is this irate Hamilton fans? If not, who?
- Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:43 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Will Hamilton compete in 2022?
- Replies: 215
- Views: 21951
Re: Will Hamilton compete in 2022?
He'll be back. He's a fighter, still at his peak and he loves competition. 2021 was a setback, but with new rules he'll soon get his mojo back.
- Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:40 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Beleriand's Statistical Corner
- Replies: 173
- Views: 46907
Re: Beleriand's Statistical Corner
Verdict Ronnie Peterson was a better driver than Mario Andretti, and he would have been WDC in 1978 if he had been allowed to race freely. I think this is the correct conclusion. As I understand it (well before my time) Ronnie Peterson was regarded as exceptionally fast at the time as well, and one...
- Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:43 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Safety cars
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4043
Re: Safety cars
The pitstop disadvantage of leading is ridiculous. I agree with this, and I think that it's something the Abu Dhabi showdown revealed quite clearly. Having a sizable (but under ~14 second) lead should not be a disadvantage under any circumstances. But if a safety car or virtual safety car comes out...
- Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:37 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Car dreams
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7611
Re: Car dreams
I've had a Can't-Stop dream a few times. What's weird though is the car is going so slowly I just step out of the car before it hits the wall. In real life there are a number of things I can do to stop a car with no brakes, but in the dream it just keeps going at a snail's pace, even when it hits t...
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:22 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Your hopes for 2022
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7566
Re: Your hopes for 2022
Cars following eachother only 1 or 2 lengths apart into a corner and emerging from it the same way.
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Safety cars
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4043
Re: Safety cars
1. Why are pit-stops allowed under safety car? In Abu Dhabi Hamilton as race leader was clearly disadvantaged by Verstappen being able to change tyres. 1. To disallow trye changes during SC would require the cars to do at least one racing lap after the restart. For a car that was near the end of it...
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:53 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Safety cars
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4043
Safety cars
Both the last 2 races of 2021 were greatly influenced by safety cars, and both times to the detriment of the race in my opinion. Granted safety cars are primarily a safety feature; granted too that they offer the race director a way to spice up a boring race, and these days we have to live with that...
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:35 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Abu Dhabi 2021 - How has it left you feeling?
- Replies: 699
- Views: 58520
Re: Abu Dhabi 2021 - How has it left you feeling?
Afterwards I felt Verstappen had on balance just about deserved the title over the whole of the season. Hamilton has been a bit too risk-averse in the final races - why did he leave the door open for Max to charge down the inside, and then risk being pushed wide so often? However the way the last 2 ...
- Sun Dec 12, 2021 5:32 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
- Topic: 2021 P-F1 Team Pick game
- Replies: 247
- Views: 56934
Re: 2021 P-F1 Team Pick game
https://timmatthewsorg.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/abu-dhabi-2021.jpg 2021 F1 Team Pick Championship Round 22 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Result Mercedes p, 6 Red Bull 1, f, fl McLaren 10, 14 Aston Martin 14, 14 Alpine 10, 10 Ferrari p, 10 Alpha Tauri 6, 6 Alfa Romeo nf, nf Haas 14, nf Williams nf, nf Abu...
- Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:18 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
- Topic: 2021 P-F1 Team Pick game
- Replies: 247
- Views: 56934
Re: 2021 P-F1 Team Pick game
Ditto, yesterday pm..Icemanjee1 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:43 amI have sent my picks to youP-F1 Games Master wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:09 pmIf you want secret submissions from title contenders, I'm happy to take them and post on Saturday night.