planetf1.com

Exediron

I don't get FP1 here

But I'll be watching FP2

Exediron

Can any of our US friends here help me? I'm arriving in Boston (from the UK) at the weekend so will need to be ready for 2am EST on Sunday... but what channel will I find it on? And will it be a free-to-air or a pay channel? Oop - just found that it will be televised on NBCSN from 1.30am. I guess t...

Exediron

I think the wisest choice for Vettel in that circumstance would be to wait another season. If he followed Alonso immediately, he'd be directly comparable to him on the beloved teammate metric - only Raikkonen is almost certain to improve in 2015 over 2014 if what we hear about the car setup is true,...

Exediron

Lotus want to have Mercedes engines next year but they don't have the money to pay for them as it stands. I thought the Mercedes engine was cheaper than the Renault? I'm sure I saw that near the start of the year somewhere. As for Alonso to McLaren, that one is either going to turn out to be the bi...

Exediron

This isn't entirely directed at you even though I'm quoting you, but what is with the whole "McLaren cannot produce a good car"? I've noticed that too, and it bugs me. I know memories are short in F1, but it was only two years ago that the McLaren was the fastest car in the field, and until 2013 th...

Exediron

Dam if this is true Mclaren is in alot of trouble next year. The car is nowhere as it is now with terrible aero but a very fast mercedes engine. Imagine a terrible engine down on power with high fuel consumption and the terrible aero they have now. Looks very bleak. Hopefully they can turn it aroun...

Exediron

I never believed their engine would be that great anyway. Even if it was, McLaren have the fastest engine now and are doing nothing special with it. I've convinced myself that McLaren have a suck chassis this year because Mercedes withheld information from them, and next year their integrated chass...

Exediron

Has anyone else heard anything about this? I saw an article on grandprix.com (http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns29015.html) referencing to a rumor that the engine is badly behind schedule and using too much fuel at the moment, but I couldn't find anything supporting from other publications. If true, I s...

Exediron

What some see as timidity or hesitation I see as racecraft. I'd just like you to explain this statement. I don't get it either. Or, well I do, but I don't agree. Good racecraft involves being clean and not getting into accidents, but it also involves, well... racing. Being good alone on an empty tr...

Exediron

Unless they show him the door, I think anything other than staying right where he is would be a terrible career move. For Alonso it would be a gamble to join McLaren and hope the McLaren-Honda is world-beating, but for Magnussen he doesn't really lose anything if it's not and he gains a huge amount ...

Exediron

Technology. The technology is what (should be, at least) makes Formula 1 what it is. Although I'd be perfectly alright with also forming a GP1 series using for instance whatever chassis won the WCC 3 years ago as a spec body, and being all about pure racing talent. I don't think it's as true as some...

Exediron

dogboy wrote:Nice fact...between 2010-2014

Alonso->1162 points
Raikkonen+Massa->541 points

While that is true, that statistic is currently 85% Massa and only 15% Raikkonen. Everyone has their bad years, and I think it's too early to conclude from this season that every Raikkonen year will be just as poor.

Exediron

It might not be the next one, but I would be really surprised if there isn't a point for pole introduced within the next five years. A solitary point for pole made sense back when it was just 8 points for the win, but now you'd need it to be more to have any real impact. Otherwise it would be just ...

Exediron

Should be Vettel above Alonso, surely? Third x2 for Vettel and only x1 for Alonso.

Exediron

Argentum wrote:What is a "Power" ranking?

The power to do what, exactly

The power of voodoo, naturally.

Seriously, I think it's about who's on top and in good form at the moment.

Exediron

Great, that was the only thing I had to like about Bernie. Now all I have left is unrelieved loathing.

Exediron

Am I the only one who just does him, him, he might do well, him sure, lucky dip of him sort of picking lol I use a complex system of assigning numbers to how well the driver has been doing this year in general, how good their car is and how good I consider them to be at the track in question, mixed...

Exediron

I think the part where it says 'only performance at the last 6 races is considered' is a bit misleading. I've been following the Bleacher Report power rankings since the start of the year, and drivers are never given more than about a 1 or 2 place change in position at a time; I think the reason Hul...

Exediron

You know, looking at your commentary to my answers I only just realized it scrambles the order of the options if you hit Retake... x( So here they are with disambiguation: 1: Left, obviously. Are you serious? Left was the one with the tusks when I wrote that down. 2: Right; certain of this one. Agai...

Exediron

Jochen Rindt wasn't a Finn. The persons shown were Rosberg, Mika, & Kimi. Supposedly his wife is a Finn and I guess that's the Finnish connection. Jochen wasn't, but Nina is; she's the daughter of Finnish racer Curt Lincoln, and Jackie Stewart (I believe) presented the trophy to her in her husband'...

Exediron

I hate the double point rule, but I really can't see why everyone is saying any champion who wins by that system would be a 'phony champion' or some-such. Does anyone feel that Surtees is a fake champion? That Senna is only a 2-time champion? The rule has been in place since the start of the season,...

Exediron

Same thing for me, by definition: I want the one who deserves it most to win it. I won't go so far as to say that whoever does win deserved it the most, however, but neither am I going to bitch about it if the one I think deserved it more fails to win. There aren't any undeserving world champions, b...

Exediron

So I assume we can expect him to get on the podium multiple times next year and regularly out-qualify Kvyat by a second or more? The moment someone gets compared to Senna, I know the hype has reached critical levels. At least he's not comparing himself to Senna yet. He's good, I don't doubt that - b...

Exediron

I see a point for pole in future. ... And the past, perhaps? Points for pole and fastest lap wouldn't be anything new to F1, they were original to the championship. Now that we have non fuel-adjusted qualifying I would have no problem with a point for pole, although it would probably need to be mor...

Exediron

Wow! Still pretty tight at the top.

Is there some line between those who entered every round and those (like me) who haven't competed in the full season? I assume it's somewhere around the 1000 mark, but I'm not sure.

Exediron

I don't think they should have painted white line track limits on street tracks. The limits should be the walls and barriers I like the way you think........although there might be some carnage and rush hour traffic jams from time to time. You've clearly never driven in Chicago then :D But yeah, I ...

Exediron

Nope, the car didn't really fail at all; it's just mind games.

Exediron

Robbo-92 wrote:So why on earth is Peter77 claiming that Ricciardo was losing 1.7 seconds a lap? When it's clear that it wasn't anywhere near that amount.

Have you read some of his other posts on Ricciardo vs. Vettel? Do that, and you won't have to wonder anymore.

Exediron

2014 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 01: L. Hamilton 25 02: N. Rosberg 00 03: D. Ricciardo 18 04: F. Alonso 25 05: S. Vettel 12 06: K. Raikkonen 12 07: V. Bottas 00 08: J. Button 00 09: F. Massa 10 10: S. Perez 12 114 Points! I've been absolutely murdered! Call the police, I've been murdered! 124 you scored 2...

Exediron

2014 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 01: L. Hamilton 25 02: N. Rosberg 00 03: D. Ricciardo 18 04: F. Alonso 25 05: S. Vettel 12 06: K. Raikkonen 12 07: V. Bottas 00 08: J. Button 00 09: F. Massa 10 10: S. Perez 12 114 Points! I've been absolutely murdered! Call the police, I've been murdered!

Exediron

Problem is, Vettel is no Schumacher. Arguably no driver in the history of the sport had been as good as Schumacher. I think a few here would take that argument and go for a range of drivers - MS had the benefit of a great team, the best reliability and other factors - but he is certainly up there a...

Exediron

Different people has different views. I prefer a track that give at least give car a chance to overtake, or make a lunge. In Monaco and Singapore, you will usually end up with the car in front, no matter how slow, could still keep a faster car behind. Now it's a matter of luck instead of driver abi...

Exediron

It's clear Kimi is not happy with the car. We saw at Lotus, when he has a car that he likes, he's quick. And when you have a weakness like that (which many drivers and champions have had before him) going against someone like Alonso, it's going to make it look worse. Is Raikkonen approaching retire...

Exediron

Yes, not quite clear what is going on with Alonso. Very clear what is going on with Kimi, he is history. Was the decision to rehire him another one of Domenicali glorious decisions ? Then presumably so is Alonso, who wasn't really going any faster in qualifying? I think people need to remember that...

Exediron

So what am I, and men in general (and woman for that matter) these days? A miserable little pile of secrets! Err, anyway... Typical mountain from an anthill as far as I'm concerned, but I will be interested to see who struggles. Nico 'The Brain' Rosberg should presumably be able to use his superior...

Exediron

Yeah, a cynic might say that the EBD Red Bull was great at the circuits towards the end of the year, but we have very little information on rather Vettel is or not. It'll be interesting to see.

Exediron

I think 90% of us have the same top 10 in different orders, so this ought to be a close one...

Exediron

Guys, guys, guys! You're all over-thinking this, and the only absurd thing here is how stupid some people here must think both the FIA and the teams are. Is giving your driver a tenth of a second advantage in a corner worth a stop and go penalty? No, of course it isn't. Trying to sneak something cod...

Exediron

With those tyres & it being a street circuit, I won't disregard the pace of Force India cars this weekend! I wouldn't mind being proven wrong, but at this point I think you can stick a fork in Force India's pace. Their development this year has been pretty weak (the burden of a small budget), so un...

Exediron

Pastor Maldonado.

... What, like nobody else was thinking it?

Search found 11349 matches