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moby

I like Hartley. But I think he is a long game racer not s f1 pilot. If he has not made the adjustment in 2 more GP, it is probably time to change him. He will either have a moment where he adjusts this week, or he will always be an endurance racer. I hope he does a flash change. He was only a few t...

moby

Easy guys, its just one race, and it has not even started yet, let alone finished. I have some 'schadenfreude' but Mclaren must feel embarrassed enough to look closely at things. I like Honda, my first Honda was 1966, but I like Mclaren too. One of them is going to gut me this year. Still, I now hav...

moby

I like Hartley. But I think he is a long game racer not s f1 pilot. If he has not made the adjustment in 2 more GP, it is probably time to change him. He will either have a moment where he adjusts this week, or he will always be an endurance racer. I hope he does a flash change.

moby

If Hamilton is starting from 5 down, there is not a lot of point in screwing his engine to fight the top 3. He was possibly working on a tyre saving setup to jump into the top group at pit time without taking 'Life' out of his engine. If he qualifies behind the Ferraris and RBR + team mate, he can s...

moby

There is always a chance Ricciardo has just 'had enough' at RBR for what ever reason and desperately wants to move even if it is sideways. As everyone says, his best option is without doubt Merc. I don't think anyone disagrees here, but what if that option is not open to him? Then it depends if Bota...

moby

Think of this: When Raikkonen pitted, Hamilton logically pitted to cover him, but if Bottas was there with them, in 3rd or 4th position, he could've pitted the next lap. I'm guessing Vettel would've then pitted to either protect his 3rd position, or gain 3rd position with an undercut. And Hamilton ...

moby

Being able to adjust engine mode is dead in line with how the earliest cars were run. The driver had an air lever and a spark lever and things like a decompression lever which is exactly what engine modes today are but they are presets on a computer. The Spark lever was replaced by centrifugal advan...

moby

Its easy.

One of them has all their wins and titles because they had a better car, the other one, I support.

moby

I used to like Horner, he just gets on my ,,,, chest, now though. OK so they start sat on the highest mode. What does that mean. dont use full revs until you need it for q3. Right!. If Merc do have a secret mode I hope they give it to Force India and Williams so they can get infront of the Red Bulls...

moby

If I want to hear someones opinion I will tell them what it is.

moby

In All I have read on this no one has stated the obvious. Had the other merc been 'tailgunning' it may not have happened like this. best result (for Lewis that is) Botas controles the pace and Lewis retains the lead or is in a position to fight for it on exit, worst case, The 'other' merc wins and S...

moby

There was a short 'throw away line' by Patric Headd on Sky this morning after qualli when they were doing the chat thing in the studio. The Honds engine was mentioned and he said (paraphrased in my words as I did not record it) when the Honda engine arrived at Williams first, it was in more or less ...

moby

Its music for filling empty spaces in peoples heads. There are far more interesting and relevant things to be listing to then.

moby

hoping not to have that sinking feeling again in q3 when engine modes are turned up. 3 teams within 3 tenths will do. want to see verstappen and hamilton going toe to toe more often this season. especially in the wet. Makes me wonder how much of this extra comes from the engine and how much is elec...

moby

The more I think about this, and the more I read, I am coming to think it was the two wrong people doing the dealing. Ron Dennis know exactly what he wanted and made it plain he was not easy to please while Honda was eager to please and get back in F1 with what they considered a premium team. Ron as...

moby

jimmyj wrote:Minardi or Brabham

Brabham if it was Bernie again

moby

Fiki wrote:Sauber. Simply because of Peter himself and because every fan remembers how good it felt when Toro Rosso scored their first win.

Except Stoddard

moby

the biggest problem comes form the lack of testing allowed when the fia introduced an entire new power unit. from what i have read is honda developed an power unit (PU1). mclaren demanded a smaller engine, so honda had to develop another power unit(PU2) PU2 engine was rushed and a major failure. th...

moby

What would be nice is dominance and a weak engine.

(as in 'blows its self up' every few races)

moby

Surprised to see so many votes for Mercedes and Ferrari and only my own for Red Bull. I feel the latter would provide one of the most heated head to head fights we've ever seen whilst with the former two we could pretty much crown the drivers champion in March. Maybe people don't care about WDC fig...

moby

Ref the tyres, ( I know it was a few posts back, but I been away :D ) Why can they not just have Prime, soft and hard? The compound can change from week to week, but the relationship does not. Ultrsuperdupervery soft is softer than slightlyharderbutnotvery hard and anything in between can be called ...

moby

I cannot answer that, only which teams I would NOT like to see dominate. Red Bull, Ferrari and probably Mclaren. Not because I dislike them but because they are the teams that almost certainly would have team orders decide most races. Force India allowed the drivers to race, and we have seen Merc a...

moby

I cannot answer that, only which teams I would NOT like to see dominate. Red Bull, Ferrari and probably Mclaren. Not because I dislike them but because they are the teams that almost certainly would have team orders decide most races. Force India allowed the drivers to race, and we have seen Merc al...

moby

Why is everyone marking Force India/something down? I really do not know where to put them. Is there any reason they look weak or is it pure politics within the team? I see Merc clear ahead. Ferrari are the conundrum and could be better or worse than Red Bull, but this is the top 3, with Kimi the la...

moby

I thought he said 2 years ago he was 'stepping back' from the F1 side to concentrate on other projects?

moby

P-F1 Mod wrote:It's always on the nosecone, that's a requirement of the FIA's livery rules.

Now that I did not know. Thanks.
Ihave seen engine suppliers on the cars, such as the Merc star and those shown above but it would be nice to see it in plain letters or symbols right on the nose.

moby

Anyone know if this will be available in AUSTRALIA?! Going on our TV rights history i'll be assuming the worst at this stage ... And at the moment I think you assume correctly my friend. As per usual, we get screwed. I'm starting to feel like a $5 hooker here with the change of race times and now l...

moby

Just been skimming back through the pics in the count down thread, taking much longer than I should to place the car and then I realised... The new rule last season about having the drivers name then having a conspicuous number, but why is it the team name is not displayed on the car? If a team is s...

moby

Maybe it's all Alonso - Vandoorne managed 151 laps yesterday ;) At this point Alonso has managed just over a third of Vandoorne's lap total over the course of the past weeks. Wonder whether this will raise suspicions of favoritism :uhoh: :twisted: Alonso the car killer :twisted: :twisted: He is jus...

moby

Well we will know this year. The same engine is in other cars so can be ruled out as being a 'dud' and any problems due to installation problems will seen. There will still be crossover problems we will be unsure of, like Mclarens "oil leak not related to the engine" which needed a replacement engin...

moby

My problem is that because I watch so little TV other than F1 FE and some Rugby, it probably only comes to a couple hours a week for half a year. I begrudge having to get the whole package with the rest of the rubbish just to get what I want. £ v £ TV for a year or a trip to one of the GP it around ...

moby

The one bright spot about it is at least Merc will (appear) to race eachother not just a have a parade. Not saying its good, but we have had seasons where the 2 car was not allowed to pass the team leader or even pressure him. I usually found that cars from the same team made a good race as there wa...

moby

We really don,t know what constraints the Mclaren chassis put on Honda, and the same of what Honda caused or prevented Mclaren doing with the chassis. There are reports of Honda not being able to make some size alterations or placing a component differently, but there are also reports of Mclaren not...

moby

I went for Mclaren 25 in front. My thinking on it? IF RBR are seriously thinking of using the Honda engine next year, why would they not give all the aid they can to STR this year, as it is helping themselves next year. I seriously do not think if it was STR alone they would be in the same game, but...

moby

The parent Bacardi group are seemingly done with F1. I'd like to know why that is before claiming it has anything to do with Williams' choice of drivers You are right about jumping to conclusions of course, but the reason companies leave is because they feel they are not getting their moneys worth ...

moby

Mclarens problem is obvious. They have cut holes in the bodywork and bugs are getting in. Paint it Red and White again and it will be fine.

moby

What if all grid penalties were counted from pole ? :twisted: For example Merc have an engine penalty from pos 2, = start in 12th. FI have a 10 place grid penalty for engine change, qualli position 8, - 10 puts them in 10, 2 actual loss . Haas have an engine penalty while qualifying 15 = 15th on gri...

moby

I wish they would do a deal with Formula E. I'm sick of chasing it here there and everywhere. To try and find it online makes you dizzy. I am on the point of giving up and just watching the recordings.

moby

You all do realise that it isn't the channel 4 theme music. (The chain.) or the sky f1 theme tune. (Just drive.) But the FOM theme tune that is changing. For those still in doubt https://youtu.be/_BJx_ll01fU Or https://youtu.be/qgiBkydMW8k Ah!, that. Thats Ok its rubbish, it can go. :twisted:

moby

It will probably be 'hyper' music and overlaid far too loud going by the films given as examples. The Chain is a tradition in F1 now and is as recognizable a theme tune as the longest soap operas.

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