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by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

TheGiantHogweed wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:27 pm
non live pre recorded coverage during the race. Unacceptable from Sky. Free month pass next time please! :D
On the other hand, the Channel 4 highlights show might get to show the finish live.
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:07 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

wire2004 wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:05 pm
THEY ARE MAKING THE RULES UP NOW.

DID THEY JUSTBSAYBTHEY HAVE STOPPED THE 3 HOUR RULE.
Yes, they seemed to have stopped the clock with one hour to go.

They are supposedly setting the race distance to 39 laps to qualify for full points?
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:00 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

wire2004 wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:55 pm
Hey martin brundle talking sense.

They should of got on with it and tippy toe round
Max called for them to start.
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

Can someone please explain that to me? did he just say we lost a lap for every delayed start? For every delayed start notification counts as a lap :lol: F1 is a joke So Perez has done 4 laps? So quickly we all missed it. Has Kimi done any laps? Kimi was starting from the pit lane because they chang...
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

Have they anticipated the possibility of a wet race situation and written a comprehensive set of rules for it?

There seems to be a lot of divided opinions on what the rules are.
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:42 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

F1_Ernie wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:35 pm
Good_Year wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:32 pm
Can someone please explain that to me?

did he just say we lost a lap for every delayed start?
For every delayed start notification counts as a lap :lol: F1 is a joke
So Perez has done 4 laps?
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:40 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

UnlikeUday wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:38 pm
Checo's car is fixed in 1 hour where Horner said it could take 3 hours. Great job indeed.
Good foresight to guess it could be worth working flat out on.
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:35 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

The fastest people at the moment are probably the lawyers.
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

This race is gonna be abandoned. If they restart the race and allow 2 or 3 laps to be completed just for a result. That again is a absolute joke. This whole event is a absolute joke. Has the race been started yet? I didn't think it had, but apparently the clock started at the local track time of 15...
by babararacucudada
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:24 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 34644

Re: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Race Thread

wire2004 wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:19 pm
This race is gonna be abandoned.

If they restart the race and allow 2 or 3 laps to be completed just for a result. That again is a absolute joke.

This whole event is a absolute joke.
Has the race been started yet?
by babararacucudada
Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:31 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton/Verstappen British GP 2021 Collision Discussion
Replies: 690
Views: 68409

Re: Forum verdict on the Hamilton/Verstappen collision

Literally right until Rosberg hit Hamilton he could have avoided it but hit him on purpose which he has admitted. Really? I did not know that. Do you have a link to what he said? It depends on who you are listening to as to what was said. Rosberg says that Hamilton is not stating accurately what wa...
by babararacucudada
Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:17 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton/Verstappen British GP 2021 Collision Discussion
Replies: 690
Views: 68409

Re: Forum verdict on the Hamilton/Verstappen collision

Hamilton was penalised by the Stewards because he was not trying to take the racing line to the apex of the turn. I couldn't tell from the onboards if Verstappen was going to leave enough room for Hamilton at the apex, because the collision prevented Verstappen getting that far, but Verstappen was f...
by babararacucudada
Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:02 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 490
Views: 44056

Re: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread

Nope. Nothing in the rules says he has to leave Hamilton the whole track. He is allowed to try and make it difficult. Hamilton understeered into him and caused the crash. I'm sure Max blames him as did the stewards . You're basically admitting that Max squeezed Hamilton going into a 180mph corner. ...
by babararacucudada
Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:37 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 490
Views: 44056

Re: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread

To me, from what we can see from the onboards, the most likely reason the stewards decided it was Hamilton's fault was that Hamilton did not turn to make the apex of the corner. We didn't get a chance to see how much room Max was going to leave at the apex because he never got the chance to get ther...
by babararacucudada
Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 490
Views: 44056

Re: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread

Max's & Lewis' incident could've even passed off as a racing incident but I wonder due to the severity of the crash, they deemed a 10-second penalty was justified? I often wonder about the consistency of stewards decisions. This made me think of Mexico 2016. Hamilton out-braked himself at turn 1 an...
by babararacucudada
Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:45 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 490
Views: 44056

Re: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread

UnlikeUday wrote:
Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:30 pm
I'm baffled why Checo was made to pit on hards to mediums on lap 19?????????
Maybe to give him opportunities to take the fastest lap?
He did - so I guess they pitted him again and put on softs.
by babararacucudada
Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:11 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 490
Views: 44056

Re: 2021 British Grand Prix Race Thread

So Checo will finish somewhere between 5th and 10th. Mercedes will follow Verstappen home. Russell will drop back. If Mazepin emulates yesterday, Haas won't finish. I really can't look forward to this race the same as most because we know the relative pace of these cars. BIB That may be an unfortun...
by babararacucudada
Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:02 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 British Grand Prix FP & Qualy/Sprint Thread
Replies: 218
Views: 20227

Re: 2021 British Grand Prix FP & Qualy/Sprint Thread

not that it will do much, but i think perez should certainly get a penalty for the manner in which he rejoined the track. He was so desperate that despite not being under good control, he tried to rejoin and nearly lost it and spun again when entering the track. It doesn't seem to be investigated, ...
by babararacucudada
Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:59 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 British Grand Prix FP & Qualy/Sprint Thread
Replies: 218
Views: 20227

Re: 2021 British Grand Prix FP & Qualy/Sprint Thread

I thought the top 3 lap of honour after the sprint was underwhelming. They were in a huge mobile billboard, with only a letterbox opening through which to wave to the fans. And why did only Max get the laurel wreath? In the old days the top 3 all got to wear them. I think I read somewhere that the ...
by babararacucudada
Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:49 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 F1 car - officially leaked
Replies: 47
Views: 4841

Re: 2022 F1 car - officially leaked

Brawn says the purpose of the new regulations is to help the car behind race the car in front.

Good luck with the designer of the car in front working hard to maintain that.

Brawn says he will be monitoring how it is working. How?

The fastest car is a target for the other teams to complain about.
by babararacucudada
Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:10 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Austrian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 261
Views: 21894

Re: 2021 Austrian Grand Prix Race Thread

What I don't understand about the penalty for Lando (Checo being slightly different in that there was contact both times) is that if he'd done that at a corner where there was an acre of runoff, Checo would have been fine and actually would have been the one penalised for overtaking off the track i...
by babararacucudada
Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Austrian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 261
Views: 21894

Re: 2021 Austrian Grand Prix Race Thread

I've always held the opinion that the track is for racing on and forcing a car off the track should not be part of racing. It's not the dodgems.

So I'm happy that they applied that in this race.
by babararacucudada
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:12 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Styrian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 144
Views: 14792

Re: 2021 Styrian Grand Prix Race Thread

What’s clear is that Redbull is pulling away from Merc. It’s gonna be a long summer and I expect to see many front row lockouts after the summer break. Don’t understand why Merc has not upgraded their car all year but I’m sure they have their reasons. Who could have predicted this considering how d...
by babararacucudada
Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 French Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 266
Views: 22086

Re: 2021 French Grand Prix Race Thread

I can understand Bottas being angry - he stayed right on Hamilton's tail after the pit stop, and it was the ideal opportunity to put him onto a 2 stop - from which he might have won the Race - and just to rub it in, they didn't let him go for the fastest lap. It was an exciting race, because of the ...
by babararacucudada
Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 220
Views: 20254

Re: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

They seem to have tailored qualifying to a 1 hour live broadcast? If they do want to cope with red flags, maybe they could pre-record the Q1 and the break to Q2. Then Run Q1 from the start of the broadcast and go straight to Q2 live - that would give them 5 minutes to spare to try to respond to a re...
by babararacucudada
Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:29 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 406
Views: 35512

Re: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Race Thread

Brake Magic sounds like another one of those things the sport doesn't need! It’s used to warm the brakes and tyres on the warm up lap and behind the SC, all teams have had it for years When the smoke was pouring from Hamilton's brakes on the grid while waiting for the start, I guessed that Hamilton...
by babararacucudada
Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:20 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 406
Views: 35512

Re: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Race Thread

Brake Magic sounds like another one of those things the sport doesn't need! It’s used to warm the brakes and tyres on the warm up lap and behind the SC, all teams have had it for years When the smoke was pouring from Hamilton's brakes on the grid while waiting for the start, I guessed that Hamilton...
by babararacucudada
Mon May 31, 2021 11:15 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Extreme E Thread
Replies: 29
Views: 5135

Re: The Official Extreme E Thread

It's already better racing than F1 (which isn't difficult). They have improved the format a bit, and the Senegal track is a better layout for racing than Saudi Arabia was - better visibility when following and more overtaking options. Hopefully they will use an expert to design the track layouts, to...
by babararacucudada
Mon May 24, 2021 12:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How to solve a problem like Monaco...
Replies: 85
Views: 8743

Re: How to solve a problem like Monaco...

Solving overtakes at Monaco?
Split the track, with adjustable crash barriers so you can even out both parts of the split track.

Casino Square.
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by babararacucudada
Sun May 23, 2021 6:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 389
Views: 36622

Re: 2021 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

Monaco delivers again. When things run smoothly, nothing happens. Ferrari screwed up and lost a good chance of a win. Mercedes screwed up - apart from Bottas, who despite Mercedes' inability to get the cars set up right, qualified 3rd and was holding a comfortable second place when bad luck happened...
by babararacucudada
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:04 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Emilia Romagna (Imola) Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 254
Views: 23775

Re: 2021 Emilia Romagna (Imola) Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

After the Bahrain fiasco, this time FIA has imposed track limits at 3 corners for all practice sessions, qualy & race: Is there any rational individual who can explain why they don't impose track limits at all of the corners? You know, since the limits are already painted with those convenient whit...
by babararacucudada
Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:00 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Emilia Romagna (Imola) Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 254
Views: 23775

Re: 2021 Emilia Romagna (Imola) Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

I'm glad they changed the timing as a Mark of Respect - rather than, to protect their viewing figures.
by babararacucudada
Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Extreme E in the desert - Live!
Replies: 24
Views: 2791

Re: Extreme E in the desert - Live!

The split times are available here The times from the final show how bad an issue the visibility was (I left out Loeb/Guiterrez as no power stearing made them uncompetitive). https://i.postimg.cc/KY72xfKR/final-Times.png Hansen was 30s slower than he'd been in his heat and 14s slower than Munnings ...
by babararacucudada
Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Extreme E in the desert - Live!
Replies: 24
Views: 2791

Re: Extreme E in the desert - Live!

I liked the action, as others have said both Taylor & Munnings impressed behind the wheel. IMO the cars are not quick enough, a road going Tesla is almost 50% faster to 100kph. The lack of visibility for chasing cars effectively means a race lasts 20 seconds, I'd suggest different formats in differ...
by babararacucudada
Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:22 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Extreme E in the desert - Live!
Replies: 24
Views: 2791

Re: Extreme E in the desert - Live!

On the split times for the men and women, that could be fair in qualifying, but in the races, the men usually started first and if they didn't get into the lead, they had to drop back by 15 or 30 seconds due to the dust. The girls tended to inherit those gaps, so they didn't have to drop back, but w...
by babararacucudada
Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:54 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Extreme E in the desert - Live!
Replies: 24
Views: 2791

Re: Extreme E in the desert - Live!

Turns out it was a software problem with the speed limiter that caused the penalties to the Rosberg and Button teams in qualifying. https://www.motorsport.com/extreme-e/news/button-rosberg-penalty-software-fault/6067447/ Molly Taylor does seem fast, and Catie Munnings also showed good skills - pushi...
by babararacucudada
Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Extreme E in the desert - Live!
Replies: 24
Views: 2791

Re: Extreme E in the desert - Live!

I was surprised that the qualifying was quite good! More exciting than F1. They could tighten up the handover a bit, but for safety, it is reasonable to have a minimum changeover time. The racing was rubbish - though the starts did give a slight hint that it is possible (with a hell of a lot of expe...
by babararacucudada
Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:22 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How to make 2021 even better.
Replies: 9
Views: 1573

Re: How to make 2021 even better.

Make the drivers have to race within the track limits and require a driver to allow an overlapping car to stay on the track. That will reduce cornering speeds, increase braking distances and lengthen acceleration out of a corner. I've been advocating that for years. They can keep the same rules for ...
by babararacucudada
Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 237
Views: 25007

Re: 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

The pain begins here for Perez. It starts now. :twisted: Probably in 1 of the least representative conditions for the race. BTW, he has the quickest 3rd sector. I have changed my mind Perez World Champ. Horner saying that Mercedes are looking 'pretty ominous'. Maybe You were expecting Checo to be o...
by babararacucudada
Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:48 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: and now an Overtake button?...
Replies: 25
Views: 2705

Re: and now an Overtake button?...

To be honest, I think the best the best thing they could do to improve it without the need for silly passing aids, is to make the cars smaller and reduce the braking abilities. If braking distances were even 25% longer and the cars were smaller, the changes of attacking under braking would be hugel...