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j man

Quite ironic a few days after Hamilton's mind games about the emotional difficulty of Verstappen fighting for the championship and he makes another mistake in his title fight here. Should be a fun race to watch, but would expect Hamilton to get Sainz and Russell (not going to want to interfere with...

j man

The pit lane bump was a poor error. I wouldn't make too much of the subsequent spin though, he clearly had no tyre temperature because of the extra time spent in the pit lane and then having to let the field through on his outlap. Ultimately though I don't think any of it cost him anything as Merced...

j man

Interesting. It does seem like it would make the whole broadcasting structure more efficient by having the same company own and broadcast the footage. Currently Liberty Media own the footage and broadcasters like Sky then have to buy it off them and turn a profit by passing the costs onto consumers....

j man

This far in advance it's difficult to know precisely where and when the rain is going to fall. Despite the rain icon, the chance of rain stated in that graphic is only 38%. It would be great to have something to liven up this terribly uninspired venue, but I'll not be getting my hopes up!

j man

Another highly enjoyable IndyCar race. It should be heresy for me to say this as a European, but I'm starting to prefer IndyCar to F1. I was impressed with how they sorted out the first corner mess in the Portland event. Any driver who cut the first corner, as detected by timing loops in the track, ...

j man

F1_Ernie wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:12 pm
Could be worse and title gets decided by the farce what happened at the Belgium grand prix.

Well... at least Max deserved some reward for sticking it on pole in those conditions. And how different was it really to what we're served up at Monaco each year?

j man

I'm going to make this sound way easier than it is, but it's fundamentally true: we need more F1 teams. Sadly Liberty Media are not going to have any more than the bare minimum number of teams required for a viable series. Every team needs a slice of the TV revenue to survive, which would only decr...

j man

If the budget cap has the desired effect of closing up the field and then this may be the last year we really see this sort of thing. This sort of "you back off or we crash" mentality can only work in a two-horse race for the championship. Piastri and Zhou aren't resorting to this behaviour in F2 be...

j man

Verstappen's racing attitude is scary and at times dangerous. He come across like a spoilt Br4t. Hardly surprising when you see how the Red Bull management act. I wonder whether skipping the junior series and going straight into F1 is a factor here. His attitude of expecting everyone to jump out of...

j man

Picking the winner always feels like a bit of a cop-out but Ricciardo probably does deserve it today. I don't think there were any real standout performances from the rest of the field that I would choose instead.

j man

Copying in what I wrote on the race thread... Both drivers are playing the "you back off or we crash" game every time they encounter each other on track. At least Lewis has exercised some judgement and backed down a few times this year, Max has not done so once. Something needs to be done to clamp d...

j man

Perhaps the more pertinent question is, is this thread done?

j man

I almost wonder if, given Lewis ended up with a Red Bull resting on his head, both drivers will receive a penalty for not backing out when the other didn't. Both could have given more space and avoided that collision. Sure, Max should have bailed across the runoff. And Lewis, on cold tyres, probabl...

j man

My second impression is that it's still rubbish.

j man

What a waste of time. Apart from Hamilton they all basically finished where they started and we've eliminated Gasly for no good reason.

I look forward to Ross Brawn lecturing us on how great that was.

j man

Engine components used up till now. Don't think many are safe out there from taking an engine penalty: https://i.imgur.com/8OKoZ7x.png Source - Imgur Just because they are on their 3rd engines I don't think it means the previous two have been thrown away never to be used again (apart from those tha...

j man

Filled it in. The list of ideas for "improving the show" was mostly horrendous.

Not sure how much attention is going to be paid to the additional comments box at the end, but I used it to have a moan about the sport's unhealthy obsession with aerodynamics.

j man

Sunday's debacle did get me wondering why this has never happened before (at least to my knowledge). I mean we've had a number of red flags and curtailed races due to torrential downpours but I'm not aware of any instance in the 71 years of F1 where no racing laps could be completed at all. People w...

j man

Masi talking rubbish https://www.racefans.net/2021/08/29/late-race-restart-was-genuine-attempt-to-achieve-green-flag-running-masi/ Indeed there might have been a one hour clock running but as soon as the cars had completed enough laps for the race to legible for points he then immediately red flagg...

j man

Red Bull thanking Masi for getting them through this took the biscuit - they wouldn’t be so quick to do so had he not allowed a procession to enable them to pull back 5 points. It was obvious there was going to be no racing before the 2 laps were completed. Was going to highlight this little incide...

j man

If we're going to commend anyone today, I suggest the fans at the circuit who stayed right to the end in the most horrendous weather.

Apart from the small handful booing Lewis again

j man

Immensely frustrating, but I don't think they could have run the race in the conditions. What irritates me here is that F1 is pretending that a race actually happened, are giving out championship points and are holding a podium ceremony. Incredibly embarrassing for the drivers to have to stand up th...

j man

So we had a parade where everyone finished where they started, apart from one driver who crashed.

Basically the Monaco Grand Prix but at least it was only 5 minutes long.

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Banana Man wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:04 pm
So the three hours isn’t a limit… what a stupid half baked rule.

Have they realised it's a stupid rule and just changed it on the fly?

j man

Thus 3 hour rule is really bad. The ultimate screw you to the fans for the sake of protecting the TV stations schedules. This really isn't F1 at his best. It's F1 when it's appealing to the wrong people. Yes, I was quite taken aback to hear that the race timer is now ticking down. Even if they star...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 29, 2021 1:33 pm
Maybe Pirelli should cease making wet tyres...They're barely used.

Honestly I think part of the recent trend of increased caution with wet conditions is that Pirelli's full wet tyre is hopeless.

j man

This is where Michael Masi earns his money. The drivers make it clear that they don't want to race, but the pertinent question is whether they can race. In this instance I think the delay is the right call. There's no point in starting the race if the drivers are all going to run into each other wit...

j man

Hamilton looked to be very fast in Sector 1 in qualifying, often losing time through Sector 2. Might suggest he's set up for more straight line speed, which could make this start very interesting.

j man

An unpopular opinion I'm sure, but I went for the 2010s. Admittedly I started watching in the mid 90s so can't offer an informed opinion on the viewing experience prior to that. What I will say in favour of recent years though is: - Safety for drivers, marshalls and fans alike. No further explanatio...

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I did get them all, though not as quickly and confidently as Seb! Had to ponder over a few of them, particularly around the 60s and the Senna/Prost years. It is strange that they were the most famous rivalry and championship battles in the sport's history, yet I have to think carefully to recall who...

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My main outlier from the norm is Gasly and I almost placed him even lower. I think the Alpha Tauri is a seriously good car that should be competing with the Ferrari. They've left a lot of points on the table this season. On second thoughts I think this is right, and in fact has been the case for a ...

j man

:thumbup: Really interesting video. This is what the 2017 rule change should have been doing, instead of following Bernie's ridiculous idea that all we wanted was faster cars. I wonder if the teams will deliberately try to engineer their cars to counter the intent of these rules and increase the tur...

j man

Here is how I voted in the poll: 1 Norris 2 Verstappen 3 Leclerc 4 Gasly 5 Hamilton 6 Russell 7 Alonso 8 Vettel 9 Bottas 10 Ocon 11 Stroll 12 Perez 13 Sainz 14 Schumacher 15 Raikkonen 16 Giovianzzi 17 Ricciardo 18 Latifi 19 Mazepin 20 Tsunoda Norris is the standout performer for me. Absolutely fault...

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I thought they were going to restore the gravel traps at Raidillon after the Hubert incident? I agree with the posts above that something has to be done to make the corner safer, and if you ask me it's the tarmac runoff that's the main problem here as it causes crashed cars to bounce back onto the t...

j man

Here's my idea. Friday: FP1 & FP 2 (1 hr each) Saturday: FP3 (1 hr) + Quali Sunday: Race Remarkable idea, has this been tried before? How did it work out? In all seriousness I agree though, the existing format is fine. We don't need any alternatives to sprint qualifying outside of what we have alre...

j man

Badly.

I'm expecting contact the next time they encounter each other on track. Max needs to be wary, Hamilton was quite willing to race in this manner with Rosberg and he was remarkably good at it.

j man

What I can say in favour of it is that it means there is meaningful F1 action on each day of the race weekend so I think it's a positive thing for the fans at the track. From past experience I think Friday can be a little dull once you've got over the novelty of seeing the cars in action. For the TV...

j man

Having thought about this a little more I'm more inclined to call it a racing incident. Much has been made of Hamilton being slightly wide through the corner, but I think this only happened because Verstappen had squeezed him right up to the inside wall, heavily compromising his trajectory through t...

j man

My initial vote was for Hamilton and Mercedes, but I have to admit that despite today's setback Verstappen has to be favourite now. He looks to have the beating of Hamilton on all types of circuit, and without the collision he would have won today's race. I still think Mercedes for the constructors'...

j man

Nice to see the British fans cheering while Max is in the barriers, possibly seriously hurt given the speed of the crash. Doesnt surprise me one bit though, I've been to two races and heard the cheering for Rosberg & Vettel's issues, shameful. Shameful when the British do it, but when it happens in...

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