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simonr23

What a pathetic cluster chocolate fudge cake of a shambles. Far too wet- by f1's recent standards to actually race.i predict a safety car procession, for at least 70% of any laps completed. Unless there is a miraculous break in the typhoon. Two thumbs down.

simonr23

Was rosbergs car skipping shifts from those onboard shots? Sounded like really large gear spacing.

simonr23

I'm ready to be gobsmacked to see merc +.5 secs faster than the field in quali. They have a great engine, but also a very good car too.

simonr23

I was quite supposed at how slow the cars were. Is it right that there is a 150kw max power limit? I saw speeds up to 150ish, but the acceleration was quite slow. Seemed good for 0-80kph, but slower than a fast family car after that. A bmw 335i would be quicker, I think. I'm sure the corner speeds a...

simonr23

Bourbon, how do you see that seb had no power on Sunday? He only struggled in sector2- consistently, in the race. Often was faster in s1, and all but even in s3- the two power sectors, whereas s2 is the downfiece/handling sector. I'd summise that seb didn't have a nice car underneath him, rather tha...

simonr23

Getting OT, but peak value isn't a good reference for realistic top speeds. Drafting a faster car with a lucky wind direction will flatter. I think Ferrari and red bull are similar in open air, with merc a noticeable jump higher.

simonr23

Agreed.

Also, I don't think anything sinister of it. Just seemed bad timing and judgement. Why could he not have waited until the field had passed, before taking off. Didn't make much difference anyway. Dan only seemed to be a 6-9th place finisher that race.

simonr23

Once debs car got going did he force dan off track? I never saw a replay, but it seemed like it, live.

simonr23

Just enforce the bloody track limit rule always. No discretion, except for being pushed by another car. Every driver, at nearly every track, runs inside/outside these very obvious markings.

simonr23

Not really a soccer fan :p I do play football a bit, though

Thanks for the link.

simonr23

Add each drivers best sectors and dan ric is fastest. Definite possibility that it's fuel-level affected, but I'm happy with it.

simonr23

I'd be surprised if dan is faster than seb in quali and race trim this year. As an overall result I mean. But I think his raw pace is probably similar though. Faster than Marks, and he already seems to have a mature mindset about the task of tackling the whole race. Mark sometimes seemed to have bra...

simonr23

Massa killed his tyres in each stint. Dan seemed very good in this respect. In the first stint, with seb on the harder tyres, dan was faster at the end of the stint.

simonr23

Drs came back, power loss seems iffy. I think seb was just noticing the merc vs Renault effect. On the paid timing app his trap speeds (one per sector, not all were max speeds) were the same/higher than dans, lap-on-lap.

simonr23

I'm very much NOT a maldo fan, but it didn't seem he did anything stupid. He headed for and hit the apex, without sliding wide afterwards. Guti seemed to turn in a bit too much from his initial, wider entry(allowing for maldo?) and their tyres touched and launched him.

simonr23

Without any info to confirm, it seems that Renault are down some on peak power, but it seems that the main gap is is low/mid range output. Any takers?

simonr23

Park the car, to save hardware?

simonr23

Don't need tin fool hats. Sometimes they are just dumb. Sword starting with f, that rhymes with 'fuckwit '

simonr23

Stupid red bull lollipop person

simonr23

Alongside turned in so much, once the TR was already inside him- at the apex?? I don't see how it is kvyat's fault? I'm not blaming alonso, either, but if I had to tip the scales , I'm putting alonso at 51% wrong.

simonr23

What about massa v grosjean in Hungary this year. Massa ran the full width of the track and as grosjean had nowhere to go-on the outside. He went wide and completed the pass. Grosjean was penalised.

simonr23

Who remembers the turkey incident where vettel attempted the pass and caused both to leave the track. I think that, along with wing-gate made it easier for mark to make his choices in silv2011 and braz2012. They mightn't be correct choices, but I can see why they might be made. Combined with 2010s a...

simonr23

Following another thread about fuel efficiency, I'm interested to know what the graph of acceleration and speeds for a F1 car look like for say the start of the race to the first corner (different for different circuits I know, so maybe one for Barcelona and one for Monaco with something in between...

simonr23

Likely it's down to who can find the most money. If you can get a sponsor who fits within the corporateimage of the team, eeven better. Sometimes teams have been known to see if drivers are am nearly as fast as their poorer contemporaries. This method has been shown to promote talent though, and is ...

simonr23

Posting my impressedness. I hope we're finally seeing a new alonso type scenario.

simonr23

from what i see as a regular member of the public, the rbr top end seem like "insert rude word here that is too late to change now as i've been quoted and i though auto censor would *** it out". clever though. f1 shouldnt be about being the nicest, or most likable, it is about innovation and keeping...

simonr23

i'm a webber fan, and veryclose to being 100% anti-vettel, mainly out of annoyance that he is overall faster, as well as some personality dislike, on occasion. i still believe his pass is penalty worthy. no effort to pass legally. webber was done for it in singapore a couple of years ago. before the...

simonr23

what of raik on ricci. i'm fairly sure i saw him pass whilst yellows were waving?

simonr23

option b.

simonr23

i think of the graph as a individual time trial scenario. the laps 1 though 70 dictating the total amount of 'personal best' laps being considered. if the 'run' was 8, 9, or 10 laps long, massa would have won(ie- his 10 best laps were cumulatively faster than anyone elses 10 best laps). 7laps or les...

simonr23

i'm a webber fan, but it was a boring race, for the most part. the slippery bits near the end were fun though.

simonr23

the issue is that senna moved left in his braking zone, where michael was shaping to go along side senna on the left. michael had to move right as senna had closed the space on the left, and the incident happened.

simonr23

senna was on a line, started braking on that line, and then veered left as schu was gaining under brakes, so schu had to veer right. that was dodgy of senna, due to the not changing line under brake rule/understanding.

simonr23

thays a great result, and thanks mark webber for getting onboard.

simonr23

signed and forwarded.

simonr23

big webber fan, and think he is quite good, but i picked alonso. he is a better 'package' f1 driver than webber. even webber knows it, i'm sure.

simonr23

perez. alonso a close second. maybe senna after this?? alonso had the fastest wet car/fastest driver for the first 10 or so laps at the restart. perez was the closest in pace. for the remaining laps perez/sauber was the fastest. i'm not too sure overall car pace was on display today. i think it was ...

simonr23

i enjoyed the race. i dont follow macca or button, so that wasnt doing anything for me, but the other possies were entertaining and close.

senna was rubbish. did his car have contact early on to damage it?

simonr23

i think rb and macca are even on race pace and merc are behind lotus and willy- based on todays race. i was following webber closely and he seemed the fastest guy from his early 1st stop until the safety car came out. macca may have been in a holding pattern, but even after they stopped, he was stil...

simonr23

i'm a driver fan, but equally a fan of motorsport.

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