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$35 for two lemonades at the opening party. 8O It's been said Miami would replace Monaco...even the prices I suppose! I'm guessing that anyone who imagines a fake blue-painted concrete marina will replace Monaco is: a) American, and b) thinks that that plastic Venice at a Las Vegas hotel is as good...

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... Before the Luxembourg and San Marino GPs I don't remember a huge deal being made about how awesome it was to be racing in Luxembourg or San Marino... Sign of the times. F1 wasn't the major song and dance back in the 70s / 80s that it is today. I don't know whether that is a good thing or not. P...

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Looks like a good fast track. The long straights could mean aero downforce will be almost as compromised as at Monza

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Just watched the Monaco 'E-Prix' (yuk!). I'm an occasional E- watcher. Around the Monaco F1 track - (the only track they share ?) I got the impression that the cars were effectively all the same, and as the drivers were not at ten-tenths driving them their influence was negledgible. What decided the...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/61251337 What Andrew Shovlin says about diagnostic parts hardly sounds like a confidence booster. It looks like they'll be lucky to make any real progress before mid-season, and reading between the lines it seems the car may need a new floor. Does the budget cap...

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That doesn't make sense, if Mercedes build a WDC capable car for next season why wouldn't Hamilton once more be in contention, why would he not have the enthusiasm for it? If Russell outperforms Hamilton over this year, as looks likely; the coming of a race-winning Merc for 2023 will push Russell e...

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That doesn't make sense, if Mercedes build a WDC capable car for next season why wouldn't Hamilton once more be in contention, why would he not have the enthusiasm for it? If Russell outperforms Hamilton over this year, as looks likely; the coming of a race-winning Merc for 2023 will push Russell e...

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Before the season started Hamilton would presumably been strong favourite, but is he even second now?

I'm going for Russell - maybe in 2023. I think Lewis isn't going to be able to raise the enthusiasm for next year.

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Now, as for the sprint race, that is a problem because it sorts all the cars into race-pace order. This means any mixed-up qualifying is likely to have been removed for the main race. That's the big problem. Just what I was thinking after another pointless sprint race at Imola . The main action was...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 24, 2022 9:56 am
Aston Martin share price has tanked, the F1 team is struggling, It must even be obvious to Stroll sr by now that Lance isn't the reincarnation of Senna.

Yes he is - Bruno!

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I'm thinking porpoising will be less of an issue at Imola. Shorter straights where the bumpiness can build. And narrower track, negating side-by-side racing as cars trace a common line. With plenty of water around I'd have thought porpoising would be an advantage! Couldnt it be very dangerous? A su...

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I will add, I am in no way against Max getting alongside as they powered away, just wondering about rules. Had Max made the pass and gone on to win the race, would this have been looked into. I know there's a safety car line that crosses the entire track at the entrance to the pitlane, but as they ...

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I think Russell has been good. We've seen how much drivers who change teams have struggled recently. He's slower than Hamilton but in the same ball park. After the problems with the 2022 Mercedes - and Hamilton's calling it a 'viper', I think given Russell's lack of experience he has done extra wel...

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Based on the results so far, and specifically from Albert Park, I'm pretty much convinced that the new regulations have been a success. The racing seems much improved. I found the last 6 years lack of competition so dull. It is so refreshing now to get halfway through a race and the lead car has no...

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Is there any point in the cars now having numbers? They are impossible to read - I think deliberately. They are placed on top of the nose - where only a helcopter pilot can see, and high up on the rear of the engine cover - invisible except from the side when the car is passing you at high speed. I ...

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My starter is: why did they get rid of the laurel wreaths which were awarded to drivers on the podium? That was a great F1 tradition.
We all know why - because they hid the sponsors' logos. If that doesn't highlight what's wrong with F1 I don't know what does.

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As long as: 1) when the SC goes in and the P1 car assumes control, the P2 car is fully behind him. I.e. they are in single file. 2) the P1 car is still ahead when it crosses the start line. So the overtake is after the 'restart'. I think P2 or other driver accused of crowding is ok - (assuming no d...

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As long as: 1) when the SC goes in and the P1 car assumes control, the P2 car is fully behind him. I.e. they are in single file. 2) the P1 car is still ahead when it crosses the start line. So the overtake is after the 'restart'. I think P2 or other driver accused of crowding is ok - (assuming no da...

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I was reading a bit about this. The porpoising is theorised to be possibly down to some of the F1 restrictions, specifically the wind tunnel. They have a maximum wind speed of something like 108mph (from memory, or around there), but because of the scale of the cars (60% of the actual scale), this ...

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Last year as the championship battle hotted up I remember Toto Woolf saying the team were concentrating more on the 2022 car, whereas Christian Horner said the reverse. If both were telling the truth Mercedes have really messed up their 2022 preparations. Relative to Ferrari and Red Bull their car i...

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Very well said OP, and I agree completely. Formula 1 coverage has been swallowed up by the ever present Facebook-style of emptiness camouflaged as something it isn't. We see another version of it on almost all internet pages covering F1. They need attention every day, and if there isn't anything go...

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Interesting track changes. Will they help overtaking? Wider corner entries may help a bit if the cars can follow closely enough. Losing T9/10 won't help, although the drivers will love it. Where are the DRS zones?

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The guests such as celebs is getting really tedious. They get far too much footage, and often give terrible answers to the media. And it isn't like the media half the time don't ask stupid questions. I don't remember who it was but i loved it when coulthard one time said that one of them was faking...

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My understanding is that even after the SC peels off and race leader takes control, overtaking is not allowed until after the start line is crossed, so the cars should remain in order - even if they are partly side-by-side - until then. It's up to drivers to take care in that situation just as it is...

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We are certainly seeing the impact of Liberty and how they want the "product" to be. I don't like it but if they feel it's what's needed to promote the sport. As long as the racing and coverage are good, I can live with (ignore) the other rubbish. Agreed. Liberty are promoting a 'product' to prospe...

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Well I'll reserve judgement because ultimately it's the quality of the racing that counts for me. I don't care about the party atmosphere or "iconic backdrops". But THREE US races.. really? Still no US driver and Haas don't really carry much of a US identity. I can't see all 3 races staying on the ...

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This will be the make-or-break year for Leclerc. If he really is in the Hamilton/Verstappen class he has to beat Sainz regularly to prove it. So far he is doing so, but the margin is slim. We will also be able to judge from Sainz's demeanour if and when he realises he's not in the very top class. J...

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This will be the make-or-break year for Leclerc. If he really is in the Hamilton/Verstappen class he has to beat Sainz regularly to prove it. So far he is doing so, but the margin is slim. We will also be able to judge from Sainz's demeanour if and when he realises he's not in the very top class.

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I always have hated how they increased the amount of points for first place from 10 to 25. They could've just altered the ratios to the current system without completely destroying the "backwards compatibility". Doing that would result in fairly unsightly point totals... 10 7.2 6 4.8 4 3.2 2.4 1.6 ...

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I think they'd need to trial the no-DRS idea at one race before deciding to get rid of DRS altogether. Exactly this. I'd also dare say that it should be the sprint races If trialled for a whole race how will we be able to compare the with/without DRS configs ? Each track is different, and comparing...

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After 2 races we have had a fair amount of evidence about whether the new aero package has made for closer racing as intended. Watching the 2 GPs my feeling is that it has. Cars seem to be following closer than in recent years, with more dicing for position - not necessarily overtakes, but more clos...

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I'm not quite sure what you mean, is 1pt meaningless when another driver scores 25pts? Like I've said I'm not a fan of participation points, scoring points should mean something. If a winner gets 50pts and so on down, getting 1pt for coming home 12th is going to make no difference to who's champion...

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Same here. Dropping some scores always seemed to backfire when it was used. I don't see any gain in it. The more contrived the scoring system, the more some drivers or teams will be encouraged to skew their performances to maximise pts rather than results. My first thought is that having 12 pts sco...

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I have a problem with a win and 4 second places being virtually the same as 4 wins and a DNF that could be beyond the drivers control. This is true. Maybe it is time to look at dropped scores again? You would have to have a lot of dropped rounds, it use to be 11 from 16 so that would make it at 16 ...

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Any chance of even the hard the tyres lasting more than 15 laps this time?

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I thought we had some smart people on this forum. To complain about a safety car when there is a live and fully electrified car on rhe circuit is no joke. Wanna know how much of a joke it is. Go put your hand in a exposed plug why your hands are wet. Let's see you joke about the safety of the marsh...

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Am I the only one who thinks the current points scores for P1 - 10 are out of kilter? For a start, surely the 18/15 scores for 2nd & 3rd are too similar. Until 2002 the top 6 pts were 9-6-4-3-2-1. (That was adjusted to 10-6.. in 1991) A win was worth more than twice 3rd place, and 2nd was 50% more t...

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Not sure they can safely push a car that has failed that badly these days without a safety risk from the electrics. So it's there for the rest of the race then? I mean as first responders. There is presumably secondary systems for checking it is safe, but that takes time. Agreed, I'm not down with ...

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No one's talking about Russell! Wasn't he underwhelming? If yes, what is because it was his first race in Mercedes or the performance deficit will remain for much of this season? He messed up Q3, okay. But he quickly made up the 3 places he'd thrown away and followed Hamilton home without problem. ...

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JN23 wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 03, 2022 11:21 am
F1 has terminated its contract with the Russian GP, meaning no move to St Petersburg from 2023.

Excellent news. No doubt Putin was the destination for any profit from the Russian GP..

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