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- Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:35 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Official Fernando Alonso thread
- Replies: 1401
- Views: 498945
Re: The Official Fernando Alonso thread
I really keep my fingers crossed for some fight with Max (clean or not so clean, time will tell) to see young talent vs veteran who still believes. I say the sparks will fly and radio will be instant "Greatest Hits" category. ... I would think he will be less inclined to tangle with Alonso than he ...
- Mon Mar 06, 2023 12:39 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 is becoming more Americanised and shares some similarities to nascar.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2832
Re: F1 is becoming more Americanised and shares some similarities to nascar.
Personally, I have never analysed the rule and format changes to think about what other sport they are seemingly mimicking. My biggest gripe is that the sport is slowly moving away from its traditions and is seemingly far more interested in getting new, quick-fire fans, rather than pleasing those o...
- Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:49 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5167
Re: 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Well everyone has done a soft run in FP2 and the top 10 is... 1. Alonso 2. Verstappen 3. Perez 4. Leclerc 5. Hulkenberg 6. Stroll 7. Gasly 8. Hamilton 9. Norris 10. Zhou Who wouldn't take that grid? It would be a hell of a lot more exciting than we were expecting. I'm not getting my hopes up just y...
- Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 is becoming more Americanised and shares some similarities to nascar.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2832
Re: F1 is becoming more Americanised and shares some similarities to nascar.
Personally, I have never analysed the rule and format changes to think about what other sport they are seemingly mimicking. My biggest gripe is that the sport is slowly moving away from its traditions and is seemingly far more interested in getting new, quick-fire fans, rather than pleasing those o...
- Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Official Oscar Piastri Thread
- Replies: 87
- Views: 10982
Re: The Official Oscar Piastri Thread
It clearly helped Perez with Red Bull having a dominant car so Red Bull won all the titles whereas Ricciardo cost McLaren 4th in the WCC. Beyond that it's sort of becoming acceptable for Verstappen's teammates to get crushed whereas Norris hasn't really got the reputation for doing likewise. Well's...
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:44 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 2023 pre-season thread - car launches, testing news etc
- Replies: 92
- Views: 15640
Re: F1 2023 pre-season thread - car launches, testing news etc
I recall that being Vettel, in a Ferrari, in qualifying at Momza. Not sure of the year. Edit: found an article relatng to it - is RaceFans an acceptable source? That was the white line on the outside of the exit to Parabolica wasn't it? I can see how it's tough to manage regardless of the rule. If ...
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:52 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Predict the team pecking order in Bahrain
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1530
Re: Predict the team pecking order in Bahrain
I was about to say 'wow, all my predictions are exactly the same' but then realised I'm the first one to complete it :lol: Even though RBR looked good, I've a feeling Ferrari could do well here. Merc might be downplaying their test as well. Aston could be the wildcard here, as could Alfa. I don't ha...
- Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:06 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2023 Pre-Season Test Thread (Bahrain)
- Replies: 78
- Views: 9011
Re: 2023 Pre-Season Test Thread (Bahrain)
Three days of testing is a joke. That said, I'll be tuning in Saturday just to see that Merc on track. Just out of curiosity, how do you see that limited testing affects the sport from a viewer's perspective? I'm struggling to see how returning to the old testing practices would make the F1 experie...
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:48 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2023 Pre-Season Test Thread (Bahrain)
- Replies: 78
- Views: 9011
Re: 2023 Pre-Season Test Thread (Bahrain)
Three days of testing is a joke.
That said, I'll be tuning in Saturday just to see that Merc on track.
That said, I'll be tuning in Saturday just to see that Merc on track.
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:48 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Mercedes W14 revealed!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6853
Re: Mercedes W14 revealed!
Not a fan of this Merc design TBH but not becuase I don't think it looks nice, it does, but to me, Merc's should be silver, not black. Ferrari's should be red, Mercs should be silver. Wasn't a fan of the previous black Merc look & i'm no different on this one. Folklore is that Mercedes are silver b...
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:23 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Which team has the best driver pairing?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4818
Re: Which team has the best driver pairing?
Here is how I voted in the poll: 1 Mercedes 2 Ferrari 3 Red Bull Racing 4 McLaren 5 Aston Martin 6 Alpine 7 Haas 8 Alfa Romeo 9 Williams 10 Alpha Tauri Pretty much in line with the results. I think AT has the worst pairing (I don't rate Tsunoda and De Vries is still unproven). Surprising to see Haas...
- Thu Feb 16, 2023 3:55 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2023 predictions
- Replies: 78
- Views: 11993
Re: 2023 predictions
Here's a prediction. Lewis Hamilton Will cop a Race Ban. And announce his retirement from the sport in 2023. Why. The FIA will stand firm on the drivers making political statements. And with Lewis already saying he will not be silenced. He's gonna be hit with a couple of fines and a Race ban for op...
- Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2023 predictions
- Replies: 78
- Views: 11993
Re: 2023 predictions
Here's a prediction. Lewis Hamilton Will cop a Race Ban. And announce his retirement from the sport in 2023. Why. The FIA will stand firm on the drivers making political statements. And with Lewis already saying he will not be silenced. He's gonna be hit with a couple of fines and a Race ban for op...
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:24 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Mercedes W14 revealed!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6853
Re: Mercedes W14 revealed!
Nice to see large, clear numbers too.
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2023 predictions
- Replies: 78
- Views: 11993
Re: 2023 predictions
- Lewis v Max v George v Charles for the WDC - Alonso to pull off a surprise win - McLaren in-fighting between Norris and Piastri - Same for Alpine - AT to finish last in WCC - Vegas will be a complete let-down (I hope) - Hulk on the podium! no sainz for the WDC running Nope - for the same reasons ...
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 11:35 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2023 predictions
- Replies: 78
- Views: 11993
Re: 2023 predictions
- Lewis v Max v George v Charles for the WDC
- Alonso to pull off a surprise win
- McLaren in-fighting between Norris and Piastri
- Same for Alpine
- AT to finish last in WCC
- Vegas will be a complete let-down (I hope)
- Hulk on the podium!
- Alonso to pull off a surprise win
- McLaren in-fighting between Norris and Piastri
- Same for Alpine
- AT to finish last in WCC
- Vegas will be a complete let-down (I hope)
- Hulk on the podium!
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:37 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Jean-Pierre Jabouille passed away
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10403
Re: Jean-Pierre Jabouille passed away
I remember he won the race more famous for Villeneuve and Arnoux's battle at the 1979 French GP; the TV director almost forgot to show him crossing the line in first
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:21 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Haas VF23 livery revealed!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11266
Re: Haas VF23 livery revealed!
And the search for clearly distinguishable numbers on cars continues... I was thinking the same - I'm sure there was a rule brought in (2017-ish?) that stated car numbers had to be a certain minimum size for the benefit of TV viewers? It is the Nr1 thing that annoys me during the races, more than C...
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:55 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Haas VF23 livery revealed!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11266
- Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:52 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Worst driver ever
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5918
Re: Worst driver ever
Chanoch Nissany (Roy's father) has to be up there too. Took part in FP1 at Hungary 2005 and was nearly 7 seconds slower than his team mate Christijan Albers, and nearly THIRTEEN seconds off P1. He then spun into the gravel and forgot how to remove the steering wheel, so was towed back whilst still i...
- Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:19 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Female Racing Drivers
- Replies: 3386
- Views: 746219
Re: Female Racing Drivers
Not sure if anyone else went to Autosport International this weekend just gone, but I had a good chat with Jodie Sloss, Alicia Barrett and Katie Milner yesterday who were there promoting Formula Woman. They were telling me about their five year plan to have an all-women entry at Le Mans - drivers, m...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:22 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ayrton Senna if he raced in 2023
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10381
Re: Ayrton Senna if he raced in 2023
There are a lot of things considered acceptable 40 years ago that aren't now. It shouldn't detract from what Senna 'the racer' was like and why you idolised him in the first place.
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:54 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: CONFIRMED: Mattia Binotto to be replaced by Fred Vasseur as Ferrari TP
- Replies: 80
- Views: 9810
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:26 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: What are your thoughts on the F1 2022 regulation changes?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3084
Re: What are your thoughts on the F1 2022 regulation changes?
Grid penalties is another thing. For me there's nothing worse than seeing someone take pole but then told immediately by the commentator that they have a 5-place penalty for a gearbox change. It's like seeing a wonder goal in football that's then ruled out by VAR (not a good analogy but hopefully yo...
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:09 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: What are your thoughts on the F1 2022 regulation changes?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3084
Re: What are your thoughts on the F1 2022 regulation changes?
DRS should be limited to a certain number of uses during the race, and not at all in qualifying (it's an overtaking aid after all?). Having a DRS train lap after lap doesn't help with the 'spectacle' at all and only hinders those in the midfield. I'm in the minority here but I genuinely think F1 sho...
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:19 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix FP & Qualy/Sprint Thread
- Replies: 200
- Views: 13462
Re: 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix FP & Qualy/Sprint Thread
I also cancelled my sky package earlier this year God I wish I could do that. In Australia it's either Foxtel (SKY) or nothing. I think some people say F1TV subscription is much better Don't think it's available in the UK though... For now, I make do with 'alternative' means, but I'm finding myself...
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:47 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Rare, Funny & Interesting F1 Pictures
- Replies: 1869
- Views: 888441
Re: Rare, Funny & Interesting F1 Pictures
He was probably annoyed due to this:Siao7 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:24 pmI can leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-37Nck ... nsights2.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Zbo5Ujpss
- Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:28 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Help me rate these drivers from best to worst
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1988
Re: Help me rate these drivers from best to worst
Before I give mine, may I ask where you picked these names from? Having Kimi and Marques in the same list is rather odd! Anyway, here's mine: Kimi Raikkonen Nico Rosberg Jenson Button Rubens Barrichello Martin Brundle Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas Johnny Herbert Ricardo Patrese Eddie Irvine Jarno Tru...
- Wed Oct 12, 2022 3:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hulkenberg vs Sainz 2017-2018 Revisited
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1777
Re: Hulkenberg vs Sainz 2017-2018 Revisited
Going back a bit we saw Fisichella in the same way. An almost universal perception that they were a top talent just waiting for the right machinery. Didn't he though? In 2005 and 2006 he had one of the best cars on the grid, and still only took a couple of wins. Admittedly he was up against Alonso.
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:27 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Overly cluttered F1 graphics, unwanted sound and other stuff
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2665
Re: Overly cluttered F1 graphics, unwanted sound and other stuff
Now that you mention it, I'm sure I saw a graphic of Bottas before the race saying he's a colonel in the Finnish army or something?
It beggars belief...
It beggars belief...
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:31 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Overly cluttered F1 graphics, unwanted sound and other stuff
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2665
Re: Overly cluttered F1 graphics, unwanted sound and other stuff
And the fact that the TV director completely missed Max crossing the line due to the Leclerc/Perez battle; call me old-fashioned but the winner taking the chequered flag is one of the traditions that has always been, regardless whether the driver is on his own at the front or not.
- Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:49 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Irvine vs Schumacher 1996-1999 Revisited
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2250
Re: Irvine vs Schumacher 1996-1999 Revisited
No crashes were investigated back then lol. And he spun around a blind bend onto the racing line. What's he supposed to do? The yellow flags were waving. That means slow down and be prepared to stop. Clearly Salo wasn't. Weren't they? I thought they were, my bad :-P I couldn't see the yellows from ...
- Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Barrichello vs Irvine 1993-1995 Revisited
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1461
- Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:24 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Overly cluttered F1 graphics, unwanted sound and other stuff
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2665
Re: Overly cluttered F1 graphics, unwanted sound and other stuff
I'd welcome a constant display of pitstops done. I mean all the time I saw S, M or H displayed but not how many pits people did. I'd prefer to see M2, S1 etc displayed. Esp yesterday, when VSC/SC, left the room for a short time, came back, order reshuffled so much took me some time to figure it out...
- Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:36 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Overly cluttered F1 graphics, unwanted sound and other stuff
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2665
Re: Overly cluttered F1 graphics, unwanted sound and other stuff
I'd welcome a constant display of pitstops done. I mean all the time I saw S, M or H displayed but not how many pits people did. I'd prefer to see M2, S1 etc displayed. Esp yesterday, when VSC/SC, left the room for a short time, came back, order reshuffled so much took me some time to figure it out...
- Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:16 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Albon out for Monza, De Vries to replace him
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1477
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:00 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hill vs Frentzen 1999 Revisited
- Replies: 5
- Views: 854
Re: Hill vs Frentzen 1999 Revisited
Hill's autobiography gives a good insight into his mindset going into 1999. He detested the grooved tyres (they added an extra groove to the fronts for 99 if IIRC) and his motivation had dropped severely. Silverstone was supposed to be his last race before Verstappen took over, but Eddie convinced h...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:25 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hill vs Villeneuve 1996 Revisited
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1467
Re: Hill vs Villeneuve 1996 Revisited
It was very 2016 esque with the bad starts basically deciding all the races. They did not race each other on track , except Portugal where JV was quicker and Hungary were Hill was quicker. Its very hard to draw any conclusions I never realised this until now - apart from Melbourne (and ignoring pit...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:56 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hill vs Villeneuve 1996 Revisited
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1467
Re: Hill vs Villeneuve 1996 Revisited
It was very 2016 esque with the bad starts basically deciding all the races. They did not race each other on track , except Portugal where JV was quicker and Hungary were Hill was quicker. Its very hard to draw any conclusions I never realised this until now - apart from Melbourne (and ignoring pit...
- Fri Aug 26, 2022 8:08 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Audi in F1 - what does that mean to you?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3196
Re: Audi in F1 - what does that mean to you?
Probably to test the water for a year or two and then see if it's worth buying into a team.