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Harpo

Mercedes-Benz wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 27, 2022 2:17 am

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:27 am
Rain is forecasted for Saturday & Sunday.
lol Ferrari need a normal weekend. In dry they can get 1-2 here but if it is damp or wet then anything can happen.

A normal week-end for Ferrari is one that ends badly. They need an exceptional one, I'd say.

Harpo

:( Hoping France was just a blip.... In my opinion the pressure on Leclerc, if it ever was the reason of his French GP blunder, is not coming from "the stress of a potential WDC", but from the "stress of having to make do with all the points evaporated because of Ferrari's management"... Fair point...

Harpo

Russell and Norris are I think at a very similar level - and always have been. Where they are in relation to the "big 3" I don't know. For me, Max and Lewis are still out front because they have proven this time and time again - there are no question marks. Leclerc this year is starting to do the s...

Harpo

Russell and Norris are I think at a very similar level - and always have been. Where they are in relation to the "big 3" I don't know. For me, Max and Lewis are still out front because they have proven this time and time again - there are no question marks. Leclerc this year is starting to do the s...

Harpo

Obviously a handful of Hamilton followers, eager for settling Russell's case, mistook this poll for the French GP teammate wars poll...

Harpo

The races Leclerc didn't finish by his own fault at the place he should have reached (Imola 6th instead of 3rd or 2nd, France DNF instead of 2nd or 1st) are not enough to consider he is "dropping the ball". All the other points lost are attributable to Ferrari (stupid strategies and engine failures)...

Harpo

Is it only on PF1 forum that Sainz is not driver of day (of the day... qualifications took place on another day) when he is the only one deserving it ?

Harpo

Has anyone seen a plausible suggestion from Ferrari on their strategy in in France? How on earth did that make sense? If you get a plausible suggestion for any Ferrari strategy since Binotto is at the helm (though I suppose he is not the only "stragegist" involved), please let us know... Exchanges ...

Harpo

...but I'm willing to bet even without seeing a breakdown that the biggest part of F1's carbon footprint is actually from freight and logistics. I once read that the amount of fuel used by all Formula 1 cars in all races during a season put together was less than what a Boing 747 used on a single o...

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2) F1 continues as a cherished dinosaur The sport admits that it has no possibility of 'road relevance' as we progress into the 21st century, and stops pretending. Major manufacturers depart as the relevance of F1 to road-going cars approaches and finally reaches 0%, and the series continues, dimin...

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As I don't think the "real" future of terrestrial-vehicles-with-wheels is the kind of electric vehicles we currently name electric cars (from Zoe to Tesla and FE racers, they all use the same dead-end technology), I'm sure some one will come with something more intelligent before 2039.

Harpo

So 6th. Which is where I have him. However, he's 3rd on one poster's list, 4th on two posters' lists and 5th on two posters' lists. I personally can't justify rating that highly without some serious indulgence in Alonso's claims: The amazing lap in Australia... before he/a hydraulics problem put it...

Harpo

I find it telling, and worrying, that :
1- the question has to be asked
2- and that the "zero tolerance" doesn't get a 100 % result

Harpo

This is gossip : Masi is leaving the FIA to work for Uber...

Harpo

According to the BBC, McLaren is "exploring options for 2023" in case Ricciardo decides to leave the team. Albon and Vettel are named as potential candidates. They could be cheaper but will they be any better than Ricciardo (in "this" McLaren, I mean - though, about Albon, I tend to think "in any c...

Harpo

**bump** Why have you called this zombie back from the grave? Explain yourself. Well we have had a few more now and just wondering peoples views have changed? Is it possible to add a July 2022 poll so we could see if views have changed ? Mine has changed : I didn't like the idea, didn't like the 20...

Harpo

I still dont get the point in sprints. Top 6 settle after a couple of laps as the risk isn't worth it. and those who mess up in qualifying and are out of the position have a third of a race distance to put it right Yep, Brawn and Skysports will be telling us how great they are. sorry but sprints ar...

Harpo

There's no business like show business...

Harpo

Ferrari should really name or hire a team boss, and let Binotto be what he is...an engineer, and a good one. But would it solve their problems? Binotto is just the latest of four Ferrari-bosses during the past eight years (Domenicali, Mattiacci, Arrivabene, Binotto), and some have suggested that th...

Harpo

I've just seen a gif of Leclerc apparently explaining to Verstappen what happened to him in the race and Verstappen replying "What, no way", if Ferrari feel the need to continue to appease the tortoise then the hare may leave. If you can read italian or get a good translator (though a lot of the co...

Harpo

DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:29 pm
I don't know why but I've always liked this track. I'll be surprised if Max doesn't walk it though.

It was one of my favourites before they shortened it.
Don't know why, but I see Leclerc leading easily before the Ferrari's field officers beat the retreat...

Harpo

What about a "team of the day" poll. Not sure it would allow a clear choice between the best ones, but we can already choose the worst for the remaining races with little chances to be proved wrong. Or a "individual team mess-up" of the day? Those are easier to identify, and it's more interesting t...

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What about a "team of the day" poll. Not sure it would allow a clear choice between the best ones, but we can already choose the worst for the remaining races with little chances to be proved wrong..
Has Leclerc an "exit clause" in his contract ?

Harpo

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:33 am
Someone else winning than Red Bull would be nice for a change. I would prefer Ferrari but I have sort of giving up hope ...

If not a Ferrari one, it will be an Alpine win...

Harpo

The difficulty with this comparison is that we have no absolute benchmark for DeAngelis. Maybe 85 vs Senna is worth going into.. Over the season it was quite close, only 5pts and 1 win more to Senna, although he had more retirements.. DeAngelis was more consistent, but seldom a potential winner. Po...

Harpo

Well you can praise him for being loyal. Well, to his mob of corrupted partners, but loyal anyway...

Harpo

The difficulty with this comparison is that we have no absolute benchmark for DeAngelis. Maybe 85 vs Senna is worth going into.. Over the season it was quite close, only 5pts and 1 win more to Senna, although he had more retirements.. DeAngelis was more consistent, but seldom a potential winner. Po...

Harpo

If the purpose is to reduce the number of tyres used at each race, they could start with asking for tyres that last, and reduce the change of tyres to just one by race (if not banning it). And only one set of tyres for the 3 stints of qualies.

Harpo

I said last year that I would only "follow". I do. After all, that's what I did when in my teen years and the only thing you could do was reading news and magazines. And even this was more interesting than "watching" nowadays... The new regulations heading F1 towards more ridicule shouldn't be a sur...

Harpo

I'm very surprised they came with something sensible and simple, and more, that they followed my advice. Now, it's leaving me wondering where did I fail, and whether I was not cheated, and the brain of four that I got was not actually a brain of two...

Harpo

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:23 am
Time for water sports...........

Now, that's not a faked marina !

Harpo

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:54 pm
This is known as the 'Wall of Champions' for a reason:

So we know that's not where Latifi will crash....

...Though, as Canadian, he may ask for a pass.

Harpo

But active suspensions were once banned (though I guess that ground effect being banned and then brought back makes the return of active suspension possible). That said, I'm not sure an active suspension would be active enough and fast enough (and resistant) to counterbalance every move of a 800 kg+...

Harpo

As usual, as long as nothing really ugly happens nothing will be done. My idea of imposing measured limits to the porpoising is that the ones already under these limits won't have to modify their cars, so only the pupils who failed their homeworks would be punished. And the ones who got theirs right...

Harpo

21 years, 3 months and 8 days, congrats to Alonso on being the longest ever serving F1 driver! But not the older yet... Go figure ! I don't see the oldest driver record ever being broken, unless somebody pays a lot of money, or some past great gets a race for nostalgia/exhibition reasons. Louis Chi...

Harpo

Jenson's Understeer wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:52 pm
Monaco also saw one of the remaining perfect scores go out the window as Sergio Perez picks up his first TMW win of the season, leaving just Leclerc, Norris and Bottas still yet to let their teammate get on the scoreboard.

Job done.

Harpo

DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:48 pm
You mean revert to being a carnivore and eat the porpoise?

No, I was trying to make the thread interesting just by discussing the limited use of plants when you're a racing driver... Anyway, isn't porpoise protected (which would explain no one in F1 is chasing it...).

Harpo

DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:45 pm
21 years, 3 months and 8 days, congrats to Alonso on being the longest ever serving F1 driver!

But not the older yet... Go figure !

Harpo

If he had stuffed with hay his seat rather than his stomach, he'd sure feel less pain.
But it wouldn't be allowed by rules, while putting some in a cup of boiling water is not only allowed, but mandatory to any British national. I guess it makes the hay dilemna an easy one to solve.

Harpo

Previous "ground effect cars" were not porpoising that much but : - Cars were shorter and smaller with a shorter wheel base. - Cars had not such a long nose out of plumb ("porte-à-faux" in French, I hope my English is correct), trimmed with ridiculous oversized front wings to boot. - Drivers were no...

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