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Blinky McSquinty

Technically, I can easily think of a method to circumvent the fuel flow regulations. The fuel flow sensors are at least before the fuel rail that leads to each cylinder. If not, you need six individual sensors versus one. At each cylinder the fuel rail leads to a solenoid that opens and closes to re...

Blinky McSquinty

Mort Canard wrote:You want to discredit the results you need some logical reason and evidence to do so.

Umm, no.

You made the claim, therefore it is incumbent on you to prove your claim. Anyone challenging your claim does not have the burden to disprove your claim.

Blinky McSquinty

I would love to see the protest, because IMO the Renault system is not illegal, but a novel way to improve the driver/car performance. I went over the regulations, and while such things as anti-lock are banned, this system is not actually anti-lock but just fine-tunes the braking balance dependent o...

Blinky McSquinty

At this very moment Norris is streaming the driver's parade, on Twitch

Blinky McSquinty

It starts when the teams expect to have one last lap, soft tires, everything executed perfectly to put in that screamer of a lap. But as Mike Tyson once said "everyone has a plan until you get punched in the mouth". You would expect what is touted as the premier racing series as having people capabl...

Blinky McSquinty

It is not the procedures that caused this farce, it stems from tires that are good for just one lap, have a very fine temperature range, and that they come out of the pits with hot tires. Ban tire warmers, make the tires less specific in their operating range, and severely penalize anyone going too ...

Blinky McSquinty

I am seriously baffled at the posts on here that are equating the rules of engagement in an on track overtake/duel during the race with the first corner following a start. Whether you think Kimi or Max is the one at fault, they are not the same, and equating the incident to Schumacher and Hill at A...

Blinky McSquinty

May be a silly/unworkable idea what about a screen at the top of Raidillon for the drivers which shows real time footage of the top of the hill. You wouldn't expect drivers to watch it closely obviously but they would be able to see it in their peripheral vision as they go up the hill and have an i...

Blinky McSquinty

"Able to race closely" is the only item I agreed with. Believing a car is fast is more ego than reality because the regulations place a ceiling on performance. That is why we see other series steadily closing the gap on lap times. They are steadily improving and getting faster, while Formula One is...

Blinky McSquinty

I'm not sure where you get that idea. Since the 2017 rules changes; the gaps between F1 and all other series have just widened. Even Indycars are now as much as 12-13 seconds slower at some tracks. Most other series have gone to more standardization of parts and other cost controls while F1 has jus...

Blinky McSquinty

First off, IndyCar is a driver's only championship - the team only wins with the driver. It makes sense to have unique liveries for each car. In F1, everything is about the team. The blue flag idea is brought up often, and I completely disagree with it. Until we have cars that can race each other m...

Blinky McSquinty

"Able to race closely" is the only item I agreed with. Believing a car is fast is more ego than reality because the regulations place a ceiling on performance. That is why we see other series steadily closing the gap on lap times. They are steadily improving and getting faster, while Formula One is ...

Blinky McSquinty

Well there is the 2021 rules set to do just that, I can't think of these many things that F1 could learn from Indycars? How about no two cars in identical livery, no blue flags, and the push-to-pass? If two team cars are not in identical livery, then they have different sponsors and two distinct so...

Blinky McSquinty

It's still not like for like though because Indycars don't generate that much downforce when compared to a F1 car. That is an area dictated by cost controls (which Formula One is famous for ignoring). Indycar is a spec series, and there is little any team can do to modify the car. Meanwhile in Form...

Blinky McSquinty

It's still not like for like though because Indycars don't generate that much downforce when compared to a F1 car. That is an area dictated by cost controls (which Formula One is famous for ignoring). Indycar is a spec series, and there is little any team can do to modify the car. Meanwhile in Form...

Blinky McSquinty

I like them all. Any one of them can out-drive anyone you know, and quite easily. They are under perpetual intense pressure and must perform. They crash, they get criticized, they win, they get criticized. And fans can go sideways just because. It is easier being a porn star, at least someone is sat...

Blinky McSquinty

Current Formula One drivers do not experience complete races where they are always involved in a close battle. It is not incompetence, it is just that they are rusty. Give any Formula One driver a few close races and they will all rise to the occasion and put on a heck of a show. We just need to gi...

Blinky McSquinty

Current Formula One drivers do not experience complete races where they are always involved in a close battle. It is not incompetence, it is just that they are rusty. Give any Formula One driver a few close races and they will all rise to the occasion and put on a heck of a show. We just need to giv...

Blinky McSquinty

Verstappen is good, and he intends to be the best. He is not there yet, but he is determined to be able to beat anyone on any track. One dirty little secret going on within iRacing is that genuine Formula One drivers are now honing their skills within that sim. Yes, a sim is not that same as real li...

Blinky McSquinty

Invade wrote:I am absolutely convinced that Lewis Hamilton is the fastest sportsman of all-time.

Wrong

Wing Commander Andrew Duncan Green OBE reached 763.035 miles per hour on October 15, 1997.

Blinky McSquinty

The idea that it's all the car still is also demonstrably wrong. At Silverstone both Mercedes were over 20 seconds ahead of any competitor at the end of the race. It is the car. That being said, my statement could apply to any winning driver and any winning team for the last forty years. It is the ...

Blinky McSquinty

So far we have been given small doses of fun racing. The 2019 regulations attempted to change the flow of air from around the front tires to over them. And in the last few races we have enjoyed sustained wheel-to-wheel racing by some cars and drivers. So there is a light at the end of the tunnel. In...

Blinky McSquinty

The idea that it's all the car still is also demonstrably wrong. At Silverstone both Mercedes were over 20 seconds ahead of any competitor at the end of the race. It is the car. That being said, my statement could apply to any winning driver and any winning team for the last forty years. It is the ...

Blinky McSquinty

That means that Bottas is unable to come 2nd in the WDC despite supposedly having the best car, yet Lewis is winning comfortably; demonstrating more consistency, speed and racecraft than his teammate. To me the implication is that if Lewis wasn't there, then Mercedes would not be winning any of the...

Blinky McSquinty

What are your thoughts on this car and the future influence it will inevitably affect on motorsport? It is a beautiful show car, and possibly the ultimate pure electric car. But from a practical perspective, a colossal failure. If one has any hope of a decent range, it must never exceed the posted ...

Blinky McSquinty

The one almost inexcusable aspect of the race today was for Bottas to bin it so close to the end given the circumstances of the WDC and his aspirations, with Hamilton out of the picture. It was such a colossal muck-up. And Hamilton had a comfortable lead when he lost it. Which was the more profound...

Blinky McSquinty

Right now, Hamilton is a huge asset. That much is clear from his performances and also from a whole catalogue of complimentary remarks Wolff had made over the years. I will not stand in the way of anyone stating that Hamilton is a top driver. In fact I will take it further to state that he maybe th...

Blinky McSquinty

I will preface my point by saying I mostly agree with you and am playing devil's advocate here. The only argument for a change in driving personnel is that Hamilton is 34 years old and probably has about 3-4 seasons left in the sport. His performance could start to really decline in that time too. ...

Blinky McSquinty

At least if they keep Bottas for 2020 & he slips up then all people would be saying is that ok it's time to get rid of him. If Ocon slips up, there could be some serious questions asked. Golden words jezza13. When you have a team doing everything right, to make any changes would require a darn good...

Blinky McSquinty

Who approves the team's racing budget and are the actual bosses? The Mercedes Board of Directors. What do they want? Ideally a 1-2 every race, a manufacturer's title at end of the year, and lastly, a WDC. With Hamilton and Bottas as drivers and Wolff running the racing operations, those goals are al...

Blinky McSquinty

Wow, it has been almost two complete years since I posted in this thread. The new features iRacing have introduced turned this sim into an addiction. I have joined a team and participated in both the 24 Hours of Lemans and the 24 Hours of Spa. The endurance world has been born inside iRacing, and no...

Blinky McSquinty

[quote="mikeyg123"[They definitely can and they definitely do. It's not possible for Hamilton to change engine mode without someone from Mercedes nodding it through. [/quote] You are confusing the hierarchy of control with what is technically possible. A customer of an engine manufacturer may be con...

Blinky McSquinty

How Lewis did that I don’t know and Bottas will be asking that question too. Because the Mercedes is absolutely dominant at Silverstone. For almost the entire race the Mercedes team had both car's performance turned waaay down. When a car is that far ahead of the competition and you have a limited ...

Blinky McSquinty

Hamilton was going to win this race even without the safety car imo. He was so much faster. That is pure biased conjecture. Bottas was the quicker driver in practices and qualifying. He won the start, and was ahead when the safety car came out. We shall never know how things may have played out if ...

Blinky McSquinty

Vettel is fast, and can race, but that quote of Alonso's along the lines of "lets see how good he is when he doesn't have the best car" is ringing louder every race. One can apply that saying to ANY driver, without exception. When a quality driver is placed in a pressure situation and fighting uphi...

Blinky McSquinty

Formula One fans .. Vettel has a bad day and they are planning his retirement dinner. Yes, he can make mistakes, but he is still very quick. As far as challenging his racecraft, he guessed Verstappen would swing right to follow the racing line. And before you can snap your fingers, everything was cl...

Blinky McSquinty

Sainz my first pick, and Ricciardo second for the same reason. Both drivers drove an excellent race and got the maximum their cars could deliver. Leclerc third. The man definitely stamped his authority within Ferrari.

Blinky McSquinty

One of the best races in a long time. Definitely. Austria was good, but that basically involved one car (Verstappen) going like stink and eventually taking the lead for the win. Silverstone had constant and intense battling between different cars. No doubt Liberty will perform a detailed autopsy to...

Blinky McSquinty

pokerman wrote:So Hamilton gets fastest lap of the race on tyres that were close to death's door listening to Mercedes, one slow unnecessary pit stop could have lost him the race.

Which also hammers home the fact that the Mercedes had a lot in reserve. They went only as fast as they had to.

Blinky McSquinty

Whether or not Verstappen desires to pursue a drive at Mercedes is not primarily dependent on ego or a desire to have a legacy, but money. Red Bull's method of driver salaries has been contrary to other teams, in that the baseline salary sucks, but the bonuses for doing well pays handsomely. That is...

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