Does power corrupt, or is it mainly corrupt people that seek power?Beleriand_K wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:01 amPower corrupts. No matter where you were born and what colour you are.
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- Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:25 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: More FIA controversy/embarrassment
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2925
Re: More FIA controversy/embarrassment
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 5448
Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
One of my favorite race tracks on the calendar. Waiting to see how strong Ferrari & McLaren will be especially the latter as they excel in fast speed corners. It looks and feels a lot like a street circuit, am I the only one who thinks this? That it is a night race doesn’t help, I don’t like any of...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
- Topic: Carl Potter's Top Three Championship 2024
- Replies: 157
- Views: 11412
Re: Carl Potter's Top Three Championship 2024
Congrats! You really nailed that one. I was kicking myself for switching from Ferrari to Mercedes, but with Perez in P2 it didn't end up mattering.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:21 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
I htimk Red Bull need to fire Jos Verstappen from… Oh wait, he's not an employee and he could easily have his paddock pass revoked, and even if his son applies for one for him, Red Bull can have him banned from entering any of their spaces, and I think that's th emost sensible thing. There's no rea...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
A penny for Newey's thoughts Shame he's seemingly one of the only high ranking members of Red Bull with any kind of professionalism so likely we won't hear anything from him Newey is also probably the only single person with the gravity to definitively conclude this one way or the other. Do you mea...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
So Verstappen apparently has an exit clause that can be triggered if Marko leaves. https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/motorsports/max-verstappen-red-bull-exit-clause-revealed-following-christian-horner-investigation/ar-BB1jjAzp?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=67051149e048424583c80c0a9cc58112&ei=12 Intere...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:22 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: What is more interesting?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 4225
Re: What is more interesting?
Of course it's more interesting when you have an internal battle compared with none at all. But neither one is very interesting IMO. As a team-first fan, I want to see teams going up against each other. Give me two great drivers with the full resources of their teams behind them, with strengths and ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
There are only two teams I have utmost confidence in to get the new engines right. That list should be zero names IMO, but if there is one team that has so far not bombed on introducing a new F1 engine, it would be Mercedes. Ferrari has the 2014 catastrophe to their name, so I don't think they can ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.
- Replies: 2029
- Views: 140938
Re: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.
Considering that Ben Sulayem wasn't elected FIA president until after the end of the 2021 season, what new perspective does that investigation offer? I suppose it's proof (if found true) that the FIA president can influence the stewards to alter a race result, but it has no direct bearing on what Mi...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
- Replies: 323
- Views: 24465
Re: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
If the Verstappens engineers a move away from Red Bull because they can't get rid of Horner, I think Max is engineering himself a front-row ticket to watching someone else mop up the grid using the #1 RBR. Jos may think Max is so quick he could win the title in a car he's currently gapping by 20+ se...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:21 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Race Thread
- Replies: 185
- Views: 9390
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:17 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Driver(s) of the day - 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2201
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Calling it now: Hamilton's records will never be broken
- Replies: 214
- Views: 29907
Re: Calling it now: Hamilton's records will never be broken
Crazy how fast things can change. To be honest, I am still not counting out the idea of Red Bull having a disastrous 2026 engine and Verstappen retiring early (instead of moving a works team like Mercedes, Ferrari or Aston Honda). Of course, it's also possible that all these so-called retirement th...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: PF1 Forum teammate wars vote: Bahrain 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2621
Re: PF1 Forum teammate wars vote: Bahrain 2024
Not a lot of difficult choices here, although a few that aren't crystal clear... Verstappen over Perez -- Yup, business as usual. I don't want to hear anything about how 'Perez is back' after finishing 22 seconds behind his teammate, P2 or not. Sainz over Leclerc -- Leclerc may well have had a legit...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:10 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
- Topic: Carl Potter's Top Three Championship 2024
- Replies: 157
- Views: 11412
Re: Carl Potter's Top Three Championship 2024
I'm going to take a bit of a risk and change my prediction ahead of the deadline:
BAHRAIN GP
Revised Podium Prediction
1. Max Verstappen
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Charles Leclerc
BAHRAIN GP
Revised Podium Prediction
1. Max Verstappen
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Charles Leclerc
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5637
Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special
Yeah I think at Zandvoort last year he was gaping others by 2-3s per lap in the wet, so at Silverstone with a lot more traction zones I can see the gap being somewhat possible. Remains to be seen who the others were, could be someone who graduated to F3 this year from FR or even last year. Can't im...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
This also pretty much confirms there was little more to this other than an affair that soured, because if the woman that accused Horner they had any basis for legal action, this has just taken that away. This being leaked makes it look like baseless accusations made to take revenge. It confirms no ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Planet-F1 Prediction Games!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2233
Re: 2024 Planet-F1 Prediction Games!
Another bump - the more the merrier! It's such a great competition, so good I ran it myself for a while after the previous person didn't really have the time to run it himself, people should try it. Totally agree! I think it's the longest running game we have? JN23 might shout at me if I got that w...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:03 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
It sounds like the original accusations of Horner acting in a controlling manner, if true, was not a serious enough offense to remove him from his position. The rumors of sexual misconduct and offers of a huge settlement appear to most likely be completely false. If I were Horner I would be suing t...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:59 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
In this case, it appears to be a vindictive woman making a false accusation thinking the normal course of today's gynocentric society would blindly accept her as a victim and Horner an abuser. Alternatively, it was a woman making what she felt was a grounded accusation that she was uncomfortable wi...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:55 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Max vs Teammates
- Replies: 58
- Views: 4407
Re: Max vs Teammates
most data you see on here is done in retrospect months sometimes years after so a simple median is used, just throw everything in the pot. I wouldn't agree with this characterization that the median is simpler (it's not) or that its usage indicates 'throwing everything in the pot'. You can quite ea...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Max vs Teammates
- Replies: 58
- Views: 4407
Re: Max vs Teammates
Here is the raw data of Verstappen and Perez in qualifying (all sessions) for 2023. I might have a go at it later tonight, but if anyone wants to dig in earlier, be my guest... Scraping all this data also reminded me how incredibly long the modern F1 calendar has grown, especially when one is forced...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:53 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
- Topic: Carl Potter's Top Three Championship 2024
- Replies: 157
- Views: 11412
Re: Carl Potter's Top Three Championship 2024
Quick banker in case a meteorite hits me tomorrow, disabling me sufficiently to prevent posting after practice but leaving me alive to contend in a week's time:
BAHRAIN GP
Podium Prediction
1. Max Verstappen
2. Charles Leclerc
3. Sergio Perez
BAHRAIN GP
Podium Prediction
1. Max Verstappen
2. Charles Leclerc
3. Sergio Perez
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
- Topic: 2024 Group Pick
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4645
Re: 2024 Group Pick
Can't go worse than last year, right?
Driver Group 1: Max Verstappen
Driver Group 2: Lewis Hamilton
Driver Group 3: Valtteri Bottas
Team Group 1: Red Bull
Team Group 2: Mercedes
Team Group 3: Sauber
Driver Group 1: Max Verstappen
Driver Group 2: Lewis Hamilton
Driver Group 3: Valtteri Bottas
Team Group 1: Red Bull
Team Group 2: Mercedes
Team Group 3: Sauber
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
- Topic: 2024 Pick 10 Competition
- Replies: 187
- Views: 13540
Re: 2024 Pick 10 Competition
Here goes nothing!
2024 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
01. Max Verstappen
02. Charles Leclerc
03. Carlos Sainz
04. Sergio Perez
05. Lewis Hamilton
06. Lando Norris
07. George Russell
08. Oscar Piastri
09. Fernando Alonso
10. Daniel Ricciardo
2024 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
01. Max Verstappen
02. Charles Leclerc
03. Carlos Sainz
04. Sergio Perez
05. Lewis Hamilton
06. Lando Norris
07. George Russell
08. Oscar Piastri
09. Fernando Alonso
10. Daniel Ricciardo
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:29 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: PF1 Forum TMW 2024 prediction thread 1: Haas and Stake
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15622
Re: PF1 Forum TMW 2024 prediction thread 1: Haas and Stake
So one fluke result can determine you're exceptional, KMag got a pole position for Haas not long back, with Alonso he finished below his teammate in the WDC, exceptional would be more like podiums because actually scoring points now and again doesn't seem to really register. No, I never said that. ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:57 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Max vs Teammates
- Replies: 58
- Views: 4407
Re: Max vs Teammates
Explain to me how the (IMO rather dubious) gap to Perez shows that Verstappen hasn't improved? Personally, I think injecting even a modicum of human insight into the numbers suggests that Perez actively got worse in 2023, so any attempt to find support (or refutation) for improvement from Verstappe...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:49 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: PF1 Forum TMW 2024 prediction thread 1: Haas and Stake
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15622
Re: PF1 Forum TMW 2024 prediction thread 1: Haas and Stake
Hülkenberg is obviously a shoe-in for Haas and like last season Magnussen will struggle to beat him except for the odd race. Surely the last season in Formula One for KMag. Bottas will again beat Zhou, but with a slimmer margin than last year. Both need to do exceptional things to carve out another...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Boy/Girl is bit special
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5637
Re: The Boy/Girl is bit special
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68401174 Interesting snippet from this article about Kimi Antonella. If true that’s unbelievable pace from the kid. It's entirely possible to put up that sort of gap in the wet. All he needs is more confidence and to be pushing harder, and seconds are available....
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:44 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Female Racing Drivers
- Replies: 3353
- Views: 741603
Re: Female Racing Drivers
2 practice sessions would give them more track time than F2 and F3, I don't understand the billing for much inferior drivers. I can't establish whether they get 1 or 2 - do you have anything that confirms this? Either way it seems a bit W Series to me where the prestige of getting on the F1 bill is...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:42 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 Tweets Thread
- Replies: 213
- Views: 94708
Re: F1 Tweets Thread
Wow! That doesn't even look real
And we wonder why they have trouble racing side by side anymore...
And we wonder why they have trouble racing side by side anymore...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:11 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Perez Teammates
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2490
Re: Perez Teammates
Interesting data! We also see demonstrated here one of the limitations of teammate comparisons: Ocon was already quicker than Perez at the beginning of his career, but we now see that Ocon isn't any quicker than Gasly and potentially slower, but Gasly was significantly worse against a weaker version...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:04 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
- Replies: 472
- Views: 21627
Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Ferrari is Ferrari. The dream of driving for Ferrari has almost never been driven by witnessing their glories. 2000 - 2008 is by far Ferrari's best ever period. The only other period of sustained success they've enjoyed was 1974 - 1979. I wager that is a generation thing. How many young fans and dr...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:55 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Ford can wave it's Rainbow flag painted dick around all it's wants but being a partner within Red Bull Powertrains doesn't grant it access to internal Red Bull Racing matters, it isn't involved in Red Bull Racing. American far-left politics doesn't override the privacy protection afforded by Europe...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:03 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: How Many Races Will Red Bull Win in 2024?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1340
Re: How Many Races Will Red Bull Win in 2024?
I've gone for 23. I think they'll have by far the best car, but some stupid misfortune will once again conspire to prevent them from sweeping the season.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:56 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 F1 Pre-Season Testing Thread
- Replies: 124
- Views: 9038
Re: 2024 F1 Pre-Season Testing Thread
What the public want is very different from what Formula 1 is, which is actually very strange since Formula 1 depends on the public. To paraphrase some guy that (according to FOM) no one who follows F1 has ever heard of, "It is amazing how may fans, even those of Formula One itself, think that Form...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:45 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Your Favourite Bahrain Grand Prix
- Replies: 8
- Views: 926
Re: Your Favourite Bahrain Grand Prix
I've gone with 2014, although I feel slightly dirty for doing it, since a safety car was the main reason the race was so exciting
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:42 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 35809
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
good gravy. lol on topic, i’m surprised this issue isn’t settled yet. one way, or the other. i’m thinking there are some serious power struggles going on behind the scenes at RB since DM passed Yes, surely Red Bull can't go into the season with this ongoing. According to autosport, Ford seems to ag...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Silly Season 2025
- Replies: 868
- Views: 40785
Re: Silly Season 2025
Yes by season end Alpine could have a stockpile of 2 good juniors they won't give a seat to as it is. it's amazing anyone even joins the Alpine academy, considering what a dead end it's proven to be so far. But I suppose it just reinforces the broken nature of getting into F1 these days. Even a jun...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:10 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: PF1 Forum TMW 2024 prediction thread 5: Red Bull and Mercedes
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1734
Re: PF1 Forum TMW 2024 prediction thread 5: Red Bull and Mercedes
I've gone with Verstappen and Hamilton, and am somewhat surprised to see that I'm the first Hamilton vote out of 3 so far. Verstappen needs no explanation. There's effectively no chance he loses this. At Mercedes, I personally haven't seen any clear improvement from Russell since he joined, and whil...