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Badger36

The purpose of the plank is ultimately for safety as it prevents the car fully bottoming out, and leading to a massive loss of downforce as airflow under the car stops when it grounds out - Most famous case probably being with Senna, where this is seen as the most likely cause the crash. Teams want ...

Badger36

DQ'd There is no interpretation or grey in the rules with plank wear. It's an absolute measurement, it either meets it or doesn't. Unlucky for both, as neither drivers fault, but car ultimately had to be running too low and gaining a slight advantage from that. It was a stellar drive as well by Hami...

Badger36

Are we going to see Lewis do one of his trademark heroic stints on tyres that are totally gone?

(Although I think Merc have f**ked this)

Badger36

Nothing wrong with Pirelli road tyres. Used them plenty and on a road application and tbh there isn't too much difference between any of the major brands. Obviously depends on selecting the correct tyre for the application and what. If you're putting efficiency tyres designed for a family saloon ca...

Badger36

Nothing wrong with Pirelli road tyres. Used them plenty and on a road application and tbh there isn't too much difference between any of the major brands. Obviously depends on selecting the correct tyre for the application and what. If you're putting efficiency tyres designed for a family saloon car...

Badger36

It's a funny one. Mercedes might be the 2nd best car, despite rarely being the 2nd best car on any given weekend. Their peaks haven't been as high, but their troughs not as low either. They've all sort of shuffled about as the season went on. At this moment I'd probably give the nod to Ferrari as 2n...

Badger36

If you're not hell bent on beating your team mate then I'd question why you're in F1. Some guys are just levels below the guy in the other seat and no matter how hard they try will just get ground down, but.... Russell is good enough to beat Hamilton - at this stage of his career - some of the time,...

Badger36

I lived in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi for a year. It's about 90 miles SE of Doha. Personally, I found the heat in the Middle East to be stiflingly hot between March and November. The summer months were unbearable during the day and night, and only started getting tolerable towards the start of October (when ...

Badger36

Fair to say, not much is going right for Perez just now.

He isn't as bad as he is showing, but nor were Gasly or Albon.

Hard to see a way back tbh.

Badger36

Racing incident but Lewis did chop across - his fault. Russell has nowhere to go.

Badger36

Whilst I'm in no doubt that the drivers of today are the most complete to ever compete - I do wonder if the talent pool and accessibility on which F1 can draw has narrowed some what? I am 100% of the belief that the talent pool in motorsport is the narrowest and least representative of any top leve...

Badger36

Whilst I'm in no doubt that the drivers of today are the most complete to ever compete - I do wonder if the talent pool and accessibility on which F1 can draw has narrowed some what? For example, Jackie Stewart, with his financial means and time in life he started - would probably never have gotten ...

Badger36

Prost and Senna had very different methods of achieving similar things. Senna may well be the outright fastest man to ever sit in an F1 car. Nobody of that era, possibly ever, beats him on pure pace. However F1 isn't a time trial - it's a 2hr race. Prost having better reliability IMO wasn't all down...

Badger36

I mean Mercedes did try to sign a 16yr old Verstappen, with no F1 experience and little formula experience.

I highly doubt, at that point, Verstappen never signed to avoid Hamilton. At that point in time he was an exciting prospect driver, nothing more.

Badger36

Verstappen currently lacks a head to head with a WDC/GOAT/top-rated teammate. Until he's been tested in that aspect, then i put him firmly behind Senna and Stewart. I'm not sure we can really say that about Stewart, either. He had Graham Hill as a teammate in his first two years, and lost to him bo...

Badger36

Whilst Russell isn't in the Hamilton/Verstappen tier, his big strength over Hamilton is how switched on he is (arguably one of the weakest attributes Hamilton has, and Russell seems to be one of the better ones on the grid). No issue at all with him trying that strategy - a VSC/SC in that window an...

Badger36

If he doesn't get second in WDC I agree with the above poster - he won't be in the RB seat next year. Somebody who is a tier 2 driver should be comfortably 2nd in that RB.

Nothing's going right for Checo just now. He looks low in confidence and is being thrashed by Verstappen.

Badger36

Max was pretty flawless. Dominant weekend.

Badger36

Whilst Russell isn't in the Hamilton/Verstappen tier, his big strength over Hamilton is how switched on he is (arguably one of the weakest attributes Hamilton has, and Russell seems to be one of the better ones on the grid). No issue at all with him trying that strategy - a VSC/SC in that window and...

Badger36

I think we can now say Mercedes are now the fourth best car. Seems to have gone back in the development whilst McLaren and Ferrari have improved. At the moment I'd agree, but 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th best have shuffled plenty as the seasons progressed. The cars in that cluster are all pretty close. Me...

Badger36

I think we can now say Mercedes are now the fourth best car. Seems to have gone back in the development whilst McLaren and Ferrari have improved. At the moment I'd agree, but 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th best have shuffled plenty as the seasons progressed. The cars in that cluster are all pretty close. Me...

Badger36

Lewis got away with that. If that move isn't between team mates I think it gets a 5s penalty.

Badger36

Drivers tend to really like fast flowing circuits which are probably the worst type of track for racing under the current formula.

Badger36

Some drivers shine bright early and then fade early, others build up, and others just maintain a high standard for a long time. Like any sport really. F1's issue just now is the carousel now spins so slow, it's hard to showcase it. I guess only the driver type who stays good for a long time will def...

Badger36

Great tactical drive from Sainz

Badger36

Biggest stop of the season is the Yas Marina back straight. +200mph down to 45mph in a smidge over 70m. Cars at nearly 6m long to come from behind to being completely in front under braking, realistically is needing 15-20m brake advantage. Taking 15-20m out of a lead car in a 70m braking zone (the m...

Badger36

Funny by the way how nobody has jumped on the fact that Perez is not even from South America. 🌎 :smug: Considering that 90% of the drivers apparently didn't realize Mexico had pyramids (as of the last Grill the Grid episode), I get the impression most Europeans don't know Central America even exist...

Badger36

Smaller cars and less effective brakes to extend braking zones by 33%.

Badger36

Thing I hate about 5 second penalties are they are not "even". 5 seconds taken in the pit lane, costing track position - is more severe than 5 seconds taken in open air, with no loss of track position. To be fair though, that's true of any other penalty as well. Some drivethroughs result in a loss ...

Badger36

Thing I hate about 5 second penalties are they are not "even".

5 seconds taken in the pit lane, costing track position - is more severe than 5 seconds taken in open air, with no loss of track position.

Badger36

The fact DRS was needed shows where the failings have been. Making the cars shorter would improve wheel to wheel racing. These cars are so clumsy going around slower corners side by side - largely due to length. I own a Peugeot Boxer camper van that is L6250mm x W2000mm (exc mirrors). It seats 3 peo...

Badger36

The FIA have confirmed that no one breached the cost cap in 2022! https://t.co/2EozWgk7RS Well, well, well, it looks like everybody passed the exam last year. For the cynical, it probably means that one or two teams got away with it ;) Good accountants are probably worth a few tenths They absolutel...

Badger36

It's difficult to separate consequence from penalty, not sure why the FIA ever stated that. Consequence should arguably be the main factor on if a penalty is warranted. So you can just do what you want so long as no damage is done. That isn't what I said. The severity of the consequence should be a...

Badger36

It's difficult to separate consequence from penalty, not sure why the FIA ever stated that. Consequence should arguably be the main factor on if a penalty is warranted. So you can just do what you want so long as no damage is done. That isn't what I said. The severity of the consequence should be a...

Badger36

pokerman wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:51 am

Badgeronimous wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:37 am
It's difficult to separate consequence from penalty, not sure why the FIA ever stated that.

Consequence should arguably be the main factor on if a penalty is warranted.
So you can just do what you want so long as no damage is done.

That isn't what I said.

Badger36

It's difficult to separate consequence from penalty, not sure why the FIA ever stated that.

Consequence should arguably be the main factor on if a penalty is warranted.

Badger36

t2jd1967 wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:58 am

JN23 wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:50 am
The FIA have confirmed that no one breached the cost cap in 2022!

https://t.co/2EozWgk7RS
Well, well, well, it looks like everybody passed the exam last year.

For the cynical, it probably means that one or two teams got away with it

Good accountants are probably worth a few tenths

Badger36

I do think Russell is probably slightly better than Albon but likewise I think Albon has became under rated and is proving he is a good F1 driver. However I do think Albon v Russell is closer, than Russell v Elite tier. I'm not sure Hamilton is driving at his best consistently enough these last 2yrs...

Badger36

Poor old Lewis.

The most persecuted man in F1 history.

Badger36

I'm still not sure exactly where Russell is as a driver other than he isn't elite.

Last season he carried luck and beat Hamilton, this season he's been unlucky and being beaten. So I reckon he is somewhere in about Rosberg/Button level, possibly a wee half step back from them.

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