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by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Has Hamilton ever been out qualified by his teammate 5 times in a row before?
by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:41 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

The gap front to back seems much big this weekend.
by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:36 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9977

Re: 2024 Junior Series

Bearman recovered quite well from his mechanical problems in qualifying. Martins came back very well.
by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:50 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

From what's been said it sounds like it's being driven by Hamilton. He doesn't want to spend the season racing for 6th so is trying to find something. Couple issues with this. First shouldn't he be finding gains at least some of the times ? And, second, shouldn't he get some idea comes quali and se...
by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:39 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Ferrari were already better than Mercedes at the end of last season, do you seriously think Mercedes would be no worse off with the zero pod design when they were going backwards last year. I'm talking about this time last year. Though even if you want to compare the end of last season Mercedes sco...
by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:15 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9977

Re: 2024 Junior Series

Novice driving from Mini to lose a place at the final corner, the SC seemed to help cool his tyres but he's not good with tyre deg, I'm not sure about tyre deg races. Given that it's the aspect of F1 rookies seem to struggle with the most we probably need more of them in F3 and F2. The tyre deg is ...
by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:59 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9977

Re: 2024 Junior Series

pokerman wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:57 am
Novice driving from Mini to lose a place at the final corner, the SC seemed to help cool his tyres but he's not good with tyre deg, I'm not sure about tyre deg races.
Given that it's the aspect of F1 rookies seem to struggle with the most we probably need more of them in F3 and F2.
by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9977

Re: 2024 Junior Series

Incredible racing in F3.
by mikeyg123
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official Valtteri Bottas Thread
Replies: 615
Views: 158615

Re: Official Valtteri Bottas Thread

The advert is funny. Not in a so bad it's good way, it is just genuinely funny.
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:42 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Helped by McLaren being nowhere, however Aston Martin were clear second best, I've a feeling that Ferrari were also better, in 2022 Mercedes had one win and 16 podiums, last year they had 7 podiums, that's the direction their concept was taking them. Ferrari are now clearly they second best car. Th...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Mercedes had the 4th fastest car at the end of last season, McLaren the second fastest car then Ferrari, Ferrari have clearly improved a lot, I can't see how either McLaren or Aston Martin have improved more than Mercedes, where do you think they would be now with the zero pods when they were going...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

You wreck your car to a unrepairable extent - YOU sit - not your teammate - be that Albon or Verstappen. The old 'You break it, you bought it' rule. Its strange how no one sees the bigger picture, how come a team valued close to $1B doesn't have a spare tub, Andretti were refused entry because they...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

I dont think old man hamilton can drive around issues and experiment and quickly bounce back anymore, i think Russell might be the best bet for Merc to try the experimental setups on Yeah that's something I don't understand with Hamilton leaving the team why not put the experiments on Russell's car...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?
Replies: 31
Views: 922

Re: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doBY1TWp4Oo

Given that this from F3 today as just given a 3 place grid penalty I doubt we will be seeing any race bans anytime soon.
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

I dont think old man hamilton can drive around issues and experiment and quickly bounce back anymore, i think Russell might be the best bet for Merc to try the experimental setups on Yeah that's something I don't understand with Hamilton leaving the team why not put the experiments on Russell's car...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

I dont think old man hamilton can drive around issues and experiment and quickly bounce back anymore, i think Russell might be the best bet for Merc to try the experimental setups on Yeah that's something I don't understand with Hamilton leaving the team why not put the experiments on Russell's car...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Williams don’t have a spare chassis following Albon’s big shunt in practice. From the tweet below looks like they’ll be using Sargeant’s car for Albon for the rest of the weekend. https://x.com/phortonf1/status/1771095697401446462?s=46&t=ogYVTvP780Kb_NbBode63w Not sure how I feel about that. That's...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

You seem to be making things up, both drivers have said the car is better than the previous cars however Hamilton is not a car designer he can only give input. The car is better in that's it's faster. Unfortunately it's less competitive as Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren have all improved more. I exp...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Apparently Mercedes are lost with the car and are going to be experimenting on the first day, we seem to be back to 2021. I wonder what happened with: - Elliot being sidelined because it was his fault that the car was bad. - Hamilton getting his wish for Mercedes to design a Red Bull lookalike car....
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Apparently Mercedes are lost with the car and are going to be experimenting on the first day, we seem to be back to 2021. I wonder what happened with: - Elliot being sidelined because it was his fault that the car was bad. - Hamilton getting his wish for Mercedes to design a Red Bull lookalike car....
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Siao7 & t2jd1967>You're talking about what feels right, and whos fault it is, but those arguments don't have any value in this situation. Formula 1 is big business, and just like it's the managements job to make unpleasant decisions about their employees in any other business, it is also the Willia...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Siao7 & t2jd1967>You're talking about what feels right, and whos fault it is, but those arguments don't have any value in this situation. Formula 1 is big business, and just like it's the managements job to make unpleasant decisions about their employees in any other business, it is also the Willia...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:57 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Williams don’t have a spare chassis following Albon’s big shunt in practice. From the tweet below looks like they’ll be using Sargeant’s car for Albon for the rest of the weekend. https://x.com/phortonf1/status/1771095697401446462?s=46&t=ogYVTvP780Kb_NbBode63w Not sure how I feel about that. That's...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Siao7 & t2jd1967>You're talking about what feels right, and whos fault it is, but those arguments don't have any value in this situation. Formula 1 is big business, and just like it's the managements job to make unpleasant decisions about their employees in any other business, it is also the Willia...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Apparently Mercedes are lost with the car and are going to be experimenting on the first day, we seem to be back to 2021. I wonder what happened with: - Elliot being sidelined because it was his fault that the car was bad. - Hamilton getting his wish for Mercedes to design a Red Bull lookalike car....
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Williams don’t have a spare chassis following Albon’s big shunt in practice. From the tweet below looks like they’ll be using Sargeant’s car for Albon for the rest of the weekend. https://x.com/phortonf1/status/1771095697401446462?s=46&t=ogYVTvP780Kb_NbBode63w Not sure how I feel about that. That's...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9977

Re: 2024 Junior Series

Tsolov deserved a race ban for that maneuvre. This is getting out of hand after the Spanish F4 incident at the end of last season, stuff like this deserves sterner action. On the actual racing, Antonelli showing what he is all about on a track that he has never driven on. All through the session lo...
by mikeyg123
Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:34 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9977

Re: 2024 Junior Series

Martins is speed running ruining any small chance of F1 he had.
by mikeyg123
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 7613

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

You mean where KMag was deliberately driving slowly, meanwhile Tsunoda's teammate Ricciardo was propping the field up unable to pass the talent that is Logan Sargeant driving a car that had to be slower than the Haas given how far down the road the Haas cars were, certainly running in front of the ...
by mikeyg123
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:49 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 7613

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

Well, I saw Tsunoda flying by Magnussen with DRS help on the straight but Magnussen re-catching him into the corners 2-3 times (post the double penalty). Superior driving by Magnussen in comparison to Tsunoda, which was my original point. Almost like it's hard to overtake a faster car even if that ...
by mikeyg123
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:21 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 7613

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

Watching the race. I'm curious to know what you saw? Magnussen was quick enough to pass Tsunoda (all be it illegally) before he started his go slow. It's not like Ricciardo was doing anything with the car either. Well, I saw Tsunoda flying by Magnussen with DRS help on the straight but Magnussen re...
by mikeyg123
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:05 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 7613

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

Well, Tsunoda had the faster car plus DRS - why he didn't just overtake the slower Magnussen? Answer: because Magnussen outdrove him every time he tried. (Note that the penalty-worthy leaving the track in the video happened way before the strategy game started.) Where is the evidence that Tsunoda h...
by mikeyg123
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 7613

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

Exactly, he isn't cutting the chicane. He is off at the outside with four wheels (a manoeuvre we have seen many times by Verstappen and co without effectively being penalized) - hence the penalty. Sometime after that the actual fight for creating the gap started - and you are yet to show me where M...
by mikeyg123
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 7613

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

But the "gaming of the system" only started after Magnussen received the second penalty and his race was ruined. Only then he was asked to help his teammate scoring points - and the duel with Tsunoda began ... They met each other more than once during the race. Edit: and Magnussen actually did not ...
by mikeyg123
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:07 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Is Appendix surgery the most frequent single cause of drivers missing races apart from injuries sustained whilst driving? Off the top of my head over the last 30 years I remember Hakkinen, Irvine, Albon and now Sainz missing a race due to the particularly pesky organ. Interestingly their replacement...
by mikeyg123
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:17 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australia Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Is Sainz fit to drive? That will be decided thursday, when he has to pass an FIA-test. This is from msn.com: On Thursday at Albert Park, the Spaniard is due for the FIA’s mandatory medical evaluations, which include a crucial driver extraction exercise. This test is quite demanding as it requires t...
by mikeyg123
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:07 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 4727

Re: 2024 Australia Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Is Sainz fit to drive? That will be decided thursday, when he has to pass an FIA-test. This is from msn.com: On Thursday at Albert Park, the Spaniard is due for the FIA’s mandatory medical evaluations, which include a crucial driver extraction exercise. This test is quite demanding as it requires t...
by mikeyg123
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:02 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9977

Re: 2024 Junior Series

And what a shame for the other 18 or so drivers! Instead of cruising to P2 they have to fight the midfield including getting squeezed and torpedoed by Tsunoda at times ... ;) You can discuss the penalty system, for sure, but Magnussen outdrove Tsunoda in their post-penalty duel despite being in the...
by mikeyg123
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Junior Series
Replies: 322
Views: 9977

Re: 2024 Junior Series

What will they do when tsunoda beats him aswell Perez then keeps his Red Bull seat because there is probably no future for Tsunoda at Red Bull, I'm not sure what happens with Lawson, maybe they keep him at RB for a second season if there is no other junior that is ready to step up. If I'm right the...
by mikeyg123
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
Replies: 315
Views: 16179

Re: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?

Would you care to enlighten us as to which specific race(s) you think Lewis would have had an opportunity to win had Mercedes given him a better strategy? None of this has any relevance as to who replaces Hamilton at Mercedes. Please can we avoid turning every thread into a Hamilton vs Verstappen t...