The music is what throws me off. Too loud and too frequent over the cars and drivers.
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FIA Formula One 2018 |OT| Halo: Racing Evolved
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Baku was a fluke race for everyone. Hamilton had the headrest issue, Massa probably could have won if his suspension hadn't broke.
Stroll started front row in Monza because both redbulls got 20+ place grid penalties.
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Yeah Baku really can't count for much of anything, look at the lap charts of the podium finishers, Bottas came from a lap down and beat Stroll. RIC's early pitstop had him at 16th.
So in effect what you're saying is that the results should only count if the fastest car wins? Should Ricciardo and Verstappen's wins be stricken if the Mercs or Ferraris had trouble?
The happenings in Baku don't change the fact that Stroll drove extremely well, especially towards the end when he had a train coming towards him with Bottas, Vettel and Hamilton and he kept his cool. It was certainly a million times better drive than anything Palmer ever managed. Speaking of which, why the hell is Palmer somehow being held up as this paragon? The only reasons he himself was in F1 was money and family connections.
He drove an okay race.
Look, he started 8th and there were somewhere around 9 faster cars during the race that day, of which all but 2 had issues/retirements.
Under normal conditions he would have finished at or below his starting position.
It's not anything better than Palmer's 6th place in Singapore.
Baku was a bit of a lottery. Stroll did well to stay out of trouble in a very eventful race, but that's about it. He was also outpaced by his team mate again isn't it? Can't remember.
But...Ferrari is showing well in preseason, I'm confused. Vettel was scorching yesterday and he was half sandbagging
Looks like Mercedes has a rear tyre degradation issues on softer compounds, especially on supersofts. But looks like they think it could be solved till Melbourne
Meanwhile Mark Hughes from Motorsport magazine made an interesting observation - Ferrari could have some fuel saving issue aka reworked engine could be too thirsty. AMuS also reported that.
Meanwhile Mark Hughes from Motorsport magazine made an interesting observation - Ferrari could have some fuel saving issue aka reworked engine could be too thirsty. AMuS also reported that.
Depends. Is the rest of the grid filled by the top 20 drivers in the world, or the current line-up? And anyway, the argument was about Jolyon Palmer who isn't in F1 anymore. Speaking of Palmer though; I recently watched some 1984 races and got a good chuckle out of James Hunt going all in on what a useless twat Jonathan Palmer was...
Jonathan Palmer didn't set the world alight. In fact his bigger contribution to Motorsport is probably happening right now as owner of MSV. His son has achieved more racing-wise than his father though.
Of course, there's the irony that Palmer replaced Hunt as commentator alongside Murray Walker when Hunt died in 1993.
Yeah, this season is going to be depressing. I didn't mind the Red Bull domination 10-13 because we had two extremely close seasons, but things aren't looking good for the near future. The wait for 2020 will be loooooong.
Any good guesses what causes that? Oil accumulation that burns off during startup? Bigger issue with oil burn?
2021. The new regulations for the engines won't be until 2021. And yes, I'm not looking forward to another donimation by Mercedes. We've had 8 seasons won by two teams at this rate, bordering on 9 if this season plays out as it does. I had enough of this shit when Schumacher kept winning and I'm one of his biggest fans.
Please don't remind me. 2020 sounds a little less depressing.
I'd say that they are following the standard improvement every new team does of taking two seasons to figure out the car required for Formula one and getting it right on the third season.
Reports that Newey has stepped down as Red Bull technical director.
So the rumours were true? Newey and a posse of Red Bull engineers working with Honda / Toro Rosso. I'm looking forward to Asaki's Beast being paired with Newey's chassis after the summer break.
JK has already confirmed he and Honda are already working on the 2019 car.
So the rumours were true? Newey and a posse of Red Bull engineers working with Honda / Toro Rosso. I'm looking forward to Asaki's Beast being paired with Newey's chassis after the summer break.
JK has already confirmed he and Honda are already working on the 2019 car.
Haas above Toro Rosso and Force India?
Yeah ill have to see that shit to believe it. Maybe Toro Rosso might struggle but Force India should be able to beat Haas.
I feel bad because i do agree that Williams and McLaren are towards the back of the pack.
Seeing a Williams in last place while trying would be the saddest thing ever.
Testing form in one thing, race trim will be totally another story. It is quite possible that Barcelona layout suits their car and could be a complete turd on different tracks
So I just watched the end of the 1984 championship. Am I the only one greatly amused that the French organizers stopping the Monaco GP to give Prost the win ended up costing him the championship? Such sweet irony.
For those not familiar: Prost was leading at Monaco in the rain, but Senna was catching him at four seconds a lap. Shortly before Senna caught up to him the organizers (French) stopped the race despite the conditions not being significantly worse than they had been. Prost got the win, but because they hadn't reached three quarters distance only half points were awarded. So Prost only got 4,5 points, while he would have got 6 for finishing second in a full race. In the end he lost the championship to Lauda by 0,5 points...
For those not familiar: Prost was leading at Monaco in the rain, but Senna was catching him at four seconds a lap. Shortly before Senna caught up to him the organizers (French) stopped the race despite the conditions not being significantly worse than they had been. Prost got the win, but because they hadn't reached three quarters distance only half points were awarded. So Prost only got 4,5 points, while he would have got 6 for finishing second in a full race. In the end he lost the championship to Lauda by 0,5 points...
I suspect the Haas is just as much last year's Ferrari as last year's Toro Rosso was the previous year's Mercedes.
Mercedes race sims were ridiculously quick and we never saw them do a proper qualy sim....i hope i'm wrong but would be surprised if Ferrari or Red Bull are close
will be interesting to see what the reaction is to another year of Mercedes dominance
So essentially everyone is sandbagging except the smaller teams. We essentially know nothing lol. Except Ferrari may have a thirsty engine and Mercs may have a tyre degredation issue
Mercedes will be hard to knock but they will have to fight Ferrari and Red Bull for the wins like last season. The whole field looks surprisingly solid with 2018 parts and no bigger issues. There is going to be some awesome races and Alonso will be back in P5 where he has been dearly missed.
Merc won't win every race, didn't do it even when they dunked on everyone to start the era. I don't think anything changes until at least 2021, but Mercedes will likely still beast it then too.
Hamilton could have 7 titles by 2021 anyways.
Yes they will unless they sabotage themselves. Bottas is not Rosberg though.
Every team demands way too much for their clothes. I just checked McLaren's store - 57€ for the t-shirt, 113€ (!!) for the polo shirt.
Maybe consider getting an older shirt. Usually half price or cheaper.
Hell, the McLaren Honda stuff goes for as little as €4 these days:
http://www.mclarenstore.com/stores/mclaren/en/c/clearance
All of these are less than €10, even though they were originally as expensive as €65:
Hell, the McLaren Honda stuff goes for as little as €4 these days:
http://www.mclarenstore.com/stores/mclaren/en/c/clearance
All of these are less than €10, even though they were originally as expensive as €65:
A redbull beanie costs $60 with US shipping. I'm just fine with never buying any f1 clothes. Obviously not their target market.
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Well, last year's Toro Rosso shared a few things in common with last year's Mercedes, which could be chalked up to coincidence. The Haas, though ...
Yep, I posted that a few pages back :)
I'm fairly sure there's some kind of regulation in place for each car to prove it is it's on bespoke design - or there would be a shortcut to customer chassis going on