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FIA Formula One 2018 |OT| Halo: Racing Evolved
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Nico worked his balls off to the point he had to immediately quit the sport.
He had the same machinery and a little bit of luck on top, but he won that Championship because he genuinely gave it 100%.
Totally agree with you.
I also have the utmost respect to him for calling it a day when he realised there is no way he could put that much into a season ever again. Kudos.
Interesting race, funny seeing all the conspiracies on Twitter, I think it's brilliant they found a window and got a result for Vettel.
F1 needs less of these bullshit rules and needs to be more driver v driver, make it much more interesting.
F1 needs less of these bullshit rules and needs to be more driver v driver, make it much more interesting.
Luck was involved but analysis from Sky Italy shows that Vettel gained some seconds by staying close to corners and accelerating in the straight before pits where there's no speed limit regardless of VSC.
Video in italian
https://sport.sky.it/formula1/2018/03/25/formula-1-strategia-ferrari-virtual-safety-car.html
Video in italian
https://sport.sky.it/formula1/2018/03/25/formula-1-strategia-ferrari-virtual-safety-car.html
Interesting. I'm actually surprised VSC doesn't apply to the pit entry.
Might as well drive through the pits when VSC is active if it doesn't.
I was actually wondering this - it surely can't be faster to go through the pits under VSC?
For Haas, that was human errors, both of them, according to the team. Both were cases of cross-threading wheelnuts (not properly angled while fastening), not on the same wheel/not the same mecanic for each case.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/haas-blames-lack-of-practice-for-pitstop-blunders-1018839/
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/haas-blames-lack-of-practice-for-pitstop-blunders-1018839/
Pretty strange, teams usually train pit stops during the winter
As somebody commented under the article, the main problem was with releasing the car when mechanics signaled that something is wrong for both occasions.
shitstops happen, sometimes even two in a row... the chances are unlikely though so I doubt it's gonna happen again
He was phenomenal in F2, so I'm happy he's keeping up the good work in F1.
Ferrari could afford to keep Vettel out because Magnussen held up Verstappen and created a massive gap up to the Ferraris. Vettel was not in range to jump Raikkonen and he was unchallenged from behind so they kept him out as a desperate strategy.
Hamilton came out of the pits demolishing Raikkonen. It seemed like he could easily have closed any gap to Vettel that was necessary but a room full of engineers got their calculations just wrong again. I'm referring to that time Hamilton build up a gap of 20+ seconds in Monaco and Mercedes pulled him in for a "free" pit stop only to see him come out third.
Hamilton came out of the pits demolishing Raikkonen. It seemed like he could easily have closed any gap to Vettel that was necessary but a room full of engineers got their calculations just wrong again. I'm referring to that time Hamilton build up a gap of 20+ seconds in Monaco and Mercedes pulled him in for a "free" pit stop only to see him come out third.
Wow, according to Mercedes the system messed up calculations which led Vettel come out in first
I just watched the Paddock Pass post race thingie (thanks zeknurn), it is very enjoyable... i rank it highly compared to Ted's notebook, I am positively surprised for an official content piece.
Yeah strange... it's bad luck combined with adrenalin rush and perhaps pit configuration not exactly like at the factory... one of the mechanics was gutted when Romain abandoned, he slammed the door, i guess he was the one we saw on photograph with Romain.
Yeah strange... it's bad luck combined with adrenalin rush and perhaps pit configuration not exactly like at the factory... one of the mechanics was gutted when Romain abandoned, he slammed the door, i guess he was the one we saw on photograph with Romain.
Ok I'm confused.
Watched the highlights, Merc blaming software, but what difference would it have made if the software got it right? He was still adrift.
VSC just came at the right time for Vettel.
Watched the highlights, Merc blaming software, but what difference would it have made if the software got it right? He was still adrift.
VSC just came at the right time for Vettel.
Lewis was driiving to target lap times set by Mercedes that they thought was enough to keep him ahead if there was a VSC. Their maths was wrong and the lap times he was given did not give him a big enough gap to cover the VSC which is why Vettel ended up in the lead.
I think the car is more hard to figure out. Ericsson at least said from Friday night they were able to tweak the car to be much better in quali which got him almost out of Q3 from being like a second behind before.
Apparently it was a MGU-K failure. So look for it to be blamed on Toro Rosso.
But Honda manufactures all hybrid parts this season. At least that's what I've read here. Not sure how reliable this information is but it came straight from Japan, so it must be true.
They're much close to the field than last year. With Sauber hiring some of the Audio LMP1 guys I'm sure they'll manage to improve the aero over the year
The french version of motorsport dot com has an interview with Pierre Gasly, and they report a MGU-H failure.
https://fr.motorsport.com/f1/news/gasly-desabuse-panne-moteur-honda-1018740/?s=1
got any tips for getting to/from the venue, crowd size, full weekend or single day?
The coaches from Austin centre are fucking awesome. Big, air conditioned and regular as clockwork. Easily the best F1 transport I've seen.
...and go for the full weekend. Austin is well worth a visit on its own.
that's good news, now to figure out whether i can go the full weekend or race-day.
I'm having a hard time understanding Mercedes' software calculations. The current VSC system is fairly exploitable, as we've seen Vettel going on the very inside of the corners to have to make less road, bar the obvious fact he could speed in the lead-up to the pitlane. Why wasn't Hamilton pushing as much as possible during VSC if this is the case? I'm pretty sure they have their indicators on the steering wheel, so Hamilton could have also did Vettel's cornering trick to gain time, right? Maybe it would have not been enough to stay in front of Vettel, but he would have been closer at the very least. The VSC system is flawed, we knew this for years, Ferrari exploited it brilliantly, while Mercedes doesn't seem to have understood what's it about entirely. They should have never assumed Vettel was not going to jump them, they should have made Hamilton push as much as the VSC allows, because you're only racing against a delta time, no rule implies you can't gain or lose time on other drivers - that only happens if everyone drives on the same delta without margins.
Mercedes dun goofed imho. Delta calculations or not, they should have realized Vettel has a chance at jumping Hamilton. I knew he could do it and I was watching from home, because I remember other scenarios where drivers only lost 10-12 seconds with a VSC stop, or even less with a drivethrough. Regardless of their calculations on where Vettel was coming back, they should have made sure Hamilton pushed as much as VSC delta allows him to, because even if he comes back in front of Vettel like they expect, there's a difference between coming in front with about 2 feet of difference or half a straight. The former could be used by Vettel to try a pass with fresher tyres (unlikely on this track but we've later seen Hamilton make mistakes, so it could happen), while the latter was basically a sweep. All in all, if Mercedes didn't realize Vettel risks jumping them, I think they need to understand race mechanics better rather than redoing their calculations in particular.
Mercedes dun goofed imho. Delta calculations or not, they should have realized Vettel has a chance at jumping Hamilton. I knew he could do it and I was watching from home, because I remember other scenarios where drivers only lost 10-12 seconds with a VSC stop, or even less with a drivethrough. Regardless of their calculations on where Vettel was coming back, they should have made sure Hamilton pushed as much as VSC delta allows him to, because even if he comes back in front of Vettel like they expect, there's a difference between coming in front with about 2 feet of difference or half a straight. The former could be used by Vettel to try a pass with fresher tyres (unlikely on this track but we've later seen Hamilton make mistakes, so it could happen), while the latter was basically a sweep. All in all, if Mercedes didn't realize Vettel risks jumping them, I think they need to understand race mechanics better rather than redoing their calculations in particular.
It wasn't about Lewis going faster under the VSC, it was about him pushing out a larger gap just in case there was a VSC.
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Here's an article about it.
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...edes-were-beaten-to-first-2018-win-by-ferrari
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Here's an article about it.
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...edes-were-beaten-to-first-2018-win-by-ferrari
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Seems odd either way. Hamilton could have had a backmarker spin in front of him and lose 20 seconds as he's parked behind him. He could have gone slightly wide or something. Seems odd to calculate so meticulously that if all goes according to plan he'll be slightly ahead of Vettel when he could have pushed a little more and make damn sure that'll be the case. But hey, I'm not complaining.