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FIA Formula One 2019 |OT| Oil Mining vs. Energy Drinks vs. Big Tobacco, pick your poison
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I agree, really baffling. Also another great piece of information is in the first comment about ERS issues - either they have a issues with ERS harvesting/delivery (which would point to unit overheating) or they used ERS in more aggressive way to compensate for something else.
We will see in Bahrain, but if they really have ERS issues and they will not fix them, they will be sitting ducks at Bahrain.
Melbourne never had many overtakes (been watching F1 since 99), Bahrain and Chia should be more fun. Also, realized I will be in Italy (Bologna) on China GP, hopefully I will find a coffeehouse full of tifosi to watch the race.
It'll definitely take a few races to see how well he can adapt to current Formula 1. I fully expected him to make rookie mistakes in Australia caused by not racing in single seaters since his accident. And to be fair the incident at the start of the race could've happened to anyone.
As for the race, I'm glad Valtteri won for a change, but I'm hoping that Ferrari will be stronger in Bahrain and that RBR will continue to improve. Would've been a shame if Mercedes had an easy win this year.
Random stats n facts time:
- NOR: First rookie to make it to Q3 on his debut since his teammate, SAI did so in 2015.
- HAM: 8th pole position in Australia, but with only 2 wins to his name, makes it his worst pole to win conversion rate at any GP.
- HAM: 13th consecutive season with at least 1 pole position.
- BOT: 4th GP win, and with a gap of 20.8 secs to 2nd place, is a bigger margin than any race win from the 2018 season.
- BOT: First ever driver to score 26pts at a GP, by taking the race win, and bonus point for fastest lap.
- Racing Point: Scored their first points...
- RBR Honda: First Honda powered car to finish on the podium since 2008.
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Pretty much. Also I have to say, for me Kubica has nothing to prove, I just admire that he was so determined to return to the sport even after all these years and at this age.
Marko "The best part of the package is the Honda engine. We need to improve the chassis."
Never doubted the Asaki beast. Newey better pull his finger out for Bahrain, ffs.
Never doubted the Asaki beast. Newey better pull his finger out for Bahrain, ffs.
We all owe you a big apology. Wax for president!Marko "The best part of the package is the Honda engine. We need to improve the chassis."
Never doubted the Asaki beast. Newey better pull his finger out for Bahrain, ffs.
this part is quite crucial for feeding the air passing over the floor into diffuser area, so it had effect on his rear. How big it was, only guys at Mercedes know
I'm new to F1 so forgive me but that little missing piece is what gave Bottas such a huge gap?
Uncorroborated, but someone on Reddit claimed they were at the race and saw a bit fly off his car when riding the T1-T2 kerb. (Which could have been after the tyre change.)
The race is 58 laps, Bottas had 20+ seconds on Hamilton, that means just a fraction of a second each lap is enough.
Bottas however was controlling the pace, he only pushed for the fastest lap. That gap could have been double+
The only reason seems to be that the media wants to have something to talk about.
Everyone who knows racing knows that the early pit stop caused Ham to have to drive slower for more laps than Bottas.
But it seems the F1 media was more interested in creating a rival for Hamilton than stating the obvious or taking anything away from Bottas.
EDIT: Just saw the two mobile devices so let me change my answer. I've been able to put the onboard camera for Kimi on my phone and had the main race feed on my laptop with the same F1 TV account.
The FAQ answer on this says only one video stream per account but then says live timing is ok even though that comes through as a video feed so I don't really know.
Thanks this is perfect. I was hoping to do what you described, feed on one device, live timing on another.
Marko "The best part of the package is the Honda engine. We need to improve the chassis."
Never doubted the Asaki beast. Newey better pull his finger out for Bahrain, ffs.
Moss and Wax. *now* it's an F1 thread :)
99% Lewis will finish the season 100+ points ahead of Bottas and no one will remember Melbourne. Yet here we are questioning his driving.
The aim of the game is to win by the smallest margin possible.
Take the least life out of all the engine bits that you only get three of. Take the least effort out of a body that has to last for 21 races.
Lewis had the rest of the field covered, and it's pointless to try and catch your team-mate when he's 10 seconds up the road on 10 lap fresher tyres around a circuit that sees ~5 overtakes per race if you're lucky.
Let's see how things sit after China.
Take the least life out of all the engine bits that you only get three of. Take the least effort out of a body that has to last for 21 races.
Lewis had the rest of the field covered, and it's pointless to try and catch your team-mate when he's 10 seconds up the road on 10 lap fresher tyres around a circuit that sees ~5 overtakes per race if you're lucky.
Let's see how things sit after China.
When you see it 5 seconds ahead of a Ferrari after 3 laps, you'll say "wow"
Can you please tell your friends at Mercedes that they need to calm the fuck down and let other (see: Ferrari) teams win something again!
Lewis's reaction at the end of this question
HO-ly shit how've I not seen this before hahaha
HO-ly shit how've I not seen this before hahaha
THIS IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION
Anyway, I know it's too early for this but I can see RB beating Ferrari this year. I mean, they always had a good car, and now they have a decent engine it seems, it was just one race but still good thing Honda had zero retirements, contrary to Sainz's Renault. Vettel's chances look slimmer than last year imo, two rival teams, instead of one and a stronger teammate.
I agree, Vettel's chance was last year and he missed it, this year is going to be harder unless somehow Ferrari has a rocket and they couldn't take advantage of it in Australia. With more or less equal machinery I put my money on Hamilton or Max to win the title or at least to be in front of Vettel in the case of Max.
Is early to tell anyway but I have zero confidence in Vettel's mental strength if things get difficult with his teammate or because he will have to fight against more rivals, not only Hamilton.
Well Melbourne isn't anything to take as a metric for future developments...
But I could see Bottas taking points out of Hamilton, whereas LeClerc won't take them out of Vettel as he clearly has number 2 status (very clear from this race). But Max may take them out of Vettel.
So it may take a while for gaps to form even if Mercedes have a stronger car as Ham/Bot trade blows.
Are people seriously questioning Vettel's state of mind for a race in which he ran a risky strategy and had an engine issue which made him run like a whole second slower than he could go? Okay then.
This is brilliant. He had to wait one year less for Hamilton's book after he finished his question.
More for last season when he repeatedly cracked under any pressure and threw away a golden chance for the WDC. He's likely to have far more competition this year...
Bingo, and is not like he didn't show weakness in other years too plus his skills when close racing are sometimes not that good.
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