Formula 1 2018

[Amin]

6 hours ago, stix said:

 

He doesn’t have to be fully past him though, he just has to be in front of him. Vettel should back off, or, as he did, go off track. Alonso didn’t make any deviation to the racing line to stop Vettel passing. He was in front, Vettel was hanging on for those last 5/6 laps. Sainz pussies out of an overtake at the final hairpin or it would have been even worse for him. 

 

 

If there is any part of the car alongside, you have to leave at least a cars width. 

 

As Fernando said himself...

 

What a shitshow from Ferrari. Jock Clear needs the sack.

[stix]

29 minutes ago, Amin said:

If there is any part of the car alongside, you have to leave at least a cars width.

 

I don’t see how that can be fair though. That automatically gives the car being overtaken an extra advantage, using Vettel & Alonso as an example, applying that rule would mean Fernando having to travel a further distance around turn 2, and coming away from the racing line, which was his as he was slightly in front of Vettel, therefore more than likely gifting Seb the position back. 

[Amin]

1 hour ago, stix said:

 

I don’t see how that can be fair though. That automatically gives the car being overtaken an extra advantage, using Vettel & Alonso as an example, applying that rule would mean Fernando having to travel a further distance around turn 2, and coming away from the racing line, which was his as he was slightly in front of Vettel, therefore more than likely gifting Seb the position back. 

It's fairer than pushing the other driver off the track. Vettel may have got back ahead at turn 2 but his run would've been compromised going into turn 3, giving Alonso a great chance into turn 4. It would've been an epic multi-corner battle with Alonso coming out on top but instead it was ended abruptly when Alonso shoved Vettel onto the grass.

 

These kind of moves are ruining racing in my opinion. I was delighted when Verstappen got a puncture for doing the same to Hamilton in the last race but unfortunately Alonso got away with that one.

[Asha]

Season over for Mercedes after seeing that.

 

Haas will throw races left, right and centre in Ferrari's favour and Toro Rosso will do the same for Red Bull.

 

I'm all for making it more balanced in terms of competitiveness but today's result was manufactured.

 

Red Bull were nowhere... the only chance of them doing anything was through a safety car. Suddenly the RED BULL B TEAM crash into each other leaving debris everywhere... and CARLOS SAINZ a Red Bull driver comes on the radio screaming for a safety car? And the two Red Bull cars just happen to be conveniently placed to jump straight into the pit lane?

 

That's up there with Singapore 2008 and all 231 of Ferrari's wins to be honest as a disgrace to the sport.

 

My driver of the day was LEWIS. 

 

/s

[m4DD0gg]

4 hours ago, Asha said:

Season over for Mercedes after seeing that.

 

Haas will throw races left, right and centre in Ferrari's favour and Toro Rosso will do the same for Red Bull.

 

I'm all for making it more balanced in terms of competitiveness but today's result was manufactured.

 

Red Bull were nowhere... the only chance of them doing anything was through a safety car. Suddenly the RED BULL B TEAM crash into each other leaving debris everywhere... and CARLOS SAINZ a Red Bull driver comes on the radio screaming for a safety car? And the two Red Bull cars just happen to be conveniently placed to jump straight into the pit lane?

 

That's up there with Singapore 2008 and all 231 of Ferrari's wins to be honest as a disgrace to the sport.

 

My driver of the day was LEWIS. 

 

/s

I want Lewis to win as much as the next man but this is pure nonsense.

[The Horse's Mouth]

On 15/04/2018 at 07:45, NorthfieldsFox said:

You can get even money Vettel winning the championship 

 

it’s the best bet this year ! 

 

Lump on he will be 1-5 in two races time !

 

5000 to will 10000 recommended minimum stakes !  

You'll lose your money 

[Brainy]

2 hours ago, m4DD0gg said:

I want Lewis to win as much as the next man but this is pure nonsense.

He's just trying to be funny

[yorkie1999]

7 hours ago, Asha said:

Season over for Mercedes after seeing that.

 

Haas will throw races left, right and centre in Ferrari's favour and Toro Rosso will do the same for Red Bull.

 

I'm all for making it more balanced in terms of competitiveness but today's result was manufactured.

 

Red Bull were nowhere... the only chance of them doing anything was through a safety car. Suddenly the RED BULL B TEAM crash into each other leaving debris everywhere... and CARLOS SAINZ a Red Bull driver comes on the radio screaming for a safety car? And the two Red Bull cars just happen to be conveniently placed to jump straight into the pit lane?

 

That's up there with Singapore 2008 and all 231 of Ferrari's wins to be honest as a disgrace to the sport.

 

My driver of the day was LEWIS. 

 

/s

And the last 4 seasons haven't been. Mercedes spent 3 seasons developing an engine for the current hybrid era, and then when it went to 1.5l turbo cars, other engine manufacturers were only allowed limited development to periphery engine components. Now renault and ferrarri look like they're finally catching up, mercedes are starting to scratch their heads and Lewis is starting to moan about his car not being the fastest on the grid. Wouldn't surprise me if they quit the sport in a couple of seasons now their advantage is dwindling.

[NorthfieldsFox]

7 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

You'll lose your money 

Let’s hope so 

[Brainy]

On 2/20/2018 at 14:29, Walkers said:

The Sauber and Williams are gonna be a right bitch to tell apart.

 

On 2/21/2018 at 11:07, The Horse's Mouth said:

If you're colour blind aye

 

[The Horse's Mouth]

pretty clear which one is which 

[Brainy]

A camera at the hairpin at China showing cars over 1000 metres as they enter the backstraight, I'm not sure you'll be able to tell them apart from the rear wings. But kudos to you for having superhuman vision.

[The Horse's Mouth]

if you can't tell which one is which then you need to change your prescription speccy

[Brainy]

keep trolling lmao

[Jimothy]

I can tell apart. It's a still image though, might not be do easy in a moving picture from that distance.

[Amin]

In general, I've found it very hard to tell the two apart from the front angles when watching on TV. It doesn't help that they're the two slowest teams either!

[The Bear]

The noses give it away. Williams is a flat front, Force India has the point. 

[Brainy]

When we're having to look at the flatness of a nose to tell apart two cars I think its safe to say they are too alike

[The Horse's Mouth]

Literally just need to look at the rear wing 

[stix]

3 hours ago, The Bear said:

The noses give it away. Williams is a flat front, Force India has the point. 

 

Force India?

[Brainy]

Funny how you can detect which car is which but can't see and/or understand my point about a car 1000 metres away from the camera.

[The Bear]

28 minutes ago, stix said:

 

Force India?

sorry Sauber. 

[Brainy]

1 hour ago, The Bear said:

sorry Sauber. 

His name is Stix

[Collymore]

On 19/04/2018 at 17:04, The Horse's Mouth said:

Literally just need to look at the rear wing 

This.

It's like looking for the little yellow thing on top of Bottas's car. It's very easy to distinguish all cars when you know what to look for. 

[SpacedX]

I visited Circuit of The Americas for the inaugural MotoGP race there in 2013. It's amazing how Formula 1 can even turn something as close and engrossing as motorcycle racing into a yawn-fest.  Dreadful hard braking zones, stop-start ****anery, negative camber, decreasing radius turns - typical Tilke, ruined today's racing as it always does. Absolutely loath the place. 

 

Designing a new race circuit? - screw CAD  - simply find the blueprints to Monza, Phillip Island, Mugello, Hockenheim, or old Spa.