October 30, 20205 yr What's more interesting to me, is speculating how Lewis would do in a lesser car. Put him the in RBR instead of Max, and how many times can he beat the Merc? I'm willing to bet it's more often than Max does, but does he win enough to win the WDC in the RBR? Obviously there's no way to know, it's just an interesting thought exercise. Eh, Lewis does have at least one win and pole every year he’s been in F1, including only one of two non-Red Bull poles in 2010, and the only non-Red Bull pole in 2011 (Vettel had 15/19 that year!). He should’ve won the WDC in 2007 as a rookie if not for his damn pitwall in China, in a car that was more or less equal to the Ferrari (track dependent), and had a great chance in 2012, but the MP4-27 was ridiculously unreliable, unlucky, and suffered from a lot of team mistakes during pit stops (he retired from the lead 3 times, and from a podium position 2 more, with Button also suffering lots of mechanicals), which was also likely a big part of why he left them at the end of the season. You do, of course, need a fast/fastest car to win, but it is not as if he hasn’t proved himself elsewhere. Hell, even Fangio switched teams 4 times in 8 years (including one mid-season!) trying to stay in the best car.It definitely is an interesting thought exercise, though. I wouldn’t mind seeing it happen!
October 30, 20205 yr At the end of every season they should run an exhibition short race where you reverse the order of the drivers championship and put them in the cars in the normal order. So Lewis goes to the last place car and last place gets to drive his Merc. Second place swaps cars with 19th place etc etc
October 30, 20205 yr It looks like both Alfa and Williams will retain their drivers for next year. Happy for George that he didn’t get screwed there.
October 30, 20205 yr At the end of every season they should run an exhibition short race where you reverse the order of the drivers championship and put them in the cars in the normal order. So Lewis goes to the last place car and last place gets to drive his Merc. Second place swaps cars with 19th place etc etc We should also bring back this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M1_Procar_Championship?wprov=sfti1
October 30, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said: We should also bring back this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M1_Procar_Championship?wprov=sfti1 That would be so awesome. Just drop them in the Porsche Supercup or Ferrari Challenge cars. Edited October 30, 20205 yr by mcbrisket
October 30, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Anton Chigurh said: It looks like both Alfa and Williams will retain their drivers for next year. Happy for George that he didn’t get screwed there. 41 year old man still racing f1 is sorta amazing
October 30, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, utee94 said: What's more interesting to me, is speculating how Lewis would do in a lesser car. Put him the in RBR instead of Max, and how many times can he beat the Merc? I'm willing to bet it's more often than Max does, but does he win enough to win the WDC in the RBR? Obviously there's no way to know, it's just an interesting thought exercise. Since F1 is really just a constructors race , the places where we can observe talent shine through are: few errors; wet performance; tire management; beating teammates; quali performance (esp against teammate); and whatever the IT factor is that people like Brady has where they just pull out the win, no matter what, regardless of how unspectacular it looks. From all that, its safe to project Hamilton as #1 on the grid. Max is #2, arguably 3 or 4, because he gets involved in too many incidents.
October 31, 20205 yr Great slo-mo shot of Lewis bouncing over the kerb... had each wheel off the ground at some point in that sequence.
October 31, 20205 yr 2:30 to go in Q2 and Vettel is in 12th. Vettel and Albon with a late chance to get through. Stroll on out lap. Russell too.
October 31, 20205 yr Albon and Max get through. Albon 4th, Max 5th. Vettel 13th. Perez does not get through. Nor does Stroll.
November 1, 20205 yr Take the top-3 out of the race and things are pretty good. This is a good race, behind the top-3.
November 1, 20205 yr Ferrari pit stop just screwed Vettel. 13.1 seconds at a stop. He was having a nice race.
November 1, 20205 yr Max with a massive right-rear failure. with about 13 laps to go. Russell out with 10 laps to go, behind the safety car he just throttled too much and put it into the barrier. Terrible mistake.
November 1, 20205 yr Stroll with a bad mistake in the pit, almost runs over his front roller-jack man.
November 1, 20205 yr Yes!!!!!! 7 in a row. 93rd for Hamilton. Danny on podium. Great race. Kimi driving forever was awesome. Ferrari hates Vettle. Albon gotta be gone at the end of the year. Russel blew it. Rough day for some
November 1, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Fastbreak said: Stroll sucks. He will eventually kill someone. Agreed. He's an entitled rich kid who thinks he drives like Hamilton when he's mediocre at best. Any team not owned by his father would probably be parting ways with him at season's end.
November 1, 20205 yr 50 minutes ago, Goofyboy said: Yes!!!!!! 7 in a row. 93rd for Hamilton. Danny on podium. Great race. Kimi driving forever was awesome. Ferrari hates Vettle. Albon gotta be gone at the end of the year. Russel blew it. Rough day for some Damn safety car just a few laps too late for Kimi to really get rewarded for his drive Vettle was having a good day as well, dat pit stop Edited November 1, 20205 yr by ChickenSandwich
November 1, 20205 yr That has to seal Albon getting replaced at Red Bull, right (if it wasn't already)? Sent from my HD1925 using Tapatalk
November 1, 20205 yr thanks for the spoilers, google just gimme a setting to not have F1 show up on my feed for 24-48 hours after each race. that's all i ask. it shouldn't be hard. if timeSinceRace < 48 hours then noNews.
November 1, 20205 yr Heard on the broadcast, when they were discussing the musical chairs for 2021 seats, that Honda want to place their star driver at Alpha Tauri. Why would Red Bull feel the need to go along with that after Honda put them in a very difficult spot by pulling out after next year? If they feel he’s better long-term than Albon or Kvyat and want to give him a look, then I can see that. But because Honda want it? Lewis taking a drink from Danny Ric’s “shoey” was funny. Edited November 1, 20205 yr by Dutch
November 3, 20205 yr On 11/1/2020 at 11:21 AM, UTHornFan014 said: That has to seal Albon getting replaced at Red Bull, right (if it wasn't already)? Sent from my HD1925 using Tapatalk I think he'd be gone already if they had any competition for 2nd place in the constructors.
November 3, 20205 yr Author 3 hours ago, mcbrisket said: I think he'd be gone already if they had any competition for 2nd place in the constructors. RBR is nuts if they don't pick up Checo, imho. Or Hulk at least...
November 3, 20205 yr Perez vs Max would be epic. The pressure Checo would put on Max!Max melting down every weekend because Checo is on his ass (or beating him) would be must watch tv.
November 10, 20205 yr Author F1 reveals provisional 23-round 2021 calendar, including mysterious TBC date: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/153401/f1-reveals-provisional-23round-2021-calendar
November 10, 20205 yr Hope this gets finalized soon. If COVID allows I might try to make as many as 3 races next year. I'm already going to be in London the week of Silverstone (nice surprise) and can easily adjust the schedule to leave Monday instead of Sunday. Is Austin worth attending at least once? Seems easy enough for me to get there for a long weekend, fly in either late Thursday or early Friday and then fly out Monday AM or even Sunday PM. I went ahead and booked a Marriott this AM for that full weekend while the rates were still super cheap. The last question is what remaining race to try and make...probably down to Spa, Zandvoort, or Monza. Only reason I might try to make this 3rd race happen is I have a shitload of British Airways vouchers to use before April 2020 so don't want them to go to waste.
November 10, 20205 yr Author 7 minutes ago, McCroskey said: Hope this gets finalized soon. If COVID allows I might try to make as many as 3 races next year. I'm already going to be in London the week of Silverstone (nice surprise) and can easily adjust the schedule to leave Monday instead of Sunday. Is Austin worth attending at least once? Seems easy enough for me to get there for a long weekend, fly in either late Thursday or early Friday and then fly out Monday AM or even Sunday PM. I went ahead and booked a Marriott this AM for that full weekend while the rates were still super cheap. The last question is what remaining race to try and make...probably down to Spa, Zandvoort, or Monza. Only reason I might try to make this 3rd race happen is I have a shitload of British Airways vouchers to use before April 2020 so don't want them to go to waste. Any one of those last three would be great. If I had to pick one, I'd do Spa. Re: COTA ... imho it depends on where you are. Montreal is a much more enjoyable weekend imho. And the 'scenery' is pretty got damn fantastic.
November 10, 20205 yr Author TBC where Vietnam was. Wonder which track gets it... 2021 Formula 1 calendar 21 March - Australian GP 28 March - Bahrain GP 11 April - Chinese GP 25 April - TBC 9 May - Spanish GP 23 May - Monaco GP 6 June - Azerbaijan GP 13 June - Canadian GP 27 June - French GP 4 July - Austrian GP 18 July - British GP 1 August - Hungarian GP 29 August - Belgian GP 5 September - Dutch GP 12 September - Italian GP 26 September - Russian GP 3 October - Singapore GP 10 October - Japanese GP 24 October - United States GP 31 October - Mexican GP 14 November - Brazilian GP 28 November - Saudi Arabia
November 10, 20205 yr We are talking about Monza and then up to Austria and Munich for Oktoberfest. That should be a fun couple weeks.
November 10, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, McCroskey said: Hope this gets finalized soon. If COVID allows I might try to make as many as 3 races next year. I'm already going to be in London the week of Silverstone (nice surprise) and can easily adjust the schedule to leave Monday instead of Sunday. Is Austin worth attending at least once? Seems easy enough for me to get there for a long weekend, fly in either late Thursday or early Friday and then fly out Monday AM or even Sunday PM. I went ahead and booked a Marriott this AM for that full weekend while the rates were still super cheap. The last question is what remaining race to try and make...probably down to Spa, Zandvoort, or Monza. Only reason I might try to make this 3rd race happen is I have a shitload of British Airways vouchers to use before April 2020 so don't want them to go to waste. Spa is on my bucket list so that's definitely the one I'd choose out of those three. Zandvoort would be quirky fun, though. And I'll admit, I don't love Monza, never have. But visiting Italy is always a good time. Personally I really love spending the weekend at COTA in Austin, but I live here and it's obviously easy for me to do.
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