July 19, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, ConferenceRoom said: Why is McLaren always doing weird shit? Stop doing weird shit, McLaren. They can start by redoing the clown car livery. Expect it to have one of those "honka honka" bicycle horns.
July 20, 20223 yr It’s hot as balls in France this week. It’s not going to be pleasant at or on the track. Serious question…any of you ever attend Paul Ricard?Thoughts? We’re going over next July and I’ve mostly talked myself out of attempting Austria. Thinking about a few days on the Riviera and going to PC for the race weekend.
July 20, 20223 yr 14 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said: Mercedes is supposed to be bringing an upgrade for their power unit soon. Question: Are these upgrades immediately available to customer teams? Will Mercedes take penalties for the upgrade like the would for replacing a broken engine or electrical system component? Every team is bringing PU upgrades after summer break because the ERS part of the PU freezes in early September. It’ll be interesting to see if anyone actually gets faster from it or if all the teams improve their ERS about the same. Edited July 20, 20223 yr by Burt Macklin
July 20, 20223 yr Wow, surprised by Vettel, though I guess I'm forgetting just how much faster that car was during his period of dominance. I'd be curious about overall average starting positions in wins. Edited July 20, 20223 yr by Prepuce of Doom
July 20, 20223 yr It's pretty normal the few cars that can win also qualify at the front Those wins for people starting way down are usually because they were in a dominant car but qualified low because of some issue or rain timing or something.
July 21, 20223 yr On 7/19/2022 at 10:15 PM, McCroskey said: Serious question…any of you ever attend Paul Ricard? Thoughts? We’re going over next July and I’ve mostly talked myself out of attempting Austria. Thinking about a few days on the Riviera and going to PC for the race weekend. I've never been to a race at Paul Ricard. I will say that I like it so little on television that I'd never bother seeing a race there. Monte Carlo? For sure. But when I'm in the South of France there's probably about a million places I'd rather spend my time, than watching a race at that track.
July 22, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, utee94 said: I've never been to a race at Paul Ricard. I will say that I like it so little on television that I'd never bother seeing a race there. Monte Carlo? For sure. But when I'm in the South of France there's probably about a million places I'd rather spend my time, than watching a race at that track. That's more or less where I'm at. Did Monte Carlo this past May and will wait until 2024 to do that again. I'll probably just forgo F1 on this trip, as you said plenty of other stuff to do if the race experiences aren't going to be worth it.
July 22, 20223 yr July racing in Austria and Hungary were a fucking cauldron. Never again. Most interesting (late) summer race for me is Belgium where's there's possibility of rain...and probability of tons of beer
July 22, 20223 yr It was only FP1, but Merc being almost a second back was a little surprising considering people think they’ll be very competitive here. I was also a little surprised to see Ferrari finish first. Binotto said Ferrari is running super low engine modes in practice because they need their practice engines to last all year since they’ve had so many blowouts.
July 22, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Native Horn said: Wasn't Lewis giving up his FP1 for some younger driver? Yeah, but even George was down
July 22, 20223 yr FP1 is data gathering for updates usually. FP2 times should be more representative.
July 22, 20223 yr 18 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said: FP1 is data gathering for updates usually. FP2 times should be more representative. That's what HE said.
July 22, 20223 yr Not sure what Nyck De Vries future on the track holds, but he was excellent in the commentary box during FP2.
July 22, 20223 yr Sainz is taking a 10 place grid penalty for getting new control electronics because of his car exploding 2 weeks ago.
July 22, 20223 yr 28 minutes ago, kevwun said: Sainz is taking a 10 place grid penalty for getting new control electronics because of his car exploding 2 weeks ago. He also hinted there will be another penalty coming for another upgrade - he's likely starting from back of the pack.
July 22, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, ConferenceRoom said: FP1 is data gathering for updates usually. FP2 times should be more representative. Yes and no. You can’t rely on lap times, but you can tell differences from telemetry. There were some good telemetry posts on Reddit showing Ferrari running a low engine mode so they lost time on the straights, but we’re quicker than RB in just about every corner and that carried over to FP2. The real question for Ferrari will be tyre deg. They had some in FP2 and tend to struggle with it on front limited tracks like this one. Unless Merc was really sandbagging in FP1 and FP2, it looks like this will be a Max v Charles battle. The only way I can see Merc with a shot is if both Ferrari and RB have a ton of tyre deg.
July 22, 20223 yr The race here last year was pretty good right? I think it's my least favorite track. The weird striping outside the circuit is hard on the eyes.
July 22, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, FirstTimeCaller said: The race here last year was pretty good right? I think it's my least favorite track. The weird striping outside the circuit is hard on the eyes. Yeah, it actually has one of the highest numbers of overtakes of any circuit, but the track and runoff area is so hard to discern on TV it makes it a bad watch.
July 23, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, Burt Macklin said: Yeah, it actually has one of the highest numbers of overtakes of any circuit, but the track and runoff area is so hard to discern on TV it makes it a bad watch. long straight + big drs zone + chicane = overtakes, even with cars from the prior era that would overheat in all the hot air billowing off the car in front.
July 23, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, kevwun said: Sainz would have had a great shot at pole if not for the penalties. Yeah he's driving so well. Last race's meltdown was just catastrophic for him, killed his race two weeks ago and killed his starting position on this one. Edited July 23, 20223 yr by utee94
July 24, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, utee94 said: Yeah he's driving so well. Last race's meltdown was just catastrophic for him, killed his race two weeks ago and killed his starting position on this one. Same for Leclerc in Spain and Baku. The engine blowouts are absolutely killing Ferrari. Leclerc’s lost between 56 and 70 points to Verstappen from his two blowouts.
July 24, 20223 yr Agreed. He was lapping the field in Spain as Ferrari would be for the championships if they weren’t grenading.
July 24, 20223 yr Word. If Ferrari weren't constantly self-destructing from reliability issues and terrible strategy, they'd be dominating the WDC and the WCC.
July 24, 20223 yr They showed a graphic for Sainz today and he's at or over the limit of pretty much every component and there's still half the season to go.
July 24, 20223 yr 26 minutes ago, kevwun said: They showed a graphic for Sainz today and he's at or over the limit of pretty much every component and there's still half the season to go. Same for Leclerc. Ferrari’s plan is to try to stretch these engines until around COTA and then take one more grid penalty for each, but that will require good reliability, which is a long shot. Very possible both drivers have 2 more grid penalties coming.
July 24, 20223 yr And that plan can be wiped out by one accident. I feel bad for them because they're gonna get screwed repeatedly because of this. Edited July 24, 20223 yr by kevwun
July 24, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, kevwun said: And that plan can be wiped out by one accident. I feel bad for them because they're gonna get screwed repeatedly because of this. Yeah. It’s also weird to me that the 3 engine requirement originated when there were about 25% less races on the calendar. Seems like adding a 4th engine before penalties would be reasonable.
July 24, 20223 yr 9 hours ago, Burt Macklin said: Same for Leclerc in Spain and Baku. The engine blowouts are absolutely killing Ferrari. Well, they do say the purpose of F1 is to inform road car development
July 24, 20223 yr 7 hours ago, Burt Macklin said: Yeah. It’s also weird to me that the 3 engine requirement originated when there were about 25% less races on the calendar. Seems like adding a 4th engine before penalties would be reasonable. Good point. Make it so!
July 24, 20223 yr I didn’t get into F1 until after Nico Rosberg retired. A brief look at his Wiki page reveals an interesting guy. Smart as hell. Movie star looks. Retired on top and now living the good life in Monaco, running an ice cream shop. What kind of driver was he?
July 24, 20223 yr On 7/22/2022 at 5:56 AM, 52-80 said: July racing in Austria and Hungary were a fucking cauldron. Never again. Most interesting (late) summer race for me is Belgium where's there's possibility of rain...and probability of tons of beer Spa is an awesome track, more elevation changes than it shows on tv...just a gas to drive. You'll love it.
July 24, 20223 yr Fuck me. An entire race of listening to Di Resta. Rosberg and Button are much better stand ins for Brundle.
July 24, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, Buzzrock said: This young lady singing the French national anthem is a cutie. A beautiful woman singing La Marseillaise is always moving.
July 24, 20223 yr Looks like it might have been Ocon's fault. KMag up to 12 already. Haas rocket ship? Edited July 24, 20223 yr by kevwun
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