July 29, 20196 yr 23 hours ago, MC Fresh Breath said: Apparently this race was the one race they had access to Mercedes during. Some producers somewhere are out of their heads with giddiness right now. That is going to be one hell of an episode. They could make that one 90 minutes, and it'd be enthralling. What a race; that was tremendous fun. Requesting "Dumb Question Amnesty" for a noob: How do teams work out the pecking order among their drivers (or is there even a pecking order)? I get they want two strong drivers who are both hopefully finishing in the points and scoring constructors' points, but is there one guy in the team who gets "pushed" a bit more for the title or points? Unrelated: Renault may be late arriving to Mogyoród. Edited July 29, 20196 yr by Dutch
July 29, 20196 yr Author 33 minutes ago, Dutch said: That is going to be one hell of an episode. They could make that one 90 minutes, and it'd be enthralling. What a race; that was tremendous fun. Requesting "Dumb Question Amnesty" for a noob: How do teams work out the pecking order among their drivers (or is there even a pecking order)? I get they want two strong drivers who are both hopefully finishing in the points and scoring constructors' points, but is there one guy in the team who gets "pushed" a bit more for the title or points Usually they start the drivers out even at the beginning of the season (or at least they give that appearance). Later in the season they'll tend to favor the driver that has a significant lead in terms of WDC points.
July 29, 20196 yr Author BTW, whatever happened with the investigation of Hammy lollygagging behind the SC?
July 29, 20196 yr BTW, whatever happened with the investigation of Hammy lollygagging behind the SC?https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/145044/anomaly-caused-hamilton-safety-car-investigation
July 29, 20196 yr 46 minutes ago, Dutch said: That is going to be one hell of an episode. They could make that one 90 minutes, and it'd be enthralling. What a race; that was tremendous fun. Requesting "Dumb Question Amnesty" for a noob: How do teams work out the pecking order among their drivers (or is there even a pecking order)? I get they want two strong drivers who are both hopefully finishing in the points and scoring constructors' points, but is there one guy in the team who gets "pushed" a bit more for the title or points? Unrelated: Renault may be late arriving to Mogyoród. I think that only plays out for teams who actually have drivers in championship contention, which is Merc and Ferrari. In case of Ferrari, you would naturally start with the proven driver which is/was Vettel. And as the performances evolve you want to support the one delivering actual results. More loyalty, more success/popularity --> more merchandise $$, sponsorship $$. For a team like McLaren they don't need to do such a thing. Ultimately the constructors championship matter more as it is prize money that comes to the team at the end of the season.
July 29, 20196 yr So much going on. I completely missed Verstappen's stop when watching live even though his stop time data was put on the screen. Too much Mercedes crew scrambling, couldn't take my eyes off of it. Verstappen entered pit lane 7.2 seconds after Hamilton. Here's where he was when Hamilton was released:
July 29, 20196 yr On 7/28/2019 at 11:00 AM, MAROON said: Williams as close to points as they might get this season A bit wordy for a tshirt.
July 29, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, relapse98 said: A bit wordy for a tshirt. plenty of real estate on the back of Frank's wheelchair
July 29, 20196 yr Author Just resumed watching the Netflix series. Jesus, Buxton is such a fucking dipshit.
July 29, 20196 yr 5th from the left....holy shit those cars were ugly Same for 7th from right. The current day cars have grown on me tho
July 29, 20196 yr 5th from the left....holy shit those cars were ugly Same for 7th from right. The current day cars have grown on me tho The current cars are gorgeous. Just long af.
July 29, 20196 yr ferrari 312t wasn't a looker. The T was pretty damn ugly, and the T2 the worst of the lot, but I liked the T3 and T4. Still goofy, but like a cool Hot Wheels car or something.
July 30, 20196 yr https://jalopnik.com/red-bull-broke-the-fastest-f1-pit-stop-record-for-the-s-1836794622I rewound the stop where the camera was at the right rear 3 or 4 times and I'm not entirely certain the car stopped
July 30, 20196 yr 19 minutes ago, Lidig8r said: 2nd from the left ... Graham Hill, Jimmy Clark era? I saw one of Jim Clark's cars at a museum in Germany, in Aschaffenburg. It was incredible to see.
July 31, 20196 yr Author Better than 50/50 chance of a Vettel/Verstappen swap according to Dieter Rencken's source: https://www.racefans.net/2019/07/31/silly-season-or-sensible-season-the-state-of-the-driver-market-for-2020/
July 31, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, wood said: Better than 50/50 chance of a Vettel/Verstappen swap according to Dieter Rencken's source: https://www.racefans.net/2019/07/31/silly-season-or-sensible-season-the-state-of-the-driver-market-for-2020/ Interesting. I'd like to see Honda power really start to make it solidly into the top-3. I'm not a Honda fan, but I like variety.
July 31, 20196 yr Dude, if Ferrari could get some of the strategy shit fixed up, Verstappen in red might be insane. I think right now I would gladly welcome that switch with Vettel who has the tendency to go potato at times.
July 31, 20196 yr Author Very informative article ... RaceCar Engineering: What F1 2021 will look like:https://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/f1-2021/
August 2, 20196 yr Another noob question as I'm watching practice this morning: When they're in the garage before they go on the track, you often see them put a laptop or a Surface or whatever on the car in front of the driver. Are they showing them the track or something else?
August 2, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Jograves said: Another noob question as I'm watching practice this morning: When they're in the garage before they go on the track, you often see them put a laptop or a Surface or whatever on the car in front of the driver. Are they showing them the track or something else? Timing and GPS information about themselves and others, usually the teammate. They can tell if their teammate is braking later or getting on the gas faster, figure out which corners could improve, etc.
August 2, 20196 yr Wow, finally had the time to get caught up, what a week. That race was something else. I give driver of the day to Vettel, he had a great race. But the single best "move" of the day was Max's complete 360, and then continue on to win. That was some great driving. As expected, Ferrari screwed up qualy, but at least they only half-screwed up in the race. And just imagine how interesting the last 6 or 7 laps would have been if LeClerc had stayed in. Tough luck for Mercedes, it's rare, but I feel for them regardless.
August 3, 20196 yr Wow. George Russell out qualifies both Racing Points and Danny Ric. Very nearly made Q2. Pretty good. Looks like Ric screwed himself starting the lap in traffic and trying to get around Perez at a weird time. Edited August 3, 20196 yr by Hawndoh
August 4, 20196 yr Thanks for the 5 words Anthony. Looks like EVERYONE hates this old fart running around the grid trying to get a word. He fails often.
August 4, 20196 yr Christ, what a beating of a national anthem. Designed to put everyone to sleep! Play that harp!
August 4, 20196 yr Wow. What a drive. Lewis was on the hunt. What a great race. Also, Ferrari one minute behind a Honda.
August 4, 20196 yr If you just looked at the results, you'd think "eh, Hamilton first again." But boy, as noted, that was exciting. Ferrari seemed like they were never a threat at all to the top 2. Not even from the start. I picked McLaren as a mid-pack team to root on this year. Maybe I jumped on a good bandwagon(?).
August 4, 20196 yr Just now, RamjetFDO said: That's two really entertaining races in a row.... Love it. I might be mistaken, but I think that's three in a row.
August 4, 20196 yr That was good stuff. Honda has really made some serious progress. It's nice to see. Ferrari really has its work cut out for them. One more cruddy weekend and Bottas will most definitely be replaced, right? I'm not a big Hamilton fan, but that was impressive.
August 4, 20196 yr Thats why hamilton will probably have all the records when he is done....only way he loses these days if car/he has a big error After this year will be 1 behind Schumacher in championships and is 10 behind him most winsHell of a finish...
August 5, 20196 yr Merc schooled everyone on strategy. Ferrari just MIA. Good job by Sainz, too. Yep, Hamilton drove amazingly but this win was because of his team. He didn't want to pit and argued against it. Red Bull should have been willing to drop a second behind Hamilton on fresh tires. Would have been a hell of a ballsy move and probably all hindsight but they should have realized Mercedes had good info on the hard tires because of Bottas. So when Mercedes pitted Hamilton Red Bull should have realized there was a really good reason that they were willing to try to make up 20 seconds in 20 laps.
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