June 24, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, wood said: Pretty much the norm these days. F1 is effectively a 2-tier series, even though it doesn't want to admit it. You can't win right now in anything but a Ferrari or Merc, or in a Red Bull when all hell breaks loose or at a high-downforce track. And with the new Merc engine upgrade, I'm not sure how competitive Ferrari will be from here on out this year, either. New Merc engine looks like they finally got shit figured out. It's a two horse race yet again.
June 26, 20187 yr On 6/24/2018 at 2:14 PM, Snacks said: It looked like Ferrari had plenty of engine... Vettel and the other guy drove around everyone.... after Vettel went nuts in the first couple of turns. This race was the most effective I've ever seen DRS be. Plenty of passes going down into the chicane.* Vettel was taking full advantage of it, but the whole time he was falling further behind Hamilton. Vettel's out there playing bumper cars. *I still don't like DRS. Too artificial, not very sporting. Edited June 26, 20187 yr by elfenix
July 1, 20187 yr I'd very much like to attend this Austrian Grand Prix. The location is just gorgeous.
July 1, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said: I'd very much like to attend this Austrian Grand Prix. The location is just gorgeous. Styria (where the GP is based) is what i always thought the UK would be.... just nonstop rolling green hills. its dope.
July 1, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, 52-80 said: Styria (where the GP is based) is what i always thought the UK would be.... just nonstop rolling green hills. its dope. Yeah, I've been down around there. But just never there for race week.
July 1, 20187 yr Hectic start to this one, not too bad. I just wish there were more than six cars that really had a shot at a win.
July 1, 20187 yr "Ambition ahead of adhesion", referring to Kimi trying some passing move before the tires get properly warmed up... Brilliant. Love the Sky coverage team!
July 1, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, RamjetFDO said: "Ambition ahead of adhesion", referring to Kimi trying some passing move before the tires get properly warmed up... Brilliant. Love the Sky coverage team! I've said it before but this broadcast is so much better than what we had before on Fox.
July 1, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said: Kimi just doesn't seem to have it. Obviously this poster is a jackass.
July 1, 20187 yr Tires a huge issue today with temperatures about 15- 20 degrees hotter than yesterday.
July 1, 20187 yr Hamilton's left rear has a nice line down the middle. He's behind Vettel and pushing hard, doesn't look like they can last.
July 1, 20187 yr Welp. Wonder if Hamilton’s was a hydraulic issue too. Didn’t seem like engine but I dunno.
July 1, 20187 yr Max seems to have calmed down just a tad and is not forcing things. Good race for him. Mercedes really fucked up this weekend. Really surprising. Overall, that was a fun race.
July 2, 20187 yr Started this last night, kind of annoyed the commentators had no idea what the turn 3 incident with Kimi and Max was, since F1 replayed it a couple times. Also, from my vantage point at about midway through the race, it's shocking that Merc has no clue what to do when VSCs come out. You'd think they'd have learned their lesson earlier this year.
July 2, 20187 yr I think the confusion was that Turn 3 is a right hand corner and the Max/Kimi incident happened at a left hander. They acknowledged that the incident that was being replayed was the incident under investigation. Edited July 2, 20187 yr by crackamacgowski
July 2, 20187 yr On 7/1/2018 at 8:20 AM, RamjetFDO said: "Ambition ahead of adhesion", referring to Kimi trying some passing move before the tires get properly warmed up... Brilliant. Love the Sky coverage team! On 7/1/2018 at 8:23 AM, PittsburghTiger said: I've said it before but this broadcast is so much better than what we had before on Fox. Yeah there was a lot of bitching about the Sky guys at the beginning of the season, about their accents, etc, never mind that the NBC guys were 2 Brits and an Aussie. Hardly hear a peep at all now. The Sky coverage, esp on Friday & Saturday and esp in pre- and post- qualy and race, is leaps and bounds better than NBC's.
July 3, 20187 yr what's the feeling about him from f1 community re: next year? after he won at le mans, my buddy who works for indycar thinks it's all but a done deal not only that he'll run the 500 next year but also be in a full-time ride in the series.
July 3, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, BlueGreySky said: what's the feeling about him from f1 community re: next year? after he won at le mans, my buddy who works for indycar thinks it's all but a done deal not only that he'll run the 500 next year but also be in a full-time ride in the series. It's all over the place. Some say he's gone, but they're generally the same people who have been saying that every year for several years. I think he probably stays in F1, likely with Renault. I also think that if he does stay, it could signal that he's gonna stay into the next PU formula. If he leaves though, I do think he'll do IndyCar and WEC full time and tryt to be the first ever F1/IndyCar/WEC champ and the 2nd Triple Crown winner.
July 3, 20187 yr He's an amazing racer. And folks here in Indy really took a shine to him. I'm not a NASCAR follower at all, but I'd love to see what he could do in a stock car at Daytona, tho.
July 3, 20187 yr Yeah I'd really love to see him in the Bathurst 12H and/or the Daytona 500. Edited July 3, 20187 yr by wood
July 3, 20187 yr Well guess merc's terrible strategizing didn't matter. I'll take the blame after complaining that the cars are too reliable. I think the confusion was that Turn 3 is a right hand corner and the Max/Kimi incident happened at a left hander. They acknowledged that the incident that was being replayed was the incident under investigation. Kimi forced Max into the grass on turn 3 on lap 1. Then Bottas got by.
July 3, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, elfenix said: Well guess merc's terrible strategizing didn't matter. I'll take the blame after complaining that the cars are too reliable. Kimi forced Max into the grass on turn 3 on lap 1. Then Bottas got by. You're mistaken. Kimi went wide onto the asphalt after going too deep into 3 and rejoined the track next to Max but he didn't force him off. Bottas then passed Kimi because of his lost momentum out of 3.
July 3, 20187 yr Max is definitely in the grass and Kimi definitely came all the way across the track pushing him there
July 3, 20187 yr Okay, I'll concede the point but that's not in the grass. Seb and Fred at Monza 2012 is in the grass. This all started with Sky's confusion and I can still see why they were confused. Edited July 3, 20187 yr by crackamacgowski
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