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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 20, 2024 3:04:51 GMT
Rosberg is so good at explaining driver procedural stuff. Don't like the bloke but he's interesting.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 20, 2024 3:05:34 GMT
Fuck sake. Cue another Red Bull 1-2. No one can actually race them when they get in DRS. Only hope was someone getting far enough away at the start and don't think Ham has that kind of pace.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 20, 2024 3:14:21 GMT
I feel for Norris a bit there. Reaction time was only a hundredth behind Ham but clearly their launch map settings weren't quite right. Then kind of had to risk it all given it's just a sprint race and he knew he'd struggle to pass given their DRS deficit.
Lewis very smart to not push Norris off but just to ease him onto the dirty part of the track to let physics take it's course.
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Post by Lizard on Apr 20, 2024 3:39:11 GMT
It's 3pm here, so one of the few races I can watch live. Great battle for third towards the end there, shame Alonso overcooked it. Red Bull ridiculously OP.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 20, 2024 4:07:44 GMT
Sainz's initial pass on Alonso was absolutely superb. Alonso's retaliation to then just lunge him in desperation at the next corner was pathetic. I'd hope the stewards would have acted were it not for his puncture.
But then Sainz himself shoving his teammate off at the hairpin after Leclerc had earned space was abject as well. That deserves a post race pen imo.
Race craft and basic respect are at an all time low and it's the FIA's fault for allowing standards to decline through inaction.
Vast majority of moves are DRS or tyre offset based non contests, and the few that are actually genuinely competitive between similar cars with similar rubber and no DRS advantage invariably end up with contact and/or someone taking evasive action to avoid it. It's absolutely piss poor.
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Post by monkman5000 on Apr 20, 2024 8:01:35 GMT
Didn't see anything wrong with Alonso's dive down the inside myself - was just opportunistic.
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Post by Lizard on Apr 20, 2024 8:04:13 GMT
This circuit is so soulless.
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Post by Lizard on Apr 21, 2024 7:13:47 GMT
Didn't see anything wrong with Alonso's dive down the inside myself - was just opportunistic. It was a bit chancy, and he got his just desserts with the puncture, but I don't see it as off-colour or malicious.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 21, 2024 7:28:25 GMT
What's going on with Piastri? Seems odd that he's a full second a lap off the other car's pace.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 21, 2024 7:45:22 GMT
Well this safety car makes a mockery of the first stint of the race. Guess they aren't comfortable with a tow truck being there under a VSC. Still seems a shame.
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Post by Lizard on Apr 21, 2024 7:47:18 GMT
Watching them trying to move the car was funny. Enjoying Hamilton's whining too.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 21, 2024 7:56:04 GMT
Didn't see anything wrong with Alonso's dive down the inside myself - was just opportunistic. It was a bit chancy, and he got his just desserts with the puncture, but I don't see it as off-colour or malicious. Only just realised he did actually get a 10s post race penalty for the lunge. Explanation here as to why it was over the line and to an extent it was a 10s not 5s. www.the-race.com/formula-1/fernando-alonso-second-controversial-2024-f1-penalty-explained/I really don't think the penalty should be controversial. 10 years ago that move would've stood out more. What's considered normal has shifted so far. And Magnusson further proving my point about driving standards just now!
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Post by Whizzo on Apr 21, 2024 7:58:38 GMT
How many crashes when this safety car ends due to the end of the first safety car?
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 21, 2024 8:03:28 GMT
It's never ever Stroll's fault.
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Post by Lizard on Apr 21, 2024 8:09:23 GMT
Battle for last
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 21, 2024 8:16:24 GMT
Piastri is 1.5s a lap slower than Norris on a younger tyre in clear air. He must have a car problem.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 21, 2024 8:17:58 GMT
2s a lap now.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 21, 2024 8:19:05 GMT
Ah. Diffuser damage. Makes sense.
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Post by dangerousdave on Apr 21, 2024 10:23:14 GMT
Nice to see Lando make up for the sprint race error. Not entirely his fault, but I can’t help but think that when he finally gets his win, he’ll drive almost flawlessly. He is always impressive when he is in the middle of the pack, but when he’s out front there’s always a small sense of nerves.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2024 9:15:20 GMT
This sounds a bit shit. Adding yet another overtaking band aid is not a good sign. www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-2026-engine-rules-new-overtaking-aid-not-push-to-pass/It's so frustrating. These are supposed to be elite single seaters. They need to make the cars smaller, lighter and more agile so they fit the tracks. Then do more along the lines of the last aero regs to help close following. Elongate the braking distances by reducing down force and perhaps changing brake compounds. Then we'd have actual wheel to wheel racing as there'd be cars closer together for longer and actual space to do it. Instead they continually push the rules in the direction of single seater shaped GT cars. Watching GT cars push to pass is what WEC is for not F1.
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Post by A46Matt on Apr 24, 2024 15:59:31 GMT
Like you say there are obvious ways to make the racing better but it’ll never happen. Even with the last big change which included implementing larger wheels to make the wheels look more like road car variants the teams soon binned off the alloy wheel look to go with the more efficient drum type they all run.
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Post by Gruf on Apr 25, 2024 15:14:17 GMT
Newey leaving RB, well, well.
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Post by gamma on Apr 25, 2024 15:25:26 GMT
Is Max next?
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 25, 2024 16:44:55 GMT
Hopefully he goes to a team with a crap engine or retires.
Absolute legend but he periodically ruins the sport with his aero genius.
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Post by PatrickEwing on Apr 25, 2024 16:54:23 GMT
In the words of Murray Walker. Fantastic!
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Post by dangerousdave on Apr 25, 2024 19:50:08 GMT
Good for Newey. Horner exploited his position and should have been sacked. Regardless of the internal power struggle within the team, it is farcical that he remains there and the girl he exploited is suspended.
I hope the team slowly rips itself apart.
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Post by damagedinc on Apr 26, 2024 5:38:05 GMT
He won't retire, I would be very very suprised if he did. I reckon AM/stroll would have given him a blank check. However the lure of ferrari is what will see him go there. Neweys understudy went there last season if I remember rightly.
I don't think redbull are in as bad a position as appears. Newey isn't as involved as he used to be and alot of the cars credit goes to them not newey alone.
Max won't go to merc and there's no room at ferrari. So he will stay at redbull till at least 25/26. More likely to leave f1 then go somewhere else I reckon.
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Post by dangerousdave on Apr 26, 2024 6:07:37 GMT
To be replaced by his unqualified and unskilled cousin; Min Verstappen.
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Post by Lizard on Apr 26, 2024 6:33:31 GMT
Surely they would go with his other, more average cousin, Mean Verstappen.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 26, 2024 7:58:29 GMT
Obviously Red Bull aren't a one man team but as the race article mentioned, last time Newey stepped away from leading the F1 car design they had some problematically 'birthed' cars and he was brought back in to sort them out mid season. Plus he was clearly the main reason they nailed the ground effect rules. He is a true one off and irreplaceable.
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