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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 21, 2021 17:56:46 GMT
The wet start to Le Mans was highly entertaining. Lots of people getting carried away. Toyota miles faster than the rest but Alpine do appear to potentially have an efficiency advantage so should keep them relatively honest.
LMP2 pretty close. Bit gutted that Davidson binned it from the lead.
Can't believe they've still not improved the TV graphics, which remain needlessly confusing. They totally ignore the fact that people either follow drivers manufacturers and only list car numbers with minimal timing info. You have to have the entry list to hand to have any chance of understanding whose where. It's as is if the designers have never actually watched Motorsport on TV themselves and have developed it in compete isolation.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 23, 2021 8:29:51 GMT
Pretty tragic for Kubica's car yesterday. That would have been quite the story.
At least the #7 Toyota got the win those drivers deserved having lost out to the sister car through factors other than pace/driver error at least twice in the last few years. Unlike F1, I really think Le Mans' top tier needs manufacturer entries for legitimacy, so hopefully, Peugeot hit the ground running next year.
I moaned about the graphics before but the world feed was just plain bad in general. Constant sound mix issues and incoherent interviews, crash cuts to ad breaks in the middle of sentences. Massive delays between an incident and a replay. A lot of that probably wasn't Eurosports fault and was inherited from upstream, but still, this is supposed to be the premier race 'in the world' and it was a confusing mess for viewers and all felt a bit amateurish. Especially in a 24hr race, you should be able to join at any point and within a few minutes have some idea of what's going on and what you've missed without having to resort to the internet.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2021 19:29:51 GMT
Got a spare ticket for motogp at silverstone for this weekend if anyone is interested.
Becketts stand, weekend camping at woodlands. Paid £188 but my brother can't join me now. Anyone keen? Happy to drop the price a bit as if I resold in ebay etc would lose loads anyway.
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Post by Flying Pig on Aug 26, 2021 8:37:37 GMT
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Post by damagedinc on Aug 26, 2021 11:47:02 GMT
Yeah he seems a bit more chilled out than previous outings. Be exciting if alpine are even more competitive with the new regs. |
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Post by A46Matt on Aug 26, 2021 15:40:48 GMT
Really hoping that 2022 does end up being the big reset but I’m not holding my breath.
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Post by damagedinc on Aug 26, 2021 17:19:49 GMT
It will be like any reg change. One team will get it just right and have a huge advantage. Hopefully a few teams will be close.
The racing as a whole will hopefully be better which will lead to some great seasons.
It's always ironic that the reg changes normally follow once all the teams are almost level. That is f1 though, I enjoy the technical arms race as much as the racing.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Aug 26, 2021 17:30:54 GMT
Hopefully the token system based on championship position does the business and closes things up easier. We don't need another positive feedback loop era.
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Post by KD on Aug 26, 2021 18:19:30 GMT
They are keeping DRS on the cars as a back up, if all goes to plan they are going to remove it for 2023.
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Post by suicida on Aug 27, 2021 7:10:44 GMT
Pretty damn hyped for the British MotoGP this weekend, expecting the sold out crowd to mostly be wearing yellow for some reason
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2021 7:52:49 GMT
If anyone fancies still going I have a spare weekend camping ticket. Sold the race ticket but can offer camping for free.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 27, 2021 21:58:54 GMT
You know how we were taking about the fact that the onboard cams are too stable these days youtu.be/IBJWLDEexDoMore please. |
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Post by suicida on Aug 27, 2021 22:13:00 GMT
You know how we were taking about the fact that the onboard cams are too stable these days youtu.be/IBJWLDEexDoMore please. Here's a similar helmet-cam lap of Oulton Park on a Honda Fireblade 😱 |
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 28, 2021 13:38:38 GMT
Q1 was fun. Just watching the timing, Norris maintained a 2.5s a lap advantage to Ricciardo throughout. Summer break doesn't appear to have helped then.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Aug 28, 2021 13:58:19 GMT
Hello I am here for a Lando pole position.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 28, 2021 13:59:37 GMT
Lando can definitely get pole if it doesn't dry out.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 28, 2021 14:02:08 GMT
This is fascinating. If it keeps raining then RB and Merc have absolutely cocked this up.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 28, 2021 14:03:21 GMT
bugger, that knackers that then!
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Post by monkman5000 on Aug 28, 2021 14:03:46 GMT
Fuck
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Aug 28, 2021 14:04:12 GMT
For fucks sake. Race control yet again drop a bollock on what should have been a rightful red flag before it even started.
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Post by nazo on Aug 28, 2021 14:04:44 GMT
Shit, Lando was looking so good
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Aug 28, 2021 14:05:25 GMT
The absolute state of that track compared to the original delay in quali and they sit on their hands. Idiots.
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Post by monkman5000 on Aug 28, 2021 14:05:33 GMT
Fair play to Brundle for spotting that live.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 28, 2021 14:06:37 GMT
yeah, absolutely, I didn't notice anything in real time.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Aug 28, 2021 14:07:37 GMT
Ha, yeah, I was like "What? Looked on line"
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Aug 28, 2021 14:10:06 GMT
Vettel is such a great guy.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 28, 2021 14:11:57 GMT
I think Lando was the first man out on track.
I'm not really sure what the point of full wets are these days. It probably was too wet, but as more general point, we never actually run in full wet conditions anymore. Every time they are actually better than Inters they immediately bring out the safety car or red flag it. If I was an F1 team boss, I'd be tempted to gamble on only bringing Inters.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Aug 28, 2021 14:18:22 GMT
Yeah wets are just worthless these days. It was always going to happen to the first person through that section. Theoretically whoever does their lap first in worsening conditions will be fastest so the onus falls on race control to stop them all from rushing out. There's just been an awful W Series crash in the same place in tricky conditions as a precedent. It's totally unacceptable that's just had to happen to someone.
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Post by monkman5000 on Aug 28, 2021 14:21:41 GMT
Wasn't a reasonable chunk of last year's Turkish GP run on full wets?
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 28, 2021 14:26:02 GMT
Wasn't a reasonable chunk of last year's Turkish GP run on full wets? Good point, I stand corrected. Have just looked back on it and the first stint (of 8-12 laps) was indeed full wets. |
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