Formula 1 2019

[faps 818]

That is a good point, his battery was empty when Max passed him after the SC pulled in. He was bitching at the team over the radio.

[wood 11766]

On 11/17/2019 at 9:09 AM, MC Fresh Breath said:

Also, as a newbie, I've taken to enjoying watching FP1/2/3 mainly because Crofty and company seem much looser/rowdier during some of the early practices.  They crack me up.

 

Yeah I enjoy their silliness on Fri & Sat. I know Crofty goofs up a fair bit, but I don't get the hate so many have for him. I think he does a good job as the ringleader. That bunch, even with Karun, is miles ahead of the NBC crew. Natalie has been MIA a lot lately though. Do miss her & her legs.

[wood 11766]

Max went absolute beast mode the whole weekend. IMHO his potential is off the charts.

[utee94 16086]

7 hours ago, wood said:

Max went absolute beast mode the whole weekend. IMHO his potential is off the charts.

Lewis has said as much in the past.  That is, when he's not talking about people avoiding Max because he's dangerous.

 

[Anton Chigurh 3335]

Lewis has said as much in the past.  That is, when he's not talking about people avoiding Max because he's dangerous.
 

Ok, that was good.

[Capn81 397]

As a Max fan it was nice to see his weekend result. I also agree that he needs to temper himself a lot of times and not crash out so much. He needs to understand the value of always scoring points, but he gets too worried about beating the world at times.

[wood 11766]

These days Max is no more 'dangerous' than most or all of the grid. That talk is way overblown. He's certainly not a guy who's gonna blink when someone is trying to intimidate him or get him to back down though. He's improved massively at just taking what's there and bringing the car home, which is what's going to make him so tough. There are guys on the current grid who've hardly improved at all in that regard over several years and can only dream of being as quick.

Edited November 19, 2019 by wood

[Hawndoh 2409]

Yeah he was never quite Maldonado or Grosjean levels of danger and crashing. 

Or you can take the way back machine to the era of Andrea De Cesaris who has the most DNFs in history and once had 18 straight DNFs. 

His team even withdrew him from a race before it began because they were sure he would crash and it was getting too expensive to keep repairing the car. 

[wood 11766]

Whoa ...

 

 

Also another TD has been issued on the topic...

https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/direttiva-fia-39-19-sulle-monoposto-un-doppio-flussometro/4600511/

Second fuel flow sensor to be fitted according to Motorsport.it

[Hawndoh 2409]

It's gotta feel bad to cheat and still get defeated for both titles with several races to go. 

[wood 11766]

Now they're making the 2nd flow sensor mandatory for 2020.

Also, not F1, but I thought y'all would enjoy this. Amazing ...

 

[utee94 16086]

On 11/18/2019 at 1:18 PM, elfenix said:

fastest pit stop ever, 1.82 seconds

 

 

And then RBR followed it up with a pit stop that lasted 20 seconds.

In ZERO GRAVITY

 

[wood 11766]

Holy shit. Bill Burr on his F1 viewing ... 25:36.

 

[wood 11766]

Any of y'all been watching Max Mosley's dad Oswald featuring prominently in Peaky Blinders S5?

[Goofyboy 3434]

Bottas’ plan for next year to beat Hamilton appears to be to divorce his wife as step one.

[Pato del Muerto 53495]

Easier to drive on the edge when you don’t have a family to go home to. 

[wood 11766]

10 hours ago, Goofyboy said:

Bottas’ plan for next year to beat Hamilton appears to be to divorce his wife as step one.

Damn. That didn't take long.

[elfenix 34749]

(it's practice and the international feed director is in rare form) Here's a man dropping a package of ice cream cones

[elfenix 34749]

Bottas’ plan for next year to beat Hamilton appears to be to divorce his wife as step one.

Breaking his car with an assist from RoGro seems to be step 2

[Goofyboy 3434]

Merc 1 - 2... Ferrari stepping on their own dicks again. Is there a more mismanaged team than Ferrari?

[MC Fresh Breath 4075]

Hamilton wasn't even challenged on this one.

 

[ChickenSandwich 9959]

They did great following the midfield for most of the race and then cut the last lap where the two Rennos, a Ferrari, Redbull, Racing point and McLaren all swapping spots. 
 

Fuckers

[wood 11766]

3 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

They did great following the midfield for most of the race and then cut the last lap where the two Rennos, a Ferrari, Redbull, Racing point and McLaren all swapping spots. 
 

Fuckers

Yeah it was turrible. Who really cared if Bottas caught the Ferrari?

[wood 11766]

Nice finish by Sainz for 6th in the WDC. Had to go to instagram to finally see it...

 

 

This was pretty good, too ...

 

[wood 11766]

It's funny. Over on Autosport there's a running thread dedicated to the FOM TV director not showing the actual action. Well over 600 posts now.

[elfenix 34749]

3 hours ago, wood said:

It's funny. Over on Autosport there's a running thread dedicated to the FOM TV director not showing the actual action. Well over 600 posts now.

between this board and the previous i've made 600 posts alone on that topic.

Edited December 2, 2019 by elfenix

[wood 11766]

Hadn't seen this til someone posted it after this year's gala ... Kimi had a very good time at the 2018 FIA Awards Gala.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2019 by wood