2018 Formula One thread

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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. 

[elfenix 34168]

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, 2018 by elfenix

[wood 11103]

Just because ...

Natalie Pinkhammmmmmmmm. Yes, please.

 

[skipperj 377]

Pink ham.

[Spartan52 151]

Would Pork her Pink


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[PittsburghTiger 6136]

I'd very much like to attend this Austrian Grand Prix. The location is just gorgeous.

[52-80 19066]

 

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.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

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.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

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.

[RamjetFDO 10554]

"Ambition ahead of adhesion", referring to Kimi trying some passing move before the tires get properly warmed up... Brilliant. Love the Sky coverage team!

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

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. 

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

"I lost power" as his engine is on fire and billowing smoke.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Kimi just doesn't seem to have it.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Mercedes with a tactical mistake

 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

"I want to say something..."

Yeah, Lewis... I bet you do after that.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

20 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Kimi just doesn't seem to have it.

Obviously this poster is a jackass.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Wow! SeaBass with a huge move on Hamilton. Lap 39.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Tires a huge issue today with temperatures about 15- 20 degrees hotter than yesterday.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

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.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Slo-Mo shows a ton of rear tire wear for Hamilton.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Looked like some blue smoke coming out the back of Riccardo's car, lap 54.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Riccardo is out.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

11 to go

[52-80 19066]

Kimi plz...anybody but max

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Hamilton is out! Lost power lap 64. Both Mercedes cars are out.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

5 to go. Kimi 2.7 behind Max

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1 minute ago, PittsburghTiger said:

5 to go. Kimi 2.7 behind Max

Hammertime.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Max holding the gap.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

2 to go

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Welp. Wonder if Hamilton’s was a hydraulic issue too. Didn’t seem like engine but I dunno.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Final lap. Mature race for Max.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Grosjean and Magnussen in 4th and 5th.

Edited July 1, 2018 by PittsburghTiger

[Goofyboy 3156]

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.

 

[elfenix 34168]

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.

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

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, 2018 by crackamacgowski

[wood 11103]

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.

[wood 11103]

Damn, that drive from Alonso, from the pit lane to 8th. Very nice.

[BlueGreySky 998]

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.

[skipperj 377]

I thought he was buying F1.

[wood 11103]

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.

[wood 11103]

So apparently Alonso did that yesterday with a 2017 front wing.

Wow.

[BlueGreySky 998]

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.

[skipperj 377]

I bet he rocks the left turns.

[wood 11103]

Yeah I'd really love to see him in the Bathurst 12H and/or the Daytona 500. 

Edited July 3, 2018 by wood

[elfenix 34168]

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.

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

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.

[elfenix 34168]

Max is definitely in the grass and Kimi definitely came all the way across the track pushing him there

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

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, 2018 by crackamacgowski

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[elfenix 34168]

That's my middle name. El "Technically Correct" Fenix