monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Just finished watching the latest 'Drive to Survive' series and that last race still pisses me off something chronic. Seeing the rest of the season again it is clear that although it came down to that last race there were a few points in the season where Lewis/Mercedes cocked things up and determined the outcome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted March 19, 2022 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 https://youtu.be/VZBT8bTeWS0 Leclerc on pole, Verstappen 2nd. Hamilton 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted March 19, 2022 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 Verstappen should walk it on race pace. Give merc 4 races and they’ll be at or near the front - as they’ve said - their car fits inside all the other cars and they have the best engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted March 20, 2022 Report Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) Ferrari 1-2 Leclerc, Sainz, and Hamilton gifted 3rd, Russell 4th. Verstappen and Perez retired with the same electrical problem on closing laps. Verstappen grind to a halt, Perez suddenly spun into turn1 as his car shutdown. Verstappen and Leclerc wheel-to-wheel action was very much like Silverstone 2019. https://youtu.be/wIYPuzWCCSw Edited March 23, 2022 by Rusevelt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 I did giggle when Max was throwing his toys out of the pram and then even more when he had to retire. Ferrari are looking very strong though and LeClerc seems like a really nice, genuine dude so good luck to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 On 3/19/2022 at 6:04 PM, manuel said: Verstappen should walk it on race pace. Give merc 4 races and they’ll be at or near the front - as they’ve said - their car fits inside all the other cars and they have the best engine. This aged badly merc have the worst engine and Ferrari beat up redbull. I also laughed pretty hard when the poor old world champ started shouting. I still expect Mercedes’ to be near the front in a few races. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Hamilton out in Q1. But not surprised because Russell has been quicker overall. In Bahrain qualifier, he kept giving Hamilton a toe whilst he qualifies on merit. Now we will see the real pace of Russell depending on if he makes it to Q3. Just hope the Mercedes F1 team don't use Russell as a wingman to bring Hamilton back into the hunt in the an opportunity arises. Russell extensive time in the simulator has clearly paid off as opposed to Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60919994 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 https://youtu.be/JmOlsqEQ7-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) https://youtu.be/w_stAEJAciU The porpoising down the new fast section, looks like a nightmare to deal with. Another Leclerc Vs Verstappen on front row https://youtu.be/peoUeQzezUI Edited April 9, 2022 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark W Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 Track surface looks pretty abrasive - that combined with a load of slow, offcamber awkward corners in cars that seem to be plagued with understeer = all the pit stops, potentially. Feel for the drivers a bit as those cars are going to feel like dick to drive around a lot of that track. Just a little taster for how much they're going to massively suck at Monaco. Either way, hoping for a Leclerc/Ferrari win purely as they seem to be the only ones capable of challenging Red Bull. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 Sheesh. That is nothing like a normal / proper circuit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) Just a teaser of what racing is like on this circuit. Looks pretty good from W series. https://youtu.be/wYSo_Kc2zaY No real surprises with F1 qualifier https://youtu.be/0kKpmeoZ54U Leclerc pole lap. https://youtu.be/Bixit7nxYE4 Race highlights Edited May 9, 2022 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) https://youtu.be/2HczJcxEmQQ Can't believe RedBull giving team orders after 6 races when Checo could have won on merit. Is RedBull gonna engineer team orders again at Monaco next weekend. Solid podium result for George 3rd and Lewis coming back from last to 4th after the first lap contact with KMag. Lewis had to give up 4th to Sainz due to DNF risk with water leak. Edited May 22, 2022 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) https://youtu.be/TVWJK__mD-I 3 crashes in Q3. 2022 Baku F2 Sprint race. https://youtu.be/jU0aJjHa0ZA Edited June 11, 2022 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) https://youtu.be/Cj5W1Tiuug4 Canada 2022 qualifying https://youtu.be/myWHQgZB9Ng Surprising grid with Alonso P2, Hamilton P4. Edited June 19, 2022 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 https://youtu.be/bM6ren2tPU8 British GP had everything. 1st lap crash, changes of the lead, multiple overtakes, Hamilton not giving up that 3rd podium place, Sainz ignoring team orders and fighting for the win on merit with Leclerc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted July 8, 2022 Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 https://youtu.be/5l5vI6oEzOI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) DannyRic confirmed he will leave McLaren at the end of 2022 season. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/62663761 Edited August 24, 2022 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 What a farce. Again. Mainly the cost cap stuff, but the confusion at the end of the race was a poor show too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 "Rule 'mistake' that let Verstappen clinch F1 title will be fixed" - didn't think that that would also be a headline about the 2022 season, but here we are. There's not really the same asterisk against the 2022 title as there is the 2021, and he was always going to win it at some point soon, but it is ironic that he happened to win it when he did through them f**king up writing/implementing rules yet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 It'll be interesting to see what they do w.r.t the sanctions following any (albeit rumoured) cost cap breaches.... If there is a serious breach, then I'd imagine any punishments will affect next season rather than this one, but a two year time-delay on any consequence surely won't have the desired effect. p.s. i am ridiculously terrible when it comes to using affect vs. effect so if they above are incorrect, then please correct them in your own head when reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 39 minutes ago, ben_travis said: If there is a serious breach, then I'd imagine any punishments will affect next season rather than this one, but a two year time-delay on any consequence surely won't have the desired effect. Especially not when if you overspend in 2021 on development of your 2022 car, any additional performance you get from that extra spend is then baked in for the next 3-4 years of these regs. You can't 'unlearn' whatever you found out from that R&D, so unless they impose some kind of points sanctions it seems like it's not really going to be much deterrent either way. They clearly won't do points sanctions, so I'm guessing it'll be at best a slap on the wrist in the form of a fine they can easily afford to pay, or some kind of suspended sentence thing. Red Bull's shifting position has been interesting though. Horner originally was of the position that "We haven't breached the cost cap" which then eventually became "As far as I am aware I don't think we have breached it." Marko went from "It's all defamation" to "It is an ongoing process, ongoing discussions where certain points are clarified. We are not very worried at the moment." That is a direct quote. I can't find the article now but it sounds like Red Bull had a different interpretation to 6 points of the regs, and that if you take their POV they're 'only' €150k-ish over, but if you take the FIA view they're €10m over. See previous post about vague/badly worded FIA rules... Finally found part of the thing from Marko I was looking for: "Various accountants from the FIA are with our accountants and then a discussion arises about positions, who works where. We have different companies: RB Advanced Technologies, RB Technology, RB Powertrains, & you have to separate them very clearly... There are points in the budget that do not belong in it, as already mentioned people are listed who work in the other companies [which I mentioned earlier]." Kind of suggests to me that RB may have found a loophole/loopholes of sorts that mean they can get people in their other, "non-F1" companies to do things for them that they believe shouldn't be classified as part of the cost cap for their official F1 team? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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