Author Topic: Let's Talk F1 (Read 963908 times)

elff · « **Reply #3150 on:** August 12, 2020, 10:03:48 PM »

Absolutely, but I kind of feel this is Karma catching up with Vettel. He stole a victory from Weber after ignoring team orders.
So I really don't have any empathy for him.
and he is still making serious cash and is set for life.

I will admit, he is an interesting character. One of the few people who does not use social media

Critterman · « **Reply #3151 on:** August 13, 2020, 03:13:24 PM »

And Ferrari is saying 2022 before they will be competitive.

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #3152 on:** August 13, 2020, 03:38:27 PM »

It's going to take them that long to figure out what their next cheat is?

LatinVenom · « **Reply #3153 on:** August 13, 2020, 04:39:09 PM »

I am not sure if it is so much the engine as oppose to the setup. Leclrec keeps going faster and getting a lot more points than Vettel. I am not sure why the Ferrari team and the company are treating this champion so bad.

elff · « **Reply #3154 on:** August 13, 2020, 06:32:25 PM »

For some reason beyond my comprehension, and during the entire time I have watched F1, Ferrari only supports 1 driver.
They never learn
and
They have provided a subpar engine to the teams that bought it from them.

LatinVenom · « **Reply #3155 on:** August 14, 2020, 04:53:17 PM »

pratice 1 and 2 are done, let's see what happens on qualifying tomorrow.

Critterman · « **Reply #3156 on:** August 14, 2020, 06:06:02 PM »

Perez is back.

LatinVenom · « **Reply #3157 on:** August 15, 2020, 04:39:10 PM »

He is doing well, let's see how he performs on the race. Qualifying is done, race tomorrow it should be interesting with the track temp been on the high side.

elff · « **Reply #3158 on:** August 16, 2020, 09:25:49 AM »

Those pink cars are fast.
While the cars are obviously 2 of the best in the field, I have to say, Stroll deserves some credit. He is quietly having a very good season.

Hot day today, hopefully that screws up the tires to make this race interesting. IMO, this track has one of the best flows around the turns.

elff · « **Reply #3159 on:** August 16, 2020, 01:16:47 PM »

Not a bad race, but not a great race.

If you want to see something amazing, look up the crash at MotoGP today.
I won't say more, you have to see it

DaveOC · « **Reply #3160 on:** August 16, 2020, 02:14:36 PM »

Quote from: elff on August 16, 2020, 01:16:47 PM

If you want to see something amazing, look up the crash at MotoGP today.
I won't say more, you have to see it

There are films from at least three different viewpoints (if I remember correctly), you need to watch all of them. Wow!

.

elff · « **Reply #3161 on:** August 16, 2020, 09:00:38 PM »

RIGHT!!!!!!!

WOW, just WOW

Critterman · « **Reply #3162 on:** August 17, 2020, 12:49:40 PM »

Not the best race of the season, but the midfield made up for it. Vettle finally got a car he could drive and look what happened. Ferrari shot
themselves in the foot. VER took it to the Mercs well at least one of them. Pink did good.

MOTOGP, the rear facing camera with the bike flying between the two bikes. The rear rider's head shoots to the left after the bike flies by him. I can just hear him "what the &^%##$%$ was that? $H!T that was a bike"

LatinVenom · « **Reply #3163 on:** August 17, 2020, 07:05:30 PM »

Yes, the mid field was were the action was for this race. Vettel did good but there is still not much support from the team. The pink team is doing well, also Ves did the best he could and got himself a 2nd place.

LatinVenom · « **Reply #3164 on:** August 28, 2020, 06:51:29 PM »

Practice 1 and 2 are in the books, now for P3 and qualifying. Ferrari and it's engines are not looking to good,

elff · « **Reply #3165 on:** August 29, 2020, 05:55:54 PM »

Just finished watching Qualifying and OMG the Ferrari engine powered cars looked awful. Williams should not be on the ass of Vettel in qualifying. I feel bad for Sainz. I think he swapped to a worse team for next season.
Mid Pack is going to be very exciting and I think Verstappen has a chance to be a spoiler again.

Critterman · « **Reply #3166 on:** August 30, 2020, 06:40:28 PM »

Just a Sunday drive through the countryside for the top 3. Racing started at 4th all the way down to 11th good midfield racing.

How about Gastly? He was impressive today.

Yellow did well today, Cyril almost ended up in a tattoo parlor.

Next week no more 'party mode' tunning. Not sure how they are going to manage that. Should be interesting, it is one of the fastest tracks.

Ferrari land as well wonder if the team will get stoned by the fans?

LatinVenom · « **Reply #3167 on:** August 31, 2020, 05:04:37 PM »

Riciardo and Ocon did good, wonder if Carlos and Riciardo are rethinking their move. Vettel could grab the Russian seat(Danny K) on the Alpha Century(speeling) Honda/Red Bull and be very competitive, after Gasly put that performance yesterday.
Perez did a good job with the pink team but no where near the Yellow team.

elff · « **Reply #3168 on:** September 01, 2020, 09:53:53 PM »

McLaren and Renault both looked really good. I think Ricciardo's move is a good one still, But Sainz going to Ferrari just has me thinking it's going to be like the time Alonso was there.
I can't believe Kimi beat both Ferraris in a customer Ferrari engine, but even then, all of the ferrari engines were struggling.

Gasly has been on a tear. Seems like he just matches with the car and team better than he did at Red Bull. At the moment he is just exciting to watch and has been an overtaking machine. I was worried that Perez was going to put him into the wall but they held their ground.

So why all of a sudden are they removing the qualifying modes?

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #3169 on:** September 01, 2020, 10:54:15 PM »

Ferrari was probably whining about it to the FIA. My guess is normal mode for them right now is all they can get out of their engine they don't have any reserve power to have a quali mode.

Critterman · « **Reply #3170 on:** September 02, 2020, 03:09:52 PM »

Does anyone remember last year toward's the end of the season when they were talking about Ferarri's power? I seem to remember something about they were harvesting and/or using more electrical power than was in the regulations. I only heard it once and nothing since. Even the commentators (who would have been the one's telling me) aren't saying anything.

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #3171 on:** September 02, 2020, 03:34:34 PM »

Do you remember how the Ferraris were always smoking too? They were clearly burning oil.

The one announcer this last weekend was talking about wanting to know what it was that Ferrari had done.

LatinVenom · « **Reply #3172 on:** September 02, 2020, 05:22:44 PM »

I believe Monza is this week and Ferrari is lucky there will be no fans in the stands, because they would probably boo the team.

Gentleman Jack · « **Reply #3173 on:** September 02, 2020, 07:03:18 PM »

I am WAY BEHIND! I'm slowly getting caught up. I've watched 2 races so far.

Renovating the house... takes time.

What have I missed? Ferrari is AW-FUL
Hamilton is clearly better
Verstappen is close to Ham, but in an inferior car
Riccardo is getting closer - and still one of the most fun to watch drive
Every race is likely to have two Mercs on podium baring a wreck.
Mid-pack racing has been really good (in the two races I watched)

What else?

Critterman · « **Reply #3174 on:** September 03, 2020, 01:15:24 PM »

Quote from: Sol Asylum on September 02, 2020, 03:34:34 PM

Do you remember how the Ferraris were always smoking too? They were clearly burning oil.

The one announcer this last weekend was talking about wanting to know what it was that Ferrari had done.

I had forgotten about that. It seems you could use oil as an additive to the fuel for better mileage which meant you could also turn up the fuel usage.

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