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Maybe Force India will give Kubica a go when they bump Ocon up to Merc next year 😉
My team predictions for next year:
Ferrari: Vettel/LeClerc
Mercedes: Hamilton/Ocon
Red Bull: Verstappen/Sainz
Renault: Hulkenberg/Ricciardo
Force India: Perez/Bottas or Kubica
Williams: Stroll/Sirotkin
McLaren: Alonso/Vandourne
Haas: Grosjean/Magnussen
If Bottas doesn't have a great season he may be heading for Formula E lol
Old man, injured Kubica who hasn't been near an F1 car since Schumacher jnr has completely humbled two, young and prodigiously funded hotshoes. That's not to denigrate the two race drivers, but if Kubica doesn't fight his way into a race seat before the end of the season then I'll be incredibly miffed.
Yup, and if he did genuinely suggest him 'taking one for the team' that'll only make him more employable...
There's a human story right there, as emotive as Lauda vs Hunt, Hill vs Schumacher and Zanardi winning at everything.
My guess is that the Williams is a dog of a car and Kubica realized that the less he drives it, the better the chances of reviving his career.
On the contrary, I think he's throwing down a gauntlet. Post accident he's proved himself over a race distance, but he's six years out of the game and there's a new generation of cars to learn. I'll bet he's doing some coaching, but if either pay drivers contracts allow for a performance clause...
Nice comparison with Alex Zanardi, that guy is a total hero!! 🙂
Superb new sponsor for McLaren!...
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-halo-to-carry-flip-flop-sponsorship-1015149/
🙂
Loving that!
Superb new sponsor for McLaren!…
That's inspired! 🙂
edit: seriously can one of you <div>vies please add a strip_tags() call to your code 🙂
Splendid. That would've never been allowed under Ole Ron.
Is it April 1st already?
edit: seriously can one of you <div>vies please add a strip_tags() call to your code
What does this mean?
edit: seriously can one of you <div>vies please add a strip_tags() call to your code
Wasn't at you mate, just a casual whinge at STW. strip_tags() is a PHP function which would get rid of all the <DIV> etc you get when quoting someone
I have a question. Why is F1 such a tightly controlled formula? Surely it wasn't like this in the past, when they had cars with 6 wheels and fans underneath!! Considering it's supposed to be (at least partly) about technical innovation why do the rules paint the teams into such a restrictive corner?
Surely it wasn’t like this in the past, when they had cars with 6 wheels and fans underneath!!
Well, until someone thought of putting six wheels on a car, they hadn’t thought about a rule to state that cars must have 4 wheels. Ditto fans.
Unfortunately most of the obvious stuff stuff has been done by now so there are rules. Lots of rules.
Unfortunately most of the obvious stuff stuff has been done by now so there are rules. Lots of rules.
That seems a shame! I would love to see lots of weird and interesting attempts to gain lap time, like moveable aero surfaces etc
Even in the last 10 years some of the innovations have been very cool, just a shame they aren’t as in your face anymore! Blown diffusers being a particular favourite as they sounded brilliant
I would love to see lots of weird and interesting attempts to gain lap time, like moveable aero surfaces etc
Moveable aero has been banned for ages, however............ that didn’t stop the teams (Red Bull in particular) using wings that deflected as the load on them increased. Faster the car went, the slippier it got, back into full downforce mode as they scrubbed the speed off
The F-duct was pretty cool too: http://www.racecar-engineering.com/technology-explained/f-ducts-how-do-they-work-f1-2010-formula-one-technology/
This is what Adrian Newey would build if there were no rules...
...and these type of F1 concepts are being considered for the next rules change in 2021.
Speeds and development are restricted for the circuits as much as the drivers. If they got too fast more safety features would have to be put into place and fans pushed further away from the action.
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it’s always been regulated to some degree specifically the engine sizes
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Thanks for that, it was a good read!! 🙂
Moveable aero has been banned for ages, however
In the late sixties! To stop the use of air brakes 🙂
A lot of the regs are there to control costs. Without them, engines would really exotic lightweight materials.
I thought moveable aero was banned for safety (what if it fails just before a corner?), but I could be wrong.
Anyone catch the FE race on Saturday? -Thought it showed how you could have interesting racing without much passing at the front,you just need the cars to be close enough to challenge.
Why is F1 such a tightly controlled formula?
To control costs and keep things competitive. If the rules were just "cars must have four wheels", then two or three big, rich teams would utterly dominate and the rest would quickly be bankrupted. New manufacturers would not be interested in joining, races would not be exiting, and the whole sport would collapse within a few years.
A lot of the regs are there to control costs
That's the theory, but doesn't really work in practice.
If they come up with a rule, say a gearbox has to last X races, then teams will spend less over the course of season building gearboxes but huges amounts on R&D designing a gearbox which can last x race
It's rules changes which cost money. No-one can run an updated version of last year's car any more, they are too different, this used to be fairly common practice, even for the big (rich) teams.
Consistancy in rules should also make closer racing. A change means that the wealthy teams can spend huge amounts on R&D and keep their advantage, consistancy means that gaps should decrease over time, Merc and Ferrari simply have less improvements open to them at any given moment as they are closer to what's optimal for that rule set. If Merc and Sauber each make a 3% improvement then the gap will narrow as Sauber will have made the bigger absolute gain.
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Anyone catch the FE race on Saturday? -Thought it showed how you could have interesting racing without much passing at the front,you just need the cars to be close enough to challenge.
Completely different to every other FE race I've seen then? They seem to be dead boring.
So what do we think of the new 'official' F1 theme tune as commissioned by Liberty Media?
It sure ain't The Chain...
I don’t know what 1980s movie that’s from but I want to watch it!
That music is terrible. Sounds like a really bad start to a James bond film but unlike the bond songs I doubt it will sound any better accompanying the title sequence.
I hope I don't have to listen to Eurovision theme tune again........................
Hahahahahahahaaaargh
How can they replace the timeless Fleetwood Mac's The Chain with that awful new theme tune? 😮
This is a theme tune for F1 as presented by Liberty, not C4s (sadly doomed) coverage. Though I guess one downside of the new streaming service would be hearing it a lot more.
How can they replace the timeless Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain with that awful new theme tune?
I don't think they have, it looks like that Brian Tyler theme tune will be used by Liberty Media. Although I'm not sure where!! Corporate events?!?
McLaren have fixed their cooling problem - they've painting the engine cover black so you can't see the burns!...
Merc have also fixed cooling issues by cutting holes in things!
Is anyone running a STW fantasy league again this year?
Last years provider isn't running one...
At work we are using:
https://www.gridrival.com/lobby
Is anyone running a STW fantasy league again this year?
Last years provider isn’t running one…
That's weird! They emailed me a couple of weeks ago to say that they were setting up for this season. I can't find the website though!!
Edit: nope, found it, looks like it's now exclusively an Apple app
Ok, it's set up! It's called 'Singletrack' (obvs) and the password is 'newforumnewdanger'.
You can find it by going here:
https://www.gridrival.com/lobby
and entering 'Singletrack' into the search box.
Enjoy!
Ps any people joining midway thru the season will start on average points! 😉