NPR

sturginho wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:52 pm From the Italian commentary team: "almost all the other teams have brought new parts with them this weekend whilst Ferrari have changed the colour on the car and thought "yeah that'll do""

Un Pilier wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:36 pm

sturginho wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:52 pm From the Italian commentary team: "almost all the other teams have brought new parts with them this weekend whilst Ferrari have changed the colour on the car and thought "yeah that'll do""

Ouch!!

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:43 pm

Un Pilier wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:36 pm

sturginho wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:52 pm From the Italian commentary team: "almost all the other teams have brought new parts with them this weekend whilst Ferrari have changed the colour on the car and thought "yeah that'll do""

Ouch!!

pfft! first time both cars have finished in the points this season

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:16 pm Slightly mental race. 12 drivers been given a telling off by the stewards, presumably because they didn't have the patience to work out who had been more stupid

sturginho wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:32 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:16 pm Slightly mental race. 12 drivers been given a telling off by the stewards, presumably because they didn't have the patience to work out who had been more stupid

I read that Magnussen and Kivyat had been summoned by the stewards?

Saint wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:12 pm Apparently the FIA are investigating Hamilton for his pre-race t-shirt, but they can't say what rule he might have broken. Strange

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:48 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:12 pm Apparently the FIA are investigating Hamilton for his pre-race t-shirt, but they can't say what rule he might have broken. Strange

Bit too political in nature?

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:48 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:12 pm Apparently the FIA are investigating Hamilton for his pre-race t-shirt, but they can't say what rule he might have broken. Strange

Bit too political in nature?

Saint wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:19 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:48 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:12 pm Apparently the FIA are investigating Hamilton for his pre-race t-shirt, but they can't say what rule he might have broken. Strange

Bit too political in nature?

That would be the why, the problem being the rules don't appear to cover thsy

Un Pilier wrote: ↑Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:50 pm Eventful Quali in Sochi - pretty tense given red flags etc. Lewis on pole but on soft tyres - Verstappen and Bottas on mediums. Jos might be feeling racy.

Un Pilier wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 5:23 pm I thought one 5s penalty for LH was probably right. Two, whilst I could see the logic, seemed a bit harsh. The two points on his super-licence though, taking him one incident from a race disqualification, seemed designed to create drama in an otherwise done and dusted world championship. Not impressed.

Un Pilier wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 5:23 pm I thought one 5s penalty for LH was probably right. Two, whilst I could see the logic, seemed a bit harsh. The two points on his super-licence though, taking him one incident from a race disqualification, seemed designed to create drama in an otherwise done and dusted world championship. Not impressed.

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:46 pm Seeing as the drivers wanting to practice starts is a standard and with each track having its own characteristics it seems a little odd they're not setting out what areas can be used and when. Not that I feel much sympathy with Hamilton, the stewards were a little finickity today in a number of instances but if you mayn't like a ruling don't give them a chance

Slick wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:13 pm Is Albon just a bit rubbish?

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:24 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:13 pm Is Albon just a bit rubbish?

I think that the car is still VERY unpredictable unless you're an absolute top level driver, it still appear to understeer/oversteer at random

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:09 pm What was up with Lewis' timing at the end? Lap 47/48 he's 10 sec behind, then he jumps out to 18 sec. Then a few laps later he's back at 10 sec behind. Then he winds down on the last lap to be 22 sec behind.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:45 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:24 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:13 pm Is Albon just a bit rubbish?

I think that the car is still VERY unpredictable unless you're an absolute top level driver, it still appear to understeer/oversteer at random

You have to be a fearless loon to drive the Red Bull at 100% for 70 laps. Albon isn’t that guy....

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:23 pm

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:46 pm Seeing as the drivers wanting to practice starts is a standard and with each track having its own characteristics it seems a little odd they're not setting out what areas can be used and when. Not that I feel much sympathy with Hamilton, the stewards were a little finickity today in a number of instances but if you mayn't like a ruling don't give them a chance

The issue with having a set area to practice starts, especially at a street track, is the you end up with an area that's massively rubbered in, and bears little to no relation to the conditions of the starting grid. The team certainly didn't believe that the rules prohibited this, although apparently the race director had prohibited it - which then went and made all the possible penalties entirely discretionary, as it wasn't I. either the sporting or technical regulations

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:23 pm

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:09 pm What was up with Lewis' timing at the end? Lap 47/48 he's 10 sec behind, then he jumps out to 18 sec. Then a few laps later he's back at 10 sec behind. Then he winds down on the last lap to be 22 sec behind.

Presumably the timing circuits malfunctioned

Shanky’s mate wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:50 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:23 pm

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:46 pm Seeing as the drivers wanting to practice starts is a standard and with each track having its own characteristics it seems a little odd they're not setting out what areas can be used and when. Not that I feel much sympathy with Hamilton, the stewards were a little finickity today in a number of instances but if you mayn't like a ruling don't give them a chance

The issue with having a set area to practice starts, especially at a street track, is the you end up with an area that's massively rubbered in, and bears little to no relation to the conditions of the starting grid. The team certainly didn't believe that the rules prohibited this, although apparently the race director had prohibited it - which then went and made all the possible penalties entirely discretionary, as it wasn't I. either the sporting or technical regulations

Apparently the race director had specified the practise area quite clearly and Toto stretched the truth a little in saying it hadn’t been clearly communicated. Then when LH asked the team if he could use the spot further down the pit lane exit they were unsighted and didn’t know how far down he’d stopped.

I thought the Turn 2 instruction to use the bollard exit was terrible myself... precisely because of what happened with Sainz. The angle and proximity of the wall there made any attempt to run the correct line more difficult than it needed to be as we saw later with Gosjean taking them out entirely


Crofty is an embarrassment. FFS... it’s like he’s desperate to emulate the standards of Murray Walker with added volume.

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:13 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:23 pm

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:09 pm What was up with Lewis' timing at the end? Lap 47/48 he's 10 sec behind, then he jumps out to 18 sec. Then a few laps later he's back at 10 sec behind. Then he winds down on the last lap to be 22 sec behind.

Presumably the timing circuits malfunctioned

The only obvious answer, really. Initially when he dropped back by 8 secs I thought he'd had an off.

The final lap was just him going easy.

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:24 pm

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:13 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:23 pm


Presumably the timing circuits malfunctioned

The only obvious answer, really. Initially when he dropped back by 8 secs I thought he'd had an off.

The final lap was just him going easy.

Final lap he went purple first sector going for fastest lap before his engineer called him off saying the engine couldn't take it. I suspect Turkey/Bahrain/Imola is causing the teams some concerns

Shanky’s mate wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:12 am I didn’t have an issue with the penalty for missing the chicane Saint... my issue was with the alignment of the bollards and the proximity of the wall there. Anyone having to use that corrective exit was necessarily going to be working to recover a mistake at the chicane and from that have to negotiate another difficult chicane again. I thought a better alignment could be made.

As for Albion and the Red Bull... I think it’s fair to say he’s in a difficult car. You see Max having a lot of slides when pushing that you don’t see with other cars. The Merc is just on rails generally and the Renault always looks smooth as does the McLaren. The RB is a different beast.