Formula 1...

[bertusras]

3 hours ago, Long Wheel Base said:

Are they all getting softer or are they all just more worried about safety these days in cars that are a lot safer? 

They could have just driven slower?????? Alan managed a good few laps without crashing..................

Look, I didn't bother to stay tuned it for the not-race, but safety should always take priority. Risking a fatality for the sake of entertainment is not on. The problem with racers is that they will not go slower, they will go to, and over the limit, that's their job. The other issue is visibility - the wet tyres kick up so much spray that there is just no hope in hell. Remember Mugello's start-line pileup last year? Imagine that in the wet where you don't even see it coming. It sucks that there wasn't any racing, but racing for the sake of racing is also silly in conditions like those. Spa also needs to seriously look at what they're going to do with Eau Rouge. They need to try and push the barrier back and get a sand trap in there in my opinion, but who am I.

[IceCreamMan]

41 minutes ago, BaGearA said:

RACE laps behind the safety car counts as A RACE and thats why they did 2 laps , 2 laps is the minimum to award half points in a race (75% race distance is the minimum for full points)

 

The BELGIUM GP happened yesterday and its over whether we like it or not.

The cynic in me says this was a deliberate move so that they do not have to reimburse the fans or honour their tickets in 2022. 

 

Having worked in F1 and knowing the money involved , i suspect this played a part. 

[aiyaaz]

2 hours ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

 

They will race, just the next day being Monday. Or am I misunderstanding your reply?

 

Just meant that, technically a race has been completed, as explained by BaGearA, but that being only behind a safety car completing the minimum laps required for a classification. So no real "race" between cars happened, but points were awarded, according to the rules. Apart from Russell, none of the drivers seemed to agree with the points being handed out, but it is what it is...

[Duane_Bosch]

1 hour ago, bertusras said:

Spa also needs to seriously look at what they're going to do with Eau Rouge. 

HEY NOW! You'll get a warning point for that sort of talk.

[SwissVan]

2 hours ago, bertusras said:

Look, I didn't bother to stay tuned it for the not-race, but safety should always take priority. Risking a fatality for the sake of entertainment is not on. The problem with racers is that they will not go slower, they will go to, and over the limit, that's their job. The other issue is visibility - the wet tyres kick up so much spray that there is just no hope in hell. Remember Mugello's start-line pileup last year? Imagine that in the wet where you don't even see it coming. It sucks that there wasn't any racing, but racing for the sake of racing is also silly in conditions like those. Spa also needs to seriously look at what they're going to do with Eau Rouge. They need to try and push the barrier back and get a sand trap in there in my opinion, but who am I.

A race the next day would be the obvious solution, or they could send each driver out for 5 laps on their own and then take the fastest times from these laps to determine race final position, starting in reverse order with the fastest qualifier going last, and they must finish all 5 laps.
That negates the visibility issue, after that it’s up to the drivers to make sure they finish safely I.e go as slow as they need to…..

 

 

[Duane_Bosch]

11 minutes ago, SwissVan said:

A race the next day would be the obvious solution, or they could send each driver out for 5 laps on their own and then take the fastest times from these laps to determine race final position, starting in reverse order with the fastest qualifier going last, and they must finish all 5 laps.
That negates the visibility issue, after that it’s up to the drivers to make sure they finish safely I.e go as slow as they need to…..

 

 

They did a next day race in Moto GP at Qatar once. I wonder what the contracts ITO television broadcast times say about running a next day race. The forfeiture numbers involved are probably a lot higher than the worth of a few Formula 1 drivers lives.

Edited August 30, 2021 by Duane_Bosch

[MrJacques]

Kimi is retiring at the end of this season.

 

Now the rumours for who will replace him...

Not sure how official this is...

Lewis not happy with Mercedes' decision about George Russell - report | Wheels (news24.com)

 

 

 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

10 hours ago, BaGearA said:

Fake news from these garbage people

 

NOTHING has been announced 

Probably the worst kept secret, can't see it NOT happening.
Merc will lose Russell otherwise.

[justinafrika]

Verstappen in Netherlands?  Am looking forward to this spectacle.

[Robbie Stewart]

 

[IceCreamMan]

Guess the talking point must be the fastest lap saga 

 

And of course where is russel going to race in 2022? 

 

I do not like the Dutch track and was expecting a few serious accidents but fortunately not to be. I dont think its at F1 standard. But i understand why F1 had to have a race there. The partisan crowd were amazing. 

[aiyaaz]

Definitely not a spectacle of a race, but the crowd was fantastic. Even though not much action up front, Max was again flawless and could fend off anything Merc threw at him. He calmly brought home the win yesterday. It is also nice that he doesn't talk much BS, like when he knows RBR have the best package, even just marginally, he'll say so. I've noticed from recent interviews that he isn't shy to say things like that and even at times agreeing with assumptions that they would be favourites for a particular weekend. This oke seems to deliver better under pressure.

[IceCreamMan]

Bottas to Alfa.

 

must mean 63 to Mercedes 

[Robbie Stewart]

Now If I were Bottas I would be legitimately racing Hamilton for the rest of the season. No more reason to play second fiddle any more. 

...someone get Hamilton a box of tampons, I suspect he may need them soon.

[ScottCM]

3 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:

...someone get Hamilton a box of tampons, I suspect he may need them soon.

He really did fulfill his quota and then some yesterday. I eventually just pressed mute when i saw he was about to yap some more. 

[Robbie Stewart]

5 minutes ago, ScottC-M said:

He really did fulfill his quota and then some yesterday. I eventually just pressed mute when i saw he was about to yap some more. 

he epitomes stress-princess.