Formula 1...

[Robbie Stewart]

17 minutes ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

I am not a Lewis fan and so I saw similar communication as moaning, I prefer Max although I am not a fan and so I see it as simply communicating with his team. I know I am biased.
That being said, harvesting lights are a rule. It should be adhered to and contravening it should lead to penalties. Not to the driver in this case, but the team. Especially when they can be used strategically and so not having them gives you an advantage.

Remember, the golden years had a lot of racing for pride (Prost vs Senna for example), nowadays there is way too much money and politics involved. Those golden years are gone I am afraid. Not many drivers are willing to race wheel to wheel, of the current crop who is there that has shown they can/will? In my mind Vettel, Verstappen, Alonso, Albon, Stroll showed it a bit last night...... Who else?

 

Agree. Rules must be adhered to. No dispute there. I am just not a fan of all the radio interference constantly tattling on each other. I find it very unprofessional. I suppose all the money and politicking makes that a pie in the sky dream to expect the drivers to resolve their battles purely on the track, but having watched Prost / Senna battle it out one can only wish. 

I'd rather emulate them than be more of a Hakkinen who would prefer to go have an actual cry behind a bush. Imagine being remembered for that rather than all the battles he had with Schumacher.

As for who else would race wheel to wheel in the current crop of drivers, I'd have to say the list is getting shorter by the minute. I would think perhaps add Le Clerc to your list. He has shown over the course of the last two races that he is willing to go for the gap if he senses its there for the taking. I'm not convinced that Sainz and Perez have it in them to fight. Bottas looks like he is gearing up for a fight soon.

What I hated about the race last night was all the drivers literally pulling aside for Hamilton as he made his way up from 15th. The only real battles he had was with Stroll and Magnussen. All the rest let him by, but I suppose them all being Merc clients they all had Toto in mind...

[IceCreamMan]

Think Mercedes are sandbagging. 

[RoddieJ]

8 minutes ago, IceCreamMan said:

Think Mercedes are sandbagging. 

Me thinks so too... 😂

Surely the current points gap can be made up over 20 races... 🤷🏽‍♂️

[IceCreamMan]

24 minutes ago, RoddieJ said:

Me thinks so too... 😂

Surely the current points gap can be made up over 20 races... 🤷🏽‍♂️

Lewis fans always believed he is the greatest driver of all time, thus he only needs one race really to close the points gap.  😂

[MrJacques]

I see that the F1 drivers will dice each other in Las Vegas next year.

Edited March 31, 2022 by MrJacques

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

12 hours ago, MrJacques said:

I see that the F1 drivers will dice each other in Las Vegas next year.

What do you think of the track layout. Looks like lots of DRS overtaking but a boring layout overall IMO.

 

[MrJacques]

1 hour ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

What do you think of the track layout. Looks like lots of DRS overtaking but a boring layout overall IMO.

 

Yeah, probably.

[IceCreamMan]

14 hours ago, MrJacques said:

I see that the F1 drivers will dice each other in Las Vegas next year.

It’s got a certain Stallone movie feel about the whole thing. 
 

should be a spectacle. If they can get the safety stuff sorted. 

[Robbie Stewart]

Found this parking off at the entrance to Checkers in Brackenfell . . . this gives new meaning to random . . .

[Vetplant]

25 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:

Found this parking off at the entrance to Checkers in Brackenfell . . . this gives new meaning to random . . .



 

Random indeed.

Windtunnel model? Now used as promotional hardware?

I don't remember this "Walrus teeth" nose configuration ever being present for MV... or am I mistaken?

[Robbie Stewart]

39 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Random indeed.

Windtunnel model? Now used as promotional hardware?

I don't remember this "Walrus teeth" nose configuration ever being present for MV... or am I mistaken?

Ja I'm also stumped. It is clearly missing the HALO as well, and it just kinda looks "off" somehow. I'm going with it being a PR model that was probably some iteration that never made it to production.

Klap some decals on it and no one would be the wiser, unless you actually follow F1.

While I was taking the pics a tannie asks me if this is some go-cart or something, or what type of car is it ? . . Wragtig, net in die Brakkenfel.

[Piston ZA]

Looks like the 2013 RB9 model with 2021 decals?

[Vetplant]

Do NOT get my excited by posting videos like this... 

 

[MrJacques]

If it happens.... ticket prices are going to be pretty expensive. Basically the host has to pay (a couple of million dollars) for the privilege of hosting a GP and hope to make back the money via ticket sales, etc.

[IceCreamMan]

1 hour ago, MrJacques said:

If it happens.... ticket prices are going to be pretty expensive. Basically the host has to pay (a couple of million dollars) for the privilege of hosting a GP and hope to make back the money via ticket sales, etc.

It’s an expensive exercise, think around 100 million dollars and guarantees for 5 years. Then I dare say Kayalami ( assuming it’s there) will need much work. As it’s now privately owned I can’t see the owners footing that bill which will run into tens of millions. If it’s a street circuit the amount that needs to be spent is huge too.

Let’s face it, motor racing she is not beeeg in za, the likelihood of government funding this is unlikely. So unless sir Hamilton plans to foot the bill here this is a non starter imho.

ticket prices would be north of 2500 for race day I reckon. But for a small echelon of ppl mostly unaffordable. From that aspect brazil is relatively similar though.  

[IceCreamMan]

Crime has happened in Brazil and they still go. And the socio economic factors are not too dissimilar to za. Would be good for the image of F1 to have a race on every continent so there might be some “marketing” and “political “ factors at play. ZA and Brazil have similar gini’s too. Big difference is Brazil has a much larger population thus a larger portion of ppl with the means to go and Brazil has a racing culture. 
 

the average South African has no interest in F1. Thus will not support the event. 
 

quite a few hospitals within 10 minutes flight of Kaylami.