10-27-2019, 02:56 PM
|
#901
|
|
Celebrated Square Root Day
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleK
I'd have to think pretty good. Hulk is really the only one looking for a drive, unless you are believing the Alonso rumours.
Personally, I'd like to see DiResta get another chance, but that seems pretty unlikely. Perhaps to Williams and he can do live commentary/analysis from 20th on the grid.
|
Yeah, and again today he looked like he belonged in the top 6 cars. I'm really excited to see what he can do next season.
|
|
|
|
10-27-2019, 10:44 PM
|
#903
|
|
First Line Centre
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
Speed5 watching cheap knock-off F1 again, I see...
|
Explains my position in the standings.
|
|
|
|
|
10-28-2019, 09:45 AM
|
#904
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
|
That was a fun race. For a while it really seemed like anyone could win it. I was most impressed by Verstappen, falling all the way to 20th and being able to work his way back to 6th. If he hadn't blown a tire right away it would have been an exciting 5/6 car race.
|
|
|
|
|
10-28-2019, 10:36 AM
|
#905
|
|
Celebrated Square Root Day
|
^^^^^^^
Isn't it pretty standard for the top drivers to pass almost everyone but the other top drivers when they start at the back with lots of race left?
|
|
|
|
|
10-28-2019, 12:06 PM
|
#906
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
|
Yeah Max's blow out sure was disappointing. I really liked McLaren's performance as well, except for the guy on the FR impact gun
|
|
|
|
|
10-28-2019, 11:42 PM
|
#907
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
I really liked McLaren's performance as well, except for the guy on the FR impact gun
|
Maybe their qualifying performance. They sucked ass in the race. Sainz's stint on the hard was laughable.
Seemed to be some systemic issue with pitstops across a number of teams. Ferrari, Alfa and McLaren all had problems changing tires. At first I thought air pressure on the pneumatic guns but surely the engineers would be on top of that. Now I'm thinking it might be thermal expansion in the hub assembly causing a poor fit.
__________________
It's only game. Why you heff to be mad?
|
|
|
|
|
10-29-2019, 01:40 PM
|
#908
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The centre of everything
|
Well the change in standings was certainly better than that race. Ferrari must have no feet left after shooting themselves in the foot. Again. McLaren and a few others also made messes of their pit stops. And the complete lack of tire degradation on the hards didn't give us the ending we were hoping to see.
Max was a bit of a victim in what I thought was hard racing through T1-T3. Got squeezed out and then Hamilton definitely had some oversteer and forced them both on too the grass. Got unlucky with Bottas' end plate cutting up his tire.
Our standings had some big changes this week!! Btimbit has jumped into 2nd place with the top score this week of 62 and 4 correct picks.
3thirty had the most right picks, 9, but somehow had them all slotted just a bit off. His lead has shrunk from 32pts to just 8 over 2nd and 14 over 3rd place...if only the real standings were this close. Jayswin had a tough week and dropped from 2nd to 3rd in most correct picks.
I'll be in Austin this weekend so will get my picks in early again...results wont be out until Wednesday next week.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to FLAMESRULE For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 02:48 PM
|
#909
|
|
That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
|
Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 10-31-2019 at 02:50 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Cecil Terwilliger For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 02:52 PM
|
#910
|
|
That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
|
If you check out the F1 twitter account there’s a ton of posts and vids on the car changes, cost cap etc. Too many to post here. Some teams even posted pics of car concepts with their liveries.
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 02:58 PM
|
#911
|
|
That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
|
This is one of the most exciting changes to a sport I follow in a long, long time. On par or exceeding the NHL changes to introduce a salary cap and increase the speed of the game in 2005.
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 03:14 PM
|
#912
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
|
Will a 175m spend cap have any effect of Mercedes?
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 03:18 PM
|
#913
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
|
and on that note what exactly counts against that cap?
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 03:26 PM
|
#914
|
|
That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
|
Merc and Ferrari probably spend $400mil a year, what that includes I’m not sure. Hard to say how much it’ll do to Merc’s dominance. It should help but they’re just so damn good.
Cap is anything performance related. Driver salaries, marketing etc are excluded. Haven’t read enough to know where engineers at the factory are included. Do they have to be working on the car to count? What if they analyze strategy data?
I believe $175m USD is about in line with what a team like Renault currently spends. I think they’re rumoured to be just above $200m but they’re also a manufacturer so I’m not sure how that will be dealt with vs customer teams.
Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 10-31-2019 at 03:29 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 03:30 PM
|
#915
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Merc and Ferrari probably spend $400mil a year, what that includes I’m not sure. Hard to say how much it’ll do to Merc’s dominance. It should help but they’re just so damn good.
Cap is anything performance related. Driver salaries, marketing etc are excluded. Haven’t read enough to know where engineers at the factory are included. Do they have to be working on the car to count? What if they analyze strategy data?
I believe $175m USD is about in line with what a team like Renault currently spends. I think they’re rumoured to be just above $200m but they’re also a manufacturer so I’m not sure how that will be dealt with vs customer teams.
|
It seems as if auditing this will be a huge headache.
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 03:31 PM
|
#916
|
|
That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
|
The video I watched said they would have auditors to do it all but yeah it’ll be tough to regulate.
As with many things F1, teams whining and complaining, spying on each other etc will help it self manage a bit.
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 05:36 PM
|
#917
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
|
I wonder if the new formula is enough to entice new manufacturers to join the fray?
Maybe a return to pre-qualifying????
__________________
It's only game. Why you heff to be mad?
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 05:46 PM
|
#918
|
|
Celebrated Square Root Day
|
What was pre-qualifying?
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 08:35 PM
|
#919
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by jayswin
What was pre-qualifying?
|
In the 80s they had more teams than grid spots. Teams would have to qualify to be able to get into free practice and it didn't end there. They cut cars after qualifying.
https://www.quora.com/In-Formula-One...pre-qualifying
__________________
It's only game. Why you heff to be mad?
|
|
|
|
|
10-31-2019, 08:57 PM
|
#920
|
|
Celebrated Square Root Day
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleK
|
Oh wow, that sounds exciting actually. Would love to see something like that return.
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:16 AM.
|
|
