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12-08-2018, 05:07 PM
#3043
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12-08-2018, 06:10 PM
#3044
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I guess so, but I'd much rather see the stupid PU limits done away with. I have no problem with penalties if you swap PU components after the cars go into Parc Ferme, but otherwise just let them race. It's not like it's saving any money, and F1 has never found any way to save money in any case.
Have a good one,
Mike
Have a good one,
Mike
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12-10-2018, 12:54 PM
#3045
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More of Kimi feeling no pain:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...oves_the_fans/
Williams should have listened to the drivers earlier:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...o_the_drivers/
Pirelli confirms compounds for first 4 races:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...ng_four_races/
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...oves_the_fans/
Williams should have listened to the drivers earlier:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...o_the_drivers/
Pirelli confirms compounds for first 4 races:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...ng_four_races/
12-10-2018, 05:51 PM
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[QUOTE=sunsalem;1598476065]More of Kimi feeling no pain:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...oves_the_fans/
OK, he looks pretty f*cked up there!
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...oves_the_fans/
OK, he looks pretty f*cked up there!
12-11-2018, 10:35 AM
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12-11-2018, 10:50 AM
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Apparently, Kimi was no more worse for wear the next day:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...un_at_a_party/
I gotta wonder how Mrs. Raikkonen felt...
Bottas to make his rally debut:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...Lapland_Rally/
I guess he isn't aware of another F1 driver (Kubica) who tried this too.
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...un_at_a_party/
I gotta wonder how Mrs. Raikkonen felt...
Bottas to make his rally debut:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...Lapland_Rally/
I guess he isn't aware of another F1 driver (Kubica) who tried this too.
12-11-2018, 11:53 AM
#3050
It looks like the Medium and Hard compounds will be the same? I'm confused. My understanding was that they'd bring C1, C2, C3 to a track, or C2, C3, C4 and whatever the hardest compound is for the weekend would be called "hard". Same for soft, and whatever is left is the "medium". I'd love it if they picked the race tire(s), probably in the C2-C4 range, then brought C5 everywhere, even if they won't last a full lap. Merc had that issue multiple times where the ideal quali tires wouldn't last the full lap on their car, but I'd love to see the challenge for the teams that want to run into Q3 run the quali tires in Q2, then have to immediately pit, but then could go to the end on the hardest compound. Faster cars could run harder compounds in Q2 and run more than 1 lap in the race. My ideal would be the hardest spec tire at each race can run the entire race distance without falling off, but it's slow. The medium compound could run just under half distance if pushed, but just over if babied. And the quali tire wouldn't last more than 1-2 laps. Ditch the "must run 2 compounds rule" and let the teams pick how to manage the tires.
12-11-2018, 04:51 PM
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12-12-2018, 02:47 AM
#3052
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It looks like the Medium and Hard compounds will be the same? I'm confused. My understanding was that they'd bring C1, C2, C3 to a track, or C2, C3, C4 and whatever the hardest compound is for the weekend would be called "hard". Same for soft, and whatever is left is the "medium". I'd love it if they picked the race tire(s), probably in the C2-C4 range, then brought C5 everywhere, even if they won't last a full lap. Merc had that issue multiple times where the ideal quali tires wouldn't last the full lap on their car, but I'd love to see the challenge for the teams that want to run into Q3 run the quali tires in Q2, then have to immediately pit, but then could go to the end on the hardest compound. Faster cars could run harder compounds in Q2 and run more than 1 lap in the race. My ideal would be the hardest spec tire at each race can run the entire race distance without falling off, but it's slow. The medium compound could run just under half distance if pushed, but just over if babied. And the quali tire wouldn't last more than 1-2 laps. Ditch the "must run 2 compounds rule" and let the teams pick how to manage the tires.
https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2018/...019-f1-season/
12-12-2018, 07:43 AM
#3053
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Maybe this is more clear:
https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2018/...019-f1-season/
https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2018/...019-f1-season/
What I find interesting is at the end of the article for 2021: 18" wheels, no tire warmers, and an attempt to create an environment with at least 2 stops to win the race. I think the 18" wheels will have more of an impact than may first meet the eye, since the 13" wheels they currently use make the tires much more effective at tuning the suspension.
On a different note, M. Korsaire, I hope things are going well for you; troubling news coming from your homeland.
Have a good one,
Mike
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12-12-2018, 08:59 AM
#3054
That rule was created, IIRC, to force the teams to make at least one pit stop during the race. Pirelli should have enough data now to make that rule moot, by choosing compounds that won't make it through the race. But I think that was the origin of the rule.
So the original graphic that we saw was wrong; this makes much more sense.
What I find interesting is at the end of the article for 2021: 18" wheels, no tire warmers, and an attempt to create an environment with at least 2 stops to win the race. I think the 18" wheels will have more of an impact than may first meet the eye, since the 13" wheels they currently use make the tires much more effective at tuning the suspension.
On a different note, M. Korsaire, I hope things are going well for you; troubling news coming from your homeland.
Have a good one,
Mike
So the original graphic that we saw was wrong; this makes much more sense.
What I find interesting is at the end of the article for 2021: 18" wheels, no tire warmers, and an attempt to create an environment with at least 2 stops to win the race. I think the 18" wheels will have more of an impact than may first meet the eye, since the 13" wheels they currently use make the tires much more effective at tuning the suspension.
On a different note, M. Korsaire, I hope things are going well for you; troubling news coming from your homeland.
Have a good one,
Mike
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12-12-2018, 03:55 PM
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12-13-2018, 02:00 PM
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Indeed, here it is hot, especially in the big cities, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Avignon but at home a small town, the demonstrations of anger against the government of "le petit Macron" (or Micro...be) and its taxes are without violence. These riots are similar to your 1773 Boston Tea Party against UK parliament and le Roy George, where it was not tea but the drop of gasoline that overflowed the tank saturated with taxes of all kinds. I myself have been blocking roads with yellow vests, it goes well in general even if there have already been 5 deaths, the people understand and approve but I had to stop because I got sick. I do it even if I don't need it because I live comfortably but I have to think of others and stop these taxes and governments that act like money-hungry sovereigns, like Louis XVI, the only sovereign must be the People. In addition, we had an Islamist attack in Strasbourg, near the German border with 3 dead and 12 wounded. If you allow me to publish, otherwise if it is non-compliant, please LMK Sun, I shall delete it.
http://taranis.news/ Here a lot of vidéos about the riots, above all one RIOT "Oh CHAMPS ELYSEES",
I don't know if it possible to watch from USA because of law of restrictions.
If I come back to the subject of tyres, for us who love F1 the simplification about the readability of tyres is too simplistic for me, I preferred the old system because we knew exactly the compound. In 2019, for example, the red SuperSoft of Spa or Monza will not be the same compound in Hungary, despite the fact that the tire will be named red SuperSoft. The choice of tires imposed will be made by Pirelli only. The teams will of course know the compound dedicated to each track. For the time being, the teams are opposed to any change in the qualification procedures despite the FIA requests to change the Q2 and Q3.
I hope to meet you soon friends of the best F1 thread in the USA.
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12-13-2018, 07:54 PM
#3057
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I'm sorry to hear you are ill; hope you have a speedy recovery.
In the U.S., we rarely have violent protests against the American government, at least when compared to those in Europe.
The population of the U.S. has now exceeded 1/3 of a billion, yet large dangerous protests hardly happen.
It is odd, particularly when considering how tribal America has become.
We tend to be Talkers here, not Doers like Europeans.
As long as we have our ice cream and beer, we stay home.
In the U.S., we rarely have violent protests against the American government, at least when compared to those in Europe.
The population of the U.S. has now exceeded 1/3 of a billion, yet large dangerous protests hardly happen.
It is odd, particularly when considering how tribal America has become.
We tend to be Talkers here, not Doers like Europeans.
As long as we have our ice cream and beer, we stay home.
12-13-2018, 08:02 PM
#3058
Melting Slicks
I'm sorry to hear you are ill; hope you have a speedy recovery.
In the U.S., we rarely have violent protests against the American government, at least when compared to those in Europe.
The population of the U.S. has now exceeded 1/3 of a billion, yet large dangerous protests hardly happen.
It is odd, particularly when considering how tribal America has become.
We tend to be Talkers here, not Doers like Europeans.
As long as we have our ice cream and beer, we stay home.
In the U.S., we rarely have violent protests against the American government, at least when compared to those in Europe.
The population of the U.S. has now exceeded 1/3 of a billion, yet large dangerous protests hardly happen.
It is odd, particularly when considering how tribal America has become.
We tend to be Talkers here, not Doers like Europeans.
As long as we have our ice cream and beer, we stay home.
12-14-2018, 02:10 AM
#3059
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12-14-2018, 01:31 PM
#3060
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Big Teams = 1
Liberty = 0
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...promise_found/
Ferrari's launch date for 2019 car:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...Formula_1_car/
Liberty = 0
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...promise_found/
Ferrari's launch date for 2019 car:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...Formula_1_car/