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 LYN F1 V15 Season, Continuation from V14 2017

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post Jul 1 2018, 10:17 PM

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Ric dnf. Karma?
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post Jul 1 2018, 10:27 PM

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Hamilton dnf..
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post Jul 1 2018, 10:30 PM

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Seems like the reliability worries for the new upgrade is true
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post Jul 1 2018, 11:06 PM

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I think F1 should just scrap vsc and go just sc. Cheaper in cost too.
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post Jul 2 2018, 06:17 AM

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QUOTE(PowerSlide @ Jul 1 2018, 11:06 PM)
we all laugh at alonzo and mclaren and today alonzo finish 8th starting from pitlane

thats one best chassis!
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Mclaren now in 6, and force india just 2 point behind. They will be lucky if not being overtake by TR.

QUOTE(RalphRatedR @ Jul 1 2018, 11:22 PM)
Better alternative: full course yellow
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I prefer sc, can have more drama. Or stop, and restart. Haha

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post Jul 5 2018, 06:00 AM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Jul 3 2018, 06:15 PM)
Well actually Mercs is still faster as proven by the qualifying position in the last 2 races. Seb says they are notably faster in the fast corners. They just have problem with reliability and tire wear but for ultimate raw speed, they still have slight edge over Ferrari. Seb was able to overtake Ham coz Ham already start having tire blisters, denying him of better traction out of the 1st corner. Before that, Ham overtook Seb first not long after he pitted.
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I think Mercedes are pushing their car to the limit, thus the reliability problem and the Hamilton are also pushing too hard, thus cause blistering.
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post Jul 6 2018, 06:10 PM

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QUOTE(PowerSlide @ Jul 5 2018, 02:11 PM)
Things with McLaren is too much promise and talking but deliver nothing. Time to shut up and work their problem..just stop claiming they have the best chassis is a start.

If I have to say let Alonso go. At this time McLaren need a driver who can stay on with the rebuild process. Alonso has run out of time he want a winning car not wait a few years more also his moaning is getting old. Every weekend he got something to moan at, how does this will help things? All this is just bring negativity to a already frustrated team.

Team needs a reshuffling in every part then I can see McLaren be back on top just like Ferrari now.
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Alonso is a great driver, but not a team player and can bring team motivation. IMO vettel does a great job bringing Ferrari back to the top.

QUOTE(6UE5T @ Jul 5 2018, 03:08 PM)
There's also a rumor that Kimi might return to McLaren after getting dumped by Ferrari for Leclerc.
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I don't think Kimi is a good choice for them. Better they get Riccardo, offer him a long term contract and start building a new car 'around' him.
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post Jul 6 2018, 07:49 PM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Jul 6 2018, 07:27 PM)
From McLaren point of view of course better to get Ric than Kimi (that's why there's rumor he has been offered $20m by McLaren!) but I don't think Ric would want to go there if his main priority is to win as opposed to just money. But I think Ric is running out of options now other than stay in RB. He is just eyeing on either Merc or Ferrari, so waiting for Ham & Bottas to sign with Mercs or not, and if Ferrari signs Leclerc to replace Kimi. I think Ham will stay and so will Bottas so chances are remote for him in Merc (unless suddenly Ham decides to quit!). As for Ferrari, maybe now still 50/50, depending on how Leclerc performs in the next few races. If Leclerc finally screws up a few times then Ferrari will think twice and may let him continue build experience with Sauber and decides to get Ric instead. But then again not sure if Seb would agree or not (probably he would if he wants to settle the score from his defeat to Ric back in RB days).
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Ferrari are enjoying stability period and i doubt they would take a risk hiring Ric. I think they will be focusing in WDC if they unable to get the WCC, and might swap kimi with leclerc at lhe last few races.

Btw, i just realised boulier didn't have any say un technical part if the race car... So seems he just becomes a scapegoat.
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post Jul 7 2018, 10:54 AM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Jul 7 2018, 12:42 AM)
Well he might not be in charge of technical part but ultimately he is responsible to bring the team up, which he had failed so far.
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He underestimated how british work (which is similar to Malaysian, blame/protective culture). Haha
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post Jul 7 2018, 09:55 PM

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QUOTE(PowerSlide @ Jul 7 2018, 08:46 PM)
Leclerc still too early for Ferrari, Ferrari as in tradition only pay big dollah sign top drivers lol

Hartley big crash in fp3..the crash look crazy
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Kimi it is. Haha. Ric is too stubborn anyway... Like in the last qualifying.

It is interesting to see all ferrari customer team is performing much better than mercedes customer team.
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post Jul 8 2018, 07:44 AM

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QUOTE(voscar @ Jul 7 2018, 10:25 PM)
I guess Ferrari PU has 10hp more than Mercedes this season. See only the king Hamilton able to beat Ferrari pair for pole and where ordinary driver Bottas was.
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QUOTE(PowerSlide @ Jul 7 2018, 11:16 PM)
ferrari PU is really up there with merc or a tiny bit better as well

leclerc even secured 9th..damn..sauber now its not a backmarker lol
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I think Ferrari 'shared' all the update and tricks for the PU more than Mercedes with their customer.

QUOTE(andrekua2 @ Jul 7 2018, 11:24 PM)
Botta made a mistake near the end. Otherwise I guess he would be quite close to the front too.

I gotta said Hamilton final lap was breath taking to watch. It was quick, pretty neat. Lets see if he can keep the Ferrari at bay tomorrow.

Vowles better be on his game tomorrow...
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Yeah, that lap is perfect. Vettel got neck issue... See if it affects him in the race.
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post Jul 8 2018, 11:06 PM

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So Mercedes sacrifice bottas to give Hamilton a shot at winning by holding back vettel. (my pov)



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post Jul 9 2018, 06:15 AM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Jul 9 2018, 12:05 AM)
Hmm not really true as well, coz actually Mercs go for the only chance of winning by not pitting Bottas, gambling that he would have enough tires to fend off Seb. If they pitted him, again similar case like with Ham whereby he would end up further behind and cannot overtake the 2 Ferraris with also new tires. He might be even behind Ric.
Well that's their frustration talking. Instead of making accusations like that, they should figure out how to do better starts in the future because both incidents happened due to them not starting as well as the Ferraris and got punted!

Ham behaved like the diva that he is though, leaving the customary interview spot/session.
Anyway agree that this is the F1 we all craving for! Several cars with similar speeds battling hard at the end.  The biggest looser though here are RB & Renault engine as they obviously now lags a bit far behind the top 2. They gonna get murdered in Monza if things stay the same.

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If bottas pitted, he still got 2nd place but with faster tyres. But by doing that, vettel got clean air in front.

Journalist (?) always will try to riled things up. But mercedes comparing this with last week race, where vettel, a wdc contender took out bottas? That's pretty weak argument. Lol.

RB switched to Honda imo is the right call. No hope for Renault.
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post Jul 10 2018, 06:53 AM

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QUOTE(PowerSlide @ Jul 9 2018, 10:02 PM)
too tired lah to stand lah  laugh.gif

anway looking at yday race i think kimi will still be in ferrari, leclerc to haas and grosjean out in 2019 lol
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Kimi back in form after that incident.

But both Ferrari and Mercedes are too fast. They can start the race last on the grid and might still get podium.
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post Jul 11 2018, 07:24 AM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Jul 10 2018, 10:24 PM)
Maybe they've gone a bit too far with the DRS zone.
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Imo, they should make DRS all the way along the circuit and anyone can use it anytime, not just when they 1 sec behind. So can see which driver has the ball of steel to open DRS as fast and closed it as late as possible, and using them between corners. Haha
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post Jul 11 2018, 01:39 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QftfXbnoeQs

interesting that no action from FIA. seems like u allowed to drive dangerously unless u make contact.
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post Jul 11 2018, 05:09 PM

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QUOTE(uncle tut @ Jul 11 2018, 02:21 PM)
Gunter need to bring K-mag for ball sucking therapy
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QUOTE(RalphRatedR @ Jul 11 2018, 03:22 PM)
From F2 but since this guy is Haas junior driver he might blend well into the team laugh.gif

http://www.skysports.com/motorsport/news/1...ary-and-belgium

(Foot note: search for this guy name on reddit & twitter for more "wonderful" stories.)
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Maybe crashing into teammates is just a Haas thing. haha
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post Jul 12 2018, 07:25 AM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Jul 11 2018, 11:41 PM)
That's almost like in DTM then. In DTM, each driver is allocated certain number of times for DRS use but like in F1, they can only use it on certain straights and not everywhere.

I still prefer no DRS at all like in the olden days.
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As much as DRS considered driver aid for overtaking, i don't think we going to see any overtaking especially among the top three. The performance difference between them is less than half a sec per lap.
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post Jul 12 2018, 07:28 AM

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I still think refuelling should be allowed, so teams can have different strategies and drivers can pushed all the way without the need to conserve fuel.
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post Jul 13 2018, 10:49 AM

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Regarding the would be revised point system, i think it would be better to have penalty system, deducting points instead of grid penalty, and 2 separate penalty for driver and teams, race incident, penalty to driver, engine penalty, deduct team points.

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