The F1 Thread

[Carrotdude]

Drive to Survive is such a dramatised nonsense though isn’t it? A whole episode dedicated to Mazepin’s struggles and his redemption was him unlapping himself to finish 18th and last at Sochi

 

[The Bear]

Final episode watched and it still leaves a very sour taste in the mouth.

Incredible luck to have Latifi bring out a safety car when he was almost home and dry. And then for Masi to ignore the regulations and make it up as he wanted... Well his sacking is fully deserved.

He manipulated one rule (“any cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car”) and fully ignored a second (“Once the last lapped car has passed the leader the safety car will return to the pits at the end of the following lap.”).

Basically his initial ruling that the lapped cars stay where they were and Max would be given a chance to race past them was the only option within the regulations to give him a chance. It was either that or finish the race under the safety car. What happened was a royal fuck up.

That World Championship for Verstappen will always be tainted by an asterisk in my eyes.

 

[The Bear]

Drive to Survive is such a dramatised nonsense though isn’t it? A whole episode dedicated to Mazepin’s struggles and his redemption was him unlapping himself to finish 18th and last at Sochi

Yeah they do invent stuff based on clever editing.

 

[jlo]

Horner and Geri are the most cringe bits, staged totally for the cameras. But otherwise I thought the series was tonnes better than the year before, even with the odd direction with giving Mazapin more air time than Perez.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

New season titles on Sky F1 are ace. The season is here!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Alpine have a problem. The upgraded side pod on Ocon’s car just blew itself apart on the straight. That shouldn’t happen.

 

[Carrotdude]

Damon Hill is shocking on comms, he can barely get a sentence out.

 

[Wolfmania]

Seriously ominous signs for McLaren. Can’t believe how low they are in the first practice (below even Hulkenberg who has no experience of the new reg cars!). Could be a tricky season ahead of them.

(appreciate its FP1 but for them to be that low at this stage and given testing struggles suggests their pre-summer season could be poor)

 

[The Bear]

I think McLaren will do well. Everyone is sandbagging until Quali.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The Mercs are a long way off the pace. Too much to be sandbagging. Ferrari and Red Bull look a long distance ahead.

 

[Kenny]

Everyone is sandbagging until Quali.

Presume the Merc has he whole desert's worth of sand in then. Looks a right dog of a car at moment. A lot of work to get them even challenging the top cars this year.

 

[Carrotdude]

Had to happen sometime, I just hope Ferrari can put Red Bull back in their box

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Watching a bit of the replay of the F3 practice stuff as I quite like to look at young drivers and see if there are any exciting new lights to keep an eye on. About 17 seconds a lap slower round Sakir than a F1 car but still a good watch. Cars look quite decent too.

Not seen any F2 yet so hopefully going to catch a bit of that in the morning.

 

[Nando]

F2 and F3 is fantastic. Daft by Bearman there to throw that race away on track limit violations after being repeatedly warned and miles ahead.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Christ. Verstappen is insanely quick

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Oh hang on. We suddenly have a non-porpoising Merc. Hamilton 0.08 sec behind Max. Either a cure has been found or that was the ultimate sand bag job.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Really interesting session. Max is still a bit ahead but the top six are close. KMag in an excellent 7th.

Really looking forward to quali now.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Just to add - Naomi Schiff is an excellent addition to the Sky F1 team.

 

[The Bear]

Just to add - Naomi Schiff is an excellent addition to the Sky F1 team.

She seems to know her stuff.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

She is a very talented driver so I am not surprised by her knowledge levels, but she also seems a natural in front of the camera, and gets that knowledge over really well.