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Post by Bartman on Oct 1, 2017 3:45:54 GMT
here's a thread about formula one
stoffel vandoorne is low-key the best driver in the championship just now and i am hoping that my boy kimi has the same turbo start as a fortnight ago, this morning, just this time without team-mate and child driving into him and ruining things
viva jolyon, and lance stroll at 18 >>>> max verstappen at 17/18
thank you
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Post by ford71V8 on Oct 1, 2017 9:30:15 GMT
The Free to Air TV station that shows the telecasts here have just pulled the pin on showing any more races effective immediately!
I'm good, I have PayTV so I see everything I want to view but crikey times they are a changing here and lotsa people gonna be mad.
(Bathurst 1000 next week BTW)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2017 10:33:56 GMT
F1 is so fkn boring Bartman together with watching golf an indoor bowls.  |
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Post by forgotten in space on Oct 1, 2017 13:16:11 GMT
Missed the start...boring afterwards and more idiotic driving not punished by stewards.
Those records laps by Vettel were quite something.
Bottas needs to up his game next season, Lewis is being gifted the title on a silver plate.
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Post by Bartman on Oct 1, 2017 16:35:07 GMT
bottas is an absolute geek and the faith i once had in him was severely misplaced. i do not necessarily think he would better but at least sergio perez would've provided us with some banter, some laughs, some antics had mercedes signed him last year. going to be fun to see if either mercedes drivers are still there by 2019. also sepang is a cracking track and i am sad to see it go while they are adding paul ricard and fucking hockenheim to the calendar next year. The Free to Air TV station that shows the telecasts here have just pulled the pin on showing any more races effective immediately! I'm good, I have PayTV so I see everything I want to view but crikey times they are a changing here and lotsa people gonna be mad. (Bathurst 1000 next week BTW) ooft, that's brutal - and extremely terrible for formula one as a brand/product (but liberty media are changing all of that, aren't they...) i forgot it was the 1000 this month. for once i doesn't clash with the six hour race at fuji, tho it may with super gt...if i find a stream i'll be watching! |
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Post by Bartman on Oct 8, 2017 18:54:24 GMT
verstappen, hamilton and kimi were absolute fucking STARS today
i am gutted that l'scuderia probably aren't winning the driver's championship this year
fucking jsust put wehrlein or ocon in the second mercedes already, i am still a big fan of bottas but naw he's not on the level of hamilton, vettel and the red bull boys
i will always love u jolyon #30 <3
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Post by forgotten in space on Oct 9, 2017 11:35:29 GMT
Awful race, stayed up for it after a night out, only interesting thing was Magnussen shoving Massa out of the way. How out of sorts Williams must be if they are truly considering Massa as one of the possibilities. :(
The championship fight went away in the most anti-climatic way possible.
Kimi has been dire for most of the season and when he ups his game something has to always happen, either a grid penalty or someone running into him etc..
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Post by Bartman on Oct 9, 2017 18:22:11 GMT
i'll be honest, i'm glad i didn't get up for it now. it was a *nice* race and kevin magnussen is the fucking boy (he has done so much for my impression of him with haas). by no means a classic but it went by fast enough. massa has been easily the *worst* driver this season, and i will include jenson button's hour in last place at monaco here - certainly proportional to his team mate and to his own ability. per martin brundle at least, williams are getting rid of massa "come what may" at the end of this season and honestly folk can say what they want, but at least palmer and ericsson (two of the top candidates) would bring money and be of *some* benefit, rather than just be bitter and slow. Kimi has been dire for most of the season and when he ups his game something has to always happen, either a grid penalty or someone running into him etc..  i don't think kimi has covered himself in much glory this season. team politics didn't go his way in monaco and hungary, understandably, and the problem he had when he was younger, ie motivation when the car is poor or he isn't feeling right, is worse than ever probably 'cause he knows he's driving for a paycheck now. he has still shown some genuinely terrific moments and his highs have had him up there but yeah, lack of luck and his team-mate and/or verstappen ended all hopes of a great result. (bottas has been absolutely pish this year tho) |
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Post by forgotten in space on Oct 9, 2017 19:43:39 GMT
not a hater, btw, he's the only driver on the grid I like :P
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Post by forgotten in space on Oct 9, 2017 19:49:13 GMT
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Post by Bartman on Oct 9, 2017 19:58:09 GMT
ahaha, i'm just kidding, i wanted to use the meme tbh
vandoorne is the fucking boy tho, he's fine
i would fucking pay good money to listen to a formula one or indycar race with jim ross on commentary, bah gawd
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Post by forgotten in space on Oct 29, 2017 20:24:16 GMT
the Finns not covering themselves in glory so far.
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Post by Bartman on Oct 30, 2017 14:21:14 GMT
hoping 2 God that renault show up with a decent power plant next season because those five laps of hamilton vs alonso did things to me that no pill could and i want more
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Post by Bartman on Nov 12, 2017 18:10:27 GMT
it's a fucking travesty that pascal wehrlein (and marcus ericsson, tbh) probably won't be in formula one next year, phenomenal drive. kudos to sauber.
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 13, 2017 7:03:55 GMT
it's a fucking travesty that pascal wehrlein (and marcus ericsson, tbh) probably won't be in formula one next year, phenomenal drive. kudos to sauber. No disrespect to Robert Kubica, but isn't Wehrlein a Mercedes driver? Why not make a big public deal of putting him at Stro...errr Williams, and indirectly light a fire under Bottas' ass? |
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 13, 2017 7:12:00 GMT
Also, that race yesterday was so shit, all those moves by Dan and Lewis could have been brilliant racing but DRS in that circuit is dumb.
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Post by Bartman on Nov 13, 2017 17:22:01 GMT
No disrespect to Robert Kubica, but isn't Wehrlein a Mercedes driver? Why not make a big public deal of putting him at Stro...errr Williams, and indirectly light a fire under Bottas' ass? i haven't seen anything to suggest that he is no logner a mercedes driver. he certainly isn't working in the service of ferrari touring around in 15th place for sauber. next year, however... it sounds like, at least from our television coverage, that paul di resta is increasingly looking like the person for williams. he's been a mercedes works driver since like 2008/9? no dtm ride, toto wolff is said to be a big fan, claire williams is a big fan, he's clearly of legal age so martini won't panic, there's no bad press in a british driver driving for williams. also, meaning no disrespect to robert kubica, but when he can't compete in one sixth of the grand prix...is he *really* going to be so good elsewhere that that won't severely hamper williams in the constructors championship? of course, they can keep di resta, wehrlein, palmer, kvyat idk, i think alex lynn is still affiliated with them, whomever, fresh by running them on a friday morning, ready to drop in at monaco, baku and singapore, but ultimately, over the season... it depends how good their car is next year. i do agree tho. wehrlein is a very logical choice, as far as lighting a fire under bottas, having another young driver for ocon compete with (ala manor 2016), someone who is evidently very fast in the car, and yeah, if lewis gets bored after 2018 there's another choice ready! zero complaints if di resta gets the seat however. Also, that race yesterday was so shit, all those moves by Dan and Lewis could have been brilliant racing but DRS in that circuit is dumb. i think the moves on perez, possibly, were the only examples of great racing, given the power disadvantage to the rbr and *almost* equal to the mercedes. MORE OF THIS WOULD BE NICE and maybe this, i know kimi is on the medium tyres here but i think DRS was deactivated given that it was wet? |
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Post by Bartman on Nov 13, 2017 17:30:56 GMT
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 13, 2017 19:58:46 GMT
He's right, though. Nico would have won that race, I'm sure. That pink cap, though. :  : When did JV make the comments? Is he a TV commentator? I think Bottas is still a peg above a Kovalainen, for example, who I think lost McLaren the constructors when he was there, but even then he needs to up his game in case a Schumi-leg break occasion occurs. |
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 13, 2017 20:04:28 GMT
I think Williams has recently said the Martini age agreement isn't THAT strict, so that would be a point for Pascal.
As a fan of the team I just want them to do well. Not sure why di Resta is in the frame over any other up-and-coming drivers. Maybe he has sponsorship money like Kvyat?
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Post by Bartman on Nov 13, 2017 20:23:39 GMT
i amn't sure if he does commentary. he DOES have a newspaper column though and montreal sports media is notorious for its OPINIONS and HOT TAKES and EMOTIONAL PIECES, so you've got to stand out in that market (i'm a canadiens fan, i see it). this year would've been mega if nico had been there. lewis/nico/vettel, for the banter alone, would be fun. i'm hoping, because i actually quite like him still, that this bottas situation is like simon pagenaud when he joined penske in indycar - 10th in the championship in 2015, storms the championship in 2016. thing is, in indycar you're fighting 20 other cars, bottas only has hamilton to compare with... in kovalainen's defence, the actual best driver - when he could be bothered - in 2008 was kimi, and 2000s kimi operating at 80% + peak massa is a pretty hard combination to beat. still, if i mind he finished behind both saubers didn't he? i don't think the martini deal is *super* strict but i don't know, maybe williams are just playing safe. i don't think di resta has too much sponsorship money (can only remember him bringing white & mackay to force india, and that ended up in court thanks to anthony hamilton...), neither does wehrlein, and both are still mercedes employees as far as we know, so it sounds like the call will come from stro...the williams family. ideally, as a williams fan and fan of all three drivers involved, they'd run wehrlein and di resta next season and put stroll into GP2/F2/F3000/whatever it is these days but that isn't happening. so, ericsson and stroll it is then?  |
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 15, 2017 20:29:30 GMT
Maybe I'm being too harsh on the lad but not sure PdR would be an improvement even on dross like Ericsson and Kvyat :P
Also been trying the F1 game for the PS4, it is indeed "shocking" how many fast bends are done at full or near-full throttle in the new cars. Lifted unnecessarily first time in Eau Rouge.
Singapore GP looks amazing as a day race.
Abu Dhabi track layout is so awkward, but not even in a clanky, challenging way..it's just dire.
The championship modes are fun..sprint spec series, double header series. old point system championship with "classic" cars.
My Aurora Snow driver is totally bossing the spec series in the FW18 :cool:
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Post by ford71V8 on Nov 15, 2017 23:55:49 GMT
A few weeks back a very cool thing happened in my little city.
It was done very covertly and late at night.
They unloaded these cars from transporters and drove them into and through town (with a police guide out of shot for the video).
Can you imagine sitting in a bar and hearing / seeing these things drive past?
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 16, 2017 12:24:11 GMT
I have an actual Arrows press pack from the launch of that F1 car, was it Verstappen and Bernoldi's? Got it from a charity auction for the Asian tsunami all those years ago.
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Post by Bartman on Nov 18, 2017 18:31:06 GMT
i had (have?) a coaster depicting that arrows, driven by jos verstappen at the 2001 australian grand prix. Maybe I'm being too harsh on the lad but not sure PdR would be an improvement even on dross like Ericsson and Kvyat :P Also been trying the F1 game for the PS4, it is indeed "shocking" how many fast bends are done at full or near-full throttle in the new cars. Lifted unnecessarily first time in Eau Rouge. Singapore GP looks amazing as a day race. Abu Dhabi track layout is so awkward, but not even in a clanky, challenging way..it's just dire. The championship modes are fun..sprint spec series, double header series. old point system championship with "classic" cars. My Aurora Snow driver is totally bossing the spec series in the FW18 :cool: yes, you are, because paul di resta is the BOY. nah, he's a very very good driver. i don't think he'll be bothering the red bulls too often but he was decent at force india, back in the days when force india didn't have race or development strategies, he gives good feedback/development AND I LIKE HIM. maybe he has to talk to his cousin dario, see what he can glean for him. incidentally, dario franchitti really came into his own as a driver in his early 30s, and di resta is 32... (tbf, franchitti did almost win a CART title in '99, but di resta did win DTM in '10 so idk) ahahah, i need to play that game. i've been playing the 2012 game quite a bit lately and my GOD those cars are no fun to drive at all, if they are anything like the real thing. high wings look awful and the racing is just, ugh...it's better i guess because it rewards consistency but you get the impression of always having to fight the car's instincts, while running on tyres that will melt if you push even the slightest. 2012 was one of the best seasons too, in terms of the vettel/alonso rivaly, mclaren imploding on and off track, and kimi turning almost into a title contender, but those cars, miserable. abu dhabi is a weird fucking track. it looks really cool but, yeah, it's really awkward in places. the start of sector two and much of the last section especially. and those bastarding left-rights at the end of the chicanes. i'm angry now. fw18 <3 A few weeks back a very cool thing happened in my little city. It was done very covertly and late at night. They unloaded these cars from transporters and drove them into and through town (with a police guide out of shot for the video). Can you imagine sitting in a bar and hearing / seeing these things drive past? nice to see john bowe and troy bayliss! i would love for there to be a proper grand prix on the, full, adelaide circuit again. one of the best street circuits. i really like formula one at albert park so amn't too keen to see that leave but, maybe, indycar are possibly exploring a round in australia/new zealand and surfers paradise isn't really an option for open wheel cars now... (naturally surfers paradise becomes inappropriate for indycar just as they make a star out of a QLD driver, typical indycar luck) |
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 18, 2017 18:40:31 GMT
I still haven't played much (did win the Hot Lap series - where the majority of points are awarded to qualifying instead of the race), but seems like for the actual F1 championship and career mode we have to employ tire management and lift and coast..ah simulations  |
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 18, 2017 18:43:39 GMT
but yeah I'm probably being harsh on Paul, mainly because he hasn't raced open-wheel in a while, but hey even that Marko douchebag brought back Hartley.
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Post by Bartman on Nov 18, 2017 19:25:44 GMT
that sounds like a championship designed for jarno trulli! i've seen some of the options in race and it looks like there's a lot to process/pick, which is good and nice, it does hit home quite how complex these things are  but also how much like sports prototypes the current f1 cars are. i like the hybrid engines and i think they are great, but it does feel a bit too...well it isn't really sprint racing, is it? a formula one race shouldn't race like a condensed 6 hour race, but if you're to have hybrids, they may as well serve a development process, which means longevity and efficiency...hmm. hartley did win two world championships and le mans in order to be brought back, in fairness. i think di resta has a top 5 DTM championship finish in his single seater absence a couple of years ago, the DTM spec was basically a GP2 car with a roof and doors so he could be in worse shape for a return, i guess. i wish that super gt hadn't turned from hybrids (except the SUPER PRIUS), the brief flirtation GT500 had with them i think offered a really interesting look at sprint hybrid engined racing. that could've been an interesting training field for formula one and prototype racing. actually no, formula one should BE super gt: tyre war, relevant engine fights, proper race tracks WITH DEFINED LIMITS, enjoyable to watch, not a legalistic mess etc. |
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Post by forgotten in space on Nov 18, 2017 19:37:50 GMT
all that different series talk is reminding me I have yet to watch Formula E
and whatever Liberty come up with for 2021 hopefully someone like Cosworth enters the fray.
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Post by Bartman on Nov 19, 2017 0:31:06 GMT
formula e is actually great, usually. the race from mexico, this year, was one of the funnest races i have seen this year.
tho i complained about formula one races turning into mini endurance races, i quite enjoy it in the context of formula e - it lends itself to being quite a dynamic race: sometimes they are dull and dross, other times they reach crescendos, caused often by jean-eric vergne. fantastic.
hoping that 2021 f1 means cosworth, possibly a AER type company too, enters, more opportunities for privateer teams (without being artificial) and zero races in the usa (BUT with argentina and/or south africa). absolutely not holding my breath on the usa thing tho.
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but also how much like sports prototypes the current f1 cars are. i like the hybrid engines and i think they are great, but it does feel a bit too...well it isn't really sprint racing, is it? a formula one race shouldn't race like a condensed 6 hour race, but if you're to have hybrids, they may as well serve a development process, which means longevity and efficiency...hmm.