Grand Prix Rejects

Fetzie

CoopsII wrote:Just a thought; this years F1 video game is going to be either a)factually incorrect or b)really weird.

Codemasters will be able to add like 5 fps when they don't have to worry about rendering the public in the stands

Fetzie

Apparently F1 is planning to start with the Austrian Grand Prix during the 3-5 July weekend with the first few races definitely held behind closed doors.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/52435988

Fetzie

Wikipedia says it was at the Shelsley Walsh hill climb in 1948.

Fetzie

Always remember to fill out a COSHH form before throwing chairs across the room in an explosion of rage. Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health? Makes me think you might work in a Chemistry lab. Or you are recreating Braking Bad. TBF a chair flying across a room can definitely be hazardous to he...

Fetzie

Deliberately infecting people with a disease can land you in prison for up to 5 years in Germany. I'm not sure about Austria, but I'd imagine it is fairly similar.

Fetzie

2 free subscription months added to the current subscription plans.

Fetzie

When the coverage for the Azerbaijan (i think it was) GP went down the toilet they refunded me like 4 euro. I'd expect something similar.

Fetzie

As of about an hour or so ago, Autosport are reporting that the organisers are pushing on with the event: m Although it does emphasise that the organisers are referring to the non-F1 stuff... I predict a farce of US GP 2005 proportions coming up... Given that Vettel and Raikönnen had already got on...

Fetzie

The 2020 " Aussie Government says 'She'll be right, no worries mate' " Grand Prix 1. Hamilton 2. Bottas 3. Verstappen 4. Leclerc 5. Vettel 6. Sainz 7. Albon 8. Stroll 9. Norris 10. Raikönnen Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Russell ROTR: FIA (for not cancelling it bef...

Fetzie

I've seen it suggested that the real purpose of the system is to raise the ride height at the front to partly stall the front aero in the straight. I rely on acquiring setups from other sim-racers these days, so I may be wrong, but I thought the effect on ride height of adjusting the toe in would b...

Fetzie

The way I understand it, it would be illegal because it would constitute a movable aerodynamic aid, to reduce drag on the straights. But the front wheels are designed to be moveable, so a debatable area. But I imagine the regulations are much more tightly worded than I have just tried describing? D...

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Unless the other teams can copy it relatively quickly, (and something tells me they won't, cos I'd guess, from my admittedly non-technical background, it'd require a redesign of the front suspension at the very least) I bet the FIA will kill it by round three because of the complaints from the rest...

Fetzie

Sebastian Vettel. He went from the undisputed team leader and contender for the WDC winner to possibly playing wingman to Leclerc for what is probably his last year in F1 over the space of 3 months and finishing fourth in the championship. He sees the "red mist" and forgets he is not the o...

Fetzie

Yeah, if the medical chopper can't fly, the race doesn't happen.

Fetzie

I feel like Pérez was told there was a €10-20 limit on the gift and got something silly as a joke, but then everyone else went and spent a €50 minimum Also it's noticeable that only three drivers didn't take part? Or at least weren't filmed doing theirs, and that was both Mercedes drivers and Vette...

Fetzie

I can be happy with a third place Congratulations to RAK and dr-baker; it was a hard-fought season with some quite unpredictable (*cough* Germany *cough*) races and some very predictable ones. Here's to 2020 and more great competition! (btw. don't drink all of those cans of liquid sugar and caffeine...

Fetzie

Leclerc has signed a new 5 year deal with Ferrari, taking his seat out of the 2021 merry-go-round.

Fetzie

Quick update! I have all the results to hand, ready to publish them. However, I need to get pictures of the Grand Prize . When those have been provided kindly by You-Gee-Eee-Day , the final results shall be made public! Sorry for making you all wait. I'm excited! Looking forward eagerly for this. C...

Fetzie

Bottas for his DRS-less progress through the field.

HM: The DRS measurement system breaking, that showed us just how much of a "I.W.I.N." button that blue DRS button is.

Fetzie

First vote to the FIA: How the ... can it take 4 hours to decide that yes, two numbers are not equal to each other. Why do they even need to interview Leclerc, what kind of input could he give that would change the situation? Second vote to Ferrari: Messed up two stacked pitstops and reported the wr...

Fetzie

Yeah, I don't see what the problem is. If the fuel loaded was not the same as the fuel reported by the team, disqualify him If the fuel loaded was as reported, don't. Surely this is just a case of "see if the numbers are the same". Given that they knew about this before the race started, t...

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Yabby Dabby Doo, it's the last race of the year Grand Prix 1. Hamilton 2. Leclerc 3. Bottas 4. Vettel 5. Verstappen 6. Sainz 7. Norris 8. Albon 9. Raikonnen 10. Perez Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Bottas First retirement: Magnussen Reject of the Race: FIA Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Bott...

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The race I stop nominating Ferrari for RotR in Predictions, they pull a blinder like that....

Ferrari.

Also, they will now definitely be my nomination for RotY.

Fetzie

That one Grand Prix that doesn't really matter now 2019 1. Leclerc 2. Hamilton 3. Bottas 4. Vettel 5. Verstappen 6. Albon 7. Sainz 8. Ricciardo 9. Norris 10. Hulkenberg Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Magnussen Reject of the Race: race stewards Infinite Improbability Drive o...

Fetzie

Ferrari has been the holder of my RotY nomination for quite a few months now.

Fetzie

I mean, there was another driver in that car that didn't win the championship in those seasons (and Rosberg only won by 5 points in 2016). Not to single you out Fetzie, but I have seen this line quite a bit online lately. I do find it interesting that this argument never once came up during the Sch...

Fetzie

I really shouldn't be thinking "yep, pretty cool" at someone winning a sixth world championship, but I've got so used to Hamilton just being the champion... the same thing happened with Vettel, and someone who's been watching for longer could say the same about Schumacher. It felt weird w...

Fetzie

Yeah, I'm going to nominate Bottas too. Essentially a flawless drive, after an unexpected pole position.

Fetzie

1. Hamilton 2. Vettel 3. Verstappen 4. Bottas 5. Leclerc 6. Albon 7. Sainz 8. Ricciardo 9. Räikkönen 10. Pérez Pole: Leclerc Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Magnussen Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Toro Rosso Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Albon Deadbeat Teammate of the Rac...

Fetzie

Nuppiz wrote:Btw why was the VSC called on the first lap of the race? Debris? No explanation was given on-screen.

Bits from Hamilton's floor on track.

Fetzie

I am fairly sure there was at least one instance of him cutting a corner on the opening lap that was overlooked as well. They often turn a blind eye to people running off track or minor corner cutting on the first lap due to everybody running so close together and 2-3 cars running next to each other.

Fetzie

Yeah, I think Sergio Perez deserves the nod here.

HM: Whoever thought of putting the winner's car on a lift and putting it on the podium.

Fetzie

Ferrari. Turned a 1-2 start into a 2-4 finish through a mixture of questionable strategy calls and a fumbled pitstop, with Leclerc messing up his one chance to attack Bottas.

FIA/Stewards, for how they nearly didn't handle Verstappen ignoring yellow flags yesterday.

Fetzie

Agree with all this on Verstappen. But I don't think Hamilton should be getting away with this either. Bottas crashes and the Sky commentators say "nobody can improve their lap time now", and Hamilton immediately improved his lap-time. I would presume that he was slow in S3 but was quicke...

Fetzie

I don't mind racing incidents being called racing incidents and I praise the stewards and race management for letting minor things stand as such (you're not going to get racing if the drivers think they'll be penalized if they don't pull it off perfectly), but when you have egregious things like put...

Fetzie

When pushed further on if he backed off, Verstappen said: “It didn't really look like it did it? No.”

I'll take "Things you don't say to a reporter if you're being investigated for ignoring yellow flags" for 16,000.

Fetzie

So Max Verstappen has gotten pole position, after Bottas crash in Q3 meant that Vettel and his team-mate could not complete their flying lap. Verstappen also didn't slow down under double-waved yellows, but Michael Masi chose not to investigate it. Great precedent Michael. Again. I'm already feelin...

Fetzie

1: Hamilton
2: Vettel
3: Bottas
4: Leclerc
5: Verstappen
6: Kvyat
7: Sainz
8: Albon
9: Gasly
10: Norris

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: F1 race management
IIDOTR: Toro Rosso
DBTMOTR: Albon
MLP: Albon
SCs: 1

Fetzie

This is a sport with precise timing, cameras everywhere, people checking everything and they can't count to 53.

My nomination is the person who set the chequered flag a lap early.

Fetzie

Taking a look at a few of the clips out there, I'm surprised nobody has commented about the big chunk of Leclerc's front wing that fell off and hit Hamilton's car as he was following him, ripping the wing mirror off Hamilton's car in the process. From the looks of things, it's surprising that the s...

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