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Post by ChrisM on May 17, 2018 7:19:07 GMT
Predictions in the other thread please (hope I have the date right this time.....)
I should be returning to the UK just in time to miss this race......
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 14:29:02 GMT
The tyre names are fucking ridiculous!
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Post by Tim on May 24, 2018 15:16:37 GMT
I wonder, if the Red Bulls were to qualify on the front row, would Crashstappen's inevitable coming together with someone at the 1st corner take out more than 50% of the field.
Would that cause a complete stoppage or would they continue with whatever was left after the debris was cleared.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 11:10:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 22:32:53 GMT
CrashStappen? Sounds about right. How long before he has to tend to his Tulips? All that talent but too excitable and a bit like the CrashJean of old, or not so old. Would Christian Horner have the bottle to fire him or does he approval from above? I have to admit to LMAO.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 23:57:26 GMT
I wonder, if the Red Bulls were to qualify on the front row, would Crashstappen's inevitable coming together with someone at the 1st corner take out more than 50% of the field. Would that cause a complete stoppage or would they continue with whatever was left after the debris was cleared. All sorted now he's starting from the back! |
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Post by humphreythepug on May 27, 2018 9:24:29 GMT
I think he has a 100% incident/accident record this year for each GP.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 10:43:25 GMT
A well earned win for Daniel and team RB. Some great overtakes from his team mate, wots his name, especially when the other drivers were able to let him past without incident.
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Post by PG on May 28, 2018 16:55:29 GMT
A well earned win for Daniel and team RB. Some great overtakes from his team mate, wots his name, especially when the other drivers were able to let him past without incident. Well earned in the sense that he won by stopping anybody else getting past him. Which mad the race a slow procession behind a leader trying to be as wide as a bus. And I suspect he was rather helped by the Monaco circuit which is notoriously hard to overtake on. With that amount of lost power on his car (I read 25%), at any other circuit he'd surely have been passed by just about everybody? |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 19:16:23 GMT
He drove the best tactics for the race, which is what they are supposed to do. At Spa he would have been lapped several times and had a rubbish weekend but they were not at Spa. The tyre problems no doubt made the race harder for just about everyone too.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on May 29, 2018 11:33:22 GMT
Great qualifying, dreadful 'race'. A slow procession of very expensive cars round a piece of very expensive real estate.
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Post by ChrisM on May 29, 2018 12:22:59 GMT
Great qualifying, dreadful 'race'. A slow procession of very expensive cars round a piece of very expensive real estate. Indeed, I have never seen the appeal of Monaco. A race should be all about driving flat out from flag to flag, with ample opportunity for overtaking in many places on each lap.
A crawl round a 1-car wide track, lined by armco, that threads its way through tower-block apartments, luxury hotels/cafes and around a public swimming pool is, to me, a farce.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on May 29, 2018 14:42:17 GMT
Great qualifying, dreadful 'race'. A slow procession of very expensive cars round a piece of very expensive real estate. Indeed, I have never seen the appeal of Monaco. A race should be all about driving flat out from flag to flag, with ample opportunity for overtaking in many places on each lap.
A crawl round a 1-car wide track, lined by armco, that threads its way through tower-block apartments, luxury hotels/cafes and around a public swimming pool is, to me, a farce.
I'd keep it purely for the history - the fact that it's been part of F1 for so long - but perhaps they need to look at the awarding of points differently there - what about 50% of your points based on your qualifying position and 50% on you race position. Or go really off the wall and combine the race with some sort of trolley dash around the Gucci, Cartier and Luis Vuitton stores you see as they go round? |
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Post by Big Blue on May 29, 2018 17:59:06 GMT
The cars are too reliant on aero to do anything. They need to address that so coming off line to overtake using mechanical grip is more likely. They also need to fuck this one tyre manufacturer bollocks off. Tyre wars will help shit up the aero dominance.
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Post by Tim on May 30, 2018 12:03:42 GMT
The cars are too reliant on aero to do anything. They need to address that so coming off line to overtake using mechanical grip is more likely. They also need to fuck this one tyre manufacturer bollocks off. Tyre wars will help shit up the aero dominance. Up to a point but when you get to the pointy end there are other factors. Crashstappen managed a few overtakes against cars that were only slightly less powerful than his, whereas Vettel, etc failed to overtake a car with 25% less.
The simple answer is in the race report, Crashstappen made some 'forceful' overtakes. These would be against people glad to have a chance to finish and not wanting to defend overly aggressively from someone currently renowned for thinking its a contact sport.
Conversely Vettel pocketed the 2nd highest points haul by being cautious.
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Post by PetrolEd on May 30, 2018 13:34:13 GMT
As above I think it a case of everyone in the top 3 were more than happy with their result so why risk it with a 50/50 lunge.
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Post by PetrolEd on May 30, 2018 13:57:57 GMT
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