Formula 1

[antipodean]

@MajorRage said in Formula 1:

@canefan most definitely not talking about Stroll. Him and Sargent are a joke.

Sargent is the worst thing in F1 since Mazepan

[Bones]

Outstanding driving by Piastri on lap 6 to defend 2nd. One of the moments of the season for me

[Bones]

Love it. Ocon and Perez on either side of Hulkenberg, try to get rid of him in the corner and he slams on the brakes, to leave those eggs to slam into each other. Unfortunately he ends up out too.

[Bones]

SBW on the grid walk

[Bones]

That was pretty funny. Verstappen basically a pitstop in front, first place. Engineer comes on the radio and basically tells him to speed up

Max: "What's that?" Incredulously.

[Bones]

"Ok Kev, we need bravo ten, position four please"

Kev: "IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!"

[Bones]

So can someone explain to me - if no tire is allowed more than 18 laps - how do we get a 3 stop minimum over 57 laps?

[Bones]

I feel like Piastri could top himself at any moment.

[Duluth]

@Bones said in Formula 1:

SBW on the grid walk

He looked enormous next to Lazenby & Karun

[Duluth]

@Bones said in Formula 1:

So can someone explain to me - if no tire is allowed more than 18 laps - how do we get a 3 stop minimum over 57 laps?

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3 * 18 = 54

So there needed to be 4 sets and 3 stops

[antipodean]

The only thing that really entertained me was on the first corner.

[Bones]

@antipodean said in Formula 1:

The only thing that really entertained me was on the first corner.

Max won by less than a pit stop, how can you not be entertained. 2nd and 3rd were even on the same straight as him just after he won. Unbelievable

[Duluth]

Max comes from 6th on the grid to win. Had to nurse the car home on the last couple of laps though

Any opinions on the Hamilton & Leclerc disqualifications after the race?

[MajorPom]

Just reading up about them now. Not something I'm super familiar with but it makes sense given how much of an advantage you get running a car that low. Must be an absolute nightmare to enforce though.

Wolff doesn't seem overly bothered about it, so that tells me that they knew they were pushing it:

***Wolff: We got it wrong
Speaking to the media after the decision, Wolff admitted: "Set-up choices on a sprint weekend are always a challenge with just one hour of free practice – and even more so at a bumpy circuit like COTA and running a new package.

"In the end, all of that doesn't matter – others got it right where we got it wrong and there's no wiggle room in the rules. We need to take it on the chin, do the learning, and come back stronger next weekend.***

I tend to avoid the US races as they seem to be more about which celebrities are in the paddock than the actual race. Case in point, if I google US Grand prix, 3 of the top 5 stories are that Prince Harry was there. Honestly, who cares?

[Duluth]

@MajorRage

Mercedes complaints got the floor raised this year.

Toto’s comments kind of answer what I was curious about, why now, why this race. Sprint weekends with less setup time increases the risk

[MajorPom]

F1 seems pretty fluid with changes like this so I expect the teams are expected to adapt.

You can see why though. Without the allowed upgrades etc we wouldn't have had all the fluidity seen in the chasing pack results wise.

[Machpants]

Pretty good explanation of the disqualification

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/23/formula-one-hamiltons-flawed-floor-how-a-plank-of-wood-clouds-mercedes-us-progress

[Duluth]

Four cars selected for inspection.

I wonder if Sainz and Russell would’ve failed too if they were inspected

[Machpants]

[Machpants]

Jeez those were the days, names that resonate, competition. I remember this race