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Formula One 2018 - General Thread

Whatever degree of effectiveness they have achieved as a safety device, it could have been done with the colours toned down a little.
 
Have you all heard yaselves? It’s just a bit of colour to brighten the place up. :rolleyes:
 
Was watching some DTM and noted that the DRS seems to be available to the drivers at will.

Maybe something that would improve F1 ?
 
So something happened today which (allegedly) has not happened to a Mercedes GP team for 63 years.....

.....a double DNF due to mechanical issues. They will not be proud to have broken that record.

The old 'Erics' (ref Aufetersain Pet!) do strive for perfection in their engineering. One of the very good reasons we drive Mercedes.
Reminds me of a comment to me by Dr Peafgen (Chairman of Bentley and VW Motorsport) in the pit lane at Le Mans after our one two finish for Bentley in 2003.
We failed to get the cars in formation finish at the end of the race for the press photos, (the 2nd place car had no clutch and an almost drained battery...) I, somewhat tongue in cheek, apologised for not delivering the photo finish, to which he replied "Zis proves we are good but not yet perfect"
As a Brit, I was just so relived to have actually won the race:confused:
 
As much as I like MV I’d have loved to have seen Kimi take his first F1 win since 2013.

I’m glad Ferrari didn’t ask him to let Seb through for 2nd place.

Amazed Alonso got up to 8th given the type of circuit and pit lane start. Albeit aided by many DNF’s.

All in all I enjoyed the race and with just 1 point in it, Silverstone will/should be an exciting weekend.
 
While Mercedes strategy wonks must be breathing a sigh of relief their screwup didn't ultimately cost Hamilton the race, the fact remains it's not the first time they've messed up safety car pit stops, losing him several places in the process. Each time they've erred the same way, namely keeping him out while everyone else pits, hoping something will turn up further down the road. Making a mistake is forgivable, failing to learn from it not so much.
 
Stratman said:
While Mercedes strategy wonks must be breathing a sigh of relief their screwup didn't ultimately cost Hamilton the race, the fact remains it's not the first time they've messed up safety car pit stops, losing him several places in the process. Each time they've erred the same way, namely keeping him out while everyone else pits, hoping something will turn up further down the road. Making a mistake is forgivable, failing to learn from it not so much.
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It was the third time this season that Mercedes strategists have got it wrong. Australia, China and now in Austria.
 
Stratman said:
While Mercedes strategy wonks must be breathing a sigh of relief their screwup didn't ultimately cost Hamilton the race, the fact remains it's not the first time they've messed up safety car pit stops, losing him several places in the process. Each time they've erred the same way, namely keeping him out while everyone else pits, hoping something will turn up further down the road. Making a mistake is forgivable, failing to learn from it not so much.
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Just shows the importance of a split second decision in F1.

However, like many things, people only ever seem to notice when they make a mistake. Think about all the quick decision making in the past that has handed him and many others a victory.

Great her hear the MB radio message of the guy holding up his hands saying he made a mistake. Makes a change from people in denial.
 
AMGeed said:
It was the third time this season that Mercedes strategists have got it wrong. Australia, China and now in Austria.
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I'm astonished they don't have this sort of thing set up with a live race simulator that is updated as the race progresses. If there's an incident then they should immediately have an indication of the lilely scenarios should there be a VSC or SC and whether they should pit or not.
 
Dryce said:
I'm astonished they don't have this sort of thing set up with a live race simulator that is updated as the race progresses. If there's an incident then they should immediately have an indication of the lilely scenarios should there be a VSC or SC and whether they should pit or not.
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But it’s impossible to predict competitors actions at any given moment/incident.

Some things just need human input.
 
AMGeed said:
It was the third time this season that Mercedes strategists have got it wrong. Australia, China and now in Austria.
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Seems to afflict some teams more than others - ISTR a period when McLaren seemed behind the curve on this as well.

I suspect that Mercedes were distracted by the change in circumstance for Bottas and also had this hit just at the point where competitors on the ultrasofts would be likely to start coming in.

For the money they cough and the number of people they employ you'd think they would have a continuously updated 'pit / do not pit' status should a VSC or SC occur. So the moment the VSC was called there would be no decision to make if the simple calculated state was 'pit' - the car gets called in unless somebody with authority overrides it.
 
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