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Formula One 2018 - General Thread

I enjoyed that.

Shame for Seb. One little mistake with massive consequences. Great that old tracks with gravel traps punish mistakes. They should be installed at all the new circuits IMO
 
welol just goes to show, as the man himself says “never give up” the drive of his life

Well done
 
Yep, great result for LH & Mercedes :D Bad luck for SV.

I'd imagine Merc are wondering how the hell they had a one/two.
 
LH called to stewards crossed grass to pit and may lose win:mad::mad::mad:
 
Interesting and sensible stewards decision:)
 
Good race, I enjoyed it even though the chap that won makes me feel rather sick. :)
 
HA! the first time I have ever posted on this part of the forum the other day saying LH would need massive luck to exploit SV 'weakness' from 14th on the grid after breaking his own car in Q1.

I wished him good luck and it seemed to pay off. never mind your £400M F1 budget just a bit of wished luck from someone who , quite frankly, is not an F1 aficionado seemed to have done the trick.

Well done MB and LH, not forgetting Bottas.
 
Petrol Pete said:
HA! the first time I have ever posted on this part of the forum the other day saying LH would need massive luck to exploit SV 'weakness' from 14th on the grid after breaking his own car in Q1.

I wished him good luck and it seemed to pay off. never mind your £400M F1 budget just a bit of wished luck from someone who , quite frankly, is not an F1 aficionado seemed to have done the trick.

Well done MB and LH, not forgetting Bottas.
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Can you wish me good luck with the Lotto please?

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Why is the F1 pace car so slow ? I know exactly what car it is and what it is capable of..on the road, but it appears to me just not quick enough if front of a pack of F1 cars.

From what I see its close to stock except for upgrades brakes and a bit of aero plus the added weight of the roll cage/lights and all the other communications gubbins. Its a staggeringly fast and capable car in its own right but why not get something closer to the DTM version for track duty ? many time we hear drivers (usually LH) asking the pace car to speed up I know it can not be driven on the ragged edge for fear of crashing and ballsing everything up but something that looks similar (keeping the AMG brand visible) while at the same time capable of going faster seems sensible to me.

Only my 3rd post on the F1 bit so forgive me if I am being a bit naïve on this :)
 
Petrol Pete said:
Why is the F1 pace car so slow ? I know exactly what car it is and what it is capable of..on the road, but it appears to me just not quick enough if front of a pack of F1 cars.

From what I see its close to stock except for upgrades brakes and a bit of aero plus the added weight of the roll cage/lights and all the other communications gubbins. Its a staggeringly fast and capable car in its own right but why not get something closer to the DTM version for track duty ? many time we hear drivers (usually LH) asking the pace car to speed up I know it can not be driven on the ragged edge for fear of crashing and ballsing everything up but something that looks similar (keeping the AMG brand visible) while at the same time capable of going faster seems sensible to me.

Only my 3rd post on the F1 bit so forgive me if I am being a bit naïve on this :)
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Brundle has remarked in the past that the safety car is essentially being driven on its door handles and only looks pedestrian because of how quick the F1 cars are. But as you say it does look slow.
 
But isn't that it's raison d'être? To reduce the speed to a safe level whilst marshals are on track?
 
GeeJayW said:
Brundle has remarked in the past that the safety car is essentially being driven on its door handles and only looks pedestrian because of how quick the F1 cars are. But as you say it does look slow.
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As I said in the real world (our world) the pace car is a bonkers piece of kit but out in front of a bunch of F1 cars its like a C220d in front of a load of 63 AMG GT R pace cars...slow ! :p
 
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But isn't that it's raison d'être? To reduce the speed to a safe level whilst marshals are on track?
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Yes, but as I understand it if you slow down hot F1 cars too much they start becoming unsafe in themselves, losing grip and brake performance. We have seen them leave the track and sometimes crash into each other on 'yellow' laps as the drivers frantically try to keep the cars 'on the boil'. I don't know the answer but if they have to go so slow because of a major incident it might be better to pit them where they can get TLC instead of the drivers getting all stress and weaving all over the place. That makes me smile as well AMG going flat out and F1 drivers behind it weaving all over the place while stifling a yawn :D
 
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There's always going to be a balance between the Safety car top speed and what's going on the track reponsible for its deployment. Back in In 2011 the safety car's lap speed was quoted as 25% less than the F1 cars following it. With current developments I imagine that speed differential has markedly increased. Increased aero and tyre technology have resulted in faster lap times but a much narrower operating band for the tyres and brakes. I imagine the F1 governing body are still haunted by that image of Jules Bianchi's car jammed under that recovery vehicle at Suzuka in 2014 to change anything soon??
Jules Bianchi - Wikipedia
 
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The purpose of the safety car isn't to maintain F1 car performance it's to protect track staff.

In past races in heavy rain there have been radio calls from drivers for the SC to slow down as they couldn't keep up with it on the soaking track.
 
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