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Post by unclebob on Mar 25, 2018 18:55:58 GMT
Haas seem to be having trouble with changing wheels 🙄
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Post by phaeton on Mar 25, 2018 18:59:21 GMT
Haas seem to be having trouble with changing wheels 🙄
Or releasing cars too early
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Post by Hoovie on Mar 25, 2018 19:52:33 GMT
What do people think of the new graphics? still getting a grip on the range of information but I think they add some interesting info for those who like the analytics. There is one big bit missing which I hope they will fix though ... when they decide to show the drivers is the "battle for place x", the times are not shown for those drivers, so you can't tell how much of a "battle" it really is  plus ... it also means that you can lose the info that tells you if a driver pits where he may come out if it is in the middle of the "battle" as happened today with the lead drivers on a couple of occasions. But overall, I like it |
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Post by Hoovie on Mar 25, 2018 19:54:46 GMT
HALO ... did anyone notice that the McLaren Halo seemed to have aerodynamic features similar to the front wings? all the other halos seem to be just round tube type designs.
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Post by davrav on Mar 25, 2018 20:03:52 GMT
HALO ... did anyone notice that the McLaren Halo seemed to have aerodynamic features similar to the front wings? all the other halos seem to be just round tube type designs. Didn't appear particularly advantageous :no: Wonder if they will fit cameras inside them going forward? |
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Post by unclebob on Mar 25, 2018 20:26:58 GMT
HALO ... did anyone notice that the McLaren Halo seemed to have aerodynamic features similar to the front wings? all the other halos seem to be just round tube type designs. Didn't appear particularly advantageous  Wonder if they will fit cameras inside them going forward? All the drivers seem to have more trouble getting out the cars with the Halo fitted and that’s with a car the right way up ! I can see it been a problem like with Alonso’s crash a few years back 😟 Ferrari also have a little spoiler on their Halo 👍🏻 |
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Post by Hoovie on Mar 25, 2018 20:44:04 GMT
HALO ... did anyone notice that the McLaren Halo seemed to have aerodynamic features similar to the front wings? all the other halos seem to be just round tube type designs. Didn't appear particularly advantageous :no: Wonder if they will fit cameras inside them going forward? Would seem an ideal place - both forward facing and a good opportunity for rear-facing so you can see the drivers eyes! Apparently the camera locations have to be specified and send to the FIA by a certain date and that date was before the HALO design was formalised (you would think as this was on the cards, the FIA would have changed the last date for camera location notification?) |
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Post by phaeton on Mar 26, 2018 8:30:28 GMT
I understand the perceived needs of the halo but they are god awfully ugly, for me it also made it harder to distinguish which driver was which, I'm glad I didn't pay my £150/21 for the race yesterday as it was boring, can't find any stats anywhere are to how many on track overtakes there were after the first lap but instincts say there was less than 10. Along with the fact Hamilton was robbed, no way should the virtual safety car have played into Vettel's hands, if I didn't think the Red rulebook had been torn up I would have thought it was a ploy, there was never a chance of recovering Grosjeans car under VSC
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Post by philip42h on Mar 26, 2018 9:18:24 GMT
Oh No if it was mentioned on the BBC then there is only 2 scenerios Hamilton won, Hamilton crashed
So you were almost / mostly correct - the BBC story was about Lewis Hamilton. You just didn't quite anticipate all the interest scenarios - he won, he crashed, he was robbed ...  In the interests of 'fairer' racing they should probably close the pit lane (or at least the pit lane exit) for the duration of a 'safety car' period until after the last car has passed - after all there is no risk that anyone will run out of fuel now. But in the interests of tactics and jeopardy they are more likely leave things pretty much as they are. Good to see Maclaren doing better / not so badly. If Alonso is correct and Australia proves to be their worst performance of the season they should become competitive again this season. Sorry to see Williams doing so badly ... wonder what's up there? |
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Post by phaeton on Mar 26, 2018 10:04:18 GMT
Sorry to see Williams doing so badly ... wonder what's up there?
Yes this is not good, I did/do have concerns about the drivers, not that they are not good drivers, but are they able to feed back what needs to happen to get the cars to go forward/faster, do they have the skills to build the team around them, the boffins may say we need to do this, but their seat of their pants may say differently & do they have the personalities to stand up against the management. I personally would have either kept Massa or tries another experienced driver along side Stroll for the development side, but then I don't know what money worries there are.
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Post by Hoovie on Mar 26, 2018 12:18:44 GMT
Sorry to see Williams doing so badly ... wonder what's up there?
Yes this is not good, I did/do have concerns about the drivers, not that they are not good drivers, but are they able to feed back what needs to happen to get the cars to go forward/faster, do they have the skills to build the team around them, the boffins may say we need to do this, but their seat of their pants may say differently & do they have the personalities to stand up against the management. I personally would have either kept Massa or tries another experienced driver along side Stroll for the development side, but then I don't know what money worries there are.
IIRC, Jensen Button was up for a return to Williams for a couple of years when they decided to go with Massa again. That would have been a clever move I think as while he was quite particular about the cars setup to getting a good result, he was great at technical feedback and was a sponsors dream. Now they have two drivers who are competent but don't have the experience to really help develop the car - and that is not going to advance either their own development or move the team forward. And if they are not going forward in F1, they are going back. I see them this year fighting to make 7th team out of the 10 |
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Post by phaeton on Mar 26, 2018 13:09:34 GMT
IIRC, Jensen Button was up for a return to Williams for a couple of years when they decided to go with Massa again. That would have been a clever move I think as while he was quite particular about the cars setup to getting a good result, he was great at technical feedback and was a sponsors dream. Now they have two drivers who are competent but don't have the experience to really help develop the car - and that is not going to advance either their own development or move the team forward. And if they are not going forward in F1, they are going back. I see them this year fighting to make 7th team out of the 10
Yes, although I'm not sure JB's heart was in F1 towards the end, but I fear it's a downward spiral, they don't have well known drivers who bring their own finance, but they don't get results, so finance goes down, which means they can't develop, which means poorer results, which means less money, and around & around we go. I really hope not, not sure why but I like Williams maybe it's British Underdog support.
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Post by widge on Mar 28, 2018 22:09:53 GMT
I just went onto the Channel 4 F1 website to check the times of their highlights show - it gives the time of highlights show immediately above the current driver standings (i.e. the result)!  Now that is just daft! {CLICK HERE FOR SPOILER}Just seen the end of the race. Bit boring really Going by the commentary on C4, it sounds to me like the virtual safety car process is a bit flawed if you can go off-track and run at top-speed but not do that on-track? The whole point of the VSC was to avoid artificial track position changes was it not? But it meant both Lewis and Kimi lost out a bit unfairly. You would think that using the virtual safety car they cold allow full race speeds over part of the circuit and just restrict the speed for the affected area. This would help eliminate what happened on Sunday also help solve the problem of tyre cooling. |
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