Motorsports Thread

[matticus]

What we may all agree on is that the TT races make for the most astonishing telly! I don't think anything involving 4-wheelers can compare.

 

[CharlesF]

To change the subject, I have been watching “Race Bubba Wallace”. Initially because I remembered reading about the furrow he caused in 2020.

I had only read headlines, but decided to watch. Besides the racial aspect with is heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time; seeing how NASCAR works is fascinating.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Initially because I remembered reading about the furrow he caused in 2020.

I know NASCAR is a bit agricultural but to call them tractors is a bit much.

To be serious I know nothing of this, so where have you been watching? but if it's about a black driver in the Redneck states I'm not surprised racism is involved

 

[Reynard]

Late Model Stock Cars might be well basic compared to an F1 car - spaceframe chassis, large V8 (not entirely au-fait what NASCAR are running these days), basic 4-speed gearbox - but they don't half require a great deal of finesse to drive quickly. There's way more power than grip, you're running door-to-door and nose-to-tail, and mistakes tend to be... big.

OTOH when there's a full grid of them heading straight towards you full bore, it's one of the real experiences of motor racing. You can feel that right in your bones. Utterly visceral...

 

[CharlesF]

I know NASCAR is a bit agricultural but to call them tractors is a bit much.

To be serious I know nothing of this, so where have you been watching? but if it's about a black driver in the Redneck states I'm not surprised racism is involved

Tiresome predictive text! 🤢 Of course I meant “furore” but Auntie Apple knows best.

It’s on Netflix and called Race Bubba Wallace.

 

[Dirk]

 

[Illaveago]

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He died at a racing circuit and not at the Isle of Man .

 

[BrumJim]

Alonso to McLaren?

Barcelona instead, I hear. Or is this the wrong thread?

 

[Dirk]

He died at a racing circuit and not at the Isle of Man .

Incorrect.
He died on a road circuit at Tallin, Estonia. It wasn't a racing circuit.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Ferrari doing Ferrari things today.

 

[Reynard]

Yep, making a sow's ear out of a silk purse...

The touring car boys also did touring car things today. No one hurt beyond a few bruises though AFAIK, that could've been nasty. And some serious rubber underwear moments in the Ginetta GT4s...

Drive of the day? Charles Rainsford in the Porsche Cup.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Ferrari doing Ferrari things today.

But they did it very well

 

[Deleted member 26715]

The touring car boys also did touring car things today.

I wish they'd stop messing with the channels, it screws up my recording box, missed the first 2 races!

 

[Illaveago]

Well that was a bit boring GP. Apart from 2 cars having their problems you could discount the first 3 cars in my opinion . There was more action going on with the older drivers . I thought Lewis put on a good show despite his car bouncing up and down badly. I thought Vettel did a pretty good job and so did Riciardo and Norris.
Verstappen has got it easy. There isn't anyone to challenge him , not even his team mate !

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Well that was a bit boring GP. Apart from 2 cars having their problems you could discount the first 3 cars in my opinion . There was more action going on with the older drivers . I thought Lewis put on a good show despite his car bouncing up and down badly. I thought Vettel did a pretty good job and so did Riciardo and Norris.
Verstappen has got it easy. There isn't anyone to challenge him , not even his team mate !

Verstappen's team mate wasn't allowed to challenge him.