Motorsports Thread

[glasgowcyclist]

Husbanding electrons for strategic deployment is not a measure of driving skill, but a function of mathematical modelling. Im on the verge of bailing out a viewer until the next mechanical formula comes along.

While understand your viewpoint, I'm just glad that it's no longer a procession from turn one, dependent only on who has the better tyre management.

At least now there is entertainment in watching drivers overtake more often, with all the risks that entails. Look at the Ferraris on Sunday, even Leclerc came on the radio to say how much he was enjoying the race with Hamilton.

 

[figbat]

…even Leclerc came on the radio to say how much he was enjoying the race with Hamilton.

That was the second shock of the race. That the person who came out second best from some close racing claimed it was fun, rather than running to teacher to tell on the nasty man that hurt his ego.

 

[Drago]

While understand your viewpoint, I'm just glad that it's no longer a procession from turn one, dependent only on who has the better tyre management.

At least now there is entertainment in watching drivers overtake more often, with all the risks that entails. Look at the Ferraris on Sunday, even Leclerc came on the radio to say how much he was enjoying the race with Hamilton.

TBH, while a procession isn't exciting its at least honest if they're in equal machinery and theyre all moving for it. An overtake under Scalextric rules is meaningless.

Interestingly, LeClerc was, rather politely, dead against it all through test and first practice, but now Fezza are suddenly doing well its not so bad after all.

 

[biggs682]

F1 is not my favourite form of Motorsport but I watch it .

It needs to be close racing with plenty of action, but sadly it's not and hasn't been for a while and neither has top level rallying.

I feel that Motorsport has gone money crazy , it's always been an expensive sport .

 

[Alex321]

I wasn't a fan of DRS for the same reasons. They were a poor substitute for writing proper technical rules to limit aero.

Tyre deg happens to a greater or lesser extent in any motorsport, its a function of driving cars, and all teams had to manage an equal problem, and they pushed as hard as they could within that constraint. Slowing to drop a gear and raise ref to charge a battery isn't pushing at all.

2 forced stops was also a poor decision.

There was a time when it was indeed balls to the wall from flag to flag to flag, barring the limits of fuel capacity and mechanical wear. Husbanding electrons for strategic deployment is not a measure of driving skill, but a function of mathematical modelling. Im on the verge of bailing out a viewer until the next mechanical formula comes along.

But in that time, overtaking was much more possible, as cars were smaller and slower. If you didn't have some system to allow the cars behind to get more speed, overtaking would hardly happen between closely matched cars.

 

[classic33]

Still in favour of getting rid of the current Blue Flag rules.