The F1 Thread

[Lyle Lanley]

Croft is pathetic 

[Todd_is_God]

2 minutes ago, flyingscot said:

Don't think they did. Even if they got the lapped cars past then it was too late for a lap. 

Russell et al went past on lap 50 did they not? There were only 2 others behind Verstappen and they were right there.

Finishing under yellows is pish, but a red flag and standing start for something that would be a SC earlier in the race (like Sky are crying about) just to avoid finishing under yellows is pish too.

Edited September 11, 2022 by Todd_is_God

[Boo Khaki]

Boring finish but nothing much was happening on the track anyway. Calculated gamble for Ferrari because they didn't have the pace to beat Max anyway, but it would have been interesting if the Safety car had occurred in the window between Max's stop and Leclerc's 2nd.

[The Golden God]

f**k up Brundle and Russell.

[Benjamin_Nevis]

Might watch the post race stuff. Crofty's seethe is going to be quite pleasing. 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Be nice if a sportsperson answered a question about the Queen by saying "I don't care"

[Mr. Brightside]

Would have loved Verstappen to go full heel and get it right up the "Tifosi".

[Mr. Brightside]

Crofty also sounded raging at the end

[Iminavest]

[flyingscot]

21 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

Russell et al went past on lap 50 did they not? There were only 2 others behind Verstappen and they were right there.

Finishing under yellows is pish, but a red flag and standing start for something that would be a SC earlier in the race (like Sky are crying about) just to avoid finishing under yellows is pish too.

I thought it was 51 but still think it was tight by the time Russell et al caught up and lapped cars got the way, then did the 1 lap after the lapped cars had passed. I think it took Russell until the penultimate lap to get to the back of the snake. 

Red flag and standing start seems engineered drama which Sky probably wanted as it wasn’t Sir Lewis in front and Verstappen could have stopped for an Italian espresso and won that.

I wonder if the you could do something where if race director thinks the race might not finish under green, red flag it but no component changing (if you have damage you go to the back) then safety car for 1 lap and green from there. 
 

 

[Rhys McCabe Hype Train]

Secret Steward on Twitter right on the money with this… there’s no regulation about red flagging the race in the last X laps, and if you red flag it once again flies in the face of the race directors rules. Even Toto is saying “they followed the rules and this is how it should be”. Sky pushing this rhetoric purely based on their biases, and guaranteed if Max still won after a red flag and standing start they’d be saying they shouldn’t have flown the red.

[Mr. Brightside]

The best solution to a situation like this would be to add a couple of laps on to the end of the race.

[Todd_is_God]

5 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said:

The best solution to a situation like this would be to add a couple of laps on to the end of the race.

You would then have to make that argument for any racing laps completed behind a safety car, else you are just doing something for the sake of engineering exciting finishes.

It would also be open to exploitation and abuse.

[Iminavest]

Damon Hill visibly seething with his shitey wee black armband is tremendous viewing. 

[flyingscot]

Why are they seething. Max would have won at a canter even if they had done it differently. There is literally no controversy. 

[Todd_is_God]

6 minutes ago, flyingscot said:

Why are they seething. Max would have won at a canter even if they had done it differently. There is literally no controversy. 

You really have to ask? They will be seething that last year's Abu Dhabi GP did not finish under the SC. That it was manipulated in such a way as to provide a Grandstand finish. The very same spectacle of a grandstand finish they are bemoaning was not delivered today

[peasy23]

You really have to ask? They will be seething that last year's Abu Dhabi GP did not finish under the SC. That it was manipulated in such a way as to provide a Grandstand finish. The very same spectacle of a grandstand finish they are bemoaning was not delivered today [emoji23]

Yep, after moaning for almost a year about regulations not being followed, they are now seething that they are

[afc_36_0]

This has been one of the worst years of f1 ever in terms of championship. I dont ever recall a driver being so far ahead with a chunk of the season to go?

[afc_36_0]

Fair play to de vries, great weekend considering the circumstances and humiliated latifi who has to be one of the worst f1 driver since the 90s.

[Boo Khaki]

1 hour ago, afc_36_0 said:

This has been one of the worst years of f1 ever in terms of championship. I dont ever recall a driver being so far ahead with a chunk of the season to go?

Pretty sure Shumi won the 2004 title in August at the Belgian GP. He won 12 of the 1st 13 races. This season is nothing close to the least competitive.