F1 - General discussion and 2017

[Agent_Smith]

Meh race. Monaco without the prestige...

 

[ChocolateBadger]

Great result for McLaren with Alonso setting the fastest track time.

 

[caroper]

F2 yesterday was worth it but this track is not suited to F1.

 

[D4N]

Lol @ Alonso on beach chair

 

[caroper]

Lol @ Alonso on beach chair

For posterity:

 

[Willie Trombone]

^^ classic lol :crylaugh:

But seriously - that race is one to pause at 2pm and start watching at 2:30 with the FFWD button.

 

[Polish]

Not sure why all the long faces. I really enjoyed this race.

For Hungary it was not bad at all. Well done Ferrari, glad it happened so for sake of championship fight.

And a fastest lap

Long break to Spa now.

 

[UrBaN963]

*** I missed the race Worth watching, or should I grab a highlight reel?

 

[Neoprod]

*** I missed the race Worth watching, or should I grab a highlight reel?

Not really...apart from Max hitting Ricciardo, not much happened. A McLaren finished 6th...tells you what overtaking took place

 

[UrBaN963]

Not really...apart from Max hitting Ricciardo, not much happened. A McLaren finished 6th...tells you what overtaking took place

So only 6 cars finished?

 

[sand_man]

*** I missed the race Worth watching, or should I grab a highlight reel?

Highlight of the race was Ashton Kutcher cold shouldering the Skynews presenter trying to interview him.

Pretty much a snooze fess. First 20 and last 20 worthwhile, the rest not so much... Max and Alonso joint drivers of the day for me, Hulkenberg's pit crew fcked him nicely but he was having a good race till that point too.

Hamilton giving Bottas back his podium place was the feel good moment of the race.

 

[Dave]

Not sure why all the long faces. I really enjoyed this race.

For Hungary it was not bad at all. Well done Ferrari, glad it happened so for sake of championship fight.

And a fastest lap

Long break to Spa now.

The only reason you’re saying that is because of Alonso’s finish

And that is actually one of the items of proof of what a crap race track it is that such an underpowered car is suddenly relevant and just how difficult overtaking was...

 

[Neoprod]

Raikonnen couldn't overtake a guy whose steering wasn't even working properly...lol. They showed Vettel going down the straight steering 20 degrees or so off-centre to keep the car straight...that's right, an F1 driver couldn't overtake a taxi driver.

Oh wait...that makes sense

 

[Wall]

Highlight of the race was Ashton Kutcher cold shouldering the Skynews presenter trying to interview him.

Pretty much a snooze fess. First 20 and last 20 worthwhile, the rest not so much... Max and Alonso joint drivers of the day for me, Hulkenberg's pit crew fcked him nicely but he was having a good race till that point too.

Hamilton giving Bottas back his podium place was the feel good moment of the race.

**** Max - Idiot took out his partner in Turn one.

 

[Wall]

Raikonnen couldn't overtake a guy whose steering wasn't even working properly...lol. They showed Vettel going down the straight steering 20 degrees or so off-centre to keep the car straight...that's right, an F1 driver couldn't overtake a taxi driver.

Oh wait...that makes sense

What caused the issue with Steering?

 

[Neoprod]

What caused the issue with Steering?

Didn't hear....they told him to avoid riding the curbs too much after his pit stop but not sure that's what caused the initial issue.

 

[Dave]

**** Max - Idiot took out his partner in Turn one.

Agreed. He’s an idiot who needs to learn finesse and it’s not all banzai driving.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Day one testing lineup

Formula 1 returns to the test arena on Tuesday for Day One of the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test with motorsport’s youngsters looking to make their mark.

The two-day test will see debuts for several drivers including Gerhard Berger’s nephew, Lucas Auer.

In fact only three regular drivers; Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll and Stoffel Vandoorne, will be in action on Tuesday.

The line-up:

Mercedes
George Russell

Red Bull
Max Verstappen

Ferrari
Charles Leclerc

Force India
Nikita Mazepin/Lucas Auer

Williams
Lance Stroll

McLaren
Stoffel Vandoorne

Toro Rosso
Sean Gelael

Haas
Santino Ferrucci

Renault
Nicholas Latifi

Sauber
Gustav Malja

Pirelli
Valtteri Bottas (in a Mercedes)

 

[Naks]

well, look at what arrived via DHL this morning

 

[UrBaN963]

What the hell is that