ehsnils Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 If you have two top teams close to each other on the grid then the probability is a lot higher that they will get into a clash at the first lap than a clash between the first and the last car on the grid. I wonder what Hamilton would have said if it was like Alonso that took him for a ride instead at that point. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGldmdVxXEY]Kimi Raikkonen & Vettel Funny Reaction to Hamilton's Words about recent Lap 1 Incidents! - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 That's the press conference I was alluding to... I saw a different video though but same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I doubt this stupid young American kid is going to make it to F1, and that's a good thing. He was driving in the paddock in his F2 car while on his cell phone and his race glove off. Then he deliberately crashed into his teammate on the cool down lap. Now he faces at least a two race ban while being at the bottom of the points. Hey stupid. FOCUS! You obviously didn't get to F2 with talent. https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/ferrucci-handed-ban-for-deliberate-maini-hit-1057775/ One thing to do it with glove off, but on the phone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I really liked Jacques Villeneuve as a driver but usually his opinions on F1 nowadays are wacky. However, on this one I agree. He thinks at the British GP, if Kimi had spun Bottas instead of Lewis, the time penalty would've been only 5 seconds rather than 10. I'll go one further. If Kimi had spun Bottas in Austria rather than Vettel, the time penalty would've been 10 sec rather than 5 sec. Gotta keep the championship close! It would be nice if the penalties were consistent from race to race if you're going to have them. Stop being so damn subjective. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/villeneuve-raikkonen-penalty-less-severe-if-he-hit-bottas-1058399/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I'd say that the case where Kimi bumped Hamilton was just a race incident and not really intentional - it could have gone way worse for both of them if it had been someone else there. Hamilton just whined a lot about it. Another time it could be the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynG1RQLmyP8]Robert Kubica Interview | Beyond The Grid | Official F1 Podcast - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) I bet Hamilton is counting his blessings since he has to start at the back of the grid for the German GP. Now he doesn't have to be worried about being taken out from behind by a Ferrari again Bottas, however, is quaking in his race boots. Or maybe he'll pull a Senna move like 1989 at Suzuka and take Vettel out at the start to help his buddy Lewis. Then Kimi might actually win a race again! Ok, wait. I was mistaking Bottas for Nelson Piquet, Jr. for a second. Bottas wouldn't do that. On purpose. Edited July 21, 2018 by KartRacerBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Well, interesting race considering some random rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 The commentators were exactly right about the rain. One said when rain is predicted, usually its a few drips during the race and then it hits big time during the podium ceremony. 100% accurate prediction! Fun race, too, though I was saddened by the Ferrari and Mercedes team orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Hahahaha! GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Missing Hungary today (fly fishing). Doesn't look like I miss anything. Typical Hungarian GP aside from Bottas' tires going away. This seems to happen to him far more often than Hamilton. Guess who's better at tire management? Looks like the most exciting thing about the race was Toto Wolff's "wingman" comment that got Valteri miffed. However, I did just watch the Mid-Ohio IndyCar race. Great stuff with this years aero package. Lots of passing all around the track. Outside. Inside. These cars are nearly as fun to watch as the early 90s Champ Cars. Keep the downforce as it is and add 150 hp for added fun. I've been to Mid-Ohio once in the late 1990s for a sports car race. I wanted to hear the wail of a Ferrari V12 in the 333 SP before it was retired from racing (it was GREAT!). Great track to watch a race at. Better than Road America (too long, too few good viewing spots imo). If you guys haven't been there, you'd like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I've only been to Mid Ohio once and it was one of the last years ALMS was there. The Corvettes in Thunder Alley were something else. Loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 When I went to hear the 333 SP, it was the era of World Sports Cars. I could only hear the Ferrari V12 if it was alone, otherwise the big V8s of the Rileys and other American engine cars drowned its sonorous song out. The V12 was still of the era of relatively low revving motors (12-13,000 rpm) vs the ridiculous F1 cars with 15-18,000 rpm, which I found unpleasant and screetchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I heard F1 V10s at Indy and yeah, I can agree with that borderline unpleasant. I remember hearing something about BAR Honda having idle problems at Indy 2004 and upping their idle to 9,000rpm. I was like "From what?????" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 The first year F1 came to Indy, the last turn exiting onto the front straight, cars came within a foot of the wall. For some ungodly reason, no one at the track put up barriers preventing fans from pressing their faces against the cable fence on the wall. Without ear protection, my buddies and I stood next to that fence for about five minutes during practice before we couldn't take it anymore. THAT I did enjoy just becz of the force I felt through my body as the cars screamed past. Next year, you couldn't get within 10 feet of the wall anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 That corner is where I sat in 2004... it was pretty close to where Ralph hit the wall after Webber's Jag spewed oil everywhere. You FELT that car hit the wall in the stands. I was probably 20 or so rows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Holy shit. Daniel Ricciardo has signed with Renault for 2019. Bye-bye Red Bull Honda. I hope Renault can give Daniel the chassis he and Hulkenburg deserve. I wonder how much of this was due to money and how due to RB's overt favoring of Verstappen despite Daniel's better results in every season to date. I hope Daniel/Renault will be competitive. I'm also glad he didn't waste his talent at McLaren. Still a shame he couldn't get a seat at Mercedes or Ferrari to push the team #1 prima donna drivers in those teams. I wonder if Hamilton and Vettel have clauses in their contracts that allows them to veto the second team driver. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/renault-confirms-ricciardo-move-red-bull/3153206/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbits Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 ...wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Either Daniel thinks Honda won't get its shit together next year or he thinks RB just doesn't support him like Verstappen. Or HUGE amounts of Renault money and he really thinks Renault can be a front runner rather than the best of the B teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Ricciardo could definitely make a worse choice - so the question is rather if Renault is able to provide the material he needs to be competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) Ricciardo now leaves a seat open at Red Bull. A nice place for Alonso if he's willing to risk more Honda but a great chassis. And would Honda even agree to Alonso after all the McLaren-Honda drama? Or will Gasly move up from Toro Rosso? Or Sainz back to RB from Renault since he's out of a seat? Or will Ocon leave the sinking ship of Force India and switch? This will be an interesting summer F1 break. And wouldn't it be cool if Adrian Newey decided he wanted a new challenge and switch to Renault? Or back to McLaren? Edited August 3, 2018 by KartRacerBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Some more on Ricciardo, start at 2:15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Talk about a low key guy, Niki Lauda. He had a lung transplant becz of the damage his lungs suffered from inhaled fire, smoke and such in his 1976 Nürburgring near death experience. No big press conference. Just, once again, quietly getting the job done. I hope to see you soon at the races, but feel free to take more than the three or four weeks you took in '76 after your face and hands burned off before returning. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/lauda-doctors-update-lung-transplant/3153403/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 It's alive! IT'S ALIVE!!! Update on Niki Lauda. Doing well apparently. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/lauda-hospital-lung-transplant-latest/3154950/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 This is sad, stupid, and hilarious. Nascar's CEO Brian France was arrested for DUI and illegal possession of a narcotic (oxycodone). I wonder if he'll have to use Nascar's "Road to Recovery" program that their drivers have to use when testing positive for drugs or illegal alcohol use? https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-ceo-brian-france-arrested-for-dui-and-oxycodone/3154991/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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