Lewis Hamilton dominated the Styrian Grand Prix from start to finish to take his first win of the season. Valtteri Bottas passed Verstappen for second in the closing stages, making for a perfect result for Mercedes AMG F1.
Thank you for the link. The narrative is always 'it's all about the drivers' so it's great to see something that shows closer to the reality.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 10:51Lando Norris's onboard for the final two laps overtaking the RPs. Good work by the engineer helping him with the car management etc. Excellent example of the team work required to race a modern F1 car.
https://youtu.be/np8TpBjKziQ
Not keen on the liveries, but what I really dislike, to the extent of gritting my teeth when I see it, is the Alfa Romeo advert that is on hundreds of times per event on Sky F1. It drives me nuts. the worst advert I have ever seen (and there have been some corkers)
I used to REALLY hate the DHL sponsorship bumps. The script for those was terrible. Clearly written, produced and approved by someone with no clue about F1.Big Tea wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:12Not keen on the liveries, but what I really dislike, to the extent of gritting my teeth when I see it, is the Alfa Romeo advert that is on hundreds of times per event on Sky F1. It drives me nuts. the worst advert I have ever seen (and there have been some corkers)
I like to think I do not 'hate' any one or any thing, but this comes close
Not sure what annoys me most, the bloody Shirley Bassey song, or the annoying "When I race, I take my time...."Big Tea wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:12Not keen on the liveries, but what I really dislike, to the extent of gritting my teeth when I see it, is the Alfa Romeo advert that is on hundreds of times per event on Sky F1. It drives me nuts. the worst advert I have ever seen (and there have been some corkers)
I like to think I do not 'hate' any one or any thing, but this comes close
Impressive how he executes...perfect behavior between Stroll and Ric, smart against Stroll, perfect reaction against Perez and very clean laps.Wynters wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 11:09Thank you for the link. The narrative is always 'it's all about the drivers' so it's great to see something that shows closer to the reality.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 10:51Lando Norris's onboard for the final two laps overtaking the RPs. Good work by the engineer helping him with the car management etc. Excellent example of the team work required to race a modern F1 car.
https://youtu.be/np8TpBjKziQ
The current cars don't use much fuel, Merc are winning most races with about 90-95kg of fuel. Even if they did allow refueling there would still only be 1 stop races. Nothing can change until the tires improve.komninosm wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 01:00They don't fill up the cars because they cannot use the extra fuel, because the tires overheat. It's a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.ENGINE TUNER wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 00:10No, no, no. Most teams are under fueled, they don't fill up the cars, the race fuel limit is not any type of problem and refueling is the worst thing F1 could reintroduce.komninosm wrote: ↑12 Jul 2020, 22:12
Exactly. The tires should degrade, they should not overheat. Let them push when they want and for how long they want.
Also the fuel limit makes teams cruise a lot too. We need to bring refueling back during pit stops as this will make strategies with more pit stops much stronger without idiotic artificial requirements for pitting 2 times or whatever.
We don't need more pit stops, we need more on track action/battles. If anything we need the 2005 tires back. I'd rather watch side by side racing rather than F1 cars at the pit speed limit.
Also filling up the whole fuel load would make the car heavy and slow (and is bad on tires too). While half-filling up during pit stops would not have that problem. You would use your whole fuel allotment too.
So Refueling is far from the worst thing F1 could reintroduce. How about grooved tires? Ugly and stupid.
"We don't need more pit stops" is just your opinion. Some people do enjoy the strategy part of F1 too, not just the racing on track. Besides, this will also give you more on track action/battles as the cars will be on different strategies and have to overtake more (and it will be easier too). Less processions.
F1 cars at pit speed limit is grossly overstated by you. It will just be 20 more seconds per car in a 2 hour race. And the race will be much better.
The other idea I had to allow for more pit-stop strategies to not suck (and not be used by the vast majority of cars as now), is to shorten pit entries/exits. Make the pit stops less time consuming and then the speed gains will be more appetizing.
DAS + RearSteer. Im sure it was the point of both developments, and now they get to reap the rewards.Phlumbert wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 06:46It seems like the W11 has a significant tire life advantage over the RB-16 right now. Some of that might be down to the cooler temps and setup but I think the fact the Lewis was able to punch in the fastest lap (at the time) on 35 lap old mediums was a good sign of Merc's advantage.
Incredible how much better his Engineer is compared to Bono and his stupid ININININ and always giving the wrong information at the wrong time.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 10:51Lando Norris's onboard for the final two laps overtaking the RPs. Good work by the engineer helping him with the car management etc. Excellent example of the team work required to race a modern F1 car.
https://youtu.be/np8TpBjKziQ
