2020 Portuguese Grand Prix - Portimão, October 23 - 25

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SiLo
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Re: 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix - Portimão, October 23 - 25

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Just_a_fan wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 23:59
NathanOlder wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 23:32
godlameroso wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 23:12
LMAO! .08 inches of rain predicted for Sunday. You know how many mm that translates to?
about 2mm, so not much at all.
Brilliantly played, sir! =D> :lol:


P.S. I do find it funny to see people using decimal inches.
I am enjoying the new forum meme.
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Sieper
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Not very happy with the whole Lance Stroll covid situation of 2 weeks ago. Luckily he has recovered and no outbreak occurred.

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SiLo
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Sieper wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 11:25
Not very happy with the whole Lance Stroll covid situation of 2 weeks ago. Luckily he has recovered and no outbreak occurred.
What is there to not be happy about? He got the virus. Self isolated for the correct amount of time, and has since has negative tests.
Felipe Baby!

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Big Tea
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SiLo wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 12:10
Sieper wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 11:25
Not very happy with the whole Lance Stroll covid situation of 2 weeks ago. Luckily he has recovered and no outbreak occurred.
What is there to not be happy about? He got the virus. Self isolated for the correct amount of time, and has since has negative tests.
They are all very strict about 'bubbles' too
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Re: 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix - Portimão, October 23 - 25

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SiLo wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 12:10
Sieper wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 11:25
Not very happy with the whole Lance Stroll covid situation of 2 weeks ago. Luckily he has recovered and no outbreak occurred.
What is there to not be happy about? He got the virus. Self isolated for the correct amount of time, and has since has negative tests.
At least some in the paddock think something fishy was going on


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SiLo
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nzjrs wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 12:17
SiLo wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 12:10
Sieper wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 11:25
Not very happy with the whole Lance Stroll covid situation of 2 weeks ago. Luckily he has recovered and no outbreak occurred.
What is there to not be happy about? He got the virus. Self isolated for the correct amount of time, and has since has negative tests.
At least some in the paddock think something fishy was going on

Is there more context here? He went to Germany, showed symptoms, got tested, was positive, isolated and didn't race. Am I missing something?
Felipe Baby!

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Sieper
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Yes, a willingness to accept RP took risks with everybody. If you have symptoms, self isolate.

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godlameroso wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 18:38
RZS10 wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 11:00
If i'm not mistaken there's several versions of Portimão for Assetto, no? The one on racedepartment called "Algarve International Circuit" and some other ones that are just straight rips from other games like the "reboot" one ... which one are you all using?
I use the ripped version, the one on race department is not very accurate. 8 is too easy on that version. The ripped version is also not accurate with the cambers, but by being more difficult than IRL makes up for the fact it's a game.
I tried both and found the combination of the two would be ideal compared to real life, but you take what you can get right?
Turn 4 is flat in both versions but in the ripped one its much more difficult and you must avoid inside apex at the very top or you get spun round. Talking about 2020 car of course.
I remain convinced it'll be flat in real life.

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Sieper wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 12:59
Yes, a willingness to accept RP took risks with everybody. If you have symptoms, self isolate.
On Friday he still felt good, but in the evening the stomach flu started. From that moment on, he stayed in his camper and hoped it would be over for FP3. That turned out not to be the case, but he stayed in his own camper, alone, despite having been tested negative three times.
Because he had three negative tests and no other covid symptoms, the team thought it was a common stomach flu.
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SiLo
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Wouter wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 13:16
Sieper wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 12:59
Yes, a willingness to accept RP took risks with everybody. If you have symptoms, self isolate.
On Friday he still felt good, but in the evening the stomach flu started. From that moment on, he stayed in his camper and hoped it would be over for FP3. That turned out not to be the case, but he stayed in his own camper, alone, despite having been tested negative three times.
Because he had three negative tests and no other covid symptoms, the team thought it was a common stomach flu.
This was my understanding as well. Got to remember, its not like all over illnesses have just disappeared and only COVID remains...
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No one else got infected (that we know) so we are very lucky we dodged that bullet. If people keep turning up hoping for the best we can expect the whole party to come to a halt again.

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SiLo wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 12:45
Is there more context here? He went to Germany, showed symptoms, got tested, was positive, isolated and didn't race. Am I missing something?
That's not an accurate summary of what the journalist describes happened.

He went to Germany got tested (every N days?, daily?) -> was negative -> felt sick -> got replaced -> remained isolated (allegedly, likely) -> the race -> went home -> got tested again -> positive -> quarantine (does not affect next race) -> negative -> can race (lucky).

The problem is that if they avoided him taking any tests over the race weekend, or failed to volunteer for extra testing once he was isolating on Friday?/Saturday, then that is a bit disingenuous and seems like the behavior of a team that was avoiding the consequences of a (what is now almost certainly would have been) positive test.

I'm not commenting on the necessity of testing or the general covid strategy more broadly, but more on the (alleged, by the journalist I quoted) gaming of the system.

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El Scorchio
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Totally agree this seems a bit dodgy, or at least poor protocol from the RP team. Almost feels a bit like they were trying to cover it up. He should have had a test during the race weekend if he was displaying symptoms. I really hope this wasn't a case of the team keeping it quiet to try to avoid Stroll Jr missing the Portuguese GP at all costs?

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Just_a_fan wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 23:59
NathanOlder wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 23:32
godlameroso wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 23:12
LMAO! .08 inches of rain predicted for Sunday. You know how many mm that translates to?
about 2mm, so not much at all.
Brilliantly played, sir! =D> :lol:


P.S. I do find it funny to see people using decimal inches.
Happens all the time. All the Hondas I work on have their valve clearance set in decimal inches. .08 is the low side of the specs on f2xc series.
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Juzh wrote:
21 Oct 2020, 13:08
godlameroso wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 18:38
RZS10 wrote:
20 Oct 2020, 11:00
If i'm not mistaken there's several versions of Portimão for Assetto, no? The one on racedepartment called "Algarve International Circuit" and some other ones that are just straight rips from other games like the "reboot" one ... which one are you all using?
I use the ripped version, the one on race department is not very accurate. 8 is too easy on that version. The ripped version is also not accurate with the cambers, but by being more difficult than IRL makes up for the fact it's a game.
I tried both and found the combination of the two would be ideal compared to real life, but you take what you can get right?
Turn 4 is flat in both versions but in the ripped one its much more difficult and you must avoid inside apex at the very top or you get spun round. Talking about 2020 car of course.
I remain convinced it'll be flat in real life.
I tend to agree, it should be flat with the repaving.
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