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They always leave just as they get their shit together.
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They always leave just as they get their shit together.
Yes, it has happened before. You would think they would learn.
6 seconds down on hammy is a huge improvement, yesPTRACER wrote: ↑2 years agoThey don't push 100% in the race, so I kind of expect thatMr_Ferrari wrote: ↑2 years agoGiven the hard crashes we saw in practice and qualifying that would've, in race conditions, surely brought out a SC at least, I am surprised there wasn't any in the race, I must say.
Anyway, I feel really happy for Perez somehow. After the kind of career he has had, never really shining or sticking out very much and now it's coming together with a victory and a podium. Look forward to seeing what the rest of the season brings for him.
You mean, a return to REAL racing?? No, we certainly can't have that again!!
Do enlighten me, at which point in F1 history did we have drivers go 100% full bore for the entire race, cars that could overtake any and in any way, with rock hard tyres that could last a fortnight?Michael Ferner wrote: ↑2 years agoYou mean, a return to REAL racing?? No, we certainly can't have that again!!
I think people confuse 100% balls to the wall driving (with no worries about fuel, tyres, mechanical wear) with cars that are hard to drive.John wrote: ↑2 years agoDo enlighten me, at which point in F1 history did we have drivers go 100% full bore for the entire race, cars that could overtake any and in any way, with rock hard tyres that could last a fortnight?Michael Ferner wrote: ↑2 years agoYou mean, a return to REAL racing?? No, we certainly can't have that again!!
I'd argue that F1 is as "entertaining" as it's ever been in terms of how tight the field is. People have always complained about how F1 isn't "pure" any longer. Hell, DSJ did that way back in the 1970's already.
F1 is entertainment. The ethos is about making money - having people stuck to their TV's before, during and after the race. It was a long time since it was "pure", or "real racing". Tech innovations put paid to that.
If you want "pure, real racing", there's Formula Ford, Renault Clio Cup, and banger racing.
Also bring in Jimmy Clark, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda. They all knew how to maximize speed with minimal effort.DoubleFart wrote: ↑2 years ago Prost was called the Professor for his accurate, maximum speed for minimal effort, calculated use of both the car and tyres.
Hardly balls to the wall.
Lauda ISTR was famed for saying the art was to drive as slowly as possible (as fast as you need, no faster) to win / without being passed. Something along the lines of you score the same points if you win by a second or 5 minutes.DoubleFart wrote: ↑2 years ago Prost was called the Professor for his accurate, maximum speed for minimal effort, calculated use of both the car and tyres.
Hardly balls to the wall.
That's not the point, not at all. But all of you who think that racing "back in the day" was a stroll through the park, and that only today's drivers are real athletes, are way off the mark. It's probably a pointless discussion, but I am very certain that today's drivers have it a LOT easier than even only twenty, thirty or forty years ago. Not to mention the prewar years. Maximum speed with minimum effort, that to me describes racing in the 21st century - paddle shifting, power steering, tons of downforce on pancake tracks, turnkey cars with tank-like reliability, tailored to fit the driver like a glove, with pitwall support to make it truly comfortable for the "passenger" in the car. And we won't even go into the lack of actual track limits, or the sprint-like nature of today's "stints" between pit stops. F1 racing today is actually not that diffferent from driving a simulator.
I posted this about 2 laps before Max did his second stop.DoubleFart wrote: ↑2 years ago Fully expecting Merc to put Bottas for mediums or softs, forcing Max to pit, and leave Lewis out to one stop.