Install the app
How to install the app on iOS

Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.

Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.

F1 2024 (and other motorsport) thread

Bwana said:
In Monaco the driver has more to say, I admit. Then again: Usually it's still the good cars which collect the front row spots in qualifying & therefore dp well in the race. Trulli in Renault, Panis in Ligier and Senna in Lotus (ok, a couple of Senna's McLarens were pretty horrendous too) are the ones in "modern" times who have won with an inferior car. '83 Keke Rosberg also.
Click to expand...
Max is complaining about the underside of the car, and how much it’s bouncing. With how the car is setup for the year to gain grip, it’s predictable.

But it’s three races in a row now where the car, which looked unbeatable, isn’t as impervious to opposition as we first thought.

Don’t get me wrong, I suspect they’ll come good again on the majority of tracks this year, but it’s nice to have completion; it’s nice to have a closer field.

It’s just bloody nice for all races to not be so damn predictable, so long may it continue. Oh, and Max is a ball bag.
 
ClausThomsen said:
Is there a reason the driver in the failing car is sticking to the racing line there instead of maximising his visibility on the outside?
Click to expand...
I think it's an awkward one that mate to answer. He was off the racing line approaching the fast right hander, basically in the same position cars took in F1 quali when they were on an out lap to let cars on a hot lap by. Problem there was off line suddenly becomes the racing line and it's one of those things where the freak accidents happen. I personally don't think he had any choice there. Horrible position to be in at a horrible part of the circuit.
 
Street end man said:
I think it's an awkward one that mate to answer. He was off the racing line approaching the fast right hander, basically in the same position cars took in F1 quali when they were on an out lap to let cars on a hot lap by. Problem there was off line suddenly becomes the racing line and it's one of those things where the freak accidents happen. I personally don't think he had any choice there. Horrible position to be in at a horrible part of the circuit.
Click to expand...
Exactly. If there’s any blame to be had here, which I don’t think there is, you’d be asking whether the stewards could have done more to alert people of the danger.
 
PhilM said:
Max is complaining about the underside of the car, and how much it’s bouncing. With how the car is setup for the year to gain grip, it’s predictable.

But it’s three races in a row now where the car, which looked unbeatable, isn’t as impervious to opposition as we first thought.

Don’t get me wrong, I suspect they’ll come good again on the majority of tracks this year, but it’s nice to have completion; it’s nice to have a closer field.

It’s just bloody nice for all races to not be so damn predictable, so long may it continue. Oh, and Max is a ball bag.
Click to expand...

See Newey has said he's not sitting in on the technical meetings now. That's got to be a massive loss
 

Lapeno77 said:
See Newey has said he's not sitting in on the technical meetings now. That's got to be a massive loss
Click to expand...
That'll definitely have an impact, however I think at the likes of Canada, Spain, Austria etc. etc. Red Bull's superiority will come to the fore once again.

The recent tracks haven't really played to their advantage, but that will change soon. Yet, I do feel the gap will narrow to an extent it's at least semi-enjoyable.
 


Welcome to GrandOldTeam

Get involved. Registration is simple and free.

Register
Back
Top