Topic: Formula 1 2022: The return of ground effect(s)

[iamnant]

Gasly getting in the way of Perez.

Poor Checo being held up by the last two owners of his seat!

[S]

Hold on Leclerc.

[iamnant]

for those keeping score, latifi is now last by over half a minute. I presume he had a long stop while they checked his car for damage.

Now up to 2 and half minutes. How does he do it, eh.

[gazzalfc]

Latifi finally retires

[jillcwhomever]

Poor Checo being held up by the last two owners of his seat!

It was always going to be close though so any hold up would be crucial.

[voodoo ray]

decent bit of pyro there at the end.

nice one leclerc on getting 2nd.

and vettel has a bit of an actual  race at the end of his f1 career and gets a point despite the strategy.

[naYoRHa2b]

Good job Charles

[iamnant]

Another easy win for Max. What an incredibly dominant season for him. One hell of a driver.

Nice for Danny Ric and Seb getting points in their last race!

[jillcwhomever]

Annoying race. Boring for large parts of it only coming even nearly alive at the very end. Vettel robbed, McLaren useless as ever and bloody Ferrari scoring well. Meh.

[Darren G]

"is he gonna get past Ricciardo, it's gonna be close" ....10 car lengths back, 30 meters before the line.  Crofty is an idiot.

[clinical]

Well all in all a very boring season. Especially compared to last season. Hopefully both Mercedes and Ferrari are better next season. Both need to improve their straight line speed whilst not losing out anymore in the corners. Tough ask.

[voodoo ray]

Well all in all a very boring season. Especially compared to last season. Hopefully both Mercedes and Ferrari are better next season. Both need to improve their straight line speed whilst not losing out anymore in the corners. Tough ask.

the actual racing was better for the most part but once again there's an aero change which adrian newey absolutely fucking nails. he knows what he's doing.

[reddebs]

Unlucky checco unlucky red bull you absolute fucking arsewipes 😂😂

[jillcwhomever]

the actual racing was better for the most part but once again there's an aero change which adrian newey absolutely fucking nails. he knows what he's doing.

If any team wants to stay ahead Newey is the must have. It's a shame he's stayed at Red Bull for so long. At one point he wanted to design a boat that competed in the America's Cup, but since then he's got his enthusiasm back for F1.

[Darren G]

That's a good second place from Leclerc to finish above Perez.  Red Bull was clearly the better car over the season, not to mention the shitty strategy calls from Ferrari and mechanical failures.   

[naYoRHa2b]

That's a good second place from Leclerc to finish above Perez.  Red Bull was clearly the better car over the season, not to mention the shitty strategy calls from Ferrari and mechanical failures.

Yeah he's done well to get P2 in the end. First half of the season was full of highs and lows from Ferrari because they had genuine pace in the beggining but then you had some driver errors, errors from the pitwall and reliability which meant they had to run the engines really conservatively, I think it was over by the time TD39 hit but that was definitely the nail in the coffin. Think merc expected it to damage Red Bull but it had no effect on them.

[Dave McCoy]

Wait, this didn’t happen?



Lol

[Darren G]

I think that it was only France that could be considered a major error from Charles. Even without the pitwall and reliability errors that you mention though, The Red Bull/Max combo was just too strong this year though.  I know I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know, but hey-ho. 


 On a side note, I'm gonna miss Seb.

[Darren G]

Wait, this didn’t happen?



Lol

No Masi, no party.

[jillcwhomever]

Wait, this didn’t happen?



Lol

Sadly not. I'm really not sure what Aston Martin were trying to do this afternoon. Having his "teammate" finishing ahead was the final straw.

[TheShanklyGates]

Wait, this didn’t happen?



Lol

Can't get away with that 2 years in a row.

[clinical]

the actual racing was better for the most part but once again there's an aero change which adrian newey absolutely fucking nails. he knows what he's doing.

He's the best of all time. No doubt.

[jillcwhomever]

He's the best of all time. No doubt.

That cannot be denied. With the exception of his first team Leyton House, he has won at least two titles for each team he's worked for. I'm not sure anyone else comes close to that.

[voodoo ray]

looks to be some actual genuine friendship between vettel and hamilton these days

[voodoo ray]

seb wants a bevvy. I don't blame him

[jillcwhomever]

It was a lovely interview with him, he spoke so well and once again you learn just how well rounded and mature, he has become through the years.

[voodoo ray]

it's fucking bizarre that croft and brundle claim the same home towns as hamilton and russell by the way. it's not like they're even large cities or anything.

[TepidT2O]

Well all in all a very boring season. Especially compared to last season. Hopefully both Mercedes and Ferrari are better next season. Both need to improve their straight line speed whilst not losing out anymore in the corners. Tough ask.

You cannot rely on Ferrari…

The question therefore is about Mercedes

They say they know where they’re development. Went wrong and that they know how to fix it. Let’s see if that is the case.

Now, do they persist with the zero sidepods approach? Was that the development point at which it all went to shit?

We will see in February I guess, but I thought the aim was to reduce drag, and if they have more dab than the other top teams, what’s the point?

[TepidT2O]

it's fucking bizarre that croft and brundle claim the same home towns as hamilton and russell by the way. it's not like they're even large cities or anything.

Brundle, Lewis and Sir Harvest Fields…

[Darren G]

He's the best of all time. No doubt.

He's certainly the most succesful engineer of the modern era, no doubt about that. In terms of overall influence and innovation it could be argued that Colin Chapman was the greatest though.  A lot of what constitutes a modern f1 car is down to him to some degree or another.

[gazzalfc]

Logan Sargeant confirmed for Williams in 2023

Only earned enough Super Licence points by coming 4th in the F2 on Sunday

[voodoo ray]

all finalised.

big season for tsunoda, if he can't beat de vries then he could become the latest name on the red bull scrapheap.

[Mr Mingebag Squid]

all finalised.

big season for tsunoda, if he can't beat de vries then he could become the latest name on the red bull scrapheap.

Surely if Tsunoda and Zhou dont start being regular points finishers, that's them done. And Norris is auditioning for Hamiltons seat - seems to be the only "competitive" seat that'll be available to him.

[Graeme]

Yeah Zhou has got nowhere near Bottas really has he

[Mr Mingebag Squid]

Also, can we all congratulate The Fantasy F1 Champion.... Me!

[MBL?]

Can’t be arsed watching if Latifi’s gone.

[Persephone]

Can’t be arsed watching if Latifi’s gone.

Stick around for Stroll and Alonso, it's going to be magic.

[Darren G]

Danny Ric officially back at Red Bull then.  Some masterful, Fernando Alonso career choices there.  Leaves a seat at Red Bull for greener pastures (or runs away from Max, depending on your viewpoint).  Slowly slides down the order with two teams as Red Bull dominate.  Returns to Red Bull as a test driver.

[Persephone]

Mattia Binotto is expected to step down as Ferrari TP. Not even remotely surprised after the shit show that their season turned into.

[naYoRHa2b]

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