Author Topic: 2017 Formula 1 Thread (Read 216781 times)

b_joseph · « **Reply #880 on:** April 30, 2017, 01:08:26 pm »

Bottas with an awesome start...safety car comes out...the re-start is going to be fun

classycarra · « **Reply #881 on:** April 30, 2017, 01:29:31 pm »

Quote from: b_joseph on April 30, 2017, 01:08:26 pm

Bottas with an awesome start...safety car comes out...the re-start is going to be fun

Really great start

Enjoyed all the front six' start. Kimi was slow out but showed good bottle to force Hamilton not to risk an overtake. Even Max was peeking around the kimi, Hamilton, Ricciardo trio. Great to see

b_joseph · « **Reply #882 on:** April 30, 2017, 01:32:51 pm »

Nothing happening now...decent gaps between everyone.

Funky_Gibbons · « **Reply #883 on:** April 30, 2017, 01:35:12 pm »

What a dull race, everyone's cars are overheating so have to maintain big gaps.

classycarra · « **Reply #884 on:** April 30, 2017, 01:40:35 pm »

Barring an engine failure, don't see the top 6 changing

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #885 on:** April 30, 2017, 01:46:50 pm »

Yeah it's not the most eventful but Bottas managing it well. Has good form round here

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #886 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:03:05 pm »

kimi on the radio then

b_joseph · « **Reply #887 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:09:49 pm »

Quote from: Upinsmoke on April 30, 2017, 02:03:05 pm

kimi on the radio then

erm, yeah, Bottas was leading the race mate! Good old Kimi.

Strange day though. Bottas, unless something bad happens, won it off the line. The issues neutrals have about F1 show up on days like today.

Titi Camara · « **Reply #888 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:12:46 pm »

Fucking he'll this is one of the most boring GP's I've ever seen. If I hadn't just woken up I'd be asleep! Absolute load of shite!

Beneath · « **Reply #889 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:17:07 pm »

Toto's eyebrows tell us the race is on, indeed.

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #890 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:27:35 pm »

Just can't get within a second here Vettel, dirty air and the Mercedes faster down straights, bodes well though for circuits not as reliant on power

west_london_red · « **Reply #891 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:34:46 pm »

Has there been any overtakes in this race so far? I don't remember seeing any other then at the start

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #892 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:34:51 pm »

Fair play there to bottas, won it off the start

Massa should of stayed in retirement though

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #893 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:35:23 pm »

Quote from: west_london_red on April 30, 2017, 02:34:46 pm

Has there been any overtakes in this race so far? I don't remember seeing any other then at the start

Not really no. Can't really follow very well round here

voodoo ray · « **Reply #894 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:35:26 pm »

well in bottas.

TheShanklyGates · « **Reply #895 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:36:26 pm »

Pleased for Bottas. Race was dull as fuck though, cars finished in pretty much the same order they went through the first corner in.

b_joseph · « **Reply #896 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:37:33 pm »

No doubt money is being made from racing here but damn, that was not a spectacle. When you start looking for mistakes rather than excellence to spice things up, something is wrong

Good work from Bottas...probably his most complete weekend so far. Wasn't too far behind in qually and was classy today.

clinical · « **Reply #897 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:38:33 pm »

Hamilton's car over heating is an odd one. Something not quite right there.

One of worst races I've ever seen though.

Libertine · « **Reply #898 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:44:50 pm »

Nice reward for the top 3 - get to shake hands and listen to shite from an evil fascist prick.

Beneath · « **Reply #899 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:49:31 pm »

Nice one from Bottas for the maiden win. Might be more than two challenging for the title?

Darren G · « **Reply #900 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:50:38 pm »

Well done to Bottas. I don't think that there's many people who would begrudge him that. The race was boring as fuck for the most part though. Oh, and that post race "chat" between Putin and the drivers is one of the most awkward things that I've ever seen.

EDIT: Christ almighty, Eddie Jordan is a retard. I'd rather have Anne from Little Britain conducting the interviews than that clown.

gazzalfc · « **Reply #901 on:** April 30, 2017, 02:56:55 pm »

Quote from: Libertine on April 30, 2017, 02:44:50 pm

Nice reward for the top 3 - get to shake hands and listen to shite from an evil fascist prick.

Hey. Eddie Jordan isn't that bad

TepidT2O · « **Reply #902 on:** April 30, 2017, 03:15:20 pm »

Quote from: clinical on April 30, 2017, 02:38:33 pm

Hamilton's car over heating is an odd one. Something not quite right there.

One of worst races I've ever seen though.

Paint drying would have been more fun..

Still, it allowed me to get plenty of work done

Gaz123456 · « **Reply #903 on:** April 30, 2017, 04:32:43 pm »

Quote from: Libertine on April 30, 2017, 02:44:50 pm

Nice reward for the top 3 - get to shake hands and listen to shite from an evil fascist prick.

Bernie?

jackh · « **Reply #904 on:** April 30, 2017, 04:46:32 pm »

Quote from: JSteve on April 30, 2017, 01:05:10 pm

Alonso is a egostistical tool.

Whatever your thoughts on him, 13:05 - within minutes of yet another issue out of this hands meaning he fails to make it to the start line - is a strange time to make that comment!

gazzalfc · « **Reply #905 on:** April 30, 2017, 04:46:58 pm »

Street style races need banning. Sure keep Monaco for the history and the prestige but when you have the likes of Istanbul Park, Magny-Cours, Nürburgring etc gathering dust with cars like these it's horrible for the sport

voodoo ray · « **Reply #906 on:** April 30, 2017, 04:52:27 pm »

Quote from: gazzalfc on April 30, 2017, 04:46:58 pm

Street style races need banning. Sure keep Monaco for the history and the prestige but when you have the likes of Istanbul Park, Magny-Cours, Nürburgring etc gathering dust with cars like these it's horrible for the sport

sochi isn't a street circuit it's just shite. tilke really phoned that one in.

paulrazor · « **Reply #907 on:** May 1, 2017, 10:07:00 am »

Quote from: voodoo ray on April 30, 2017, 04:52:27 pm

sochi isn't a street circuit it's just shite. tilke really phoned that one in.

yeah I was thinking yesterday its a shit track.

Flicked it on and off. No real close battles. Vettel got close at the end but you knew bottas would have enough to keep him back.

gazzalfc · « **Reply #908 on:** May 3, 2017, 10:14:20 pm »

Alonso doing his first laps in an Indy 500 car today. Managed to disintegrate 2 birds in the process.

He did 50 laps to complete his rookie tests needed for the big race.

Surprised a McLaren Honda car managed that sort of torture

RedSince86 · « **Reply #909 on:** May 4, 2017, 03:09:45 pm »

Live Indy 500 testing here.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/UXh9uxthFnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/UXh9uxthFnk</a>

JSteve · « **Reply #910 on:** May 5, 2017, 12:53:47 pm »

Quote from: jackh on April 30, 2017, 04:46:32 pm

Whatever your thoughts on him, 13:05 - within minutes of yet another issue out of this hands meaning he fails to make it to the start line - is a strange time to make that comment!

Ha, yeah I fully sympathise on that Honda issue.

But I was actually looking forward to the start, when Alonso after he failed to drive his "best race" this year decided to make a whole trek of the huge circuit and then finally decided to stop his Mclaren half on the racing line, half in the pitlane.

How did he manage to stop at that point I don't know. I refuse to believe the car went for so long just to stop outside the pitlane. Also the position the car was stopped is not on the pit-entrance line.

gazzalfc · « **Reply #911 on:** May 9, 2017, 06:02:20 pm »

2017 estimated constructor payments have been released.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129388

Ferrari again tops the table due to their 'Long standing team' bonus of $68 million.

Mclaren get the 4th largest

Haas loses out as a new team

The highest payment is $180 million and the lowest $19 million.

Had manor survived they would have got $32.5 million

Graeme · « **Reply #912 on:** May 9, 2017, 06:29:13 pm »

I can see the distribution being significantly altered moving forward. The new management structure is very keen to try and level the playing field across the sport and this seems like a good place to start.

CornerFlag · « **Reply #913 on:** May 9, 2017, 08:36:58 pm »

Quote from: gazzalfc on May 9, 2017, 06:02:20 pm

2017 estimated constructor payments have been released.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129388

Ferrari again tops the table due to their 'Long standing team' bonus of $68 million.

Mclaren get the 4th largest

Haas loses out as a new team

The highest payment is $180 million and the lowest $19 million.

Had manor survived they would have got $32.5 million

Just all emphasises how much the little teams have been continuously fucked over. HRT, Caterham had no chance once the promise of the cap went out of the window.

Quote from: Graeme on May 9, 2017, 06:29:13 pm

I can see the distribution being significantly altered moving forward. The new management structure is very keen to try and level the playing field across the sport and this seems like a good place to start.

It really needs to happen. The Ferrari bonus needs to be reduced greatly and to see some of the other bonuses given to teams for seemingly just existing is horrible. The gap from front to back needs to close a lot more.

Funky_Gibbons · « **Reply #914 on:** May 12, 2017, 08:51:57 am »

Quite a few updates on the Mercedes this weekend, including this new nose, be interesting to see what the other terams are doing.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129439/mercedes-introduces-radical-nose-scoop-vanes

CornerFlag · « **Reply #915 on:** May 12, 2017, 09:53:31 am »

That's going to be an awkward bugger when it needs to be changed. Part of me is surprised that it's allowed, it's not really a place you see elements of the floor essentially.

TepidT2O · « **Reply #916 on:** May 12, 2017, 09:53:35 am »

And the Honda engine has blown again..

Poor McLaren..

Funky_Gibbons · « **Reply #917 on:** May 12, 2017, 10:00:54 am »

Mercedes +1s faster than Vettel at the moment...........

clinical · « **Reply #918 on:** May 12, 2017, 11:46:35 am »

Mercedes have also lost 6kg of weight to bring it back down to where they wanted it.

classycarra · « **Reply #919 on:** May 12, 2017, 11:53:53 am »

Quote from: clinical on May 12, 2017, 11:46:35 am

Mercedes have also lost 6kg of weight to bring it back down to where they wanted it.

That seems like absolutely loads. How have they done that?