The Official 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

[Dr Z]

Gad-Westy said:

Stuck in the office today so not seen any of this. What happened to Vandoorne?

Just looked plain slower both on 1-lap pace and in the long runs. He'll take a look at Alonso's setup overnight I'm sure.

So, I'm seeing quite a bit of deg on the ultra softs in the long runs, within about 12 laps for the 1st stint simulations. I'm not sure a set of super softs might last the rest of the race even if cars start pitting by lap 15...so we could be looking at a mix of strategies again.

[PhillipM]

I would imagine 2 stop would be a no brainer given the chance for a safety car here when 2 cars try to go uinto one chicane...

[cuprabob]

rdjohn said:

Jordan210 said:

Is anyone else finding the halo head up display graphic a bit annoying ?

Would have liked the tacho overlaid as well, but you can’t have everything.

The revs were displayed as a bar graph between the brake and throttle information.

[Gad-Westy]

Dr Z said:

Gad-Westy said:

Stuck in the office today so not seen any of this. What happened to Vandoorne?

Just looked plain slower both on 1-lap pace and in the long runs. He'll take a look at Alonso's setup overnight I'm sure.

So, I'm seeing quite a bit of deg on the ultra softs in the long runs, within about 12 laps for the 1st stint simulations. I'm not sure a set of super softs might last the rest of the race even if cars start pitting by lap 15...so we could be looking at a mix of strategies again.

1.5 secs slower than your teammate is pretty damning isn't.

[Jabbah]

Dr Z said:

Just looked plain slower both on 1-lap pace and in the long runs. He'll take a look at Alonso's setup overnight I'm sure.

They were meant to be testing some lower drag aero today. Could it have just been on Alonso's car if they did?

[Dr Z]

Jabbah said:

Dr Z said:

Just looked plain slower both on 1-lap pace and in the long runs. He'll take a look at Alonso's setup overnight I'm sure.

They were meant to be testing some lower drag aero today. Could it have just been on Alonso's car if they did?

Didn't see a substantial top speed difference between the cars, so I don't think the car setup was different. They're still not gaining as much speed as other cars when they open the RW in the quali sims. Top speed looked OK in the long runs.

Stoff missing 6 tenths in sector 2 and 2 tenths in sector 1. He set his fastest lap on the super softs a bit earlier than Alonso, who set his on the ultras. Alonso also got a substantial tow from Hulk when he set his fastest lap, so I would add 3-4 tenths to his time to get a true lap time. Alonso is still showing better speed in the long runs and you can't bridge that gap with the softer compounds on a single lap, but hope the gap closes tomorrow.

[ajprice]

TheInternet said:

andy_s said:

Verstappen's a bit hectic again...

This was on a BBC Verstappen vs Ricciardo page:

So where on that graph would Kvyat be?

[eps]

rdjohn said:

Jordan210 said:

Is anyone else finding the halo head up display graphic a bit annoying ?

I thought that it was quite a good innovation and certainly much better than looking at the Halo.

Would have liked the tacho overlaid as well, but you can’t have everything.

On Kimi’s car, it was interesting to see that, at a certain corner, one trigger initiated a change down from top to 3rd.

I don't mind it, the other graphics however.... It makes it look too much like an Xbox game!! Loads of graphics popping in and out all over the place - a bit OTT for my liking.

[MissChief]

Gad-Westy said:

Dr Z said:

Gad-Westy said:

Stuck in the office today so not seen any of this. What happened to Vandoorne?

Just looked plain slower both on 1-lap pace and in the long runs. He'll take a look at Alonso's setup overnight I'm sure.

So, I'm seeing quite a bit of deg on the ultra softs in the long runs, within about 12 laps for the 1st stint simulations. I'm not sure a set of super softs might last the rest of the race even if cars start pitting by lap 15...so we could be looking at a mix of strategies again.

1.5 secs slower than your teammate is pretty damning isn't.

Unless he majorly steps up his game this season I can see him being replaced by Lando Norris, especially if he wins the F2 series.

[anonymous-user]

eps said:

rdjohn said:

Jordan210 said:

Is anyone else finding the halo head up display graphic a bit annoying ?

I thought that it was quite a good innovation and certainly much better than looking at the Halo.

Would have liked the tacho overlaid as well, but you can’t have everything.

On Kimi’s car, it was interesting to see that, at a certain corner, one trigger initiated a change down from top to 3rd.

I don't mind it, the other graphics however.... It makes it look too much like an Xbox game!! Loads of graphics popping in and out all over the place - a bit OTT for my liking.

I liked it.

Nice to see liberty trying new things. If it doesn’t work, they soon get dropped. The problem is the tracking though as the g forces affect the camera. Don’t some cars have writing or advertising on top of the halo?

[T S Magnum]

There are some pretty random paintings of the drivers in the Fan Zone

[Sam993]

^^ WTF

[bobbo89]

Sam993 said:

^^ WTF

There are some very strange people out there!

I mean, the Kimi one!!!

[TheInternet]

T S Magnum said:

There are some pretty random paintings of the drivers in the Fan Zone

Good artist on a bad trip, or a bad artist on a good trip?

I particularly like the tongue resting on top of the ice cream.

[FourWheelDrift]

GP2 race spoiler

Is that the first time we've heard the Thai national anthem in a big class race since Prince Bira? If they even played it back then.

[Kccv23highliftcam]

bobbo89 said:

Sam993 said:

^^ WTF

There are some very strange people out there!

I mean, the Kimi one!!!

Should have been painted as a train driver.

You know, Get on The Train or The Train goes over You....

[Drive Blind]

at those pics

The Kimi one looks like the Spitting Image Thatcher puppet - the eyes

[Clockwork Cupcake]

T S Magnum said:

Blimey. Talk about "generic black guy"

[anonymous-user]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Blimey. Talk about "generic black guy"

Some people just love to find a racist point in everything.

[JonChalk]

Does anyone (including whoever thought it was a "good idea") have any clue WTF that supposed Enhanced Audio and speaker symbol was all about??

For every improvement Liberty / FOM / FIA make, they embody and equally dumb / pointless piece of gimmickry.