Official 2020 Austrian & Styrian Grand Prix Thread *Spoilers
Discussion
TheDeuce said:
TwentyFive said:
Monaco as a race is one of the worst but it’s still far better than somewhere like Paul Ricard because at Monaco you make one error and you are out. That is still great to watch.
For me the real appeal of Monaco are the camera shots of them Climbing up towards Massenet, the hairpin and the awesome footage into the swimming pool. Maybe it just reminds me of the older days? Racing wise it’s rubbish!
That being said, you just can’t beat seeing an F1 car at a classic track where the car can stretch it’s legs. Silverstone and Spa are awesome places to watch a modern day F1 car. Becketts and Pouhon are my favourites to stand and watch the direction change and commitment. It never gets old.
Quite, there is justification for Monaco. It's easy to point to it's flaws, but that misses the point.For me the real appeal of Monaco are the camera shots of them Climbing up towards Massenet, the hairpin and the awesome footage into the swimming pool. Maybe it just reminds me of the older days? Racing wise it’s rubbish!
That being said, you just can’t beat seeing an F1 car at a classic track where the car can stretch it’s legs. Silverstone and Spa are awesome places to watch a modern day F1 car. Becketts and Pouhon are my favourites to stand and watch the direction change and commitment. It never gets old.
Also a great thing about F1 is the variety of track types. Monaco is ridiculous but it's basically an F1 pilgrimage to head there each year anyway. Silverstone and Spa are 'proper circuits'. Then places like Baku which offer some wild results and Singapore because 'lets have a night race'. Variety is important, none of us are going to like em all!
Except Paul Ricard. No one likes that, Paul Ricard can go.
Unfortunately I've just been watching that 3 part series on Monaco. It doesn't seem like a very pleasant place.
TheDeuce said:
Dunno guys.. I've got a lot of time for C4's production and team but it's hard to trump watching a race live! (and almost impossible these days to avoid hearing the results ahead of watching later if you don't).
Anyway, however you watch.. just 6 days to go
I find it easy to avoid hearing the results.Anyway, however you watch.. just 6 days to go
Am I strange ?
suffolk009 said:
TheDeuce said:
TwentyFive said:
Monaco as a race is one of the worst but it’s still far better than somewhere like Paul Ricard because at Monaco you make one error and you are out. That is still great to watch.
For me the real appeal of Monaco are the camera shots of them Climbing up towards Massenet, the hairpin and the awesome footage into the swimming pool. Maybe it just reminds me of the older days? Racing wise it’s rubbish!
That being said, you just can’t beat seeing an F1 car at a classic track where the car can stretch it’s legs. Silverstone and Spa are awesome places to watch a modern day F1 car. Becketts and Pouhon are my favourites to stand and watch the direction change and commitment. It never gets old.
Quite, there is justification for Monaco. It's easy to point to it's flaws, but that misses the point.For me the real appeal of Monaco are the camera shots of them Climbing up towards Massenet, the hairpin and the awesome footage into the swimming pool. Maybe it just reminds me of the older days? Racing wise it’s rubbish!
That being said, you just can’t beat seeing an F1 car at a classic track where the car can stretch it’s legs. Silverstone and Spa are awesome places to watch a modern day F1 car. Becketts and Pouhon are my favourites to stand and watch the direction change and commitment. It never gets old.
Also a great thing about F1 is the variety of track types. Monaco is ridiculous but it's basically an F1 pilgrimage to head there each year anyway. Silverstone and Spa are 'proper circuits'. Then places like Baku which offer some wild results and Singapore because 'lets have a night race'. Variety is important, none of us are going to like em all!
Except Paul Ricard. No one likes that, Paul Ricard can go.
Unfortunately I've just been watching that 3 part series on Monaco. It doesn't seem like a very pleasant place.
As for the place itself... Well, it's soulless and basically ugly, other than the sparkling main harbour and areas such as casino square. All the rest you know from the documentary.
As a petrol head though.... Where else would you go to see a bloke looking smug as he climbs out of his Lambo, only to be put in the shade as three members of the Bugatti Chiron owners club pull up next to him
In the end, as a short flight sunshine weekend destination I'd recommend it to any F1 or car fan. More than a weekend and the thrill definitely wears off imo and the expense of just buying a pint of beer is pretty crushing!!Love the GP though, and I can only imagine how joyful it must be to invite all your mates on to the balcony of your home and watch F1 cars scream past a few metres away. Must have been a very strange weekend for the residents when it didn't happen this year.
Stan the Bat said:
TheDeuce said:
Dunno guys.. I've got a lot of time for C4's production and team but it's hard to trump watching a race live! (and almost impossible these days to avoid hearing the results ahead of watching later if you don't).
Anyway, however you watch.. just 6 days to go
I find it easy to avoid hearing the results.Anyway, however you watch.. just 6 days to go
Am I strange ?
I would struggle though, I'm typically on the forums and chat etc as I watch the race live. If I was watching a re-run, it mostly wouldn't be possible to risk logging in here before hand as there are always threads that the title of alone gives away what happened.
Stan the Bat said:
cuprabob said:
Deesee said:
cuprabob said:
For those of us with council TV, CH4 coverage is as follows;
Qualy: Sat 4th July @18:45
Race: Sun 5th July @ 18:30
Sky F1 is 10£ a month on a rolling 31 day contract at the moment, so £20 For the first 8 races.. granted you do need a base pack for that.Qualy: Sat 4th July @18:45
Race: Sun 5th July @ 18:30
Or get F1 tv access (£2 a month), and point a VPN at the states and watch the full race, with all the onboards and team radio as soon as it’s finished.
Mr Dendrite said:
A reminder that if you have a Tesco club card and a Now tv box, Tesco do Now tv vouchers, so £11 of Tesco vouchers will get you a Month of sky sports on Now tv, which is still cheaper than the Sky promotion. With 4 races for July and 3 for August that’s me sorted for £22 of Tesco pretend money and hopefully another load following On with Italy in September.
Currys do them for £10.Mr Dendrite said:
Stan the Bat said:
cuprabob said:
Deesee said:
cuprabob said:
For those of us with council TV, CH4 coverage is as follows;
Qualy: Sat 4th July @18:45
Race: Sun 5th July @ 18:30
Sky F1 is 10£ a month on a rolling 31 day contract at the moment, so £20 For the first 8 races.. granted you do need a base pack for that.Qualy: Sat 4th July @18:45
Race: Sun 5th July @ 18:30
Or get F1 tv access (£2 a month), and point a VPN at the states and watch the full race, with all the onboards and team radio as soon as it’s finished.
Mr Dendrite said:
A reminder that if you have a Tesco club card and a Now tv box, Tesco do Now tv vouchers, so £11 of Tesco vouchers will get you a Month of sky sports on Now tv, which is still cheaper than the Sky promotion. With 4 races for July and 3 for August that’s me sorted for £22 of Tesco pretend money and hopefully another load following On with Italy in September.
Thanks for the heads up - will do this 
JonChalk said:
Mr Dendrite said:
A reminder that if you have a Tesco club card and a Now tv box, Tesco do Now tv vouchers, so £11 of Tesco vouchers will get you a Month of sky sports on Now tv, which is still cheaper than the Sky promotion. With 4 races for July and 3 for August that’s me sorted for £22 of Tesco pretend money and hopefully another load following On with Italy in September.
Thanks for the heads up - will do this edit: deal also adds 7 days of free trial of Boost, which adds 1080p, 50fps and 5.1 sound - so worth a go for Austria 1 to see if NowTV streaming quality improves.
Edited by JonChalk on Sunday 28th June 08:28
Edited by JonChalk on Sunday 28th June 08:31
https://youtu.be/FH-ulVsTDUw
From 40 mins in Will Buxton talking about what it's going to be like turning up at the races (personally). That's interesting as I really wasn't sure if anyone familiar was going to be there in such a role. I wonder how much of the sky team will be admitted?
At one point he goes on to say it'll be odd interacting with team members from 2m apart - so it rather sounds as if pre race build up could be fairly normal, other than the 2m distance.
All fine by me, might as well crack on at this point. But I am mildly surprised nonetheless.
From 40 mins in Will Buxton talking about what it's going to be like turning up at the races (personally). That's interesting as I really wasn't sure if anyone familiar was going to be there in such a role. I wonder how much of the sky team will be admitted?
At one point he goes on to say it'll be odd interacting with team members from 2m apart - so it rather sounds as if pre race build up could be fairly normal, other than the 2m distance.
All fine by me, might as well crack on at this point. But I am mildly surprised nonetheless.
TheDeuce said:
It's been a VERY long time since pre season testing to find out how the cars actually stack up!
Yes and it seems a lot of teams are bringing significant upgrade packages too.I am particularly interested to see if Racing Point are indeed as quick as they looked in winter testing come this weekend. It would be nice to see them ruffle the feathers of some of the bigger teams and Perez is known for sneaking podiums when given a chance.
TwentyFive said:
Yes and it seems a lot of teams are bringing significant upgrade packages too.
I am particularly interested to see if Racing Point are indeed as quick as they looked in winter testing come this weekend. It would be nice to see them ruffle the feathers of some of the bigger teams and Perez is known for sneaking podiums when given a chance.
Let's just say... It wouldn't totally amaze me if Racing Point are faster than expected, Ferrari slower than usual and the two end up meeting more often than we're used too. And I'm all but convinced Red Bull will be superior to Ferrari this season.I am particularly interested to see if Racing Point are indeed as quick as they looked in winter testing come this weekend. It would be nice to see them ruffle the feathers of some of the bigger teams and Perez is known for sneaking podiums when given a chance.
I can see a fair few teams battling with teams they haven't been close to before - I hope I'm right as that would make this season fascinating from day one, in spite of the fact that Mercedes likely remain the team at the very top.
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