Official 2023 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***
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honda_exige said:
Sense of speed? No where near in my humble opinion.
Really? The on-boards in Monaco are outstanding.... (Oh, I should say that playing the F1 game also Monaco feels a LOT worse than any other circuit, you play the game waiting to crash any second... Jeddah is, at least on the game, quite nippy but it is a fair few long "straights" so it does not quite feel as dangerous)...Jasandjules said:
honda_exige said:
Sense of speed? No where near in my humble opinion.
Really? The on-boards in Monaco are outstanding.... (Oh, I should say that playing the F1 game also Monaco feels a LOT worse than any other circuit, you play the game waiting to crash any second... Jeddah is, at least on the game, quite nippy but it is a fair few long "straights" so it does not quite feel as dangerous)...paulguitar said:
Jasandjules said:
honda_exige said:
Sense of speed? No where near in my humble opinion.
Really? The on-boards in Monaco are outstanding.... (Oh, I should say that playing the F1 game also Monaco feels a LOT worse than any other circuit, you play the game waiting to crash any second... Jeddah is, at least on the game, quite nippy but it is a fair few long "straights" so it does not quite feel as dangerous)...And there's always drama here too, which we all quite like so long as nobody is seriously hurt don't we?
Fun circuit imo.
Bradgate said:
I really don’t like this track at all. It’s dangerous, with too many high speed sections with poor forward visibility. I hope we get through the weekend without a major crash.
My thoughts too, there were a couple of times I winced during FP2 with a car on a hot lap coming across another car on a cool down lap. Are they going to wait until there is a major accident until they do something?Derek Smith said:
The racing under the hybrid rules has been consistently the best I've seen in any formula since the start of the 3-litre.
If you think it is boring, I'm not entirely convinced F1 is for you.
The last race wasn’t amazing, I know you find the details fascinating, but some others enjoy other elements. If you think it is boring, I'm not entirely convinced F1 is for you.
carlo996 said:
Derek Smith said:
The racing under the hybrid rules has been consistently the best I've seen in any formula since the start of the 3-litre.
If you think it is boring, I'm not entirely convinced F1 is for you.
The last race wasn’t amazing, I know you find the details fascinating, but some others enjoy other elements. If you think it is boring, I'm not entirely convinced F1 is for you.
Sometimes I try to watch replays of 80s races, a good majority of them are intolerably dull, much more so than today's races.
Despite being much younger, I used to consistently fall asleep during races in the Schumacher era. These days I don't.
carlo996 said:
Derek Smith said:
The racing under the hybrid rules has been consistently the best I've seen in any formula since the start of the 3-litre.
If you think it is boring, I'm not entirely convinced F1 is for you.
The last race wasn’t amazing, I know you find the details fascinating, but some others enjoy other elements. If you think it is boring, I'm not entirely convinced F1 is for you.
carlo996 said:
The last race wasn’t amazing, I know you find the details fascinating, but some others enjoy other elements.
We had battles; we had overtakes; we had Alonso; we didn't know who would be fourth until late on and third fairly late. There were new cars, old ones failing, and many other elements. What else do you think these 'others' want? A battle for the lead throughout the race is fantasy, and certainly not F1. History shows that the overwhelming norm is one car being ascendent. In the days of Ferrari and current RB, there's just the one driver; or else. Discount that, and you've got racing. Merc had challenges for the lead, although only by another Merc, and not when things got tough towards the end.
The traditional format of F1 is mayhem at the start, possibly for a few laps. Then things settle, with a few cars closing on the one in front of them. This period goes on for a while, and then there's the end period, with tyres and strategy playing an important role. When refueling was in the regs, we had three sprint races. Not F1 I felt. Not that exciting.
The hybrid era has had some fabulous races; more, many more, than average. Someone said at the start of the Bahrain that there were never exciting races there, yet in 2019 we had a thriller. It had everything. It was great. Edge of the seat stuff from start to finish, with the two Ferraris wheel to wheel. If you can't remember such races, perhaps it's best to ask before posting.
The last race wasn't amazing. It was exciting at times. It was surprising. Alonso made it lively. He will continue to astound, at least until he upsets someone/someone upsets him and he'll start moaning, he'll start hitting things or losing positions. That alone makes things interesting.
This next two paras are not aimed at anyone specifically.
It's always been that a good season is when we get two or three races that are good or better. It's F1. If it bores (the universal) you, what on earth are you doing watching? And, much more importantly, what are you doing posting you are bored?
I can't understand the sense in watching something that bores you. It's inane. Whey tell everyone you are doing something you find boring? I find most football matches boring, probably because I don't follow the sport. I love watching rugby, probably only because I follow the sport. It's not for everyone, and it's not for anyone who wants to post that they are watching it despite being bored.
Pflanzgarten said:
Aids0G said:
Blimey Andrew Benson in the BBC Sport coverage claiming he believes Mercedes will not win another championship until 2026 at the earliest and that liberty media will push the FIA for rule changes if the gaps don't reduce by mid season, punchy stuff.
As I posted in another thread, it took Newey nine years and two (sort of) engine swaps to win another constructors after 2013.honda_exige said:
Oh and just want to add to others that Bernie Collins is an absolute star.
Great to have someone technical with recent experience.
Anyone know why she left Aston? Was it to pursue broadcasting or did Aston move her on?
She decided to leave last year. Great to have someone technical with recent experience.
Anyone know why she left Aston? Was it to pursue broadcasting or did Aston move her on?
As with Angela Cullen, discussed on another thread, F1 pays well but you don’t have a life at all, constantly travelling and working 24 hours a day. Eventually, you decide you’ve had enough of it.
The media work will likely pay well too, but for three days at a time. She can fly home Sunday night and know she’s getting a lie in on Monday, rather than an 8am strategy debrief meeting.
honda_exige said:
Jasandjules said:
honda_exige said:
I love this circuit, we'll miss it when it's gone as there will likely never be another like it for sense of speed and balls to the literal walls driving.
Monaco.Spa is a fantastic circuit - all tracks I look forward to
suffolk009 said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Aids0G said:
Blimey Andrew Benson in the BBC Sport coverage claiming he believes Mercedes will not win another championship until 2026 at the earliest and that liberty media will push the FIA for rule changes if the gaps don't reduce by mid season, punchy stuff.
As I posted in another thread, it took Newey nine years and two (sort of) engine swaps to win another constructors after 2013.Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff