STYRENE-SURFER Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) This one might be interesting. So much to play out here; tires, temps, regulation conspiracies, drivers contracts(?), reserve drivers (go Hulk), and Sky pundits wearing funny hats.? I left out the obvious ? Edited August 9, 2020 by STYRENE-SURFER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYRENE-SURFER Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 Oh well, the obvious proved it on the first lap! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Recorded it. After last weeks boring race I wasn't going to sit like a dummy watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYRENE-SURFER Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 9 hours ago, TonyK said: Recorded it. After last weeks boring race I wasn't going to sit like a dummy watching it. It was was better than most. But tires won the race IMHO. (Yah what's new.) F1's not for everyone but have watched so long that it's kind of an addiction now.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagerpm Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Turned it off after lap 2 to watch motorcycle races. MotoGP was fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 A sleeper...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Thought this was an excellent race. Nice to see how competitive the field is now. Seems like most teams are pretty evenly matched, which makes for some interesting racing. And even though it's kind of a given that both Mercedes will be on the podiums, it's nice to see those two battling it out and running so close. I'm enjoying this season so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/9/2020 at 4:38 PM, TonyK said: Recorded it. After last weeks boring race I wasn't going to sit like a dummy watching it. A race where the winner does the last half a lap with a ruined tyre while his nearest rival is closing on him hand over fist, and the man who had been second drops out of the points with another blown tyre is boring?!! I enjoyed the very different race this week too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Well, for me the last couple of laps with excitement doesn't make up for the rest of the race. This week the race was better. Silverstone is usually a good race as it's such a great track but wasn't so much this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I find F1 a bit of a procession most times, and appears more down to the engineering and reliability of any given car. The British Touring Car Championship is much more exciting to watch on TV. Your NASCAR racing is really hairy! A good view from all around the oval. Close racing without safety runout areas as in F1 if someone gets it wrong on a bend, just a concrete wall to hit all the way around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYRENE-SURFER Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said: I find F1 a bit of a procession most times, and appears more down to the engineering and reliability of any given car. The British Touring Car Championship is much more exciting to watch on TV. Your NASCAR racing is really hairy! A good view from all around the oval. Close racing without safety runout areas as in F1 if someone gets it wrong on a bend, just a concrete wall to hit all the way around! Noel... Engineering has always been my favorite part of F1. The regs. have deteriorated into a quagmire of corporate money and policy over just plain racing. Usually there would be enough off track driver related innuendoes or interesting mid season technical updates that would keep me interested. This year and next look like a promise of the same cr@p as this one so my F1 enthusiasm is waining. Today at Spa? Oh, shambolic show to say the least! This vid (no sweary words in this one I think) is a good synopsis , ya had to see the race and follow F1 to understand.? Verstapen said it best!?BORING!!!!! Edited August 31, 2020 by STYRENE-SURFER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) Kurt The most exciting thing about F1 that happened in the UK this year was that their engineers took a break from making racing cars to reverse engineering and producing much needed ventilation machines for Corona Virus patients in hospitals. Their fast design turn around skills enabled them to react very rapidly to this situation and help save lives so credit where it is due. As a retired engineer I can appreciate what work was entailed in doing this, getting 3D computer aided designs prepared for each component and getting them translated into machine code for their CNC machines, sourcing electronic and other bought out components and then getting the machines built in record time! Edited August 31, 2020 by Bugatti Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 20 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said: I find F1 a bit of a procession most times, and appears more down to the engineering and reliability of any given car. The British Touring Car Championship is much more exciting to watch on TV. Your NASCAR racing is really hairy! A good view from all around the oval. Close racing without safety runout areas as in F1 if someone gets it wrong on a bend, just a concrete wall to hit all the way around! The BTCC is my absolute favourite racing to watch. Although I miss not seeing Plato in there, mixing it up...being Plato. As far as F1, I still like how competitive the mid-pack is now. And it's bizarre how many struggles Ferrari is having this year. Not being able to get out of Q2, being passed by a Williams, the Alfas, and the AlphaTauris?! It's weird. Would like to see another tire supplier arrive, and I think the 2022 changes and spending caps will go a long way to improving the sport. Although, other than Mercedes, it's pretty competitive across the board now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 When one of my favorite drivers in F1 says the race is boring I realize it's not just me. I watch every race and it's just sad. I'm a fan of every type of racing and the BTCC is pretty exciting but personally I'm gonna give the Australian Supercars one notch ahead. It might be the cars that do it for me but both series are very similar in how they race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYRENE-SURFER Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 14 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said: Kurt The most exciting thing about F1 that happened in the UK this year was that their engineers took a break from making racing cars to reverse engineering and producing much needed ventilation machines for Corona Virus patients in hospitals. Their fast design turn around skills enabled them to react very rapidly to this situation and help save lives so credit where it is due. As a retired engineer I can appreciate what work was entailed in doing this, getting 3D computer aided designs prepared for each component and getting them translated into machine code for their CNC machines, sourcing electronic and other bought out components and then getting the machines built in record time! Yes the work done by F1 teams on the Covid 19 situation is brilliant. Was any of their efforts included in that Netflix F1 series? check out CrankyYankeeF1 YouTube channel for some good F1 content. The Goodwood Road & Racing YouTube channel has kept me quite entertained this summer, lots of good wheel to wheel racing videos. I unfortunately don't have the proper TV channels to get many of the categories I'm interested in Tho some are available to stream (Bathurst 12 hour) is one I look forward to every year, imagine F1 cars on that circuit ? no, would never happen ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Love Bathurst! GT cars battling it out on an awesome track - hard to beat that for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Seven races with the top driver winning five of them. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ Reminds me of the Gordon and Johnson reign in NASCAR for a long time. The Indy 500 had little drama as well with the no spectators Allowed postponed version. Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYRENE-SURFER Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 2 hours ago, afx said: Love Bathurst! GT cars battling it out on an awesome track - hard to beat that for me. Yup... those brutish Porches and monsterus Bentley are fun to watch. Are Bentley coming back next year? Thought I heard they were done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 For those wearying of seeing the same name winning GP after GP, here's where things didn't go so well, in the Grand Prix in Czechoslovakia: 'Such was Hamilton's amazing speed, he even started to catch the race leader, but his luck ran out when at speed his waterproof cape blew up into his face. Moments later he lost control and the little J4 rolled several times...' OK so this was not the same Hamilton, this was Hugh Hamilton in the 1932 Byrno Grand Prix. How times have changed.... Me, I still love F1 even though it is now far safer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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