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Low expectations.
Totally undeserved win for Kimi. Terrible start and then luckboxed the Safety Car.
I'm loving seeing the emergence of a new generation of young drivers
Lindblad 18
Kimi 19
Hadjar, Bortoleto, Bearman, Colapinto all 22 or under
I'm fine with it. He outqualified Russell and then destroyed the field in that final stint post-safety car.
Russell was whining about his bad luck, but he only ever outperformed Kimi this weekend on getting luckier with the race start lottery.
So from Lando's recent comments it appears that when the battery deploys is completely random. He said that he would pass Lewis without even wanting to b/c his battery was deploying so much power, which then left him with nothing to defend and Lewis would easily pass back.
I thought that maybe there could at least be some interesting strategy with how drivers decide to deploy their battery and when they choose to attack/defend, but nope, we don't even have that. It's all random.
It's become a complete joke and feels like there is hardly any driver skill even involved. Unless there are some big changes made during the upcoming meetings in April, then I will prob peace out on F1 until they do finally change something.
It's become a complete joke and feels like there is hardly any driver skill even involved. Unless there are some big changes made during the upcoming meetings in April, then I will prob peace out on F1 until they do finally change something.
Spectacular and fake. Ask Ollie Bearman what he thinks of cars driving 50km/h faster than the other. I got a big discount offer from dazn to re- subscribe and I didn't take it. First they need to fix F1
I'm fine with it. He outqualified Russell and then destroyed the field in that final stint post-safety car.
Russell was whining about his bad luck, but he only ever outperformed Kimi this weekend on getting luckier with the race start lottery.
You mean pulled away from the pack with fresher tyres and clean air in a dominant car.
The race start isn't a lottery, Kimi just made an absolute mess of it and paid the price on the first lap. Until he luckboxed the safety car.
Yes, it seems as if Kimi’s start wasn’t battery related
Idk - safety cars very often influence the results. Getting all shitty about this one seems irregular
Spectacular and fake. Ask Ollie Bearman what he thinks of cars driving 50km/h faster than the other. I got a big discount offer from dazn to re- subscribe and I didn't take it. First they need to fix F1
The Ollie incident was so brutal that I think it will for sure force some changes. We'll see widespread they are.
As Max commented, you have 1 guy in "mushroom mode" and another guy with no power creating 50-60 km/h differences and super dangerous situations. That just cannot keep happening.
The race start isn't a lottery, Kimi just made an absolute mess of it and paid the price on the first lap. Until he luckboxed the safety car.
The 2 Mercedes have been losing like 3-6 spots combined in all 3 starts so far. Last year showed us that this isn't normal for them so it's something going on with how the batteries generate power at the start.
Maybe Kimi didn't deal with the funky battery start as well as Russell, but my point was that I'd rather see the guy that outqualified his teammate get the win, rather than the guy that dealt with the silly battery start better.
If these were your normal F1 racestarts and George was just an ace at them, then that's one thing, but it's obvious from the starts that there are always a half dozen underpowered cars (creating yet another massive safety issue), so I don't view it as very fair if Russell gets the race win b/c of that, after having lost out on the qualifying.
I too was dumbfounded that apparently the drivers aren't in control of when the extra battery power is deployed. That's completely insane to me.
Setting aside who deserved to win or not, are we all in agreement that this new "50/50" "V6/Battery" "Anchor/Mushroom" package is absolute garbage? Does anyone here actually prefer it to last years car?
Who in their right mind didn't put a stop to this engine when the whole EU market wound back their EV mandates? It was clear this bullshit was appeasing the Californian market when Biden was in charge but it has also been clear that the world has been moving away from that (notwithstanding the issues at present with the fuel crisis because of Iran).
Also who the **** wants to watch electrified cars race? I have not - repeat not - watched one Formula E race and this season reinforces exactly why I never did. The racing is so artificial - no one cares about saving batteries and utilising it as a boost to pass someone.
Go back to how it was under the previous generation of cars - give the teams especially Audi a **** load of money for the development put into the engines. Give Audi a Ferrari engine and let them develop a previous generation engine for 2028. Give Aston Martin the previous Honda engine.
It seems clear that something is going to have to change. I'm sure teams are "encouraging" drivers to not criticize this new package publicly, but obviously drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Max DGAF, and rightly so.
Who here remembers F1 Indianapolis race in 2005? Total debacle. 14 drivers retired their cars after the parade lap because of safety concerns. Was the kiss of death for F1 racing in the USA for years.
If the FIA digs in and says "the rules are the rules, you knew about them long ago, we're not changing them", I wouldn't be surprised to see some race where multiple teams simply refuse to participate. Monaco would be the perfect race to do it at. It's the worst race of the season due to not being able to pass, but it is the highest profile race.
I wouldn't be surprised with these cars that we get the most passing yet at Monaco when one driver overplays the use of their battery and a car behind them just sweeps past them on the straight or after the tunnel
I wouldn't be surprised with these cars that we get the most passing yet at Monaco when one driver overplays the use of their battery and a car behind them just sweeps past them on the straight or after the tunnel
Won't everyone else just drive around and save their battery for those two parts of the traffic?
It's always been near on impossible to pass at Monaco (unless you're willing to risk a crash with each other) and I think it will be as much a procession this year. The cars are too wide and track too narrow.
GP from Red Bull to McLaren
Bombshell news
Istanbul Park is set to make its return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2027.
I know it is just one qualifying session for one sprint race at one nuanced track, but maybe this season won't be a Mercedes runaway after all.
Fairly meh sprint I thought. Let’s see if Antonelli can manage to start better in the race
There’s a few contenders but I think Miami has my vote for the ugliest race to watch on TV. Aerial shots of the cars driving through freeway interchanges aren’t ideal
Fairly meh sprint I thought. Let’s see if Antonelli can manage to start better in the race
There’s a few contenders but I think Miami has my vote for the ugliest race to watch on TV. Aerial shots of the cars driving through freeway interchanges aren’t ideal
Yeah, it definitely has the look of a racetrack that was shoe-horned around a ton of existing infrastructure.
40% of the tyre sets are made for rain yet we're trying so hard to dodge the rain - can imagine a bunch of people were not logistically prepared to just be there 3h earlier with such short notice
McLaren look poised to give Mercedes a fight the rest of the season. Ferrari look poised to trip over themselves again this year. Max looks poised to steal a podium spot sooner than later.
There appeared to be a gigantic delay in bringing out the safety car for Hadjar's crash, when it was abundantly and immediately clear from his onboard camera that his car was completely immobile, and his car was in a dangerous position on track. Pretty sure the Lawson/Gasly crash happened after the safety car should have been rolled out, so that crash should never have happened.
40% of the tyre sets are made for rain yet we're trying so hard to dodge the rain - can imagine a bunch of people were not logistically prepared to just be there 3h earlier with such short notice
0% of actual race tires are made for the rain. You are going from a slick to something with a tread. They were also trying to dodge lightning and not rain.
0% of actual race tires are made for the rain. You are going from a slick to something with a tread. They were also trying to dodge lightning and not rain.
Soft, Medium, Hard, Inter*, Full Wet*.
*Denotes tires made for wet conditions.
If you meant to say, 0% of actual race tires are made to drive in deep standing water, then yes, you are correct. They'll still red flag a race when the rain is too hard and/or water is pooling. But obviously, the Inters and the Full Wets are made to drive when the course is wet and while light to moderate rain is falling.
