LakotaDakota Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 23 hours ago, Rodders said: Confirmed. Amazing news. I mean, at Williams presumably he's going to be trundling round the back end, but nevertheless, to come back into F1 after 8 years with only one fully functioning hand is crazy Honestly wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't last the season, September in particular looks to be a very tough month next year with 4 races (spa, monza, singapore & sochi) and i think 12 days in a car in a short time period may be to much for him. Not like he is a kid either and singapore is basically 2 hours in a horrible bumpy sauna every time you get on track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 23, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said: Honestly wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't last the season, September in particular looks to be a very tough month next year with 4 races (spa, monza, singapore & sochi) and i think 12 days in a car in a short time period may be to much for him. Not like he is a kid either and singapore is basically 2 hours in a horrible bumpy sauna every time you get on track But that's a fitness thing, and his fitness isn't an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 How do you know? Sure he's physically fit but doing the odd session in a car here & there is a lot different than 4 race weekends in a month and the stresses that puts on your body. Like it or not his right arm is basically f**ked and he has said himself that this means he pretty much does everything in the car one handed. If people much younger & stronger at the peak of their fitness find some of the races incredibly physicaly demanding i am not sure how he will cope if he is having to manage all of the stress on one side of his body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 23, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said: How do you know? Sure he's physically fit but doing the odd session in a car here & there is a lot different than 4 race weekends in a month and the stresses that puts on your body. Like it or not his right arm is basically f**ked and he has said himself that this means he pretty much does everything in the car one handed. If people much younger & stronger at the peak of their fitness find some of the races incredibly physicaly demanding i am not sure how he will cope if he is having to manage all of the stress on one side of his body Singapore might be difficult as a one-off event, just because Singapore is difficult period. But from a general fitness point of view I don't think having races close together will trouble him. Obviously this is all "IMHO" and we'll find out in due course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 23, 2018 He's been testing for Williams for a while hasn't he? I'm sure they've got a pretty good idea of his ability to meet the physical demands of an F1 season. Proof is in the pudding though I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 So what to all the Alonso fans make of the revelation that he tried to blackmail McClaren into underfueling Hamilton at Hungary all those years ago. The same Alonso who was also not involved in having his team mate crash deliberately. People in love with Alonso and then hating on Hamilton 'cause he acts like a prat... yes, he does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 6 hours ago, Stevo985 said: He's been testing for Williams for a while hasn't he? I'm sure they've got a pretty good idea of his ability to meet the physical demands of an F1 season. Proof is in the pudding though I guess not sure williams have a pretty good idea of anything f1 related at all at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 26, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 26, 2018 111 days to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 The round of musical chairs should make the positions outside of the top 6 a little more interesting but presuming Mercedes build a car that will get to the end of every race i can't see anyone beating Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 26, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 26, 2018 30 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said: The round of musical chairs should make the positions outside of the top 6 a little more interesting but presuming Mercedes build a car that will get to the end of every race i can't see anyone beating Hamilton Honda is the wildcard. If they can bridge the power gap to some degree (and they've already surpassed Renault by most accounts) then Max could put it up to Lewis. He clearly has the speed, and he matured a lot over the 2nd half of this season. But it's a big ask of Honda. The odds would suggest you're probably right, but fingers crossed. You get the impression Ferrari would need to make a superior car in order for Vettel to win. I'd love to see Leclerc come in and beat Seb straight off the bat The grid is getting a huge shake-up for next season which is going to be fascinating. Here's hoping the new front wings can help the trailing car, and that they're not completely butt fugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 26, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted November 26, 2018 Toro Rosso have confirmed Alexander Albon as their 2nd driver. That just leaves the formality of Stroll moving to Force India now and the grid is complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 3, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2018 New for '19 TV graphics. Overtake probability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 2 months before the season & Ferrari have sacked Arrivabene and replaced him with former technical director Mattia Binotto. Could make them a bit less prone to making stupid decisions in the heat of the moment i guess but guess we'll find out next year. Will be interesting to see what they do with a wild Seb once he realizes Leclerc is their new number 1 driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2019 Race management hurt Ferrari a lot last year. Monza really felt like a huge moment and they lost that race through poor decisions. There was no way they shouldn't have been winning that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 8, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2019 By all accounts Ferrari were already going to Binotto with their instructions anyway. Arrivabene was difficult to deal with inside Ferrari and difficult to deal with for media too. Also played the blame game. So this is legitimising something that was already effectively in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 8, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2019 This is a scathing article from Mark Hughes that pulls no punches. Quote Arrivabene: the man with few friends at Ferrari by Mark Hughes on 7th January 2019 Where did Maurizio Arrivabene go wrong as Ferrari Formula 1 team boss, and what legacy does he leave? Maurizio Arrivabene’s dismissal from the role of Ferrari team principal was logical. He was not the right man for the job – and was of less value to the team than Mattia Binotto who may well have been lost to Ferrari if Arrivabene had stayed on as his boss. That’s not to say it was expected. The impetus to action it was a decisive one and came from a Chairman, John Elkann, only a few months into the role. Reports elsewhere suggesting Arrivabene’s firing was initiated by MD Louis Camilleri are believed to be wide of the mark, incidentally, and we understand that Camilleri’s position is itself still under review. What did Arrivabene do wrong? He lacked the ability to lead and inspire. What he saw as leadership, many of those around him took as bullying. He had a similar relationship with the media, deploying an outright offensive manner that gained him few friends there. So we eventually arrived at the position in 2018 where the worst race team was running the best car He covered up his lack of detailed understanding with dismissive and aggressive responses. He didn’t seem to even understand what it was he was not understanding. At first I took it as a language barrier, but in time I came to know that it wasn’t – and that he expressed himself in much the same way in his native tongue. He appreciated questions from those around him about as much as he did from the media. He was an autocrat to those below him but without the inspirational qualities to compensate. He was a ‘yes sir, three bags full sir’ guy to those above him. Arrivabene was in the wrong job – something that Sergio Marchionne had come to realise after having plucked him from Philip Morris. The late chairman had planned the exact change that has just happened and had informed the board of it. Hence Elkann is only doing what Marchionne had planned (just as with the hiring of Charles Leclerc in place of Kimi Räikkönen), even though he wasn’t beholden to it after Marchionne’s sudden passing. During last year’s Chinese Grand Prix weekend the renowned F1 technical illustrator Giorgio Piola photographed the steering wheel that Sebastian Vettel had placed atop of the Ferrari’s cockpit when in the pitlane. Piola then drew the wheel and wrote about the extra control that it featured. The following day Arrivabene accosted Piola, growling menaces at him. The incident gave a good measure of the man. This is the man who a couple of years ago broke his usual vow of not talking to the cameras – to say that Vettel should stop trying to run the team and concentrate instead on justifying his position as a driver. He maybe took that as man management skills. Instead it lost him the respect of one of the biggest assets at his disposal. As Arrivabene ran the race team through a culture of intimidation and fear, his opposite number in the technical group Mattia Binotto had convinced Marchionne of how the removal of fear could unleash much of the creative talent of the people within. Marchionne acted upon the suggestion and applied management science to making it happen – lo and behold Ferrari became the most creative technical group on the grid after years of just following the lead of others. So we eventually arrived at the position in 2018 where the worst race team was running the best car. It wasn’t the worst race team because of the people within it – but because of how it was being led. This also seeped through to the mindset of its lead driver. That’s the essence behind what has just happened. F1 is a people game and people are complex, especially competitive and creative people. Arrivabene’s job probably wasn’t advertised but if it had been it should have included this line: Intimidation and one-dimensional thinking would debar the applicant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 On 03/12/2018 at 13:03, BOF said: New for '19 TV graphics. Overtake probability. Is that the most pointless graphic ever? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 8, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2019 23 minutes ago, Genie said: Is that the most pointless graphic ever? It's absolute shit isn't it? Although with new more powerful DRS next season, it'll usually be "100%". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 31 minutes ago, BOF said: It's absolute shit isn't it? Although with new more powerful DRS next season, it'll usually be "100%". Its like watching football and during an attack a graphic appears with "likelihood to score". Are you gonna watch the attack or the graphic? Its amazing these things make it out of the brain storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 8, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, Genie said: Its like watching football and during an attack a graphic appears with "likelihood to score". Are you gonna watch the attack or the graphic? Its amazing these things make it out of the brain storm. I think it's the transparent grab for the playstation generation by trying to make it look as close to an actual computer game. It's gimmicky. I wonder how it'll work though. Will it be distance/speed based or will it factor in the Verstappen/Ricciardo factor of being **** nuts, or the Bottas wimp factor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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