Jimzk5 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 5 hours ago, BOF said: Seems Herta's dream is off for now. They were right not to bend the rules, but they surely have to go away and redress the unfair way the Indycar super licence points are drawn up. It's ridiculously low compared to where it should be, and you know it's because it's not an FIA series. Strange one, the FIA always used to allow drivers a dispensation to drive even without a super license, pretty sure max was given clearance without having the required license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 16, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Strange one, the FIA always used to allow drivers a dispensation to drive even without a super license, pretty sure max was given clearance without having the required license Max actually got the rules changed. You can't do a Max any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) Next years calendar doesn’t look very inspiring to me. Starts and finishes in the middle east. A total of 5 races out there. 3 in the USA. Edited September 20, 2022 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I do love an F1 race weekend but 24 races is far too much, you can have too much of a good thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 minute ago, AVFCDAN said: I do love an F1 race weekend but 24 races is far too much, you can have too much of a good thing. Absolutely, they should focus on quality over quantity. Select only the best circuits for racing, and dump the others. Won’t happen in a million years though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2022 It’s not so much the destinations, but the fact the tracks there are mostly shit 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 21, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2022 We are now in the 'milk them for all they've got' phase. And they'll add more sprint races to that shit aswell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) I mean looking at that list, how many are really good tracks? Australia is ok China is ok Azerbaijan is good Imola is good Canada is ok Austria is good Silverstone is good Belgium is good Monza is ok Brazil is good So out of 24 I make that 6 tracks that are actually good, and 4 that are "ok" It's not great is it. Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, MIami, Jeddah are all particularly shit (By good I mean good for these cars to race on. Obviously tracks like monaco and Zaandvort are amazing tracks for quali and to actually drive on) Edited September 21, 2022 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Latifi a goner then. De Vries assuredly replacing him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 23, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, theunderstudy said: Latifi a goner then. De Vries assuredly replacing him Thought I read the other day that Logan Sargeant might be replacing him, because De Vries may be wanted higher up the grid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) On 21/09/2022 at 11:07, Stevo985 said: I mean looking at that list, how many are really good tracks? Australia is ok China is ok Azerbaijan is good Imola is good Canada is ok Austria is good Silverstone is good Belgium is good Monza is ok Brazil is good So out of 24 I make that 6 tracks that are actually good, and 4 that are "ok" It's not great is it. Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, MIami, Jeddah are all particularly shit (By good I mean good for these cars to race on. Obviously tracks like monaco and Zaandvort are amazing tracks for quali and to actually drive on) Suzuka? Edited September 23, 2022 by Jimzk5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, BOF said: Thought I read the other day that Logan Sargeant might be replacing him, because De Vries may be wanted higher up the grid. Interesting. Who do you think? Alpine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 23, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2022 Just now, theunderstudy said: Interesting. Who do you think? Alpine? AlphaTauri and Alpine. He tested for the latter this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Jimzk5 said: Suzuka? Yeah missed that. Suzuka is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 27, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2022 Piastri chooses #81. Fun* fact. Other than Tony Benadies in the '57 Indy 500**, that number has only ever been used once in F1 history. Maurice Trintignant's Simca at the Nurburgring in '51. * for teh F1 nerds ** Indy 500 was technically in the F1 calendar back then. $ @Designer1 there's that surname again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Sprint races are doubling next year... they really are trying to mess this up aren't they. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 28, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted September 28, 2022 3 hours ago, AVFCDAN said: Sprint races are doubling next year... they really are trying to mess this up aren't they. "After positive feedback from fans (nope), drivers (nope), teams (nope), promoters (definitely) and partners (definitely)". In other words, generally everyone bar the moneymen hate it. I honestly don't watch the sprints. I see it as a free Saturday afternoon for whatever else I want to get up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 29, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted September 29, 2022 New look McLaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 i know the new rules were supposed to promote closer racing, but the fact that if Verstappen did win the championship today, it would be the first time it was won so early in the season, in 20 years. The rules may have made it easier to follow and race other cars, but it certainly hasnt made the overall racing closer (the championship). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 30, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: i know the new rules were supposed to promote closer racing, but the fact that if Verstappen did win the championship today, it would be the first time it was won so early in the season, in 20 years. The rules may have made it easier to follow and race other cars, but it certainly hasnt made the overall racing closer (the championship). Yeah new rules always throw the grid order up in the air to some extent and give the possibility that someone will interpret them better. When you have Adrian Newey it'll probably be you. I expect season 2 of the rules will be better in terms of grid separation and then they'll see closer racing on the track. So what they set out to do has been achieved. The lop-sided championship and the short term pain was unavoidable in order to stop the rot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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