F1 2020 Thread

[Captain Ahab Jr]

May have got a little dust in my eyes while watching this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cRSABqBjkU

Williams were my first client, felt very comfortable working for them and hopefully one day will do so again

[bkreigsr]

So, did anyone notice the shot of Ross Brawn talking with Toto Wolff on the grid.

....'so Toto, can you think of a way to make the race more interesting, perhaps have Hammie screw up a 'box, box, box' message?.....'

.....'Sure Ross, give me a couple of laps....'

'Good plan Ross, it worked......



Bill K

[URY914]

WOW!

One great race a year.

You are killin' it F1!

[Noah930]

Wow! Congrats to P1!

I loved the post-race interview. He thanked the team. Said they gave him his first ride in F1. They gave him his first podium. And now they gave him his first win. That's a lot of humility and gratitude. Kudos.

[Rtrorkt]

The GAS win was so great. The race with SAI, STR and the rest was great to watch. All racers for sure. For those HAM haters he proved to me today he is a racer. From 30 seconds behind the pack he finishes 7th, 2 behind BOT. The commentary said the Mercs couldn't pass due to their aero. HAM proved that wrong. I will put him up against the best there ever was. Head down get the job done and have fun along the way. His tribute to GAS was classy.

BOT could pass only one car. Swamped at the start to 6th. In my view, it proves HAM is in a league of his own.

so let's declare HAM world champ before the next race. Then put him at the back of the grid and enjoy the racing at the front and see if HAM can pull himself up through the pack. I would think he can

[dan79brooklyn]

Oh Man..what a race! Great to see some fresh faces on the podium. Gasly was so stoked to win.
Hamilton again showed his determination and talent!

[Heel n Toe]

My plan: watch the scheduled 11 PM rebroadcast on ESPN2

My reality: to be disappointed because the US Open is what's showing on ESPN2

[Heel n Toe]

Starting that 11 PM rebroadcast NOW at 30 mins. after midnight.

[GH85Carrera]

ESPN loves to cut off the interviews and other parts of Sky Sports broadcast and play a basketball or baseball game that was played 30 or 40 years ago, or a Jr. High scrimmage badminton game. They seem to hate the real sport of F1, and love to broadcast silly tiddly winks games or a poker game.

[Deschodt]

From a French F1 Mag - Gasly's revenge over 2019




For Anthoine (hubert) - For Helmut (Marko).

Love it. I was torn on the last lap between my liking of Sainz and having Gasly stick it to Redbull. Happy either way...

[legion]

Reverse Grids

Martin Brundle was going on and on during the race about reverse grids. I think they are a bad idea because then you have teams trying to set the slowest lap to get to the front. Even worse, qualifying might devolve into a ****show like elimination qualifying (remember that?) where everyone just sits in the garage and refuses to go out because any time set would automatically be the fastest.

I think it could work with one major modification. Run qualifying exactly like it is run now. The difference is that when qualifying is over, spin a roulette wheel or some other random event where there is a 25% chance of a reverse grid. Any higher, and some teams will opt to sit in the garage for all of qualifying and take their chances (Williams would probably do it for the rest of the season). I think it would be enough to keep teams on their toes AND not mess up qualifying too much.

[Noah930]

Yeah, you can't run reverse grid qualifying when the teams know it's going to be a reverse grid. Has to be some sort of lottery/roulette wheel thingie.

Either that or random sprinklers. Or maybe those giant trackside plants that eat cars like in Mario Kart.

[nota]

Originally Posted by Noah930

Yeah, you can't run reverse grid qualifying when the teams know it's going to be a reverse grid. Has to be some sort of lottery/roulette wheel thingie.

Either that or random sprinklers. Or maybe those giant trackside plants that eat cars like in Mario Kart.

the plan is a short race Saturday to set the reverse grid order

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by nota

the plan is a short race Saturday to set the reverse grid order

Not exactly...

The plan is to run a couple of sessions of normal qualifying. The results from those sessions will establish the grid for a "sprint" race on Saturday, for which the starting grid will be reversed. I.e., whoever wins the pole in the normal qualifying sessions starts at the back for this "sprint" race. The results of this "sprint" race will set the grid for Sunday.

Either way, it's an absolutely horrible idea.

[javadog]

Well, if they impose something like that, or any of the other brain dead ideas that have been discussed, they can kiss off any chance of me ever watching it again.

[yellowperil]

Originally Posted by javadog

Well, if they impose something like that, or any of the other brain dead ideas that have been discussed, they can kiss off any chance of me ever watching it again.

They should just stick with what they've got, or there wont be any real teams left.

Here are some pics of a real team imo


Alan Jones, Frank, Bottas, Maldonado.

Not pics taken by me.

[yellowperil]

Yikes I'd forgotten how ugly they were back then (not so long ago)

[Noah930]

Perez to leave RP. (No surprise.)

Motor racing: Perez to leave Racing Point at end of F1 season

Maybe to Haas?

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/sebastian-vettel-set-racing-point-192011273.html

[matthewb0051]

I've been a huge Williams fan since I began watching in the mid 90s. It is a shame that the family are no longer at the helm. It was great to see privateers like Sir Frank, Sir Jackie, and Eddie Jordan mixing it up with the big manufacturer teams. Haas remains but it doesn't feel the same.

My fav souvenir was worn to Hockenheim in 2002 and Nurburgring in 2004. Don't remember if those were the Euro or German GP's. I even had to explain myself to the vendor when I was purchasing a Schumacher Weltmeister hat in red while wearing brother Ralf's hat.

[rfuerst911sc]

Now official Vettel has signed with RP for 2021 and beyond . I feel bad for Perez but F1 is a business and tough decisions have to be made . I wish him well and maybe we will see him at Haas .