The Perpetual F1 Thread!

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Chai, Apr 19, 2003.

  1. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    well to me not yet or wont be

    so far his win comes from pole position not head to head fight

    i still rate alonso and hamilton the 2 best drive on grid
     
  2. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Rosberg would have been one of the top if not for the car, IMO.
     
  3. ZuePhok

    ZuePhok Just Started

    anyone going for sepang's race?
     
  4. karhoe

    karhoe Newbie

    Guys, is there HD broadcast with Astro Beyond ?
     
  5. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    No more sports channel here. Most likely watching the race on my PC... :haha:
     
  6. ZuePhok

    ZuePhok Just Started

    watch BBC don't watch astro. that donald duck guy is awful. he's been commentating for years and still he can't tell who is who and what's the weather like.

    how the hell did he manage to keep his job!???
     
  7. karhoe

    karhoe Newbie

    For someone with Unify, it's not an issue, just need a reliable source, haha.
     
  8. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    exciting last 10 laps..hehe most bizarre is petrov the flying russian losing his steering badly lol

    alonso vs hamilton not as fun..too bad
     
  9. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Wow... that broken steering column reminded me of the tragic Senna accident, he was extremely lucky the track was wide, and there's no car around at that time.
     
  10. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    petrov must be wtf have happen..lol really bizarre

    alonso and hamilton each get 20sec penalty..alonso for hitting hamilton and hamilton for changing direction more than once during defending

    to me penalty like this is stupid..ok hamilton break the rule but its just so stupid can only defend once..whats the point of racing anyway with rules like that

    and alonso hitting hamilton just racing incident even that they wana give penalty..really load of bullshit the stewards
     
  11. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    WTH was that for??? Seriously pure racing incident.
     
  12. karhoe

    karhoe Newbie

    Alonso blew it, what a waste
     
  13. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    yea..its just ridiculous decision to give penalty..a proper good race end up spoiled by the stewards again

    just let them race..its racing..contact is part of racing

    old shoe beating his teammate..thats good but nobody cheer for him :mrgreen:
     
  14. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah, MSC beat Nico fair and square this time, something we don't see very often.
     
  15. DarKSeeD

    DarKSeeD BOG Translator

    What a race! Gotta love close fights...back to the last 2 laps.
     
  16. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    I forgot about the race, and I only saw the last lap! :faint:
     
  17. karhoe

    karhoe Newbie

    With DRS, we are going to see more of such overtaking soon, but I still feel DRS is a little artificial.

    They should have designed rear wings that will greatly aid cars in the slipstream.
     
  18. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    drs make overtaking little easy..not too convince anyway but at least some action on track rather than a train race
     
  19. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    DRS? I had to google it up. Drag reduction system eh, I had this idea for cars before.

    Well, To me it doesn't seem artificial. It is merely adjusting reducing drag/downforce. Think of those porsche or buggati with the pop-up wing. It increases the downforce as the car increases the speed. But downforce=drag as well.
     
  20. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    The problem with F1 cars are they slipstream too well, that is why they have no grip during the corners before the overtaking. So unless they remove rear wings altogether, there's no hope for improved overtaking. They have reduced the wing size all these years and it didn't do a thing.

    What DRS do is to reduce the "speed limit" caused by the rear wing drag so they have more top speed. DRS will only work on tracks which requires a lot of downforce and long straights. I doubt they will improve overtaking at Monza for example.
     

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