formula 1 maggots

[DBdude]

one man's thrunting is another man's lulz

get over it francis

[willywhit]

Wet race forecast. Always good.

Stop cunting up the thread with your indycar bollocks. Please.

stuff this up yer snatch

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/s...dycar-nbc.html

[SirHeady]

F1's loss is Indycar's gain. TBH this is a long time coming. My family has some deep ties to the speedway (grandpa was a Vice President for Hulman and Co who worked directly with Tony Hulman for his entire career) and while the 500 on ABC has been an institution, since the early 2000s ABC/Disney/ESPN has done a disservice to the race either via poor commentators (can't wait to never listen to Cheever, Goodyear again, and who cant forget how awful Marty Reid was), lack of promotion, and bad camera angles.

NBC is going to breathe a ton of life into this sport that is just now recovering from the split. Between the old "champcar" style chassis, a stacked field, an injection of new sponsors, and now a TV package that provides more races OTA than Nascar's deal with NBC, I wouldnt be surprised to see Indy and Nascar on even grounds re TV ratings within 5 years.

Bravo NBC!

[willywhit]

Practice 1

http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3304453

[willywhit]

P2 http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3304460

[PNWbrit]

ust curious, are you a racer ? .....
Prolly just some lame fuck that'll never get behind the wheel.

Earliest child hood memories are from the early 70s driving my pedal car around the workshop barn in the UK where my Dad and Uncle built rally cars for themselves and customers around the world. First car I drove was a full rally prepped Escort Mexico at around age 8.

Several years of motorcycle scrambling (as it was called back then) as a kid and some teen karting first of which I built myself. Some FF1600 winter series races after graduating Brand Hatch Race School. ...Oh and a completely against the rules and under the table graduate of LAPD's EVOC school.

The first British GP I attended was at Brands Hatch in 1974 won by Jody Scheckter. can count the F1 races I haven't watched since then on fingers of one hand..... I've forgotten more about F1 racing than you'll ever know.

Looking forward to another season.

[Cross]

F1's loss is Indycar's gain. TBH this is a long time coming. My family has some deep ties to the speedway (grandpa was a Vice President for Hulman and Co who worked directly with Tony Hulman for his entire career) and while the 500 on ABC has been an institution, since the early 2000s ABC/Disney/ESPN has done a disservice to the race either via poor commentators (can't wait to never listen to Cheever, Goodyear again, and who cant forget how awful Marty Reid was), lack of promotion, and bad camera angles.

NBC is going to breathe a ton of life into this sport that is just now recovering from the split. Between the old "champcar" style chassis, a stacked field, an injection of new sponsors, and now a TV package that provides more races OTA than Nascar's deal with NBC, I wouldnt be surprised to see Indy and Nascar on even grounds re TV ratings within 5 years.

Bravo NBC!

Now if they can fix the cars that stall way to easy ruining races when every very minor incident results in a yellow flag. ST pete sucked for all the pointless yellow flags and restarts for this issue.

[Bobby Finstock]

The halos look so stupid.

No passing and ugly cars. Now that's entertainment!

[Grange]

Very disappointing that both Haas cars couldn't finish especially considering how well they were doing.

[PNWbrit]

Very disappointing that both Haas cars couldn't finish especially considering how well they were doing.

Would have been very interesting to see how that battle worked out.

Probably the worst track of the whole season for these cars in respect of overtaking.

Kimi was robbed. It was quite entertaining seeing Hamilton being unable to pass Vettel.

Not every race can be a barn burner. Very few of them were "back in the good old days"

[Iowagriz]

F1 - I'out....what is up with the ESPN broadcast, is that a direct feed from Sky? Graphics taking up 20% of the screen, terrible sound and announcing (couldn't hear 1/2 of what they were stating). I'm usually watching for the qualifying as the races have become mostly boring. I guess this will free up several hours every few weeks.

[Bobby Finstock]

Probably the worst track of the whole season for these cars in respect of overtaking.

Monaco is the world's most expensive parade.

[PNWbrit]

F1 - I'out....what is up with the ESPN broadcast, is that a direct feed from Sky? Graphics taking up 20% of the screen, terrible sound and announcing (couldn't hear 1/2 of what they were stating). I'm usually watching for the qualifying as the races have become mostly boring. I guess this will free up several hours every few weeks.

Yep.

Martin Brundle (also Herbert, Hill and De Resta) is worth putting up with the other bunch of inane arseholes that can't just shut the fuck up though... I could definitely see how to it's be difficult to keep up for an American ear or the less than dedicated fan.

I believe the graphics change is from F1 itself.

[Svengali]

Sky feed would be fine if you were watching on Sky! not very compatible with ESPN's commercial feed and add in local cable co's random commercial run--Announcers had no idea that they just spent 5 minutes talking to themselves....
No passing, well except in pit lane except under virtual safety car-

[pow_pow~]

Sky feed would be fine if you were watching on Sky! not very compatible with ESPN's commercial feed and add in local cable co's random commercial run--Announcers had no idea that they just spent 5 minutes talking to themselves....
No passing, well except in pit lane except under virtual safety car-

We have the sky feed here in australia and its simply the best. No ads during the F1 either so thats a plus. Ads during sport are a joke and for the most part we have done away with them completely over the past few years.

[PNWbrit]

Today in a meeting held at the Bahrain International Circuit, Formula 1 presented the teams and the FIA its proposals for the future of the sport from 2021 onwards.

Chase Carey, Chairman and CEO at Formula 1, said:

“Formula 1 is a sport with a rich history. We want to preserve, protect and enhance that history by unleashing F1s potential, by putting our fans at the heart of a more competitive and more exciting sport. We are driven by one desire: to create the world’s leading sporting brand. Fan- centred, commercially successful, profitable for our teams, and with technological innovation at its heart.”



Key strategic initiatives
Power units (PU)

The PU must be cheaper, simpler, louder, have more power and reduce the necessity of grid penalties.
It must remain road relevant, hybrid and allow manufacturers to build unique and original PU.
New PU rules must be attractive for new entrants and Customer teams must have access to equivalent performance.
Costs

We believe how you spend the money must be more decisive and important than how much money you spend.
While there will be some standardised elements, car differentiation must remain a core value
Implement a cost cap that maintains Formula 1's position as the pinnacle of motorsport with a state-of-the-art technology.
Revenues

The new revenue distribution criteria must be more balanced, based on meritocracy of the current performance and reward success for the teams and the Commercial Rights Holder.
F1s unique, historical franchise and value must and will still be recognised.
Revenue support to both cars and engine suppliers.
Sporting and technical rules & regulations

We must make cars more raceable to increase overtaking opportunities.
Engineering technology must remain a cornerstone but driver’s skill must be the predominant factor in the performance of the car.
The cars must and will remain different from each other and maintain performance differentiators like aerodynamics, suspensions and PU performance. However, we believe areas not relevant to fans need to be standardised.
Governance

A simple and streamline structure between the teams, the FIA and Formula 1.

[Grange]

It was a fun race today. The coverage was pretty good and Ferrari's decision to modify their strategy and go with one pit stop paid off. Hamilton seems to whine a lot. I wonder how much he'd whine if he had the same problem as Ricciardo's car.

[MultiVerse]

It was a good race.

Gasly taking fourth driving a Honda powered Toro Rosso and also beating a Renault powered McLaren by fifty seconds...

[Cross]

F1 - I'out....what is up with the ESPN broadcast, is that a direct feed from Sky? Graphics taking up 20% of the screen, terrible sound and announcing (couldn't hear 1/2 of what they were stating). I'm usually watching for the qualifying as the races have become mostly boring. I guess this will free up several hours every few weeks.

After today ESPN is definitely better then NBC Sports. If you watch the race on the ESPN app you get the no commercial version. I started watching online since my DVR did not record it, dreading having to wait through the commercials, made it halfway through the race before realizing I had not seen one commercial. So much better having commentators at the actual race. They were commentating about the Ferrari pit incident out the window of the booth vs watching what was going on from the world feed.

[PNWbrit]

It was a fun race today. The coverage was pretty good and Ferrari's decision to modify their strategy and go with one pit stop paid off.

Yep fun race. Lots of wheel to wheel action mid pack and a great tactical fight up front.

Edit to add..

This is kind of cool...

Porsche 919 beats Spa record

Porsche begins 919 tribute year by smashing Lewis Hamilton's Spa-Francorchamps Formula 1 record

Porsche set a new track record at Spa-Francorchamps with its evolved 919 Hybrid on Monday. Works driver Neel Jani lapped the 7km Belgian Grand Prix circuit in 1min 41.770sec, the 34-year-old beating Lewis Hamilton's record – set in the Mercedes W07 Formula 1 car in 2017 – by 0.783sec. Jani, according to Porsche, achieved a top speed of 223mph with an average speed of over 152mph.

"The 919 Evo is brutally impressive," said Jani. "It is definitely the fastest car I ever drove. The grip level is at a fully new dimension for me, I couldn’t imagine this amount beforehand. The speed at which everything happens on a single lap with the 919 Evo is that fast that the demand on reaction speed is very different to what I was used to in the World Endurance Championship. We are not only faster than the F1 pole from 2017; today’s lap was 12 seconds faster compared to our WEC pole position from last year! We have had three very intense days at Spa. Today I knew on the very first lap in the morning that the car’s performance was super. The race engineers did a great job setting up the car and the Michelin tyres are sensational. A big thank you to Porsche for this experience."

Porsche won the Le Mans 24 Hours three times from 2015-17, with three drivers' championships, three constructors' championships and 17 WEC race wins with the 919.

The manufacturer, which left WEC in 2017 to prepare for a Formula E entry, doesn't seem quite ready to say goodbye to the 919. This lap record comes as part of its 919 Tribute tour, in which Porsche will attempt to break circuit records across the world with its modified 919.

The 919 Evo, according to Porsche's chief LMP1 race engineer, is unchained by regulations in order to harness more of its potential.

"We all knew, no matter how successful the 919 Hybrid was, it could never show its full abilities. Actually, even the Evo version doesn’t fully exploit the technical potential" explained Stephen Mitas. "This time we were not limited by regulations but resources. It is a very satisfying feeling that what we’ve done to the car was enough to crack the Formula 1 record.”

The car is still powered by a two-litre turbocharged V4 engine with two different ERS units, harvesting brake and exhaust energy to provide power to all four wheels and store extra power in a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery. The Evo version of the 919 uses more than the WEC's mandated amount of 1.784kg/2.464l of petrol per lap to deliver a quoted 720hp, rather than the 500 it produced during the 2017 WEC season.

Furthermore, instead of the 6.37 megajoules of energy produced by its ERS systems at Spa in 2017, Jani had 8.49 megajoules to play with on Monday, a 10 per cent increase from 400 to 440hp.

What's clear at a first glance is that the aerodynamics are completely changed from the WEC car as well, with a larger front diffuser, huge rear wing – both of them utilising active DRS – and new sideskirts, as well as a new floor. Porsche says that the consequent increase in downforce is a staggering 53 per cent.

A brake-by-wire system, new suspension wishbones, and a 39kg decrease in weight (to 849kg) by removing air conditioning, the windscreen wipers, lights and pneumatic jack, helped this 919 to beat the Mercedes F1 car's time.

The 919 Tribute tour will continue at the at the Nürburgring 24 Hours on May 12, the Goodwood Festival of Speed (July 12-15) and then the Festival of Porsche at Brands Hatch on September 2. All eyes will surely be on the car to see if it can break Stefan Bellof's record at the Nordschleife, set in 1983.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2Dnfki-1M&t=3s

[willywhit]

great race yesterday. no commercials was a bonus

[pow_pow~]

unlucky for the Ricciardo.

I think verstappen was in front of Hamilton and therefore Hamilton should have lifted a bit to avoid contact.

gasly had a killer qualifying and a good race, everything went right for him. solid effort for a 2nd race and to beat the mclarens by so much was funny.

[Tamburello Rouge]

After today ESPN is definitely better then NBC Sports. If you watch the race on the ESPN app you get the no commercial version. I started watching online since my DVR did not record it, dreading having to wait through the commercials, made it halfway through the race before realizing I had not seen one commercial.

My DVR recording had no commercials.

[PNWbrit]

Ricciardo's itchy feet and Ferrari

I think I'd rather see him at Mercedes going head to head against Hamilton (Because Bottas isn't and isn't ever going to do that)

But a redux of him against Vettel will sure put some answers on questions about their season at Red Bull together as the link mentions.

[hutash]

Yep fun race. Lots of wheel to wheel action mid pack and a great tactical fight up front.

Edit to add..

This is kind of cool...

To be fair, it was a specially modified car, most likely set up to do one thing...one fast lap. Go back to the days of F1 when they basically had quili cars a race day cars and it might be different.

I no longer have a TV, cable, (all gone in the fire and not replaced) etc. to watch F1 races...are there streaming sites not owned by the cable companies to watch, even delayed? The best I have is HBO Go, no Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, et al.