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Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:27 am

john-e89 wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:49 pmCan’t agree more Zoomer. Brundle is the reason I pay to watch F1 daft as it sounds. Talks sense, knows his stuff like no other. I wouldn’t watch F1 if I had to watch that ‘look at me and how I’m a strutting geezer plus an over excited little boy’ Coulthard. He was two faced when he drove early in his F1 days too. Can’t believe Webber has been sucked into it, it’s like chavs r us in the pit lane!
Brundle was always good (although he never achieved much when he drove in F1), but not so good I'd pay what Sky want! :headbang:

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And that inept Welsh presenter - Steve whatsisname. :wkr:
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Post by buzyg » Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:27 am

MrPT wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:05 amI’ll be watching. Don’t like the halo but the new cars look good and the laptimes will be insane. Hope to see McLaren occasionally back in the top 5 this year and Kubica put in a few eye-catching practice times. :thumbsup:
Got to love an optimist. It would be hilarious if Toro Roso beat them with the new Honda unit. :thumbsup:
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Post by MrPT » Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:38 am

buzyg wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:27 am
MrPT wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:05 amI’ll be watching. Don’t like the halo but the new cars look good and the laptimes will be insane. Hope to see McLaren occasionally back in the top 5 this year and Kubica put in a few eye-catching practice times. :thumbsup:
Got to love an optimist. It would be hilarious if Toro Roso beat them with the new Honda unit. :thumbsup:
I'd take that result, entertainment-wise. :rofl:
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Post by john-e89 » Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:46 am

MrPT wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:05 amI’ll be watching. Don’t like the halo but the new cars look good and the laptimes will be insane. Hope to see McLaren occasionally back in the top 5 this year and Kubica put in a few eye-catching practice times. :thumbsup:
Hmmmmm......this could be very very interesting couldn’t it. How long will it be before Kubica’s blitzing Stroll’s times? Williams have nowhere to go on that one, they need the pennies.
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Post by john-e89 » Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:39 am

markalp wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:39 amF1, loosing interest over the past few seasons, to many rules, regulations, and zero danger. As for the drivers, lets face it, put any of the current crop of drivers into a certain team and regardless of ability they are going to be at the top of the leader board.
The sticky point is the potential freak accident though Markalp. I don’t like the health and safety nanny state but the fact is Jules Bianchi would be alive if he had the halo. Alonso has come very close twice in the last few seasons to being decapitated, he’s very lucky he hasn’t been. It may or may not have deflected the spring that hit Massa, but freak accidents happen, it looks crap on a sleek F1 car admittedly but if saves a head trauma then.......well....can we really ignore it?

I’d rather the cars lost some aero grip, relied more on mechanical grip, went faster and were much harder to drive but also keep the drivers safe. I don’t think it’s a safety issue that’s the problem I think they’re just way too easy to drive nowadays.
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Post by jimmybell » Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:12 pm

warmasice wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:20 am The new Formula-E cars look great though. 👍
Yeh the Formula E stuff is pretty nail biting, i find myself waking up at night wondering if it could get any more exciting, and thoroughly glad so many manufacturers are getting involved in it.

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Post by slick » Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:56 pm

I cant wait ......as usual.I love F1 warts an all......shame Kubica hasn't got a proper seat this year but looking forward to it all the same :driving:
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Post by markalp » Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:57 pm

jimmybell wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:12 pm
warmasice wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:20 am The new Formula-E cars look great though. 👍
Yeh the Formula E stuff is pretty nail biting, i find myself waking up at night wondering if it could get any more exciting, and thoroughly glad so many manufacturers are getting involved in it.

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I just can't get past that really annoying whine noise they make, totally ruins it for me.
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Post by markalp » Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:05 pm

john-e89 wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:39 am
markalp wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:39 amF1, loosing interest over the past few seasons, to many rules, regulations, and zero danger. As for the drivers, lets face it, put any of the current crop of drivers into a certain team and regardless of ability they are going to be at the top of the leader board.
The sticky point is the potential freak accident though Markalp. I don’t like the health and safety nanny state but the fact is Jules Bianchi would be alive if he had the halo. Alonso has come very close twice in the last few seasons to being decapitated, he’s very lucky he hasn’t been. It may or may not have deflected the spring that hit Massa, but freak accidents happen, it looks crap on a sleek F1 car admittedly but if saves a head trauma then.......well....can we really ignore it?

I’d rather the cars lost some aero grip, relied more on mechanical grip, went faster and were much harder to drive but also keep the drivers safe. I don’t think it’s a safety issue that’s the problem I think they’re just way too easy to drive nowadays.
Any loss of life is awful, however when you regulate the danger out of F1 you kill the sport, infact after watching the winter olympics its clear who have the bigest balls in sport.
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Post by buzyg » Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:23 pm

jimmybell wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:12 pm
warmasice wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:20 am The new Formula-E cars look great though. 👍
Yeh the Formula E stuff is pretty nail biting, i find myself waking up at night wondering if it could get any more exciting, and thoroughly glad so many manufacturers are getting involved in it.

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Post by Angelus666 » Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:12 pm

I've said it every year, so I'll say it again....until they get to a point where you have 20 races, 20 drivers and 20 cars with each driver rotating into a different car for each race. Now that is proper racing. At the moment we have absolutely zero idea on who is the best driver and who the best team is.

It feels more like a marketing exercise now than ever before...

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Post by Angelus666 » Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:14 pm

markalp wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:05 pm
john-e89 wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:39 am
markalp wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:39 amF1, loosing interest over the past few seasons, to many rules, regulations, and zero danger. As for the drivers, lets face it, put any of the current crop of drivers into a certain team and regardless of ability they are going to be at the top of the leader board.
The sticky point is the potential freak accident though Markalp. I don’t like the health and safety nanny state but the fact is Jules Bianchi would be alive if he had the halo. Alonso has come very close twice in the last few seasons to being decapitated, he’s very lucky he hasn’t been. It may or may not have deflected the spring that hit Massa, but freak accidents happen, it looks crap on a sleek F1 car admittedly but if saves a head trauma then.......well....can we really ignore it?

I’d rather the cars lost some aero grip, relied more on mechanical grip, went faster and were much harder to drive but also keep the drivers safe. I don’t think it’s a safety issue that’s the problem I think they’re just way too easy to drive nowadays.
Any loss of life is awful, however when you regulate the danger out of F1 you kill the sport, infact after watching the winter olympics its clear who have the bigest balls in sport.
As much as it's not right to say it, the chance of fatal accidents does make the sport more exciting to watch.

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