1) Unless I’m doing an ‘in cockpit view’, what would the context be? (I have given this some thought before).
2) Getting good photos from each team/driver to use as a base for all the steering wheels sounds impossible.
3) I’ve already got tons of ideas, please don’t add more
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Anyone else getting a DNS error trying to goto https://www.the-race.com/category/formula-1/ this morning? Looks like the site is up, I just can't get it to resolve. No other issues on this end that I can see. Anyway, almost race weekend!!!!!!
Edit: Back now, that was odd.
Edit: Back now, that was odd.
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I’ve considered supporting The Race, but their site has too many technical issues. The main menu being hidden by default is annoying to begin with, but then the accordion for the F1 section is broken most of the time on top of that.
The journalism is worth paying for, but they need to fix their website.
I can access it now, though. No DNS issue.
The journalism is worth paying for, but they need to fix their website.
I can access it now, though. No DNS issue.
This is so annoying. But yeah, I really love a lot of their articles with the analysis they do, some of them do, just gotta stay out of the comment sections
A pink Blackwing with carbon fiber accents would be rad.I've always hated those pink BWT-sponsored cars... and still do. But I'd be all about a Pink Cadillac
Haas has admitted that their issue so far, especially in the high speed on bumpy circuits (Albert Park, for instance), is aerodynamic oscillations. Porpoising at the higher ride heights bumpy circuits demand. China, with it's fresh tarmax, let them run super low - hence a much better result.
For Japan? They decided they needed some new floor components.
Wind tunnel and CFD testing on the new floor? LOL no, fuck it, we're doing it live!
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/haas-japanese-gp-f1-upgrade-could-go-horribly-wrong/
The Eight Ball O' Chaos is Pleased by this Offering Of Chance!
For Japan? They decided they needed some new floor components.
Wind tunnel and CFD testing on the new floor? LOL no, fuck it, we're doing it live!
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/haas-japanese-gp-f1-upgrade-could-go-horribly-wrong/
The Eight Ball O' Chaos is Pleased by this Offering Of Chance!
LOL I just finished reading that article and was already looking forward to seeing this play out tonight. Nothing like a bit of YOLO in F1, or is FAFO more appropriate....
Hope not this one...
Spoilered for pretty dark joke.
Too soon?
Anyway, back to F1, just watched the weekend warmup. Saw Racing Bulls welcoming back Lawson with open arms, and he seemed to have a healthy viewpoint during the interview clips they showed. Was very nice to see. I'm sure it's not an easy position to find oneself. I hope he does well this weekend.
Spoilered for pretty dark joke.
Too soon?
Anyway, back to F1, just watched the weekend warmup. Saw Racing Bulls welcoming back Lawson with open arms, and he seemed to have a healthy viewpoint during the interview clips they showed. Was very nice to see. I'm sure it's not an easy position to find oneself. I hope he does well this weekend.
Listening to the weekend warm up while cleaning house.
Hinchcliffe said something that really resonated.
About the Haas livery, the biggest disappointment? No matching merch.
And yeah, I’d buy something Haas with cherry blossoms on it. Hell, a white hat with the Haas F1 logo on it and a bunch of cherry blossoms would be awesome.
Hinchcliffe said something that really resonated.
About the Haas livery, the biggest disappointment? No matching merch.
And yeah, I’d buy something Haas with cherry blossoms on it. Hell, a white hat with the Haas F1 logo on it and a bunch of cherry blossoms would be awesome.
Somehow cherry blossoms just make things better. Japan's national rugby union team has an amazing shirt, only improved by them both in the print and their logo.
I have one, even though they dumped us out of the world cup in 2019.
Anyway, if I was a seller, I'm not sure I'd be trying to flog Yuki VCARB stuff on the cheap. With the clown show at the head of Red Bull, there's a non-zero chance he'll end up back there before the season's out.
I have one, even though they dumped us out of the world cup in 2019.
Anyway, if I was a seller, I'm not sure I'd be trying to flog Yuki VCARB stuff on the cheap. With the clown show at the head of Red Bull, there's a non-zero chance he'll end up back there before the season's out.
Just think they would be a cool addition to the drivers. Although I like your cockpit idea eve more, so I say go with that.
Maybe PlanetF1 will update their article about F1 steering wheels?
https://www.planetf1.com/features/ranked-steering-wheels-f1-2023
Request denied.3) I’ve already got tons of ideas, please don’t add more
Now back to figuring out what to do with my fantasy team...
Hey, FOM? Maybe look at the schedule and find a way that makes sense where Japan is a bit later in the year, okay? The brown grass… . Takes a bit of the classic look away.
I guess, normally, it would be a bit later - Bahrain and Jeddah would be first, shoving everything back two to three weeks. But still. Brown grass ==
. Takes a bit of the classic look away.I guess, normally, it would be a bit later - Bahrain and Jeddah would be first, shoving everything back two to three weeks. But still. Brown grass ==
Unfortunately I think it's either brown grass + sakura (cherry blossoms), or green everything with hot and humid conditions unless you wait all the way until September/October (which is when the Japanese GP was held before last year IIRC).Hey, FOM? Maybe look at the schedule and find a way that makes sense where Japan is a bit later in the year, okay? The brown grass…
I guess, normally, it would be a bit later - Bahrain and Jeddah would be first, shoving everything back two to three weeks. But still. Brown grass ==
Russel putting in a pretty decent showing in the Mercedes. It looks like it'll be between McLaren and Mercedes for top honours, although Antonelli still has some work to do. Ferrari a comfortably 3rd fastest, although about three tenths further back from Russell.
Tsunoda going well for his first session in the car. Only one tenth behind Verstappen on the quali sim run so far. Lawson has seen his fortunes improve with his switch to the RB seat (hard not to improve from two back-of-the-grid starts). But he's not lighting the world on fire, and is a ways behind Hadjar, which he won't be impressed by.
The track is evolving as the session progresses and the day warms up, so the long runs this afternoon will give us a good indicator of race pace. HOWEVER! There's a chance of rain on Saturday night/Sunday morning! Which might cause even more chaos than the HAAS floor shenanigans (which don't appear to have paid off so far).
1) Hmm.
2) Point of order, as I was making this mistake all the time and it was pointed out to me by both folks in the F1 threads and then by people who work for Haas
- Haas, not HAAS.https://www.haascnc.com/index.html
I need to drive by the Haas corporate HQ again soon - it’s about 5 miles from here.
I think they have that Haas F1 Team logo out front of the building someplace.
So much noise around Yuki's (excellent) FP1 that I can't find any feedback on anyone else's FP1, aside from the raw results.
It’s why I stopped watching FP1, honestly. I’ll catch the highlights.
I’m digging most of the Japanese GP one-off helmets I’ve seen so far. I think Yuki should rock the Kabuki style helmet the rest of the season, but that’s probably just me.
Oh no, Jack .
He (edit) says he is okay, but the whole left side of that car is … well. Pas bien.
.He (edit) says he is okay, but the whole left side of that car is … well. Pas bien.
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How fast was he going when he hit that barrier? That car was moving. Commentary seem to be hedging a bit as to whether it was a tech problem with a stuck DRS, or just a driver error where he didn't manually turn it off while not lifting.
Surprised he didn't get a trip to the ER with that kind of hit. G-forces at impact had to be really high.
Surprised he didn't get a trip to the ER with that kind of hit. G-forces at impact had to be really high.
The overhead shots didn’t show the DRS open, I don’t think. He didn’t touch the grass. Anthony Davidson on the Sky feed was implying that he may have lost downforce bottoming out on the ‘fresh bump’ in turn 1 they were talking about in FP1. So, almost a complete loss of downforce from the ground effect leading to a massive loss of grip coming to the apex of a corner where, I think, they said he was going at least 160mph and effectively flat out with the throttle.
Edit: watching the slow-mo , you don’t see DRS close until AFTER he lifted off at the start of the spin. I stand corrected. The DRS doesn’t auto-shut unless you brake or lift, and since the corner is taken flat out? It has to be manually actuated shut. And it doesn’t look like Doohan does that from the onboards. But, hell, I already got this wrong once, so what do I know
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I just watched the video and came here to ask if that crash was even his fault. The rear end departed extremely abruptly.
And now I guess there's a grass fire on the track, so that's a point in favor of moving the race away from cherry blossom season...
The only thing that might be his fault is if he didn’t hit the ‘stop drs’ button. If he did and it didn’t work? That’s scary stuff, too.
That's pretty much what the F1TV stream thinks happened.Edit: watching the slow-mo , you don’t see DRS close until AFTER he lifted off at the start of the spin. I stand corrected. The DRS doesn’t auto-shut unless you brake or lift, and since the corner is taken flat out? It has to be manually actuated shut. And it doesn’t look like Doohan does that from the onboards. But, hell, I already got this wrong once, so what do I know
FOUR red flags!?
1x Crash
1x Beached
2x Grass Fires
Tomorrow I’m expecting a stray local municipality Mascot, a school of Magikarp, and a ninja.
1x Crash
1x Beached
2x Grass Fires
Tomorrow I’m expecting a stray local municipality Mascot, a school of Magikarp, and a ninja.
FP1:
Verstappen was 5th and Tsunoda was 6th with about one tenth between them.
Hadjar was 8th and Lawson was 13th with about 3 tenths between them
So in Quali sim setup Lawson is not really on top of rookie Hadjar and this may be an issue because Hadjar has been pretty close behind Yuki.
FP2 (which is not really a great reference because of the 4 red flags and the limited time):
Verstappen 8th and Tsunoda 18th with a 2 second gap but Tsunoda was not really able to set a time due to the way the red flags shook out. He was always on the out lap when the session was neutralised and was never able to set a real lap time
Hadjar 3rd and Lawson 5th with about 4 hundredths between them.
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If Yuki can keep his performance in FP1 up and if VCARB can keep the results from FP2 up the switch may have worked out for both drivers and both teams.
It might also get spicy because the VCARBs seem to be on the level with the Red Bulls or even slightly better and I don't think Max will be happy if Hadjar and/or Lawson finsih in front of him.
It might also get spicy because the VCARBs seem to be on the level with the Red Bulls or even slightly better and I don't think Max will be happy if Hadjar and/or Lawson finsih in front of him.
The issue is that the way the schedule works they so far only had the option of spring race or almost monsoon season race and they wanted to get away from dates where there was areal pontial for severe delays or even a race cancellation because of rain.
A few takeaways so far:
- Hamilton is on the level with Leclerc. Sometimes a few hundredths behind sometimes ahead. Which is quite impressive after 3 races. Allegations of him being washed may have been be premature.
- Doohan is making too many mistakes. The pressure is getting to him and after FP2 I really can't see him go to the end of the season. Especially with Colapinto waiting in the wings.
- Alonso is now starting to make a lot of careless mistakes or mistakes due to lack of reaction time or concentration (him hitting the grass and ending up in the gravel trap e.g.) and he's getting outperformed by Lance Stroll.
- Sauber have a pretty decent lineup. Bortoleto is very quick and Hülkenberg always seems to managae to get underperforming cars to finishes they probably didn't deserve, e.g. 7th and more points than the total 2024 haul of Sauber in Australia
- Haas are a surprise so far with Ocon and Bearman
- Alpine would be in the weeds without Gasly
- Aston are in the weeds even though they have Alonso
You could if it was on fire. You just couldn't catch itProbably a good guess except for the ninja since you wouldnt see it
So Alpine confirmed that the reason for Jack's crash was him failing to close his DRS in time. Was hoping to hear it was some sort of malfunction, but he misjudged and crashed that car on his own. That was a close call for that young man.
Apparently Doohan found that that turn was drivable without DRS in the sim, so he tried it on track. I wonder if he mentioned it to anyone else on the team before he tried it. And I wonder how detailed the sim is.
Learned something new today, as I thought DRS was almost entirely automated. The system won't let you turn it on if you're not within the 1 second gap, though, correct? Or if it's disabled by rule due to rain, safety car restart, etc?