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Posted on 3/28/22 at 11:43 am to fightin tigers
Ahh I must have missed something I was just looking at results considering he is a rookie. Need to pay better attention 
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Posted on 3/28/22 at 11:54 am to weagle99
He seems good enough. Still so early in the season.
Posted on 3/28/22 at 12:01 pm to Obtuse1
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The irony is, though, that engine suppliers stipulate the fuels and lube specifications used by customer teams, so stickers on flanks of cars do not necessarily correlate with what's in the sump: Aramco does not supply the fuel used by Aston Martin - Mercedes partner Petronas does - and ditto McLaren, whose cars sport Gulf colours. Ferrari customers Alfa Romeo and Haas use Shell.
Tidbit was mentioned in an unrelated article.
https://racingnews365.com/dieters-diary-race-day-arrives-after-an-eventful-weekend-for-f1
Posted on 3/28/22 at 2:07 pm to fightin tigers
I think Zhou is doing great so far. You never know how well a driver is going to make the transition from F2 to F1 until you throw him into the deep end and see if he sinks or swims. Look at last year. Mick was decent, Mazespin was a disaster, and Yuki was a mixed bag but mostly a disaster. As a rookie your biggest goals are to stay out of trouble and finish races. Zhou has finished P10 and P11 in his first two F1 races, that's great. Bottas gives the team a great benchmark to understand the true potential of the car, and Zhou has a ways to go to match Bottas's pace, but he's looking good so far.
I think this makes Alfa Romeo look good too. They are coaching Zhou well, and Bottas is probably a good teammate.
I like how it's going with the team. Sauber used to be a great mid-field team to root for. Then Peter Sauber made Monisha Kaltenborn team principal and everything went to shite. The lowest moment came in 2015 when she screwed Giedo van der Garde out of a contract to be one of their race drivers. He won in arbitration but Sauber still went to Race 1 in Melbourne with two other drivers. His case was so good that he got a court in Australia to declare that he had the right to race for Sauber. So this was her reaction:
I'll forever be impressed that van der Garde relented and let the team race without him, and eventually settled out of court. He said that he didn't want to harm the careers of the two Sauber drivers by preventing the team from racing in Melbourne (because they were determined to not put him in the seat).
Eventually Kaltenborn stepped down, around the time that the partnership with Alfa Romeo started. At that point I didn't know what to make of the team, but now that they have a good engine and are more prominent in the results and with Bottas as a driver, they appear to be a well-run team that will be fun to root for (along with Haas).
I think this makes Alfa Romeo look good too. They are coaching Zhou well, and Bottas is probably a good teammate.
I like how it's going with the team. Sauber used to be a great mid-field team to root for. Then Peter Sauber made Monisha Kaltenborn team principal and everything went to shite. The lowest moment came in 2015 when she screwed Giedo van der Garde out of a contract to be one of their race drivers. He won in arbitration but Sauber still went to Race 1 in Melbourne with two other drivers. His case was so good that he got a court in Australia to declare that he had the right to race for Sauber. So this was her reaction:
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Due to the risk of having its assets seized for not obeying Court orders, Sauber opted to abort participation in Friday morning's first practice session pending an outcome in contempt of court proceedings against Sauber's team principal, Monisha Kaltenborn.
I'll forever be impressed that van der Garde relented and let the team race without him, and eventually settled out of court. He said that he didn't want to harm the careers of the two Sauber drivers by preventing the team from racing in Melbourne (because they were determined to not put him in the seat).
Eventually Kaltenborn stepped down, around the time that the partnership with Alfa Romeo started. At that point I didn't know what to make of the team, but now that they have a good engine and are more prominent in the results and with Bottas as a driver, they appear to be a well-run team that will be fun to root for (along with Haas).
Posted on 3/28/22 at 4:50 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Posted on 3/28/22 at 4:59 pm to Obtuse1
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Posted on 3/28/22 at 6:38 pm to Obtuse1
I just took a look at the schedule and Ferrari needs to capitalize over the next 5 races. All five (Albert Park, Imola, Miami, Catalunya and Monaco) are high downforce tracks. Baku is the next power track. Then we get three balanced tracks (Silverstone, A-1 and Paul Ricard), followed by a high downforce track (Hungary), and then the power tracks in Imola and Spa then the super high downforce of Singapore.
Power won't change (much) but the downforce vs drivability may. The Scuderia needs to make hay while the sun is shining. I think they need a 100 point advantage in the WCC and 55 in the WDC going into Baku to have a good shot at the titles.
Power won't change (much) but the downforce vs drivability may. The Scuderia needs to make hay while the sun is shining. I think they need a 100 point advantage in the WCC and 55 in the WDC going into Baku to have a good shot at the titles.
Posted on 3/28/22 at 7:19 pm to Obtuse1
Albert Park might not be quite as advantageous to high downforce now. The new layout speeds up some of those corners. Will be a lot better than Saudi was though.
Posted on 3/28/22 at 7:47 pm to fightin tigers
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Albert Park might not be quite as advantageous to high downforce now.
Probably true. Maybe more of a balanced track now but Bahrain and Jeddah are both considered power tracks. In any event Ferrari needs to rip off a run of wins to take advantage of what will likely be a dwindling advantage of the car since even if the balance between them and RBR stays the same RBR will be hard to hold off on power tracks. It was clear so far Ferrari needs to be right on an RB18 to pass them on a DRS straight but Red Bull can come from the cheap seats and get back to the racing line before hitting the brakes.
Posted on 3/28/22 at 9:29 pm to fightin tigers
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He seems good enough. Still so early in the season.
He’s no Mazepin. That’s for sure.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 5:26 am to VABuckeye
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He’s no Mazepin. That’s for sure.
So question is, where do we think Haas would be right now if they had a top tier driver in the seat?
Posted on 3/29/22 at 5:30 am to Lsut81
Or how bad they really were last year.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 5:34 am to fightin tigers
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Or how bad they really were last year.
I think last years car was shite, but a good driver last year prob gets them above Williams.
This year, I think they are 4th in constructors with top driver and then Mic not missing this last race.
Only 2 races in, but can Haas really be 5th at year end (where they sit now)?
Posted on 3/29/22 at 9:02 am to Lsut81
Why can't we have a race every weekend? I am already having withdrawels.
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Posted on 3/29/22 at 9:21 am to Obtuse1
I saw Australia will air at midnight here, I think I'll have to record that one and just watch Sunday morning.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 9:37 am to YOURADHERE
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I saw Australia will air at midnight here, I think I'll have to record that one and just watch Sunday morning.
Qualifying 1am Friday Night/Sat morning
Race: Midnight Saturday night/Sun morning
I'll prob watch both live since I have nothing better to do and am used to watching sports at weird hours for international rugby.
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Posted on 3/29/22 at 9:42 am to YOURADHERE
TV ratings on ESPN were up again to 1.445 million and was just behind NASCAR at COTA in 18-49 demo, 0.5 to 0.58. The first 2 races of this season have been the 2nd and 3rd highest rated US F1 broadcasts ever, behind the opening race in 1995 in Brazil.
I think it's hard to overstate how much Max means to F1 right now. Having a winner with a strong personality is obviously gold for any sports league and it's rare for a marquee driver to have a personality that shows through as strongly in his driving as Max's does.
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I think it's hard to overstate how much Max means to F1 right now. Having a winner with a strong personality is obviously gold for any sports league and it's rare for a marquee driver to have a personality that shows through as strongly in his driving as Max's does.
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Posted on 3/29/22 at 10:20 am to Diseasefreeforall
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I think it's hard to overstate how much Max means to F1 right now.
It's not Max alone, there has to be conflict. If Max dominated last year it would have been as boring as some of the Hamilton and Vettel championships.
The reason the opening race of 1995 was big was that it came after the controversial ending of 1994 in Adelaide where Schumacher on dirty tires closed the door on Hill coming in hot, ensuring that Schumacher won the championship. The controversial end of 2021 had a similar effect.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 10:21 am to Diseasefreeforall
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I think it's hard to overstate how much Max means to F1 right now.
Not discounting that part of it, I would say a huge part is the anybody but Mercedes effect. There was a huge apathy among a large group of fans during the Ferrari then Red Bull dominant eras and lots of fans got reinvigorated when Renault then Mercedes stepped up. The fact Ferrari popped back to relevance will also be a big part of it as they have a huge fan base.
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