Formula 1

[DarloRich]

Driver of the day award for Alonso taking the dog dirt Aston Martin to 8th?

Antonelli 9 fingers on the championship trophy?

Despite being bonkers the Ferrari strategy almost worked out!

 

[Vinyl_Lap]

Driver of the day award for Alonso taking the dog dirt Aston Martin to 8th?

Yep, he was my driver of the day too. It's insane how Alonso can just keep going. I know he's not old, per se, but I saw a YouTube short last night showing how long other drivers' careers would have been if they had stayed in F1 for the same length. I think there was something insane like Prost would've retired in 2006, Niki Lauda in 1997 and Jacques Villeneuve in 2022. All daft, I know, but it's insane nonetheless!

 

[DarloRich]

Yep, he was my driver of the day too. It's insane how Alonso can just keep going.

As long as Stroll is in the other Aston Fernando can just keep chugging away as he will always beat his team mate

Personally I would give it up and go and live on my super yacht! It cant be fun.

 

[Bald Rick]

Antonelli 9 fingers on the championship trophy?

8 at the very most.

Perhaps a thumb too

 

[DelW]

Driver of the day award for Alonso taking the dog dirt Aston Martin to 8th?

Antonelli 9 fingers on the championship trophy?

Despite being bonkers the Ferrari strategy almost worked out!

A classic 'it's not over until it's over' happened in the World Rally Championship last weekend.

Quick summary: Elfyn Evans (who'd been runner-up 5 times in the last 6 years) had led through much of the season. Going into the last round, Evans had a lead over the other two possible contenders, Oliver Solberg and Sami Pajari. But in that final round in Sardinia, Solberg was leading the field, with Evans down in 5th or 6th - which wiped out his points advantage. It all came down to the last 5km stage - whoever was faster on that would take the championship. Solberg went last and was quicker throughout, looking certain to take his first championship. Until, within sight of the finish line, he took a bend wide, over-corrected and went off the road, losing over 10 seconds before he could recover to the finish line. He came 8th on the stage, leaving Evans with a 5 point advantage, becoming the first British winner since Richard Burns 25 years ago. So the championship was decided in the last quarter minute of the season.

 

[D1511]

A classic 'it's not over until it's over' happened in the World Rally Championship last weekend.

Quick summary: Elfyn Evans (who'd been runner-up 5 times in the last 6 years) had led through much of the season. Going into the last round, Evans had a lead over the other two possible contenders, Oliver Solberg and Sami Pajari. But in that final round in Sardinia, Solberg was leading the field, with Evans down in 5th or 6th - which wiped out his points advantage. It all came down to the last 5km stage - whoever was faster on that would take the championship. Solberg went last and was quicker throughout, looking certain to take his first championship. Until, within sight of the finish line, he took a bend wide, over-corrected and went off the road, losing over 10 seconds before he could recover to the finish line. He came 8th on the stage, leaving Evans with a 5 point advantage, becoming the first British winner since Richard Burns 25 years ago. So the championship was decided in the last quarter minute of the season.

Nice to see some people with driving skills getting a mention in this thread!

 

[Big Jumby 74]

A blast from the past. Couple of my ancient grainy pics from Brands in the early 80's. Lost interest myself in later times, it all seemed to get too technical, rather than leave it to driver skill.

 

[Vinyl_Lap]

A blast from the past. Couple of my ancient grainy pics from Brands in the early 80's. Lost interest myself in later times, it all seemed to get too technical, rather than leave it to driver skill.

Great pictures!

 

[DarloRich]

8 at the very most.

Have you seen the number of buttons on steering wheel. These F1 drivers are bred with extra digits!

A classic 'it's not over until it's over' happened in the World Rally Championship last weekend.

it is over. The gap between Antonelli and the others may decrease but he could almost give up now and be champion. Russell will start the next GP from the back due to an engine change

For the Solberg situation to be equivalent he would have needed to be about 17 hours ahead of Evans before crashing!

 

[DelW]

A blast from the past. Couple of my ancient grainy pics from Brands in the early 80's. Lost interest myself in later times, it all seemed to get too technical, rather than leave it to driver skill.

A reminder of how easy it was to get close up to the action in those days, you'd never be able to take pictures like that today. I still have a T-shirt from the last GP I saw in person, the Grand Prix of Europe held at Brands Hatch in 1983 (the British GP was at Silverstone I think).

I think the software farce at the start in Sepang may boost the moves to get F1 back to proper racing engines, and to reduce or forget the hybrid stuff. The hybrid systems have a negligible effect on F1's carbon footprint, and indeed the effect might well be negative when the carbon cost of manufacturing short-life batteries and electric motors is factored in. There don't appear to be many real world applications for such complex systems either.

Personally I'd like F1 to go back to V8s, with or without turbos, but definitely without all the software controlled hybrid systems that interfere with proper racing. Anyone who wants to watch artificially game-ified racing can go to Formula E, with its fan voted power boosts and so on. I find it unwatchable.

 

[DarloRich]

I think the software farce at the start in Sepang may boost the moves to get F1 back to proper racing engines, and to reduce or forget the hybrid stuff. The hybrid systems have a negligible effect on F1's carbon footprint, and indeed the effect might well be negative when the carbon cost of manufacturing short-life batteries and electric motors is factored in. There don't appear to be many real world applications for such complex systems either.

Most road-car engines these days are turbos and have some degree of hybridisation - F1 isn't going to go back to plain naturally aspirated engines nor should they.

Hybridisation if not full electric is the future and the manufactures want that

 

[SynthD]

I think the software farce at the start in Sepang may boost the moves

How? The people in charge understand the issue and solution on the day, and hear from the teams who don’t want the past. There were huge amounts of electronics in the 90s, a supposed golden era.

I’m still expecting the FIA to work out how to rescind FormulaE’s exclusive right to fully electric racing, as that is F1’s road relevant future.

 

[75A]

A reminder of how easy it was to get close up to the action in those days, you'd never be able to take pictures like that today. I still have a T-shirt from the last GP I saw in person, the Grand Prix of Europe held at Brands Hatch in 1983 (the British GP was at Silverstone I think).

I think the software farce at the start in Sepang may boost the moves to get F1 back to proper racing engines, and to reduce or forget the hybrid stuff. The hybrid systems have a negligible effect on F1's carbon footprint, and indeed the effect might well be negative when the carbon cost of manufacturing short-life batteries and electric motors is factored in. There don't appear to be many real world applications for such complex systems either.

Personally I'd like F1 to go back to V8s, with or without turbos, but definitely without all the software controlled hybrid systems that interfere with proper racing. Anyone who wants to watch artificially game-ified racing can go to Formula E, with its fan voted power boosts and so on. I find it unwatchable.

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The 83 British GP was @ Silverstone. Brands had the even years Silverstone the odd ones up until 86 after which Silverstone had them all.