Most liked posts in thread: F1 - 2011

LOL.....video pulled by FOM.

And it was a wild ride for sure. Never seen an F1 car get that much air and stay right side up.

 

I found this in the Pegasus catalog and it might help explain things a bit more .

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Made from metalized polyamide polymer laminated glass cloth, with a special high temperature pressure sensitive adhesive. This film is very lightweight at only 5 ounces per square yard, and is easy to apply. The minimum air gap to heat source is just 1mm. Sold by the running foot from a roll that is 24 inches wide.

Note: We've had a few customers ask us if this Reflective Heat Barrier Film contains real gold. Frankly we don't know what metallic elements are contained in this gold colored film. However, we suspect that it does not contain real gold. What we DO know is that it works extremely well. We've been selling this product for several years and have heard nothing but rave reviews from those who are using it! The list of users includes many of the top teams in the highest echelons of racing.

 

Gosh I'm sure all the drivers are relieved to know that the marbles are slightly different!! Whew, dodged a bullet there....

 

Nick Heidfeld = Class Act

 

It amazes me the kinds of data these guys collect and keep. And ultimately use.

 

Indeed. The wife was going to dump him from the fantasy team after quali, but I talked her out of it knowing he was going to push like crazy. Sadly I did not have enough forethought to swap one of my drivers for him.

It was an exciting race to watch. I think F1 finally hit on a formula for excitement with their tire degradation request to Pirrelli. I have not seen that much passing and position swaps in a long time.

Also, did anyone notice that all but one car finished the race? Sucks for Jaime to be done in by his team like that, especially with his job supposedly on the line.

 

Makes it "interesting"... but really, so would just shaking everything up in a bag every 20 minutes, to determine the order of the cars... Has nothing to do with skill or strategy or engineering prowess... Really NOT enjoying the formula this year. Doesn't help that the SPEED commentators mange to talk about other things than what's onscreen, and are too long-winded (MATCHETT!), or get the names of the drivers wrong (Hobbs, bless his big red nose!), or completely miss what's happening... No, I'm not going to complain about Varsha... He's got a tough job keeping things orderly and tightening the leash on the Brits in the booth.

So... Interesting, because nobody can possibly predict the outcome of the race, and there's lots of order changes and weird passing because driver a has the hard tires which are slippery all the time, but last slightly longer than the softs, while driver z has a brand new set of softs that aren't heated up enough yet to do him any good, but miraculously pulls off fantastic passes one ofter another...

We've had this discussion already, so I won't belabor it, but in my opinion, we're now seeing the effects of all the artificial elements that have been introduced to spice up the "competition", and it's not worth it. I used to be able to follow along pretty well in my beer-induced haze, and sometimes even figure out a team's strategy, or identify something that was about to become a problem, but now it's all just random.

Maybe I'll feel different in three weeks... although Turkey certainly isn't one of my favorite tracks either. Glad the start of the season is underway, but was hoping for more "order" to the whole thing.

_Dave_

 

Well, it ceased being "racing" a long time ago and just became "the show", just like NASCAR.

Speaking of NASCAR, another twobytwo race at Talledega yesterday, just like Daytona in Feb. Weird how much faster two cars linked together can go than three or more.

All 4 Hendrix cars within 1 sec of each other at the finish, and a big "Thank You " To little E for Jimmy's win.

 

With all the gizmos and mandated crappy tires......in the end this was the best race F1 has had in awhile....

We shall see if it continues....

 

I'm not a fan of the KERS/DRS/Degrading tire inputs. The degrading tire only has me concered because of the volume of "klag" created and it's making passing dangerous in places it should be fine.

However, I am enjoying the racing. Those guys are woring hard out there. Skill and good cars are still moving to the front so the "shake-up" isn't having a completely randomizing effect. I have enjoyed this season and will continue to do so.

I used to be a NASCAR fan but I just can't watch it anymore. It just feels so boring. Calling them "stock cars" is a joke as well. Plus the fact they are the epitome of 1970s technology with thier carburetors and 355 ci OHV V8s. :rolleyes5:


EDIT: Just saw last post. WOAH turbo-compounding?! Holy crap. Turbo Compounding for those that don't know...