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Sorry about the confusion on Big Mac, I thought it was a common term in the lexicon....

Even so, Vettel cracked off a 1/2 second faster lap than anyone else, I really doubt anyone except possibly Webba could have gotten close.

It's amazing to me that he consistantly can do that when he needs to. I think he could have beaten Webber for pole the last race if he'd been given a chance........

 

Wow what a great Grand Prix of Monaco!!!

Three cars battling it out for the win all close together at the end, passing even at Monaco!! Maybe even with all my doubts, the new rules are making for better racing even if Vettel seems unbeatable .... but the others are getting closer and maybe, just maybe Bernie and bunch could/would leave this set of rules in place for more than one season, the rest could catch up too....

PS: Got to give a big hats off to Hamilton for showing us driver want a be's exactly how not to drive....

 

Yeah, what was up with the Hamster today? Did he think he was playing pinball or something? Crikeys! One of my friends said he hit everything today but the Lottery!

GREAT race, and it was definitely going to be a scorcher to the end, I read that Alonso said he was prepared to do a Banzai "do or die" move to win today, and who knows?...... Button could have inherited the race lead if Alonso took out Vettel.

One thing's for sure, Vettel got more life out of his tires than anyone else.....far more than he was supposed to be able to do.

The rules certainly have evolved this year - 2 hour time limit? Nope, not today...

Work on the cars under red flag conditions? Sure, why not...

New tires when parked in ferme, eh....Ok by me.....

Next year it will be all different, I'll bet....

So, six races into the season and it's Vettel's championship to lose in my book.

Anyone think that any other driver can overtake him for the WDC? if so, who's your money on?

Normally I'd say Alonso, but I'm not sure the Ferrari is up to the task, and while the Hamster and Button both have a shot - Hammy is very inconsistant this year, and while Jens is the opposite, I wonder if he can get far enough up to speed to catch and pass Vettel's points lead at this time?

 

Apparently his ego is so bruised that he can't even see the reality in a replay...

.....after that and his comments above, he gets no respect from me anymore (not that it matters). Shame too, he is a very talented driver.

 

Couple of questions
when they speak about sector times, are all tracks divided, and how?
I understand DRS but they talk about kers (?) also, please explain.

Hamilton is a whiner, no not a winner, a whiner.

working on the cars under a red flag on the grid? interesting.

thanks in advance
boxcars

 

All the tracks are divided into 3 sectors. The length of each sector is different at each track depending on the length and flow of the track.

KERS - The acronym KERS stands for Kinetic Energy Recovery System. The device recovers the kinetic energy that is present in the waste heat created by the car’s braking process. It stores that energy and converts it into power that can be called upon to boost acceleration. See FORMULA ONE - F1: Chinese GP Chalk Talk for a Steve Matchett Chalk Talk on KERS, it is from 2009 so there are some changes but the concept is the same.

 

Same way they decide some of the rules? They look at what makes sense and then go the other way. :biggrin5:

 

Comparing the sector times allows a driver to see where he might be able to go a little quicker...for example if Vettel is a second faster in sector one compared to Alonso or the Hamster, they know there's time to be made there - if they can figure out how...

Often the announcers say that someone has just gone purple in a sector, that means they're the fastest driver so far in that particular sector...

 

A double DRS activiation zone but with only a single detection zone!?! Nurse, turn up my morphine drip! I need to be sedated...

This has got to be the most idiotic change in a season just full to the brim with idiotic changes! At first, the idea of two DRS zones sounded appealing, but only in the context of leading drivers being able to gain back position after being overtaken by a trailing driver using DRS... Fair's fair and all that... But this is ludicrous... Now, a leading driver has to fight twice as hard to keep the advantage he has obtained in position...

Let's see how this might play out:
Faster driver has slower driver on his butt at the DRS detection zone... Slower dirver activates DRS to "overtake" faster driver... Faster driver suffers the indignity of the contrived excitement of being passed, and then wait for it.. slower dirver gets to pull away into the sunset leaving faster driver in tears because he was unfortunate enough to be the faster driver... Wait. what?

Changing rules mid-season is always annoying. This non-change of the rules is dumber than PAINT!

_Dave_

 

Sure are using a wide brush to disdain paint, they do have some pretty smart self healing paints in the works. Unlike F1 management.

 

How can you find out what works if you never leave the rules alone long enough for all to adapt? Goobers.

 

F1 is following NASCAR's idea of rule changes.
Let's start with a rule book.
Throw rule book away when we can make some stupid rule to change everything that the teams have prepared for by using the 1st rule book.
F1 is almost a SPEC CAR series now anyway.
NASCAR sure is!

 

F1 is almost a SPEC CAR series now anyway.

This is one of the biggest gripes I have with F1 these days.....I grew up in the days where 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16 cylinder cars could all be in the same F1 race, and sometimes even be competetive! When aero was something you shot out of a bow. When safety didn't really exist.....

Well, that last part I'm glad they improved, but I sure don't see "improving the breed" happening now, when everybody is looking for an aero tweak that will net them .00001 sec. a lap......and when that can win or lose a race!