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#2534066 3-Aug-2020 21:20

Horner saying that its tough the drivers have to manage tyres. No. If they can spend most of the race managing tyres, use a pitstop so they can hammer two sets. Thats what they used to do, use the tyres for racing, pitstop, use the tyres for racing, pitstop, etc

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#2534151 3-Aug-2020 22:24

Why did Vestappen pit? He could have won the race?

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#2534152 3-Aug-2020 22:29

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Why did Vestappen pit? He could have won the race?

Because he had no reason to know that the Mercedes tyres would give up. He wasn't catching and had plenty of time for a stop to put on fresh tyres and give himself a chance for an extra point for fastest lap.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing though.

I think given the same situation and circumstances then Redbull would make the same decision again.

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#2534193 3-Aug-2020 22:49

Yeah fastest lap gets a championship point now. Pitted for fresh tires to have a crack at that target.

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#2537766 10-Aug-2020 11:25

finally something to watch. 2 questions

- why did bothas and vest both pit after vest did 5 laps in the middle?

- is bothas useless? hamilton did a pit stop and then overtook the fella. hamilton >>> bothas?

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#2537780 10-Aug-2020 11:49

There was talk about how Bottas didn't get a say in strategy. The whole team strategy was around responding to Verstappen, but that mean Bottas didn't approach it like what do I have to do to cover Hamilton.

Have to love Verstrappons fighting attitude to make something of the day. Telling his team to stop thinking like grandmas and to fully send it and take the opportunity was awesome.

Tyres obviously play a major part in spicing up the racing. Tyres that can normally last a whole race just deprive that area of decision and strategy. With refuelling gone that element of variability and options needs to stay.

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#2544652 19-Aug-2020 17:41

wanna know why Ferrari is useless? listen to this. clueless race engineer!

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#2544669 19-Aug-2020 18:22

Jaxson:

There was talk about how Bottas didn't get a say in strategy. The whole team strategy was around responding to Verstappen, but that mean Bottas didn't approach it like what do I have to do to cover Hamilton.

Have to love Verstrappons fighting attitude to make something of the day. Telling his team to stop thinking like grandmas and to fully send it and take the opportunity was awesome.

Tyres obviously play a major part in spicing up the racing. Tyres that can normally last a whole race just deprive that area of decision and strategy. With refuelling gone that element of variability and options needs to stay.

Yep. There was a day when tyres were awesome but 20 laps was amazing. Engines had a life of 750km. Tyres could be mandated for a limited life, not by wear but by a rule. Softs 10 laps, medium 15 laps, hard 20 laps, something like that. Effectively mandating X pitstops. Tyre management needs to go. Go hard, stretch it if you like, or add an extra stop and go hard. Races are a lot like FP3, steady and reliable (long runs) then a quali run at the end. I want hard racing for 70 laps. Fuel is there now, tyres need to be used and abused.

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#2554222 31-Aug-2020 16:33

for some reason the start of the race was exciting (probably coz it's Spa) but then nothing happened and the 1st 4 at the first corner = 1 2 3 4.

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#2554223 31-Aug-2020 16:34

also looked at the f1 calender and there are 3 races in Italy - presumably all at Monza ... hope they spray water on the track at one of them

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#2554230 31-Aug-2020 16:48

Yes, there are three GP in Italy this year. Only one is at Monza

Italian GP (round 8) 6 September at Monza
Tuscan / Ferrari 1000 GP (round 9) 13 September at Mugello
Emilia Romagna GP (round 13) 1 November at Imola

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#2554234 31-Aug-2020 16:55

Hey that's rare but good. Previous repeat races have been at the same tracks.

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#2554567 1-Sep-2020 04:23

Watched the 6m highlight video on youtube the next morning (race is on at 1:10am here in New Zealand) and even that was boring.

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#2554573 1-Sep-2020 07:29

I'm basically just watching for F2 and F3 now. It annoys me how the Schumacher era had so much complaining about him being dominant but now that it's a British driver, those same people are now strangely quiet and quite happy with things the way they are, and nothing is going to change until 2022.

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#2554787 1-Sep-2020 13:48

I'm also enjoying the f2 on spark as it seems more competitive. The on demand side of things make it easier to watch these races and can watch 2 races during day vrs the f1 which is nearly always when I'm asleep.

F2 doesn't make the news either so less likely to accidentally hear the result.

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