Ekona Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Dull as ditchwater. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowen7448 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Well I really enjoyed the race again. Thought Grosjean did really well again. Mega impressed with him and Haas so far. What the **** is wrong with Hamilton's attempts to get off the line. Not the result I was hoping for but good race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Shame about Hamilton's start and Vettel's engine - I was hoping for a good battle up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z350convert Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Love the comment from Eccleston re the qualy argument saying he was surprised the drivers could write. That's rich coming from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Hopefully they'll actually manage to agree on something else (anything else will do!) before the next race. They may as well have the drivers play tiddlywinks to determine the grid rather than this format. It'd probably be more exciting. Not while these 2 twonks are in charge:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35954305 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 It does feel like it's a good time for Bernie to step down and enjoy his millions. I know he's always been a divisive character and you can't please everyone, but these days I don't think he's pleasing anyone. I guess it's hard to walk away from all that power though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowen7448 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Shame about Hamilton's start and Vettel's engine - I was hoping for a good battle up front. I know, I think if Vettel hadn't ended before he began, and if Raikkonen and Hamilton had had decent starts we would have had a right battle for the lead all the way through the race. All ifs and buts of course but oh well. I think the championship battle could be reasonably close this year. Surprised that Rosberg has done so well out of the first two races but will be interesting to see how the championship progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 The only reason Ferrari have been so close is because they've been running their engines on the limit. They'll have to turn them back down now to improve reliability, so you can expect the gap to the Mercs to increase again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Where are you getting that information from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowen7448 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 The only reason Ferrari have been so close is because they've been running their engines on the limit. They'll have to turn them back down now to improve reliability, so you can expect the gap to the Mercs to increase again. quite possibly very true, which is a shame really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Besides, in the race it didn't actually look that close - Rosberg pulled out by a country mile in the first few laps. I suspect after that he was just managing the gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowen7448 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I suspect a reasonable amount of that country mile can be attributed to the Williams being in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 A pretty average sort of race, Some interesting things though, having followed GP2 closely for the last few years Stoffel Vandoorne has a big future ahead of him, the best driver to come out of GP2 since Lewis Hamilton IMO. I was very impressed with the progress that Manor have made over the winter, instead of running 3 to 4 seconds slower than anyone else they are now battling with Sauber and Force India. Also, the Haas- Ferrari or should I say the Ferrari-Haas has made quite an impact, good effort from The American team. Pete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwanprice12 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 A pretty average sort of race, Some interesting things though, having followed GP2 closely for the last few years Stoffel Vandoorne has a big future ahead of him, the best driver to come out of GP2 since Lewis Hamilton IMO. I was very impressed with the progress that Manor have made over the winter, instead of running 3 to 4 seconds slower than anyone else they are now battling with Sauber and Force India. Also, the Haas- Ferrari or should I say the Ferrari-Haas has made quite an impact, good effort from The American team. Pete Totally agree with every comment made here Pete. Manor have definitely showed improvement and the Haas has shown, albeit with a lot of Ferrari parts is pretty handy for a new team. Vandoorne definitely one for the future, seen a lot of him in GP2, hopefully he'll get a full drive next year in a competitive car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwanprice12 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 If I'm honest I switched over towards the end to watch the final BTCC race...much more entertaining! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Thing with the Hass is that it's not just Ferrari parts, it's also the fact they've had free run on the Ferrari wind tunnel by exploiting a (now closed) loophole. And of course, this info wouldn't have hurt Ferrari one little bit But yes, they've done very well. We'll never know how they would've been without Maranello, but certainly Grosjean is doing his chances of a red seat next year no harm at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Drivers 1 Old Tossers 0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35987323 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Hooray, common sense prevails! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 At bloody last!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 It'll never last. The common sense that is, it's so rare these days it should be considered a superpower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) Drivers 1 Old Tossers 0. http://www.bbc.co.uk...rmula1/35987323 yeah, the system used in the last few years seems to work quite well. The system before that involved thrashing around for 4 practice sessions, best time in any session counted for your grid place......a bit boring but at least there were very few times when the track was empty. Pete Edited April 7, 2016 by JetSet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowen7448 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Glad to see that we have a reasonable resolution to the qualifying fiasco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Drivers 1 Old Tossers 0. http://www.bbc.co.uk...rmula1/35987323 yeah, the system used in the last few years seems to work quite well. The system before that involved thrashing around for 4 practice sessions, best time in any session counted for your grid place......a bit boring but at least there were very few times when the track was empty. Pete Didn't we go straight from a single, hour-long qualifying session straight to the 3 session knockout style format (the one we're just about to go back to)? I haven't followed F1 much for years now, but I don't remember 4 sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 It's got so boring now I only ever record it so I can fast forward. MotoGP, Isle of Man TT and anything Bike related for me any day! I've even started watching BTTC! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowen7448 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I'm assuming some others must have watched the race this morning. What did we all think? I personally really enjoyed it overall, plenty of action going on. Still feel some of the action is a little artificial given the tyres and DRS, would be nice if there were tyres that didn't just destroy themselves behind another car. Kudos to Rosberg for his good start to the championship, can't help but feel he hasn't had to work for one yet and will be interested to see what happens when the rest of them get their act together, not to take anything away from him of course. History would suggest having won the first three races of the season it is going to be his year this year. Not the outcome I am hoping for and still an awful long way too. Was pleased to see normal qualifying occur again although the Ferraris in Q3 were a bit anticlimactic. Anyway, on to the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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