PanterroR
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Same here, mate, same here...
F1 Formula 1 - 2020 Season
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Same here, mate, same here...
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TopspeedPT
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I miss grooved tires. They look cool to me.
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THis was in the good old days when Kimi was a very fast F1 driver....
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Juan-Pablo Montoya was his own worst enemy while he competed in F1. He was certainly entertaining though. And an exciting driver as well. One of the better ones of his F1 era actually.
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He didn't do himself that many favours when he went to NASCAR either! Great driver, but I don't think his attitude was always in the best place.
In other news...
Ferrari Boss writes off Ferrari's chances until 2022... from BBC Sport F1...
Ferrari chairman John Elkann says the team cannot expect to be competitive in Formula 1 before 2022.
Elkaan has also expressed his "total trust" in team principal Mattia Binotto after Ferrari's difficult start to the new season.
"Today we are laying the foundations for being competitive and returning to winning when the rules change in 2022. I am convinced of it," Elkann said.
"Binotto has the characteristics and skills to start a new winning cycle."
Elkann, speaking to Italy's Gazzetta Dello Sport in a rare interview, pointed out that Binotto was part of Ferrari when the team dominated F1 in the early 2000s with Michael Schumacher, team boss Jean Todt and technical director Ross Brawn.
Elkann said: "A long path awaits us. When Todt started that historic cycle (of five consecutive titles) in 2000, we came from a fast that lasted for more than 20 years, from 1979.
"It took time, from when he arrived in 1993 to when he brought Ferrari back to victory. The important thing, then, is to work on and off the track, bringing cohesion and stability, building the Ferrari we want step by step."
Ferrari have started 2020 with a car that is more than a second a lap slower than the pace-setting Mercedes, which has won all three grands prix so far.
Ferrari lie fifth in the constructors' championship after three races, with a best result of second place by Charles Leclerc in the opening race of the season.
Leclerc and team-mate Sebastian Vettel crashed together at the start of the second race, while Vettel could finish only sixth in the third race in Hungary, with Leclerc 11th and out of the points.
"This year we are not competitive because of car design errors," Elkann said.
"We have had a series of structural weaknesses that have existed for some time in the aerodynamics and dynamics of the vehicle. We have also lost in engine power.
"The reality is that our car is not competitive. You saw it on the track and you will see it again."
Elkann said that Ferrari supported the decision taken at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to delay new rules aimed at closing up the field until 2022.
But he admitted that this decision, and the fact that teams have to use the same cars again in 2021 as this year, would penalise Ferrari "greatly, given that we start off poorly - and we must be realistic and aware of the structural weaknesses of the machine, with which we have been living for a decade".
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A big part of what makes the Nurburgring race so fun to watch is the abundance of different classes and the sheer chaos they bring. So, to make it more competitive, I suggest that you include as much feeder series as possible (F2, F3, F4, Formula Renault...).
However, even if we ignore the terrain of the circuit, the Nordschleife is a tough place, and single seater cars are delicate and won't be able to handle the beating they take from each other, if not from the green hell itself...
You can't do this in a Formula car, regardless of its class...
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Was that the same car that drive straight into the end of the pitwall at about 10mph...
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t'was...
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...so perhaps Vandoorne or Gutierrez substituting for Checo ?
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So then we will have two of the worst drivers in F1 driving two of the fastest cars in F1....what a paradox!
M.N.D
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Was that the same car that drive straight into the end of the pitwall at about 10mph...
Even the crew couldn't prevent themselves from laughing despite tyring to be shocked
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They are talking about bringing in Nick Heidfield
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I meant Hulkenberg of course....
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