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24 October 2017, 09:16 PM | #1 |
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Niki’s opinion is just that. And many people have come down on the opposite side per a fan poll.
Would it surprise anyone that the Ferrari team (whose driver was passed) hasn’t complained? Problem isn’t the decision as much as the track limit rule (as it is written today). Per Niki, “But why can you not drive over white lines if it is possible? Build a wall there if you want, but as long as there is normal circuit you can use it. The white line is not a limit, we agreed this last year.” But the last part isn’t accurate - the leniency was about tracking out over the white line vs. shortcutting the course to gain an advantage. When you look at the incidents of shortcutting throughout the season you’ll see this decision was consistent. But because it happened on last lap the outcome was more evident on TV. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Sadly the season is winding down, sigh.
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F1 has been pretty consistent on penalizing gaining an advantage by passing off the track on the inside.
Here in America two of our announcers, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett light up real quick when that happens about giving the position back before the stewards get involved. Max ran a stunning race but "stepped on the cat" when that fourth tire left the track. |
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Monaco Baby! Just booked the flights
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Enjoy had a ball this year, if you have not booked seats, Stand L is a good choice, you get chicane, pits, harbour, big screen and a chance to splash in the pool......think it is the most expensive though.
As for favourite tracks...... Spa then daylight, after that maybe Monza, Suzuka or even Silverstone, something old not new. Monaco just too hard to park but a bucket list to go to..... keen to go to Spa 24 hours next.
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I thought bringing out the WDC trophy for everyone to see was nice. This is where F1 really falls short. Go show most casual sports fans various trophies and they'll be able to tell you what sport it's for. You can't do that in F1 since the trophy is presented at some banquet at the end of the season that's for team and media only basically.
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Proximity to a good view screen is important. It’s not like watching from the sofa, but you still get to see the replays of critical events. Only so much is going to happen in your little viewing area. I'm thinking about Canada next year, maybe Austin.
Good race overall last weekend.
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Does anyone know who will be the announcers for F1 on ESPN next year. Will it be Hobbs and Matchett?
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My fav year was 2007, Hamilton's rookie year, he schooled Alonso when they got to Canada and Indy.
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ESPN is really struggling right now with their Sky Sports feed. They can't get it to work properly for the prerace and decided to run some BS top 20 most dominant teams instead.
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I HATE THE NEW ANNOUNCERS!!! Boring boring boring. The Mrs. liked to watch F1 with me as Hobbs made her laugh and Matchett explained things so she got it. This may well be a hard season to get through. Still pulling for Hamilton though. |
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Sorry, but I disagree. Of course they are biased, but it has not been as one-sided like you say And Verstappen‘s driving style has always been controversial at best, it‘s not only a german thing. |
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Seems that the only-german Verstappen critics are on it again this year Niki Lauda (the austrian Mario Andretti if you want, RB is from Austria) mentioned a „brain-issue“ some weeks ago.... |
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I thought is was funny when Hamilton said "What a dick" in the winners lounge a couple of weeks ago when they showed a replay of another move from Verstappen on the big screens. I'm just glad he decided to represent The Netherlands, and not Belgium!
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Watching right now, not a fan of the head guard though..
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...lap 31
Not a good race for team Haas |
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VSC handed the race to Vettel.
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So glad to see the F1 season (and this thread) revived.
To the US guys watching the Sky Sports coverage over ESPN isn’t it David Croft and Martin Brundle commentating? IMO Martin Brundle is a legend and gives great insight but he leaves it to Crofty to do the animated bit. Here in the UK, this is the last year of the F1 being on free to air TV so we’ve got no choice but sign up for an expensive Sky contract from next year Sent from my iPhone |
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Rupert Murdoch's FOX announced late last year that 2017 was the last year of 'free to air' in Australia, however the full race and 5 hours of 'Pre-Race' was broadcast today on a free-to-air channel.
It will be interesting to see what happens with subsequent races not in Australia. I am not a Rupert Murdoch fan so I would rather give up my obsession with F1 than pay Rupert a small fortune to buy a big FOX Pay-TV 'Sports Package' when all I want is 20 F1 races a year. Excellent race today. Any race that Mercedes don't win is a good race.
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New year, not much has changed other than Haas/Renault being more competitive at front of mid pack and Force India slipping back.... Turns out McLaren's chassis is not as special as they wanted us to believe last few years....... who would have thought any different..... like Williams their days at the front are probably past memories....
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