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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Wed May 15, 2024 12:39 am

Yes, Adrian is off. Hope he follows Lewis to the red team. Hints in the UK persist that Toto is trying to nab Max...
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Wed May 15, 2024 6:36 pm

Amy, you are a real fan of F1.

At the top F1 levels (NOT the always also-rans...), how much do you think is the car, and how much the driver?

My ignorant guess is 50/50!
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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Thu May 16, 2024 1:24 am

50/50.

However - many years back when he owned Brabham, Bernie let Nelson Piquet have a go in a back-marker team's car - and Nelson was *quick* in it... The best drivers will rise to the top...
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Thu May 16, 2024 6:31 am

[quote="Model_Amy"]50/50.

However - many years back when he owned Brabham, Bernie let Nelson Piquet have a go in a back-marker team's car - and Nelson was *quick* in it... The best drivers will rise to the top...[/quote



70+ years ago, in maybe the "greatest jazz concert of all time," Charlie "Bird" Parker played a CHEAP plastic saxophone that was lent to him! So, talent and practice tells.
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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Thu May 16, 2024 8:08 am

Spot on...
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Mon May 20, 2024 5:43 am

SO! Who wins next? Any guesses?
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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Wed May 22, 2024 12:27 am

It's Monaco this weekend - very very very narrow - like riding a bicycle around your kitchen - so who ever is on the front row will win.
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Wed May 22, 2024 6:19 am

Model_Amy wrote:It's Monaco this weekend - very very very narrow - like riding a bicycle around your kitchen - so who ever is on the front row will win.



Who ever starts 1st will end 1st? Assuming no wrecks...
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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Thu May 23, 2024 12:06 am

More than likely..
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Thu May 23, 2024 6:24 am

Are the cars bigger now than they used to be? Monaco sounds less like a race than an exercise in high-speed rush hour driving! If you can't pass, what is the point? I might not be a racing fan, but even I get that!
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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Fri May 24, 2024 12:25 am

The cars are wider and heavier than they have ever been. In real terms they are *not* suited for Monaco but because the event is tradition gold - like the Indy 500 at the Brickyard - we return each year. The ecpensive boats, the glam people - most of whom know nothing about the sport - turn up in their droves. Back in the old days - Graham Hill, Moss, Clark etc - when the cars were tiny - you could have a showcase. Now it's a social media click-bait event.

I will still be watching though!
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Fri May 24, 2024 3:23 pm

I was reading a story where the writer was tossing off terms like "The Swimming Pool" for Monaco, and I got the feeling that it was Tradition. And I also got the feeling that Max's team's cars do NOT like the track!


You saw where Red Bull's car wizard is making Ferrari noises? That ought to make Mr. Hamilton happy.
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Sun May 26, 2024 1:17 pm

Congratulations to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc!!!

The 1st local-boy winner in almost 100 years!
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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Mon May 27, 2024 12:51 am

BRAVO Charles!
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Re: F1

Postby loke693 » Thu May 30, 2024 6:31 am

When does the season start and end each year?


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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Sat Jun 01, 2024 12:52 am

March - December. This season has the most races ever...
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Sun Jun 02, 2024 2:49 am

What year of F1 racing is your favorite so far?
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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Mon Jun 03, 2024 12:15 am

Early 80's. Jones/Pironi era...
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Re: F1

Postby Betty_BnV CHARM » Mon Jun 03, 2024 9:07 am

Model_Amy wrote:Early 80's. Jones/Pironi era...



The races were more exciting? The drivers? The tracks?

Speaking of tracks, I was reading that the Kyalami circuit in South Africa almost got a race in 2022, and that a LOT of fans want a race somewhere in Africa!
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Re: F1

Postby Model_Amy » Tue Jun 04, 2024 12:56 am

Yes - better racing. And less glitz.

I am sure the circus will return to Africa at some point.
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