[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

After the #MeToo speach

I don't get the opinionated view of HAM wanting more stewards to be female (one male, one female).
I mean I'm all for more women in motorsports, but for a stewards' position, I want the most capable ones, whether they are men or women..
And there are just way more men in motorsports than women.
And I think it's not that women get discriminated, looking at how popular some can be in motorsports (like the late Sabine Schmitz for example)

A steward just needs to be both very experienced in motorsports, preferably at that track and if possible that type of motorsports and very experienced in FIA rules.

I think it's just not a very well thought through statement.

Just as accusing some Stewards to not be impartial. I think if you want to make such a statement, it's better done at specific decisions than at persons as that is very suggestive.

[M5Rick]

As concerns porpoising which I mentioned yesterday it's affecting HAM's car today and he's slow around the corners but AM is the worst banging and sparking all around the track.
Alfa is having problems with their floor amongst other things and Alpine (Renault) can't even use their drs with an unstable car.

[F87source]

Rb18 seems to have a gear box issue, it's trucked back to the pits.

[M5Rick]

Yeah F1 Live says the car may even have ran out of fuel.

[F87source]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Yeah F1 Live says the car may even have ran out of fuel.

How is that even possible that they ran it that low on fuel? It's also concerning then if they were doing low fuel runs and still at the back of the pack. But man that Ferrari is fast and consistent.

[M5Rick]

Back on track except RB obviously while they look at the car,Merc with it's jumping and Alfa with an undrivable car.

[irunalot]

If you watch the videos on F1TV that show highlights of testing the cars look really slow through that last chicane. Of course they could be taking it easy but they look lethargic through that section. From what I have found they are 2-2.5 seconds slower than the last test session here.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by F87source

How is that even possible that they ran it that low on fuel? It's also concerning then if they were doing low fuel runs and still at the back of the pack. But man that Ferrari is fast and consistent.

No idea but whatever it is they should have time to rectify the fault before the afternoon session and...BOT is out in the Alfa for a few minutes before this session stops for lunch.

[F87source]

Originally Posted by irunalot

If you watch the videos on F1TV that show highlights of testing the cars look really slow through that last chicane. Of course they could be taking it easy but they look lethargic through that section. From what I have found they are 2-2.5 seconds slower than the last test session here.

Yeah I was reading about that too, it's because it's too slow for ground effects to fully be effective so it's slower than last years over body aero.


Merc and a few other teams having issues with the aero effects and suspension drop resulting in the bounce. I'm sure all teams are struggling with it in some form or another. But again it shows how critical front wing height is. We will see how they tune that wing and suspension to fix the issue.

[F87source]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

No idea but whatever it is they should have time to rectify the fault before the afternoon session and...BOT is out in the Alfa for a few minutes before this session stops for lunch.

I'm starting to see why they had a private test session. Teams are starting to see the bugs.

[irunalot]

Originally Posted by F87source

Yeah I was reading about that too, it's because it's too slow for ground effects to fully be effective so it's slower than last years over body aero.


Merc and a few other teams having issues with the aero effects and suspension drop resulting in the bounce. I'm sure all teams are struggling with it in some form or another. But again it shows how critical front wing height is. We will see how they tune that wing and suspension to fix the issue.

Looks like porpoising issues with ground effect cars. The cars get pulled down to the ground at high speeds then stall, which in turn causes them to rise which kills the stall and returns down force pulling it back down. Rinse and repeat, I'm sure that's not fun at 200mph.

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by irunalot

Looks like porpoising issues with ground effect cars. The cars get pulled down to the ground at high speeds then stall, which in turn causes them to rise which kills the stall and returns down force pulling it back down. Rinse and repeat, I'm sure that's not fun at 200mph.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...L9LfSutcS.html

[NYG]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

I don't get the opinionated view of HAM wanting more stewards to be female (one male, one female).
I mean I'm all for more women in motorsports, but for a stewards' position, I want the most capable ones, whether they are men or women..
And there are just way more men in motorsports than women.
And I think it's not that women get discriminated, looking at how popular some can be in motorsports (like the late Sabine Schmitz for example)

A steward just needs to be both very experienced in motorsports, preferably at that track and if possible that type of motorsports and very experienced in FIA rules.

I think it's just not a very well thought through statement.

Just as accusing some Stewards to not be impartial. I think if you want to make such a statement, it's better done at specific decisions than at persons as that is very suggestive.

This is one of my major gripes about Lewis the person, not the driver.

He's a virtue signaling cunt. He exploits every new cause that the woke mobs invent on a daily basis and pretends like he's deeply invested into them. He's an actor. Anyone who thinks this is genuine doesn't have enough experience with these loner types.

[NYG]

Max and Seb are calling for the Russian GP to be scrapped. Seb is understandable but Max is usually a "just let me drive" type of guy so it's awesome to hear this.

Wonder where virtue signaling Lewis is? Probably taking selfies with his bulldog for instagram like a teenage girl.

[GuidoK]

I support Vettel in this. I think the FIA should reschedule the russian GP to another country.
For similar reasons I also didn't watch the winter olympics in China.
(I don't boycot buying stuff from china (you buy them from a chinese citizen or company, not from the state), but I do boycot chinese government related stuff.)

[NYG]

Toto claims that McLaren and Ferrari are the only teams that seem to have tackled porpoising.

[NYG]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

I support Vettel in this. I think the FIA should reschedule the russian GP to another country.
For similar reasons I also didn't watch the winter olympics in China.

2nd race in Spa please.

Agreed - also didn't watch the winter olympics.

Vettel: I won’t race in the Russian F1 GP after Ukraine invasion

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/v...asion/8458166/

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Yeah F1 Live says the car may even have ran out of fuel.

Checo's fuel pump was the issue and the pump is been replaced . No big deal my friend .

HAM has even more issues with his clown fashion dresses ...

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Checo's fuel pump was the issue and the pump is been replaced . No big deal my friend .

HAM has even more issues with his clown fashion dresses ...

Someone said it was gearbox issue for Checo but fuel pump is no big problem for RB

[Killed by Death]

Good for SEB!!!

[NYG]

I continue to buy into Ferrari being contenders again more and more knowing that they'll end up P6 at Bahrain with yet another disappointing season. I hope they're finally fighting for WDC/CC

[NYG]

Haas drops Ural Kali logos on their car for the last day of testing.

Happy to see this.