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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:28 pm

That is suboptimal.

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Postby Trip McNeely » Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:32 pm

Sergio Perez to Red Bull, Albon as the reserve

Gonna be a nice 1-2 punch next season

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Postby Shyster » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:23 pm

Red Bull definitely needed a more competent driver to pair with Verstappen, and Albon wasn't cutting it.

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Postby Trip McNeely » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:27 pm

Red Bull definitely needed a more competent driver to pair with Verstappen, and Albon wasn't cutting it.
Totally agree. He was always out there on an island against the Mercedes duo.

I think Red Bull takes a significant step up next year, Mercedes maybe a slight step back, Ferrari could go either way.

But I think Aston Martin (Racing Point) is gonna take a step back with Vettel, I think he’s toast. Mcclaren will be solid again however

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Postby tifosi77 » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:29 pm

That is suboptimal.
You want to see 'suboptimal', go to the Fantasy F1 2020 thread.

Oi....

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Postby tifosi77 » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:33 pm

Generally, the longer a rules package is in place the narrower the gap to the frontrunners gets. But Ferrari is uniquely placed to, you know, continue sucking.

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Postby Trip McNeely » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:36 pm

Generally, the longer a rules package is in place the narrower the gap to the frontrunners gets. But Ferrari is uniquely placed to, you know, continue sucking.
Yea I mean, they are pretty f’d with that engine unit. They are saying they are making improvements to narrow the gap and they spend enough money to do it, but it’s just not gonna be enough until 2022. I can see Ferrari sneaking into 4th, maybe 3rd in the constructors but RB and Mercedes are still way off

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Postby crusherstasiak » Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:34 pm

**** me, i didn't know this thread even existed
it's not lewis's car, it's lewis

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Postby tifosi77 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:31 pm

I made this post just over 2 years ago to the day:
As of the completion of the 2018 season, we are 100 races into the V6 turbo-hybrid era.

Mercedes has won 74 of the races. There are a maximum of 43 points available per team per event (assuming 1-2 finishes), or 4,300 total points during this span. Mercedes has collected 3,492 points, or 81% of the maximum. (They've actually collected 1/3 of all points available, even considering the two-car limitation) They have a total of 147 out of a maximum 200 possible podium finishes.

Hamilton has won 51 Grands Prix. The driver with the second most wins in this span? Nico Rosberg (20), who is in fact retired and hasn't added to his total for two entire seasons.

Hamilton has 52 poles. The driver with the second most poles in this span? Nico Rosberg (26), who is in fact retired and, yadda yadda yadda...

It's easy enough to see week in and week out that Mercedes is on a different planet, but when you see the numbers laid bare like this it's pretty depressing.
In the two complete seasons since then, they have won 80% of the maximum points in 2019 (15 wins from 21 races, 32 podium finishes from 42 possible), and 78% of the maximum points in 2020 (13 wins from 17 races, 25 podiums from 34 possible); on the way there, they've won 10 poles from 20 races, and 15 from 17. They've finished 1-2 in the driver's championship each of the last two years, and they've won all 7 constructors' championships in the turbo-hybrid era.

The car certainly helps. :wink:

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Postby Shyster » Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:39 pm

Indeed. I'd have a lot more respect for Hamilton's accomplishments if he wasn't driving one of the most dominant cars in F1 history. The one-race substitution for Russell cemented that for me. Russell hops into a car I don't believe he'd ever driven before, immediately shoots to the top of the timing chart for practice, almost takes pole, and would have won the race had Mercedes not effed up his pit stop.

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Postby dodint » Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:50 pm

Getting beat by a teammate (Rosberg) puts a dent in that, too.

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Postby Shyster » Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:19 pm

Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris have the Covid.

Australia moved to much later in the season. I expect that more races on the schedule will either be moved or canceled.

Hamilton does not have a contract yet for 2021 with Mercedes. I keep hearing that he's asking for a massive amount of money, including something like 10% of all team winnings. Will he price himself out of a ride? I'm sure Williams could be $wayed to part with Russell, with $ufficient encouragement.

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Postby tifosi77 » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:25 pm

Shyster, to your point about Russell plonking himself into that car and immediately being on the pace.... I say go ahead L-dot-Ham, push your position. Let's see how that turns out.

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Postby dodint » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:26 pm

Hamilton leaving F1 might be the thing that brings me back.

He had yet another custom tailored VSC go for him and I turned the race off at that point and haven't watched him since. Either the VSC rule needs to change or Hamilton has to go. Short of that and I'm done until the new regs come out.

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Postby dodint » Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:55 pm

@tifosi77

I am racing at Buttonwillow April 9-11. Join us, I will cook you something well below your stature.

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Postby tifosi77 » Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:19 pm

Yer darn tootin'. Hopefully stuff will be stuff again by then.

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Postby dodint » Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:26 pm

Yeah. These are the only things I do, really. This specific program is very strict about protocols, and it's entirely outdoors. Obviously I don't want to coax you out if you're not comfortable, just letting you know it's not some redneck mud racing thing. We are known to be offputtingly aggressive about protocols, whether it hurts the registration numbers or not.

I am competing in a Scion FR-S, but there will be real cars there driven by other people. ;)

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Postby Shyster » Sun Mar 21, 2021 6:43 pm

This is a heads-up that signups for 2021 fantasy F1 are open in the Fantasy Sports forum. It's pretty much a "set it and forget it process." Entries are due by Friday.

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Postby tifosi77 » Sun Mar 21, 2021 6:56 pm

@dodint

Has there been any update re your event at Buttonwillow? Kern Co is still in the Purple COVID Tier, and by that weekend it's looking like LA Co might actually advance into the Orange Tier, or at least be on the verge.

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Postby dodint » Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:12 pm

Wow, were your ears burning?

We decided today to go to Texas instead. With the lower cost and reduced amount of time off required my friend can do both TX and PittRace for the cost of going to CA. So we've shifted our focus. Going to try and get out to CA next year when his car is more dialed in (this event will be the first for him in his FR-S, long way to go with that many unknowns).

Sorry man. :(

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Postby tifosi77 » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:57 pm

No worries, totally understand. I brought up the tier differences because if they actually move to 2 tiers difference between LA and Kern I was going to nope myself out.

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Postby dodint » Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:55 pm

Decided that instead of buying a new race car (and new project, therein) I should just knuckle up and finish the one I have. Pulled it out of storage and started working on it again. The goal is to get it built to SCCA T3 minimum specs then go to wheel-to-wheel competition school at PittRace in August. So I need to finish gutting it, put a cage in it, get a new motor in, and all the required safety bits. Going to leave the differential and suspension stock for now, so it won't be terribly competitive. Once I get my license I can put the rest of the bits in and then it'll be a full SpecE46 car.

This was Sunday, in between lines of storms:

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Fantastic view of the dead motor now that the HVAC system is gone. ;)

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Postby tifosi77 » Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:19 pm

I'm sure that'll go like stink, at some point.

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Postby dodint » Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:34 pm

Yeah, I need to get it done and then turn some laps with CBear eventually. Runoffs are at Indy this year, not sure if he's going to go or not. I don't like Indy (the accommodations, paddock, etc.) enough to go myself (as a worker or racer) but I understand why it's a mecca for racers.
Looks like Runoffs are at VIR for 2022, 2023. *swoon*

Just realized I never posted my video from VIR a few weeks ago. Competing in a tuned '18 Ford Focus ST getting just north of 300hp:



Not a lot of drama in the video, kept the shiny side up and the tires on course since it was a paid co-drive situation. The video doesn't really convey (it never does!) the speed being carried through the climbing esses and sliding the car over South Bend.

I came second in class to a Porsche Cayman, he was faster than me the first day but I was quicker the second, just not by enough. I beat my co-driver/car owner by a few seconds which is good. He also took the agricultural line coming out of T1 in one of his sessions.

I'll be at Texas in a few weeks, then Nationals in June in Kentucky.

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