jcredfer Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Just a guess, but I suspect that the cost of COVID-19 testing is possibly not one of their greatest budgets, and possibly one of their best routes to keeping the best possible team fully operational. Julian 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 An informative video detailing the reasons for Mercedes dominance during the V6 turbo era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75252VOB8dk 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Slippery Turkey? https://www.racefans.net/2020/11/12/drivers-concerned-istanbuls-new-surface-will-be-as-gripless-as-algarves/ 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Max want's old style Circuits. https://www.racefans.net/2020/11/12/verstappen-f1-should-drop-some-tracks-to-make-way-for-old-school-circuits/ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted November 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Andrew P said: Slippery Turkey? https://www.racefans.net/2020/11/12/drivers-concerned-istanbuls-new-surface-will-be-as-gripless-as-algarves/ They are supposed to be drivers at the top of the pile. Just get out there and prove it. Edited November 12, 2020 by newbryford 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2020 8 hours ago, newbryford said: They are supposed to be drivers at the top of the pile. And all equipped with the same tyre options. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) Alonso wants 2022 Car for 1st Jan 2021. https://www.racefans.net/2020/11/13/alonso-told-renault-2022-car-wind-tunnel-january-1st/ Edited November 13, 2020 by Andrew P 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2020 15 hours ago, Andrew P said: Slippery Turkey? 14 hours ago, newbryford said: They are supposed to be drivers at the top of the pile. Just a blog headline, the (middle tier) drivers quoted seemed to be commenting rather than complaining. Looking at the practices so far, there's not much info to be drawn as an onlooker, its just drivers getting the feel of the track with the tyres their teams are considering using. No point in getting excited by the times posted either. Its what happens in Q1/2/3 that matters! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 Q1 & Q2 Max on top. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/54930372 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 17 minutes ago, Andrew P said: Q1 & Q2 Max on top. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/54930372 Practice, not Quali! I saw some of each session. The track has recently been resurfaced & it is so smooth that it is shiny. They also seem to be washing it overnight, which is not helping matters at all. Grip levels are expected to improve over the weekend. Pirelli supplied their 3 hardest tyre compounds for this race but conditions are a lot cooler than expected so they are not ideal tyres for the conditions. Some teams are therefore keeping back their softer sets for qualifying & the race. Verstappen set his best P2 times on soft tyres, but Hamilton was on Mediums. P1 times were about 10 seconds slower than 9 years ago when the last GP was held there. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2020 Sounds as if its going to be a slippery race:- https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/59168/shocking-turkish-practice-more-like-rallycross-than-f1-gasly/ https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/59175/norris-left-crapping-himself-thanks-to-drift-school-birthday-present/ Soon sort out those drivers who have difficulty staying on the track. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 25 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Sounds as if its going to be a slippery race:- https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/59168/shocking-turkish-practice-more-like-rallycross-than-f1-gasly/ https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/59175/norris-left-crapping-himself-thanks-to-drift-school-birthday-present/ Soon sort out those drivers who have difficulty staying on the track. First corner could be fun. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Andrew P said: First corner could be fun. Maybe it is good news for George Russell being at the back, let all the others crash into each other, avoid the mayhem and end the first lap on 10th place.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 minute ago, 37114 said: Maybe it is good news for George Russell being at the back, let all the others crash into each other, avoid the mayhem and end the first lap on 10th place.... It will save the trauma of trying to pass Vettel and Gosjean on the Track 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2020 Lewis says the track surface is Sh1t with a capital S. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Lewis says the track surface is Sh1t with a capital S. It still wouldn't surprise me to see him on Pole, win the Race and do Fastest Lap though. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daltonparva Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: Lewis says the track surface is Sh1t with a capital S. Is that a technical term? 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2020 Yes - Surface Has Icelike Tendency 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2020 FP3 starting with Intermediate tyres in use. Track temperature 15 deg. This is going to be tricky again, and worse than yesterday, probably. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted November 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2020 Another 2020 random factor drops in but before the race this time This year is full of surprises and challenges on track too. Even with Lewis’ usual mastery in the wet the psychological problem is seeing dry but it feeling like wet so it’s going to be tiring and mistakes are likely near the end. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted November 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2020 Are F1 using Covid as a cover to select tracks that haven't been used for F1 in decades, requiring a resurface for when the circus rolls into town just because they want to make things more "entertaining" and difficult for faster cars to navigate? Personally, I think there are too many races in the calendar now and some of the "newer" tracks could do with being stripped out and these older tracks used more frequently to bed their surfaces in for F1 use. Of course, money talks, and the investors need to recover their pound of flesh... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 A lot of good drivers will find the limit, but a lot of good drivers will also find they have passed the limit. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 My money is Lewis or Max for Pole, but I'd not put money on who's next, possibly Sainz or Perez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted November 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 14, 2020 Even if they do get some rubber down on the track I predict chaos whenever anyone goes off line to overtake. 10+ seconds of past quali times is an age, even if that’s just practice times. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) All across a particular race weekend, physiotherapist Angela Cullen is a near-constant presence at the side of her charge Lewis Hamilton – a fact which has even earned her cult status among some F1 fans. And standing on the brink of his seventh championship, Hamilton has hailed the relationship the pair enjoy as “the greatest partnership”. New Zealand-born Cullen – who like many performance coaches working in F1 is part of the Hintsa Performance company, started by legendary fitness guru Dr Aki Hintsa – began working with Hamilton at the start of the 2016 season, with the six-time champion praising the positive impact Cullen had had on his performances. “People for sure won’t understand it, naturally, because they see it from a distance, but she has been one of the greatest things that’s happened to me in my life,” said Hamilton. “I’ve been fortunate to work with a lot of people… and she’s the single hardest-working woman that I get to be around.” “She’s focused, selfless, and she makes my weekends peaceful,” Hamilton added. “Every day I wake up, whatever time it is, she’s just positive – never a single day has she been negative, so that’s very, very important. “I think it’s important in life to put positive people around you. You can’t be going around with deadweights, you can’t be going around with people who don’t inspire you to be better and lift you up when you’re down. You need to be around people who can do that for you, and she’s one of them.” “When you come into Formula 1, there’s this whole idea of physios, but a lot of them, or some of them, are just trainers,” said Hamilton. “They still take on the title of ‘physio’ – but a physio is a physiotherapist, and for years, I’d always had a male trainer, but I noticed that I was always having different problems. I’d have, like, muscle tightness in my neck, or I’d have problems with my lower back, or glute, whatever it might be, and my trainer could never fix it.” Of course whatever Cullen has done for Hamilton appears to be working, with the Mercedes driver in a position to be able to claim his seventh drivers’ title – and his fourth since the he and Cullen began working together – at this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, should he fly out of Istanbul with a more than 78-point advantage over team mate Valtteri Bottas. Edited November 14, 2020 by Andrew P 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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