F1 2021

[Slatz63]

Instantaneous G force is a meaningless number. The high G described is for such a short period is just a mathematical curiosity.

According to a 1994 article in the journal Spine, the average sneeze creates G forces of 2.9, a slap on the back 4.1, and a plop down into a chair 10.1. If you jump from three feet up and land stiff-legged, write the authors of the book Physics of the Body, you'll feel about 100 G's momentarily.

It's a headline grabbing number that serves no purpose.

 

[PTR]

Instantaneous G force is a meaningless number. The high G described is for such a short period is just a mathematical curiosity.

According to a 1994 article in the journal Spine, the average sneeze creates G forces of 2.9, a slap on the back 4.1, and a plop down into a chair 10.1. If you jump from three feet up and land stiff-legged, write the authors of the book Physics of the Body, you'll feel about 100 G's momentarily.

It's a headline grabbing number that serves no purpose.

Somewhat what I was getting at tbh.

 

[cosmicchris00]

I’m involved with FIA stewarding and there was no way that was a racing incident, verstappen had the line, Hamilton had to back off and instead hit his wheel.

If you can’t see that you must have your head quite far up Hamilton’s arse.

You may need to check the rulebook again.

Verstappen moved aggressively right on the straight then tracked back to the left meaning he had to leave Hamilton a cars width in the corner.

He aimed his car towards the apex of the corner in another typically aggressive move hitting Hamilton who was himself struggling to make the apex due to understeer.

Both drivers at fault for me but Hamilton had to take a PR penalty.

The big questions now:

1. How does Horner earn his money - he has to calm Verstappen down before someone is badly hurt (possibly himself)

2. Does someone discuss this with both drivers and team principals - it's F1 and its box office but it can't be allowed to escalate.

3. Even supposing points 1 and 2 take place, will it make any difference?

 

[Stormo]

You may need to check the rulebook again.

Verstappen moved aggressively right on the straight then tracked back to the left meaning he had to leave Hamilton a cars width in the corner.

He aimed his car towards the apex of the corner in another typically aggressive move hitting Hamilton who was himself struggling to make the apex due to understeer.

Both drivers at fault for me but Hamilton had to take a PR penalty.

The big questions now:

1. How does Horner earn his money - he has to calm Verstappen down before someone is badly hurt (possibly himself)

2. Does someone discuss this with both drivers and team principals - it's F1 and its box office but it can't be allowed to escalate.

3. Even supposing points 1 and 2 take place, will it make any difference?

You’re right about Horner. Usual case is that a bit of revenge occurs in the next race. Bottas might be a good bet to win.

 

[cfg]

Verstappen causing yellow flag on final run in quali if Hamilton on track behind him?

 

[Dan The Man]

Anyhow who had their Sunderland top on yesterday (our first season in league one) jeans on( utterly mental in this weather) and adidas jeans on around maggot/beckets around 930

 

[JohnSmithUK]

Anyhow who had their Sunderland top on yesterday (our first season in league one) jeans on( utterly mental in this weather) and adidas jeans on around maggot/beckets around 930

Not guilty. There was a VAUX 1992 shirt being worn by someone on Friday too.

 

[Dan The Man]

Not guilty. There was a VAUX 1992 shirt being worn by someone on Friday too.

I walked the track yesterday morning and I was feeling it just wearing shorts and t shirts never mind jeans man

 

[chelt_mackem]

Not guilty. There was a VAUX 1992 shirt being worn by someone on Friday too.

I noticed that too, sat in one of the stands around Village. There was a mag top loitering around the pie sellers as well.

 

[Dan The Man]

I noticed that too, sat in one of the stands around Village. There was a mag top loitering around the pie sellers as well.

Seen someone with the he new castore top can’t help but notice that no 4 on the front of the shirt

 

[mickonline]

Just seen a clip from 2014 vettel overtook alonso on the inside at the same corner. Difference was alonso gave vettel space.

Didn't Lewis overtake Leclerc at the same corner?

 

[cfg]

Didn't Lewis overtake Leclerc at the same corner?

Norris as well

 

[MrBraithwaite]

What a bunch of homers - Lewis should have backed out, but wanted to teach Max a lesson.

 

[The Hesford Diet]

Changing the narrative slightly, Crofty pointed out on the formation lap that the Mercs were backing the rest of the field up so that Verstappen was left on his grid place a fair bit longer than usual. That might explain why Max was all over the track while the rest of the field seemed fairly settled. If so, that's a canny (if slightly underhand) way of neutralising pole position.

 

[jackynutmeg]

Changing the narrative slightly, Crofty pointed out on the formation lap that the Mercs were backing the rest of the field up so that Verstappen was left on his grid place a fair bit longer than usual. That might explain why Max was all over the track while the rest of the field seemed fairly settled. If so, that's a canny (if slightly underhand) way of neutralising pole position.

Aye noticed them doing that anarl

 

[mickonline]

What a bunch of homers - Lewis should have backed out, but wanted to teach Max a lesson.

Rubbish. Look what happened at the end of the Wellington straight when Lewis was in front. He gave Max room to undertake him. He could have thrown the front end in, taken the racing line and caused a collision but didn't. He gave Max room, Max did not give Lewis room.

 

[lurker]

course you are

Me da is Charlie whiting

You may need to check the rulebook again.

Verstappen moved aggressively right on the straight then tracked back to the left meaning he had to leave Hamilton a cars width in the corner.

He aimed his car towards the apex of the corner in another typically aggressive move hitting Hamilton who was himself struggling to make the apex due to understeer.

Both drivers at fault for me but Hamilton had to take a PR penalty.

The big questions now:

1. How does Horner earn his money - he has to calm Verstappen down before someone is badly hurt (possibly himself)

2. Does someone discuss this with both drivers and team principals - it's F1 and its box office but it can't be allowed to escalate.

3. Even supposing points 1 and 2 take place, will it make any difference?

The stewards know more than you imho

 

[cosmicchris00]

Me da is Charlie whiting

The stewards know more than you imho

I would sincerely hope they do, however, they didn't follow their own guidelines.

The Hamilton punishment was a PR job and all the RB nonsense is just that... nonsense.

Verstappen needs to take a long hard look at his own driving or he may never make a world champion - unless it's in the afterlife.

 

[lurker]

I would sincerely hope they do, however, they didn't follow their own guidelines.

The Hamilton punishment was a PR job and all the RB nonsense is just that... nonsense.

Verstappen needs to take a long hard look at his own driving or he may never make a world champion - unless it's in the afterlife.

In what way is punishing a black driver for no good reason a PR job?

He was lucky to get a ten second penalty imho.

 

[zebediah]

I already gave you one or two in my edited post.

The Channel 4 presenter basically said Lewis is all gentlemanly when he’s winning but what about when he’s losing? For me he doesn’t seem to be the gentleman when he’s not doing well. That’s one.

Also both driver and team seem unwilling to admit F1 would be a better spectacle if we have varying winners instead of a format where one dominant team/driver wins. Ok they are the number one team and deserve to be there. But at the same time after 7 or 8 years of dominance wouldn’t it start to creep in that perhaps it isn’t that great you are winning all the time? Wouldn’t the appeal wear off?

Another issue is the team seem focussed entirely on Lewis. Poor Valtieri.

Relating more to the race I find the Mercedes car just overwhelming fast. Yeah F1 ought to be about the fastest car. Nothing wrong in that. But when you can do what Lewis did, close a gap as big as it was in the astonishingly fast time he did it in, and find a speed and pace even the next best F1 team could ever humanly achieve without spending millions more in engine development, you have to ask questions about them. Ferrari had a similar degree of speed once. I wonder what happened as a result? We need BoP in F1.

Those are my main gripes.

If those are your gripes why the hell do you watch it, as that is the way it has always been.