What was it like in the era before the V8s with those grooved tyres?
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What was it like in the era before the V8s with those grooved tyres?
I am certain that hiring a few Harley Davidson engineers would quickly rectify the low noise issue. Harley's are extremely efficient at converting fuel to noise.
It makes for a very interesting race.
"Daniel Abt has been sent to the back of the grid for the Julius Baer Mexico City ePrix after his car was found to be running with illegal tyre pressures.
Abt, along with Faraday Future Dragon Racings Jerome DAmbrosio, have been served with the penalty following post-qualifying checks.
It means that Oliver Turvey gets a surprise birthday present of his first Formula E pole. Alongside on the grid will be DS Virgin Racings Jose Maria Lopez."
Abt, along with Faraday Future Dragon Racings Jerome DAmbrosio, have been served with the penalty following post-qualifying checks.
It means that Oliver Turvey gets a surprise birthday present of his first Formula E pole. Alongside on the grid will be DS Virgin Racings Jose Maria Lopez."
Indeed
frontieruk
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bubaglobalj
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theignoramus
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Is there a fair playing field now? Has there ever been? At least the teams at the back of the grid wouldnt have to sink excess money into being dead last. And I'm sure the FIA could work out a reasonable solution with fuel usage, fuel limits and the KERS deployment.
Oh, now Mercedes can't run away from it, right?
bubaglobalj
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You know it's funny, because I ended up finding this pod in some reddit thread, and I listened to both the season preview and the Australia one and absolutely loved the shows. It's exactly what I was looking for!!!
Sorry for Wehrlein, but good for Giovinazzi; he showed a bit of potential last time around and he deserves a chance to advertise his skills to the big boys.
I was more impressed with Giovinazzi in one race compared to a whole season of Wehrlein. For Gio's sake, I wouldn't be mourning if Wehrlein would be out for the whole season.
FrankCanada97
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Giovinazzi is a great driver, I knew he was going to make it to F1 eventually. Taking runner-up honours in GP2 as a rookie is no easy feat. I'm a little sad we probably won't be seeing a KFC livery though.
There's more going on in the background than most realise.
Wehrlein's reasons for missing Australia were perfectly sound and that decision was his alone, but Giovanazzi being so strong with minimal notice/prep has complicated the situation considerably. Ferrari were fairly reluctant to let him drive for Sauber as it means he won't be allowed to compete in the 'young driver' (aka. complete rookie) test day for them later in the season.
Now Giovanazzi's shown he can do a good job (and the Italian press have thrown their weight behind him, fans are loving it etc.), it's looking like Ferrari are pulling the strings to keep him in that seat as long as possible. Sauber are as much as a Ferrari B team as Haas are, really. I'm sure Wehrlein is doing all he can to get back on form and there's more to his physical condition than what we're being told, but I don't think it's down to him this time around. As much as his manager might say otherwise.
FrankCanada97
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He sure is; makes one ask the question does he have anything else to do?
I think that's harsh - he consistently outperformed that shitbox Manor last season.
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Yeah, he got that car (which wasn't perennial backmarker, mind you) few times impressively into Q2 and scored a point in Austria. And it's not like he was looking any worse against Ocon.
Meanwhile Giovinazzi with limited running was only 2 tenths behind Ericsson in quali, but it's all relative - let's no kid ourselves that Ericsson is some sort of Top 10, even Top 15 F1 driver. They were 4 tenths behind Alonso and in 2017 cars drivers make a difference again, so I think they were both outqualified by Fred in a slower car, which makes Gio's performance pretty ok, nothing more.
Meanwhile Giovinazzi with limited running was only 2 tenths behind Ericsson in quali, but it's all relative - let's no kid ourselves that Ericsson is some sort of Top 10, even Top 15 F1 driver. They were 4 tenths behind Alonso and in 2017 cars drivers make a difference again, so I think they were both outqualified by Fred in a slower car, which makes Gio's performance pretty ok, nothing more.
I'm really confused with the Wehrlein situation. The increased fitness requirement this season is valid, but I can't imagine that he's still this far behind.
I feel like it's either that they're really downplaying the back problem situation (he has been medically cleared though), or that he is fed up to be put into a backmarker team again.
But I can't imagine that the second point would lead to him having zero motivation and not keeping fit.
On the other hand I don't think Mercedes would accept them sidelining Wehrlein for any other reason than actual medical/safety reasons.
I feel like it's either that they're really downplaying the back problem situation (he has been medically cleared though), or that he is fed up to be put into a backmarker team again.
But I can't imagine that the second point would lead to him having zero motivation and not keeping fit.
On the other hand I don't think Mercedes would accept them sidelining Wehrlein for any other reason than actual medical/safety reasons.
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