Sport The Formula 1 Thread

[myoozikk]

yeah that looked so close to a coming together!

[JPR]

Really was awful from Gene and Peugeot there, at least Davidson was clean in his attempts to hold up the Audi even if it wasn't very sporting from Peugeot.

[myoozikk]

yeah no need when he's being lapped. No need to make it easy, but not blocking & forcing him off the road.

[JPR]

Some good pictures on Motorsport Total, especially of McNish's crash and what's left of the car, love this picture.

[morcs]

I hope Davidson is ashamed of his team.

What good is a win for Peugeot's publicity when they're patently cheating!

Looks even worse for them if Audi win despite them cheating.

[marsh]

Slightly off topic, is it just me or is motorsport in it's many forms finally becomming a little bit more mainstream/accepted?

[JohnC]

I thought it was always mainstream, wasn't it?

[Dudley]

I hope Davidson is ashamed of his team.

What good is a win for Peugeot's publicity when they're patently cheating!

Looks even worse for them if Audi win despite them cheating.

Except of course for the bit where they haven't cheated.

That is exactly why you run 3 cars here. If it was 3 Audis and 1 Pug they would be doing exactly the same thing.

Surely Davidson would get penalized for holding up the Audi?

Why?

Thankfully endurance racing isn't run by the pussies that run F1 and doesn't share its utterly absurd blue flag rules.

[marsh]

I thought it was always mainstream, wasn't it?

I think it's starting to draw in a bigger audience not seen for quite a few years, and whereas some forms have always had the pull, it seems most engine based activities are starting to get better crowds.

[Dudley]

The BTCC certainly has a car line up massively wider than 3 or 4 years back. That said the WTCC is well down on back then.

[marsh]

The BTCC is a real suprise though, more teams, a set of cars that I don't really understand the rules for, a year of transition for what's comming next year, and only what, a couple of factory backed teams?

[Dudley]

The BTCC is a real suprise though, more teams, a set of cars that I don't really understand the rules for, a year of transition for what's comming next year, and only what, a couple of factory backed teams?

The fewer the better for a series like the BTCC in my view. The last time we had mostly manufacturer teams, the resulting vacuum when they all left crippled the series for nearly a decade.

But yes, only Chevrolet (RML - running 5th in class at LeMans right now) and Honda (Team Dynamics) are officially backing teams.

[morcs]

Except of course for the bit where they haven't cheated.

That is exactly why you run 3 cars here. If it was 3 Audis and 1 Pug they would be doing exactly the same thing.

Why?

Thankfully endurance racing isn't run by the pussies that run F1 and doesn't share its utterly absurd blue flag rules.

Ah fair enough, I've not had the ability to view Le Mans before so it's new to me. Waved blue flag doesn't mean get the hell out of the way then?

The commentators suggest that the same leeway wouldn't be granted if the teams were the other way around?

[marsh]

The fewer the better for a series like the BTCC in my view. The last time we had mostly manufacturer teams, the resulting vacuum when they all left crippled the series for nearly a decade.

But yes, only Chevrolet (RML - running 5th in class at LeMans right now) and Honda (Team Dynamics) are officially backing teams.

Oh absolutely, and there's some really interesting cars being used to go racing as well.

[Dudley]

Ah OK, I've not had the ability to view Le Mans before so it's new to me.

The commentators suggest though that the same leeway wouldn't be granted if the teams were the other way around?

There is a theory, not entirely without substance, that the ACO stewards tend to favour a French team.

[JPR]

23hrs 40min of racing and the gap is only 13sec, it's crazy but should make for an amazing finish.

[morcs]

Is that it for stops now?

(just I heard talk of a splash and dash to finish, I guess dashes are a bit longer in endurance though!)

[Dudley]

Should be.

[marsh]

Is the moto gp still on cause they can't play tennis with wet balls?

[thesnwmn]

Probable wet race today. Been raining all morning in Montreal.

After wet Moto from Silverstone and a stunning Le Mans the F1 could be the crown on a fantastic motorsport weekend! Colour me excited.

[marsh]

Probable wet race today. Been raining all morning in Montreal.

After wet Moto from Silverstone and a stunning Le Mans the F1 could be the crown on a fantastic motorsport weekend! Colour me excited.

Weekend? it's been a week of an absolute feast of motorsport with TT highlights on all last week.

If only they hadn't moved the WRC from Dave

[MrPogo]

I thought it was always mainstream, wasn't it?

I think it's starting to draw in a bigger audience not seen for quite a few years, and whereas some forms have always had the pull, it seems most engine based activities are starting to get better crowds.

It's interesting when you read up on how motor sport was perceived in the past. I read Jackie Stewart's autobiography recently, and when he first started in F1 you could only find the results in the specialist press. It didn't even get a mention in the sports pages of the mainstream papers. Then the drivers started to become stars and their antics began to make it into the gossip columns, but it was still a couple of years before the sport itself got any coverage!

[Big Gus]

Going to be wet, might play into the Boiled Ham's hands I reckon, he's good in the wet.

[GwiDan]

Mac are running wet setups, as are Mercedes and Barrichello, could be interesting.

[marsh]

Fancey Mr Button for a wet race to be honest.

[JohnC]

Wow, this is a weird intro

[Big Gus]

Eddie and Dc in some crazy Inception style montage?

Good Lord!

[dayte]

Rain = more chance of something other than Vettel winning

[Big Gus]

DC just took a critical hit to his manpoints with his bawwwing about getting his hair wet.

[JohnC]

Is there really any point hoovering up the water in that pit box?