Formula 1 2020 - General Discussion Thread (See MOD warning on first post)

Ghost Train

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

The rest are good choices, but Melbourne?

I like Melbourne too. Melbourne can give some mixed up results, there is also the excitement after waiting for months for racing. It usually looks good with the sun, the trees and water. The early morning schedule I enjoy too. When its a bad race it can be a bit of a downer of course

AMKC

skipper_G wrote: »

Great question, In the order they were originally scheduled I'd have: Azerbaijan, Canada, Austria, Britain, Belgium, Singapore, Japan and Brazil.

I would have similar but I would have Budepest instead of Singapore.

AMKC

Driven:The Billy Monger Story is on at 11.45pm on Virgin One.

Harika

dublinman1990 wrote: »

The 1st 4 races of the season being cancelled does indicate that F1 will experience an overwhelmingly difficult period in where they have their fans that the whole competition is in jeopardy. I have come to a realistic conclusion that F1 has effectively been ruined this year by Coronavirus. The FIA & FOM have told their fans recently through their website that the season, which is due by their word, by the end of May is constantly been put under review.
/snip/
But I am very happy to wait it out for a year or more if Coronavirus has the potential to bring mass misery to F1 for this year.

I don't see any issues with the cancellation of the races itself, the recession will hit F1 hard no doubt, but the when looking at the cancellation itself every sport has to deal with that atm FE, UEFA, FIFA, GAA ... When the ban on sporting events is lifted everyone will flock back to them as there is simply no replacement for them in sight.

El_Duderino 09

Ghost Train wrote: »

I like Melbourne too. Melbourne can give some mixed up results, there is also the excitement after waiting for months for racing. It usually looks good with the sun, the trees and water. The early morning schedule I enjoy too. When its a bad race it can be a bit of a downer of course

Yeah the optics can be good and they tend to get unreliability because it's the first race, but the racing is reliably terrible. Like 5 overtakes all race but if it was moved to mid season it'd be as boring as Monaco.

It's absolutely necessary to be first race. If it wasn't first race it would be a pretty Paul Ricard

Jordan 199

Luimneach2018 wrote: »

I know it's not quite the same but I remember Estoril being playable on Formula 1 '97 on Playstation even though the GP was cancelled that season.

And if you changed your name to 'Billy Bonus' you unlocked mirror images of the Adelaide and Aida circuits (the names were reversed to Edialeda and Adia)

I think it also unlocked a 1960's version of Silverstone (it was the normal 1997 track, not the 1960's version, but it was in black and white and the cars were 60's cigar style) and a track shaped like an F1 car.

I loved that feckin' game!

Twas ages since I last played an F1 game, which was a good few years ago on my Xbox 360.

Has anyone played F1 2019 and is it good? Might pick it up to fill the void of having no live F1 on the TV for the moment

pjohnson

Jean Eric Vergne is settin up on online race for tomorrow @5.45pm. Lando Norris already signed up to it and he is announing more today.

antodeco

pjohnson wrote: »

Jean Eric Vergne is settin up on online race for tomorrow @2pm. Lando Norris already signed up to it and he is announing more today.

Any details of this?

Edit:

https://twitter.com/JeanEricVergne/status/1238533484974682112?s=19

El_Duderino 09

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Twas ages since I last played an F1 game, which was a good few years ago on my Xbox 360.

Has anyone played F1 2019 and is it good? Might pick it up to fill the void of having no live F1 on the TV for the moment

The modern games are soooooo hard. The last one I played regularly was f1 1999.

blade1

Cork Trucker

blade1 wrote: »

Brilliant hahaha

This is it

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Twas ages since I last played an F1 game, which was a good few years ago on my Xbox 360.

Has anyone played F1 2019 and is it good? Might pick it up to fill the void of having no live F1 on the TV for the moment

You can get f1 2018 on Xbox game pass, not a huge difference to 2019 bar the drivers

Harika

https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2020/03/13/bored-at-home-motogp-com-is-here-to-help/

Great Idea from MotoGP

billybonkers

Lando is streaming tomorrow a race of the Melbourne track vs pro gamers 17:45pm on his twitch.

Should provide some entertainment

eviltimeban

Luimneach2018 wrote: »

Ah here, don't be giving them ideas!:P

I know it's not quite the same but I remember Estoril being playable on Formula 1 '97 on Playstation even though the GP was cancelled that season.

And if you changed your name to 'Billy Bonus' you unlocked mirror images of the Adelaide and Aida circuits (the names were reversed to Edialeda and Adia)

I think it also unlocked a 1960's version of Silverstone (it was the normal 1997 track, not the 1960's version, but it was in black and white and the cars were 60's cigar style) and a track shaped like an F1 car.

I loved that feckin' game!

No way, I have that game and never knew that. I have my PS1 set up, I might give that a try!

naughto

billybonkers wrote: »

Lando is streaming tomorrow a race of the Melbourne track vs pro gamers 17:45pm on his twitch.

Should provide some entertainment

Would you be able to throw up a link

billybonkers

naughto wrote: »

Would you be able to throw up a link

This is all I see right now his or veloce esports channels

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzi1flzJ0wFGivXZ34ugHw

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwFIQ7wtJzYGFb2nZcVoNww

Sorry on mobile

pjohnson

billybonkers wrote: »

This is all I see right now his or veloce esports channels

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzi1flzJ0wFGivXZ34ugHw

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwFIQ7wtJzYGFb2nZcVoNww

Sorry on mobile

Yeah that'd would be it. Veloce is Vergne's eSports company

flazio

Taking a moment to remember Charlie Whiting.
Lost from us one year ago today.
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1238776270391042050?s=19

Thank you Charlie.

pjohnson

Lando and Vandoorne the two biggest names. Ex-Renault Academy men Jarno Opmeer and Sacha Fenestraz also joined up and oddly Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois all signed up as well as pro eSport drivers and a few youtubers

ro_chez

Harika

Monaco’s government has announced that “restaurants, cafes, concert halls, cinemas, casinos and nightclubs” will “close until further notice.” No one in F1 expects the race to happen and that’s pretty much sealed it
Zandvoort likley to move to August slot
Adam Cooper @twitter

El_Duderino 09

FF1S podcast are calling the pink cars Tracing Point!

pjohnson

Maranello is totally shut.

pjohnson

And Lando broke all twitch records yesterday.

This is it

pjohnson wrote: »

And Lando broke all twitch records yesterday.

Watched a few minutes of it, good craic!

flazio

Big fan of the Gran Turismo championships myself.

Meanwhile, a member of Pirelli who self isolated in Melbourne has tested positive.

Frank Bullitt

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula-one/51946349

Staff members of McLaren are all now clear of covid-19. Andreas Seidl stayed with them in Australia during this as well, fair play.

And depending on when the season is able to start, this year's championship could even run into the start of 2021, with next year's title race starting later than normal.

As a result, team bosses have discussed delaying the introduction of a massive regulation change planned for next season until 2022, and racing through this year and next with the current cars.

There could also be limits on development in certain areas of the cars, as another way to keep costs down.

This would be a way of cutting costs for all teams, and especially a help for the smaller teams, the survival of some of which could be at risk if the drop in the sport's overall income is large enough.

The plan to postpone the 2021 rules was backed by nine of the 10 teams in a teleconference on Tuesday, with only Ferrari asking for more time to consider the matter.

So we might not see the new rules come into play until 2021.

Top Dog

Gintonious wrote: »

So we might not see the new rules come into play until 2021.

2022

recyclebin

Officially confirmed now via email from F1 that Spain, Dutch and Monaco are now cancelled or postponed.