Gintonious wrote: » The one they tested in the states didn't have any glare, and they tested it under lights as well. I think the material they used to make it is different.
Cool_CM wrote: » Access to free Motorsport.com Prime courtesy of Fernando - 3 months by the looks of things. People on reddit saying not to download the app if you don't want to continue after 3 months as it will renew automatically and charge you.https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/87gtv1/alonso_has_a_gift_of_motorsport_prime_code/ Just signed up there and it didn't ask for credit card details - nice one!
goat2 wrote: » Any one going to the French GP this year, it is held in the most beautiful place , South France, not far from Nice or Monaco
HighLine wrote: » Who needs grid girls when we can Axel https://twitter.com/adamcooperF1/status/980454360437141504
Wanderer78 wrote: » wtf! https://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2018/0324/949774-hamilton-on-top-of-grid-down-under/
AMKC wrote: » Ha lol I knew Australia was behind a bit but not by that much. Maybe he was just busy last weekend and only watched it now.
Wanderer78 wrote: » sloppy journalism though, dreadfully unprofessional, this story is flashing up on news now as well, somebody asleep at the wheel
Mike Litoris wrote: » What was it? It's been taken down.
Deleted User wrote: » April Fools?
Mike Litoris wrote: » Ah jaysus, Stung! No excuses but as Prisoner said it wouldn't be surprising these days.
Wanderer78 wrote: » should have taken a screenshot, a seriously outdated piece of 'journalism', very sloppy
Hamilton on top of grid Down Under Updated / Monday, 2 Apr 2018 08:29 0 Lewis Hamilton is in prime position to open his Formula One championship with a victory after storming to pole at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton was in a class of one as he steered his Mercedes to the front slot of the grid with an utterly emphatic display which will send out an all-to-familiar warning to his rivals. The 33-year-old British driver's best lap was more than an eye-watering six tenths of a second faster than the rest of the field with Kimi Raikkonen edging out his Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel for second. Red Bull's Max Verstappen qualified fourth ahead of his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who is due to serve a three-place grid drop following an infringement in practice on Friday. But it was not a perfect session for Hamilton's Mercedes team after Valtteri Bottas crashed into the wall and out of qualifying at the exit of turn two. Bottas emerged unscathed from the 110mph smash, which happened on his very first lap in the battle for pole, but the same could not be said of his car. The rear of his Mercedes, which bore the brunt of the high-speed impact was destroyed with bits of his car littering the asphalt. Bottas was taken to the medical centre for a precautionary check-up before he was swiftly given the all-clear. The session was suspended to deal with the swathes of Mercedes debris on the track, but following a 10-minute delay, the top-10 shootout resumed and it was Hamilton who blitzed the pack with a lap he described as close to perfection. "You would think that with these results we have had it would start to feel like the norm, but it doesn't," said an ecstatic Hamilton after securing his seventh pole in Melbourne. "My heart is racing. I am so happy with that lap. It was such a nice lap. I am always striving for perfection and that was as close as I could get." McLaren arrived here in Melbourne on the back foot after a thoroughly underwhelming pre-season campaign which was blighted by reliability issues. They ran into further trouble here on Friday after their star driver Fernando Alonso and his team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne suffered exhaust leaks. Both men managed to get through qualifying in one piece, but they fell at the second phase with Alonso due to start 11th and Vandoorne 12th. The McLaren hierarchy had targeted a battle with Red Bull this season following their divorce from Honda engines and switch to Renault power. But Alonso was more than one second adrift of the Red Bull cars, proving there is plenty of work to be done by the Woking marque. Indeed, Alonso qualified 13th in Melbourne last year, and 12th in 2016. "That is okay," said Alonso, when informed of his grid position, but you fancy both the Spaniard and his team will have harboured greater expectations heading into the opening race. Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean qualified an impressive sixth and seventh for Haas ahead of the Renault duo of Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz.
eviltimeban wrote: » ^ the glare / shine from the visor would make identifying the drivers even tougher than halo. I don't know why they can't include the driver name in big letters on the body. I know the numbers are there, but people can't be expected to know 22 random numbers!
H3llR4iser wrote: » In all fairness, moders helmet designs are so "busy" and complex that it's often difficult to distinguish them altogether, unless there are glaring colour differences; Some teams have heavy sponsorship / design cues on their driver's helmets as to make them virtually unrecognizable from most TV angles (e.g. the Red Bull drivers, the FI ones). Quickest solution would be to put markers on the wings (or even the Halo itself) on one of each team's car - Ferrari did it throughout the '80s and '90s, with the famous "yellow squares" on the wings. As for the numbers, it's a pet peeve for me - the current numbering system is just a silly copycat of Nascar/MotoGP that has nothing to do with F1's history, especially the WDC racing without the #1 on his car. Numbers should be assigned to the teams on historical basis, and cars of the same team should have consecutive numbers - 5 and 6 for Williams, 15 and 16 for Renault, 7 and 8 for McLaren, 27 and 28 for Ferrari, 22 and 23 for Alfa (or Sauber's 29 and 30) and so on. The WDC shuould ALWAYS bear #1. As far as merchandising goes, a #5 Williams Cap, or a #27 Ferrari T-shirt would most likely sell like hot cakes.
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Infoanon wrote: » Its the driver associated with the number that made them famous-#5 Mansell / #27 Villenueve , Nascar use a different system then motogp and F1 where the number is associated with the team similar to the old days in F1, then Bernie messed it all up with the numbers changing every year - F1 marketing men looked at moto gp - saw the power of #46worldwide and adopted the same idea. The current F1 system I personally feel is the best for both viewers and marketing
the_pen_turner wrote: » ''''''''Also, F1 (and car racing in general) is actually about the teams and cars more than the drivers; The best car will win with an average driver at the wheel, the best driver won't get anywhere in an average car. ''''''''' this is exactly whats wrong with the the sport. no ability for the better driver in ok car to win.
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