Peyton Lively Tiller wrote: » mickdw wrote: » I don't see a valid comparison at all. If the Bridgestone on hills arrows were the tyre to be one, so be it. They were a new tyre company into the sport. That's a lot different to the possibility of a controlled standard tyre being issues to a team with a differing compound to everyone else. It was he only car that was competitive on those tyres. The next best was Nakano in the Prost who finished 6th only after taking Irvine out on the final lap. Villeneuve, Herbert,both Schumachers, Irvine and Frentzen, who was leading until his fuel cap fell off were all on Goodyear’s.
mickdw wrote: » I don't see a valid comparison at all. If the Bridgestone on hills arrows were the tyre to be one, so be it. They were a new tyre company into the sport. That's a lot different to the possibility of a controlled standard tyre being issues to a team with a differing compound to everyone else.
mickdw wrote: » Hill was a known specialist around there though so having him 1 and next driver 6th isn't a huge surprise. The tyre clearly worked around that track.
Rossi IRL wrote: » https://twitter.com/F1/status/1120643795199066112?s=19
Peyton Lively Tiller wrote: » mickdw wrote: » Hill was a known specialist around there though so having him 1 and next driver 6th isn't a huge surprise. The tyre clearly worked around that track. Prior to that his results were since 1993 (not point including his Brabham time): 1993 Win Williams 1994 2nd Williams 1995 win Williams 1996 2nd Williams 1997 2nd Arrows 1998 4th Jordan 1999 6th Jordan Yes he was a specialist around there, but by god there must have been some magic in those tyres. Remember, that was the same year that the Prost in the hands of Panis almost won the Spanish Grand Prix only for Irvine to block him when he was catching Villeneuve and also wasn't Trulli leading the Austrian GP until his engine blew up? That was thanks to the Mugen Honda engine. There's just something about that race, Hill fell back into the wilderness again that year bar a brief moment with Schumacher while being lapped at Suzuka. Still though, to think that a 50p washer robbed F1 of ones of its finest moments.
Inviere wrote: » Wall to wall catch fencing, very narrow, and devoid of any character...yep, sounds like a new F1 track alright (you'd be forgiven for thinking it's an FE track too).
flazio wrote: » You know, if you showed me something similar of Baku before it came I'd probably be saying the same but it's actually turned out quite nicely so far.
Inviere wrote: » Baku has, for whatever reason
patmahe wrote: » I think Baku is great because it has a mix of everything, tight twisty street section through the old town, long massive straights, cars crash there, others get damaged, tyres wear out, DRS is very effective, safety cars are likely. It all adds to the excitement. Would be amazing if it could rain too It has become a race I look forward too each year because its usually mental
mickdw wrote: » I often think when watching a rerun of Hungary 97 that Hill not actually winning has made his achievement there just as impressive as if he had won as everyone clearly knows he was the class of the field that day however because of what happened, it is now many times more memorable than if he had won and is talked about much much more.
T-Maxx wrote: » Just finished the final part of Stephan Johannson's proposal on how to get F1 back on track. A great read. Couldn't be arsed to link but a quick Google should get you there.
OSI wrote: » Yeah, last time we had 2 suppliers we ended up with a race with only 6 cars running. Fantastic racing spectacle that was :rolleyes:
T-Maxx wrote: Just finished the final part of Stephan Johannson's proposal on how to get F1 back on track. A great read. Couldn't be arsed to link but a quick Google should get you there.
PopePalpatine wrote: » You can have a look here.
galwayllm wrote: » RIP F1..... It's dreadfully predictable and boring! It was once the pinnacle of the mootorsport world now it's not even worth a watch. Each race is now bla! Never again!
skipper_G wrote: » How about some nice speculation, I think the Spanish GP is struggling to find the money to pay the race fees given the political and economic situation in the region, and as such I reckon there won't be a Spanish GP in 2020 and instead we'll have a Dutch GP at Zandvoort.
AMKC wrote: » Interesting. I wonder what that would mean for testing next year then if they can't use the track in Spain or would they still go and test there anyway? I can't say I would miss it if it did go as its boring most of the time except for the odd race like the one in 2012.
OSI wrote: » Pretty much shows he's talking **** from that excerpt alone. "Let's make all the cars the same because they are already. That will spice things up!"
Infoanon wrote: » I believe the point been made is the cars are build to such stringent regulations which gives no room for innovation that why not have a spec series instead of spending literally billions which is adding nothing to the 'show'.
