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Post by sjg on Nov 16, 2020 10:21:47 GMT
MotoGP: what a race! And a new champion crowned. Will check out the F1 later today... Yeah MotoGP was as entertaining as ever. An amazing result in such a strange year for Motorsport.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Nov 20, 2020 18:35:36 GMT
I still remember the McLaren’s that basically looked like packets of Marlboro with wheels..... I don’t know why I stopped watching F1. In my teens and 20’s I loved it.... That's because they were meant to, the cars then would take the colours of the main sponsor, hence it was known as The Marlboro McLaren, John Player Lotus etc Those were were my first two Scalextric cars
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Nov 20, 2020 19:03:03 GMT
I still remember the McLaren’s that basically looked like packets of Marlboro with wheels..... I don’t know why I stopped watching F1. In my teens and 20’s I loved it.... That's because they were meant to, the cars then would take the colours of the main sponsor, hence it was known as The Marlboro McLaren, John Player Lotus etc Those were were my first two Scalextric cars I must admit that for most of my childhood I thought Peter Brock's real name was Marlboro and that Dick Johnson was Peter Jackson's co-driver...
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 20, 2020 23:02:10 GMT
MotoGP: what a race! And a new champion crowned. Will check out the F1 later today... Yeah MotoGP was as entertaining as ever. An amazing result in such a strange year for Motorsport. Just finished full recording of Turkish GP. Absolutely awesome race. Stupid of me to miss it watching live because I thought it would start at the same time as most other European races did. Couldn't have guessed the outcome for top 5 midway through the race.
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Post by sjg on Nov 22, 2020 18:56:56 GMT
Well that's all the bike racing finished for the year. What an amazing season in MotoGP with another great set of races today. Just the final few F1 races to go now.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Nov 26, 2020 20:01:36 GMT
Interesting note for longtime F1 viewers who can remember the time when the Oz Grand Prix was at Adelaide (where everyone apart from Victorians and the FIA think it should never have left). The SA premier has just cancelled Adelaide's agreement with Supercars and are looking at holding a round (or multiple rounds) of the Formula E series there.
Personally, I'd prefer Supercars, but I don't mind Formula E (even with all the gimmicks), and it would be a way back in for the Adelaide Grand Prix track to host international races again. One dumb part is that the Adelaide 500, many years, is the best attended Supercars race. Not so sure Formula E will draw a crowd.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Nov 29, 2020 13:49:31 GMT
Bahrain GP - 14:10 GMT
Hamilton takes his 98th Pole Position - Jaysus!
George Russell has drawn level with Nelson Piquet for most consecutive qualifying races and not get beat by a team mate - 38
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Nov 29, 2020 14:30:19 GMT
Bloody hell what a crash - thank god Grosjean is ok
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Nov 29, 2020 15:15:23 GMT
Jesus fuck, for a minute there I thought we witnessed a lethal crash. Im glad he is seemingly fine. That was freaky. It was like watching bad racing movie with that explosion.
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 29, 2020 15:56:35 GMT
Wow, this race has had so many incidents and we are in 10th lap still.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Nov 29, 2020 16:15:45 GMT
Stroll got a flipper as well, looked worse than it was - thankfully - what a race...
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 29, 2020 17:07:55 GMT
Stroll got a flipper as well, looked worse than it was - thankfully - what a race... Oh...pity about Perez's end of race
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Nov 29, 2020 17:23:11 GMT
After an explosive start, Im glad it was a pretty mellow race. It had some nice moments from the midfield. Its been a while that we have seen 2 red bulls on the podium. That was a weekend to forget for Racing Point. McLaren did well for their constructors position. Bottas having another bad day. Great drive for Hamilton.
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Post by sjg on Nov 29, 2020 18:29:12 GMT
Our hearts were in our mouths here today witnessing Roman's crash at the start of the race. We too thought we'd be witnessing a fatality for the first time in a while but thankfully he got out. I spend a lot of time fast forwarding all the waffle and dead time when a red flag is thrown and i think it's the only time i didn't hit the fast forward button. All of the marshals scampered away from the explosion except for one and we think it was he who was aiming a fire extinguisher at Roman when he was getting himself out of the tub. So i take my hat off to that man. He is my man of the race! I was hoping George would get a point but alas no Good drive from the McLaren boys. Lewis and Max once again proving they are still aliens, great drives from both of them too.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Nov 29, 2020 20:05:29 GMT
Terrible luck for Perez: had the podium stitched up and then his car caught on fire.
Bottas is a reliable pair of hands, which is why he gets drives with good teams, but was unlucky today as he has been most of this season. Albon is shite. Well, to be fair he's a capable driver but not good enough to be in a team who should be competing for a constructor's title. So lo and behold the two best drivers in good cars finished 1,2 yet again.
Glad Grosjean's ok. Looked pretty bad when it happened. Stroll copped a good one too. Something about seeing a guy upside down trying to squeeze his way out of his car chassis made me feel a lot more uncomfortable than the flames we saw earlier.
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 30, 2020 3:10:35 GMT
Terrible luck for Perez: had the podium stitched up and then his car caught on fire. Bottas is a reliable pair of hands, which is why he gets drives with good teams, but was unlucky today as he has been most of this season. Albon is shite. Well, to be fair he's a capable driver but not good enough to be in a team who should be competing for a constructor's title. So lo and behold the two best drivers in good cars finished 1,2 yet again. Glad Grosjean's ok. Looked pretty bad when it happened. Stroll copped a good one too. Something about seeing a guy upside down trying to squeeze his way out of his car chassis made me feel a lot more uncomfortable than the flames we saw earlier. Yeah, Stroll's accident was very difficult to watch. Really really good day for F-1 that no driver had a major injury.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Nov 30, 2020 13:30:59 GMT
Well I think the debate about the Halo's place in F1 is well and truly finished now...
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Nov 30, 2020 17:37:51 GMT
Well I think the debate about the Halo's place in F1 is well and truly finished now... Indeed. If it wasnt for the halo we could have had another Koinigg case.
Look at this picture after the fire was out. Its insane, he didnt have a lot of room to get out. I saw a video, which was taken from the other side of the track, when he first tried to get out his helmet kept going against the barrier and then he went the other way.
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Post by hi224 on Nov 30, 2020 20:49:31 GMT
yikes.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Dec 1, 2020 12:10:41 GMT
Hamilton has covid-19. No word yet on who is replacing him. Vandoorne is their reserve driver.
Mazepin has been announced by Haas. I really dont like the guy.
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