Formula One
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Do we have any fans of F1 racing here?
I am just starting to become one. Sim racing pulled me in. Got a subscription to F1TV and have been watching replays of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
This weekend is the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi.
Qualifying round 3 at Sochi was very exciting right up to the end where the pole position went to 4th in a blink of an eye.
Comparing my lap times at Monza in the sim, I am 9 seconds off the fastest lap time from last week's race. That's an eternity in racing. lol
@mark said in Formula One:
Do we have any fans of F1 racing here?
I've watched F1 since I was a kid - the days of Niki Lauda and James Hunt, and then through the Prost/Senna/Mansell years. It's way more popular in the UK than it is here. I've been an avid devotee since about 1990 - it's basically the only sport I watch.
Oddly enough, it was also a computer game that really got me hooked - Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix, on the Atari ST, which was released a couple of years before Senna was killed, in the early 90's.
I think now is a good time to watch it - there's a number of really younger drivers just coming up - quite a few of them British, probably due to the influence and massive success of Lewis, and next year there's a huge overhaul of the rules, which usually makes for interesting times.
If you want some movie recommendations - Senna is definitely worth watching. It's a little heartbreaking if you watched Imola '94 unfold at the time. The new movie on Netflix 'Schumacher' is also worth a look, also with quite a sad ending. My favourite however is 'Weekend of a Champion', if you can bear to watch something produced by Roman Polanski - it follows Jackie Stewart in 1972 - arguably the real glory days of the sport, when it was just too dangerous for words, or comfort.
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@mark said in Formula One:
Do we have any fans of F1 racing here?
I've watched F1 since I was a kid - the days of Niki Lauda and James Hunt, and then through the Prost/Senna/Mansell years. It's way more popular in the UK than it is here. I've been an avid devotee since about 1990 - it's basically the only sport I watch.
Oddly enough, it was also a computer game that really got me hooked - Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix, on the Atari ST, which was released a couple of years before Senna was killed, in the early 90's.
I think now is a good time to watch it - there's a number of really younger drivers just coming up - quite a few of them British, probably due to the influence and massive success of Lewis, and next year there's a huge overhaul of the rules, which usually makes for interesting times.
If you want some movie recommendations - Senna is definitely worth watching. It's a little heartbreaking if you watched Imola '94 unfold at the time. The new movie on Netflix 'Schumacher' is also worth a look, also with quite a sad ending. My favourite however is 'Weekend of a Champion', if you can bear to watch something produced by Roman Polanski - it follows Jackie Stewart in 1972 - arguably the real glory days of the sport, when it was just too dangerous for words, or comfort.
@doctor-phibes I watched Schumacher last week. It was really well done and yes, very sad. I guess nobody but his doctors and family knew his true condition at this time. He was definitely an adrenalin junkie but also a very accomplished one who cared for others more than himself. I would have liked to have gone through those years appreciating the sport with him leading the pack.
Right now I have no favorite(s) but I love to see standings and results change in the blink of eye like they do. The favorites are leading then WHAM! They go from 1st to 4th or even to the back of the line because of rule violations or power plant exchanges. There is so much to learn as a fan. Even more to learn as a driver and the simulator is great for that. I am really getting to know what it takes to drive one of these machines and it's a blast.
Knowing there are a lot of young drivers in the sport makes it good for long term attention holding for me.
Coming from the sim racing world, and being very new at that, makes me appreciate how difficult it is to master one of these monsters. The simulations we have today are better then ever and they keep getting better. Some are more arcade game like but the ones that really shine in my opinion, are the ones that are the most difficult to master as the physics models are trying to be as close to real life as possible vs. letting you have a good time at the expense of realism.
Car setup is something that will take quite some time to learn. There are so many things to consider. I am not even sure what makes this do that and so forth. It will come in time, and it is a great learning experience and mental exercise.
Looking forward to the race tomorrow.
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Probably I'm just ignorant about the finer details of F1 racing, but I don't quite understand how one can enjoy watching F1 races. Looks somewhat boring to me. Cars driving laps, and occasionally one car overtakes another.
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Probably I'm just ignorant about the finer details of F1 racing, but I don't quite understand how one can enjoy watching F1 races. Looks somewhat boring to me. Cars driving laps, and occasionally one car overtakes another.
@klaus said in Formula One:
Probably I'm just ignorant about the finer details of F1 racing, but I don't quite understand how one can enjoy watching F1 races. Looks somewhat boring to me. Cars driving laps, and occasionally one car overtakes another.
I once thought that about bike racing but the lance armstrong craze took me into understanding the way grand tour bike racing works, and just like baseball, which I started watching at 5 years old, there is so much more going on than at first meets the eye. Lots of strategy.
Be that as it may, I’m not at all a F1 follower (maybe the closest I came to that was strolling along the marina and past the casino in Monte Carlo) but I imagine like other things, more than meets the eye.
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F1 races can be really boring, it depends on the circuit and the circumstances. At the wrong circuit it becomes a complete procession, and the DVR is your friend. When you have one very dominant car/driver combination it also gets a little dull - this was true with Schumacher at Ferrari, Vettel at Red Bull and Hamilton at Mercedes, although this year is more interesting as Mercedes is arguably no longer the fastest car.
What typically livens up even the dullest circuit is rain.
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Probably I'm just ignorant about the finer details of F1 racing, but I don't quite understand how one can enjoy watching F1 races. Looks somewhat boring to me. Cars driving laps, and occasionally one car overtakes another.
@klaus said in Formula One:
Probably I'm just ignorant about the finer details of F1 racing, but I don't quite understand how one can enjoy watching F1 races. Looks somewhat boring to me. Cars driving laps, and occasionally one car overtakes another.
There's the guy with the flag, though. Every now and then a guy runs out on the track and furiously waves a flag around. That's sort of interesting. For a second or two.
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…. I was right about the rain
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I just won my first podium and first place to boot in F1 2020! I had to overtake about 6 or 8 cars. Started grid 4 but was passed by a few during the start. I also took fastest lap by about 4 seconds.
Before this win, I could never even get through the start of the race, then the first turn, then if I survived all that, someone would hit me from behind on another turn. I think the closest I ever got to finishing a race was completing 2 laps before I would crash for various reasons.
Then I take 1st place tonight. lol
Lots of fun.
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I just won my first podium and first place to boot in F1 2020! I had to overtake about 6 or 8 cars. Started grid 4 but was passed by a few during the start. I also took fastest lap by about 4 seconds.
Before this win, I could never even get through the start of the race, then the first turn, then if I survived all that, someone would hit me from behind on another turn. I think the closest I ever got to finishing a race was completing 2 laps before I would crash for various reasons.
Then I take 1st place tonight. lol
Lots of fun.
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Link to video
Comparison of "pit stop" from 1950 and today. LOL
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Comparison of "pit stop" from 1950 and today. LOL
@taiwan_girl said in Formula One:
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Comparison of "pit stop" from 1950 and today. LOL
wow
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It’s amazing just between 2209 vs 2013
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Of course, in all fairness, they don’t refuel in modern F1 and Pit Crews are 22 people, opposed to 4 (including the driver!) in 1950.
