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#2924

Hardly surprising. The Haas saga is still the biggest joke of the year, even though Monza Q3 tried very hard to snatch the title.

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#2925

I regret that I missed the qualies last weekend!

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#2926

You missed nothing. They didnā€™t do any actual qualifying, just drove around the track very slowly. James May sort of pace.

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#2927

We found it absolutely hilarious.

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#2928

But we were crying on the inside a little.

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#2929
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#2930

Also see this being spread by the british press - not sure how much I believe of it

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#2931

Yeah, I saw this as well. @GregRedd also mentioned it in an earlier post.

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#2932

Esports is being shown live on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/videos/373633330217892/?notif_id=1568224946643263&notif_t=live_video_explicit

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#2933

I would love to know how they show the whole race

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#2934

Are the commentators actual commentators from the normal races? Sounds similar to them, I suck with names. Maybe Martin and Karun?
Edit: Nope, not them haha.

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#2935

You can also catch the Live videos on the Formula 1 Youtube channel. It was live, but the replay is here:

Most interesting to see the lines these guys take! I obviously have a lot to learn!

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#2936

Carrying the highest average speed round corners may not actually be the quickest way around a track. This is something that takes time.

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#2937

Itā€™s something that Iā€™ve been struggling with. Still experimenting.

#2938

Sadly a lot of it comes down to driving style. Iā€™ll use examples:

Alain Prost - 4 Time world champion employed a smooth, relaxed style behind the wheel. Prost would often conserve his brakes and tyres early in a race, leaving them fresher for a challenge at the end

Ayrton Senna - Had an extremely aggressive ā€œharshā€ driving style. He apparently ran extremely high brake pressure, would come hot into a corner pop the brakes hard. Trail brake and then tap the accelerator (sometimes multiple times) before applying full throttle as soon as possible

Michael Schumacher - Smooth and tight. Seemed to have a braking technique that was employing gradually increasing brake pressure, trail braking and allowing the car to carry momentum (sometime past the apex) before accelerating hard.

Lewis Hamilton - Modeled his racing style on Senna, extremely aggressive. He then often exceeds tyre grip limits and only then, after exerting peak pressure on the pedal, begins to control the action of the braking system.

Max Verstappen - Seems to have a smooth and flowing style (akin to Alain Prost), he transitions from a straight line to releasing the brakes and turning towards the apex. His racing lines are ā€˜squareā€™, keeping the car in a straight line before corner entry for longer than most other drivers.

Carlos Sainz - Is what I like to call a feedback driver. The style is better suited to other racing disciplines like rallying (canā€™t really blame him, his old man is a legend). In that almost everything you as a driver do is in response to what feedback the car is giving to you. These type of drivers can drive harder and faster than most, but require more time in the cockpit to dial themselves in.

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#2939

FTFY :smiley:

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#2940

I would encourage you to revisit the Senna/Prost rivalry.

FIA changed rules to let Prost winā€¦these rules still stand today.

And that was when they were teammates.

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#2941

This is them the following year in rival teams at the same trackā€¦

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#2942

I like Lecrec and think he is a world champion in the making
but.

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#2943
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