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Post by René on Jul 22, 2024 17:15:46 GMT
It is kinda nice, isn't it. It somehow brings it closer to the present, just like colored films or photos from the past.
I assume the guy who made it is American, hence the numbers instead of names.
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Post by Carl on Jul 22, 2024 22:13:26 GMT
It is kinda nice, isn't it. It somehow brings it closer to the present, just like colored films or photos from the past. I assume the guy who made it is American, hence the numbers instead of names. I think the turns were shown numbered as one of two methods to clarify the reconfiguration of the track. The other would have required both name and number. Turn 1 is clearly Woodcote. |
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Post by Carl on Jul 22, 2024 22:32:36 GMT
I quite liked that- save for the same issue as Rob, corners have names, not numbers, That's traditional where landscape features or history present obvious names, such as Abbey, Maggott's Moor, the former Chapel of St Thomas à Beckett and Hanger and Wellington Straights. At other circuits equally famous, numbers suffice.
By the way, when Farina passes teammate Fangio, despite the excitement of the commentator, the pass appears clearly to be arranged, evidenced by Farina's extended grin as he goes by.
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Post by René on Oct 3, 2024 22:12:21 GMT
A relatively recent flashback, the 2007 French Grand Prix. What really strikes me when watching this footage is how fast, and especially agile these cars look. A big difference with the current cars. The duel between Alonso and Heidfeld (about five laps into the race) is worth watching. And how good and fast Felipe Massa was then!
You need to watch it on Ytube unfortunately.
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Post by Carl on Oct 4, 2024 17:33:32 GMT
A relatively recent flashback, the 2007 French Grand Prix. What really strikes me when watching this footage is how fast, and especially agile these cars look. A big difference with the current cars. The duel between Alonso and Heidfeld (about five laps into the race) is worth watching. And how good and fast Felipe Massa was then! You need to watch it on Ytube unfortunately. The F1 cars are wonderfully impressive, more agile than today's barge boats, but I never liked Magny-Cours, with its tight Mickey Mouse Lycee Complex [ "Oui, mais il assure trois virages en quatre secondes!" ] |
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Post by René on Oct 4, 2024 18:18:06 GMT
A relatively recent flashback, the 2007 French Grand Prix. What really strikes me when watching this footage is how fast, and especially agile these cars look. A big difference with the current cars. The duel between Alonso and Heidfeld (about five laps into the race) is worth watching. And how good and fast Felipe Massa was then! You need to watch it on Ytube unfortunately. The F1 cars are wonderfully impressive, more agile than today's barge boats, but I never liked Magny-Cours, with its tight Mickey Mouse Lycee Complex [ "Oui, mais il assure trois virages en quatre secondes!" ] I wasn't a fan of Magny-Cours either. But I came across this video by chance and I was blown away by the speed and the lightness and agility of this generation of cars. Very impressive, but strangely enough you sometimes forget that. And Hamilton and Alonso were still very young…  |
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Post by Carl on Oct 4, 2024 18:31:04 GMT
The F1 cars are wonderfully impressive, more agile than today's barge boats, but I never liked Magny-Cours, with its tight Mickey Mouse Lycee Complex [ "Oui, mais il assure trois virages en quatre secondes!" ] I wasn't a fan of Magny-Cours either. But I came across this video by chance and I was blown away by the speed and the lightness and agility of this generation of cars. Very impressive, but strangely enough you sometimes forget that. And Hamilton and Alonso were still very young… The contrast between then and now is telling. The cars may not be faster over one lap, but they are able to race each other in close proximity. |
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Post by mikael on Oct 4, 2024 19:05:28 GMT
Seeing this in the light of the contemporary cars, it's actually tempting to accuse of F1 of committing "green washing" with their insisting that the cars now must be accommodated also by electric motors, making them "climate-friendly hybrids", while they at the same time consume mountains and mountains of tyres.
A stronger ("green") case - and much more exciting racing - could be made by (i) demanding that the (possibly non-turbo-charged) engines should run on almost pure ethanol and (ii) the tyres should last one full race. And it would make a lot of sense to drop the electric motor and go back to the KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) of the late 00's, since there now is a great interest in such systems for storing surplus "green energy".
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Post by René on Oct 4, 2024 19:46:08 GMT
Seeing this in the light of the contemporary cars, it's actually tempting to accuse of F1 of committing "green washing" with their insisting that the cars now must be accommodated also by electric motors, making them "climate-friendly hybrids", while they at the same time consume mountains and mountains of tyres.
A stronger ("green") case - and much more exciting racing - could be made by (i) demanding that the (possibly non-turbo-charged) engines should run on almost pure ethanol and (ii) the tyres should last one full race. And it would make a lot of sense to drop the electric motor and go back to the KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) of the late 00's, since there now is a great interest in such systems for storing surplus "green energy".
Yes, you have a good point there. Personally, I think that going green, in all areas, is important and necessary. But whether F1 has chosen the right path is debatable. As you say, more focus on efficiency, use ethanol with a maximum fixed consumption and tires that can complete the race and KERS indeed! Good ideas! After all, it is also important to safeguard the essence of the sport. A sport that does not exist to improve the world, but can contribute with technical innovations. |
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Post by René on Oct 30, 2024 17:15:06 GMT
Why we all loved Jean Alesi! 
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