F1 2024

[Jon with no H]

I'm glad I had already had a guess in today's Hairgyle quiz #2, I thought number 13 was Nico Hulkenburg for a second.

 

[Clarke B]

Observations from Oz qualifying:
Danny Riccardo needs to retire...get Lawson in that car asap !
George Russell is very good at driving bad cars, reminds me of Giancarlo Fisichella. Something Lewis struggles with as he only had 1 season with McLaren with a bad car (McLaren 2009).
Sainz....wow. Where will he go next year though ? Replacement for Sergio at Red Bull ?
LeClerc..still too many mistakes made at this level.
Melbourne....looks an amazing city and Grand Prix. An actual street circuit which is fun. It's on my Sporting bucket list to visit one day

 

[GreenThing]

Sainz will end up in the Sauber ready for when Audi comes in. Audi have upped their offer and will be buying the team 100% rather than the initial major backer and Carlos is their preferred driver.

 

[Ted]

The last time F1 was really exciting was when they re-fuelled during the race as it added another aspect to strategy and planning.

 

[Clarke B]

The last time F1 was really exciting was when they re-fuelled during the race as it added another aspect to strategy and planning.

However you had weird qualifying sessions as they had to qualify with the race fuel load....so you had Trulli/Button etc getting pole positions with only a few laps of fuel on board.

 

[Mexijan1]

The last time F1 was really exciting was when they re-fuelled during the race as it added another aspect to strategy and planning.

Shame they banned cigarette advertising would have added a real edge if all the pit crew had to have a ciggie hanging out their mouth when re-fueling...

 

[Jon with no H]

Shame they banned cigarette advertising would have added a real edge if all the pit crew had to have a ciggie hanging out their mouth when re-fueling...

Are you saying your prefer the most memorable moment of Jos Verstappen's career to that of any other member of his family?

 

[Jon with no H]

The last time F1 was really exciting was when they re-fuelled during the race as it added another aspect to strategy and planning.

There were 4 guys still able to win the title going into the final race in 2010, that was pretty exciting.

It's probably counterintuitive, but the cars becoming almost bulletproof nowadays has made for less of a spectacle. 9 retirements across those 4 drivers in 2010 meant things changed so much race to race.

 

[Quinny]

The last time F1 was really exciting was when they re-fuelled during the race as it added another aspect to strategy and planning.

No, it was when cars didn't have 'launch control' and they all had manual gearboxes.

 

[Ted]

Moving slightly off subject.

What are your most memorable races?

For me Damon Hill in Hungary 1997 stands out as one when he was in the Arrows and nearly won until the last lap.

 

[Mat]

No, it was when cars didn't have 'launch control' and they all had manual gearboxes.

Preferred it when they had to run to their cars from the pit wall. Bring that back.

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

Moving slightly off subject.

What are your most memorable races?

For me Damon Hill in Hungary 1997 stands out as one when he was in the Arrows and nearly won until the last lap.

Japan 94 is the one that stands out for me. Hill having to maintain a 4 second gap over Schumacher to win on aggregate (there had been a red flag earlier in the race), in very challenging conditions, to keep the title race alive.

Shame about what happened at Adelaide a couple of weeks later.

 

[Jon with no H]

Moving slightly off subject.

What are your most memorable races?

For me Damon Hill in Hungary 1997 stands out as one when he was in the Arrows and nearly won until the last lap.

1994 in Spain when Michael Schumacher drove a fair chunk of the race stuck in 5th gear.

I wasn't a fan of certain other things he did in his career, but that was absolutely peerless driving.

 

[Quinny]

Moving slightly off subject.

What are your most memorable races?

For me Damon Hill in Hungary 1997 stands out as one when he was in the Arrows and nearly won until the last lap.

IIR wasn't that the first year ITV took over coverage of F1? Everyone was complaining that the advert breaks would disrupt the coverage which ITV denied ... and then Hill did that pass to take the lead during a commercial break.

 

[GreenThing]

IIR wasn't that the first year ITV took over coverage of F1? Everyone was complaining that the advert breaks would disrupt the coverage which ITV denied ... and then Hill did that pass to take the lead during a commercial break.

ITV were awful. The worst thing that they did was show full delayed coverage of the title decider at Suzuka at around 9am for people who didn’t want to get up at silly o’clock in the morning. The opening titles were ran then cut to Jim Rosenthal who announced “Michael Schumacher has won the world title, we’re going to show you how he did it!”