Yeah, pretty harsh to penalize the driver due to the mistake of the team, chequered flag waver and the track workers.
When you race in Europe, there's no mistaking it whether or not the race is over.
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| Author: | RtN [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
For sure, but lots of the other tracks (especially newer ones) aren't much better. COTA only has about 4 corners as well. I get the point is to be part of the F1 group and increase exposure that way, but it doesn't really work as an academy if they are racing on unsuitable tracks where they aren't learning what they should. (and yes, I know the whole, exclusive point of the series is to make F1 look better to certain demographics and hedge funds, but you can at least put some thought into your pinkwashing) |
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| Author: | codename_47 [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
nicko23 wrote: Nobels Airlines : It's only seeing the thumbnail of this that I realise how much air that was lol I found that accident really difficult to even see considering they pretty much missed it... |
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| Author: | FiatFan83 [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
That was a fun race though, maybe not Spec Miata level racing but potentially more fun than the F1 race. Sent from my SM-G781U1 using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Gaara [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
Pin got a 20 second penalty for taking the flag twice. |
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| Author: | FiatFan83 [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
Gaara wrote: Pin got a 20 second penalty for taking the flag twice. Wow, she messed up initially, but her team really let her down based on the radio silence after she asked if it was over. Sent from my SM-G781U1 using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | amq55 [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
FiatFan83 wrote: Gaara wrote: Pin got a 20 second penalty for taking the flag twice. Wow, she messed up initially, but her team really let her down based on the radio silence after she asked if it was over. Sent from my SM-G781U1 using Tapatalk Apparently Prema said the radio wasn't working and argued that the flag wasn't shown early enough for her to see. |
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| Author: | ZeroX [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
Well we can't have her winning every race because she's talented can we? We need to invent some bullshit ways to hold her back so she doesn't win every race. Seriously though that is a fucking dumb penalty. Despite F1 Academy being held on Grand Prix weekends it's clear that no effort is being put into their races in terms of race direction/organisation/officiating. |
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| Author: | EAS [ Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:02 pm ] |
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amq55 wrote: RtN wrote: MotoKris1 wrote: suddenly all drivers behind disappeared To be fair, they all disappeared long before the chequered flag came out. If young drivers are now being taught to obey the light panels before the physical flags then it seems odd that there isn't a lighting arrangement for the end of the race. I think one of the problems this series has is that it races on circuits that are too big for the cars. How many actual corners are there on this track in these cars? 3? 4? They should be racing on smaller, slower tracks that are a better fit. Having a race in Jeddah for this series was more of sportswashing gimmick than anything else. Not sure what was most sportswashey here. The fact they raced in Jeddah or the fact that the first race conveniently happened on March 8th. |
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| Author: | cookie [ Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
Maybe if they put some actual professional flag wavers down instead of some celebrity who can hardly lift the flag, we would not have had this problem. This lady in red there had no place doing that job, just like jeremy Clarkson last week. He was also too late to wave the flag, they misjudge the speed of the cars and wave the flag when the car is already past. |
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| Author: | JJ [ Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:27 am ] |
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Yeah, pretty harsh to penalize the driver due to the mistake of the team, chequered flag waver and the track workers. When you race in Europe, there's no mistaking it whether or not the race is over.
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| Author: | deggis [ Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
JJ wrote: Yeah, pretty harsh to penalize the driver due to the mistake of the team, chequered flag waver and the track workers. When you race in Europe, there's no mistaking it whether or not the race is over. Much harder to do that on a street circuit though. |
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| Author: | JJ [ Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:14 am ] |
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You can be imaginative.  
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| Author: | mclaren2008 [ Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
That is one of the worst penalties since that DTM one from years back when the driver had that water bottle in their overalls |
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| Author: | gkmotorsport [ Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
cookie wrote: Maybe if they put some actual professional flag wavers down instead of some celebrity who can hardly lift the flag, we would not have had this problem. This lady in red there had no place doing that job, just like jeremy Clarkson last week. He was also too late to wave the flag, they misjudge the speed of the cars and wave the flag when the car is already past. I noticed that IndyCar have an official waving the flag properly behind the celebrity, but kept mostly out of shot on the camera. That seems like the most sensible compromise - the sleb gets to half-heartedly wave a flag while somebody else does it so the drivers can actually see. |
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| Author: | deggis [ Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:56 am ] |
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| Author: | peterohanrahanrahan [ Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
They've got an LED screen right there too which displays SC and rain notices, why couldn't that indicate the race was over? Easier to see than a checkered flag. |
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| Author: | ZeroX [ Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
Why does the FIA allow people who are not in any way qualified or responsible wave the flag in the first place? |
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| Author: | LucasWheldon [ Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
the engineer doesn't keep track of the laps for the drivers? Or that might increase the pressure? |
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| Author: | amq55 [ Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
LucasWheldon wrote: the engineer doesn't keep track of the laps for the drivers? Or that might increase the pressure? Radio wasn't working according to Prema. Don't know if there's anything stopping them from putting out pitboards though. |
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| Author: | peterohanrahanrahan [ Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F1 Academy Discussion |
You know what's amusing, just to back over this one, is that Jeremy Clarkson, who waved the checkered flag in Bahrain, admitted that he actually waved it to Lance Stroll first, not Max Verstappen. He admitted he was drunk when he was given the honour. Then a week later, this happens. |
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