Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2020

James B · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:49 pm

Struggling to see anything other than pole #99

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:52 pm

unless they come up with a random penalty which seems unlikely

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:53 pm

Pretty close up front at the moment

Caspar · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:55 pm

#44 will snatch pole thanks to best fans imo.

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:00 pm

Verstappen on pole!

LuckyStrike FAN · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:01 pm

Fingers crossed for McLaren to finish 3rd in the Constructors tomorrow.

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:02 pm

Less then a tenth between the top 3

Norris only 1/4 second behind pole

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:03 pm

Max snatched pole, who would had thought

James B · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:03 pm

James B wrote:

Struggling to see anything other than pole #99

Oh that worked nicely

Tomorrow's race is going to be terrible :thumbsup:

micha · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:06 pm

Did David said it was his very first pole??

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:10 pm

I predict an anticlimatic win by Hamilton predicting what could had been had Russell being on that car

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:10 pm

Sounded like it. But maybe he actually did say third.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:14 pm

James B wrote:

Struggling to see anything other than pole #99

Oh that worked nicely

Tomorrow's race is going to be terrible :thumbsup:

Stop that, my thing! :lol:

Just shows that the most exciting Boring season in F1 history can surprise us one last time lol

Caspar · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:23 pm

Kvyat being very honest in post chat saying it is probably his last (qual)lap in F1 on this track. Jeez it's like I finally actually starting to like the guy.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:27 pm

Caspar wrote:

Kvyat being very honest in post chat saying it is probably his last (qual)lap in F1 on this track. Jeez it's like I finally actually starting to like the guy.

Knowing how 2020 is going he'll probably win tomorrow :lol:

JJ · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:33 pm

Fabs wrote:

Luckily no one at the FIA listens to you :lol:

Go to youtube then and watch onboards from your "great era" :lol:

This is racing, not driving cars around just for laptime. By your logic we don't need a race, just cars driving around.

Well, that's why I love rallying. No gimmicks whatsoever, just a pure time trial to see who's the quickest. One mistake and you're into the woods or off the cliff, so each corner provides reason for excitement.

F1 practice sessions could also be interesting if just the tracks and the cars would be interesting. V10 would help to tackle dullness at boring tracks like Abu Dhabi, Paul Ricard and Sochi, but I don't mind about V6 or DRS as long as they return to Mugello and other challenging tracks in the future.

I know I probably complained constantly in 2005, but it's because as a teenager I probably cared only about overtakes, so I couldn't appreciate other aspects of the sports and didn't know that it would all go downhill thereafter.

Oh yes, congrats to Red Bull. Maybe it's not going to be Mercedes walkover tomorrow after all.

Shaddix · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:48 pm

Caspar wrote:

Kvyat being very honest in post chat saying it is probably his last (qual)lap in F1 on this track. Jeez it's like I finally actually starting to like the guy.

I do feel like he upped his performance towards the end of the season.

pimmy · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:29 pm

JJ wrote:

Overtaking is overrated IMO. Thanks to DRS I haven't cared about overtaking for years. It's the battles that are interesting, whether or not they lead to an overtake (or collision).

Thank you. This is the thing that most people fail to grasp. Overtaking in and of itself is not exciting, the battle for position is. You could have a nose to tail, side by side battle with not a single pass being made and it would be infinitely more exciting than someone getting a free pass after pressing a button. If I wanted to watch cars just pass each other with no effort, I'd just watch traffic on the motorway. DRS might as well stand for Delete Racing System, because that's exactly what it is. It gives you the end result of an overtake without the build-up to it. It doesn't give the drivers an opportunity to demonstrate their skill or racecraft. Unlike the push to pass system in Indycar or the overtaking boost system in Super Formula, where drivers can both attack and defend, DRS leaves the leading car as a sitting duck and it's totally unfair.

Anyway, nice to see Verstappen on pole. Hopefully he'll be able to keep the Mercs behind him tomorrow.

Soul Reaver · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:20 pm

Fabs wrote:

JJ wrote:

Fabs wrote:

Oh God no, those horrible no on track passes seasons with the only overtaking happening at pit stops. No thx.

Give me those 2009-2013 rules, we had some good overtaking back then.

Overtaking is overrated IMO. Thanks to DRS I haven't cared about overtaking for years. It's the battles that are interesting, whether or not they lead to an overtake (or collision).
With V10 cars I wouldn't even care about races, merely watching onboard laps at Abu Dhabi or Sochi during Free Practice would be enough to keep me entertained. More than the last 5 seasons combined.

Luckily no one at the FIA listens to you :lol:

Go to youtube then and watch onboards from your "great era" :lol:

This is racing, not driving cars around just for laptime. By your logic we don't need a race, just cars driving around.

Get the 2022 rules, put an aspirated V10 there and make the cars smaller, so they seem much quicker and exciting from the tv cameras. Done.

nicko23 · PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:49 pm

Second run for Alonso and lap on 1:40:5 with R25:

https://dai.ly/x7y1fos

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