2013 Random F1 Discussion

ellis · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:38 am

Schumifan wrote:

Hamilton also has the highest average starting place though, so less places to gain.

Yeah once you combine stats some look pretty awesome.

Lewis hasn't made up a spot, but he's had the highest so has less chance of making up a spot.
Alonso has a high average starting spot, and hasn't lost any spots.
Vettel has the second highest starting spot, but still hasn't lost a spot all year. That makes him the most impressive starter on the grid.
Rosberg is surprisingly bad.
Given Williams poor performance, Bottas losing 15 spots in total is a lot. When you're only beating the Caterham and Marussias, losing spots to them is quite bad.
di Resta is surprisingly good at starts. He's been qualifying fairly high all year (the average is skewed due to the FI screw ups), but still makes up spots.
Sutil is surprisingly bad. He's got a better qualifying than di Resta (about the same once you factor in FI lawls), but has lost the most spots on anyone on the entire grid.
Webber isn't a surprise at all.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:01 am

Rosberg has taken three poles and some other good qualifying performances - I reckon a lot of that deficit is the first lap in Hungary. I think he went from fourth to 12th after making contact with Massa.

RtN · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:37 am

ellis wrote:

Sutil is surprisingly bad. He's got a better qualifying than di Resta (about the same once you factor in FI lawls), but has lost the most spots on anyone on the entire grid.

That's not entirely fair, 14 of those 21 spots lost were as a direct result of getting Felipe'd at Bahrain.

ellis · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:42 am

I forgot about that. So take out 14 and he's lost 7. That takes him to -2 overall, which is ok.

Rosberg takes off 8, so becomes -3 as well, which isn't terrible.

Still leaves them both in the negatives however. It puts Rosberg above Lewis (but Lewis starting position puts him in a much harder position). It leaves Sutil considerably behind di Resta though.

kals · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:28 pm

The difference between Sutil's dropped places and Rosberg's are that in Bahrain it wasn't Sutil's fault, whereas in Hungary Rosberg cost himself those places by chopping Massa.

Artur Craft · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:42 pm

F1 should ditch Interlagos and race where WEC did their promos. That would be real racin' a la Spa in 60s and if you make a mistake, good bye

Spoiler:

kals · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:56 pm

[pedantic]I don't remember seeing photos of a la Spa in 60's through city streets and surrounded by offices[/pedantic]

highgroove · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:20 pm

Maybe he means if you make a mistake, you end up flying through the first floor of a grand plaza? Or a Starbucks?

kals · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:29 pm

This is motorsport we're talking about, not a scene from a Die Hard movie.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:34 pm

Ah yes, Formula 1 regularly has enormous shop-destroying accidents when it races in Monaco and Singapore oh wait...

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:49 pm

kals wrote:

This is motorsport we're talking about, not a scene from a Die Hard movie.

more like this

kals · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:51 pm

phil1993 wrote:

Ah yes, Formula 1 regularly has enormous shop-destroying accidents when it races in Monaco and Singapore oh wait...

Jeez, come on Phil. It happens all the time. Have you never watched Driven? That's real life right there.

highgroove · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:18 pm

When the cars crashed, they were like giant pinatas, exploding into a million peices of confetti. Real as fook!

Ian-S · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:47 pm

kals wrote:

phil1993 wrote:

Ah yes, Formula 1 regularly has enormous shop-destroying accidents when it races in Monaco and Singapore oh wait...

Jeez, come on Phil. It happens all the time. Have you never watched Driven? That's real life right there.

Iron Man 2, enough said.

kals · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:56 pm

lol yes!

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:04 pm

Bernie Ecclestone should move a lawsuit to everyone who bashes F1 in movies

kals · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:10 pm

[legaldisclaimer]F1 was never represented in Driven of Iron Man 2. Any likeness to F1 is purely coincidental.[/legaldisclaimer]

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:43 pm

oops I'm sorry, FIA should do that with movies that mock up motorsport

Artur Craft · PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:51 pm

kals wrote:

[pedantic]I don't remember seeing photos of a la Spa in 60's through city streets and surrounded by offices[/pedantic]

I meant no run offs, so no room for mistakes.

@

phil, good point about Monaco and Singapore, so let's just race there in this street. I would specially love to see Indycar racing there instead of where they do now. Yellow flag all the way through it

Coldtyre · PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 11:51 am

Le Mans 1999: one of those rare occasions where Reality > Fiction.

Also, that unfortunate Formula Dream accident at Suzuka in 2002, and Joey Hand at Mid Ohio...

Sometimes physics just give up and the whole accident seems just out of an OTT movie.

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