2013 Formula One Thread

[MC]

F1 is becoming hard to watch... There I am at 2am sitting on the couch with nice plate of food i warmed up settling down for some me time (lol) and..........its over after the 3rd turn lol

[alcheng]

Originally Posted by MC

F1 is becoming hard to watch... There I am at 2am sitting on the couch with nice plate of food i warmed up settling down for some me time (lol) and..........its over after the 3rd turn lol

did you finish the whole plate by turn-3 too???

[gomer_110]

Originally Posted by alcheng

The domination from Red Bull and Vettel really make the race boring... at the front...

when seeing Vettel blasting away from the field before half of the 1st lap, it was clearly he will win the race unless his car has mechanic failure...

almost a 2sec lead after the first lap... it's not fun to watch and not fun to race against him....



the good is so far in for this season, the actions from 2nd to 12th is always exciting.

The battle between Hulkenberg, Hamilton and Alonso + Roseberg...

Then Massa, Perez, Gutiérrez and Maldonado... the move from Massa on lap 50(?) was bravo... jump from 12th to 9th...

That move shows his experience and smartness very very much...

Look forward to Suzuka

Originally Posted by MC

F1 is becoming hard to watch... There I am at 2am sitting on the couch with nice plate of food i warmed up settling down for some me time (lol) and..........its over after the 3rd turn lol

Just my 2 cents but if Pirelli would make a good tire that doesn't go off in just a handful of laps it would make the racing much better. Right now it's more about tire management than actual driving talent/car design. If Pirelli just made a tire that allowed them to race hard even for 20-30 laps it would make a huge difference. I say blame Pirelli not the teams/drivers for the poor racing.

[DLSTR]

Originally Posted by gomer_110

Just my 2 cents but if Pirelli would make a good tire that doesn't go off in just a handful of laps it would make the racing much better. Right now it's more about tire management than actual driving talent/car design. If Pirelli just made a tire that allowed them to race hard even for 20-30 laps it would make a huge difference. I say blame Pirelli not the teams/drivers for the poor racing.

The FIA and Bernie asked Pirelli to make tires that degrade quickly. The teams pushed for changes after the Brit GP this year. The tires now are almost what we had last year. Alonso asked Paul Hembrey why they chose the super soft at Korea.

He told Alonso his boss(Alonso's) asked for them!!! Hoping to slow Red Bull down. OOPS! Red Bull are winning on the same tires. Doing a better job. Wanna beat Red Bull - Do a better job with your car. Im liking this year even with the Bulls being so successful. They have earned it!

Read this for some nice analysis - http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/22...-gp-tyre-issue

[alcheng]

Originally Posted by DLSTR

The FIA and Bernie asked Pirelli to make tires that degrade quickly. The teams pushed for changes after the Brit GP this year. The tires now are almost what we had last year. Alonso asked Paul Hembrey why they chose the super soft at Korea.

He told Alonso his boss(Alonso's) asked for them!!! Hoping to slow Red Bull down. OOPS! Red Bull are winning on the same tires. Doing a better job. Wanna beat Red Bull - Do a better job with your car. Im liking this year even with the Bulls being so successful. They have earned it!

Read this for some nice analysis - How the desire of rivals to rein in Red Bull contributed to the Korean GP tyre issue | Features & Experts | Sky Sports Formula 1

I personally believe the characteristic of the current tyre adds much more element into racing, drivers have to have different driving style to conserve the tyre according to the strategy, designer has to fine tune the chassis even more in order to max out between the performance and lifespan of the tyre too.

I found the races are more exciting, and especially to the midfield.

Regarding Red Bull vs others, they are using the same tyres, they do have a better car... can't complain about it...