scottsdad Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Wait till Haas take their sandbags off. They'll skoosh this season. Edited February 21 by scottsdad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Crofty is being replaced... https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/f1-sky-sports-david-croft-2024-season-b2500566.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1708600177 ... for three races 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 37 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Crofty is being replaced... https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/f1-sky-sports-david-croft-2024-season-b2500566.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1708600177 Yas ya dancer .... 38 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: ... for three races Baws. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 More Bernie Collins as well. Yay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: More Bernie Collins as well. Yay. I think she's been a good addition to be honest, not your standard british cheerleader. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 With commentators and pundits (Croft & Brundle) skipping races due to workload, F1 should think about what this is like for the teams. 24 races is too many. The season is about 50% longer than it should be. Mechanics, drivers, everyone will get burnt out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 14 minutes ago, scottsdad said: With commentators and pundits (Croft & Brundle) skipping races due to workload, F1 should think about what this is like for the teams. 24 races is too many. The season is about 50% longer than it should be. Mechanics, drivers, everyone will get burnt out. A lot of the teams rotate there mechanics/engineers with factory staff now for the fly away races .Not the main players as such but the behind scenes types 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 37 minutes ago, doulikefish said: A lot of the teams rotate there mechanics/engineers with factory staff now for the fly away races .Not the main players as such but the behind scenes types Even so, the hard core who go to every race will be exhausted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 7 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Even so, the hard core who go to every race will be exhausted. I totally agree but they tend to be the fly in private on the Thursday and fly out about an hour after the race ends the set up / tare down crew are the economy class there for a week, they are they ones that will be most knackered 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 And when there is no title fight, it is a long season for fans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 It's definitely far too much , I mean I love F1 but the last few years it just seems like there's always a race constantly coming at you , but not in a great I don't have long to wait to see another race kind of way . More in a this is really diluting the product kind of way. Add to that they give loads of points to just about everyone and by the time we're getting to the end of the season I really don't care that 3rd place is only 534572658 points behind second and can make it all up if they win the sprint race and get a fastest lap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Nostalgia time. In the late 90s, a DNF or a win really meant something. It had a huge effect on the title fight. I remember Hakkinen crying his eyes out after spinning out in Italy because he knew that those 10 points were genuinely meaningful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 It’s crazy that a 50 point lead at the summer break isn’t even a big deal, a contender can crash out at Monza and it’ll just be like oh well we’ve got 8 races to go. Before if you were 10 points and you DNF’d it was catastrophic, now it’s alright cause you can make it up easily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 21/02/2024 at 08:43, Rhys McCabe Hype Train said: Williams have finally integrated their dash screen on their steering wheel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 So far the drain covers look to be the favourites for the championship. Absolutely bossed testing so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 There's still time to take part in Fantasy F1. Sign up at https://fantasygp.com/ then use the code 618914 to join the league (suggestions for a new league name welcome). Feel free to share among friends etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 On 22/02/2024 at 21:43, JamesP_81 said: It's definitely far too much , I mean I love F1 but the last few years it just seems like there's always a race constantly coming at you , but not in a great I don't have long to wait to see another race kind of way . More in a this is really diluting the product kind of way. Add to that they give loads of points to just about everyone and by the time we're getting to the end of the season I really don't care that 3rd place is only 534572658 points behind second and can make it all up if they win the sprint race and get a fastest lap. I'm kinda similar. When I was younger I couldn't get enough of F1, now I'm a bit "meh" that the new season is starting already. I very rarely watch qualifying nowadays and have hardly seen any of the sprints. At the risk of going full Grampa Simpson, when I started watching there were 16 races. Now there's 24 I think, so there's been an increase of 50 per cent over that period. Not sure any other sport has increased by as much as that over the last 30 years - although obviously a lot more is televised than it was back then. Don't really have an issue with the points system though as with the reliability nowadays it would have been the same three teams scoring points most weeks. Mind you, it was changed to the top 10 when the three new teams arrived - weird it wasn't then changed again after they all went bust! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmyself Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 13 hours ago, Stu said: I'm kinda similar. When I was younger I couldn't get enough of F1, now I'm a bit "meh" that the new season is starting already. I very rarely watch qualifying nowadays and have hardly seen any of the sprints. At the risk of going full Grampa Simpson, when I started watching there were 16 races. Now there's 24 I think, so there's been an increase of 50 per cent over that period. Not sure any other sport has increased by as much as that over the last 30 years - although obviously a lot more is televised than it was back then. Don't really have an issue with the points system though as with the reliability nowadays it would have been the same three teams scoring points most weeks. Mind you, it was changed to the top 10 when the three new teams arrived - weird it wasn't then changed again after they all went bust! It definitely doesn't feel like an event anymore, now it's just part of the weekends sport. If you miss a race or two then fine, you won't be waiting long and each one has less impact on the bigger picture. That said, a close championship would make all the difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 The current schedule is a nonsense, especially with so many dull circuits that offer nothing other than a big bag of dosh to F1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 It's the American model. Increase revenue until you milk every bit of fun out of it, then watch it implode, walk into the sunset and start a new series. The NHL and MLB seasons are a joke for fixture congestion and shite, meaningless games amongst what SHOULD be an awesome product. I remember being excited about a back-to-back in F1. Now they all seem to be back-to-back. Good races used to be a privilege to watch, now we try to manipulate races so they are all "exciting" to suit the DTS fans, and they are all becoming a bit meh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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