Formula 1

[jamesedwards]

Steward enquiry over. Result stands!

Well done Max

[Trader Pat]

Paddy Power have paid out on both Max and Lewis as winners

[greenmark]

It just keeps rolling on.
"Mercedes have lodged their intention to appeal the decision of the stewards to dismiss the team's protest. "

[Archery1969]

Has Hamilton retired from F1 ?

[Trader Pat]

Has Hamilton retired from F1 ?

No chance!

[firlandsfarm]

'Karma' implies that there's some mystical force at play in the universe. I prefer the term 'Shit happens'.

[greenmark]

'Karma' implies that there's some mystical force at play in the universe. I prefer the term 'Shit happens'.

I suspect the religions that subscribe to the concept of Karma would be pretty offended for it to be attached to something as prozaic as F1. So yes I agree with TraderPat. It isn't Karma, it's just life.
At a local level I'm sure Karma exists. But I doubt there's much spiritual/religious/mystical about it. It's called revenge.

[Trader Pat]

Shame to see the race card being played but suppose it was inevitable. Took longer than I thought to be honest!

[Trader Pat]

I've been watching the testing for a couple of hours now and I feel seasick with all this 'porpoising'.

I really hope these new regs improve the racing because these cars are damn ugly. The best looking of an ugly bunch for me is the Aston Martin.

[jamesedwards]

I've been watching the testing for a couple of hours now and I feel seasick with all this 'porpoising'.

I really hope these new regs improve the racing because these cars are damn ugly. The best looking of an ugly bunch for me is the Aston Martin.

Yes porpoising makes it awful to watch. Goodness knows how it is to drive!

[Trader Pat]

I've been watching the testing for a couple of hours now and I feel seasick with all this 'porpoising'.

I really hope these new regs improve the racing because these cars are damn ugly. The best looking of an ugly bunch for me is the Aston Martin.

Yes porpoising makes it awful to watch. Goodness knows how it is to drive!

Hopefully they manage to minimise it before next weekend otherwise its going to be very strange looking at 20 cars in a line doing it along the straights

[greenmark]

I might take a look tomorrow.
The Beeb has been runnng a poll on the best looking F1 car. Frankly they're all plug ugly.
For me F1 was the epitome of function over form, and in fact, the form was quite beuatiful.
But not now, something has gone wrong. Can anyone tell me that a multi-louvered front wing is pretty?
The cars just look like a mess and a compromise within the regs. For goodness sake change the regs.
Or have we reached the point that efficient aero designs are just too fast for the circuits?

[Trader Pat]

F1 cars have gotten progressively uglier over the years and the biggest shame of all for me is they don't sound as good as they used to. On the bright side they look more difficult to drive this season so hopefully that will make things more interesting.

The aerodynamics have been just too efficient which doesn't make for great racing so the whole point this season was to mess with the aero to enable cars to run closer to each other. At least that's the theory, hopefully its like that in practice.

[Trader Pat]

Looking at the on-board of Alonso's Alpine going down the straight it looks like he's been violently bounced up and down on someone's knee!

Wouldn't fancy doing that for 200 miles every other Sunday!

[Trader Pat]

Not easy picking a winner for the opening race of the season next week. Mercedes look well off it and the car looks a real handful. Lot of hype around Ferrari's race set-up but Red Bull look to have the best package to me.