2023 F1 - Fantasy League

[DLax69]

That's the key word in any form of racing, PACKAGE.

Would've thought it was "go!"

 

[midlifecrisis]

Would've thought it was "go!"

But sometimes 'go' isn't enough. Stopping quickly and turning (and not just left) are just as important. Further to this 'go' is made up of bhp and kg (lb)...increase bhp, decrease kg (lb).

 

[DLax69]

 

[Tallman]

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That’s not exactly giving a car width’s space

 

[Oneball]

That’s not exactly giving a car width’s space

That’s what you’re supposed to do to a Cavalier

 

[Andyk]

That’s what you’re supposed to do to a Cavalier

This has gone down in BTCC history. Remember seeing this when it happened and as a Steve Soper and BMW fan it was great to see. Fun times and crazy racing back then. Brilliant.

 

[Andyk]

And the incident that made John mad. Championship decider…

 

[Andyk]

And an interview many years later.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Last race shenanigans for the championship are nothing new, the best (worst) example I remember is the Lortis Capirossi/Tetsuya Harada incident in the 250cc GP in 1998. Harada, just needed to finish ahead of Capirossi to win the championship. Then this happened, commentary is in japanese but you get the emotion...

 

[midlifecrisis]

Which sent me down a rabbit hole of how good 250cc Grands Prix racing was... this is 2000, again two teammates in with a chance of winninig the championship... I also miss Toby Moody's excitable commentary...

 

[DLax69]

NASCAR has had a few of these, but a lot fewer since Dale, Sr. was killed...(vid not of that):

I probably haven't looked at a NASCAR race in a decade, but used to really enjoy it as this is the center of that world...

 

[zagatoes30]

Imola this weekend so don't forget predictions, the first of 3 on the bounce

 

[zagatoes30]

Heavy rain and risk of flooding might impact Imola GP

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/1...ve-imola-paddock-amid-concern-over-heavy-rain

 

[midlifecrisis]

Heavy rain and risk of flooding might impact Imola GP

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/1...ve-imola-paddock-amid-concern-over-heavy-rain

Gone are the days of a analogue non turbo car mixing it with the too powerful turbo cars...

 

[Oneball]

They’ve cancelled it due to the flooding.

 

[Andyk]

Just seen that as well. Looking at it yesterday I think it was on the cards.

 

[zagatoes30]

Bugger but it looks like they would have needed powerboats

 

[Burf22]

That's a shame, but understandable. The river runs very close to the circuit - from memory it's just the other side of the run down to Tamburello.

 

[zagatoes30]

So after the disappointment of Imola cancellation we move on to Monaco one of best known of all the F1 races but also the hardest to predict. Qualifications everything here due to the difficulty of overtaking so maybe this is a race to consider a tactical change.

Either way don't forget predictions before quali starts

 

[Tallman]

That was a good weekend at Monaco - great qualifying with 5 different cars in the top 6 and some rain on race day to keep the race interesting as otherwise it’s a bit of a procession. Interesting to still see some overtaking tries in nearly impossible places. I think Perez got a reality check the last 2 races..it’ll be interesting to see where Merc is next week.