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11-27-2017, 09:42 AM | #1 | ||
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Formula 1 2018
Last year's thread: https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2817506
While Vettel looked like the front-runner for a good chunk of the first half of the season, after the summer break has been the Lewis Hamilton Show and he cruised to his 4th World Driver's Championship, marking 4 straight years of Mercedes dominance in the V6 turbo hybrid era. 2018 driver's lineups: Quote:
After only scoring 30 points all 2017, the 3rd straight abysmal season with a Honda power unit that never managed to get on par with its competitors, McLaren has finally quit bailing water out of their sinking McHondas and cut them loose in order to run Renault engines in 2018. This brings them back to where they started as a customer team that cannot win the championship, except with less power than they originally had with Mercedes. Sauber will be running current year spec Ferrari engines rather than last year's as they had before and have created a joint partnership with Alfa Romeo. 2018 race calendar: Quote:
February 26-March 1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona March 6-9 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona In-season tests: May 15-May 16 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona July 31-August 1 Hungaroring, Budapest The cars will lose the shark fins but gain the unsightly halos. Oh, and there's a new logo as well.
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11-27-2017, 01:10 PM | #2 |
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2018 will be another snoozefest, Mercedes and Hamilton will win again, even easier than this year.
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11-27-2017, 01:23 PM | #3 |
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Eeyyyup.
There may be some fun races mixed in. |
11-27-2017, 01:40 PM | #4 |
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the boring ones will outnumber the moments of excitement in the less boring ones.
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11-27-2017, 09:35 PM | #5 |
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Waiting for something interesting...
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11-28-2017, 06:19 AM | #6 |
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Wow that halo thing is ugly. How long till they match the ugly of Indy cars?
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11-28-2017, 08:22 AM | #7 |
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and when you think it canīt get more ugly
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11-28-2017, 08:24 AM | #8 |
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11-28-2017, 11:27 AM | #9 |
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Ugh...gross
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11-28-2017, 12:45 PM | #10 |
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Runden=Laps
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11-28-2017, 03:30 PM | #11 |
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What are those fence looking things for? Testing something?
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11-28-2017, 04:43 PM | #12 |
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all kind of sensors, mostly air flow measuring
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11-28-2017, 04:43 PM | #13 |
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Each point in on the the grid is sensor to help map the air flow across the surface of the car.
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11-29-2017, 12:46 AM | #14 |
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The halos look weird, but after a season or three, I bet older cars will start to look like something's missing.
I wonder if drivers will complain about the pillar in the middle, it seems like that would be distracting on the straights. |
11-29-2017, 06:52 AM | #15 |
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Geez that halo is fugly
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11-29-2017, 07:35 AM | #16 |
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Alfa Romeo Sauber 2018
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11-29-2017, 09:11 AM | #17 |
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Leclerc/Giovinazzi would be an electric young pairing, here's hoping.
Any bets on who finishes last next season? Sauber is still the frontrunner for the backmarker, but are going to have current spec Ferrari engines again, so they might be closer to Haas. Their driver pairing cannot be as strong as GRO/MAG, tho. Toro Rosso has been trash lately and are moving to Honda so they might sink. Personally, I'm hoping this is the year Honda's gains start to show in terms of power and reliability. |
11-29-2017, 11:32 AM | #18 |
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Haas will be last; I donīt think that crybaby Grosjean and Rambo Magnussen is a strong driver pairing.
And Iīm not impressed about the Kubica times, combined both days |
11-29-2017, 01:54 PM | #19 |
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He beat Stroll right?
Williams is all sorts of terrible. So.. with Alfa Romeo as the title sponsor (yes I know Fiat spun out Ferrari), are we looking at the new junior Ferrari team? |
11-29-2017, 03:14 PM | #20 | |
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Kubica dit the fastest laps with the new hypersoft (the softest of all tires) Sirotkin did his time on soft tires (not supersoft, not ultrasoft, not hypersoft) I still cannot understand this overrated Kubica hype |
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11-29-2017, 06:44 PM | #21 |
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According to Paddy Lowe we aren't supposed to judge his speed compared to the times the other drivers put in. Only they know what programs the drivers were running.
Otherwise, yeah... Still hoping he comes back as it will make next season more interesting. Anything can help... |
11-29-2017, 06:56 PM | #22 |
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I donīt expect Williams becoming a top team again. My Ranking for 2018
1. Mercedes 2. RedBull 3. Ferrari 4. Renault 5. Force India 6. McLaren 7. Williams 8. Sauber 9. Toro Rosso 10. Haas |
11-29-2017, 07:00 PM | #23 |
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11-30-2017, 01:48 AM | #24 |
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I'm guessing Alfa at #9.
Oh wait. Last edited by NSFW; 12-08-2017 at 12:55 AM. Reason: I got the memo about Alfa teaming up with Sauber. |
11-30-2017, 08:29 AM | #25 |
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Alonso keeps crowing on how McLaren has the best chassis and all they need is an engine. Well they got an engine for next year (Renault), so I expect the to be equal or better than Red Bull.
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