3 grid place penalty for Waffle.

I think Vettel would have still won if they had pit under the VSC.

 

Ferrari gets moar of the adult channels while Merc has better local channel reception.

I'm not sure if VET on the Mediums for 30+ laps would have been able to keep the lead from HAM. It would have been close doe. HAM was still setting fast laps at the end of the race.

 

That was an enjoyable race.

 

for spain anyway

 

Top to bottom I think it was the best race since they changed the layout.

 

Yeah I legitimately enjoyed it.

Though everything pretty much went as I'd like it to. HAM winning, Force India having a good day, Verstapo/BOT out, Wehrlein doing well (I think the dude is good enough to be a #1 on a good team) and generally close racing throughout.

 

Stupid me watched first few laps, then forwarded to last few laps expecting Vettel to be the winner.

 

i just skip ahead listening for voice cues that something's worth stopping for.

 

found a brief clip of a turtle from the race. DRS engaged.

 

"last of the late brakers" as Brundle would say

 

I put a small flat spot on a tire doing that move with about 5 or 6 laps to go. tire smoke filled the cockpit!

 

amazing how well that car runs. i'd love to see a running tab of expenses. whats your yearly cost of operation etc?

did you mod the turtle to reduce aero drag?

 

The car runs awesome - when it's running - very fast on the straights, so as you can see in the clip, if I could keep a fast car behind me leading on to the front straight, I had a pretty good chance of putting some slow cars between us going into turn 1. The clip doesn't show the next lap where I did the same move, only to get stuck by a very slow car on the inside of turn 1, and the camera car gets around me on the outside. (how bout dat?)

We've also improved out pit stop times from 15 min each to about 4 minutes by using high flow fuel jugs (6 gallons in 30 seconds to dump instead of 5 gallons in 2 minutes), but we're still limited by the stock fuel filler neck diameter. We removed the nozzle restrictor flap, so the only way to get faster refueling is switching to a fuel cell.

The only aero mod we've made to the turtle is to spin in backwards and duct tape the gaps in front. We always discuss taking it off but we can't bring ourselves to do it.

Costs vary - depending on what breaks and how much fuel we use (which depends on WHEN we break) It averages about $600 - $1000 per person per race between car prep, race entry fees, and fuel. This was the first race we did where nothing broke so we were all ecstatic. Last race we lost a trans in the 1st hour...$2200 to replace and pretty much wasted weekend.

There are ways to stretch your dollar though. We use race brake pads and the softest tire compounds allowed, but teams will save money by using lifetime warrantied street brake pads, and replace them for free every race; and use bargain brand Chinese street tires. We had to use street pads once and they held up surprisingly well - you just had to brake waaaaaaaay early.

 

would love to see this for the lemons race.

this season might shape up to be a classic where BOT and RAI decide the title by how much they help the #1 drivers

 

Honestly how did Stroll finish behind Massa. How far out of his depths is this dude.

 

he's strolling doe

 

aye yai yai

 

RAM at 94%, CPU and hard drive at 100% so I couldn't copy and paste whole article.

Insights & Analysis - INTERVIEW: Stroll fights his corner

 

it's not really necessary

 

Stroll seemed very frustrated that he didn't immediately win in karts after he moved to Europe. UGH!!! Poor guy.

 

And how about Hamilton?

He didn't get to spend every weekend playing with his friends because McLaren was paying him to race karts.

 

The Autobahn Jessup kid may well be on his way to F1. 2nd in BRDC F3 points.

 

Please tell me that isn't a real name.

 

Autobahn Jessup kid? No, it's not his real name.

 

Slick Racin' Gardner is a real person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racin_Gardner