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Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone from pole position, mastering difficult weather conditions and fighting back after a difficult start. Rosberg similarly fought back to second with Vettel completing the podium thanks to a perfectly timed switch to intermediate tyres.
It's probably because hardly anything is happening on track, and cars are just sitting 1 second away from the dirty air unless they're significantly quicker, therefore you can pretty much skip the race from lap 2 until the first pitstop, leaving only half a race of actual action.raymondu999 wrote:Im hoping for a battle between 2 to 3 stops. im not a big fan of one stop races For some reason. less tension in the pits I guess? i like mixed up strats
There's no reason why they should be easier than the V8s physically which presented a reasonable challenge. In the current era they're possibly harder to drive from a mental perspective, with more fuel and energy management necessary. Getting out the car after an accident is nothing to do with how easy the cars are to drive, it's the safety precautions in place.majki2111 wrote:Sorry for off topic, but am I right when I noticed recently that F1 cars are beconing easy to drive? For F1 drivers it is like driving go-karts for us. I watched Austrian quali and when Nico spun in Q3 in his "what could have been fastest lap this year", he jumped out of the car and he didn't have any signes of tiredness. He didn't even had to sit for a moment.
Same thing goes Alonso-Kimi accident. 1st lap, adrenaline, big crash, Alonso almost hit Kimi's head, and again, those two just jumped out of the car, gave eachother a handshake and walked away fully normally like nothing happened.
That's the opposite, the car is more difficul to drive, because she has less downforce but more power and more torque, especially at low rpm, less grip with those Pirelli, and furthermore the driver need to manage fuel and tires consumption.majki2111 wrote:Sorry for off topic, but am I right when I noticed recently that F1 cars are beconing easy to drive? For F1 drivers it is like driving go-karts for us. I watched Austrian quali and when Nico spun in Q3 in his "what could have been fastest lap this year", he jumped out of the car and he didn't have any signes of tiredness. He didn't even had to sit for a moment.
Same thing goes Alonso-Kimi accident. 1st lap, adrenaline, big crash, Alonso almost hit Kimi's head, and again, those two just jumped out of the car, gave eachother a handshake and walked away fully normally like nothing happened.
I know all that, but this lack of signes of physical tiredness after driving F1 car is really confusing.Spoutnik wrote:That's the opposite, the car is more difficul to drive, because she has less downforce but more power and more torque, especially at low rpm, less grip with those Pirelli, and furthermore the driver need to manage fuel and tires consumption.majki2111 wrote:Sorry for off topic, but am I right when I noticed recently that F1 cars are beconing easy to drive? For F1 drivers it is like driving go-karts for us. I watched Austrian quali and when Nico spun in Q3 in his "what could have been fastest lap this year", he jumped out of the car and he didn't have any signes of tiredness. He didn't even had to sit for a moment.
Same thing goes Alonso-Kimi accident. 1st lap, adrenaline, big crash, Alonso almost hit Kimi's head, and again, those two just jumped out of the car, gave eachother a handshake and walked away fully normally like nothing happened.
But, in term of physical difficulties, clearly those car are less difficul to drive.
It depends of the track, after Singapore or Hungary I don't think every driver don't show signs of physical tiredness..majki2111 wrote:I know all that, but this lack of signes of physical tiredness after driving F1 car is really confusing.Spoutnik wrote:That's the opposite, the car is more difficul to drive, because she has less downforce but more power and more torque, especially at low rpm, less grip with those Pirelli, and furthermore the driver need to manage fuel and tires consumption.majki2111 wrote:Sorry for off topic, but am I right when I noticed recently that F1 cars are beconing easy to drive? For F1 drivers it is like driving go-karts for us. I watched Austrian quali and when Nico spun in Q3 in his "what could have been fastest lap this year", he jumped out of the car and he didn't have any signes of tiredness. He didn't even had to sit for a moment.
Same thing goes Alonso-Kimi accident. 1st lap, adrenaline, big crash, Alonso almost hit Kimi's head, and again, those two just jumped out of the car, gave eachother a handshake and walked away fully normally like nothing happened.
But, in term of physical difficulties, clearly those car are less difficul to drive.
An djust one more question. I was wondering, could we, normal people be able to withstand one qiali lap in F1 car?
The last part can be translate by : "My neck is a little sore, it makes me a little pain, but if you have the opportunity to participate in a day of testing at the wheel of a Formula 1 car , you must take it. And you do not complain about pain that you can feel when you finish the day !""Cette journée d’essais au volant d’une F1 fut sensationnelle"
"Ce fut une journée fantastique sans le moindre problème et j’ai énormément tourné, je suis donc vraiment heureux."
"Ma nuque est un peu endolorie, elle me fait un peu mal, mais si vous avez l’opportunité de participer à une journée d’essais au volant d’une monoplace de Formule 1, vous devez la saisir. Vous ne vous plaignez pas de la douleur que vous pouvez ressentir une fois votre journée terminée."
Because of the higher corner speeds the old V8's are more tiring and more taxing on the body especially the neck and torso. Just check the number of times Jenson said he doesn't even have to train his neck for these cars anymore.Spoutnik wrote:That's the opposite, the car is more difficul to drive, because she has less downforce but more power and more torque, especially at low rpm, less grip with those Pirelli, and furthermore the driver need to manage fuel and tires consumption.majki2111 wrote:Sorry for off topic, but am I right when I noticed recently that F1 cars are beconing easy to drive? For F1 drivers it is like driving go-karts for us. I watched Austrian quali and when Nico spun in Q3 in his "what could have been fastest lap this year", he jumped out of the car and he didn't have any signes of tiredness. He didn't even had to sit for a moment.
Same thing goes Alonso-Kimi accident. 1st lap, adrenaline, big crash, Alonso almost hit Kimi's head, and again, those two just jumped out of the car, gave eachother a handshake and walked away fully normally like nothing happened.
But, in term of physical difficulties, clearly those car are less difficul to drive.
Because of the higher corner speeds the old aero rules are more tiring...PlatinumZealot wrote:Because of the higher corner speeds the old V8's are more tiring and more taxing on the body especially the neck and torso. Just check the number of times Jenson said he doesn't even have to train his neck for these cars anymore.Spoutnik wrote:That's the opposite, the car is more difficul to drive, because she has less downforce but more power and more torque, especially at low rpm, less grip with those Pirelli, and furthermore the driver need to manage fuel and tires consumption.majki2111 wrote:Sorry for off topic, but am I right when I noticed recently that F1 cars are beconing easy to drive? For F1 drivers it is like driving go-karts for us. I watched Austrian quali and when Nico spun in Q3 in his "what could have been fastest lap this year", he jumped out of the car and he didn't have any signes of tiredness. He didn't even had to sit for a moment.
Same thing goes Alonso-Kimi accident. 1st lap, adrenaline, big crash, Alonso almost hit Kimi's head, and again, those two just jumped out of the car, gave eachother a handshake and walked away fully normally like nothing happened.
But, in term of physical difficulties, clearly those car are less difficul to drive.