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Wet F1 races
« on: 14 November 2016, 13:37:29 »
What a great leveller.

Shame Red Bull brought Max in for inters. What a pleasure it was to see him charge up the field from 16th to 3rd back on full wets.

There have been some great wet races in the past. Monaco 1984 is one, so is Donington 1993 ( I really really enjoyed that one). Then there's Barcelona 1996, Silverstone 2008 and Nurburgring 1968

I wonder if Ross Brawn will introduce track sprinklers ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #1 on: 14 November 2016, 13:38:53 »
Max is either a future world champion, or a self-cremating also ran.
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #2 on: 14 November 2016, 13:49:24 »
Quote from: STEMO on 14 November 2016, 13:38:53
Max is either a future world champion, or a self-cremating also ran.

The kid is good. He'll be starting to shave soon. :)
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #3 on: 14 November 2016, 14:44:07 »
Do people still watch that drivel  :D
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #4 on: 14 November 2016, 17:37:11 »
It was a great drive by Verstappen, but not the reincarnation of Senna that all the commentators wanted us to believe. He was on brand new tyres and everyone in front were on pretty knackered tyres, so he had a serious advantage.
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #5 on: 14 November 2016, 18:12:53 »
Quote from: plym ian on 14 November 2016, 14:44:07
Do people still watch that drivel  :D
Hopefully from next year it might start to improve.

First thing to do is remove the safety car, ban tyre changes and all that drs wank, then you never know, you might even get the useless poofters to even think about racing.
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #6 on: 14 November 2016, 18:30:59 »
Wet races also level the playing field in motorcycle racing too,giving teams with slightly lesser powered machines a chance to mix it with the official "factory" bikes.
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #7 on: 17 November 2016, 13:05:19 »
Quote from: Varche on 14 November 2016, 13:37:29
What a great leveller.

Shame Red Bull brought Max in for inters. What a pleasure it was to see him charge up the field from 16th to 3rd back on full wets.

There have been some great wet races in the past. Monaco 1984 is one, so is Donington 1993 ( I really really enjoyed that one). Then there's Barcelona 1996, Silverstone 2008 and Nurburgring 1968

I wonder if Ross Brawn will introduce track sprinklers ;D ;D ;D

Was this one weee  Jackie?
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #8 on: 17 November 2016, 17:07:35 »
Imo, Sennas first win, Portugal 85, outshines all of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YLaegdlNjU

Many people talk about Senna at donington 93, especially the first lap, but the car had full active suspension and traction control. As he said (rather modestly) "all I had to do was bury my right foot and turn the steering wheel, the electronics did the rest".
The best wet weather driver ever though was Gilles Villeneuve. In practice for Watkins glen (79 ?) he was 11 seconds a lap faster than whoever was second fastest !
There isn't that much footage of him, but youtube does have some.
How times have changed.  ::)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SmrV-FFC1w

These chassis were made from sheet alloy. If you hit something hard in them they folded like a tescos carrier bag. Villeneuve tested this theory many times, but unfortunately he tested it one time too many. It was both heartbreaking and inevitable.  :(
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #9 on: 17 November 2016, 18:31:01 »
Ah Gilles Villeneuve.   Sigh.
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Re: Wet F1 races
« Reply #10 on: 17 November 2016, 21:40:01 »
The greatest of them all imo.  :y
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