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suffolk009 said:
One thing is really starting to bug me. Why does seemingly everyone in the F1 paddock say "for sure" all the time. It's been happening for a while now, and it's getting worse, for sure.
Schumacher started it in his early days and I assume it's because the literal translation of certainly in German is something like for sure. Watching the red bulls on tv is a yawn fest.
Watching them live is something else. At monza sat in alta velocita 6b there was a white line on the track opposite where I was sitting. Every time vettel hit that line I started counting seconds,he was ripping 1 to 1.5 seconds per lap out of second place before the first set of pit stops. It really is amazing to watch when everyone else is struggling behind to keep up..
It was literally " crescendo of an f1 car" vettel , followed up by many seconds later of more screaming cars all at once one after another.
I said it to my dad at the time in the stand, vettel in that red bull, it really is a race of one.. If that makes sense to anyone.
Watching them live is something else. At monza sat in alta velocita 6b there was a white line on the track opposite where I was sitting. Every time vettel hit that line I started counting seconds,he was ripping 1 to 1.5 seconds per lap out of second place before the first set of pit stops. It really is amazing to watch when everyone else is struggling behind to keep up..
It was literally " crescendo of an f1 car" vettel , followed up by many seconds later of more screaming cars all at once one after another.
I said it to my dad at the time in the stand, vettel in that red bull, it really is a race of one.. If that makes sense to anyone.
RichB said:
suffolk009 said:
One thing is really starting to bug me. Why does seemingly everyone in the F1 paddock say "for sure" all the time. It's been happening for a while now, and it's getting worse, for sure.
Schumacher started it in his early days and I assume it's because the literal translation of certainly in German is something like for sure. REALIST123 said:
Schumacher started it? It was being said by F1 drivers before Schumacher was born, let alone in F1.
Really? Anyway, I've never seen any footage of the likes of Fangio, Moss or Clark saying it nor do I recollect G Hill, Hunt, Lauda or Stewart saying "for sure" so I would say on this occasion that unless you can demonstrate otherwise I stand by my statement.
Record it.
Watch the opening laps when there is most of the action. After lap 6 or 7 they start tyre saving.
Watch the rest at 6x speed.
Pause , rewind and go back to normal speed if anything interesting happens.
You should be able to watch the whole race in about 15-20 minutes while still seeing the good bits.
Lovely. Can't wait.
God I hope there is a safety car. At least then they won't be told to short shift and limit their revs to conserve fuel. Bloody ridiculous.
It could be so , so SOOO much better than this..
Watch the opening laps when there is most of the action. After lap 6 or 7 they start tyre saving.
Watch the rest at 6x speed.
Pause , rewind and go back to normal speed if anything interesting happens.
You should be able to watch the whole race in about 15-20 minutes while still seeing the good bits.
Lovely. Can't wait.
God I hope there is a safety car. At least then they won't be told to short shift and limit their revs to conserve fuel. Bloody ridiculous.
It could be so , so SOOO much better than this..
Edited by toppstuff on Friday 25th October 23:38
Crafty_ said:
If do you have to keep whinging about it can you not at least keep it to the whinging thread you created ?
Someone has to offer some balance to the True Believers or Bernie will think that nothing needs improving.
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RichB said:
suffolk009 said:
One thing is really starting to bug me. Why does seemingly everyone in the F1 paddock say "for sure" all the time. It's been happening for a while now, and it's getting worse, for sure.
Schumacher started it in his early days and I assume it's because the literal translation of certainly in German is something like for sure. 
Once again, tyre strategy is going to dominate proceedings.
it is the only major variable at play here.
If RB get the tyre strategy wrong, we'll have a race on our hands.
If RB get the tyre strategy right this can be another demonstration run for them, a case study in how to dominate in F1. And good for them.
it is the only major variable at play here.
If RB get the tyre strategy wrong, we'll have a race on our hands.
If RB get the tyre strategy right this can be another demonstration run for them, a case study in how to dominate in F1. And good for them.
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