Formula 1 talk.

[HoosierDaddy]

YouTube TV and Disney just struck a deal, all channels are back

I am now a temporary Disney fan. The ONLY thing I would have missed when gone was F1 coverage. Fortunately a $10.99 1 month subscription to F1 TV resolved that. YouTube TV has issued a $20 credit for the temporary loss. So, I netted $9.01 after my $10.99 one month F1 TV subscription. Which by the way, can not be renewed or started as too close to 2026 when no longer available to anyone NOT a Disney subscriber.

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[The Demon]

I am now a temporary Disney fan. The ONLY thing I would have missed when gone was F1 coverage. Fortunately a $10.99 1 month subscription to F1 TV resolved that. YouTube TV has issued a $20 credit for the temporary loss. So, I netted $9.99 after my $10.99 one month F1 TV subscription. Which by the way, can not be renewed or started as too close to 2026 when no longer available to anyone NOT a Disney subscriber.

Yep. Took that $20 credit as well and the only thing that I possibly would’ve missed is MNF which at this point I don’t watch anyway because Chris Collinsworth is the biggest idiot announcer on earth unless it was a matchup I couldn’t pass up. So it was no loss for me.

 

[sk47]

Hello; Just read that LH did not do a last lap at speed because he mistakenly thought he did not make it cross the start/finish line in time. But apparently he did cross the line in time after all. Something about thinking the light was red when it actually was green.
Is this the equivalent of an NFL back running uncontested to the end zone but dropping the ball before he actually crossed the goal line? That did happen this season.

 

[sk47]

Norris disqualified from Las Vegas GP as title hopes dealt big setback

Hello; Is this correct. Are Norris and Piastre both DQ'ed form last nights race? The pesky wear plank again. Same thing which bit LH early in the season. If true, I get why they do it. It being lowering the car closer to the ground. Car runs faster.
A boon for Max's championship chances. A big setback for both McLarens.

Just a few races ago it seemed Max was out of it and the McLarens had it locked. Could it be somehow someone put Ferrari parts on the cars????

 

[sk47]

F1 standings after Norris and Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas GP

Hello; This puts Max tied for 2nd place and within 24 points of first place. Seems there are 58 points left to claim with the sprint race and two final races.

Several races back I made a prediction as a joke not actually thinking Max had a real chance at the title. Now it seems possible, especially if the McLarens have to lower the cars too much to have "pace".

I will leave LH alone this time.

 

[Yorkshire_OH]

Crazy end to the season for sure. Rules are rules. But as with LH earlier in the season it’s bloody harsh.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/what-could-be-behind-mclarens-plank-wear-dsq-shock/

 

[Bikeman315]

https://fb.watch/DA9Mqwt6p9/?fs=e

 

[sk47]

Max Verstappen might now have a crucial advantage over Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Qatar - opinion
Hello; This is speculation to be sure, but McLaren may indeed be overly cautious with the setup so as to avoid another DQ. But I get why they did it at LV. What i do not get is how they got it so wrong.
I must assume new wear planks are installed for each race weekend. I do not know exactly when nor how many such planks are used in a race weekend. For those who know please tell. Is it one plank for the whole weekend or perhaps a new plank just for the actual race?

The general theme is to get the cars as low as is both practical and legal because it helps performance. I see lots of sparks in the low light/night races. I guess the advantage of going low outweighs the friction from rubbing the planks.
I bet Smokey Yanick would have found a clever way to skirt the rules.

 

[Yorkshire_OH]

New plank for each race weekend. Once it’s on in qualifying you can’t swap it out which is why LH was DQd in china after coming p1 in the sprint without chafing the ride height. They couldn’t change the plank so got extra wear. I believe the issue McLaren had in LV was because they were not great there the year before and this year the track conditions were not great for practice so didn’t see the bouncing they had in the race when dialing in the setup.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Illustrated audio book?

 

[sk47]

Hello; Due to limited pre race channels I did not get a clear reason for the 25 lap tire rule. That said, such a rule does not stand out among the other rules.

NASCAR went to stages for points. Something I was in favor of before it was implemented. That the stage lap comes with an automatic "caution" pretty much spoiled the point of the stages. My idea version was the race continued on as in the past, merely that the leader at the lap be given points. The object of stage points being we no longer endure 400 laps of cruising around within a 500 lap race. That there would be racing all during the middle laps. Teams would have to decide about tires and gas on racing criteria without counting on a caution. Leave it to the bosses to screw up something simple.

Once the safety car happened at lap 7 the rest of the race, in terms of entertainment value, boiled down to laps 32 & lap 25 for the Mclarens.

Oh well, one more time this season.

 

[Yorkshire_OH]

Tyre life last year made Pirelli cautious of allowing teams to do what they wanted and it was decided in March that this race would have a 25 lap maximum on any tyres. Doesn’t make sense to me, don’t the different compounds wear at different rates? Surely the hards could have lasted longer so allowed a one stop option? As you say, once more we go…

 

[Inthehighdesert]

It’s kind of hard to consider a lot of this racing with all the engineered in nonsense. The tire stuff gets real old.

Tyre life last year made Pirelli cautious of allowing teams to do what they wanted and it was decided in March that this race would have a 25 lap maximum on any tyres. Doesn’t make sense to me, don’t the different compounds wear at different rates? Surely the hards could have lasted longer so allowed a one stop option? As you say, once more we go…

 

[Yorkshire_OH]

It’s kind of hard to consider a lot of this racing with all the engineered in nonsense. The tire stuff gets real old.

Yeah, if a team wants to run tyres past their useful life that up to them to take the risk.

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