King Coconut Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Not disputing any of that, and I'm not calling for radical reform or anything. I'm just saying there wasn't enough of it for me to get more excited than I already was because it was the season opener. We will hopefully see much more exciting races before the season is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted March 26, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 26, 2018 I can't see the racing getting exciting. F1 just doesn't have exciting racing. Not in the same way other formulas do. There is just too much disparity between the cars for on track racing to happen. F1 a technical and strategic tour de force. Unfortunately as a racing spectacle,F1 is a dead duck. Alonso drove incredibly yesterday. Absolutely got everything and more out of that McLaren. It's baffling to me that he doesn't have a drive in a more competitive car. I wonder if Kimi would consider swapping cars with him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 26, 2018 Alonso isn't at a bigger team because he would cost far too much and he isn't willing to take less money for a better drive. He also likes to be in charge of the whole team. Can't see Wolff, Horner, or Arrivabene allowing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted March 26, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 26, 2018 That's unfortunate. We are the poorer for his ego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 26, 2018 He is going to try and win Le Mans this year though and he drove in the Daytona 24 Hours with Phil Hanson and Lando Norris, so his ego is giving us some other great racing. Keep an eye on Lando Norris though. He is the McLaren reserve driver, and has that great combination of driving talent, youth, and a rich dad. He will be driving for Carlin in the Formula 2 this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted March 26, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 26, 2018 He also drove in the Indy 500 last year. Ran as high as 4th as a rookie. Until the engine gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 26, 2018 It was a Honda, of course the engine gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted March 27, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2018 How did Honda mess things up so badly in F1? It's as if they don't know what they are doing. Sticking rigidly to their philosophy of internal development has really hampered theirs and partner team development. Pulling out after the financial crisis and then having to watch what was essentially their team go on to win the championship, in the first year of the blown diffuser, must have messed with their heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted April 6, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 6, 2018 Motorsport overload this weekend. F1, MotoGP, and Touring Cars. Have only watched the MotoGP FP1 so far. Controversy already in Moto 3 as Aron Canet who is one of the favourites did this clearly on purpose   And received no penalty from the stewards. If you can get away with this bullshit it will end up like the game Road Rash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted April 6, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) Wow! That looks crazily stupid. I'm not all that clued up on Moto Gp. The guy at fault is the one who cut across the guy in the green race suit? You can add WRC to the list of motoring events this weekend. The WRC and Moto GP review shows are on BT Sport 1 tonight. 2200 for the Moto GP show and 2215 for the WRC show. Edited April 6, 2018 by BigJag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted April 6, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 6, 2018 The guy in the green race suit is trying to turn in to the corner and the guy in blue just drives straight across the track to take him out. You can't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted April 6, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 6, 2018 I thought so. He does a good job of acting surprised at the end. What did he gain by that crazy move? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted April 7, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 7, 2018 Canet (In the blue) had been mad with Yurchenko (in the green) earlier in the lap because Canet felt Yurchenko wasn't going quick enough and that he ruined his lap. Canet then catches him up and does that. The commentators actually called it. He didn't mean to crash himself, just to knock Yurchenko off. Its just madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted April 7, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) He tried to Schumacher him. Actually, what Can't did is crazy. How can he get away with that? The GT Sprint Cup series is on BT Sport this afternoon. In addition to the BTCC on ITV 4 we also have the WTCC on Eurosport. Edited April 8, 2018 by BigJag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Wiseau Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Tonight's MotoGP was a right farce. Marquez will have pissed off a lot of people tonight, he could have been black flagged twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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