GAH! I borked up Lawson's helmet on his static image!
scrambles to fix
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I've had a hard time figuring out local yellow flags. When you hit a sector under yellow, it seems like there's a vague rule that you have to 'race casual'? It seems the stewards at least want to see cars lift off the throttle and no overtakes, but there doesn't seem to be a hard rule about it (how much / how long)? The rules summary states: "Drivers must demonstrate that they are slowing down and not attempting to maintain speed..." That just seems ripe for arbitrary / inconsistent penalties.
I like the penalty for speeding in the pit lane, for example. There's no judgement call. You are or you aren't. Seems like they could do the same thing for a yellow.
Pit lane is easy because they set a max speed and that's it, set a limiter and you're done. On track, the "safe" speed is going to depend on where on the track it is. So, I think they try to frame it as a percent (e.g. go 60% of full speed), similar to VSC (except VSC has min section times)? Which is still pretty subjective but I think using a limiter, for example, would be error prone and difficult to implement and manage.
You know what I'd like to see? A 'vintage' F1 race with all the old ads around the track. Stuff from Agip and Magneto Marelli (not sure I got that right lol) and Dunlop etc... None of that Rolex crap or the Aramco sportwashing BS. Even better if they broadcast with a vintage 70s filter too 
You know what I'd like to see? A 'vintage' F1 race with all the old ads around the track. Stuff from Agip and Magneto Marelli (not sure I got that right lol) and Dunlop etc... None of that Rolex crap or the Aramco sportwashing BS. Even better if they broadcast with a vintage 70s filter too
We could do this at Monaco. For that real vintage feel we force the cars to run with no wings. Race might be interesting then
You'd have a lot of objections considering ~50% of old school F1 sponsorships were tobacco companies.You know what I'd like to see? A 'vintage' F1 race with all the old ads around the track. Stuff from Agip and Magneto Marelli (not sure I got that right lol) and Dunlop etc... None of that Rolex crap or the Aramco sportwashing BS. Even better if they broadcast with a vintage 70s filter too
This was kinda neat. They say it's an F1TV feature, but I don't know if I've ever seen it until now. But really shows just how close Oscar and Lando were for pole.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...ian-gp-pole-battle-was.6wrFFGXRCAU9x2GfTuTuPI
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...ian-gp-pole-battle-was.6wrFFGXRCAU9x2GfTuTuPI
15 pages for one race weekend. Not a bad effort really!
Unfortunately I think this year's list isn't going to be as dramatic and twisting as last year's. Doesn't mean there won't be good racing though!
There really hasn’t been nearly as much drama as last year. We had sooooo many things pop up, so fast, last year that it got super hard to keep track of.
Last year? We had Lewis -> Ferrari, the leadership bloodbath at Alpine, and Horner allegations before the first race.
This year? Haas is slow and the FIA is tightening up the rear wing tolerances under load testing. Just doesn’t have the same effect, right?
What I’m thinking, instead, is The Rookie Watch. I’m rolling it around in my noggin’, may have something to post in the next week or so. I expect a lot of the speculation and the drama to center around the very large rookie class this year, so collating that seems like more fun than a general ‘THE LIST‘…. For now.
The Rookie Watch is screaming for an image with a watch-face that has all of the rookies on the dial - plenty of time/watch-related jokes available: "Looks like it's approaching Antonelli o'clock", "Bortoleto looks like he's racing a second hand car", "even a broken rookie might be right twice a season"
”A half-past Hadjar Hour.”
But yeah, I think a round up of how they’re all doing would be good.
Also, Kimi Antonelli’s helmet is both busy and boring. Rendering it in a 16x16-pixel space was a chore because of it.
Don't forget the pointing fingers at the those that might get turfed out by the end of the season*, one of whom is totally not Perez, nuh-uh, who would be dumb enough to make that mistake
* - for the purposes of this activity Stroll can be included. Please let Stroll be included...
Re the watch skeuomorphism (haven't heard that word used in a while, eh!), maybe a mash up with the doomsday clock. "Hadjar is now at 5 seconds to midnight after that formation lap"
I guess I never noticed that it didn't have an option for them. Seems like a pretty odd oversight.
I'm also surprised Jolyon's analysis hasn't dropped yet. Hopefully today? Australia would be a great race to see a deep dive on.
EDIT: If I turn Closed Caption mode to On Always on my Roku, I do get subtitles on F1TV, FYI.
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Oh, I've turned them on, but I typically watch the Race in 30 (it's all I have time for), and they don't exist. Same for qualifying highlights.
I seem to remember the full races had them.
I seem to remember the full races had them.
Stroll's not losing his seat. As long as Lawrence is running the show Lance isn't going anywhere (unless he decides to retire from F1). We all just need to accept that and move on. And he bagged some decent points in Melbourne, because for some bizarre reason he's good in wet conditions.
Doohan I'm worried about. It was already CW that he's going to be replaced after six races, but Melbourne might have accelerated that timetable, which sucks. Everyone is looking at what Williams went through with Sargeant and overcompensating.
Although after Bearman's disastrous weekend Haas may have a timer running on him too.
As for the rest, Antonelli is definitely safe, Hadjar's probably safe based on practice and quali, Bortoleto's probably safe.
Lawson? Fuck if I know. That wasn't a good weekend for him either, but as I've said before it doesn't matter who the #2 driver is at Red Bull, they're going to look bad compared to Max.
Maybe if Ocon starts getting into Q3 here and there. Right now it doesn't look like a driver issue that will be holding that team back. Even if you're coming in last, it's not that bad a look when your more experienced teammate is second to last.
If I'm a team principal, I'm not concluding anything about anyone after a single race in the rain. Not even rain-related conclusions.
It's one of the reasons I was a little bummed that the first race of the season was rain: you don't learn much. I love a rain race, just not the first race of the season.
IMO, the first real race of the season is whatever is next. Assuming it's dry.
It's one of the reasons I was a little bummed that the first race of the season was rain: you don't learn much. I love a rain race, just not the first race of the season.
IMO, the first real race of the season is whatever is next. Assuming it's dry.
Nope, you're right, good call. I was watching a full quali session and full race as a test, and those had them, as did the pre- and post-show, but the highlights and Race in 30 videos didn't. Strange.
Yeah, that would be objectionable, I agree. But could we just do a 'vintage motoring' GP with all the classic products and companies associated with motoring? And a broadcast stream with a 70s IG filter on it maybe...
Sorry, was just watching some vintage footage and it looked pretty cool. Plus it's nice to see all the old style advertising. I'm bored of modern globalist corporate branding and object to Aramco even more strongly than I object to Big Tobacco.
Was about to opine they didn't mention it when they talked about the new Cooldown Room segment Laura is hosting made me wonder if it was over - check F1TV for the new segment name - surprise it's there right now.
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Wasn't thinking about position so much as the gearbox and PU damage Bearman racked up in practice (which was dry). Haas don't need Williams' bad juju, and that was a worrying sign.
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Agree.
Colapinto brings in more money and hype. Doohan's problem is that his junior career wasn't that great and that he was the hired out of lack of better options but not because Alpine really wanted him. He's racing on borroiwed time with Colapinto being their reserve.
Bearman had a decent few races with Ferrari at least. But Haas fired Mick Schumacher for similar performace and damages. Bearman may have already accrued the damage numbers of Mick in a single race.
Hadjar qualified well.
He beat Hülkenberg in quali so he's probably safe for now.
Lawson never was that great to begin with but Red Bull have alienated most of the grid and they also won't hire Tsunoda. At lewast Lawson is significantly cheaper than Perez.
It dropped, but for some reason for me it’s only visible under the Australia videos and not under the Analysis show header?
Eddie Jordan has died
The progenitor of what is now Aston Martin's F1 team.
.Yeah. This is a bummer.
Jordan F1 team also gave the first drive to a little-known German sportscar driver, as well as Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine.
I always enjoyed his slightly wacky presentation style when he presented for the BBC and Channel 4 coverage.
I always enjoyed his slightly wacky presentation style when he presented for the BBC and Channel 4 coverage.
Aww man, what a sad way to start off a race weekend. Any day for that matter. RIP Eddie.....
RIP Eddie. Probably the epitome of taking F1 seriously, but not too seriously.
Someone else linked to this. A video of a Jordan bolted to the UK's tallest rollercoaster. No simulations or tests, just fill it with sandbags and see if it gets round... Such an Eddie Jordan thing to do.
Someone else linked to this. A video of a Jordan bolted to the UK's tallest rollercoaster. No simulations or tests, just fill it with sandbags and see if it gets round... Such an Eddie Jordan thing to do.
The last of the true privateers. Nobody can start an F1 team without the personal net worth of a small-ish nation these days.
He was always a big personality, usually for the better.
He was always a big personality, usually for the better.
When I embiggened it, it really gives a strong vibe of a splash screen for an early-90s DOS racing game. Yeah, I get that's the whole point of 8-bit pixel art, but this one really struck me that way.A bit of a more cheerful thing?
Click embiggen.
Bernie Collins: “Don’t you see a bunny on ski’s when you look at this track?”
Crofty and Karun: “I do now!”
Crofty and Karun: “I do now!”
Everyone else notice that McLaren has covered up the ‘OKX’ on the car (Discover Card symbol now) and on both Lando’s and Oscar’s helmets? You can see the tape on Lando’s helmet here:
What SHOULD be there:
OKX is a Chinese crypto company, and it still has some livery elements on the car, but it’s much smaller and less noticeable. Very odd.
What SHOULD be there:
OKX is a Chinese crypto company, and it still has some livery elements on the car, but it’s much smaller and less noticeable. Very odd.
I think the logo for this one REALLY pushes that too. That three pointed star is a right bitch to do in pixels - that's a mix of my hand drawn elements and a recolored, rasterized image - I basically stole the outer rings because my hand drawn ones kept looking worse.
The way I've rendered the 'PETRONAS' on the side pod is the part of the image that is car-specific that really hearkens back to the 8-bit / 16-bit era of racing games, I think. You KNOW it says 'PETRONAS'. But it in no way says.. well, anything! It's just a collection of shapes that sort of looks like PETRONAS.
For some comparisons, where you see only very basic livery and that's it?
See this shot from the driver/car select screen from 1992's F1 Pole Position on the SNES:
Or this shot from 1992's Grand Prix Unlimited on DOS:
I also made some deliberate decisions regarding how to do the silver bits that I go over in this post. But it ended up looking really good for the medium.
I went to bed after FP1 was over. Now I wish I had not. Get In There Lewis? Oh man, very cool.
Edit: Just watched the highlights, that laugh from Lewis when they told him he had P1
. And a new track record! 11 WDC starting on the front row for the sprint.
Edit: Just watched the highlights, that laugh from Lewis when they told him he had P1
. And a new track record! 11 WDC starting on the front row for the sprint.
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Well this is pleasing First pole in about two years... that's been one hell of a drought.
First pole in about two years... that's been one hell of a drought.