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  • Barcelona 2023 - No so ...

    From geoff@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 11:36:40 2023
    ... boring after all.

    Well P1 was, but pretty much everything else was enough to keep one
    watching.

    geoff

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to geoff on Sun Jun 4 20:10:38 2023
    On 6/4/23 16:36, geoff wrote:
    ... boring after all.

    Well P1 was, but pretty much everything else was enough to keep one
    watching.
    geoff

    Yes, I thought it was a fine race.
    Overtaking was certainly possible.
    Seemed to be a good test of car and driver's
    abilities.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 02:18:34 2023
    On 2023-06-04 20:10, a425couple wrote:
    On 6/4/23 16:36, geoff wrote:
    ... boring after all.

    Well P1 was, but pretty much everything else was enough to keep one
    watching.
    geoff

    Yes, I thought it was a fine race.
    Overtaking was certainly possible.
    Seemed to be a good test of car and driver's
    abilities.



    I think it would have been better if the front straight DRS had been...

    (honestly guessing for a number)

    ...20% shorter.

    Some of the DRS passes were just too easy.

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  • From XYXPDQ@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 09:18:16 2023
    The only thing good about the track is the layout, several good passing places.

    Good race overall. Max just ran off into the distance again, but the rest was pretty competitive. Merc seems to be back which is nice and Ferrari seems to be reliable.

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 09:33:30 2023
    On 6/4/23 20:10, a425couple wrote:
    On 6/4/23 16:36, geoff wrote:
    ... boring after all.

    Well P1 was, but pretty much everything else was enough to keep one
    watching.
    geoff

    Yes, I thought it was a fine race.
    Overtaking was certainly possible.
    Seemed to be a good test of car and driver's
    abilities.


    And it was somewhat unique in that it was one of
    the few WDC F1 races in which every car that
    started, finished. The slowest was only one lap
    behind the leader.
    No full course yellow, no red flags. Just race
    and work your strategy.
    (Surprise - that was also true for 2023 Miami !
    How many others have done that lately ?)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Spanish_Grand_Prix

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  • From Sir Tim@21:1/5 to XYXPDQ on Mon Jun 5 22:37:52 2023
    XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> wrote:
    The only thing good about the track is the layout, several good passing places.

    So what are the *bad* things about the track IYO? It seems fine to me now
    that they have reverted to more or less the old layout.

    --
    Sir Tim

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  • From Darryl Johnson@21:1/5 to Sir Tim on Mon Jun 5 20:06:44 2023
    On 2023-06-05 6:37 PM, Sir Tim wrote:
    XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> wrote:
    The only thing good about the track is the layout, several good passing places.

    So what are the *bad* things about the track IYO? It seems fine to me now that they have reverted to more or less the old layout.


    Perhaps I am just getting old and somewhat bored with my old fancies,
    but it seems to me that -- in my case -- the enjoyment of any given race depends more on the competitiveness of the various teams than on the
    track. Monaco excepted.

    (I have never like the Monaco race. Not since the sixties then the cars
    were small enough to navigate the track. Today's much larger cars just
    do not suit the track. But I digress.)

    If the cars are not able to compete on equitable terms, we get dull
    races. I'm sure that Max has a great time. And I'm sure his fans and his
    teams as well. Speaking as a fan of the sport, not so much.

    I have no solution to offer. Red Bull should not be penalized for taking
    full advantage of the current rules. The other teams just didn't do as
    good a job. But it does hurt the average fans, I suspect.

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 20:24:41 2023
    On 6/5/2023 12:33 PM, a425couple wrote:
    And it was somewhat unique in that it was one of the few WDC F1 races
    in which every car that started, finished.

    (Surprise - that was also true for 2023 Miami ! How many others have
    done that lately ?)

    2022: Hungary
    2021: France, Belgium (of course), Turkey
    2020: none

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    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Copyright law cannot stop the revolution!
    It's clobberin' time!! - Huey Freeman (Aaron McGruder)

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