spin_dry Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Those fucking kids can drive. Definitely the cream of the motor sports world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Those fucking kids can drive. Definitely the cream of the motor sports world. The camera work in F1 is second to none. I'm part way through season 1. Very interesting perspective as F1 teams aren't usually very accessible to the media. BTW...I *think* it was Nascar's Jimmy Johnson that ran an F1 car. Within a few laps he was posting times pretty damn close to the times that the regular driver of the car. I *think* it may have been Alonso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted March 10, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 10, 2020 Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon have done the same,.. Stewart and Hamilton did it at Watkins Glen..they did a car swap when they were both driving for Mobil 1.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon have done the same,.. Stewart and Hamilton did it at Watkins Glen..they did a car swap when they were both driving for Mobil 1.. We know Smoke could car drive the wheels off anything he sat in It will be interesting to see how he does at the road course at Indy in the Xfinity car. I don't think he has raced a stock car since he retired from Cup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 13 minutes ago, ckf said: The camera work in F1 is second to none. I'm part way through season 1. Very interesting perspective as F1 teams aren't usually very accessible to the media. BTW...I *think* it was Nascar's Jimmy Johnson that ran an F1 car. Within a few laps he was posting times pretty damn close to the times that the regular driver of the car. I *think* it may have been Alonso Running fast laps is one thing. Being consistent race after race while driving on the edge in any discipline is what creates a real winner. Gordon did pretty well when he and Montoya swapped rides a few years ago. I think any of these top drivers could be winners in probably any form of auto racing. The difference with F1 is that the champions are on point all the time. If Gordon were have moved from midgets through F2 into F1 he could’ve been a champion. But I don’t think he’d stand a chance switching midway through his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Unfortunately the F1 champion is usually decided by manufactur. There are usually 1 or 2 teams that even have a chance at the championship every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 1 hour ago, ckf said: Unfortunately the F1 champion is usually decided by manufactur. There are usually 1 or 2 teams that even have a chance at the championship every year. That’s very true. I don’t think that there’s any Motorsport that’s so reliant on emerging technology as F1. It’s showcases the pinnacle of technological achievement On 4 wheels. Just look at the technology we enjoy in passenger cars that originated in F1. The mfg that has the money and technology will also buy the best driver. Since Mercedes has got back into racing they’ve done exceptional. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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