Motorsports Thread

[FishFright]

No, not at all. It would be a completely pointless spectacle.

Some nice work from Alonso. Perez might not think so, but Alonso was at his wily best today.

In the post race interview Checo said he enjoyed it.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

No, not at all. It would be a completely pointless spectacle.

Some nice work from Alonso. Perez might not think so, but Alonso was at his wily best today.

Its a spectator sport, its more entertainment for the spectators.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

As tight as you like.

 

[FishFright]

Its a spectator sport, its more entertainment for the spectators.

It's a sport not a soap opera , it doesn't need artificial plot twists.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

It's a sport not a soap opera , it doesn't need artificial plot twists.

Its more entertainment for the fans not a artificial plot twist.

 

[FishFright]

Its more entertainment for the fans not a artificial plot twist.

Imagine how dumb quali would look with everyone trying to come last.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Imagine how dumb quali would look with everyone trying to come last.

It would be comical.

 

[rustybolts]

In the post race interview Checo said he enjoyed it.

but he must have been as sick as a parrot to lose third on the last lap , if he had treated the last lap as a qualifier and just gone for it instead of trying to position has car where he though it would compromise Alonso , he lost forward impetus

 

[FishFright]

but he must have been as sick as a parrot to lose third on the last lap , if he had treated the last lap as a qualifier and just gone for it instead of trying to position has car where he though it would compromise Alonso , he lost forward impetus

No racer likes to lose a place but it made a nice change to hear they both enjoyed the battle rather then being on the radio moaning.

 

[icowden]

Anyone looking forward to Vegas? The drivers seem to have some mixed feelings. And the big question - can you be bothered to get up at 6am on a Sunday morning to watch it?

 

[Illaveago]

Anyone looking forward to Vegas? The drivers seem to have some mixed feelings. And the big question - can you be bothered to get up at 6am on a Sunday morning to watch it?

Didn't they have a race there many years ago in a car park?

 

[AndyRM]

Didn't they have a race there many years ago in a car park?

There was one outside Caesar's Palace according to my F1 loving pal.

 

[Drago]

They did, Caesars palace car park as I recall.

 

[FishFright]

Anyone looking forward to Vegas? The drivers seem to have some mixed feelings. And the big question - can you be bothered to get up at 6am on a Sunday morning to watch it?

I can see it being seriously embarrassing off track but the low temperatures (8 for Q and 7 for the race) might might up the order behind Verstappen.
I won't be watching it live.

 

[Reynard]

Yep. In 1981, was the last race of the season.

That year, the US GP East was supposed to have been at Watkins Glen, but the circuit went bust earlier in the year, and Caesar's Palace ended up being a last-minute compromise. Carlos Reutemann was on pole, but Alan Jones won the race.

Incidentally, it was the only race in 1981 that Derek Warwick managed to qualify the Toleman TG181 for.

F1 then went back again in 1982, where an attritional race was won by Michele Alboreto in the Tyrrell - the last victory for a normally-aspirated engined car until the 1989 Brazilian GP in Rio.

For 1983, F1 went to Long Beach. The US GP West was held in Detroit.