The true danger was if someone on the verge of heat exhaustion had crashed at the end of the race and had to exit the car quickly, like the worst case scenario that Grosjean went through.

I think the root cause of many of the issues are the overly aggressive curbs. I did like the mandatory 3 stops. Just let the teams decide when to stop and which compounds to use

This year the Qatar Grand Prix was even more boiling than Singapore

@AZBCDE

7 ай бұрын

It’s a desert, so of cause it’s going to be extremely hot. What were they expecting?

@LiamCameron294

7 ай бұрын

@@AZBCDE ye but it even starts to get cold in Qatar when it’s near Christmas

@JakeM218

7 ай бұрын

@@AZBCDE32c (90f). We’ve had much much hotter European races.

@AZBCDE

7 ай бұрын

@@JakeM218 According to the drivers, they haven’t

@AZBCDE

7 ай бұрын

@@LiamCameron294 and yet they decide to race there when it’s hot and then complain about it. It’s a desert for god sake, there is a reason why a desert is a desert DUH💀💀💀

I am at an absolute loss for words hearing Ted say that George should have known not to fight Lewis. By now Ted has to have had several chances to see that collision and to know that not only was George not fighting Lewis in the slightest, but he also had zero room to give any additional space. Really disappointing to hear such misleading commentary by someone who knows this sport so well.

@Franky46Boy

7 ай бұрын

I am already beyond the point to be disappointed by the words of Ted Kravitz. But you are absolutely right.

@matt-lo8ut

7 ай бұрын

Tbf, there’s a good chance he’ll not have seen it since being at the track. He’s back home so he’ll have been travelling back etc. But I do agree.

@marc235786

7 ай бұрын

@@matt-lo8ut if he hasnt seen it, he shouldnt comment on it

@joeshap2003

7 ай бұрын

The problem is you think he knows the sport so well :) He has been around the sport a long time, but he is completely biased and never deviates from that bias. Anyone or anything that has to do with Hamilton, he will always side with Lewis and try to make Lewis the hero or victim.

@Savethemanuals94

7 ай бұрын

He has zero stock value among long time hardcore fans except among Lewis fans so take it with a pinch of salt. Only here to listen about driver exhaustions.

Really enjoyed the insight from Sam Village. Fascinating stuff! Just wish we got to hear his follow up on the reality of getting drivers prepared for such a GP (when factoring in such tight schedules etc.)

George wasn't fighting him and it was 100% Lewis fault. He could have gone around but he just cut the corner instead of leaving space. What is George supposed to do there? Slam the brakes and let other cars also pass? Is that a good strategy for Mercedes? I don't think so.

Ted is such a Lewis fanboy, thinking that his teammate should just move out of the way for him. No wonder Lewis can only race from the front

@TheFinalMeowntdown

7 ай бұрын

Not like he’s the most consistent driver not called Verstappen or anything. There’s a reason why the “best of the rest” table is P1 Hamilton P2 Alonso P3 Sainz - and they’ve been the class of the field all year for that very reason. And yeah, he’s had first lap crashes in less than 2% of all his races. And he definitely hasn’t been on pole for 98%. 😂

@AZBCDE

7 ай бұрын

@@TheFinalMeowntdown Lewis clearly not as skilled as BOT when it comes to bowling LOL

@andrewstorm8240

7 ай бұрын

George best race option was to let Lewis go

@lornapotgieter9024

7 ай бұрын

Not fair on George he's been performing much better than Lewis in many races.

@jraybay

7 ай бұрын

​@@AZBCDE And Karun is the Red Bull cheerleader equivalent, so I guess it evens out. Its definitely worth noting that they spoke about a strategized start before the race and didnt execute it. If they ever take that next step and are able to challenge for a championship again, they need to be on the same page

Those conditions of Doha were completely unsafe

@HUMC5

7 ай бұрын

Money is king.

Money comes over health of the competitors, come on guys...

@mitchdesertsquiddogaming

7 ай бұрын

Typical FIA, greed over the welfare of the drivers.

@HUMC5

7 ай бұрын

We Race for Money.

@qwj68boots

7 ай бұрын

Exactly! Why do you think they'll be 24 race$ next season?!😅😂😅

@qwj68boots

7 ай бұрын

​@@mitchdesertsquiddogaming Liberty Media.

@baclava69

7 ай бұрын

They get paid plenty, they know the risks.

did i just really hear ted basically blame the team/george for not letting lewis go around the outside

@joshn1678

7 ай бұрын

Mercedes said they'd talked to George about letting Lewis go around the outside, George even said that in the post interview. Why did he think he could get around max on the medium tyre? He knew Lewis was on the soft tyre, hell George had jumped two people in the sprint EXACTLY like that the day before.

@TarolinSchofield

7 ай бұрын

​@@joshn1678cool story however it was lewis had all the space in the world , george had no space. Lewis fault full stop dont see why people keep trying to put out a false narrative must try hard hamilton fans.

@remofiloenkele9269

7 ай бұрын

@@TarolinSchofield all the space with no grip

@rob-c.

7 ай бұрын

@@remofiloenkele9269No grip?? What’s that got to do with squeezing Russell?

Wait, what... Wasn't Max crowned WC in Qatar? Was it all imagination?

@tigerpjm

7 ай бұрын

Nah, it was mainly Adrian Newey design I'd say.

@GloomGaiGar

7 ай бұрын

@@tigerpjm so why isn't checo WC?

@koenarts8684

7 ай бұрын

Yeah.....how can you call yourself a serious podcast and not talk about that......unbelievable

@tigerpjm

7 ай бұрын

@@GloomGaiGar Mainly because Max Verstappen is the better driver, you utter peanut.

I loved your podcast. First time on. Can you guys try to do a Podcast on the evolution of pit stops or add it into a programming session for F1.

Tyre management remains a major limiting factor and when it went away the massive performance of qualifying impacted the drivers over a race distance and I think that’s the major reason they’ve all taken a hit physically

@FrancisFjordCupola

7 ай бұрын

I know something: how about F1 let tire manufacturers make the best tires, just like engine makers make the best engines. Put a maximum limit on the amount of sets for a weekend. Then let the drivers make use of them as they wish. Give them maximum room to determine their own strategies. Now you have fake tires with built in degradation to make them worse fast enough. That's against the F1 spirit.

@scottrobinson4611

7 ай бұрын

It certainly majorly contributes, but the heat and humidity was a major part of the problem too. The heat is nauseating and makes you sweat. Usually that's fine because it'll evaporate and cool you down nicely with all the airflow. But airflow doesn't work so well when the air is so humid already. It's a combination of the circuit, the altered strategy forcing full push-laps, the heat and the humidity. Now that this has happened, I expect the FIA will be wary and put in preventative measures if ever so many circumstances coincide again.

Put Lewis in Georges' car, and Max in Lewis' then let's see how different the narrative and blame fall ..

There are too many cars in close proximity to have team orders at the start of the race. It's every man for himself especially in the run to the first corner.. What if Lewis had a bad start - should George have lifted and waited for him? Just an unfortunate start accident.

@valkenburgert

7 ай бұрын

Yes, George should be behind Lewis because we love Lewis and want Lewis to win. Ideally George should simply wait for Lewis at the start and let him pass. This crash merely confirms that, George ahead of Lewis is another car in the way of Lewis. It simply doesn’t work. George should have let Lewis through. Just brake a little and race behind Lewis for the team. If George keeps racing quick in qualifying Mercedes could try to get grid penalties and have George start from the pit-lane or at least behind Lewis. That way al these issues can be resolved before the race even starts.

@brianligat9493

7 ай бұрын

LOL I want both LH and GR to do well, but race fair and not crash into each other. Ditto Lando and Oscar.

Revised drink system for hot climates is definitely a must in my opinion.

@MalcolmTann0

7 ай бұрын

The drink will always be hot

@tombolton6063

7 ай бұрын

how? unless they make cars extraordinarily heavier then they cant make the drinks cooler, an option of allowing water to be thrown over drivers at pitstops is an option but would need a minimum pitstop time to not cause chaos and also the issue of electronics being damaged would be a challenge.

@ferrari0323

7 ай бұрын

​@@MalcolmTann0😂Kimi didn't even had THE Drink 😢

@bobdevreeze4741

7 ай бұрын

@@tombolton6063 Without controlling the temperature under the seat, the driver could wind up sitting in boiling water. It has happened in Nascar.

@MashifyLV

7 ай бұрын

@@tombolton6063 I don't think electronics is an issue. They do race in the rain with heavy spray everywhere. I'd say that spray gets into more gaps than a bucket of water

I think what Ted is trying to say is that if you watch the race start, because Lewis got such a good start he was ahead of the next row of cars by a good bit already at T1. This meant that George *could* have backed off earlier in the corner for Lewis to get cleanly by 100% of the time and not risked his own position from the field behind. Talking one or two tenths. Of course he didn’t *need* to and the collision was still on Lewis for sure but I also think there’s part of it where it’s one of those situations where even if it wasn’t your fault at all, you still could have done a tiny bit more to protect yourself just in case.

How did the new track surface affect performance. If the aggregate in the asphalt has a high PSV (polished stone value) then this would be beneficial because it provide additional grip compared to an asphalt with a lower PSV. Only drawback is that to achieve the optimum grip the aggregate in the asphalt needs to be exposed. In normal life this is done by trafficking the surface to wear away the bitumen covering the aggregate.

What was the issue with the new track surface. Was it to do with the PSV value of the aggregate. i.e. the higher the Psv value the greater the grip and the harder the aggregate used. Non event motorway psv is 50 on approach to traffic signal psv 68+

I’m pretty sure the curbing issue resulting in mandatory tire changes had a lot to do with it. The guys are correct in saying that they were racing at their potentials for those 18 laps before every pit stop. But all the other races they are in conservation mode. I was discussing this with some f1 fan neighbors after the race.

Additional team in f1 would be interesting for sure, however I am not sure how would they solve the issue with traffic on smaller tracks like for example Monaco ?

Ted's face when max is mentioned! Can someone tell him his suppose to be impartial

Karun is a living F1 encyclopaedia, brilliant 🤩

@qwj68boots

7 ай бұрын

Let's hope they give him Crofty's spot when they put him to gardening leave. Forever. 😊

@qcaple9609

7 ай бұрын

I would start watching without the commentary, he is literally the worst of the SKY crew. He either talks about himself or talks complete crap.@@qwj68boots @grandprixdecals

Next time if you want to do the thing with pit strategy use a PC and print the number's on paper in a monster font.

Sky, please release the ted talk about the tyre issues

Int: 6:30 11:40 36:10 48:15 52:10 Alo: 26:30 Ham: 41:15

Top tip boys, try to finish on a humorous note 😉😂😂 Great show as always 👍🏻

Not sure it will be here next year.

Over a certain temerature they should have two 50% distance races so the drivers can cool down.

It's interesting that the drivers have to do a cockpit escape test before they're allowed to drive but it's done in the garage with no race simulation. There have been a few occasions recently when drivers have struggled to get out of their cars after the race (Hamilton last season and now Doha). You have to wonder, were there to be another Grosjean style incident with an exhausted driver, could they actually get out of their cars. There's also the risk of a car entering a busy pit lane with a driver not fully in control.

@simonkevnorris

7 ай бұрын

I think if they had an accident there would be an incentive to get out of the car ASAP.

@interneteditor5258

7 ай бұрын

The adrenaline would take over. Stirling Moss got himself out of a crashed vehicle virtually unconscious (Mille Miglia race) and immediately collapsed by the side. He had no recollection of it, but he was so scared of fire his body took over.

@joostprins3381

7 ай бұрын

You got a point and it is valid, even when adrenaline kicks in, it still is a risk. Because passing out has a higher risk and then adrenaline wouldn’t help.

It amazes me that there's not a rule aimed at guaranteeing that a driver has a working and cold water bottle. How many times have we heard a driver say that the water bottle wasn't working? With all the technology these guys have access to, surely they can work out something that keeps the drink bottle cold. It's plainly and simply a safety issue.

@Redlingstein

7 ай бұрын

Its a HOT BOTTLE cos of the heat of the car. Its more tea than anything

Design an active full body cool suit to keep core temps lower.

Ted relentlessly saying "Relentless".

It was 43°C when i was in Rome, and it was apparently around that temperature in Qatar, i could be wrong, so i honestly can't believe how they were able to do that!

@AmitPatel_.

7 ай бұрын

Closer to 33-35C at 8pm local time at race start. But yeah, scorching hot.

@GloomGaiGar

7 ай бұрын

60 in the cars

@johnoconnor7536

7 ай бұрын

@AmitPatel_ I think you were right about the temperature but I think what capped it all was the high nighttime humidity.

It’s fine to say the fans want more teams, but where do they expect to safely put all these cars on track during the last five minutes of Q1?

That's a First Mr Village surname like that before. Lives in Town

Can Karun ever comment, without talking about himself as part of the question?

Sam Village gave some fantastic insights on the physical side of the race! Increadably interesting!

Only dangerous cause f1 drivers with all their athletics ARE NOT aclimated to high temp high humidity. I work in it 100+°F 90+% hunidity and even runners i know if they try it after being in cool climate most of year, they go down. I havta wear sleeves, boots, jeans so yeah i get the firesuit too. Im welding in 40ft holes in sun, 100+° 90% humidity 8-12hrs a day. So yeah ppl DO and CAN work and exert in that heat but u GOTTA be aclimated and HYDRATE HYDRATE HYDRATE SALT HYDRATE

Well says Ted 👏

To anyone who thinks the drivers just drive round in circles, watch the Sam Village segment! Incredible!

My good ess not even a subject Red Bull World Chapions. What a shame

Wait for McLaren when the pressure really is on. Everything going on now is without the real pressure, when going for wins, a championship there is a whole different kind of pressure and we have seen a lot of teams and drivers crack under that pressure.

Even If you had 30 teams on the grid, there will always be drivers waiting for a drive. So what Karun said doesn’t make sense.❤

Love the science! But I can see no reason why there could be monitoring of vitals during a sample race. If my watch can do it, it should be easy!

I guess when you're paying a driver not to drive, there's not a chance in hell you'll see him in a papaya colored car.

42:05 42:58 Because you can't orchestrate a race start like that. 43:28 Karun said the *exact* same thing. 43:43 Exactly what I'm getting at. 42:43 How did George fight him? 43:00 But George couldn't let Lewis around because Lewis squeezed him. Even if he did back off, they still would've crashed. 44:12 At least Karun has common sense.

@obez42

7 ай бұрын

Well said

They can't just throwwater over a driver like the used to in the past 1) because of electronics around the seat and 2) because of the rules about adding weight to a (potentially underweight) car mid-race.

@rob-c.

7 ай бұрын

Rain puts way more water into the car around electronics than some water to cool a driver, and that doesn’t seem to be an issue with car weight. Plus the drivers lose 1-2kg of weight anyway and at those temperatures most would evaporate.

In the 11th minute the twitter feed journalism lessened. 14:20 start there and end @ 25:50 + 2 Karuns'.

The red Bull argument that Andretti Cadillac should bring forward a new engine is hypocritical. Ford are not bringing an engine (its RBPT) just a bucket of money with limited technical support

They should ban 2nd teams for example Alpha Tauri, Alfa Romeo and let new brands to get in.

Alpine claims the option for Andretti to get a customer engine supply has now lapsed 😂

Put a track in the middle of the desert and expect it's going to be pleasant all year round... grinn.

Rank your top 5 guests on this podcast. Mine: Rosberg Karun Crofty Davidson Ted

@racerja3173

7 ай бұрын

I can’t stand Karun Chandhok in the commentary I prefer Anthony Davidson and Jenson Button

@richardizod8686

7 ай бұрын

Davidson above croft

@racerja3173

7 ай бұрын

@@richardizod8686 should never of sacked Johnny Hubert and Paul Di Resta

Some sky reporters are so disappointing.

What problems will it cause if f1 driver's were to use cool suites as thay do in v8 championship in Australia, i e gross vehicle weight?

All the talk and analysis about the heat issue no one mentioned that even with hydration and airflow, the driver's ability to be cooled off during an event is drastically reduced by the racing suits they must wear for fire safety. Sweating is the human body's method of maintaining proper operating range of its core body temperature (along with expansion and contraction of the blood circulatory system). The key part of this is called EVAPORATION. The sweat is carried away from the body by the air, which extracts heat from the skin and blood supply (sort of like an air conditioning condensor). The ideal clothing situation is a very light, LOOSE layer of clothing that shades you from the sunlight and allows air circulation to the skin. You can't achieve this with the necessity of flame retardant under clothes. Full circulation cool suits would be a solution, but that would involve basically finding a way to mount an air-conditioner in the car to do the heat exchanging for the suit. The engineers might be miffed about having to add weight and complexity to the car for a problem that occurs at maybe 3 races? While it needs to be addressed, the solution is NOT simple.

Nobody died or suffered serious injury. Drivers being put through their paces? Good. Sprint style racing? Good.

First, FIA should have said, tires are max 18 laps. Everything beyond that is own risk, if you continue and crash or cause an accident there will be severe penalties. So responsibility at the driver and team. This gives you still the racing, but it pays when you keep of the kerbs, two way, one, less risk tires will shred. Second, less track limits infringements. The intensity will be less and in that way less dangerous for the drivers. So in the end by trying to be safe, the FIA made it less safe.

It was too hot to race safely. FIA need to get their act together and protect the drivers.

@grizzlyhamster

7 ай бұрын

Any drivers who couldn't take it were entitled to stop and go home.

The simple solution is just to realize that certain climates are not suited to outdoors endurance sports, and no matter how much money are left on the table, safety comes first.

hell, Firefighters have to wear 60kgs of gear going into fires. we have had 12 teams in the past 24 drivers so adding 1 more team not going to hurt

Not one mention of the PGMOL/VAR bust up...Well done you!

@ForkCandle123

7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, though, you did.

@jackjackson2419

7 ай бұрын

@@ForkCandle123 Of course, I would. Pointing out how quickly FA cleaned after that blunder versus the months and months it took FIA to address Abu Dhabi was my point. Neither resulted in a successful repair of the damage to safe and fair sports, imo.

That was very interesting and your guest Sam Village is so knowledgeable about the effect of exercise and heat on the human body. Brilliant job guys 🌞

I agree with karun the new team on the grid would be good for the sport only

People acting like Andretti is some massive name 😂.. er no.. he had a season as F1 driver and was terrible equivalent to Logan Sargeant today. Imagine in 30 years people saying ‘Sargeant racing’ should be in F1 coz its a massive name 😂

@hideouspatje

7 ай бұрын

.... he has 12 wins 18 poles and a wdc.... that's a bit more than Sargeant has till now...

@mh9tv

7 ай бұрын

@@hideouspatje 😂 ur getting confused with the other andretti.. this is Michael Andretti.. google him. Only done half a f1 season for Mclaren.. he was so crap they got rid of him and he never raced in f1 again.. he was basically Worse than Nick De Vries 😂😂

@hideouspatje

7 ай бұрын

@@mh9tv darn sorry I was indeed confused, but aren't they father and son?

As an Aussie I agree that McClarens best weapons was Aussie Drivers

I thought that the whole idea of a race was to see who comes out best at the end not give way to someone just because they are the team manager's favourite. Let's see the drivers race each other including their team mate

@GloomGaiGar

7 ай бұрын

Nope, that's not the only point. The team also needs to finish well in the Constructors' Championship since that's where the "Prix" in "Grand Prix" is; the prize money. They very can't do that if teammates are just taking each other out. It's not as simple as you want it to be. Not in this series anyway.

The Mercedes strategic difference was not only tyre dependent but also with one driver on the clean side; the other one escaping the dirty side of that same track, which underlines Ted Kravitz reasoning and strategy thinking makes a load of sense.

Ted is overreaching; he now wants to see Daniel in this version of McLaren? Daniel forfeit his right to drive a McLaren; he showed what he can do in that car. What, are we starting to wonder and fantasize about all the permutations possible now? That driver in that car, that team with that allocation, etc. Ridiculously childish.

Karun has no clue… omg he is just that guy’

It just shows how soft everyone is now in my opinion. How many times did you see nigal mansel getting out the car absolutely dripping he never moaned

Lewis has to remember that George is hungry and historically has gone against team strategy for his own strategy. Lewis rarely does that. How I see it, Lewis positioning the car, moving very close to George on the straight before the corner was a nudge, "Hey mate, I'm here and I'm letting you know that I'm going for it" ... Lewis is on softs, that's the strategy. If they had to invert the order at the end of the race (ie.medium to start strat was the winning strat), then so be it. Honestly I didn't see any scenario where George was going to let Lewis by. Top athletes have to make a decision, either go for it or go for it.

You cant train for heatstroke, if your too hot you can die.

All think now that the distance between Max/RB and the rest is almost closed down, because it was only 5 seconds at the finish. This had all to do with the tire management not being there, and the strong point of RB is the tire management. I think it would still be an easy 20 seconds gap in a normal race.

Bernie Collins, Bernie Collins, Bernie Collins!!!😊😊😊

What is the pit lane crew's & Various Teams problem with Sky F1. Ted trying to do his notebook everybody seems to go out there way to ignore him. Which I find very Rude. Ted asking nice simple well done how are you. Curtsey to knowledge him.

@baclava69

7 ай бұрын

It could be because of his immense bias?

I mean they had the world cup here n it was hot in December, so this was defo hotter and f1 should have known

@I_Evo

7 ай бұрын

But the stadiums had huge air conditioning ducts cooling the playing surface and players down.

@unthenner5519

7 ай бұрын

Lol exactly though. That's the point, where was the air conditioning stadium covering the track?@@I_Evo

All drivers have a person responsable for managing the driver's diet and what they eat. Jenson Button did a winter fitness camp in mediteranian. The drivers are professional athletes and they work out in jims. Some Gym's are designed to be saunas to increase heat while training. It may be hard on other people on teams working there. I went to Montreal in 90's and people where fainting due to heat. And people where charging money for bottles of water. Oh i need a drink of water and i cant afford it on my budget. I will just faint here.

Surely this was Pirellis fault with the tyre issue

@danzdogg

7 ай бұрын

Did you see the tyres exploding at any other race? It was the kerbs.

Not sure George was fighting Lewis at all...

easy solution, have the race on another date/time of the year

@allezlesrouges

7 ай бұрын

They've already thought of that 🤯

The one time simulation was better, you can drive in your T shirt and swig a cool coke😮😊

Checko is down on form, because he knows he is sacked and the end of this seasson. They told him in Japan that he should be looking elsewhere.

the race was good

Ted is too obvious a 44 fan, and this affects his expertise.

I do not think that you folks really care. More then 6000 people died and even more were treated as slaves during the construction of the football stadiums in Qatar. Nobody even flinched about that, and the TV networks made billions of dollars or pounds or euro's profit from it. Last year 4 drivers died during the Isle of Man motor cycle race. The race went on as if nothing bad ever happened and not a single journalist ever questioned the organization about it. And this year it might happen again. All those people died for a bit of entertainment, and money of course.

IF THEY DONT TAKE ANDRETTI THEN I THINK THAT YOU ARE ALL SPOILED AND IM GONE AS A 20 YEAR LONG FAN, DONT BE GREEDY F1 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Hockey players that play most of the game and the goalie lose 5lbs or more of fluid every game and most practices, the ice does help cope with the over heating though. Most everyone is wearing long johns of some kind under their pads and unis.

@muskokarinkrat

7 ай бұрын

Sorry Peter, but this is not even close to a valid comparision. The ambient temperature in a hockey arena (not NHL) is about 10-15C. In an NHL arena, in a hotter locale like Florida, and 20000 people, with cooling and dehumidification running, ice level temp might approach 25C.

@PeterKKraus

7 ай бұрын

@@muskokarinkrat Like I know Celcius other than 0°. 😆

@PeterKKraus

7 ай бұрын

@@muskokarinkrat The fluid loss still happens and I did mention that the ice does help cope with the overheating factor but in May and June it's not AS helpful.

@danzdogg

7 ай бұрын

The ambient temp is not the only difference in the comparison you've made. Hockey is a start stop sport. The game is three periods, and even in each period there are frequent interruptions.

@PeterKKraus

7 ай бұрын

@@danzdogg 👍

64cm!! Bowling ball.. jesus.. i struggle to get mtb helmets open ones to fit me with 59cm egg!. Wow 5cm of brain.. must be!!

Change be the calendar to later in year your welcome

It takes a Village to raise a F1 driver...(sorry...I'll show myself out)

I don't understand why they don't use cool suits and caps for very hot conditions. If everyone uses them, the 5 or 10lbs extra weight will be there for everyone.

@Eric-rf1is

7 ай бұрын

you get strapped in really tight, so cool vest don't work. Coolcaps? Need of new helmets and also safety issue.

@PeterKKraus

7 ай бұрын

​@@Eric-rf1is The caps aren't very bulky but there could be a system integrated into the helmet where are you do or don't connect a coolant line to the helmet.

@simonkevnorris

7 ай бұрын

I know that cool suits have been used in other series in the past. They did fail and either freeze up or turn into a heater.

@Eric-rf1is

7 ай бұрын

@@PeterKKraus That coolant will turn hot very quick. They have air vents already, but if the outside air is THAT hot, is doesn't help.

@PeterKKraus

7 ай бұрын

@@Eric-rf1is Now we're getting into engineering discussions that will go nowhere from comments. 😆

The fans might want another team but who cares about them when one has a good thing going........

Tyre management is making F1 too predictable. Qatar helped level set teams wrt aero and tyre performance making the race more exciting. Y not discussed?

@simonkevnorris

7 ай бұрын

Qatar was different in that a maximum number of laps in a set of three was set to 18. This meant there was little variety of strategies in the race.

Sam Village provided very interesting information. Best part of the episode. Karun always informative. Matt is an awesome host. But my god Ted and his Team LH ™️ biases have got to go

Lets be honest its in Skys interest to big up a F1 weekend. NO way there should be a race in the desert ... its not for the local Fans, its for the $$s. Putting drivers/crews at risk

@I_Evo

7 ай бұрын

That's Las Vegas off the calendar then.

@richmurphy8337

7 ай бұрын

Its that bit later in the year so should be less of a risk but i do think three US GPs is too much so yes scrap Vegas or Miami. @@I_Evo

How dangerous was the Qatar Grand Prix? I'd say somewhere between "quite" and "somewhat".

Should we not focus on making the calendar an ally? -- after all, we moved drivers out of a series of European races that had cold conditions, to Italy that had canicular weather conditions, to then move to Singapore and Japan humid heat with huge time zone differentials, to then fly to reversed time zones with Dryer Heat, now moving back to different time zones, under a different seasonal influence, yet going back to Humid heat, to one week later repeat the conditions but at an altitude that changes respiratory conditions all together... This has to explain what we observed in Qatar... and possibly make us worry about Mexico... I am a chemist, not a medical doctor, but translating the F1 calendar, from a 'body functions point of view, should not be sensed as rocket science... It makes me wonder what is it that the FIA can make intelligently....????

Similar to Silverstone 2021. The driver on the inside isn't obligated to slow down to take a tighter line to accommodate the driver on the outside.

@joostprins3381

7 ай бұрын

Difference, Max was the whole way in front of Lewis, and Lewis couldn’t hold his corner for the first time in ages and hadn’t any problems after that holding that same corner. Lewis came from behind George, braking very late and torpedoed into the corner and cutting the line, taking himself out and George.