What a boring race

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

I found no suitable thread for this to be posted in. I had an opinion and I decided to voice it, you know, like when people talk to you and say "id like fries with that burger"

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Like this one would not have sufficed:

http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...d.php?t=137258

Oh but then your headline of "What a boring race" would not have been so prominent. What a bore.

Gary

Yes, but F-1.com wants you to know that you're wrong:

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And the general verdict is that the ban of refuelling, while creating a slow-burn effect initially, made the racing much more exciting.

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http://www.formula1.com/news/headlin...0/3/10531.html

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Originally Posted by garyshell

Like this one would not have sufficed:

http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...d.php?t=137258

Oh but then your headline of "What a boring race" would not have been so prominent. What a bore.

Gary

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Oh FFS he started a thread, if you want I can call a waaaaaaambulance for you. If you don't like it don't read it.

What they need to do is

-Get rid of the stupid rule making the top 10 start on the tyres they qualified on
-Get rid of the even more stupid rule having two sets of tyres that need to be used in one race (so people can run non-stop if they want)
-Have the tyre supplier bring their entire inventory of tyres from very hard to very soft just like they used to. Allow the teams to run what they want, when they want it, at any point during the race.

As for the problems with overtaking due to aerodynamics and such, well no amount of silly mickey mouse regulations will fix that, unless they decide to go the whole hog and script the races WWF-style (which is what some people seem to want). Watch tin-tops or Formula Ford for that.

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Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTR

Am I the only one who thought this race was OK? classic? absolutely not, but i wouldnt say it was a snore fest.

some good battles throughout the field even if the car behind didnt always eventually catch the guy in front, guys with problems at the start coming through the pack, some good overtaking in the midfield, Lotus running well and an interesting 3 way battle at the front which i thought was hotting up until vettel's problem ultimately sacrificed him. Certainly better than some of the rubbish we went through last year, a generally interesting race. Maybe im insane though.

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Yeah it was ok - no better than ok but not necessarily a borefest.

to quote from tinchote

stupid rules , stupid consequences

Honestly I enjoyed the race very much, but because Ferrari won. Without Vettel's problems, I would probably have disappointed despite the interesting duel between the German and Alonso.

that was the most boringist race I have ever seen imho

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Originally Posted by K-Pu

Here in Spain some crazy journalist praised Ferrari´s diffuser because it was designed not only to add downforce to your car, but also to f*ck up the one behind you. What´s more interesting, the same journalist said F1 needed less aero in order to get more overtaking.

The thing is he can be right in both cases... Why GP2 is interesting even in Montmeló? Why don´t they really reduce aero efficiency, starting with having banned the DD´s this season? Now we have DTM-like diffusers, and cars built arount them.

That´s one of the main ingredients of the recipe of "Boredom-At-Bahrein", the other ones being a cup of B-Oring Track and a bit of Conservative Chicken Fear.

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Yes, it seems that the latest design goal is no longer to merely produce more downforce but to create turbulence designed to act in such a manner as to make it very difficult to pass.....

I wonder about some of those winglets, and if they are really helping handling or downforce, but just creating more turbulence.

Appearently, the venturi tunnels under the IRL cars are less effected by turbulence than are the wings, but at same time, do not produce the turbulence in their wake anywhere close to the DD. :vader:



Result:

This race was totally BORING after lap 2 or 3, and even the Vettel broken pipe, did not add any excitment since we all knew it was only a question of time before he was passed....and even those passes were like..... boring. :(

Take that busted pipe away, and there was not any point to watching the rest of race, unless you are such a die hard fan of a particular driver like Freddie, Lewis, yadada, that you just had to watch the rest of the race to see if they got lucky because somebody broke down in front and they picked up a spot...or even a win.....whoopie...I guess :rolleyes:

Thank God for my old VCR so I do not waste two hours of my life for nothing....

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Originally Posted by markabilly

Yes, it seems that the latest design goal is no longer to merely produce more downforce but to create turbulence designed to act in such a manner as to make it very difficult to pass.....

I wonder about some of those winglets, and if they are really helping handling or downforce, but just creating more turbulence.

Appearently, the venturi tunnels under the IRL cars are less effected by turbulence than are the wings, but at same time, do not produce the turbulence in their wake anywhere close to the DD. :vader:



Result:

This race was totally BORING after lap 2 or 3, and even the Vettel broken pipe, did not add any excitment since we all knew it was only a question of time before he was passed....and even those passes were like..... boring. :(

Take that busted pipe away, and there was not any point to watching the rest of race, unless you are such a die hard fan of a particular driver like Freddie, Lewis, yadada, that you just had to watch the rest of the race to see if they got lucky because somebody broke down in front and they picked up a spot...or even a win.....whoopie...I guess :rolleyes:

Thank God for my old VCR so I do not waste two hours of my life for nothing....

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Agreed. Not to sound like a broken record but I have mentioned the turbulence in the past and said that the FIA should mandate that the air a certain distance past the car is laminar, ie not turbulent