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10 | 0 | 0% | |
9 | 3 | 6.12% | |
8 | 18 | 36.73% | |
7 | 15 | 30.61% | |
6 | 9 | 18.37% | |
5 | 2 | 4.08% | |
4 | 1 | 2.04% | |
3 | 1 | 2.04% | |
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19 Apr 2016, 02:57 (Ref:3634689) | #26 | ||
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So, would it be better if it was built somewhere in Europe on a disused airfield? I think it has a good mix of corners and I like the long straight. The layout provides several good overtaking areas without the use of DRS and generally produces good races.
As with most of the fans I generally watch the races on TV so hardly ever see or notice the grandstands and crowds (or lack of them). I would agree it is somewhat sterile, but so is Silverstone now in my opinion. It just has more history. Everyone has different views and just because mine is different doesn't make it right (or wrong), just different and seeing other people's views is the main reason I am in this forum. Ultimately my focus is on the drivers and cars so I would prefer to see decent racing at a sterile circuit rather than sterile (soulless?) racing at a "popular" circuit. Maybe at Shanghai they need to knock a few of those empty grandstands down and plant a heap of trees instead. Make us imagine that long back straight could be in a Bavarian forest. |
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19 Apr 2016, 14:16 (Ref:3634842) | #29 | ||
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in fairness though there were many passes made outside of the DRS zones in China (and in OZ and Bahrain as well) and multiple times we saw cars going 2 or 3 wide with attempts at passing two cars at once.
i am also not a huge fan of DRS but surely the drivers are not just relying on DRS zones to pass. |
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21 Apr 2016, 20:56 (Ref:3635525) | #31 | |
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I'd say you're misrepresenting what transpired. I seem to remember just as many passes occurring into turn 6 as in the DRS zones. Perez and Hamilton, if I'm remembering correctly, also made moves stick on the outside of turn 7 and Hamilton passed Bottas into turn 9. The plethora of overtaking was derived from the tires, not any semblance of overpowered DRS.
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22 Apr 2016, 02:03 (Ref:3635574) | #33 | |
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What is the opposite of rose tinted glasses? Sh*t tinted glasses? When you are so jaded by F1, that even when you witness a great race, with a huge amount of action and fantastic passing manoeuvres (many without DRS assistance), you still see something poor, and comment negatively.
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22 Apr 2016, 04:54 (Ref:3635590) | #34 | ||
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It's just unnecessary and makes the racing more dull than it could be. I don't care about the number of passes, I'd rather have a battle for 6th that goes on for a few laps with the two drivers working at the limit than the following driver just sit back and wait for the next opportunity to push the nice little go-fast button and fly past the other. That's why I often find myself checking the phone or heading to the fridge in recent years... |
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Why does slipstreaming seam to work during the first few laps without DRS then? The way these new Tilke circuits have been designed, DRS makes passing look easy and uninteresting to me, that's all I wanted to say with my post to explain why I and some others didn't give the race a higher score despite lots of passing that we got to see.
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If you thought last weekends Chinese GP was a great race, I wonder what you would have made of Bahrain 2014 because that was a great race? I refer you to my initial post, having watched the race live. #9 Last edited by bjohnsonsmith; 22 Apr 2016 at 13:27. |
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its a tough nut. i resent that a 'gimmick' aid is needed in the first place but i see the benefits of it. but on the whole, imo, there is a lot more passing and action throughout the length of the track now then prior to the DRS era when passing seemed to only be relegated to passes made at the end of long straights (which was the premise of the Tilke designs). not sure if that made sense or not. |
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Enough going on throughout to keep everyone interested from start to finish. Not a bad race |
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I can't say I've noticed a marked increase in overtaking without DRS but with 18 races left on the calendar, I will be watching with great interest. |
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