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SteveH
10-06-23, 10:29 PM
I hate these featureless tracks

Was able to watch Q this evening. “It was lovely speaking with you” Crushed for Piastri, that was brutal.

https://x.com/cjzero/status/1710353832318808150?s=61&t=oFXcsN2wTfApq6UdUB40Qg

https://x.com/curtisboggs/status/1710479858092900603?s=61&t=oFXcsN2wTfApq6UdUB40Qg
SteveH
10-06-23, 11:35 PM
https://x.com/formularacers_/status/1710298269446746182?s=46&t=FtBbY0VGTU6tkFPNjgS-pg
SteveH
10-07-23, 07:37 AM
Tire issues at Qatar
https://x.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/1710597059995115685?s=20
SteveH
10-07-23, 07:37 AM
https://x.com/tgruener/status/1710602225372770793?s=20
SteveH
10-07-23, 12:41 PM
Piastri’s revenge.

Good line in the interview about waiting 5 mins on the FIA
SteveH
10-07-23, 02:14 PM
Sprint race was great. Plenty of action. Not spoiling it by giving up the winner
devilmaster
10-07-23, 02:32 PM
fun sprint race. almost like the old days of goodyear firestone where one tyre starts strong and then the other comes on its own.

felt bad for the guys running on soft who were begging to pit for new shoes and basically told, theres no point - do your best.
TravelGal
10-08-23, 01:20 PM
I hate these featureless tracks


The whole place seems that way to me. I've flown *through* Doha a few times but, even with a free hotel and sightseeing, didn't see the point of stopping.
RTKar
10-08-23, 02:29 PM
Comes across to me as a video game track plus you don't really see many grandstands with fans....the race becomes background noise.
SteveH
10-08-23, 02:51 PM
How many fans did Piastri make this weekend?
https://x.com/wtf1official/status/1711089320633807242?s=46&t=FtBbY0VGTU6tkFPNjgS-pg
SteveH
10-08-23, 02:52 PM
Like a big boy :thumbup:

https://x.com/lewishamilton/status/1711085330374295864?s=46&t=FtBbY0VGTU6tkFPNjgS-pg
devilmaster
10-08-23, 02:53 PM
Remember fondly those old champcar races where they mandated pitstops?

Yeah, me neither.

:thumbdown:
SteveH
10-08-23, 06:45 PM
Lewis Hamilton slapped with hefty fine as FIA issue double Qatar GP decision
https://www.planetf1.com/news/lewis-hamilton-hefty-fine-fia-issue-double-qatar-gp-decision


https://x.com/juicyfulltoss/status/1711068021848981803?s=61&t=oFXcsN2wTfApq6UdUB40Qg
SteveH
10-08-23, 09:37 PM
https://x.com/lukesmithf1/status/1711096556609560916?s=61&t=oFXcsN2wTfApq6UdUB40Qg

Yeah, I hate this track, too
SteveH
10-09-23, 07:12 AM
The heat became brutal. Logan Sargeant retired due to dehydration. Stroll had vision problems, staggered to an ambulance once he got out of the car. Ocon vomited in his helmet twice during the race. Albon could barely get out of his car.
https://x.com/aalbons/status/1711090674978681270?s=20
https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/1711097815760339227?t=CXXIDPUqExrI8yH6wJRlkQ&s=19
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1737j77/lukesmithf1_all_the_drivers_struggling_with_the/
https://twitter.com/OconEsteban/status/1711099375802286335
https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/status/1711111630354833798
https://twitter.com/mclarenf1_news/status/1711105125807272191?s=46
https://imgur.com/a/s8w3NEC

F1 reached safety limit in Qatar: "Way too hot to drive" (https://www.reuters.com/sports/motor-sports/f1-reached-safety-limit-qatar-way-too-hot-drive-2023-10-08/)

Track temperatures during the floodlit night race at the Lusail circuit never dropped below 36 degrees Celsius (96.8 Fahrenheit), according to tyre supplier Pirelli, while daytime temperatures nudged above 40 degrees.
SteveH
10-09-23, 09:20 AM
https://x.com/fastestpitstop/status/1711126551364825546?s=46&t=FtBbY0VGTU6tkFPNjgS-pg
TravelGal
10-09-23, 08:09 PM
The heat became brutal. Logan Sargeant retired due to dehydration. Stroll had vision problems, staggered to an ambulance once he got out of the car. Ocon vomited in his helmet twice during the race. Albon could barely get out of his car.

Quoted section, "Track temperatures during the floodlit night race at the Lusail circuit never dropped below 36 degrees Celsius (96.8 Fahrenheit), according to tyre supplier Pirelli, while daytime temperatures nudged above 40 degrees. "

F1 reached safety limit in Qatar: "Way too hot to drive"[/URL]

What are the temps in some of the Indycar races? Isn't 36C (98.6F) fairly common? 40C is 104. Surely our track temperatures equal that. ??

All of that aside, it was a more-than-usually-interesting race. Or maybe because of it............
BigIrlFan
10-09-23, 09:20 PM
What are the temps in some of the Indycar races? Isn't 36C (98.6F) fairly common? 40C is 104. Surely our track temperatures equal that. ??

All of that aside, it was a more-than-usually-interesting race. Or maybe because of it............


HAHahahaha. BUnch of NAncy BOys. AT leased they dint bale on it like CArt at TMS hahahahahahah. BUNch of CArt street race losers. HAhahahahaha
SteveH
10-10-23, 09:33 AM
https://x.com/mick0402/status/1711383187799134607?s=46&t=FtBbY0VGTU6tkFPNjgS-pg
TravelGal
10-10-23, 01:09 PM
https://x.com/mick0402/status/1711383187799134607?s=46&t=FtBbY0VGTU6tkFPNjgS-pg

:laugh::laugh: Not hard to guess why when he was hardly on the track at all.
TravelGal
10-10-23, 01:12 PM
HAHahahaha. BUnch of NAncy BOys. AT leased they dint bale on it like CArt at TMS hahahahahahah. BUNch of CArt street race losers. HAhahahahaha

I always wondered what changed. We know why they bailed but how were they able to go back?

Here's Mario Dominguez' take on it. "These guys need to get more exercise. I imagine what would have happened to them if they had raced in Indycar, without hydraulic direction, in Miami, Monterrey, Houston, at temperatures of more than 40 degrees. For those races we did stationary bike training in greenhouses, and we ran 10 kilometers when it was warmer during the day."
SteveH
10-10-23, 10:03 PM
https://i.redd.it/zgdtk10ynetb1.jpg
SteveH
10-11-23, 10:49 AM
Aston Martin: Burning F1 seat that hurt Alonso a work in progress
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/aston-martin-burning-f1-seat-that-hurt-alonso-a-work-in-progress/10531529/


Aston Martin says the burning sensation Fernando Alonso felt in his seat during Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix is a recurring issue that it is still trying to resolve.
SteveH
10-20-23, 09:33 AM
Albon fears Qatar GP conditions risked creating dangerous “wet bulb effect” (https://www.racefans.net/2023/10/20/albon-fears-qatar-gp-conditions-risked-creating-dangerous-wet-bulb-effect/)
SteveH
10-20-23, 11:27 AM
F1 chief Domenicali writes to GPDA over Qatar GP concerns (https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-chief-domenicali-writes-to-gpda-over-qatar-gp-concerns/10534674/)