Formula 1 2018

[Backward point]

What an excellent post CS, thanks for that. Memories indeed, and a great insight into a byegone era, never to be repeated - V10 engines in Formula 1. Rumour had it that the BMW would rev to 20k. Imagine that.

At the other end of the scale, the F1 thread spoiler has appeared to once again proclaim his blinkered love for Lewis Hamilton.

Give it a rest, Andy. You spoiled last year's thread with your mis-spelt gibberish, fawning over Hamilton and adding nothing to the thread.

LH 0.3 sec faster than SV, whilst being on a harder tyre.

Not sure how conclusive Barcelona is, however what it tells me is that the Mercedes is bloody quick and so is LH.

[Andyg]

What an excellent post CS, thanks for that. Memories indeed, and a great insight into a byegone era, never to be repeated - V10 engines in Formula 1. Rumour had it that the BMW would rev to 20k. Imagine that.

At the other end of the scale, the F1 thread spoiler has appeared to once again proclaim his blinkered love for Lewis Hamilton.

Give it a rest, Andy. You spoiled last year's thread with your mis-spelt gibberish, fawning over Hamilton and adding nothing to the thread.

Added nothing, except state who was actually the fastest driver and fasted car during the Barcelona testing, and by what margin. Pretty important if people didnt already know.

But perhaps in future I should run my post via the Mods as get their imput on the value my posts offer. Would that be you? If so can I mod your input or are you simply going to continue to link stuff written by others and continue to whinge about LH and his Fanboys and Girls?

Alternatively just place me on ignore, as I did with Cilla. It really works you know.

[Backward point]

Added nothing, except state who was actually the fastest driver and fasted car during the Barcelona testing, and by what margin. Pretty important if people didnt already know.

But perhaps in future I should run my post via the Mods as get their imput on the value my posts offer. Would that be you? If so can I mod your input or are you simply going to continue to link stuff written by others and continue to whinge about LH and his Fanboys and Girls?

Alternatively just place me on ignore, as I did with Cilla. It really works you know.

You really should make a bit of an effort. Have your carer proof-read your posts before you click on "Submit Reply".

Last week's test proved nothing. Pre-season tests prove very little anyway, as nobody outside of the individual teams knows what fuel levels, or even ballast the cars are running, or what their run plans are. The weather added a further layer of obfuscation, and all that was achieved was shakedown and aero runs. The results were irrelevant and probably misleading.

And if I placed you on "Ignore" I'd miss howlers like "I've got a vintage Porsche". Now that really was funny. But apart from the comedy value of your pomposity, your F1 "contributions" really only detract from the thread. You are tiresome and tedious.

[Andyg]

You really should make a bit of an effort. Have your carer proof-read your posts before you click on "Submit Reply".

Last week's test proved nothing. Pre-season tests prove very little anyway, as nobody outside of the individual teams knows what fuel levels, or even ballast the cars are running, or what their run plans are. The weather added a further layer of obfuscation, and all that was achieved was shakedown and aero runs. The results were irrelevant and probably misleading.

And if I placed you on "Ignore" I'd miss howlers like "I've got a vintage Porsche". Now that really was funny. But apart from the comedy value of your pomposity, your F1 "contributions" really only detract from the thread. You are tiresome and tedious.

Oh dear, you cannot help yourself can you.

Firstly you seem to have overlooked my "Not sure how conclusive...." statement!! I did however post two facts - LH and Mercedes were quickest. These might not mean anything to you, but I doubt the other teams and drivers would agree with you. It certainly demonstrates that Mercedes and LH are on form. So perhaps you should stick to providing facts, rather than the usual gossip, rumour, supposition, bigotry, etc, you often served up. If this fails I am sure you can continue with your zero value add personal attacks and pedantry, just to underline your own pomposity. Pedantry in a F1 thread - seriously LMAO!

Anywho on the topic of me claiming to own a "vintage Porsche" perhaps you can provide a link, simply because although I do own a 28 year old, Porsche 911 (type 964) Carrera 2, which technically is a classic (greater than 25 years old) and not vintage (which to me refers to brass era cars). Some people might call it vintage, but I doubt it was me. But classic/vintage it's a bit of a so what isn't it.

Rest assured I shall try not to contribute again on this thread until the Melbourne GP, providing people don't post anything really stupid, but I shall be checking.

[Backward point]

Oh dear, you cannot help yourself can you.

Firstly you seem to have overlooked my "Not sure how conclusive...." statement!! I did however post two facts - LH and Mercedes were quickest. These might not mean anything to you, but I doubt the other teams and drivers would agree with you. It certainly demonstrates that Mercedes and LH are on form. So perhaps you should stick to providing facts, rather than the usual gossip, rumour, supposition, bigotry, etc, you often served up. If this fails I am sure you can continue with your zero value add personal attacks and pedantry, just to underline your own pomposity. Pedantry in a F1 thread - seriously LMAO!

Anywho on the topic of me claiming to own a "vintage Porsche" perhaps you can provide a link, simply because although I do own a 28 year old, Porsche 911 (type 964) Carrera 2, which technically is a classic (greater than 25 years old) and not vintage (which to me refers to brass era cars). Some people might call it vintage, but I doubt it was me. But classic/vintage it's a bit of a so what isn't it.

Rest assured I shall try not to contribute again on this thread until the Melbourne GP, providing people don't post anything really stupid, but I shall be checking.

The problem is that you seem to be "not sure" about anything other than your fixation with Lewis Hamilton. The weather for last week's test was unrepresentative of anything that Formula 1 cars would ever usually run in, which meant that if anybody managed to get their tyres into their operating window they were likely to be able to drag a lap time out of them. Over the course of the four days, one of which was almost entirely wiped out, very few teams were trying for quick lap times, largely because they are restricted to one car for testing, and wouldn't want to sacrifice running time by crashing it in a pointless exercise.

Your "vintage Porsche" howler was in a thread about retirement. The definitions of "Classic"' "Veteran" and "Vintage" are well defined. Interesting that you took the trouble to tell everybody exactly which Porsche you have. "Porsche" is one of the few words that you don't seem to have difficulty spelling. However, your assertion that "classic/vintage it's a bit of a so what isn't it" (apart from being incoherent) requires a question mark. Because it's a question.

But you can't help yourself, can you?

Finally, if anybody would rather I didn't contribute to the Formula 1 thread, and Andy gave us his valuable insight and analysis instead, do please let me know.

[PickleB]

Re #157 above..."Anywho on the topic of me claiming to own a "vintage Porsche" perhaps you can provide a link" (Anywho?). I'm only too happy to oblige:

I can't answer your question, however in the past 11 years I have taken VR twice. Retired at 57, debt free, vintage Porsche 911 and a nice watch collection. So chin up and just keep going.

These things typically work work out for the best if you work at it.

best of luck

Is that good enough?

[Foxy100]

Doesn't it have a Ruf sticker on the back, surely that makes it a Ruf?

[Robertf]

Finally, if anybody would rather I didn't contribute to the Formula 1 thread, and Andy gave us his valuable insight and analysis instead, do please let me know.

After having been a f1 enthusiast for several decades i lost much of my love of the sport a few years ago. But i keep an eye on the sport even now, and the tz f1 thread has been one of the more interesting and wide ranging sources ive used to keep abreast.

I don't share many views with either andy or cilla but your attempts to moderate their comments on what is a largely unmoderated forum come across as a little overbearing and a bit pompous.

I welcome your contributions certainly but mostly those that are focused on the thread topic rather than on the other posters. Hope to read many of the former and few of the latter going forward

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[Bravo73]

Whatever you do, Backward Point, please don’t stop posting on this thread. Your analysis of the sport is brilliant.

Just try and ignore the idiots.

[Foxy100]

After having been a f1 enthusiast for several decades i lost much of my love of the sport a few years ago. But i keep an eye on the sport even now, and the tz f1 thread has been one of the more interesting and wide ranging sources ive used to keep abreast.

I'm much the same. I also read about it in Motor Sport magazine (no relation to the website), where they can't keep up with websites and the likes of Autosport so come at it from a more general direction.

I tend to discuss each GP the next day with backwardpoint and we see it in completely different ways. For him it's something to be immersed in where it's almost more about all the technology, people, gossip, rumours and the details while I dip in and out and watch races on proper tracks like Spa. I also don't have Sky and since the BBC lost the rights I can't seem to find anything like their 10-minute highlights they used to stick on their website every Monday morning. All the intrigue, lap times and so on don't interest me and I'd rather see all the action condensed into 10 minutes rather than record the late night highlights on 4 and remember not to look at any news for the whole of Monday before I can watch it in the evening. I just can't be bothered and it seems a shame really.

If anyone can point me to a good 10-minute highlights package it would be great but until that happens I'll just read about it here and in Motor Sport and every Monday backwardpoint can tell me if you can count the number of passing manoeuvres on more than one hand!

[Pretzel]

Good to see Ross Brawn turning up to support the new Silverstone Experience Project today