Basil B Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 The 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar in full:March 20 - Australia April 3 - Bahrain April 17 - China May 1 - Sochi May 15 - Spain May 29 - Monaco June 12 - Canada June 19 - Baku* July 3 - Austria July 10 - Great Britain July 24 - Hungary July 31 - Germany August 28 - Belgium September 4 - Italy September 18 - Singapore October 2 - Malaysia October 9 - Japan October 23 - USA** October 30 - Mexico November 13 - Brazil November 27 - Abu Dhabi https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/12/f1-2016-calendar-confirmed.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I dunno why Abu Dhabi are so keen on having the last race, it's usually a dead rubber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Baku? Another 1 event per year track. And they talk of green credentials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Parrot Fish Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 F1. The sport of conserving tyres. Conserving engines. Saving fuel. Overtaking in the pits. Grid penalties. Time penalties. Pit lane stop and goes. Pit lane drive throughs. Tracks with huge run off areas. etc etc etc. I am sure it was better with Mansell, Prost, Senna and co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 F1. The sport of conserving tyres. Conserving engines. Saving fuel. Overtaking in the pits. Grid penalties. Time penalties. Pit lane stop and goes. Pit lane drive throughs. Tracks with huge run off areas. etc etc etc. I am sure it was better with Mansell, Prost, Senna and co. Short version: endurance racing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Lewis on pole for a whitewash Quickest in P1, P2, P3, Q1, Q2 & Q3. Bit of an anti climax with no cars on track for the last 5 minutes of Q3, but then what do you expect from a sport controlled by a geriatric old fool in need of the services of a paediatric psychiatrist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 They must do some changes to the qualifications. Maybe keep the formula, but add extra set of tires to be used in Q3. Or they could do a new Golden points rule to make the races more interesting. Each point gives the driver and/or team 0.5kg gold pellet. This gold must be added to the car, which makes it heavier. Few kg does not matter too much, but when leading car is 10-30kg heavier than others, it start to slow the car down. At the end of the season, the driver gets 50% of the gold as a bonus and the team gets the other half to be shared with the whole team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 As Matthew Marsh said, they fixed what wasn't broken. Kick out the gizmos, go back to manual gear change. Let the Driver drive the car. Today's qualifying was dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 What a shambles! Teams not understanding the 90 second clock, sending their cars out too late to have a hope of getting a lap in. As the Fox Sports commentators said: "Pretty much a disaster". I totally agree. And Bernie the white haired dwarf should still be in jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangryBirds Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Even Bernie has called it a disaster. Maybe it could be tweaked so everyone uses mediums or another tyre that is good for the whole session. Stops this problem of people not being able to get out and set a faster lap once the countdown starts. Also let someone finish the lap they are on instead of only after the chequered flag. All the suspense was killed when maybe three drivers at once got out of their cars and downed tools because they realised they couldn't get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Back to last season's qualifying. Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Back to last season's qualifying. Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk To add. Bernie said a few hours after qualifying, that the changes were to stop Mercedes always being 1st & 2nd. Which makes me think he missed qualifying and he hates Mercedes.Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I don't think Bernie hates Mercedes, he just wants more excitement to the races. Now, before the first race of the season, it seems that there is only one team, which can win this years championship, which makes F1 boring. I hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampang2 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Is the F1 possible to see in any of the open to air channels ? In Thailand. DVB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartman Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Just watching lead up to V8 supercars race 3 James Allen and Aussie commentators talking up the forthcoming F1 qualifying and how exciting it could be, very funny post fact . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulfsailor Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Very exciting first race of the season so far. And a massive crash from Alonso!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Very exciting first race of the season so far. And a massive crash from Alonso!!Shows how well built the cars are.Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I don't think Bernie hates Mercedes, he just wants more excitement to the races. Now, before the first race of the season, it seems that there is only one team, which can win this years championship, which makes F1 boring. I hope I'm wrong. I don't recall him being too concerned when it was Ferrari who benefit from his charity fund.Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Good race I thought. Torro Rosso post race briefing. Can I get a ticket for it. LOL Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 I don't think Bernie hates Mercedes, he just wants more excitement to the races. Now, before the first race of the season, it seems that there is only one team, which can win this years championship, which makes F1 boring. I hope I'm wrong. I don't recall him being too concerned when it was Ferrari who benefit from his charity fund.Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Or Red Bull... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Very exciting first race of the season so far. And a massive crash from Alonso!!Shows how well built the cars are.Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk One thing the FIA has done well. Without the research and rules imposed by the FIA Alonso would not have walked from that one. Seems silly that on one hand the FIA is making the sport safer and the you get the "Commercial Rights" chump wanting qualifying to be a lottery... the principle behind qualifying is to put the fastest cars at the front so they are not crashing into slower cars at the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangryBirds Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Great result for Grosjean in the Haas on their first race. A lot of Max's pit radio seemed unsuitable for pre-watershed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulfsailor Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Great result for Grosjean in the Haas on their first race. A lot of Max's pit radio seemed unsuitable for pre-watershed Max was screwed big time by Sainz. Max informed pits his tires were gone and wanted to pits. Pits confirmed they were ready. Then Sainz, who was closer to the pits, pitted and took Max' slot. Subsequently when Max came in less than a minute later the team wasn't ready yet. So he lost valuable time. As a result he came back on track P11 instead of P6, and then was stuck behind Sainz who although slower the entire race wouldn't let him pass. Max could have easily gotten a P5 finish otherwise. His frustration is understandable, but he shouldn't so openly have expressed it during and after the race. It's time he will officially be named no1 driver in the team, to prevent a recurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangryBirds Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He usually shows maturity beyond his years but he was more the petulant teenager today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Ayrton Senna would have been 56 today. Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Bahrain will have the crap qualifying system. Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangryBirds Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 That makes no sense, by Sunday morning of the Australian race the teams had come out and said they would revert back to the old system for Bahrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Something I saw on ESPN FB page. I'll see if I can find it. Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Something I saw on ESPN FB page. I'll see if I can find it. Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/15057171/live-elimination-remain-full-bahrain-grand-prixSent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I'm not even watching qualifying. http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/15088994/no-reason-expect-better-qualifying-bahrain-wolff Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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