FORMULA 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2023 - Jeddah....Race.... ▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

Let's hope.

We have had 15 out of 16 before, and the '1' was only because a substitute driver punted the leader off at a chicane whilst being lapped.

 

Schlesser wasn't the only responsible for this.
Senna was believing sometimes things that doesn't are reality.
Like in Brazil 1990 with Nakajima.

 

I agree with that.
Senna was careless whilst Schlesser gave him the maximum room and was left with nowhere to go, IMO.

 

We will be lucky by 4th. If they don't fix their reliability. Honestly what a **** season.

 

Perhaps, but lets not forget RB too, have their gremlins.

 

Correct me if i'm wrong but the original 92 NSX, always seems to get flak online. The 2002 version is better? Things like overrated, underpowered, etc is what i read abut the 1992 version.

Personally for me, it's one of the most sexiest cars out there.

 

Top Speed: 168 mph
1/4 Mile: 14.3 seconds
0-60: 4.9 seconds

This car isn't underpowered at all, especially by 1992 standards.

 

Nsx, Rx7, 3000gt, 300zx, Supra, Mr2....... the golden era of sports cars.

 

Totally negligible compared with the inherent pace of this car !

 

This car was a wake up call for Ferrari !
Before, 348 GTB
After, F355..

 

I think in 1999 or 2000 the engine size went up to 3.2 L and the gearbox went from 5 to 6 speed.
The 3.0 car is very very good, the 3.2 is near perfect.
In 2002 we lost the sexy pop up lights.

 

I don't know if anyone else noticed or had this issue but I watched on ESPN and whenever they would say Max Vertstappen the closed captioner was spelling Matthew Stafford.

I was thinking what the heck did Matthew Stafford buy an F1 team?

 

Why nobody include the C4 ZR1, which is superior to all above cars, by any metric, is beyond my comprehension.

 

Oh for sure - he can't do it by himself. But he could at least act professional and be proud to be the team principal even in challenging times. I just see a guy that is already frazzled and let Alfa fall apart the second half of last season. So while I was hoping for the best, I'm getting what I expected.

 

Checo might want to learn to launch an F1 car if he wants to be taken seriously in the title fight. LOL.

 

Probably simply that people don't like Corvettes here. I'd take all the other cars over it save the MR2 personally. The NSX in particular is still a stunning design and a car I dreamed about as a kid.

 

Jos makes my ass pucker- I can't stand the guy-

 

With use of so called 'social media' all things can be analyzed, and brough forward to rail or praise. The shorter attention span inherent is magnified. Then re-broadcast, manipulated and sent out again.
When races are boring other items are then used/found to produce more analysis.

 

Sainz says they have a plan to fix the issues. They had one over the winter as well. The team with the best winter 'plan' was RedBull and Aston. Im a bit surprised how ineffective the Ferrari is. I didnt think Merc would much stronger, but like last year their issue is tied to qualy. In the race they seem reliable and more sorted but they arent looking at a title or possibly a win yet.

 

It annoys me because he full well knows he had zero chance of winning the race right until Max's driveshaft failed in Q2. They were told free to race with 6 laps to go...he himself tries to set fastest lap in the last lap but made a mistake, whereas Max didn't make a mistake and took fastest lap..he then tries to steer the narrative that Max got told different things than him on the radio, which is completely untrue.

I've been a fan of his since that awesome race in Malaysia 2012 in the wet when he really took the fight to Alonso, but he does make it hard with some of his comments from late last year onwards.

 

Agreed.

 

I beg your pardon ! I love the Corvette !!!
It's the best "value for money" sportscar that exists, and always been a match for many exotics I could name !
But I blame GM for never trying to market it seriously in Europe, until now, when it's too freaking late !

 

Thank you.

However :

https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/d81avs/acura_nsx_9105_worst_drivers_car_buy_of_2019/

 

The ZR1 was big news back in the day, then it was my favourite car. It was fast, but also raw, noisy, harsh and plasticky. With the years the perfomance numbers are less important, as it becomes an obsolete car anyways but the plasticky issue remains, so it´s normal that its popularity has faded.

Even my own tastes have changed and today I´d prefer the subtle balance of the NSX over the nastyness of the ZR-1.

 

All of the cars he listed have something in common that the ZR1 doesn't have.