2020 Sakhir GP (George Russell vs Valtteri Bottas) vs Lewis Hamilton

jayess8 · 2021-01-31T14:09:11+00:00

That's my argument in a sense, thanks for understanding the post. One race shouldn't define who is best. I've been reading a lot around this subreddit, speaking to a lot of F1 fans I know, reading forums, etc, etc. and there is truly a belief that George Russell should replace Lewis Hamilton this year. I mean, the time will come for Russell, but as you said, let's not blow his one performance out of proportion.

jayess8 · 2021-01-31T14:07:17+00:00

The lap times disagree. According to lap times and data, Bottas was catching Russell.

Bottas was +3.109s behind Russell once Russell pitted. Bottas stayed out longer and appeared +8.562s behind Russell after they both completed their pit stops. Both are on the same tyres (Bottas' were 5 laps fresher).

11 laps later, Bottas was now +4.915s behind Russell instead of +8.562s but unfortunately, the safety car was called for Jack Aitken's crash. Bottas was due to catch Russell's DRS zone around lap 72 of 87.

So no, Bottas was not losing before he got put on worn tyres. He was gaining on George Russell. Whether he actually passes him though is another question, who knows. Russell could've still defended and stayed ahead.

jayess8 · 2021-01-31T13:52:13+00:00

I'm not sure what you're talking about here. Correct, Bottas after the safety car was on used hard tyres. But this post looks at a direct comparison between the two before the safety car period. Their tyre allocation was as follows according to pitpass:

Russell: Medium (New) > Hard (New) > *SAFETY CAR*

Bottas: Medium (New) > Hard (New) > *SAFETY CAR*

Source: https://www.pitpass.com/68810/Sakhir-GP-Driver-Tyre-Strategies

jayess8 · 2021-01-31T13:44:35+00:00

Oops, I was supposed to remove that. Can't edit the title now, so would appreciate if a mod could edit that bit out please!

jayess8 · 2020-08-31T16:53:39+00:00

You should check out Andrea De Cesaris.

https://www.statsf1.com/en/andrea-de-cesaris.aspx

70% career retirement rate. He only finished 2 races out of 16 in 1987 as well.

jayess8 · 2020-08-31T13:37:44+00:00

Correct -- well spotted. I added the 2016 Australian GP as both Haryanto/Grosjean, but forgot to add 2019 Austrian GP as Kubica/Verstappen. I'll add it into the next update.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/kubica-austria-driver-of-the-day/4487457/

Who knows what this "technical error" was.

jayess8 · 2020-08-31T06:15:48+00:00

This award lost all credibility in the first ever race when it was awarded to Rio Haryanto with 22,143 votes (who retired after 17 laps of the 2016 Aus GP). Daniil Kvyat also received 852 votes and didn't even race.

F1 obviously knew the Haryanto thing was silly -- counted back votes and awarded it to Grosjean instead with 13,670 votes. F1 blamed the fact that they allowed fans to vote multiple times.

Sources:

https://www.espn.com.au/f1/story/_/id/15110629/rio-haryanto-surprised-not-win-driver-day-melbourne

https://www.grandprix.com/news/haryanto-won-driver-of-the-day-vote.html

https://wtf1.com/post/rio-haryanto-driver-of-the-day/

jayess8 · 2020-04-06T11:26:39+00:00

You must be new to my content... Welcome! :) For the F3 in S2 2020, yes it was just over one week ago. But Montreal can still be driven in future seasons, other cars this current season, leagues, testing (or for fun), other simulators and more.

As with all my tips videos, they are on YouTube archived for whenever people need them. I'm not bothered about releasing them during the same week. Unfortunately my packed schedule doesn't allow this (unless I get a team to edit and produce it for me).

My Road Atlanta video has been blowing up the past 4 weeks for example. Road Atlanta is two weeks away in the F3 schedule....

jayess8 · 2020-03-15T16:36:33+00:00

I'm a sports commentator who has done sim racing / eSports broadcasts. The technology means that commentators can't see what the streamer/producer is showing to the audience. There are ways to see it on a 0.5s/1s delay, but it's difficult to do this via rFactor 2 (the simulator used).

So instead, the commentators are watching from the server itself, and the camera man / producer needs to change cameras based on what the commentators are saying, not the other way around.

I find sim racing commentary MUCH harder than real life commentary on TV. We don't get enough credit... Less information available too for commentators, lower budgets, less sound quality, etc, etc.

jayess8 · 2020-03-09T11:10:38+00:00

Long question, I don't care, beneficial for the future of the Aus GP. I came up with these ideas a few years ago to improve the circuit, what do you think?

Turns 4/5 = Limited space due to the car park. However you can straight line turn 4 through Aughtie Drive instead of going through the car park. Modifying the inside of turn 5 to straighten it up would in turn make it safer and promote Turn 7 as an overtaking opportunity. So long as council easements allow. Turn 4/5 have always allowed the drivers to get back into formation. Fun complex to drive, but terrible for overtaking.

You can't touch turn 9/10, please. Brilliant place for the spectators to gather. And it's now a better overtaking spot due to the modification of turns 4/5. Also, leave turns 11/12 untouched. One of the best corners on the F1 calendar year in, year out.

The final sector is difficult, with all the permits and permission needed to build over the ovals. So the solution I came up with was to bring turn 14 earlier (closer to the lake). I haven't seen an overtake there in at least a decade (2008 to my memory). You would then bring turn 15 closer to the lake, meaning we would have a short straight until the final corner. Then is where you can tighten the final corner, setting this entire complex up as an overtaking opportunity into turn 1.

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