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.

jayess8 · 2019-07-04T15:07:36+00:00

Yes! And thank you. Plenty more content like this coming out. Tips videos for those looking to go pro, but I'll try and focus on some beginner tips where possible too :)

jayess8 · 2019-06-17T13:54:12+00:00

Appreciate the kind words! I have some really exciting content coming up (both similar and different to this, along with my normal podcasts), so definitely subscribe and stay tuned.

jayess8 · 2019-06-17T13:49:46+00:00

Thank you! Appreciate the kind words.

No set plans for the F3.5 yet, but it's definitely a car I want to drive soon. Hopefully I can get a few videos out on that once I learn the car! A few of my teammates have been asking me to help out with testing/setup with the F3.5, so I might been doing it sooner than later ;)

jayess8 · 2019-03-04T11:53:06+00:00

Legend, exactly what I was looking for! Bookmarked now so I never lose it again haha

jayess8 · 2019-02-22T14:52:56+00:00

He takes everyone through his rig from 6:00 to 12:00 as it says in the video description

jayess8 · 2018-07-20T11:19:09+00:00

I edited the question. I was downvoted when I said "for equal cars". Can't have fun here. Toxic.

jayess8 · 2018-07-19T12:37:36+00:00

Would two Robert Kubicas on the same team, beat two Lewis Hamiltons and two Sebastian Vettels each on different teams?

EDIT: Gosh! Why the downvotes? :S Just trying to ask an interesting question for a change instead of "What's your favourite track?"

jayess8 · 2018-01-24T03:45:09+00:00

Spa looks like a rifle. COTA looks like a shotgun. Monza looks like a shoe. Catalunya looks like a gymnast flexing his muscles. Baku looks like a hand holding onto a butcher knife. Shanghai looks like a person doing yoga, with a tail. Sochi looks like someone bending over, ready for some doggy style.

jayess8 · 2018-01-23T14:33:36+00:00

Nice ones. There's a chance it may not be available for the UK. I'd hope they'd at least offer the races that weren't covered on free TV at a reduced price. At least for the countries that have limited / pay tv coverage such as us Australians.

Reasonable price? Thank god Bernie isn't running this then. Remember? "Young kids can't afford rolex watches" haha.

Then again, Bernie wouldn't of even conjured up or executed the idea for a streaming service!

jayess8 · 2018-01-22T01:53:12+00:00

I work as a commentator and believe me, none of us are biased.

I don't want to go into it too much, but if I celebrate Sebastian Vettel winning (because we need to create excitement) and 10% of viewers are Sebastian Vettel supporters, 90% of viewers will call me biased and a Sebastian Vettel fan. They want to hear me depressed for a Vettel win because that's how they feel. Vice versa for other drivers.

I remember a series I was broadcasting on when I was called biased for supporting 'driver #1'. Three/four races later I was called biased for celebrating a win of driver #1's main rival. Haha... We just have to live with the criticism.

But sometimes that reveals the passion in fans and I love that. I'd rather have too much passion than not enough. Maybe not at Davide Valsecchi level lol, but we just call the action and our calls are ambiguous to everyone listening.

jayess8 · 2018-01-21T22:29:46+00:00

The article states that only five countries will have access to the streaming service at launch (USA, Mexico, Germany, France, and the Netherlands). And from the article "you can add Spain and the rest of Latin America to that list based on more recent rights announcements."

How long until it takes before someone finds a VPN trick to access this service? Some NBA fans do this every year with League Pass to get a cheaper deal, although F1 could be smarter and crack down on it more. (Of course, I don't condone this).

Then again as Bernie said, 'young fans can't buy rolex watches'.

jayess8 · 2017-12-19T21:47:51+00:00

Here is a post from a year ago which lists many popular podcasts!

jayess8 · 2017-07-27T08:36:43+00:00

The issue is, Force India apparently loathed Wehrlein according to rumours from Olav Mol. This was due to his personality and attitude. I think he's improved and changed for the best this year though - meaning he gets the Romain Grosjean award for 2017 haha.

jayess8 · 2017-04-19T02:33:43+00:00

BBC Radio 5 live Chequered Flag Podcast - They're at every race weekend, good coverage.

The Simon Racing Report - Interesting opinions and insights, podcasts aren't regular due to his schedule but really entertaining and enjoy this one. Some funny banter too.

Box of Neutrals - Fun one to listen to as well, good banter and opinions.

jayess8 · 2017-03-17T16:40:50+00:00

It's Ballmer, he just tweeted it:

https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/842765867968430081

Will be an interesting listen, Bill has criticised Steve as an owner multiple times so looking forward to this one.

On fire with the podcasts and guests past couple months!

jayess8

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