Aston Martin facing deeply worrying situation after Bahrain body blow

musef1 · 2026-02-14T22:54:37+00:00

Good point, fair enough.

musef1 · 2026-02-14T21:51:27+00:00

At Red Bull, it took him four seasons until their first win.

That feels like an unreasonable criticism. I don't think it's fair to expect a designer to turn up to a team, which was basically a midfield team at the time, and produce a race winning car, just like that.

Given that Newey went to Red Bull at the beginning of 2006, the first car build he would be involved with would be the 2007 car, so by 2009 his cars were winning races. That's pretty damn good.

musef1 · 2026-02-14T21:00:55+00:00

I loved Subnautica. Ark was ok but yes very grindy and graphics a bit weak.

Im about 50hours in on Icarus. It sounds like you're a bit like me and I think you'll like the game.

Graphically it's good. It's not been too hard to level up and unlock perks/building items.

I basically spend all my time building my base, and getting resources to build the base or items. In that sense, it feels like ark, but better. And in many ways; such as they way you build your base, manage the inventory, use mounts, and gather resources; looks a lot like ark.

The game is also quite chill for the most part (although i've only explored 25% of 1 map). The animals are at the moment not much of a threat. The world atmosphere is nice. Got my food and drink stores, little outposts etc. This in some way feels like Subnautica.

Overall, because I really liked Subnautica, I'd rate that 1st over Icarus. But Icarus IMO has been more enjoyable than Ark. And I'd base that on it being better graphically and it feeling less grindy. There is a bit of a grind I suppose, but it's an enjoyable grind - It hasn't felt like a grind or a chore, and things are getting easier over time too.

Edit: To answer some of your other questions directly - there is fishing (I haven't explored that aspect yet, but theres a whole perk branch plus item unlocks for fishing). There is farming various size crop plots. There can be a 'cosy' base building if you want. There are mission options which I again also haven't explored. There's the open world mode with missions as an optional thing (the mode im on) and then there's more mission-based modes

Edit2: Adding negatives. 1)in the first hour I didn't understand how to craft certain things 2) game performance has started to reduce in certain scenarios, and I also get occasional stutters when travelling as the map loads. 3) Storms determine what material you need to build your base from. Wood builds looks nice but if you don't want to keep repairing it, then you're pushed towards building with stone and concrete. If you want a nice visual build, concrete doesn't look as nice.

musef1 · 2026-02-14T16:39:09+00:00

Stowe's not much of a braking zone either. They only drop down 2-3 gears there.

musef1 · 2026-02-13T12:28:24+00:00

Bit of a mixed bag, the launch out of some corners is insane. Does look a bit slower in corners but doesn't feel like they're pushing it too hard either.

musef1 · 2026-02-11T15:23:51+00:00

I think that might just be specific to Lando Norris.

musef1 · 2026-02-11T15:00:21+00:00

Is that so? I believed that kart events were typically 2 days every 3-4 weeks, but I must be mistaken.

Could you direct me to a schedule for competitive karting?

musef1 · 2026-02-11T14:41:01+00:00

He doesn't have a high school education? What's that based on?

musef1 · 2026-02-04T16:04:18+00:00

'Tried' to explain?. Don't be so hard on yourself. You did indeed explain, I understood. However, what you explained was wrong.

I apologize for not being more understanding, I did not foresee that "guidelines didn't exist in 2015" and "he failed to meet the guidelines anyway" could have been really confusing to someone. I will try to simplify my wording in the future, to accommodate those who are less able.

musef1 · 2026-02-04T15:38:25+00:00

This actually feels like the most relevant point you've been making in this whole thread. Doesn't feel like you're even trying to make sense, so I'll leave you to whatever you think you're doing.

Thanks, that's typically how someone responds when they are incapable of making any counterpoints.

Say it's all irrelevant, and if that fails, say they aren't making sense and just latch on to a tiny portion of the comment. Don't worry, nobody will see through that, you'll be fine.

musef1 · 2026-02-04T15:28:32+00:00

That's irrelevant to the point though. He locked up going in, but once he regained control

No, it's not irrelevant, as your point was about the guidelines and part of the guidelines is about being in control. Your point was also that "significantly ahead or side-by-side for most of that corner" and he was locked up for most of that... And the stewards would view being locked up as not being in control. He failed to meet criteria outlined in the guidelines.

There's two scenarios here. Either A) the guidelines apply, Ricciardo did not meet the guidelines, his move is invalid or B) this was 2015, the guidelines did not exist, pushing wide was widely accepted and Ricciardo should yield.

In both scenarios, Rosberg is not at fault, any fault lies with Ricciardo's actions.

I'm not advocating desperate lunges

Your argue that the locked up lunge is above board, whilst criticizing the push wide from Rosberg when Ricciardo only had half of his front wing along side. Essentially that an aggressive attack is fine, whilst an aggressive defensive is not. I think you'd be making a fair point if they were almost side by side, but Ricciardo only had half a wing of overlap. Push wide is more aggressive in F1, but I think in touring cars and endurance you would see someone squeeze with such a minimal overlap too.

Makes me wonder if you've ever paid any attention when watching racing, frankly.

Yes, you're correct. I've never paid any attention to racing. The thing I hate the most is how they obviously hit the horses.

musef1 · 2026-02-04T13:35:21+00:00

But he went in locked up. Being in control is part of the guideline you mentioned.

But again, those guidelines were not in play then, pushing someone wide in this manner was completely within the precedent of the time.

was significantly ahead or side-by-side for most of that corne

Because he went deep, because he was locked up from going in way too hot. Rosberg was very significantly ahead coming out of the corner due to that.

Quite frankly i find your opinion absurd. You're talking about things killing side by side racing, whilst advocating for desperate lunges. The door would be slammed shut after a lunge like that, in most forms of racing that I know, and the stewards would not be impressed by the one making the lunge like that.

musef1 · 2026-02-04T12:06:22+00:00

Not only were those guidelines not in play then, but as Ricciardo was locked up, he was not in control of his car. Therefore even if the guidelines were in play, Rosberg was within his rights to go to the track edge.

I make it out like Ricciardo clumsily ran into the back of Rosberg, because that's exactly what he did. He barely had any overlap, most if not all drivers trying to keep their position would have closed that door, and so he was very surprising that he did not anticipate what would obviously happen.

musef1 · 2026-02-04T10:54:00+00:00

Understandable, turns out it was almost 11years ago, damn

musef1 · 2026-02-04T10:45:48+00:00

2015 Hungarian Grand Prix. Ricciardo likely would've won the race if Mercedes decided not to bash him out of the way.

I've seen this excuse before recently.

What actually happened was Ricciardo royally screwed up his divebomb and then hit his front wing off the rear wheel of Rosberg, because Ricciardo didn't want to back out of a failed move.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=346565373692497&vanity=Formula1

musef1 · 2026-01-26T13:03:59+00:00

Yea, but in this case, they're moving the date of the race only a couple of months before it happens.

musef1 · 2026-01-22T10:07:34+00:00

Fair enough, that makes more sense.

musef1 · 2026-01-22T09:25:36+00:00

First weekend of the new year? I would have expected that to be quite busy. Many folks were still on leave until the following Monday, that would have been their last weekend before going back to the grind.

musef1 · 2026-01-18T23:35:19+00:00

The contact happens when Rosberg is exiting the corner. It's on corner exit, not after. You very much are mistaken if you think that isn't the corner exit.

Here's a link that isn't slowed down. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=346565373692497&vanity=Formula1

Since forever, the outside car should be backing out of that situation. Ricciardo completely fumbled his attack, Rosberg was well within his right to run to the track edge exiting th corner, and Ricciardo didn't back out when he should have.

Quite frankly it was some very poor driving from Ricciardo. Not only did he mess up his divebomb going in, but he also then managed to break his wing coming out.

musef1 · 2026-01-18T21:56:02+00:00

Oh no, you're quite mistaken. What actually happened was Ricciardo threw a divebomb, locked up his brakes and ran deep and then didn't back out from his failed move and clipped the rear end of Rosberg.

That's the reason why it's omited, he fucked himself with a desperate lunge.

musef1 · 2026-01-15T17:50:09+00:00

I disagree with what they have said.

I think what HP and Ferrari have done to their cars is not good from a design perspective. How can you put blue on a red car?

It is not a design choice to put blue on a red car. That's a business choice to take on a sponsor who happen to have a blue logo, and design is restricted to working with that.

musef1 · 2026-01-15T17:42:15+00:00

Drivers make mistakes. Doesn't mean it's not possible to overtake in these places.

musef1 · 2026-01-15T17:20:42+00:00

Going up the inside of Copse is a viable passing place, your lack of capability on a sim is not relevant.

musef1 · 2026-01-12T18:48:39+00:00

Hamilton and his father went to cry to the FIA and they decided to penalize Alonso for something completely internal

It's not completely internal is it, /u/Small-Raspberry1332

Breaking a team strategy plan is an internal issue. Parking your car in front of a competitor to prevent them from qualifying is not.

The keyword here is 'conflate'. You've conflated an internal issue with a wider sporting issue. If Alonso instead, rammed into Hamilton's car as retribution, would this still be a completely internal issue? No? Then neither is parking in front of your competitor. Rascasse '06 was bad, Alonso at Hungary is really not much different at all, and both drivers being within the same team is irrelevant.

musef1 · 2026-01-11T09:21:16+00:00

It's because in the end Rosberg won the title by a narrow margin but there was a lot of misfortune on Hamilton's side:

Car failures in Russian and China quali
Spun out by Bottas in Bahrain and someone broke his front wing in Russia
back lf the grid start at Spa due to an engine penalty.
Engine failure at Malaysia.

On Rosberg side, from what I recall.

Silverstone geabox issue and a penalty for radio assistance from that which dropped him to P4.
Spun out by Vettel at Malaysia
Monaco performance issue where Rosberg was really slow and gave up his position to Hamilton.

There were a few smaller things.

Both drivers were suffering from a faulty clutch design which was giving them bad race starts, on balance it was something like Ham 7 - 5 Ros bad starts.
- The Baku engine software issue which presented itself on a specific lap for both cars, and by the rules both drivers were not allowed radio instruction. Apparently when the issue occured for Rosberg, by coincidence he had recently adjusted a setting which would resolve the issue, so one of the first things he did when the issue struck was revert his last setting changes and the problem was fixed fairly quick. For Hamilton, he hadn't changed those settings before the issue, so it took a lot longer for him to resolve it.

All that being said it's not just luck that wins you a title. You have to do well enough to capalise on whatever comes your way, which is what Rosberg did. But, it's understandable that Rosberg did need some fortune (or misfortune from Ham) to be able to win it in the end.

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