# Formula 1 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** racing-auto-boat\ **Created:** [July 6, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544 "2020-07-06T22:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/341 "2021-08-02T03:15:50Z")
šŸ‘ to Fernando Alonso, who managed to hold off Hamilton long enough so that his teammate Esteban Ocon could take the checkered flag. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/342 "2021-08-02T03:45:17Z")
Vettel DQā€™d from 2nd place! Not enough fuel left for a sample. Hamilton promoted to 2nd! Gains another point off max. > **[Vettel disqualified from Hungarian GP, Hamilton takes second Ā· RaceFans](https://www.racefans.net/2021/08/01/official-vettel-disqualified-from-hungarian-gp-hamilton-promoted-to-second/)** > > Sebastian Vettel has been disqualified from the Hungarian Grand Prix, handing his second-place finish to Lewis Hamilton. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/343 "2021-08-02T19:53:47Z")
I understand ā€˜rules is rulesā€™, but this stinks like horse-shit. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/344 "2021-08-02T20:40:14Z")
I saw the re-broadcast. That restart with just Hamilton on the grid was bizarre. You canā€™t really make a grid with only one thing; it was more of a starting dot. I wonder what he was thinking when _everybody_ behind him went into the pits. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/345 "2021-08-02T20:56:03Z")
> The Aston Martin driver was found to have insufficient fuel in his car at the end of the race. Formula 1ā€™s technical regulations require teams to be able to provide a one-litre sample of fuel for testing. Only 300ml could be extracted from Vettelā€™s car. Holy shit! What a seriously shady way to get robbed. Wow. Iā€™m guessing Hamilton isnā€™t gloating about that podiumā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/346 "2021-08-04T10:11:36Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > What a seriously shady way to get robbed. Youā€™re saying this like AM were somehow unaware of the rule. Anyway, thereā€™s an appeal in progress, I understand. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I wonder what he was thinking when _everybody_ behind him went into the pits. Something like ā€œFuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!ā€, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/347 "2021-08-27T21:30:43Z")
Yay! Back to racing, at the Mighty Spa! I was startinā€™ to get loopy there with no F1. Something happened pretty cool in Practice 1 today: The announcers _shut the fuck up_ for nearly a whole lap of Hamiltonā€™s. You could hear his car and the Ferrari that was following. Nice! Hope this becomes a trend! But it will never happen. Not when Croft takes over the mic. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/348 "2021-08-28T01:12:53Z")
Theyā€™ve had the ā€œaudio upā€ laps for a couple years now. But yeah, crofty usually takes half a lap to finish his thought and shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/349 "2021-08-28T05:56:32Z")
I usually watch the FP sessions with the audio off, and cranking some good music. Fuckā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/350 "2021-08-28T06:31:01Z")
In my book, youā€™ve been doing it right. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/351 "2021-08-28T20:39:39Z")
Interesting Qually session. DVR stopped recording before the end, unfortunatly. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/352 "2021-08-29T17:15:26Z")
Well, in over 40 years of following this sport, that is something Iā€™ve never seen. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/353 "2021-08-29T17:42:42Z")
The _fuck_ was that stupidity? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/354 "2021-08-29T19:34:00Z")
Farcical. In 40+ years of watching F1 it has never been so obvious that racing was impossible. Half points for two laps behind the safety car? balls to that. They did it so they could avoid refunds to fans and sponsors etc. What bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/355 "2021-08-30T00:26:12Z")
Congrats to George Russell on his first F1 podium finish. I guess. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/356 "2021-08-30T19:23:03Z")
I mean, he did earn it. His qualifying performance was just magical. But yeah, that was an awful decision by F1. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/357 "2021-08-31T07:00:58Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > In 40+ years of watching F1 it has never been so obvious that racing was impossible. But that is the difference between F1 and all the other lesser series: You race in the conditions you have. Shoulda cut them loose, and if 4 minute lap times were the result, so be it. If only 3 cars finished, so be it. Lauda pulled out in Japan. Seb probably would have stopped. But nobody was gonna die, with decreased speeds. It would have been known by all it would be a half-pointer. Let them race. This isnā€™t fucking baseball. Rain be damned! All the fans were screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/358 "2021-08-31T07:01:58Z")
I am drunk, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/359 "2021-08-31T07:04:52Z")
That explains your previous post then, setting them off racing at Spa in those conditions is very much a recipe for potential disaster and definitely an option that looks good when under the influence. In the cold and sober light of day? not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544/360 "2021-08-31T07:11:12Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > In the cold and sober light of day? Iā€™ll let you know when that happens. Donā€™t hold yer breath. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-thread/914544.md?page=19)