[VASC18R1R2] Adelaide 500 1-4 March - Page 9

Sandgroper · 5 Mar 2018, 14:43 (Ref:3805952)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Speaking of Jason Bright...

Pale Ale,

ALWAYS go the Pale Ale Jase

Sandgroper · 5 Mar 2018, 14:44 (Ref:3805954)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

seriously, all this because of a bit of plastic on the track,

Was the risk of the plastic on the track higher the the risk of bunching the field

Oie dont say that, People want to change the route if Bathurst cus it has fast bends, Plastic is Nasty OK

Sandgroper · 5 Mar 2018, 14:47 (Ref:3805959)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Meantime, BJR threaded Mr Blanchard’s car back together overnight, taking a similar time to repair to Mr Whincup’s...

...however there are no news stories about it from anyone outside the team/sponsor outlets....

Maybe Cooldrive should become a site sponsor of the usual place...

Sigh, Blanchard, why bother? Moving road block. he must have too much coin

Sandgroper · 5 Mar 2018, 14:56 (Ref:3805963)

Poor old Davey, dammed if he did or didnt. Could have gone from First to third pretty quickly. Watching on TV we all thought he could of had a crack, but I thought the cold tyres could have been his undoing.

Wrapped with a P2 to be honest. Dammed if he did or didnt. He will always wonder I guess

**GTRMagic** · 5 Mar 2018, 18:30 (Ref:3806028)

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Originally Posted by Sandgroper

Poor old Davey, dammed if he did or didnt. Could have gone from First to third pretty quickly. Watching on TV we all thought he could of had a crack, but I thought the cold tyres could have been his undoing.

Wrapped with a P2 to be honest. Dammed if he did or didnt. He will always wonder I guess

V8 Fireworks · 5 Mar 2018, 22:17 (Ref:3806087)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Senna was notoriously unsporting "give way or crash" is no way to race fast dangerous cars... they are real cars, not dodgem ones.

One should race with respect and caution for one's own and one's competitors safety.

ford71 · 5 Mar 2018, 23:19 (Ref:3806098)

My feeling was Reynolds would have lost the spot before his tyres allowed him to fight properly anyway. Was disappointing to see such a big gap left at T9 but he at least kept Tander behind.
Maybe next time he'll make it tougher, but finishing 2nd (and 2nd overall) is nothing to be upset about.

Sandgroper · 6 Mar 2018, 04:51 (Ref:3806136)

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Originally Posted by ford71

My feeling was Reynolds would have lost the spot before his tyres allowed him to fight properly anyway. Was disappointing to see such a big gap left at T9 but he at least kept Tander behind.
Maybe next time he'll make it tougher, but finishing 2nd (and 2nd overall) is nothing to be upset about.

THIS !!!!!!!!!!

champcarman · 6 Mar 2018, 05:21 (Ref:3806138)

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Originally Posted by Henry

that may just be the funniest thing I've read in 2018

What happened to them all on the weekend?

sizzle · 6 Mar 2018, 05:53 (Ref:3806143)

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Originally Posted by ford71

My feeling was Reynolds would have lost the spot before his tyres allowed him to fight properly anyway. Was disappointing to see such a big gap left at T9 but he at least kept Tander behind.
Maybe next time he'll make it tougher, but finishing 2nd (and 2nd overall) is nothing to be upset about.

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Originally Posted by Sandgroper

THIS !!!!!!!!!!

And yet Giz said one more corner and he would have lost any advantage. And was surprised when he left the door open.

Razzzor · 6 Mar 2018, 07:38 (Ref:3806156)

I think the bigger concern is the pace of SVG in race 1, and JW in race 2. JW had a 10 second lead at one point, to SVG!

Looks like things may be back to status quo with T8 dominating everything. DJRTP... lookings at the pace of Fabs, really aren't that fast at all and SM is going to have to overdrive the hell out of that thing this year just to get a win.

JAFA851 · 6 Mar 2018, 09:11 (Ref:3806169)

Agree, when you look at the Shell boys, same car as last year, over the break all they had to do was polish it, against T8 who had to build and homologate a brand new car, then try to work it out during practice. Shell went backwards from last year, and T8 had the brand new car smoking right out of the box. Shell guys resting on their laurels of last year a bit?? T8 are still the class of the field in every respect, and Adelaide just rammed the point home.

Mixer · 6 Mar 2018, 09:12 (Ref:3806171)

Hard when Fabian seemed to be missing all weekend, Scotty was the lone hand at the front.

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champcarman · 6 Mar 2018, 09:35 (Ref:3806180)

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Originally Posted by champcarman

What happened to them all on the weekend?

Everybody on these forums , of course, knows they are all Australian FF Champions but what happened to them in Adelaide seems to have everyone stumped?

Umai Naa · 6 Mar 2018, 09:36 (Ref:3806181)

They should have smashed Triple Eight in the championship last year.

The little errors here and there - particularly when it mattered most, the engine failure at Bathurst, Fabian's inconsistancy in qualifying, all let them down.

You can't stop developing and looking for speed in this game. Look at FPR/PRA/Tickford; off the pace at the start of the year, come good around mid-season, and then nowhere again after the enduros.

sizzle · 6 Mar 2018, 11:04 (Ref:3806211)

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Originally Posted by JAFA851

Agree, when you look at the Shell boys, same car as last year, over the break all they had to do was polish it, against T8 who had to build and homologate a brand new car, then try to work it out during practice. Shell went backwards from last year, and T8 had the brand new car smoking right out of the box. Shell guys resting on their laurels of last year a bit?? T8 are still the class of the field in every respect, and Adelaide just rammed the point home.

Fabs said the car was as close to Scotty's setup as it has ever been and he couldn't get it to work.
Are we starting to see the Volvo all over again.
A setup direction no one else can drive.

Is that why Phil was put on gardening leave?

Driver TBA · 6 Mar 2018, 11:48 (Ref:3806220)

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Originally Posted by champcarman

Everybody on these forums , of course, knows they are all Australian FF Champions but what happened to them in Adelaide seems to have everyone stumped?

FF champs and 2018 turn 8 victims.

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champcarman · 7 Mar 2018, 01:32 (Ref:3806405)

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Originally Posted by Driver TBA

FF champs and 2018 turn 8 victims.

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Well done.

ford71 · 7 Mar 2018, 02:05 (Ref:3806415)

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Originally Posted by sizzle

And yet Giz said one more corner and he would have lost any advantage. And was surprised when he left the door open.

Interesting.
I've not read that comment from Giz.
Can't really argue as he should know best but I would have thought Reynolds would have needed the rest of the lap at least to get his tyres working well enough to hold off an SVG charge.

Mixer · 7 Mar 2018, 02:08 (Ref:3806418)

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Originally Posted by ford71

I've not read that comment from Giz.

He said it in the post-race interview.

V8 Fireworks · 7 Mar 2018, 03:57 (Ref:3806450)

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Originally Posted by sizzle

Fabs said the car was as close to Scotty's setup as it has ever been and he couldn't get it to work.
Are we starting to see the Volvo all over again.
A setup direction no one else can drive.

That worked for Michael Schumacher, others called it undrivable. It's not a problem if the lead driver is a superstar.

Umai Naa · 7 Mar 2018, 04:34 (Ref:3806476)

Worked for Tander and Winterbottom too, until other drivers started negotiating contracts accordingly.

djr81 · 7 Mar 2018, 04:36 (Ref:3806477)

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Originally Posted by JAFA851

Agree, when you look at the Shell boys, same car as last year, over the break all they had to do was polish it, against T8 who had to build and homologate a brand new car, then try to work it out during practice. Shell went backwards from last year, and T8 had the brand new car smoking right out of the box. Shell guys resting on their laurels of last year a bit?? T8 are still the class of the field in every respect, and Adelaide just rammed the point home.

Did djrtp not build two brand new cars for this year?

sizzle · 7 Mar 2018, 05:49 (Ref:3806495)

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Originally Posted by djr81

Did djrtp not build two brand new cars for this year?

Maybe the great Ludo is not so great, maybe it was the team.

Umai Naa · 7 Mar 2018, 05:55 (Ref:3806496)

Thought they only built one new chassis this year?

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