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Apparently the helicopter is in the air. Maybe not the medical one, but if the TV camera helicopter can be in the air, then probably the medical one can be, too ? Other than that: F1 has much more advanced weather radar systems than we do. If they don't want to put the cars out now, they surely can decide NOW that it is no use waiting, rather than just sit there basically doing nothing, and postpone the thing anyway after all the endless waiting? |
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There aren’t even any fans there. And those who want to watch on telly I can’t imagine it ruins their lives. And they might actual get to see something today. Which is a plus. |
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If they know it won't, cancel it and move on, indeed. In the mean time, they are also waisting my time I just want clarity, and not 'we'll warn you 10 minutes in advance' |
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And, while it looks better tomorrow, there is a chance it won’t be, so they’d be annoyed if it did get clear enough for a bit. They have more advanced weather, maybe it suggests there is a chance they can do it? Which won’t go down well, because most people don’t get the concept of probability. |
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The joys of live sports.
Im fine waiting. |
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Does look like there is much more chance tomorrow. So we should get Q. As I said before I quite like the current grid from FP2 But they should go if they can.
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https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/f...rks-in-f1.html It sounds like teams were not happy with the forecasts that Ubimet was providing, so FIA/F1 switched to Meteo France in 2017 (which other searches show that FIA/F1 may have used prior to Ubimet) https://www.autoweek.com/racing/form...ather-reports/ But that 2017 article says teams are still unhappy with the F1 provided forecasts and are relying more on their own team specific services. It sound like F1 still used them in 2019, so I assume they continue to use them in 2020. As to the FIA/F1 solution being substantially better than others, based upon the above, I wonder if that is true or not. It's not clear if to me if Meteo France utilizes a mobile radar setup or if they use what I supposed is their existing commercialized radar data (which anyone can probably get if they pay for it). Richard |
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Apparently they now use ted Kravitz who is currently running around measuring weather based on how wet his shorts are getting.
It's fairly economical as he brings his own sandwiches. |
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One. Point. Two. Seconds.
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He did well. So nice to see.
Ham was epic again in the wet. Great session. Well worth the wait. |
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Richard, I cannot remember when it took place, but in the fairly recent past - possibly up to 10 years, or maybe even more - the FIA as part of their drive to reduce the teams budgets, brought in the regulation that the weather service would in future be provided by a contractor appointed by the FIA. But paid for by the teams, equally.
Of course, that probably hasn't stopped some teams with more money than sense from seeking services from their own sources. The FIA also banned teams from sending out weather spotters to the four corners of the compass which was giving some teams an advantage in wet conditions. |
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Congrats to Lewis. Can he turn this into a win on a track he has only won once on, back in 2016?
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1: Hamilton 2: Verstappen 3: Sainz 4: Bottas 5: Ocon 6: Norris 7: Albon 8: Gasly 9: Ricciardo Fair barometer of current talent I reckon |
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I know some rate Ocon highly... personally i dont see it but he really did impress today.
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Three plate grid penalty for Leclerc for impeding Kvyat.
Both he and Raikkonen OK for not coming in immediately after the red flag. It was safer to stay out than dive into the pit lane. |
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Well a good day for some teams and a real mess for Ferrari, i suspect they will be in discussions tonight to find out what is going wrong.
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Red Bull have protested Hamilton. They say that Hamilton failed to slow down sufficiently due to the adverse weather conditions.
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