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F1 Team Tactics
Do team tactics in F1 mean that calling it a sport is a misnomer?
Hamilton wasn't allowed the opportunity to overtake Rosberg at the weekend because his team told him not to attempt to, due to his team wanting his teammate to win the race to secure 2nd place in the drivers championship
If I'd had a bet on Hamilton to win the race I'd have been pretty p1$$ed off to find out during the race that the best he could finish (barring Rosberg not finishing the race) was 2nd place! Or did Mercedes publicly state their tactics pre-race?
Why not just have 1 car/driver per team? Everyone would be able to race on their merits then and it could actually be called a race
Jockeys have been banned from horse racing for 'stopping' their mounts from winning races
Hamilton wasn't allowed the opportunity to overtake Rosberg at the weekend because his team told him not to attempt to, due to his team wanting his teammate to win the race to secure 2nd place in the drivers championship
If I'd had a bet on Hamilton to win the race I'd have been pretty p1$$ed off to find out during the race that the best he could finish (barring Rosberg not finishing the race) was 2nd place! Or did Mercedes publicly state their tactics pre-race?
Why not just have 1 car/driver per team? Everyone would be able to race on their merits then and it could actually be called a race
Jockeys have been banned from horse racing for 'stopping' their mounts from winning races
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But cycling is!
Track athletics can also have similarities. Several of the entrants in a long distance race (over, say, 5000m) will be there solely to act as 'pace men' for a team mate and/or to run a (legitimate) path that just happens to block in the best runner from an opposing team. (i.e. they're told not to race to win but simply to do the best for their team)
But cycling is!
Track athletics can also have similarities. Several of the entrants in a long distance race (over, say, 5000m) will be there solely to act as 'pace men' for a team mate and/or to run a (legitimate) path that just happens to block in the best runner from an opposing team. (i.e. they're told not to race to win but simply to do the best for their team)
Where did you get the idea JL, that Mercedes told Hamilton not to overtake. The only thing I noticed that was a bit iffy is that Rosberg's team told him (at least twice) where Hamilton was relative to him after pit stops. This is close to a rule breach for coaching bit has not been raised since the race by Formula 1 officials or Hamilton.
Hamilton could not overtake if he wanted to. He was running in dirty air thus his tyres, were going off quicker. He shadowed Rosberg's tyre changes but was marginally slower in the last 2 pit stops meaning the closest he got was not in DRS range, he had no chance to overtake barring some sort of banzai move that could have cost the team both cars. There where no team orders in fact Wolfe said the drivers were free to race. Clearly you have zero understanding of motor racing, let alone F1. Odd you attack F1 when Soccer is the most disgusting cheat fest in any "sport".
'Clearly you have zero understanding of motor racing'
Just slightly more than zero actually......I understand that in a lot of races the car which leads at the first corner wins the race - they might as well have the chequered flag on the straight after that first corner.
It's bland (Hamilton typifies this), I'd go as far as to say it's even more boring than cricket
It's only ever slightly interesting when it rains heavily
Just slightly more than zero actually......I understand that in a lot of races the car which leads at the first corner wins the race - they might as well have the chequered flag on the straight after that first corner.
It's bland (Hamilton typifies this), I'd go as far as to say it's even more boring than cricket
It's only ever slightly interesting when it rains heavily
I wonder if having nominated #1 and #2 drivers would work. It would perhaps allow younger drivers the opportunity to enter F1 as 'apprentices'. I would expect that the #2 driver would only be expected to yield when his team mate was right behind him. It would be interesting to see which drivers would be prepared to accept the #2 seat.