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Lewis Hamilton has won the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but it wasn't a straightforward affair as Max Verstappen pulled off some questionable manoeuvres during the eventful race. Valtteri Bottas finished third by passing Ocon on the finish line.
Who would have thought members of an F1 forum would be discussing things about F1.
Indeed.Starkblood80 wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 11:28Who would have thought members of an F1 forum would be discussing things about F1.
Why are people speculating about the race when all you can do is wait until this evening for the race anyway?
I think because if they don’t speculate they have to process all the situations in the race in real time. That’s not very efficient and can lead to brain overload and confused conclusions from the unfolding evidence. In real time situations the brain acts as a comparator constructing an understanding from comparing what’s expected with what’s happening. It’s why many visual illusions work as they do and eye witness reports are less reliable than they might be if they were constructed wholly from the events observed.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 11:35Why are people speculating about the race when all you can do is wait until this evening for the race anyway?
I was taking the mickey...henry wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 12:01I think because if they don’t speculate they have to process all the situations in the race in real time. That’s not very efficient and can lead to brain overload and confused conclusions from the unfolding evidence. In real time situations the brain acts as a comparator constructing an understanding from comparing what’s expected with what’s happening. It’s why many visual illusions work as they do and eye witness reports are less reliable than they might be if they were constructed wholly from the events observed.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 11:35Why are people speculating about the race when all you can do is wait until this evening for the race anyway?
Anticipation adds to the experience of many events.
The race is certainly going to happen, and there even by speculating at least you can gain something if you bet money on the winner of the race or have some emotional investment in one of the drivers - there is such a dearth of data and info that can lead to one making reasonable conclusions even through speculation in that sense. But then if you are speculating about gearbox changes, which so far as now can only you can't even do qualitatively, since I'd posit only a few people really know how a gearbox gets damaged in the collision, or what the value of the g-forces of the impact were, or even what parts of the car need extensive repair, then wouldn't it be wiser just wait for them to release the information?. Especially since that is all you can do is wait anyway since the only thing you have is conjecture.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 11:35Why are people speculating about the race when all you can do is wait until this evening for the race anyway?
Horner himself said Verstappen had 4/10ths when taking to Sky.Alexf1 wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 12:06Does anyone have the S3 minisectors of Max crashlap? It's odd he says he heard his team say he had 1 tenth and we saw he had 2. The-race reports he had purple minisectors in S3. Seems to contradict. I'm sure Max had enough time in S3 to look at his steering wheel to see he had 2 tenths. Do drivers see minisectors on their steering wheel? Cause then he could have seen he didn't need to push 101% in final turn.
Yes earlier on I get that but when faced with being on a last run when you know your pole sitter rivals have finished and your 5/10ths up on your previous best and the guy on pole only beat it by 1.5/10ths. I think those drivers mentioned would know that the job was already done.
I do agree, although sometimes it can be more distracting to try and consciously ease off a touch. You might lose too much time or make a mistake because your thought process isn’t clear any longer. I guess it’s easy to say after the fact! The line between hero and zero is very thin.Restomaniac wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 13:35Yes earlier on I get that but when faced with being on a last run when you know your pole sitter rivals have finished and your 5/10ths up on your previous best and the guy on pole only beat it by 1.5/10ths. I think those drivers mentioned would know that the job was already done.