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#1
Formula One / Re: F1 2024 Season
November 07, 2024, 09:16:09 AM
Max was fantastic. That's as good as a drive we have seen in the last 20 years.

...And he didn't need to run anyone off the road to do it!
#2
Repco Supercars Championship / Re: Silly Season 2025
November 07, 2024, 09:14:45 AM
Quote from: Joe5619 on November 06, 2024, 09:00:30 PMHoldswroth is not going to T18. His another victim of scum Charles!!

I thought the same Joe, maybe things have been patched up?
Cars aside, the driver lineup at T18 is strong.
#4
Repco Supercars Championship / Re: Silly Season 2025
November 01, 2024, 09:12:25 AM
https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-2025-co-driver-market-winterbottom-holdsworth-slade/

To summise:
Holdsworth to T18
Ojeda to WAU
Hazelwood to DJR
Frosty likely to Tickford
Slade to ??
Bates to 888 wildcard

Holdsworth with de Pasquale or even Reynolds would be a great pairing, with question marks over the car.
Even Caruso's pace has to have question marks, but I don't think he or Frosty really had the machinery to show anything.

Ojeda was only outshone by Hazelwood, but realistically, the 9 car was running 4th in both races until the final stages.

Slade will be a great pickup wherever he goes, still good seats available. Grove's, Erebus, Randle, Percat or even stay with PremiAir/Golding.
#5
General / Auto Action
October 31, 2024, 09:33:15 AM
It seems wherever Betty goes, fireworks follow. It's fairly humourous what's happening over at Auto Action.
People are now commenting Boost Mobile logo's in every Facebook post since their stoush with Peter Adderton.

I do find it quite odd that a publisher/journalist entity would stoop so low to make personal comments, via Facebook no less. Certainly losing credibility against other news sources.
Not to mention the clear conflict of interest with Erebus - especially while we live in the world of 'Fake News.'

Funny thing is, how social media works, the Auto Action page would be getting fed onto far more peoples screens due to the large interactions with their posts... something Peter Adderton knows all about!
#6
Repco Supercars Championship / Re: Silly Season 2025
October 28, 2024, 10:12:26 AM
Agree Stevo, a performing DJR is good for the sport.

There's a few other drivers that I'd have question marks over as seasons end approaches and Aaron Love is one of them.
I have no doubt the equipment he's in would be a little ordinary. He's parked himself firmly into the Blanchard corner and I don't think another team will pick him up given his form and mistakes.

Jaxon Evans needs another season in the car, whereas I think it's best for Macauley to take a more managerial/sponsorship role similar to Andrew.

Ryan Wood has shown some flashes of brilliance, but enough to warrant his long term contract extension at WAU. They obviously know more than me, but I see a car that is capable of winning races consistently enough and the #2 just isn't performing, as has been the way with WAU since WAU became a thing.
I wish they tried for ADP, Golding or went hell for leather for Kostecki...
#7
Quote from: stevo qld on October 28, 2024, 09:55:21 AM
Quote from: mikeamerica84 on October 28, 2024, 09:15:47 AMJust completed watching the Gold Coast round. 

I realize that WAU used the wrong refueling gantry for Chas in Race 2 and have not seen a stewards summary for the race, but what was the big deal?  There was no mandatory fuel drop for this race.  Nothing has to be measured.  Now if they didn't get enough fuel in the tank, that is their problem but I see the gantry usage as a no issue.  At least they used the one in THEIR pits.

And man.... had Brodie not flipped his lid early in the season, with the way Erebus is running, he might just be right in the mix right now.

But did it have enough fuel in it??

It didn't, they ran it as long as they could before coming in again.
https://speedcafe.com/wau-and-premiair-penalised-for-pit-errors/
#8
Formula One / Re: F1 2024 Season
October 28, 2024, 10:01:43 AM
I've got to say, it's great seeing Red Bull/Verstappen have their dues.
Never been a fan of Verstappen's attacking or defending antics and it came to show in Mexico - really poor sportsmanship and happy that the stewards whacked him for both incidents.
It's clear as day all the drivers think the same, raising eyebrows in the cool down room every time.

Also their attempts using all their might of 2 teams to snatch away the fastest lap to no avail. Ferrari now second in the constructors.

Verstappen will win this title, and deservedly so, McLaren haven't been cunning enough or capitalised when needed.
I can see Verstappen getting antsy at Red Bull's form and jumping ship at next contract, as rumoured.
#9
Erebus have proven that last year wasn't just a flash in the pan. They're a fast operation, no doubt.
It's a shame that they need to re-build every 4-5 years.
#10
Repco Supercars Championship / Re: Silly Season 2025
October 27, 2024, 05:43:31 PM
Given the form of Kostecki and conversely DJR, their pursual of both Kostecki and Commins is a masterstroke.
DJR desperately need a breath of fresh air, and maybe even got rid of the wrong driver? I love Davo, but he's really struggling for pace - who's off contract come 2026? That's where they are clearly looking to.

Most interestingly, it's the first real driver/engineer combo crossing. We'll find out how compatible the setup between the Camaro/Mustang is.

This weekend further drills home Erebus' ****show. If they had a happy Kostecki and Coke on the doors from day one, I have no doubt that they would've been in the Championship hunt.
#11
WAU doing the cardinal sin and not filling Mostert properly at the final stop.

Waters has been impressive, Qualy really let him down.
#12
Grove get lucky with a red flag again. Stanaway tops Qualy, then Waters pips him in the shootout.
Brown is still mistake prone.

Let's see how Golding's LR will come off next stop.

Chaz's race gone with the shifts not aligning with the ECU. Tickford 1-2?
#13
Repco Supercars Championship / Re: Silly Season 2025
October 25, 2024, 12:44:44 PM
Following on from Joe's sentiment. Frosty was a serious contender from almost day dot (forget the LMS years).
I still remember that weekend at Pukey in the FPR car that he really announced himself, battling away with Skaife/Bright and co.

Always within a shot of pole at Bathurst, and very consistent over a season. I was surprised he was only runner-up once, with 5x 3rd places in the Championship. Could've sworn it was him v J-Dub for all those years.
He was public enemy #1 for the red side for a while there, so kudos to him, and thank you.

I know there's plenty more to it, but it seemed he finally beat 888/Whincup in 2015 and then went off the boil. Would've loved to see what would happen in 2015 if Chaz didn't crash - my feeling was he was THE form driver.

Slotting in at Tickford would be fitting, but something about Chaz/Frosty gets me going.
#14
Repco Supercars Championship / Re: Finals System
October 23, 2024, 11:01:04 AM
Recently saw this online which raises some eyebrows. Unverified as to its accuracy, however don't think it'd be wrong. Dare say V8 Sleuth will have something similar soon.

Confirms my fears of my previous post. Imagine Scotty Mac only a 1 time champion despite his 19/20 dominant seasons, same as SVG in 21/22, Skaife in 01/02.


In that time, we'd have Todd Kelly 2x Champion, Dumbrell, Slade, Reynolds and Coulthard, and Mostert a 3x Champ!
Obviously all heresay, if that were the system of the time drivers would've treated their final 3 rounds differently, but it does show how it shakes things up.
#15
Quote from: Trevor on October 23, 2024, 07:24:57 AMAs a participant at the mountain and a bloke who was a fan of FCY, I could see sitting on the fence that the FCY was going to make the remaining race as boring as batsh!t.  I reckon that in race control they looked at what was happening and called off the FCY and let the mob bunch up for a (wait for it) "sprint to the finish"

Everyone watching would have fallen asleep for the remainder of the race if the did the FCY until the track was cleared.  Brodie would have won by an even bigger gap and probably lapped the tail enders which he nearly did anyway

Of course there is parity, in the technical department of Supercars only

Agree Trevor. The FCY isn't working in its current form.
The risk of pitting outside of an FCY on a different strategy is too big, which lends itself to everyone doing the same.

The goal of the concept is right, but the action needs to be changed.