Armco was never designed for a head on crash, it is designed to allow a vehicle to rub down it in the event of an angled impact, the head on impact of an F1 car at 140 mph is far greater than a 44 ton truck leaving a motorway at 60 mph and hitting the barrier, though normally the support posts gradually fail to lessen the point load. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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"Black Powerlist 2021: Lewis Hamilton ends incredible year top of influential list
The seven times World Champion is joined by footballer Marcus Rashford, "

I think that the TV pictures do not allow us to truly appreciate how fast these cars are going. The deceleration involved in hitting a barrier almost head on must be colossal.

Also, sometimes we forget that the Kinetic Energy they carry is proportional to the square of the speed. (K.E. = 1/2 m v2),
That can do a lot of damage to whatever you hit, and your own car trying to adsorb it.

These cars accelerate extremely quickly to speeds over 200mph.

Even when in the 'going slow' in the pit lane they are travelling at 50mph. You have to be brave to work on these cars during the race.

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Lewis Hamilton to miss Sakhir GP after testing positive for coronavirus

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55142428

Presuminably everyone he's been in close contact with will have to self isolate individually - that will affect a lot of the team I'd have thought. Jules

F1 have a very intensive testing routine for Covid19 so all of his contacts will be rigorously tested, Thursday to Sunday and I suspect Hamilton himself will be retested just in case it was a false positive. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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Lewis Hamilton - revealed as one of six contenders for Sports Personality of the Year 2020.

Public to vote for winner during BBC One show on Sunday, 20 December

....... that is another Race he is in !

Russell fastest in first practice ............ whilst driving Hamilton's F1 car!!!

Begs the question ????

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Why is Bottas so slow!

1. Russell (Mercedes, 54.546)
2. Verstappen (Red Bull, +0.176)
3. Albon (Red Bull, +0.265)
4. Bottas (Mercedes, +0.322)

more to the point, why wasn't Verstappen 1st ?!

So to be cynical maybe Hamilton's results are more to do with machine than ability? 🤔 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

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I first noticed Lewis Hamilton in GP2 (2006).
At times he was noticeably faster than the other drivers. In Turkey, for example, after a spin, he drove back up the field from 18th to finish 2nd.

The GP2 cars were more or less identical and very fast.
Quote The GP2 format was conceived by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, Designed to make racing affordable for the teams and to make it a better training ground for life in Formula One, GP2 made it mandatory for all of the teams to use the same chassis, engine and tyre supplier so that true driver ability is reflected.

Hamilton won his first and only GP2 Championship in 2006.

As for now, watch how he controls his pace, and looks after the car and tyres, and still wins. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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"As for now, watch how he controls his pace, and looks after the car and tyres, and still wins."


..... and rarely has a F1 car in front of him ? no dirty air, although he is 'punching a hole' in clean air.

It's only practice, it has thrown up wobblies before, Bottas usually reigns top on Fridays, Hamilton on Saturdays and Sundays, today Bottas had a damaged car the in 2nd practice his quickest was disallowed for track limits, it is a track that no one has used before in F1 as a total track. The proof will be Sunday and though Russell is quicker in practice it doesn't mean he is the same or quicker than Hamilton or that the car will enable anyone to win, that was so then Bottas would be a lot closer to Hamilton on points, if Russell wins on Sunday then we may have another Hamiltonesque driver and if he is lucky in team selection he is young enough to beat Hamilton's records, however let's wait until the fat lady sings on Sunday. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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Practice 3 looks more like I expected

Driver Team Time
1) Max Verstappen Red Bull 54.064
2) Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.206
3) Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +0.363
4) Esteban Ocon Renault +0.389
5) Lando Norris McLaren +0.542
6) Alexander Albon Red Bull +0.565
7) George Russell Mercedes +0.600
8 Sergio Perez Racing Point +0.614
9) Lance Stroll Racing Point +0.629
10) Carlos Sainz McLaren +0.656
11) Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +0.781
12) Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri +0.786
13) Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.790
14) Daniel Ricciardo Renault +0.793
15) Sebastian Vettel Ferrari +0.794
16) Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo +1.107
17) Kevin Magnussen Haas +1.283
18 Nicholas Latifi Williams +1.429
19) Pietro Fittipaldi Haas +1.602
20) Jack Aitken Williams +1.606

Edit - And Qualifying shows Mercedes cars in top 2 places, with Russell doing a good job.
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