Maxim Fastovsky

5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

They probably will but ahead of a track that actually enables overtaking a little more than others. Mexico is usually a strong track for Red Bull so they wouldn't risk losing a victory but maybe they do it ahead of Interlagos (or Austin if the mileage is bigger than we think).

Since when is changing an engine is a penalty? is it on the first engine a penalty? i remember grid penalties for transmission changes, but not engine

5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

I don't think so. Too much to lose in the title race. Bottas was a non-factor for months so it didn't mean much.

You don't think they will before the end of the season?

Sky made it seem like it's coming

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

It is BS penalty. It was a 50/50 racing incident IMO. However Sochi is one track where this penalty isn't that severe due to the extremely long run down to Turn 2 braking zone (T1 is a kink).

Will be interesting to see if they will decide to do a bottas style engine change

10 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

Have you watched the video ? This is not a per capita table, it's specifically designed in a way so that the biggest countries have a shot without winning "thousands medals".

Yea I did.   And it seems like a really smart mathematician tried to make a crazy formula that makes no sense.    If anything I like giving points up to 8th place and add them all up.  But what we have now is good enough, besides that there will always be discussions about the way the table should be sorted.  By golds or by total

How the hell is Max the one to get the penalty ??? It's such bs 

On 9/2/2021 at 2:10 AM, De_Gambassi said:

 The definitive olympics dick-o-meter has been found. It's called the "impressiveness-o-meter" and I love it 

 

 

 

Short story: basic medals table sucks, per capita table sucks, this does not. Long story here (actually not that long, don't worry) :

 

 

So usa or China have basically no chance to be number 1.   We can't win thousand medals 

8 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

The formation lap is mandatory in F1 since 1978 (when Bernie Ecclestone became FOCA CEO).

Yes but it was quite obvious that the race can't run, so why even put the cars on the track? they didnt see what happened to Norris??

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

You mean races that were called off when teams were on the premises already? Only last year's Australian Grand Prix due to COVID.

 

1980 Spanish Grand Prix was denied official World Championship status the day AFTER it took place due to the infamous FISA-FOCA power struggle.

 

1985 Belgian Grand Prix was postponed by three months due to track breaking up in Friday practice. Every other official cancelled F1 race suffered this fate in advance (post-1955 Le Mans disaster, two rounds in 1957 due to Suez Canal crisis fuel shortage or 2011 Bahrain GP due to political unrest).

I'm surprised they even did a formation lap.

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

This is not America. Refunds are like the last thing on FIA's mind. Plus it will be the race organizers' job to handle IF refunds will even be available. It sure doesn't help the Spa track director was murdered two weeks ago after her husband discovered she had a lesbian affair and killed her

 

There are no points for qualifying in F1 (save for the sprint race nonsense). Nobody deserved anything since those aren't the rules. And you can't possibly react post-factum to make the shitshow look better.

Was there ever a race that didnt happen?

10 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

They already said they can't postpone it to Mondays. It's their stupid ego that always gets in the way. Anyway, the race should have been called off alltogether. The podium ceremony was totally cringeworthy. Most die-hard fans are upset this bullshit was called an official Grand Prix. I'd be fine if it was cancelled.

 

Now the big wigs say it was a farce and want to rule changes. Yeah, right. I don't trust FIA in finding any solutions. They will always fall for the money. Tell that to people who bought tickets and stood five hours in the rain. But they won't. FIA only cares about those mythical "new fans" posting tiktok videos and other social media crap. How many fans did they win with this two lap safety car drill? I'd say big fat ZERO.

Well the ceremony was total bullshit, but i think that Verstappen did deserve some points for at least winning the pole. Were the fans at least given the money back? i sure hope so

On 8/29/2021 at 11:02 AM, Monzanator said:

Neah, we've seen bigger crashes at Eau Rouge before. FIA is too scared of rain ever since Jules Bianchi's death.

 

Today's "race" was a total farce. Worst Grand Prix in F1 history. Even 2005 US GP was better than this crap.

Well.... there was no race, so off course it's the worse, but what should they have done? postpone to monday?

Just now, Federer91 said:

You would think F1 can't get any more stupider and then there is today.

It was raining like crazy.   After yesterday's accident what would you have them do? The first turn would be a pileup 

Crauser is not human.  It was insane to stand very close and see how far this ball went comparing to all others 

On 8/19/2021 at 10:44 PM, Grassmarket said:

Preview for Eugene this weekend. We get something we haven't seen since literally the 1980s - the Grand Showdown between the Olympic Gold Medallist and the pre-event Favourite who couldn't be there due to Reasons.  Plus lots of other replayed finals and post-Olympic WR attempts.

 

https://www.diamondleague.com/news/general/eugene-five-things-to-look-out-for-1/

 

 

 

Fun first night today, Hassan was far from the WR that she wanted but it was nice atmosphere in a chilly night in Eugene, OR. Very excited about tomorrow with so many medalists coming. Kind of disappointed that McLaughlin didn't come for the 400 Hurdles, but overall great start lists all over. Gonna be a fun day 

Incredible field so far for the Prefontaine classic in a week, and i'm going to be there! very exciting

100m Women: the 3 Jamaican medalists, Ta Lou, Shacarri Richardson

100m Men: Baker, Brommell, DeGrasse, Kerly, Simbine, Gatlin

Ingerbritsen coming for the mile 

Kovacs vs Crouser in shot put

All 3 medalists in 800

Kipyegon and Muir in 1500

More to be announced in the next week

1 minute ago, Agger said:

When it comes to buying tickets, I believe EU still has rules giving us in the EU the chance of buying from other nations in the EU, including the main ticketing site. I think I only got 3 or 4 of my tickets in 2012 from Denmark (and one was won in a contest) and the rest from the official site.

Regardless they really should open it for the world and not by country

1 minute ago, Dnl said:

I’ve heard it could be hell to try and organise tickets, and hey spend the money you allocated to Rio in the games in LA2028

There is no one centralized place to buy them, every country have their own agency and thats the only place to buy tickets, so i can only buy from the american seller, you're only from the israeli, etc.

My financial situation is much better now then 2016, so probably will be even better in 2028, and since i won't have to pay insane prices for lodging i will be able to enjoy myself, hopefully my family won't hate me after

6 minutes ago, George_D said:

the judge was from Ukraine. So no surprise..

Wasn't the only judge, just one of them

44 minutes ago, Dnl said:

So let’s go all of us and buy things in group-rate!

 

 

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Tickets to the olympics is the most confusing and frustrating thing ever, I was thinking about going to Rio.

1 hour ago, Triplecast said:

I was there in 1984, luckily I had relatives who let me stay with them.  If I remember right, the top priced tickets for track and other popular sports were around $95.     

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I'll charge small fee to stay in my house which is not far from the shooting/slalom/equestrian venues 

16 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

 

Dolgopyat is from Ukraine? I also read he lives in Israel but he isn't even a Jew by the law since his mother wasn't Jewish. And he is dating a Belarussian girl so I assume he stays in the Russian-speaking language world anyway. But he can't get married in Israel since he isn't actually Jewish by the religion law

Yea he's from Ukraine, i wasn't aware that he wasn't jewish but i believe if his dad is jewish, it's enough to be a citizen under the israeli law. And yea he can't get married, it's a big problem in israel, but he can always get married in Cyprus, a lot of people do that.

10 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

Don't forget Dolgopyat, who is actually Uzbek and even lives in Uzbekistan according to information from one website I read.

Poor Uzbekistan was robbed of an Olympic gold medal here, if you ask me. The same happened when Chusovitina represented Germany in 2008, in my opinion.

He lives in Israel, in Rishon Le Zion, according to multiple interviews with him i saw

6 hours ago, bmo said:

Hopefully, you can get some tickets! I am planning on going to LA 2028.

I am worried how much money i will spend on LA28 since i wont have to worry about lodging and transportation

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Well, it won't stop Israel from handing out nationality to Russian Jews though. I feel like 90% of Israeli gymnasts and figure skaters are basically Russian or Ukrainian Jews to begin with

True, But Ashram is from Yemen & Greece.....

On 08/08/2021 at 04:56, Dnl said:

But the fact is that the rules here are giving you the option to drop the prop and still get a good score unlike the harsh rules of artistic gymnastics for instance, there every fall is crucial so if you have here enough advantage of score even dropped ribbon could give you gold, guessing they will harsh the rules for The next Olympic cycle 

Isn't it so satisfying to make all the russians cry?