• It looks like maybe Charles took one for the team.

    From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Jul 25 21:15:42 2022
    I was about at a buddy's place on Sunday; a fellow racing driver...

    ...and I mentioned that I thought that Charles had been pretty honesty
    and forthright to put the blame on himself for his crash.

    But Keith showed me a couple of stills he grabbed from the coverage (or
    had given to him), and he pointed out that Leclerc's left rear tire was spinning at a very unusual point in the corner, far FAR earlier than you
    would normally apply much throttle in La Bosse corner at Paul Ricard.

    So I just took a second look at it while watching the F1 post-race show...

    (start at time index 6:19 if you want to check it out)

    ...and his left rear is leaving dark black marks LONG before he gets to
    the outside edge of the track.

    They play the audio of Leclerc saying, "I cannot [unintelligble]
    throttle" as his spin begins... ...but I don't know if that was contemporaneous with that moment or whether that was actually just
    frustration with not being able to back the car out from under the tire barrier.

    What is clear is that the left rear tire was spinning up LONG before an
    F1 driver would be getting back on throttle in that corner.

    I think that Charles may have just said what the team wanted him to say.

    But take a look yourself. See just how early in the corner (long, LONG
    before the car is pointed toward the apexrCothe second apex) the left rear
    is leaving dark black rubber marks.
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From Matt Larkin@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 02:38:10 2022
    On Tuesday, 26 July 2022 at 05:15:46 UTC+1, Alan wrote:
    I was about at a buddy's place on Sunday; a fellow racing driver...

    ...and I mentioned that I thought that Charles had been pretty honesty
    and forthright to put the blame on himself for his crash.

    But Keith showed me a couple of stills he grabbed from the coverage (or
    had given to him), and he pointed out that Leclerc's left rear tire was spinning at a very unusual point in the corner, far FAR earlier than you would normally apply much throttle in La Bosse corner at Paul Ricard.

    So I just took a second look at it while watching the F1 post-race show...

    (start at time index 6:19 if you want to check it out)

    ...and his left rear is leaving dark black marks LONG before he gets to
    the outside edge of the track.

    They play the audio of Leclerc saying, "I cannot [unintelligble]
    throttle" as his spin begins... ...but I don't know if that was contemporaneous with that moment or whether that was actually just frustration with not being able to back the car out from under the tire barrier.

    What is clear is that the left rear tire was spinning up LONG before an
    F1 driver would be getting back on throttle in that corner.

    I think that Charles may have just said what the team wanted him to say.

    But take a look yourself. See just how early in the corner (long, LONG before the car is pointed toward the apexrCothe second apex) the left rear is leaving dark black rubber marks.
    I'd be really surprised if Charles did that as it's not as if Ferrari have a reputation for absence of reliability issues.
    Why would they get the full PR machine onto him straight away and get
    him to say "can you just say you made a mistake so that we save our
    blushes at the factory - don't worry, it won't make you look like you crack under pressure or anything like that".
    Maybe the black tyre marks / left spinning was exactly the error that he
    was blaming himself for?
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 08:23:50 2022
    On 2022-07-26 02:38, Matt Larkin wrote:
    On Tuesday, 26 July 2022 at 05:15:46 UTC+1, Alan wrote:
    I was about at a buddy's place on Sunday; a fellow racing driver...

    ...and I mentioned that I thought that Charles had been pretty honesty
    and forthright to put the blame on himself for his crash.

    But Keith showed me a couple of stills he grabbed from the coverage (or
    had given to him), and he pointed out that Leclerc's left rear tire was
    spinning at a very unusual point in the corner, far FAR earlier than you
    would normally apply much throttle in La Bosse corner at Paul Ricard.

    So I just took a second look at it while watching the F1 post-race show... >>
    (start at time index 6:19 if you want to check it out)

    ...and his left rear is leaving dark black marks LONG before he gets to
    the outside edge of the track.

    They play the audio of Leclerc saying, "I cannot [unintelligble]
    throttle" as his spin begins... ...but I don't know if that was
    contemporaneous with that moment or whether that was actually just
    frustration with not being able to back the car out from under the tire
    barrier.

    What is clear is that the left rear tire was spinning up LONG before an
    F1 driver would be getting back on throttle in that corner.

    I think that Charles may have just said what the team wanted him to say.

    But take a look yourself. See just how early in the corner (long, LONG
    before the car is pointed toward the apexrCothe second apex) the left rear >> is leaving dark black rubber marks.
    I'd be really surprised if Charles did that as it's not as if Ferrari have a reputation for absence of reliability issues.

    Why would they get the full PR machine onto him straight away and get
    him to say "can you just say you made a mistake so that we save our
    blushes at the factory - don't worry, it won't make you look like you crack under pressure or anything like that".

    Maybe the black tyre marks / left spinning was exactly the error that he
    was blaming himself for?

    That's certainly possible...

    ...but it's so early in the corner that it seems unlikely.

    I'm going to try to find a lap of someone's in-car camera that includes
    that data overlay to see where drivers normally go to throttle in that
    corner, and I expect to see that it's seconds later than those marks appear. --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 09:25:13 2022
    On 2022-07-26 08:23, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-07-26 02:38, Matt Larkin wrote:
    On Tuesday, 26 July 2022 at 05:15:46 UTC+1, Alan wrote:
    I was about at a buddy's place on Sunday; a fellow racing driver...

    ...and I mentioned that I thought that Charles had been pretty honesty
    and forthright to put the blame on himself for his crash.

    But Keith showed me a couple of stills he grabbed from the coverage (or
    had given to him), and he pointed out that Leclerc's left rear tire was
    spinning at a very unusual point in the corner, far FAR earlier than you >>> would normally apply much throttle in La Bosse corner at Paul Ricard.

    So I just took a second look at it while watching the F1 post-race
    show...

    (start at time index 6:19 if you want to check it out)

    ...and his left rear is leaving dark black marks LONG before he gets to
    the outside edge of the track.

    They play the audio of Leclerc saying, "I cannot [unintelligble]
    throttle" as his spin begins... ...but I don't know if that was
    contemporaneous with that moment or whether that was actually just
    frustration with not being able to back the car out from under the tire
    barrier.

    What is clear is that the left rear tire was spinning up LONG before an
    F1 driver would be getting back on throttle in that corner.

    I think that Charles may have just said what the team wanted him to say. >>>
    But take a look yourself. See just how early in the corner (long, LONG
    before the car is pointed toward the apexrCothe second apex) the left rear >>> is leaving dark black rubber marks.
    I'd be really surprised if Charles did that as it's not as if Ferrari
    have a
    reputation for absence of reliability issues.

    Why would they get the full PR machine onto him straight away and get
    him to say "can you just say you made a mistake so that we save our
    blushes at the factory - don't worry, it won't make you look like you
    crack
    under pressure or anything like that".

    Maybe the black tyre marks / left spinning was exactly the error that he
    was blaming himself for?

    That's certainly possible...

    ...but it's so early in the corner that it seems unlikely.

    I'm going to try to find a lap of someone's in-car camera that includes
    that data overlay to see where drivers normally go to throttle in that corner, and I expect to see that it's seconds later than those marks
    appear.

    I just took a quick look at free practice 3 (figuring it would be easier
    to find an in-car shot showing the data overlay), and found one of Lewis Hamilton (start from about 14:12 in the video on F1TV), and you can
    clearly see that at the same point in the corner where Leclerc's rear
    tire is spinning up, Hamilton isn't near full throttle.

    Hamilton only goes to full throttle just as he touches the second apex
    of La Bosse.

    At the same point in the corner where Leclerc's problems began, he's
    using what we call "maintenance" throttle, and sure, he's even varying
    the throttle to point the car a little...

    ...but that points up this:

    '[Binotto said:] rCLThere was a damper which was slightly sticky. Not more than that. And we already put in place some actions to avoid it for the future.rCY'

    Well imagine if you're playing the throttle up and down to steer the car
    in the mid-corner phase...

    ...and the damper was slightly sticky AGAIN.

    Leclerc could have added throttle to get the attitude of the car where
    he wanted it... ...and if the damper was sticky, he might not have been
    able to reduce throttle quickly enough.

    I have no way of know for sure, but it seems very much like Leclerc is
    in a phase of the corner where there is no chance he'd be adding enough throttle to light up the rear tires. This is an F1 driver with many,
    many laps of that track, and by this point, he knows where you can add throttle, and if you're pushing a little you might apply it a few tenths
    of a second early...

    ...but not more than 2 SECONDS early.
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 18:03:34 2022
    On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:15:46 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:
    I was about at a buddy's place on Sunday; a fellow racing driver...

    ...and I mentioned that I thought that Charles had been pretty honesty
    and forthright to put the blame on himself for his crash.

    But Keith showed me a couple of stills he grabbed from the coverage (or
    had given to him), and he pointed out that Leclerc's left rear tire was spinning at a very unusual point in the corner, far FAR earlier than you would normally apply much throttle in La Bosse corner at Paul Ricard.

    So I just took a second look at it while watching the F1 post-race show...

    (start at time index 6:19 if you want to check it out)

    ...and his left rear is leaving dark black marks LONG before he gets to
    the outside edge of the track.

    They play the audio of Leclerc saying, "I cannot [unintelligble]
    throttle" as his spin begins... ...but I don't know if that was contemporaneous with that moment or whether that was actually just frustration with not being able to back the car out from under the tire barrier.

    What is clear is that the left rear tire was spinning up LONG before an
    F1 driver would be getting back on throttle in that corner.

    I think that Charles may have just said what the team wanted him to say.

    But take a look yourself. See just how early in the corner (long, LONG before the car is pointed toward the apexrCothe second apex) the left rear is leaving dark black rubber marks.
    your sentence structure sucks ass.
    just like you.
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 18:05:02 2022
    On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 10:25:51 AM UTC-6, Alan wrote:
    I just took a quick look at free practice 3 (figuring it would be easier
    to find an in-car shot showing the data overlay), and found one of Lewis Hamilton (start from about 14:12 in the video on F1TV), and you can
    clearly see that at the same point in the corner where Leclerc's rear
    tire is spinning up, Hamilton isn't near full throttle.

    Hamilton only goes to full throttle just as he touches the second apex
    of La Bosse.

    At the same point in the corner where Leclerc's problems began, he's
    using what we call "maintenance" throttle, and sure, he's even varying
    the throttle to point the car a little...

    ...but that points up this:

    '[Binotto said:] rCLThere was a damper which was slightly sticky. Not more than that. And we already put in place some actions to avoid it for the future.rCY'

    Well imagine if you're playing the throttle up and down to steer the car
    in the mid-corner phase...

    ...and the damper was slightly sticky AGAIN.

    Leclerc could have added throttle to get the attitude of the car where
    he wanted it... ...and if the damper was sticky, he might not have been
    able to reduce throttle quickly enough.

    I have no way of know for sure, but it seems very much like Leclerc is
    in a phase of the corner where there is no chance he'd be adding enough throttle to light up the rear tires. This is an F1 driver with many,
    many laps of that track, and by this point, he knows where you can add throttle, and if you're pushing a little you might apply it a few tenths
    of a second early...

    ...but not more than 2 SECONDS early.
    your sentence structure sucks ass.
    just like you.
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 18:08:18 2022
    On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:15:46 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    I was about at a buddy's place on Sunday; a fellow racing driver...

    Like fuck you were.
    You have no fucking friends.
    Unless he is as dumb as you are.
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From Alan LeHun@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Jul 27 05:52:32 2022
    In article <863e3bcb-e3a2-4335-9abf-c9aad23d1eccn@googlegroups.com>, matthew.larkin@gmail.com says...
    Why would they get the full PR machine onto him straight away and get
    him to say "can you just say you made a mistake so that we save our
    blushes at the factory - don't worry, it won't make you look like you crack under pressure or anything like that".


    Indeed. But maybe it wasn't blushes they were trying to save. Maybe they
    were saying "We don't want draw the scrutineers attention to our new
    super secret throttle development"



    --
    Alan LeHun
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 22:39:12 2022
    On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:15:46 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    I was about at a buddy's place on Sunday; a fellow racing driver...

    oh fuck off.
    is he banned from the local track like you are?
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 22:43:38 2022
    On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:15:46 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    But Keith

    Keith?
    Too much info.
    You sick asshole.
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 22:50:44 2022
    On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:15:46 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    But Keith

    you seem to be pretty proud you have a friend called Keith.
    he cannot be that smart.
    hanging out with dumb cunt like you.
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jul 26 23:01:08 2022
    On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:15:46 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    But Keith

    yup. good ol' Keith.
    Got run over by a float during pride month.
    His leg is fucked.
    But alan trimming his toe nails
    and sucking his dick.
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)
  • From Bigbird@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Jul 27 08:50:09 2022
    Matt Larkin wrote:

    I'd be really surprised if Charles did that as it's not as if Ferrari
    have a reputation for absence of reliability issues.

    Why would they get the full PR machine onto him straight away and get
    him to say "can you just say you made a mistake so that we save our
    blushes at the factory - don't worry, it won't make you look like you
    crack under pressure or anything like that".

    Maybe the black tyre marks / left spinning was exactly the error that
    he was blaming himself for?

    Some people just love a conspiracy.

    Given the responses after the race I'm inclined to think there is
    nothing more to see here.

    --
    Bozo Bin
    Alan Baker
    Texasgate
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)