Your choice for driver of the day?
On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 2:27:27 PM UTC-6, XYXPDQ wrote:
Your choice for driver of the day?any passes?
Your choice for driver of the day?
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Your choice for driver of the day?I'll say Sainz for getting third place on tires that were degrading pretty fast.
Your choice for driver of the day?
Your choice for driver of the day?
On 2022-08-28 4:27 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:
Your choice for driver of the day?
I suspect a number of people will say "Verstappen". And certainly, going
from 14th to 1st meets all the criteria.
But, in my mind, the huge performance advantage of the Red Bull car
mitigates that achievement considerably. I'm not saying that any of the
usual back marker drivers could have done as well, but I stringly
suspect that any of the better drivers could have.
So I am not giving my vote to Max.
I'd probably say "Russel", since he was able to more or less hang on the
Red Bulls in a car that suffered a significant performance deficit.
How can it even be close?
Your choice for driver of the day?
On 2022-08-28 4:27 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:
Your choice for driver of the day?
I suspect a number of people will say "Verstappen". And certainly, going from 14th to 1st meets all
the criteria.
But, in my mind, the huge performance advantage of the Red Bull car mitigates that achievement
considerably. I'm not saying that any of the usual back marker drivers could have done as well, but
I stringly suspect that any of the better drivers could have.
So I am not giving my vote to Max.
I'd probably say "Russel", since he was able to more or less hang on the Red Bulls in a car that
suffered a significant performance deficit.
On 30/08/2022 2:05 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:Obviously it was Max.
On 2022-08-28 4:27 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:
Your choice for driver of the day?
I suspect a number of people will say "Verstappen". And certainly, going from 14th to 1st meets all
the criteria.
But, in my mind, the huge performance advantage of the Red Bull car mitigates that achievementSo Perez isn't one of the 'better drivers' then? I've always considered him to be a good journeyman
considerably. I'm not saying that any of the usual back marker drivers could have done as well, but
I stringly suspect that any of the better drivers could have.
driver myself.
So I am not giving my vote to Max.
I'd probably say "Russel", since he was able to more or less hang on the Red Bulls in a car thatWTF is "Russel"?
suffered a significant performance deficit.
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On Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 02:12:20 UTC+1, ~misfit~ wrote:
On 30/08/2022 2:05 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:Obviously it was Max.
On 2022-08-28 4:27 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:So Perez isn't one of the 'better drivers' then? I've always considered him to be a good journeyman
Your choice for driver of the day?
I suspect a number of people will say "Verstappen". And certainly, going from 14th to 1st meets all
the criteria.
But, in my mind, the huge performance advantage of the Red Bull car mitigates that achievement
considerably. I'm not saying that any of the usual back marker drivers could have done as well, but
I stringly suspect that any of the better drivers could have.
driver myself.
So I am not giving my vote to Max.WTF is "Russel"?
I'd probably say "Russel", since he was able to more or less hang on the Red Bulls in a car that
suffered a significant performance deficit.
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
in the DSM"
David Melville
This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.
But Russell did surprise me; or maybe it was the Merc that surprised me. After the quali session
it looked like Merc were miles off the Ferraris, but if Hamilton had managed to get past Alonso it
looks like he could have made a decent race of it against Sainz, based on what Russell got out of
the car.
The obvious choice is VER. He never placed a foot wrong the whole weekend, he didn't even do more than a single run in each quali session
and still topped the charts.
The not-so-obvious choice would probably be either SAI or RUS. The horrendous Ferrari tyre deg made the latter stages of the GP quite interesting.
On Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 02:12:20 UTC+1, ~misfit~ wrote:
On 30/08/2022 2:05 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:Obviously it was Max.
On 2022-08-28 4:27 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:So Perez isn't one of the 'better drivers' then? I've always
Your choice for driver of the day?
I suspect a number of people will say "Verstappen". And
certainly, going from 14th to 1st meets all the criteria.
But, in my mind, the huge performance advantage of the Red Bull
car mitigates that achievement considerably. I'm not saying that
any of the usual back marker drivers could have done as well,
but I stringly suspect that any of the better drivers could
have.
considered him to be a good journeyman driver myself.
So I am not giving my vote to Max.WTF is "Russel"? -- Shaun.
I'd probably say "Russel", since he was able to more or less hang
on the Red Bulls in a car that suffered a significant performance
deficit.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief
has a cozy little classification in the DSM" David Melville
This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any
half-arsed self-promoting software.
But Russell did surprise me; or maybe it was the Merc that surprised
me. After the quali session it looked like Merc were miles off the
Ferraris, but if Hamilton had managed to get past Alonso it looks
like he could have made a decent race of it against Sainz, based on
what Russell got out of the car.
On 8/30/2022 7:15 AM, ldpshddtti wrote:
The obvious choice is VER. He never placed a foot wrong the whole
weekend, he didn't even do more than a single run in each quali session
and still topped the charts.
it's only obvious because he is in the best car, currently - driver only counts for maybe 15-20% performance - until F1 goes spec cars best
driver is indeterminable
The not-so-obvious choice would probably be either SAI or RUS. The
horrendous Ferrari tyre deg made the latter stages of the GP quite
interesting.
On 30/08/2022 2:05 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:
On 2022-08-28 4:27 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:
Your choice for driver of the day?
I suspect a number of people will say "Verstappen". And certainly,
going from 14th to 1st meets all the criteria.
But, in my mind, the huge performance advantage of the Red Bull car
mitigates that achievement considerably. I'm not saying that any of
the usual back marker drivers could have done as well, but I stringly
suspect that any of the better drivers could have.
So Perez isn't one of the 'better drivers' then? I've always considered
him to be a good journeyman driver myself.
So I am not giving my vote to Max.
I'd probably say "Russel", since he was able to more or less hang on
the Red Bulls in a car that suffered a significant performance deficit.
WTF is "Russel"?
On 31/08/2022 2:26 AM, Alan wrote:
On 2022-08-30 05:46, leonard hofstatder wrote:
On 8/30/2022 7:15 AM, ldpshddtti wrote:
The obvious choice is VER. He never placed a foot wrong the >>>> whole
weekend, he didn't even do more than a single run in each quali
session
and still topped the charts.
it's only obvious because he is in the best car, currently - driver
only counts for maybe 15-20% performance - until F1 goes spec cars
best driver is indeterminable
So why did he finish so far in time ahead of his teammate?
The not-so-obvious choice would probably be either SAI or RUS. >>>> The
horrendous Ferrari tyre deg made the latter stages of the GP >>>> quite
interesting.
Not allowed to compete or beat, and no point in wiping out, so all he
needed to do was hold position as a rear gunner.
On 2022-08-30 05:46, leonard hofstatder wrote:
On 8/30/2022 7:15 AM, ldpshddtti wrote:
The obvious choice is VER. He never placed a foot wrong the whole >>> weekend, he didn't even do more than a single run in each quali session >>> and still topped the charts.
it's only obvious because he is in the best car, currently - driver
only counts for maybe 15-20% performance - until F1 goes spec cars
best driver is indeterminable
So why did he finish so far in time ahead of his teammate?
The not-so-obvious choice would probably be either SAI or RUS. The >>> horrendous Ferrari tyre deg made the latter stages of the GP quite >>> interesting.
On 2022-08-29 9:12 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
On 30/08/2022 2:05 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:
On 2022-08-28 4:27 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:
Your choice for driver of the day?
I suspect a number of people will say "Verstappen". And certainly, going from 14th to 1st meets
all the criteria.
But, in my mind, the huge performance advantage of the Red Bull car mitigates that achievement
considerably. I'm not saying that any of the usual back marker drivers could have done as well,
but I stringly suspect that any of the better drivers could have.
So Perez isn't one of the 'better drivers' then? I've always considered him to be a good
journeyman driver myself.
And he would have won if he hadn't been competing with Max.
So I am not giving my vote to Max.
I'd probably say "Russel", since he was able to more or less hang on the Red Bulls in a car that
suffered a significant performance deficit.
WTF is "Russel"?
So you've never missed a typo in one of your messages? Hard to believe!
Unless it's been the same person all three times, why wouldn't it just
be three typos?
On 31/08/2022 4:56 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:
On 2022-08-29 9:12 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
On 30/08/2022 2:05 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:
On 2022-08-28 4:27 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:
Your choice for driver of the day?
I suspect a number of people will say "Verstappen". And certainly,
going from 14th to 1st meets all the criteria.
But, in my mind, the huge performance advantage of the Red Bull car
mitigates that achievement considerably. I'm not saying that any of
the usual back marker drivers could have done as well, but I
stringly suspect that any of the better drivers could have.
So Perez isn't one of the 'better drivers' then? I've always
considered him to be a good journeyman driver myself.
And he would have won if he hadn't been competing with Max.
As would most of the field in that car.
So I am not giving my vote to Max.WTF is "Russel"?
I'd probably say "Russel", since he was able to more or less hang on
the Red Bulls in a car that suffered a significant performance deficit. >>>
So you've never missed a typo in one of your messages? Hard to believe!
I typo now and then, sure. However I've seen "Russel" at least three
times in this group recently. Once is a typo...
Unless it's been the same person all three times, why wouldn't it just
be three typos?
On 2022-08-30 13:46, geoff wrote:
On 31/08/2022 2:26 AM, Alan wrote:
On 2022-08-30 05:46, leonard hofstatder wrote:
On 8/30/2022 7:15 AM, ldpshddtti wrote:
The obvious choice is VER. He never placed a foot wrong the
whole
weekend, he didn't even do more than a single run in each quali
session
and still topped the charts.
it's only obvious because he is in the best car, currently - driver
only counts for maybe 15-20% performance - until F1 goes spec cars
best driver is indeterminable
So why did he finish so far in time ahead of his teammate?
The not-so-obvious choice would probably be either SAI or RUS.
The
horrendous Ferrari tyre deg made the latter stages of the GP
quite
interesting.
Not allowed to compete or beat, and no point in wiping out, so all he
needed to do was hold position as a rear gunner.
That would explain him being a few seconds behind...
...and ignoring how far ahead he was when they started...
..but in that role it's better if he is close to Verstappen, not nearly
20 seconds back.
WTF is "Russel"?
So you've never missed a typo in one of your messages? Hard to
believe!
I typo now and then, sure. However I've seen "Russel" at least three
times in this group recently. Once is a typo...
~misfit~ wrote:
WTF is "Russel"?
So you've never missed a typo in one of your messages? Hard to
believe!
I typo now and then, sure. However I've seen "Russel" at least three
times in this group recently. Once is a typo...
In fact it has misspelt far more frequently and commonly than that.
There is only one poster who consistently misspells the name, so you
should have a word with him if it upsets you.
As many as half a dozen others have misspelt it but you shouldn't think
it a conspiracy.
Clearly it is a name that is easy to misspell. You'll have to get used
to it.
It's common where a surname has double letters. Just ask Kimi Raikonnen
and Mikka Hakinnen...
...or see the Max Verstapen fan page on instagram.
BTW do you notice how frequently misspell gets misspelled?
~misfit~ wrote:
WTF is "Russel"?
So you've never missed a typo in one of your messages? Hard to
believe!
I typo now and then, sure. However I've seen "Russel" at least three
times in this group recently. Once is a typo...
In fact it has misspelt far more frequently and commonly than that.
There is only one poster who consistently misspells the name, so you
should have a word with him if it upsets you.
As many as half a dozen others have misspelt it but you shouldn't think
it a conspiracy.
Clearly it is a name that is easy to misspell. You'll have to get used
to it.
It's common where a surname has double letters. Just ask Kimi Raikonnen
and Mikka Hakinnen...
...or see the Max Verstapen fan page on instagram.
BTW do you notice how frequently misspell gets misspelled?
On 31/08/2022 10:12 pm, Bigbird wrote:
~misfit~ wrote:
WTF is "Russel"?
So you've never missed a typo in one of your messages? Hard to
believe!
I typo now and then, sure. However I've seen "Russel" at least three
times in this group recently. Once is a typo...
In fact it has misspelt far more frequently and commonly than that.Maybe that's why it got under my skin this time.
There is only one poster who consistently misspells the name, so youI don't make a note of who spells it wrong, it just reached tipping point for me this last time.
should have a word with him if it upsets you.
Now I've said my piece I'll STFU about it until / unless I get to that point again.
As many as half a dozen others have misspelt it but you shouldn't thinkI don't think it's a conspiracy I think it's laziness and shows a lack of respect.
it a conspiracy.
Clearly it is a name that is easy to misspell. You'll have to get usedAny name is easy to misspell if you don't care if what you write is accurate. I notice names are
to it.
the most frequent words misspelled these days - likely due to spell checkers not always recognising
them. The days of people actually learning spelling seem to be behind us.
It's common where a surname has double letters. Just ask Kimi Raikonnen
and Mikka Hakinnen...
...or see the Max Verstapen fan page on instagram.
BTW do you notice how frequently misspell gets misspelled?Sometimes. I'm not the grammar police though. I just think that in a sport with only 20 drivers, in
a group who are avid followers of said sport it's not that hard to learn the drivers names.
Also I note that supporters of certain drivers always get their guys name right and that the
reverse often applies.
Any name is easy to misspell
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Mark Jackson wrote:
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Yes...but I would attribute that more to people (like myself) not
knowing where to find the accent on the keyboard as opposed to how to actually spell his name.
On 1/09/2022 4:49 pm, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
Mark Jackson wrote:
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Yes...but I would attribute that more to people (like myself) not
knowing where to find the accent on the keyboard as opposed to how to
actually spell his name.
Yep. I used to have a list of the 'alt xxx' ASCII codes* for.... (I even forget the name of the
things now, non-standard English letters and symbols like this thing ç of this one Ü [written by
hitting 4 random digits while holding alt]) in a text document on my
desktop to ensure I spelled
names like that correctly. However after moving that from one PC to
another as I upgraded I decided
that life's too short.
On 1/09/2022 3:04 pm, Mark Jackson wrote:
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Indeed. I try to stick to 'Checo' or PER as much as possible. ;)
~misfit~ <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/09/2022 4:49 pm, Hornplayer9599 wrote:I can do accented (diacritic) characters on a PC but these days I mainly
Mark Jackson wrote:
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Yes...but I would attribute that more to people (like myself) not
knowing where to find the accent on the keyboard as opposed to how to
actually spell his name.
Yep. I used to have a list of the 'alt xxx' ASCII codes* for.... (I even
forget the name of the
things now, non-standard English letters and symbols like this thing ç of >> this one Ü [written by
hitting 4 random digits while holding alt]) in a text document on my
desktop to ensure I spelled
names like that correctly. However after moving that from one PC to
another as I upgraded I decided
that life's too short.
use an iPad. As a result of this discussion I found out that you have to
hold your finger on the appropriate letter and a menu pops up giving a
choice of accented characters.
Mark Jackson wrote:
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Yes...but I would attribute that more to people (like myself) not
knowing where to find the accent on the keyboard as opposed to how to actually spell his name.
~misfit~ <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/09/2022 4:49 pm, Hornplayer9599 wrote:I can do accented (diacritic) characters on a PC but these days I mainly
Mark Jackson wrote:
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Yes...but I would attribute that more to people (like myself) not
knowing where to find the accent on the keyboard as opposed to how to
actually spell his name.
Yep. I used to have a list of the 'alt xxx' ASCII codes* for.... (I even
forget the name of the
things now, non-standard English letters and symbols like this thing ç of >> this one Ü [written by
hitting 4 random digits while holding alt]) in a text document on my
desktop to ensure I spelled
names like that correctly. However after moving that from one PC to
another as I upgraded I decided
that life's too short.
use an iPad. As a result of this discussion I found out that you have to
hold your finger on the appropriate letter and a menu pops up giving a
choice of accented characters.
Sir Tim <[email protected]d> wrote:
~misfit~ <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/09/2022 4:49 pm, Hornplayer9599 wrote:I can do accented (diacritic) characters on a PC but these days I mainly
Mark Jackson wrote:
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Yes...but I would attribute that more to people (like myself) not
knowing where to find the accent on the keyboard as opposed to how to
actually spell his name.
Yep. I used to have a list of the 'alt xxx' ASCII codes* for.... (I even >>> forget the name of the
things now, non-standard English letters and symbols like this thing ç of >>> this one Ü [written by
hitting 4 random digits while holding alt]) in a text document on my
desktop to ensure I spelled
names like that correctly. However after moving that from one PC to
another as I upgraded I decided
that life's too short.
use an iPad. As a result of this discussion I found out that you have to
hold your finger on the appropriate letter and a menu pops up giving a
choice of accented characters.
But only when you are in “mini keyboard” mode it seems.
On 2/09/2022 5:31 am, Sir Tim wrote:
Sir Tim <[email protected]d> wrote:
~misfit~ <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/09/2022 4:49 pm, Hornplayer9599 wrote:I can do accented (diacritic) characters on a PC but these days I mainly >>> use an iPad. As a result of this discussion I found out that you have to >>> hold your finger on the appropriate letter and a menu pops up giving a
Mark Jackson wrote:
On 8/31/2022 8:43 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Any name is easy to misspell
Such as, for example, typing "Perez" for Pérez.
Yes...but I would attribute that more to people (like myself) not
knowing where to find the accent on the keyboard as opposed to how to >>>>> actually spell his name.
Yep. I used to have a list of the 'alt xxx' ASCII codes* for.... (I
even
forget the name of the
things now, non-standard English letters and symbols like this thing
ç of
this one Ü [written by
hitting 4 random digits while holding alt]) in a text document on my
desktop to ensure I spelled
names like that correctly. However after moving that from one PC to
another as I upgraded I decided
that life's too short.
choice of accented characters.
But only when you are in “mini keyboard” mode it seems.
Cheers. Good to know that it's doable.
Good to know that it's doable.
...I don't know
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