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    From leonard hofstatder@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jul 24 08:42:21 2022
    All that paint is just unsightly and distracting.
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  • From Darryl Johnson@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jul 24 11:49:51 2022
    On 2022-07-24 9:42 AM, leonard hofstatder wrote:
    All that paint is just unsightly and distracting.

    I'm sure someone here knows more of the details, but since Paul Ricard
    is used by multiple series, including, I believe, motorcycles, some of
    the design is due to the requirements of those series.

    The paint is high-friction designed to slow vehicles down to a greater
    extent than ordinary asphalt and with less debris on the track, as is
    often the case with gravel.

    I can't speak to the drivers' perspective, but the view from higher
    certainly seems confusing with all the optional circuit layouts. I
    wonder if this track is harder to learn because of all the possible
    directions a driver might head off in.
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  • From Phil Carmody@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jul 24 21:12:22 2022
    leonard hofstatder <n.nut@comcast.net> writes:
    All that paint is just unsightly and distracting.

    I've been saying that since the start. Is it trying to be an optical
    illusion, or is someone going to steal our wallet whilst we stare into
    the patterns?

    Phil
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  • From XYXPDQ@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jul 24 11:44:11 2022
    On Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 6:42:26 AM UTC-7, leonard hofstatder wrote:
    All that paint is just unsightly and distracting.


    True. And that chicane wrecks what should be an awesome strait.
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  • From Phil Carmody@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jul 24 23:11:19 2022
    XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:

    On Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 6:42:26 AM UTC-7, leonard hofstatder wrote:
    All that paint is just unsightly and distracting.

    True. And that chicane wrecks what should be an awesome strait.

    But one that would make DRS too much a free overtake.
    If A overtakes B, then B overtakes A, then A overtakes B, and B
    overtakes A, etc. on subsequent laps, that's not good racing.

    Phil
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  • From Mark Jackson@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jul 24 17:52:58 2022
    On 7/24/2022 2:44 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:
    And that chicane wrecks what should be an awesome strait.

    Pretty narrow thinking there.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
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    transporting animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.
    - Frank Stewart
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  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jul 24 15:01:01 2022
    On Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 3:53:01 PM UTC-6, Mark Jackson wrote:

    Pretty narrow thinking there.

    are you alan baker?
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  • From geoff@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Jul 25 10:46:44 2022
    On 25/07/2022 1:42 am, leonard hofstatder wrote:
    All that paint is just unsightly and distracting.

    I would think that because those curves are also so flat, it must be
    tricky remembering where the track goes !

    geoff
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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Jul 24 22:12:41 2022
    On 2022-07-24 15:46, geoff wrote:
    On 25/07/2022 1:42 am, leonard hofstatder wrote:
    All that paint is just unsightly and distracting.

    I would think that because those curves are also so flat, it must be
    tricky remembering where the track goes !

    I haven't run Paul Ricard in anything except a game, but learning a
    track isn't really that hard once you've gotten used to it.

    Paul Ricard probably makes the first 10-15 laps a little tougher, but
    once you know, the visual cues are there.
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  • From News@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Jul 25 09:10:36 2022
    On 7/24/2022 9:42 AM, leonard hofstatder wrote:

    All that paint is just unsightly and distracting.

    Best paint and chalk franchise, though
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  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Jul 25 06:31:20 2022
    On Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 11:12:43 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    I haven't run Paul Ricard in anything except a game, but learning a
    track isn't really that hard once you've gotten used to it.

    fuck off bozo
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