Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

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Why do we have an ex indie car driver who knows nothing about the sport other than sucking Hamilton cock as a pundit?

Martin telling some faggot where to go was a great moment.

Did they really find some random fat tranny to sing the anthem?
 
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I think red bull have fucked this one up. Its a long time for Max to drag those tyres round on a track that's easy to overtake at.

If it was Hamilton coming through the backmarkers the commentators would be screaming bloody murder about blue flags.

Edit at end of race: well, guess that's why I'm not an F1 strategy engineer. Great drive from Max at the end.
 
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Max had an average start, Hamilton had a great start (well, credit where it's due).

But RB just rules in terms of strategy. Those undercuts worked amazingly. Hamilton managed to close the gap up to 1.2ish seconds and then the dirty air screwed his pace. Overall the race was sorta boring tbh, but the last 6 laps were great and the right guy won, so that's cool.

Though I am a bit disappointed with Alonso. His actions in laps 16, 22 and 25 (I think) were just not his usual style with lots of unfair driving. It wasn't "make your enemy crash with 51G and send him to hospital to blow smoke up your own ass during the post-race-interview"-dickery, but still.
 
RomanesEuntDomus said:
Overall the race was sorta boring tbh, but the last 6 laps were great and the right guy won, so that's cool.
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I find with COTA that there is always plenty of action but it still somehow ends up being a dull race. I have no idea why it gets as much praise as it does as a track.

Vettel's overtake on Russell definitely ranks up there as moment of the GP for me.
 
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Coccxys said:
I find with the COTAS that there is always plenty of action but it still somehow ends up being a dull race. I have no idea why it gets as much praise as it does as a track.

Vettel's overtake on Russell definitely ranks up there as moment of the GP for me.
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The thing is, on paper it looks like a really nice track. That uphill straight towards Turn 1 is just really really sexy, as are the esses that follow quickly thereafter. But I think the main issue is that most overtakes nowadays are DRS-shenanigans... Hope the future will be less dependent on that, maybe the track will then shine.

Also happy for Vettel getting at least one point. He really profitted off of 3 cars retiring and the Räikkönen spin, but a point's a point and there is no shame in passing an opponent that went into the runoff when you've had a race free of any driver errors. Would have been nice to see Vettel pass Räikkönen in a regular overtake (if possible). Oh well.
 
I do find the sides for pole and 2nd place to be the wrong way though. 2nd gets the inside into that nice wide corner to run the pole sitter wide. They even remarked about how it's the person who started 2nd who ends up finishing lap 1 in the lead more often than not. Just seems silly to have it that way.
 
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Coccxys said:
I do find the sides for pole and 2nd place to be the wrong way though. 2nd gets the inside into that nice wide corner to run 2nd place wide. They even remarked about how it's the person who started 2nd who ends up finishing lap 1 in the lead more often than not. Just seems silly to have it that way.
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I wondered about that, too. I assume the idea is that the outside is where the racing line (and thus better grip) is, but being on the inside is a huge advantage.

Also Mazepin finished finished like 1m20s behind Schumacher, I think the gap between Schumacher and like Bottas was less than the gap between Schumacher and Mazepin. People have been black-flagged for driving too slow before, can we please go back to those days, cause this is fucking terrible and pathetic.
 
RomanesEuntDomus said:
Though I am a bit disappointed with Alonso. His actions in laps 16, 22 and 25 (I think) were just not his usual style with lots of unfair driving. It wasn't "make your enemy crash with 51G and send him to hospital to blow smoke up your own ass during the post-race-interview"-dickery, but still.
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People have been talking Alonso up too much this year.

He is 40yrs old and his best is well behind him.
 
SargonF00t said:
People have been talking Alonso up too much this year.

He is 40yrs old and his best is well behind him.
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Alonso's had quite a few nice moments that showed he's still got it and during starts, he was especially good... but independently of that, I had the impression that he was always a very fair driver, but his struggles with Räikkönen and Giovinazzi this race were a bit on the dickish side.
 
"Yo Max, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish but Lewis is one of the best drivers of all time…one of the best drivers of all time!"

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I don't know about any of you, but I busted out laughing when I saw the guy singing the national anthem. If that's not pure, unfiltered American culture then I don't know what is.
 
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So all that's left is Mexico, Interlagos and the OPEC Triple Crown of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. Do these final five favor the Bulls or the Mercs and will Leclerc pull another street circuit pole position out of his ass at Saudi Arabia?
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In theory they should favour Red Bull, but I suspect that the reason we didn't see Mercedes triumph in Austin was that due to the unusually bumpy circuit, all cars had to increase their ride height, and this hurt Mercedes more than Red Bull.

So we might see Mercedes back to the pace they showed at Turkey, in the next few races.
 
Coccxys said:
Why do we have an ex indie car driver who knows nothing about the sport other than sucking Hamilton cock as a pundit?
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Danica Patrick was on the broadcast because Sky and NBC share broadcast feeds - Sky get NBC's IndyCar, NBC get Sky's F1 - so NBC persuaded Sky to get Danica in to put an American face on the broadcast which unlike other races would carry more of the pre-show because of it being the race in country and therefore more commercially viable, more familiar and therefore approachable to the American audience, which is a further commercial benefit. Same reason for the Indy 500 they like to get Dale Jr on to try and get NASCAR viewers interested in IndyCar.
 
BEz939 said:
Yeah, the dirty air in the medium speed corners really did a number on Hamilton, and I think the DRS from Mick sealed the Deal.
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Hamilton just barely missed to close the gap sufficiently in the last lap. Right before Max lapped Mick, he didn't get DRS and then when Max passed Mick, Max got DRS, Lewis didn't (neither to lap Mick nor for his gap to Max). I think there was also an issue with crosswinds at certain parts of the track and given the dirty air form Max, that must have also factored in. Hamilton caught up with Max quickly after pitting, but he barely managed to get under 1.2s either cause Max was then using all his reserves and driving the wheels off his car or since dirty air just formed a wall before Hamilton...

Great last laps, I was on the edge of my seat. Only thing that would have been better, would have been them racing wheel to wheel for the entire time with constant switches of the lead.

I still hope Max takes the title, he's a fantastic driver that really deserves it, but frankly, at this point, I could even accept Hamilton winning, cause for the first time in half a decade, he actually had to work to earn it.
Then again, Mercedes bitching over bendy wings and all the scummy shit they pulled off the track and on the track... yeah.

WhiskeyZuluLima said:
Danica Patrick was on the broadcast because Sky and NBC share broadcast feeds - Sky get NBC's IndyCar, NBC get Sky's F1 - so NBC persuaded Sky to get Danica in to put an American face on the broadcast which unlike other races would carry more of the pre-show because of it being the race in country and therefore more commercially viable, more familiar and therefore approachable to the American audience, which is a further commercial benefit. Same reason for the Indy 500 they like to get Dale Jr on to try and get NASCAR viewers interested in IndyCar.
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Danica Patrick is the Maldonado of Nascar. She was decent in Indy (or so I heard), but her Nascar career was pitiful.

I haven't watched the F1 pre-show, so I didn't see who sang the anthem, should I go back or and watch it for my amusement or will I get nightmares?
 
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