Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

[Dieter Laser]

I’ll take my neg ratings but I’ll admit I’m 100% new to the sport after getting hooked by watching the last few races of the last season, and I’m picking drivers to follow solely based on car color. But I’m enjoying it a lot.

 

[Road Work Ahead]

I’m picking drivers to follow solely based on car color.

The only real reason to pick a favorite

 

[C.U.N.T.]

Maxy boy....

 

[acme]

I’ll take my neg ratings but I’ll admit I’m 100% new to the sport after getting hooked by watching the last few races of the last season, and I’m picking drivers to follow solely based on car color. But I’m enjoying it a lot.

chad nascar method

stroll is so unbelievably based

 

[Pee Cola]

"You guys put me in a really difficult position".

GFY Hambone

 

[Road Work Ahead]

"You guys put me in a difficult situation". Fuck off Hamilton

 

[acme]

ALBON SIGMA NEVER PIT ON HIS SCHUMACHER GRINDSET

 

[Pee Cola]

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with that podium. Good on the McLaren boys for their solid finish, as well as Albon making it almost all the way on one set of tyres and still managing to squeak into the points.

Sucks to be Max or Carlos, tho.

 

[Road Work Ahead]

Great performance from Albon, starting dead last and finishing 10th

 

[Rezza]

So glad my boy Russell got another podium

 

[LiveFromNS]

Bummed Fred and Mag got screwed by SC. George in 2nd place in WDC. Nice job for Williams to get a point too! That could be all they need for rest of year to finish ahead of AM in the WCC come year end! LOL

But Leclerc/Ferrari is starting to look sublime. Fastest lap on final lap so he obviously had even more pace and still finished 20 seconds ahead.

 

[acme]

anyone else not getting podium footage?

 

[Balr0g]

I’ll take my neg ratings but I’ll admit I’m 100% new to the sport after getting hooked by watching the last few races of the last season, and I’m picking drivers to follow solely based on car color. But I’m enjoying it a lot.

Welcome to the F1 sport. If you want a piece of the past I recommend watching here.

Old F1 races

I hope Leclerc can keep this up I really want to see a Ferrari champion again. Oh and Lewis getting pissed at his crew for being "put in a bad situation" Yeah sure Lewis the luck pendulum just swung a bit against you (despite having the freaking luck of Verstappen and Sainz not finishing)

Oh and the race pace: look how fast Ferrari was in comparism to Mercedes: Leclerc pulled away nearly a second per lap and even with the partially massive proposing. Ferrari is running fast WITH the bouncing. Let that sink in

 

[Coccxys]

Man feeling that 6am start but good race.

The Hamilton whinging about Russell not getting out the red carpet and moving over was great.

Albon scoring points was the only part of the race I was bothered about at the end like that's some next tier shit.

Daddy Stroll's 5 year plan is looking about as good as the Stalin agriculture 5 year plan circa 32. That Aston is shit, his son is speed running a race ban for penalty points and the parts department must be running over time that makes industrial revolution factory lines look reasonable.

I think Strolls got that "I'm the big boss" mindset and that's fucking them over. Otmar hinted heavily that was the case when asked about why he left.

 

[Pee Cola]

The Hamilton whinging about Russell not getting out the red carpet and moving over was great.

At this rate, it'll be Mercedes in a difficult situation rather than Hambone. Do they allow George to take the WDC fight up to Charles, or do they bend the knee?

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Missed the start, unfortunately, started watching after lap 14. Why was Sainz out?
I'm happy for Leclerc, he deserved that win, stellar performance all around. Perez on 2 is always welcome and Russel finishing before Hamilton (and getting his first "real" podium) is icing on the cake.
Small things like Schumacher beating his teammate is also kinda nice.

Too bad Vettel did a Vettel-thing, I guess he still needs to get the hang of the car, but this whole weekend was a terrible performance by him.
Verstappen out due to some technical issue sucks too. I was looking forward to a close championship between two stellar drivers, but the gap grows. When RB gets their shit together quickly, we might still get our tight championship.

When Hambone is winning, it's because he's the greatest driver of all time. When he's losing, it's because the car is a bucket of shit.

It's frustrating and infuriating. The Merc was an unbeatable car for almost a decade, yet Hamboon fanboys will pretend that their precious prima donna won in spite of Mercedes, cause they don't wanna admit that the car was always strong. Oh no. Hamilton is just that fucking amazing, that he won in spite of Mercedes. They must artificially heighten his achievements, cause merely winning isn't enough. Hamilton must win against all odds, even though the odds have been stacked in his favor any season he drove for Mercedes thus far. His fanboys think his hardest season was 2020 for crying out loud.

It always reminds me of the rules to spot quackery tbh. Especially the one about "If you get healthy after taking the miracle-product, it's thanks to the miracle-product, if you stay sick, it's due to your own disbelief in the miracle-product".

Now he said the team put him in a difficult position. What would that be? Pitting him before the safety car can't be it, cause that's well outside the team's ability to predict.
Hamilton is always trigger happy to insist that the team let him down and if I was his engineer or strategist, I'd be telling Wolff to reel fuckface back in or I'll glady go to another team and offer them my services if they promise me not to allow their drivers to shittalk my speckless performance in public.

I’ll take my neg ratings but I’ll admit I’m 100% new to the sport after getting hooked by watching the last few races of the last season, and I’m picking drivers to follow solely based on car color. But I’m enjoying it a lot.

Most pick their favorite drivers by nationality (ie: whoever is closest to their own), picking them by car color is fine.
If you pick them by skin-color of the drivers however... well.
just kidding, enjoy your stay, you joined the F1 circus at the right time, it seems!

ALBON SIGMA NEVER PIT ON HIS SCHUMACHER GRINDSET

Really makes me wonder, what would happen if you don't change tyres. If the penalty is getting 10s added to your race-time, Albon would have been better advised to take that penalty rather than losing 20s during a pitstop. But it was a really strong performance by Albon, almost 60 laps on hard tyres, still staying competetive to the end and then even getting a point. Pretty good. Latifi in the same car on the other hand . . .

At this rate, it'll be Mercedes in a difficult situation rather than Hambone. Do they allow George to take the WDC fight up to Charles, or do they bend the knee?

I wonder what kind of contract Russel has. If I was him, I'd go for a clause that states that I am allowed to finish before Hamilton under certain circumstances (such as: leading in championship points). If something like that is the case, Merc might still put their eggs in Hambone's basket before every race, but allow Russel to perform unrestricted during the race.

Sooner or later, maybe 2-3 races at this point, they will need to focus on the driver with the most points out of sheer necessity. Maybe they even already got some clause that by a certain race, they will back the driver with the most points. Russel so far has outperformed Hamilton to some degree, if this keeps up, Hamilton will be in a difficult position and it won't be his team's fault. Looking forward to Merc drama.

 

[Coccxys]

Why was Sainz out?

A very armature looking moment where he got on the grass and tried to keep his foot down resulting in a spin and beaching in the gravel. Magnusen did a very similar thing across the grass but slowed down rather than trying to make it at full throttle.

Too bad Vettel did a Vettel-thing

It looked like the car got up on the curb rather than an unforced spin but yeah that car is shit and he's barely driven it.

Now he said the team put him in a difficult position. What would that be? Pitting him before the safety car can't be it, cause

It's just Hamilton crying that he isn't being handed it, it can't possibly be a situation the entire team is in and while tough all get together to solve it. No, it's Hamilton is the god Kang and any hard times are the teams fault somehow.

Really makes me wonder, what would happen if you don't change tyres.

I would bet either a stop go (30seconds added time) or a full disqualification. No way they can let it any lighter than that or loads of the midfield would run that as a viable strategy.

I wonder what kind of contract Russel has.

I'm betting the "anything your team mate asks for is his upto and including your girlfriend".

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

I would bet either a stop go (30seconds added time) or a full disqualification. No way they can let it any lighter than that or loads of the midfield would run that as a viable strategy.

The punishment must be severe, cause even a 10s time penalty would only be half as much as a regular pitstop. I think I'll check out the regulations and come back with results.

Edit:

Unless he has used intermediate or wet-weather tyres during the race, each driver must use at least two different specifications of dry-weather tyres during the race, at least one of which must be a mandatory dry-weather race tyre specification as defined in Article 30.2c)ii). Unless a race is suspended and cannot be re-started, failure to comply with this requirement will result in the disqualification of the relevant driver from the race results.

No tyre changes means DSQ. Harsh, but reasonable. Though Albon's performance might inspire a change to this rule. Imagine no-stop race strategies being viable, that could be pretty neat.

I'm betting the "anything your team mate asks for is his upto and including your girlfriend".

I think there is some clause that allows Russel to stay ahead, otherwise I think he would have had been ordered to allow Hamilton to pass.
Though maybe we'll get records of frantic radio messages aimed at Russel to let Hamilton pass and him going "lol no".

With Merc, I expect underhanded shit like telling him to slow down to "save the tyres" and then telling him to let Hamilton pass once he breathes down George's neck, cause the gap is so small and Hamilton can go quicker. If that's the case and Russel just goes "nah, it'll be fine. The tyres feel great, I keep on pushing - whoopsie, Hamilton is too far back, can't let him pass", that would make my day.

It looked like the car got up on the curb rather than an unforced spin but yeah that car is shit and he's barely driven it.

AM really made a dud this season, certainly doesn't help. Maybe they'll pull their shit together and Vettel gets more accustomed to the car. He won't be gaining any podiums, but a few points would be nice for such a bad season. Still hoping they will put together a decent car as long as Vettel is still with the team, I want to see him in the points ranks regularly.

 

[Pee Cola]

I would bet either a stop go (30seconds added time) or a full disqualification.

The 30 second penalty sounds familiar. The impression I got from the commentary is that it would have been worse for Albon to stay out there than it would be to pit, even if it meant running the risk of being out of the points.

 

[Coccxys]

Still hoping they will put together a decent car as long as Vettel is still with the team, I want to see him in the points ranks regularly.

Same but AM have been terrible in 21 before thos new era even hit. I get the feeling Lawrence has torn up the old "plucky underdogs" way of working from the force India and racing point days now they're a "manufacturer team". Its been all downhill since the "pink Mercedes". This is a back to the drawing board level of shit, if they're cleaver about it they will pull a Haas and sacrifice this season for a beer car next season.

would have been worse for Albon to stay out there than it would be to pit, even if it meant running the risk of being out of the points

Kinda has to be. As soon as you make the penalty for rule breaking less than the penalty for following the rule then everyone is going to do it.

Edit

Seems the Red Bull fuel issues continue



Will be interesting to see what they report after they've had chance to tear down the car.

Stroll got a penalty point for the weaving bringing him to 8 (12 is a race ban). One drops off before the nect GP so he'll be 5 away from a ban. If he keeps up his current trend he might end up being the first hit with a ban via the points system.


As for hambone's difficult position crying it was because his car was overheating so he either had to be let past or back off from Russell. So in his mind them not just letting him past is them putting him in that position.