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That would be all tobacco liveries so that’s out.
Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?
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Without the old sponsors, obviously. If the paintjob is based on the colors of a main sponsor that is no longer affiliated with that team, you'd be in trouble though...
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I still find the tobacco company ban hilarious in light of the fact we just had the Heineken Australian GP and later in the season will be the Heineken Dutch GP. Plus the Heineken fan screen nonsense they did during the rona. I don't care how many Rossberg commercials they do an alcohol sponsorship of a driving event is always going to be more out of place than a tobacco one.
Incidentally if you want a cringe title sponsor of a GP then the Miami GP's official name is: FORMULA 1 CRYPTO.COM MIAMI GRAND PRIX 2022
Incidentally if you want a cringe title sponsor of a GP then the Miami GP's official name is: FORMULA 1 CRYPTO.COM MIAMI GRAND PRIX 2022
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With the legalization of dope (at least here in Canada) I'd like to see come Cannabis companies start sponsoring teams/races/drivers! LOLOL
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Trading the classy treatment of tobbaco for the myriad bad visual presentations of DUDE WEED branding doesn't seem like a positive to me.
Having said that, it'd be funny.
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I wanna see an F1 grand prix sponsored by Raytheon or Heckler&Koch.
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In 2013 NASCAR had the NRA 500 in Texas. I can only imagine the reaction of the lewis crowd to something like that happening at COTA.
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I read somewhere that there was a Canadian Grand Prix that got canceled over a dispute between Molson and Labatt to be the chief sponsor for the race. Imagine that.
I also heard that certain energy drink companies wanted to be more present in race sponsoring, but apparently, they had the same problem as tobacco brands.
It would be lovely if they did that in F1 as well. Say, McLaren going white-and-red or black-and-silver, Mercedes using the Brawn GP colors, who knows. The possibilities are great. As mentioned, no need to use the actual sponsors, just the visual cues.
I also heard that certain energy drink companies wanted to be more present in race sponsoring, but apparently, they had the same problem as tobacco brands.
They did that in NASCAR when they revived the Southern 500, and it was/is a recurring event. Every year, you had liveries reminiscent of famous old-school cars, but very obviously without the same sponsors in certain cases.
It would be lovely if they did that in F1 as well. Say, McLaren going white-and-red or black-and-silver, Mercedes using the Brawn GP colors, who knows. The possibilities are great. As mentioned, no need to use the actual sponsors, just the visual cues.
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Yeah, I think they are fucked. It would take a serious improvement combined with RB/Fer doing a flip and fucking up completely. And also some of the chasing teams will no doubt improve so Merc has to improve, drastically, to even get back in the game. As I mentioned previously, they were fortunate the way the first races played out that they happened to be the team to benefit the most. Realistically, they should be on par with Haas and AR for points with RB and Fer even farther ahead. Will that luck be their saviour if they get their act together? If they don't score well this weekend and RB/Fer do, I am going to be close to 90% saying they are out of the running for the titles. Also, their engine is no longer the dominant force it was. I am pretty sure Fer said they expect a 10-20bhp gain this weekend with their new updates.
I just can't see Merc improving to a degree that will put them ahead of RB/Fer without a couple of miracles happening. I mean they are way off currently, not just a little. It is nice to see, and with luck, it will carry over for the next 3 seasons until FIA FAAFO again with the new changes in 2026.
A number of teams will be bringing upgrades this weekend too, so you would assume at least one team will improve. At this point, only Williams and AM are teams that you would consider having no chance of competing with Merc or anyone else. The other 5 midfield teams all have looked close/better than Merc at times. If some get their act together and gain a few tenths, then they have potential of usurping Merc given they are basically standing still unless they somehow unlock the potential of the car, if there even is any potential to unlock?
They really need to find well over a half second, if not close to a second to get in the mix. I don't care if you are Merc, or any other team, that is a daunting task, especially moreso now with the cap, limited development benefits due to the ratioed wind-tunnel time, engines locked in for most part etc. There are so many things working against them I just can't see how they can suddenly be getting poles and easy wins. It would take as I said a miracle, or some fuckery/cheating because there doesn't seem to be any other way in my view. As always, we shall see, but after Spain is when I will fully write them off if the current trend continues.
Also, the sprint race. I am so confused, also did not really try and find an answer to be honest, but how the fuck is that working again? If I understand correctly, Qualifying on Friday sets the grid for the sprint. And the winner of qualifying is awarded pole position. Then we have Sprint on Sat and the results of that race form the grid. Is that right? So, does that mean fastest in Fri Q may not start on pole if he doesn't win Sprint? Or because he got pole on Friday, regardless of Sprint finishing order, he gets to start on pole for Sunday? Somehow I doubt the latter is the case. They really fucked up on that. No more "Hey I got pole in Qualifying, excited to start at front of grid for the GP!" comments. It appears now, for sprint weekends the guy who is awarded pole is technically not awarded pole. He was just fastest in the session. "Pole", I think they need to call it "Sprint Pole" and the guy who wins the Sprint is awarded "Pole". They should just call the fucking Sprint "Mini-GP" or "Pre-GP" or something. LOL I guess it all depends how one defines "Pole" is it fastest in Qualifying, or is the person who started P1 in the GP?
If Charles wins both he will have over 100 points. After 4 races! LOLOL At that clip, he could have over 500 points end of year. That would have to be highest total ever. While I hated the nearly decade of Merc dominance, as I said, I would love to see Charles just annihilate everyone and be like a one man Senna/Prost in 1988. I read a blurb that Helmut Marko said Max drives too aggressive for the new cars. Whether true or not, if these cars do require him to alter the way he drives and he isn't as fast as a result, that has huge potential to help Charles cruise to the title even more than he is doing at the moment.
This season has been quite enjoyable so far and still lots of variables and unknowns lie ahead. I'm digging it myself.
I just can't see Merc improving to a degree that will put them ahead of RB/Fer without a couple of miracles happening. I mean they are way off currently, not just a little. It is nice to see, and with luck, it will carry over for the next 3 seasons until FIA FAAFO again with the new changes in 2026.
A number of teams will be bringing upgrades this weekend too, so you would assume at least one team will improve. At this point, only Williams and AM are teams that you would consider having no chance of competing with Merc or anyone else. The other 5 midfield teams all have looked close/better than Merc at times. If some get their act together and gain a few tenths, then they have potential of usurping Merc given they are basically standing still unless they somehow unlock the potential of the car, if there even is any potential to unlock?
They really need to find well over a half second, if not close to a second to get in the mix. I don't care if you are Merc, or any other team, that is a daunting task, especially moreso now with the cap, limited development benefits due to the ratioed wind-tunnel time, engines locked in for most part etc. There are so many things working against them I just can't see how they can suddenly be getting poles and easy wins. It would take as I said a miracle, or some fuckery/cheating because there doesn't seem to be any other way in my view. As always, we shall see, but after Spain is when I will fully write them off if the current trend continues.
Also, the sprint race. I am so confused, also did not really try and find an answer to be honest, but how the fuck is that working again? If I understand correctly, Qualifying on Friday sets the grid for the sprint. And the winner of qualifying is awarded pole position. Then we have Sprint on Sat and the results of that race form the grid. Is that right? So, does that mean fastest in Fri Q may not start on pole if he doesn't win Sprint? Or because he got pole on Friday, regardless of Sprint finishing order, he gets to start on pole for Sunday? Somehow I doubt the latter is the case. They really fucked up on that. No more "Hey I got pole in Qualifying, excited to start at front of grid for the GP!" comments. It appears now, for sprint weekends the guy who is awarded pole is technically not awarded pole. He was just fastest in the session. "Pole", I think they need to call it "Sprint Pole" and the guy who wins the Sprint is awarded "Pole". They should just call the fucking Sprint "Mini-GP" or "Pre-GP" or something. LOL I guess it all depends how one defines "Pole" is it fastest in Qualifying, or is the person who started P1 in the GP?
If Charles wins both he will have over 100 points. After 4 races! LOLOL At that clip, he could have over 500 points end of year. That would have to be highest total ever. While I hated the nearly decade of Merc dominance, as I said, I would love to see Charles just annihilate everyone and be like a one man Senna/Prost in 1988. I read a blurb that Helmut Marko said Max drives too aggressive for the new cars. Whether true or not, if these cars do require him to alter the way he drives and he isn't as fast as a result, that has huge potential to help Charles cruise to the title even more than he is doing at the moment.
This season has been quite enjoyable so far and still lots of variables and unknowns lie ahead. I'm digging it myself.
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Qualifying sets grid for the sprint race, the Sprint race sets the grid for the actual race.
You get points for the sprint race as an additional incentive to the drivers, so they don't just do parade laps without taking risks.
Absolutely. As long as it doesn't turn into a 10 year Ferrari dominance like it did with Merc, everything's fine, but RB are close behind, so that's not as big of a risk at the moment, it seems.
And even if Ferrari utterly dominates this season, Charles is a great driver and seems a decent guy. He can have the title.
I know it's petty as fuck, but my two main interests in F1 are Merc/Hamlestier getting humbled and seeing Vettel doing good in a decent car again... too bad AM is a fucking clownshow, so I guess I'll have to focus on Larbleton whining at his engineers over the radio.
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With Mercedes fucked for this year, Hamilton turns another year older and makes getting that 8th title harder.
Even if Mercedes has the best car next year, Hamilton may not be able to beat George Russell and if it's only the best car by a little bit, he may not be able to beat Max or Charles next year either.
Realistically due to age alone, I think next year is Hamilton's last chance of ever winning the WDC again.
Even if Mercedes has the best car next year, Hamilton may not be able to beat George Russell and if it's only the best car by a little bit, he may not be able to beat Max or Charles next year either.
Realistically due to age alone, I think next year is Hamilton's last chance of ever winning the WDC again.
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The irony of Hamilton standing on a rainbow flag to show just how good a person he is is certainly not lost on me.
Of course, the drooling Hamilton simps on Reddit are lapping it up, calling it "cute".
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And the thing is the FIA is apparently working on some rule tweaks so that a car like the current W13 can't be build next season (in regards to the non existens sidepods). So even if their computer said "Yup that's the quickest car we have ever designed" the FIA will go "Fuck off try again" (Kind of feels like the Mclaren MP4-18 all over again) Then again this W13 seems to not exactly be the best car when it comes to tyre management and cooling. Hamilton had to back of from George in Australia because the care got hot. I think this will happen more this year. I just hope that Ferrari keeps their shit together. Though since they signed Carlos for 2 more years they seem to know what they are doing.
Oh and anyone else saw that Hamilton might be investing money to buy the FC Chelsea? And of course if said investment is true Hamilton will take a role to improve diversity, equality and inclusivity. Fucking hell man. Has someone confronted this nigger about the truths that came about BLM? would be funny to see him cope with the hard reality
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It's just a small investment, nothing to actually cares about. Probably just using his name to gain some support or PR for the bidding consortium
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they totally fucked up the engine
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Nice graphic I grabbed from Reddit:
