Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

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New Fag said:
Monaco should stay on the calendar, the salt is immense

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Anyway might as well go watch the 500, isn't like I've done anything else but watch Motorsports today.
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They're acting like Hamilton and Alonso weren't 20 seconds behind everyone else, the fucking mongoloids. Even if Hamilton overtook, it's one damn position.
 
Mikoyan said:
There was a rando commenter somewhere I saw the other week saying what the big problem with NASCAR at its core is that when it had its heyday they gained driver fans, not racing fans, and it's suffered for it ever since.
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That's one of the reasons they didn't want to let drivers have a fixed number "to build their brand" because it's not about the drivers it's about the sport. Take a guess at which prick whined the loudest about not being able to plaster 44 over every piece of China sweatshop merch going. That plus "oh you can use your number instead of 1" for the champion was a clear indication driver brand was being placed above the sport's.
 
Didn't realize the standings were so close. Max 125, Lec 116, Checo 110. Russel and Sainz are distant 4th and 5th at 84-83.

Are were gonna be seeing more team orders from here? Also:

>Be Ferrari
>Start season with strong 1-2
>Pole on most races
>The PrancingHorseTM is back
>Rival DNFs on 2 races
>Massive initial points lead in both driver and constructor
>Get caught out in several races
>Screw up the pit stops
>Now 2nd place

As they say: amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics. Not sure that applies, but it feels right for this one.
 
Great win for Checo, great salt from Hamilton dickriders. I don't remember if I put it to paper here but I remember predicting that Ferrari would have a solid car but the clowns on the pitwall would hold them back. That "Box, no wait stay out stay out" call for Leclerc was a shitshow.

Re car numbers:
In NASCAR the numbers are assigned to the car not the driver. People associate the Number 3 with Dale Sr, or the 24 with Jeff Gordon but that's just because they drove it for years. If a driver changes teams the number does not follow them. Same thing with IndyCar.
Mikoyan said:
There was a rando commenter somewhere I saw the other week saying what the big problem with NASCAR at its core is that when it had its heyday they gained driver fans, not racing fans, and it's suffered for it ever since.
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I would amend this by saying that they suffered not because they gained driver fans, but because they couldn't bring in drivers that were charismatic enough to replace the old guard as they left. NASCAR at its core is a culture of Good Ol Boys, throwing your helmet at the guy who wrecked you out or a fistfight in the pits is what keeps things fun.

Edit: does anyone have a good restream of the Indy 500? the NBC stream is garbage going to "WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK" and missing Veekay bringing out the caution entirely.
 
Things Better Forgotten said:
I would amend this by saying that they suffered not because they gained driver fans, but because they couldn't bring in drivers that were charismatic enough to replace the old guard as they left. NASCAR at its core is a culture of Good Ol Boys, throwing your helmet at the guy who wrecked you out or a fistfight in the pits is what keeps things fun.
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It's a bloody good job we got the likes of Norris, Russell, Leclerc, Albon etc through into F1 for that. No way the likes of Palmer, Chilton, Vandoorne and all the other meh drivers coming through GP2 in that era would have been able to carry F1. What the fuck even happened during that era for all that dreck to make it into F1?

Incidentally the aforementioned Chilton was another example of British commentators dick riding a British driver "Yeah I know he got lapped by his team mate and was a good 5 seconds off the pace but look at his finishing record", yeah it's easy to finish when you drive around 10% off the pace and the only overtakes you ever see are getting out of the way for blue flags. They kept trying to convince us Palmer was way better than he was too.
 
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I get the feeling we are somehow repeating the F1 2005 season all over. The former dominant team (Mercedes) is falling down the order due to new regulations while we have a duel between Redubll (Renault) and Ferrari (Mclaren). So far with the advantage going to RedBull though who knows if they can't compete in the last races due to "No money) that might be interesting. Of course I highly doubt this will really happen but it would be hilarious.
 
Things Better Forgotten said:
Edit: does anyone have a good restream of the Indy 500? the NBC stream is garbage going to "WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK" and missing Veekay bringing out the caution entirely.
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I'm watching a sky sports re-stream on cricfree.live/sky-sports-action. They keep the action on when it goes to an add break but they switch to a uk commentary team till the adds are over.
 
Balr0g said:
I get the feeling we are somehow repeating the F1 2005 season all over. The former dominant team (Mercedes) is falling down the order due to new regulations while we have a duel between Redubll (Renault) and Ferrari (Mclaren). So far with the advantage going to RedBull though who knows if they can't compete in the last races due to "No money) that might be interesting. Of course I highly doubt this will really happen but it would be hilarious.
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So what you're saying is COTA is going to have 6 starters and cuck F1 of its murican audience for a few seasons? You know I could live with that.
 
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Ferrari is coping and sneeding.
 
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It looked close but I don't think either actually fully crossed that line. If any part of their tyre was on any part of that line they didn't cross.

F1 twitter is doing its usual thing with "hurr durr it was boring not enough overtakes". Yeah because DRS drive bys are what the sport needs to be exciting...
 
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Coccxys said:
It looked close but I don't think either actually fully crossed that line. If any part of their tyre was on any part of that line they didn't cross.

F1 twitter is doing its usual thing with "hurr durr it was boring not enough overtakes". Yeah because DRS drive bys are what the sport needs to be exciting...
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Touching the line is enough as we had several cases for that in the past. Of course the question will be if there is evidence for that. I highly doubt it will change the result.

Most current F1 watchers have not sdeen Monaco races of the past overtaking is close to impossible unless your opponent keeps it fair. Case in point

 
I am stoked that Marcus won the 500!! And took the points lead! Nice to see him doing so well in Indy after his time in F1. Huge win and life changing to be forever known as a winner of the 500. I hope he can continue on and maybe actually fight for the title.

Monaco, yeah, that was a race that looked like a parade until the events that turned it into a pretty enjoyable race. But still a shit circuit when it comes to passing opportunities. It was great that the "2nd" drivers finished ahead of their teammates. If we can have same next race the top 4 in the championship will be really tight. Also nice to see George get the better of Ham again, Lewis now 3 full race victories behind Max. Sayonara at any chance of title 8 this year. He'd have to win like 6 races in a row and have everyone else ahead of him not get podiums to take the lead of the WDC.

You have to feel for Charles, and while I would have liked Carlos to nab the win, him finishing second to Checo was fine in my books!
 
a bit off topic but do any of you guys have a link for the indy 500 replay? i cant find a working link on /sp/
 
I'm having trouble archiving videos rn. Hopefully this won't get taken down. Uncensored audio from Leclerc's radio during that pitstop, followed by audio from the end of the race confirming P4. The latter is kinda heartbreaking tbh. I'm still happy for Checo and Sainz, but Monaco means so much to Leclerc.

 
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