Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

[Silhouette]

Welcome friend. We kinda bleed between F1 and occasionally Indycar here too.

Is there a general motorsports thread? I wouldn't mind talking about Motogp or V8 Supercars around here.

 

[Balr0g]

Just found this thread and I am slowly getting into motorsports. While he is retired, Kimi Râikönnen is my favorite driver. He may not have had the best performances but I find his antics quite amusing.

Welcome. If you want to have a look at the past F1 here is a nice Youtube channel for you

Big Zeddie

 

[Becky McDonald]

This level of pure, unbridled Zhoupe is starting to get to me:

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r/formula1 - [Lawrence Barretto] The second Alfa Romeo seat has been a battle between Zhou Guanyu and Theo Pourchaire. Understand Zhou has moved well clear and is favourite to get a second year. His form so far in his rookie year has been very impres

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He could T-Bone Latifi on lap 20 due to an error of judgement and still have simps come out the woodwork to defend him. I can't wait for another weekend of him finishing outside the points and competing against Mick, Albon, and Stroll for position whilst his team-mate is flirting with the top 10.

 

[Pee Cola]

Is there a general motorsports thread? I wouldn't mind talking about Motogp or V8 Supercars around here.

Whilst this thread is mainly F1, nobody seems to care too much if other motorsport gets discussed in here from time to time. For example, GT racing. Usually when there's a major event on such as 24 Hours of Nurburgring or the LeMans 24 Hour. Ofc if there's a free (or easy to pirate) live stream of such events, that's a big help.

 

[Bill Elliot]

Is there a general motorsports thread? I wouldn't mind talking about Motogp or V8 Supercars around here.

I may make a MotoGP thread if there's interest

 

[Balr0g]

Just saw that the CRB decided that Piastri will race for Mclaren. So now Alpine has to find a new driver for 2023. Guess not only Ferrari can have a clown mode

 

[A.P. Hill]

Just saw that the CRB decided that Piastri will race for Mclaren. So now Alpine has to find a new driver for 2023. Guess not only Ferrari can have a clown mode

Apparently their contract was not even valid in the first place.

 

[Bill Elliot]

I decided to create a MotoGP and World Superbike thread if anyone is interested.

https://kiwifarms.net/threads/motogp-world-sbk-discussion.128730/

 

[Coccxys]

Dramatic shift from last week, hopefully they get that Red Bull set up a bit better and we can have a decent RBR vs Ferrari battle with #blersed crashing out or blowing up on the first lap.

 

[Becky McDonald]

Dramatic shift from last week, hopefully they get that Red Bull set up a bit better and we can have a decent RBR vs Ferrari battle with #blersed crashing out or blowing up on the first lap.

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Ehhh, FP2 doesn't really mean much. If it's the same in FP3 then it's cause for concern, but Max was probably nursing the car due to the earlier gearbox failure. And even then, it isn't really until the second half of Q2 when shit gets real. There's also of course the possibility of Ferrari/Merc gloryrunning as we saw at the start of the season.

 

[JoseRaulChupacabra]

Alright, last week Ferrari fought against debris, charging bulls Max and Checo, and of course, themselves and Alonso at the closing stages of the race.

What would be this weekend's malady for the Prancing Horse? My pick, against all odds, they manage to fit inters on Lec for a dry race.

 

[Coccxys]

Alright, last week Ferrari fought against debris, charging bulls Max and Checo, and of course, themselves and Alonso at the closing stages of the race.

What would be this weekend's malady for the Prancing Horse? My pick, against all odds, they manage to fit inters on Lec for a dry race.

If Hambone and Hambone 2 electric Georgearoo are as close as FPs so far say I'm going with Hambone doing his usual send it and expect the rival to move out the way taking out one of the ferraris and George ever eager to emulate the worst aspects of Hambone will take out the other.

 

[Bill Elliot]

Alright, last week Ferrari fought against debris, charging bulls Max and Checo, and of course, themselves and Alonso at the closing stages of the race.

What would be this weekend's malady for the Prancing Horse? My pick, against all odds, they manage to fit inters on Lec for a dry race.

"Okay charl... there is rain.. turn 1... rain turn 1... so box box, plan I, plan I, new set of inters"

There are 2 laps left when it happens and the entire rest of the circuit is dry. A sprinkler has malfunctioned to spray the track and was quickly turned off after he pits.

 

[JoseRaulChupacabra]

"Okay charl... there is rain.. turn 1... rain turn 1... so box box, plan I, plan I, new set of inters"

There are 2 laps left when it happens and the entire rest of the circuit is dry. A sprinkler has malfunctioned to spray the track and was quickly turned off after he pits.

Now that I think about it, there is a plausible hypothetical scenario, if not for this race.

"Box, box, pit confirm. Switch to inter."
"Why!? The track is dry."
"Very high chance of rain. If we go now, we can skip the queue."

Then, the skies clear up and rain never falls.

 

[Bill Elliot]

Now that I think about it, there is a plausible hypothetical scenario, if not for this race.

"Box, box, pit confirm. Switch to inter."
"Why!? The track is dry."
"Very high chance of rain. If we go now, we can skip the queue."

Then, the skies clear up and rain never falls.

I tried this one time in F1 2014 and it did not work well for me. Except it was actually raining but I guess the track wasn't wet enough. Upsetting really, that twin tusk Lotus was not getting me any points without some creativity

 

[Coccxys]

Now that I think about it, there is a plausible hypothetical scenario, if not for this race.

"Box, box, pit confirm. Switch to inter."
"Why!? The track is dry."
"Very high chance of rain. If we go now, we can skip the queue."

Then, the skies clear up and rain never falls.

I mean that's the genius move Crofty was trying to call a few week ago. "Oh there's a VSC, maybe someone should go for inters" like what, it's not even raining hard with like 5 laps left.

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Dramatic shift from last week, hopefully they get that Red Bull set up a bit better and we can have a decent RBR vs Ferrari battle with #blersed crashing out or blowing up on the first lap.

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In FP1, Lewis was channeling Mazepin, driving slowly and blocking other drivers completely oblivious to his surroundings. If this race goes like last race, shit's gonna be hilarious.

Alternatively, consider the following: Lewis manages to fight his way to P3 this race. He has a decent lead over the next car, has driven a flawless race. . . and his engine just blows up due to damage sustained during the little romp last race.

As for Ferrari and how they fuck up this race?
Hard to tell, maybe another failed double-stack? Or how about a tyre switcharoo and they accidentally give Leclerc tyres from Sainz and vice versa, forcing them to pit both drivers again.

OOOH! Now I got it! Unsafe release during a pitstop, resulting in Charles crashing into Gasly, blocking the pitlane with many cars stuck, while Verstappen laps them a couple times.

 

[Becky McDonald]

In FP1, Lewis was channeling Mazepin, driving slowly and blocking other drivers completely oblivious to his surroundings. If this race goes like last race, shit's gonna be hilarious.

Alternatively, consider the following: Lewis manages to fight his way to P3 this race. He has a decent lead over the next car, has driven a flawless race. . . and his engine just blows up due to damage sustained during the little romp last race.

As for Ferrari and how they fuck up this race?
Hard to tell, maybe another failed double-stack? Or how about a tyre switcharoo and they accidentally give Leclerc tyres from Sainz and vice versa, forcing them to pit both drivers again.

OOOH! Now I got it! Unsafe release during a pitstop, resulting in Charles crashing into Gasly, blocking the pitlane with many cars stuck, while Verstappen laps them a couple times.

And while Alonso's running in an uncontested P2, a helicopter crashes a few miles away, sending its blade into Alonso's airbox and chopping it clean off. That or the team pit him for wets when it won't rain for the next 2 weeks, and he ends up finishing P8, before penalties boot him down to P11.

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

And while Alonso's running in an uncontested P2, a helicopter crashes a few miles away, sending its blade into Alonso's airbox and chopping it clean off. That or the team pit him for wets when it won't rain for the next 2 weeks, and he ends up finishing P8, before penalties boot him down to P11.

Or he's the only car in the pitlane, stuck behind the crashed cars while Lewis and Gasly sissyslap each other up and down the pitwall.

 

[Pee Cola]

Via Richard Brunning from Bad Obsession Motorsport.



btw if you're pozzed enough to have a Twitter account, @richardbrunning is well worth following. He's based af. TBH I wonder how much more based he'd be if wasn't at the mercy of Twitter's tranny jannies and several hundred thousand YouTube subscribers...