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Well thanks to the rapist another GP passes us by without being able to discuss it.

Overall it was a good race.

The ferrari car is just hopeless on harder tyres. Leclerc just went backwards and Sainz was struggling to hold on.

Another great race by Alonso, single handedly dragging that team from mid field to 2nd in the WCC. Loved his commentary on Lance's move over the radio.

The excitement of Perez vs Vestappen on the different strategies died down pretty quickly when vestappen was still going faster on his 20 lap older hards. It was obvious what the result would be before he even pitted.

Hambone crying that his engineers screwed him when he was incapable of getting into Q3. Like going a minute earlier would have had any bearing on his shit lap time. Oh and driving into a wall on a slow lap to avoid a car that you could see was slowing for a good 15s before he got there, how do you even manage to be that shit? Evem fukin Maldonado managed not to drive into the back of other cars/walls avoiding it while on outlaps.

The TV coverage was pretty bad. Only saw a second of Sainz struggling to slow down for the pit and no replay despite it resulting in a penalty. No show of the Magnussen battle which caused an investigation for leaving the track (no penalty though) so no idea what happened. Many overtakes missed. Whoever thought of cameras behind the crowd so half the screen just shows a load of backs of heads need firing. We have how much tech avaliable and that's the best shot you get at an important overtaking place?
 
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It seems the only way to have a half decent race these days is to have Max start midfield or lower.
 
Thanks to everybody's favourite brick-faced rapist and his few remaining cronies, I was forced onto FB for F1-related discussion, and I ended up in a shitposting group full of F1-related Simpsons memes.

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Hambone can fuck off and die in a ditch about rules, especially since he was the beneficiary of the longest period on the sports history without significant rule changes. You got a midfield at best car, fuckin deal with it like many a driver has before you. Just because you got into this sport through Ron Dennis wiping your ass with 24 karat paper doesn't mean you get shit now.

Did anyone see him playing basketball with the "underrepresented youths" (though they don't seem unrepresented in basketball to me). Then doing an interview about how it was one of his favourite sports. Like you're still not African America Lewis, you're from Stevenage and have a Caribbean father, stop pretending you're one of the cool kids.
 
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I missed the cringe inducing celebrity intros, thankfully. Apparently everyone hated it with the exception of Ham?
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Pretty much. LL pretending to conduct was one of the worst things I've seen on TV.

I also hate Martin's grid walk and this was no exception, though the guys who zoomed in trying to tell Sir Jackie he couldn't go somewhere was funny.
 
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Miami is boring as ever but I thought it was a good race. Once again I am glad to see Russell gapping Hambone.
 

Ricciardo set for AlphaTauri drive if De Vries continues to falter?​

By Ian Parkes
Friday 12th May, 2023 - 1:19am
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Daniel Ricciardo has had a seat fitting with the AlphaTauri F1 team, Speedcafe can confirm, which has naturally sparked rumours he could be about to replace struggling rookie Nyck de Vries.

In fairness, there is nothing untoward with Ricciardo’s visit to the Faenza factory in Italy.

As per his third driver role with Red Bull, he is also a potential backup for Yuki Tsunoda or De Vries at the races he attends should there be a need at AlphaTauri.

But De Vries’ poor form, especially, has placed unwanted pressure on his shoulders at such an early stage of his F1 career, with his results in stark contrast to those of team-mate Tsunoda.

After making a sensational debut in last year’s Italian Grand Prix in replacing Alex Albon at Williams after the Thai-British driver contracted appendicitis before qualifying, finishing the race in ninth, De Vries has under-delivered with AlphaTauri.

The former F2 and Formula E champion was signed by AlphaTauri on the basis of his Williams performance at Monza, yet the 28-year-old has failed to recapture such form.

De Vries’ best result so far has been 14th in the opening two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, before crashing out late on in the Australian Grand Prix.

The Dutch driver crashed again in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix before clipping a wall early on in the race, breaking the suspension on the AT04 and leading to another retirement.

After the race, De Vries expressed hope he would turn a corner.

“There is positivity to take away from certain moments,” said De Vries. “We’ve shown since Jeddah speed in given moments, but for a lot of reasons and circumstances, we haven’t really been able to turn it into a concrete finishing result.

“That is very tough to swallow, very hard. But the only way forward is to continue to look ahead and just follow the process, and I personally believe things will turn around.”

In Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix, however, De Vries ran into the back of Lando Norris’ McLaren into the first corner, compromising his race in which he went on to finish 18th.

De Vries readily conceded it was his mistake as he “locked up both wheels” under braking.

The feeling is De Vries will be given the opportunity to prove himself at the upcoming start to the European season and the triple header that comprises Imola, Monaco, and Barcelona, winning at the latter two circuits during his F2 title-winning season in 2019.

Speaking in between De Vries’ two incidents in Baku, AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost stated that what his driver was experiencing was “the learning process and the crash period”.

He added: “Because if the drivers don’t crash, they don’t know the limit, and this is credit you must give them otherwise it doesn’t work.

“And there was no driver not crashing. I remember Sebastian (Vettel) in the first races came back, after the first lap, often without the front nose. That’s part of the game.”

It seemingly becomes a question of how much time De Vries will continue to be afforded if he continues to endure incidents over the next three races, in particular, or if there is no sign of any progress.

Speedcafe understands Red Bull has no plans to replace De Vries with Ricciardo, whilst AlphaTauri also has New Zealander Liam Lawson waiting in the wings for his opportunity.

As for Ricciardo, he has made it clear he is looking to return to F1 next season after opting for a year on the sidelines following his axe from McLaren last term in a bid to rediscover his passion and drive for the sport after two difficult years with the UK-based team.

After the seat fit at AlphaTauri, and given his extensive simulator work for Red Bull, he is at least fully ready to dive straight back in if required.
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Bear in mind that Speedcafe is an Australian website, so this article contains at least some traces of cope.
 
With AlphaTauri currently close to being the slowest car on the grid, why would Ricciardo bother to go there?

I think Ricciardo is done and a team would be foolish to take him on.
 
SargonF00t said:
With AlphaTauri currently close to being the slowest car on the grid, why would Ricciardo bother to go there?

I think Ricciardo is done and a team would be foolish to take him on.
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Ricky drove for that team a decade ago. It would be best if he's kept as a reserve and they let these junior drivers actually develop.
 
I would laugh my ass off if de vries managed to piss his F1 opportunity up the wall before even finishing a season. I still maintain my laughing at all the people who were talking him up so much before coming into the team with even DTS implying he would murder Yuki.

Guy is and always was mediocre, he just had Toto running PR for him to make everyone think he was the next big thing and so many people bought it.

I'm enjoying watching the French do what they do best and publically blasting the entire team. It's only slightly less funny than the pearl clutching from redditors about how he's such a big meany by saying they're pissing money away and this is the shit they have to show for it.

Also this is Alonso's best start to a season in over a decade.

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Saw some news that stated that Marko wants to put Lawson or Iwasa in that AT seat should de Vries not deliver. I guess the Red Bull cadre needs a little thinning again
 
I predict two new drivers in AT next season. Helmut has been surprisingly tolerant of Yuki and de vries is fucking up at every opportunity. They have stability in the top team for the first time in a while but they need to plan for the future and neither AT driver is RBR material. Lawson in one of those seats is looking a strong bet and it could be one of a number of drivers for the other.

Add Sergeant to the list of drivers they were trying to talk up but turned out to be a dud (but then it was an obvious "we need a murican driver right now" move). Albon is absolutely decimating the guy. Williams have a somewhat midfield car this season and Albon is maximising that, at least in qualifying.

Piastri on the other had has been on a somewhat similar level to Norris all be it with mclaren fucking their car design hard.
 
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Piastri on the other had has been on a somewhat similar level to Norris all be it with mclaren fucking their car design hard.
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Given all the hoo-ha around getting Piastri into McLaren in 2023, I can't AT securing his services until 2025 at the earliest. Though if McLaren's 2024 car is as much of a shitbox as its last few cars, I don't think Piastri would have too many regrets if he moved on.
 
Drugo ain't happening. He made the mistake of signing as a third driver for a team that has the owner's son and a resurgent Alonso who is having a stupid amount of fun this season as their drivers. Good luck dislodging either of those.

Fitti ain't happening because he just ain't good.

Unfortunately the Brazillian racing pipeline dried out years ago.

I can see this season's silly season being really silly with the number of drivers just drowning this year and the likes of Ricciardo and Pourchaire (alpine drivers be nervous because the CEO is pissed and there is a young French driver avaliable) looking for a seat.
 
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Drugo ain't happening. He made the mistake of signing as a third driver for a team that has the owner's son and a resurgent Alonso who is having a stupid amount of fun this season as their drivers. Good luck dislodging either of those.
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I'm shocked at how much Alonso seems to be enjoying himself. ngl I thought he'd be past it when he joined Alpine in 2021, but he seems sharp as ever.

If the AM car was just a little bit better, he'd be giving Max and Checo a real scare. That's not an insult to AM; their 2023 cars are very good. It's just the gap between RBR and the rest of the grid is massive; much like the gap Mercedes enjoyed for so many years.

I get the feeling Alonso will be at AM for as long as he wants, unless he manages to upset one of the Strolls.
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Pourchaire (alpine drivers be nervous because the CEO is pissed and there is a young French driver avaliable) looking for a seat.
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Which driver does Alpine get rid of? Neither Gasly nor Ocon are anything special. Both of them are competent, but neither are WDC material.
 
Good to be back! Fucking dress wearing faggots can just fucking die, or be murdered. Don't matter which but getting tired of the crying and knocking the site offline. Bunch of mentally ill deviants.

One thing I don't get with Miami, why didn't Perez mirror Verstappen and start on Hards? I mean yeah he might have lost some places at start, but as Max showed, that was the winning call. He would have at least been on the M tires at end.

I also saw the start of the talk about Toto trying to get Williams to boot Sargent and put Mick in the seat. Not sure if it is just usual gossip at moment, but Merc does supply the engines to Williams so...

I also think we have a triple header in store, fingers crossed the Farms stay up so we can yak live during the upcoming races.

Missed the thread and the others I enjoy, knock wood we stay active for the next few races at least!
 
The retreat from rain globally has been annoying. F1 seems committed to waiting until it's at 'one or two laps on inters' status. All the US series have gone to a rolling half hour clock for red every time there's lightning vaguely nearby. Though NASCAR now does inters on ovals, which has been... interesting.
 
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