Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

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If I had a nickel everytime Lando Norris lost a race win to Lewis Hamilton in changing conditions due to a lapse in strategy, I'd have two nickels, which isn't much, but it's weird that it's happened twice.
 
Another brilliant fucking strategy session by Ferrari......and then McLaren tried to out do Ferrari.
That's the thing that makes me MATI. McLaren finally got their shit together with the car and 2 great drivers. And who do they decide to emulate on strategy? Ferrari. JFC, I really like Stella, but he needs to make a decision on strategy. If you need driver input, ask Piastri and apply his decision on both cars. Even if they lost some time on the double stack it would've been better than running another lap on slicks in the rain...
 
That's the thing that makes me MATI. McLaren finally got their shit together with the car and 2 great drivers. And who do they decide to emulate on strategy? Ferrari. JFC, I really like Stella, but he needs to make a decision on strategy. If you need driver input, ask Piastri and apply his decision on both cars. Even if they lost some time on the double stack it would've been better than running another lap on slicks in the rain...
That tire call to Norris during the final laps of the race hinted at a team that has been knocked somewhat off-kilter by its recent success and is second guessing itself. I fully expect McLaren to outgrow its present retardation. In Ferrari it's become part of the team culture. Every time Leclerc exits the pits without horseshoes fitted to his axles is a small victory.
 
That tire call to Norris during the final laps of the race hinted at a team that has been knocked somewhat off-kilter by its recent success and is second guessing itself. I fully expect McLaren to outgrow its present retardation. In Ferrari it's become part of the team culture. Every time Leclerc exits the pits without horseshoes fitted to his axles is a small victory.
McLaren is stuck in the midfield mindset hard. They get greedy for the glory of leading the race for an extra lap rather than actually playing the strategy game to get race wins. Right now the MCL38 is arguably the best or joint best car on the grid, but they've thrown away multiple wins this season with shit strategy. They also need to STOP giving Norris options - he cannot pick tyres to save his life and has personally fucked himself out of three wins including last week by making shit tyre choices.
 
Red Bull revealed the RB17 track car at Goodwood.

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Designed by Newey. 1000 bhp from a V10 reving to 15000 rpm. Weighs 900 kg. Price is "just over $6 million". Only 50 will be made.

They claim it is 1 second a lap faster around Silverstone than this years red bull F1 car. Which if true shows how stupid F1 rules have gotten.

Of course the crazies are out on social media claiming it was some elaborate way for them to cheat in F1. Then they ignore you asking if the AMG1 was a way for merc to cheat at F1 too.
 
Red Bull revealed the RB17 track car at Goodwood.

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Designed by Newey. 1000 bhp from a V10 reving to 15000 rpm. Weighs 900 kg. Price is "just over $6 million". Only 50 will be made.

They claim it is 1 second a lap faster around Silverstone than this years red bull F1 car. Which if true shows how stupid F1 rules have gotten.

Of course the crazies are out on social media claiming it was some elaborate way for them to cheat in F1. Then they ignore you asking if the AMG1 was a way for merc to cheat at F1 too.
I watched the Top Gear interview with Adrian Newey about it. He gives really interesting insights about the design process, I recommend the watch. He seems to be very passionate about the project and it's interesting to see his thought process of building the car from the ground up.

 
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For whatever reason, I'm seeing some yaoi style edits of Max and Checo. Then you have Ham's fruity fashion streak, as well as that thing with Albon having a massive portrait of George in his cabin.

I'm just gonna assume everyone in F1 is gay.
There is a loud F1 "stan" minority consisting of either young girls or troons on Twitter that is trying to push fuckass "ships" of drivers. Art of Charles Leclerc and the better looking drivers are prevalent. If you see someone named after a driver / has a girl name + driver's number (16 means Leclerc, 44 Hambone, 63 Russell, etc etc) they are most likely a part of that gaggle.

The stuff among the drivers themselves are probably just them fucking about. Hamilton once received a framed copy of the infamous "Bottass" image from Bottas himself. You do not have to imagine what "Bottass" implies.

Bound to happen in a male dominated sport unfortunately.
 
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There is a loud F1 "stan" minority consisting of either young girls or troons on Twitter that is trying to push fuckass "ships" of drivers. Art of Charles Leclerc and the better looking drivers are prevalent. If you see someone named after a driver / has a girl name + driver's number (16 means Leclerc, 44 Hambone, 63 Russell, etc etc) they are most likely a part of that gaggle.

The stuff among the drivers themselves are probably just them fucking about. Hamilton once received a framed copy of the infamous "Bottass" image from Bottas himself. You do not have to imagine what "Bottass" implies.

Bound to happen in a male dominated sport unfortunately.
It's all actual women. Troons who follow F1 just care about whoever signals their corporate-approved virtues the hardest.
 
lol yeah right, I remember they made similar claims about the Valkyrie and that turned out to be complete bullshit.
That's because the Valkyrie is meant to rival LMH cars, not F1 cars. The real disappointment is the McLaren Solus GT which is only as fast as LMP2 car.

Also, I want to see Max drive the RB17 before I judge its pace. A bad driver can make even the fastest cars look slow.
 
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That's because the Valkyrie is meant to rival LMH cars, not F1 cars.
That came later, initially they really said it was going to be faster than an F1 car, then started massively walking that back as development progressed because it was all obviously PR bullshit meant to grab headlines and in reality it ended up being several seconds slower than a GTE car (which to be fair is still pretty impressive for a road car).

Thanks to Gabe Newell of all people, Aston Martin is entering the Valkyrie in LMH next year but its a full blown prototype based on the track only AMR Pro version, which only has the engine and headlights in common with the roadgoing Valkyrie.
 
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