Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

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Not A Bunny said:
Not going to happen this year.

They might change the regs after a really unpopular WDC winner causes ratings to drop.
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which is who? the obvious favorites to bet on are antonelli and russell and both have massive armies of stans even though russell is an obnoxious br*tish asshole and antonelli is inconsistent. underdogs dont really stand a chance because merc is so far ahead again and imo the hopes for a mid season reg change to allow others to catch up are 100% copium
 
I'm surprisingly curious how this will turn out.
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Love the car, though. GT3 is one of the places Aston Martin gets it right.

Edit- Why is it always GT3 that attracts F1 drivers and not hypercars or prototypes? They're usually the slowest cars on track for multiclass events.
 
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Lapsus of the bepsus said:
which is who?
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I get the feeling that Russell is way less popular than most other drivers, in say, the top 10. He’s one of the reasons why I didn’t really hate a Lando win. He might be a douchebag but he’s hardly the driver I’d side-eye the most. Next to George, kid’s got the soul of a poet.

Plus, there’s the issue of relativity. Leclerc and Hamilton are each more popular than Kimi is. Rah, rah for the kid to win and be the youngest ever, and it might just make the Tifosi happy for an Italian to win if not one of their own, but Kimi is still probably a less exciting win than either Ferrari driver.

And, right or wrong, with Max falling out of the top slot, you’re going to get some “it’s their time” support for both Russell and Leclerc, and a lot of resentment if a younger guy takes the WDC before either gets a shot, and I guarantee there will be a lot of blustering about the new regs favoring younger drivers (Lindblad is apparently doing well because he didn’t have to unlearn an old model).

Point of this sperg being, popularity doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Colapinto has some pretty big stans, too. Doesn’t mean anything if sentiment for other drivers get in the way.
 
ForTheHoard said:
I'm surprisingly curious how this will turn out.
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Love the car, though. GT3 is one of the places Aston Martin gets it right.

Edit- Why is it always GT3 that attracts F1 drivers and not hypercars or prototypes? They're usually the slowest cars on track for multiclass events.
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Maybe because those cars offer the raw driving exprience? Hyper Cars are hybrid cars so maybe most don't want to change one electric car for another
 
ForTheHoard said:
Edit- Why is it always GT3 that attracts F1 drivers and not hypercars or prototypes? They're usually the slowest cars on track for multiclass events.
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GT3 is fairly low commitment, infinitely more available and far more "casual" so it's fairly easy for F1 guys to multiclass into one of those endurance events as their schedule permits. That isn't possible with something like LMH where there just physically aren't enough seats for VIP visitors and you aren't getting into those unless you're going to commit for an entire season, which instantly makes it a non-starter.
 
GP to mclaren

Say what you want about Zak, but the man wants to fucking win and continue to win. He finds holes and fixes them.

Also I wonder if he’s gonna be in max’s ear. What with a hypercar program now, imsa, and maybe a Indy 500 seat if max ever changes his mind
 

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skunt said:
there's rumours that GP has accepted an offer from mclaren to leave red bull at the end of the season, apparently to replace stella.

the max depression cycle continues.
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If GP knows that Max is leaving (and it's looking more likely anyway), GP isn't causing Max any grief by going elsewhere.

I'd even bet solid money that GP is probably top three of anyone Max isn't related to of knowing what Max's plans are.
 
Not A Bunny said:
If GP knows that Max is leaving (and it's looking more likely anyway), GP isn't causing Max any grief by going elsewhere.

I'd even bet solid money that GP is probably top three of anyone Max isn't related to of knowing what Max's plans are.
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It's quite unusual for a race engineer to leave a team unless (a) they're following their driver across to his new team, or (b) the driver and engineer don't get along. I can't see Max and GP falling out after 10 seasons of working together; if their relationship was strained, it would have been all over the F1 press ages ago.
Lundgoff said:
Also I wonder if he’s gonna be in max’s ear. What with a hypercar program now, imsa, and maybe a Indy 500 seat if max ever changes his mind
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Good point. Who's to say that GP will necessarily be a race engineer in McLaren's F1 team? We know that Nando is Fat Zak's golden boy, and there's no way Max will play second fiddle assuming Pastry gets yeeted to make way.
 
Pee Cola said:
It's quite unusual for a race engineer to leave a team unless (a) they're following their driver across to his new team, or (b) the driver and engineer don't get along. I can't see Max and GP falling out after 10 seasons of working together; if their relationship was strained, it would have been all over the F1 press ages ago.

Good point. Who's to say that GP will necessarily be a race engineer in McLaren's F1 team? We know that Nando is Fat Zak's golden boy, and there's no way Max will play second fiddle assuming Pastry gets yeeted to make way.
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Yeah if max wants the triple crown of racing McLaren offers that to him that the others don’t
 
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