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Certainly a better and more incidents race than AusGP. Yeah, Renault. man they best get on top of that engine shit damn quick. Both them and McLaren are going to lose places in the WCC from where they finished last year.
Still early days of course, but its going to be interesting to see how both "#2"s fare in China. Vettel needs to win to get back in the WDC, and if that don't happen needs to finish ahead of young Charles. He has been talking lately about F1 being more of a show than a sport and he might not stick around for the '21 overhaul. (If that even happens with all the politics and powerplays at work whenever any kind of rules or governance are trying to be agreed to). If he has that attitude or feeling, his head isn't fully in the game. He shouldn't be thinking about 2 years from now. Worry about that in the off-season. Either Charles got him rattled or he is losing interest or isn't truly gelled in with Ferrari, like MSC was. Whatever it is, he is driving shitty at the moment.
As for Bottas he got to stamp down on Lewis hard in China and show him Aus win wasn't just a one-off and he is going to be Nico 2016 the whole year. I hope he does as we need another intra-team battle to give Mercedes a headache to deal with. And if Lewis is headed to matching MSC in WDC, I'd like to see him have to fight like a dog to earn them. That would solidify him and not have some say just like Vettel's 4 WDC, had the best car. He's had a few easy WDCs and a few battles, so to see him tie MSC with the final two being like a 3 or 4 way fight up to last race and he comes out on top would be quite a way to tie the great Red Baron.
Red Bull. Honda. Still early to see how this is going to play out. I will be very interested to see how they do on that mammoth back straight in Shanghai. Its weird to hear old glass eye bitch about the aero on the car and not the engine for a change tho! Apparently they figured out issue during the 2 day test, so if they did so, than this should be a good opportunity to see the engines ranking in the top speed at the end of that straight. Think one of them will hit 350?
Gasly, I am still giving him benefit of doubt. Leclerc was shit in his first couple races with Sauber. Whether Gasly is just adjusting like Leclerc or he isn't good enough for RB, we will see. It will all play out, but I ain't ready to throw him to the wolves just yet. But he definitely needs to start finishing in top 6, preferably a time or two before Max thrown in. As for Jos' son (man, wonder what it was really like for Max growing up with that guy as his dad!) he is looking good and I hope the Honda is up there with the big 2. RB need to be right there with the 2 ahead and then we will have a 5, maybe 6 if Pierre comes through, fight for a bit. I remember back when Frentzen was in the mix up to the end for Jordan, 1999 I think?, if they finished a certain way the top 4 at end of year, or the race before the last of the year, would be within a few points of each other. Something like that. But it would be great to see by summer break top 4 or 5 separated by like 10 points. Pray to the gods that this is a prophecy boys and we have a season worth yakking on here about lads!
Dan and Nick, they'd be better of racing everyone on bicycles. At least they wouldn't break down. I was hoping Cyril's BS leading up to start of season was real. Nope! He looks like a seedy guy, should have not doubted my instincts! Like he said in the NF series, they are the largest car maker. Full stop. That don't mean your the best. If anything it shows something is very wrong in your F1 dept. I really hope, not just for the 4 drivers who use their hardware, but for the sake of having all 4 engines pretty much within spitting distance of each other, they don't have an inherent issue that can't be rectified until they bring in the updated engine, which is probably a good 4 races away at earliest. Get that engine fixed and start acting like a works constructor and not a team like Williams! I subbed in Hulkenburg in my F1 Fantasy picks this week and it was a roller coaster watching him miss Q1 (bad for my team), then get up to 6th!(serious points in store to extend my 1st place lead in my kid's BF's league) and then BANG! (my overall lead is less than week 1 now) and he was my turbo driver too.
Mid-field seems nicely packed up. I am liking Magnussen and Kimi so far, the rest for me are clumped together and no one else has stood out greatly, though Norris actually was great last race. Its just weird thinking McLaren has improved that much this year, but again early days. Will be a hoot to see McLaren finish ahead of Renault and they get cucked again by their customer team like they did every year they supplied RB. But yeah, mid-field has the prospect of best actual driver shining through since they are so close together. Kinda like 6 or 8 drivers on same team. I hope it stays tightly packed throughout the year as it will be a good way to see who is best drivers with mid-field teams and who should be driving in Indycar or another series.
I may actually go to Montreal in June, was just talking about it with my daughter's mom. She is going to a big tattoo fest up there and pretty sure its same weekend as GP, so I might go. I went to the CDN GP from 2000 to 2003. Here is a clip I shot from 2001. I took a fair amount of footage last 3 years I went. Check out the sound at the end of the first lap (about 5:00 in) as the V10s roar by! If I do decide to go, I won't need the earplugs I bet like I did for that race. Unbelievable the high pitch sound of the old V12 and V10 engines when they were at full song. I can see why so many complain about the sound! Anyway, that's some shit I have to offer to keep the discussion going. Feel free to sperg out similarly!
Still early days of course, but its going to be interesting to see how both "#2"s fare in China. Vettel needs to win to get back in the WDC, and if that don't happen needs to finish ahead of young Charles. He has been talking lately about F1 being more of a show than a sport and he might not stick around for the '21 overhaul. (If that even happens with all the politics and powerplays at work whenever any kind of rules or governance are trying to be agreed to). If he has that attitude or feeling, his head isn't fully in the game. He shouldn't be thinking about 2 years from now. Worry about that in the off-season. Either Charles got him rattled or he is losing interest or isn't truly gelled in with Ferrari, like MSC was. Whatever it is, he is driving shitty at the moment.
As for Bottas he got to stamp down on Lewis hard in China and show him Aus win wasn't just a one-off and he is going to be Nico 2016 the whole year. I hope he does as we need another intra-team battle to give Mercedes a headache to deal with. And if Lewis is headed to matching MSC in WDC, I'd like to see him have to fight like a dog to earn them. That would solidify him and not have some say just like Vettel's 4 WDC, had the best car. He's had a few easy WDCs and a few battles, so to see him tie MSC with the final two being like a 3 or 4 way fight up to last race and he comes out on top would be quite a way to tie the great Red Baron.
Red Bull. Honda. Still early to see how this is going to play out. I will be very interested to see how they do on that mammoth back straight in Shanghai. Its weird to hear old glass eye bitch about the aero on the car and not the engine for a change tho! Apparently they figured out issue during the 2 day test, so if they did so, than this should be a good opportunity to see the engines ranking in the top speed at the end of that straight. Think one of them will hit 350?
Gasly, I am still giving him benefit of doubt. Leclerc was shit in his first couple races with Sauber. Whether Gasly is just adjusting like Leclerc or he isn't good enough for RB, we will see. It will all play out, but I ain't ready to throw him to the wolves just yet. But he definitely needs to start finishing in top 6, preferably a time or two before Max thrown in. As for Jos' son (man, wonder what it was really like for Max growing up with that guy as his dad!) he is looking good and I hope the Honda is up there with the big 2. RB need to be right there with the 2 ahead and then we will have a 5, maybe 6 if Pierre comes through, fight for a bit. I remember back when Frentzen was in the mix up to the end for Jordan, 1999 I think?, if they finished a certain way the top 4 at end of year, or the race before the last of the year, would be within a few points of each other. Something like that. But it would be great to see by summer break top 4 or 5 separated by like 10 points. Pray to the gods that this is a prophecy boys and we have a season worth yakking on here about lads!
Dan and Nick, they'd be better of racing everyone on bicycles. At least they wouldn't break down. I was hoping Cyril's BS leading up to start of season was real. Nope! He looks like a seedy guy, should have not doubted my instincts! Like he said in the NF series, they are the largest car maker. Full stop. That don't mean your the best. If anything it shows something is very wrong in your F1 dept. I really hope, not just for the 4 drivers who use their hardware, but for the sake of having all 4 engines pretty much within spitting distance of each other, they don't have an inherent issue that can't be rectified until they bring in the updated engine, which is probably a good 4 races away at earliest. Get that engine fixed and start acting like a works constructor and not a team like Williams! I subbed in Hulkenburg in my F1 Fantasy picks this week and it was a roller coaster watching him miss Q1 (bad for my team), then get up to 6th!(serious points in store to extend my 1st place lead in my kid's BF's league) and then BANG! (my overall lead is less than week 1 now) and he was my turbo driver too.
Mid-field seems nicely packed up. I am liking Magnussen and Kimi so far, the rest for me are clumped together and no one else has stood out greatly, though Norris actually was great last race. Its just weird thinking McLaren has improved that much this year, but again early days. Will be a hoot to see McLaren finish ahead of Renault and they get cucked again by their customer team like they did every year they supplied RB. But yeah, mid-field has the prospect of best actual driver shining through since they are so close together. Kinda like 6 or 8 drivers on same team. I hope it stays tightly packed throughout the year as it will be a good way to see who is best drivers with mid-field teams and who should be driving in Indycar or another series.
I may actually go to Montreal in June, was just talking about it with my daughter's mom. She is going to a big tattoo fest up there and pretty sure its same weekend as GP, so I might go. I went to the CDN GP from 2000 to 2003. Here is a clip I shot from 2001. I took a fair amount of footage last 3 years I went. Check out the sound at the end of the first lap (about 5:00 in) as the V10s roar by! If I do decide to go, I won't need the earplugs I bet like I did for that race. Unbelievable the high pitch sound of the old V12 and V10 engines when they were at full song. I can see why so many complain about the sound! Anyway, that's some shit I have to offer to keep the discussion going. Feel free to sperg out similarly!
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