f1-games

[frozen thunder]

oh i realized lol it does look kinda like the ferrari

[floral apex]

update: i was happy with the gap we have to the rest of the grid so i chose to focus the entire last ATR period into research

Anyway next race is Abu Dhabi and this is the race that could make or break Antonelli's Sunwest career

Antonelli will lose his seat if:

• he loses both sprint and race
• he finishes the race 2 or more positions behind Max (eg. 3rd to 1st)
• he DNFs or finishes out of the points
• he fails to win the race

Antonelli will retain his seat if:

• he wins both sprint and race
• he wins the race but not the sprint
• he finishes the race 2 or more places ahead of Max

[midnight forge]

anyone able to help me get a quick achievement in f1 24?

[frozen thunder]

oh boy, that’s a lot of pressure

what if he does one but doesn’t do the other

[grave basin]

Did you ever get help?

[floral apex]

I really dont want to do this but this currently is the only way to move our drivers around by 2031
Max has a contract until his retirement with a $700 million buyout fee
Antonelli does have a contract to 2031 which stays should he perform in abu dhabi

[sleek shell]

Did y'all go net 0 in 2030 or na?

[midnight forge]

no

[grave basin]

Im willing to help when i get home which will be in a few hours or so if ur down but if u get someone else thats okay

[midnight forge]

how many hours approx?

[grave basin]

2 and a half i think

Possibly 3 im at my cousins

My mom is watching wicked of smth

[midnight forge]

should work.. dm me when you are available

[grave basin]

Will do

[midnight forge]

thanks in advance

[grave basin]

Of course

[floral apex]

nobody knows what the track temp is

[floral apex]

Max and Kimi going wheel to wheel in FP1
i like it

i will do everything up to the end of qualifying so that we can have everyone see where antonelli's career goes after the race

[agile slate]

Hey does anybody here have the 2024 mod for f1 23? If so I have two problems.
First some textures of some cars are not loading correctly.
Second, the calendar didn’t change (it could be cuz I did this mid season?)
Pls help guys

[floral apex]

and thats where ill call it for today
an exciting abu dhabi awaits tomorrow

[vague willow]

surprising q3 appearance

double

hulkenberg is cooking with 53% setup and 5 less rating than piastri

p8 points

[agile slate]

Anyone pls

[vague willow]

i'd recommend make a new save

usually you'd make a new save when adding new content

[vague willow]

i gave hulkenberg a mid season swap out

hes dnf'ed many races and hasn't been perforfming

ocon was a free agent so i took him for the rest of season

[agile slate]

Aight thanks

But you mean like making a new career mode?

[latent pewter]

Anyone wanna do f1 co op career on f1 24. The difficulty is gonna be 85 and we are starting at a low team and 16 races

[keen brook]

Germany car🔥

[keen brook]

championship fight after the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

[cunning sentinel]

im so bored someone help me

[frozen thunder]

haha i didn’t realize that

perhaps another plot point in my story

we are sponsored by AMG..

[quaint hare]

started a f1 24 career in williams. my first qualifying almost ended in desaster because gasl locked up and rejoined unsafely

[quaint hare]

bro wtf

Albon in a good p4 (because verstappen spun and blocked many others) and now hamilton spun into albon spinnign them both

Zhou dotd

verstappen sun in lap 11 and caused a blockage into t1

[steady tusk]

Okay so i left Ferrari after my first season in 2020 because i won the title, and i need to ask

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?

[keen brook]

Debris to Ferrari😭

Charles back to Alfa😭

[sleek shell]

Debrarris

[floral apex]

Debris/Leclerc swap

[quaint hare]

had the same exact thing happen

[floral apex]

in 2020 this probably wouldnt have been as funny considering performances back then
but now in 2025 its extremely funny because we know how good Ferrari became and how good of a half-season De Vries had

[floral apex]

oh nice new 2025 haas pun

[keen brook]

yes

[floral apex]

GR? nah, HR

[keen brook]

It's still a bit odd Stroll is in there.

[floral apex]

Stroll WDC

[keen brook]

In this 1st 2 races Stroll really was the lead Aston driver.

[floral apex]

lmao wot

sometime later today or tomorrow i'll get the abu dhabi race done

The race that could make or break Antonelli's 2031 contract

i mean someone's gotta move aside for our now-double F2 champion and i'm not paying $700 million for Max

[floral apex]

Yeah, us retaining Antonelli in 2030 means Abbi Pulling has won two F2 championships

[red wadi]

Romeo Pellegrini to race with 38 degree fever

How does this affect the 7 time champ in Canada?

Oh damn i’m at Spain not Canada

[floral apex]

pelley would be the type of guy to do this

[red wadi]

[floral apex]

Wrong race

[floral apex]

bros too used to typing canada lol

[red wadi]

Fr lol

[floral apex]

I wanted to check if any drivers have raced while sick and apparently george russell did a race with the flu
I tried searching that and i just got his belgium DSQ?!?!?!?

what does being DSQed for underweight have to do with the flu?!?

[red wadi]

Bro is a machine

[floral apex]

Why is kmag still there lol

By 2030 hes long gone in my save

[waxen girder]

Mark Webber raced with food poisoning once and threw up in his helmet

[floral apex]

I knew of that but i wanted to find a more recent example

[quaint hare]

yeah. He threw up on radio. It sounded more like he was being drowned rather than throwing up

[red wadi]

Bro is gaining without DRS🥶

[waxen girder]

IIRC
Norris had tonsillitis in 2022
Russell had flu in 2023
Sainz had stomach bug in 2024 which ended up becoming appendicitis
Loads of drivers got sick during the race in Qatar 2023, including ocon throwing up
Nigel Mansell also got sick in his helmet at one point

[floral apex]

in my 23 save its the opposite at some tracks
the AIs gain on me without DRS

[quaint hare]

and dont forget sargent retiring from qatar

[waxen girder]

That's called slipstream

[waxen girder]

Yes!

[quaint hare]

from his radio it sounded like he was ashamed of retiring

[floral apex]

Yeah i was trying to find russell's flu race in 2023 but the only results i got were his 2024 Belgium DSQ

[waxen girder]

He knew his time in F1 was coming to a close if he didn't do something magical

[waxen girder]

End of season 2023 if that helps

[keen brook]

I remember the one from Lando.

He couldn't even properly talk to his engineer.

That's how bad it was.

I also remember that starting dicussions about driver safety in regards of their health.

[quaint hare]

lawson in my team in f1 23 is insane

[floral apex]

Dam

[red wadi]

The Machine Does It
||Ngl this was the most intensive race i've done||

[floral apex]

lol two danes

[quaint hare]

anyway. New career with BMW

[red wadi]

K-MAG is like 38

[floral apex]

the pellegrini 8 tri-team livery also shows how much respect each team had for pelley
He won titles with Haas and Red Bull and had a relatively good time with them
He won titles with Merc and despite some beef, theyre still showing respect

Ferrari on the other hand really doesnt like the guy despite what he did with them

i wouldnt be surprised if ferrari cut romeo from their records

[red wadi]

Yeah, also he hasný won a title with HAAS yet

[floral apex]

i'm predicting the future

which is quite easy anyway cuz its pelley

[red wadi]

Same, i cooked some lore for what happened to his F100

[red wadi]

Ohh lol

[floral apex]

they repo'd it

[keen brook]

Definitely not me trying to figure out in which teams all the drivers with the million different blue tones are.

Like I see Lando and Stroll in Red Bull but then 3 different other blues.

[quaint hare]

ypu finally got a new nickname

[heavy shoal]

bro said finally like he doesnt change it every week

[keen brook]

well

[heavy shoal]

nah dont well me

[quaint hare]

i know. But he said he wanted to chabfe it a few days ago

[keen brook]

I still had the one for new year.

[floral apex]

for like 2 weeks after new year

[keen brook]

yeah

[red wadi]

Also I just recovered from a 38 degree fever, thats why this was the toughest 22 mins of my life

[floral apex]

i didnt know you were pellegrini

[red wadi]

🙏

[floral apex]

Toyothaas Haaszoo Rhaascing

triple the haas, triple the fun

I like how ive pretty much forced myself to replace antonelli by making max's buyout fee ridiculously high

[red wadi]

Oh yeahhh, the lore is gonna have a big alternate universe moment👀

[keen brook]

Well, you could let Abbi win the F2 title 3 more times.

Or whatever seasons Max has left in his contract.

[floral apex]

Sunwest Racing: Making F1 and F2 Boring

[keen brook]

Sunwest even dominates F2.

[floral apex]

I'm pretty sure the Brits would like to see another British world champion lol

and also i'd like to grab some female driver records before any other teams lol

[keen brook]

Well, Sasaki is a female driver, right?

[floral apex]

yeah but shes with aston martin

[keen brook]

Yeah, I know.

[floral apex]

which is solid midfield, maybe a bit lower

[keen brook]

So they already have the record of the 1st female driver in the modern era.

and the 1st one in that career save

[floral apex]

i wonder if logan sargeant is going to stay next season

or if hes gonna leave for the 4th time

[keen brook]

Well, to follow the pattern he would need to be out again.

[floral apex]

time for abi dhabu

esteban ocon planning to ruin kimi's career?!?!?

[quaint hare]

I picked number 73 for my bmw career because bmw was founded on the 7th of March

[sick wigeon]

I do, and those are the only titles I own

[floral apex]

hmmmm

[floral apex]

no way we got sub-1.9 stops

[quaint hare]

There should be like a super strict, ultra strict and hyper strict setting

Super Strict: immediate Penalty instead of warning. 2-5 seconds.
For major rule braking 10-30 second penalty

Ultra Strict: Instead of warning a 10-30 sec penalty and for majur rule breaking DSQ or 1 min penalty.

Hyper Strict: immediate disqualification by anything that would give you a warning or penalty

(also yes i took the names from the tires from 2018)

[floral apex]

time trial does have stricter corner cutting rules than career mode
slightly going over the line at Austria turn 9 instantly invaldiates your time

[quaint hare]

i know. But i mean like. Ever stricter

imagine online lobbies with Hyper Strict

[floral apex]

dirty drivers wondering why their attempts at being dirty instantly DSQ them

[quaint hare]

yeah

also in my BMW career i picked newcomer. But got the performance of a midfield challenger

imola was the season opener

okay im gonna simulate monaco

Full wet race

[floral apex]

best pit stop performance we've ever had this season

[quaint hare]

pov: the pit stop performance everyone expects redbull to do every time

[floral apex]

Red Bull didn't even make the top 10

[latent pewter]

Anyone wanna do f1 co op career on f1 24. The difficulty is gonna be 85 and we are starting at a low team and 16 races

[keen brook]

That's why he's the GOAT.

[quaint hare]

im planning on getting ocon in bmw in my career

[floral apex]

he ended up 20 seconds behind in third tho..

[keen brook]

oh nice

in a Haas

[quaint hare]

still a podium tho

[keen brook]

It's still a podium.

[floral apex]

he is absolutely carrying Haas rn

197 points to Gasly's 61

also i just noticed how there are ONLY 5 teams in the top 10

my finances are about to go down the ditch

[floral apex]

the haas haas been pretty good tho
ocon's been consistently in the points

[floral apex]

doing mexico now

[floral apex]

ive opted to take a grid penalty in mexico

[fallow breach]

well

i've waited a day to say this

leaving the leclercgate outcome on a cliffhanger

but wow.

[fallow breach]

DPM ends up opting for Bearman, their first choice, as Leclerc is released.

cue driver transfers.. Leclerc actually went to Sauber

then Zhou, being displaced, goes to Williams, as Albon goes to Red Bull and Vesti leaves the sport.

so summary with visual indicators for actual F1 teams:

Arthur Leclerc from DPM ->
Zhou Guanyu from ->
Alex Albon from ->
Frederik Vesti from -> free agency
Oliver Bearman from free agency -> DPM

all of this is mid season.

[fallow breach]

cue them still getting a 1-2 or double podium of some description

[floral apex]

lol leclerc actually went to sauber

albon back to red bull

[floral apex]

seems red bull actually made a sensible change here

[fallow breach]

vesti outdid any predictions btw, he got 43 points

43 in 8 isnt that bad

well, for red bull it is but yk

as a rookie, 43 in 8 isnt bad

albon outscored vesti before even taking his seat

entering hungary albon had accrued 49 in the williams now taken by zhou

[floral apex]

Arthur Leclerc boutta have the same career path as Charles

The DPM is basically equivalent to F2

[fallow breach]

but imagine charles leclerc ends up leaving for red bull or something to open up the seat for arthur

i was about to say i wonder who is gonna be p23 in a 22 car championship but then i remembered it can literally only be DP

[floral apex]

Charles probably never wants to take even a single glance at your team or cars after what they did to arthur

[fallow breach]

he's still pissed

sources say the FIA are investigating the events in the garage, looking to penalise him off-track

[floral apex]

ocon really is cooking in the Haas

holy crap ocon out of DRS range in the lead!

[fallow breach]

community service

[floral apex]

I was about to say Ocon was gaining on Piastri

And then Hauger showed up in his VCARB

[fallow breach]

in comes hauger

[fallow breach]

vcarb ahead of a red bull is crazy

[floral apex]

now Hauger is the one gaining

[fallow breach]

omg

[floral apex]

actually scrap that

Now ALBON is up there

the fight for the lead

And there goes any more chances at a fight as the safety car has been deployed

[fallow breach]

Hungary 2029 grid
TSU
NOR
PIA
VER
SAI
STR
ALB
LEC ()
ZHO
HAM
GAS
RUS
SAR
OCO
POU
BOS
COR
LEC ()
HUL
NIS
BEA
DP

[floral apex]

the top 10

[fallow breach]

aaand DP is out.

[fallow breach]

he got tipped into a spin by russell in the middle sector

[floral apex]

My pit crew knew what was up in abu dhabi

They cooked two 1.8s to get max and kimi fighting as quickly as possible

Sargeant gets 5 seconds for causing a collision

insane top 3

Red Bull 1-2-3

Lookin like 1950 alfa romeo

Verstappen makes it to the podium for the first time in 24 laps as the VSC is deployed

[fallow breach]

Oscar Piastri wins in Hungary, to cut the gap to 2nd place Verstappen down to 2 points. In the race, Russell was P2, then Norris, then Verstappen. Tsunoda falls to P5 from pole, then Sainz, Leclerc, Stroll, Albon and Hamilton. Zhou in his first blue-kitted race is P11, from Sargeant, Gasly, Ocon, Pourchaire, Hulkenberg, Cordeel, Leclerc, and Nissany. Boschung DNF, then Bearman finished, then DP didn't.

[floral apex]

Lawson is having an absolute stinker of a season

hauger actually has a solid lead under the VSC

[fallow breach]

you can't park there mate

hauger leading a gp by 2 seconds from Piastri in VCARB vs Red Bull is crazy

[floral apex]

Bruh the game didnt inform me the VSC was ending and it just suddenly ended

[fallow breach]

[floral apex]

also ocon is still in the top 5

[fallow breach]

vcarb in your world doing that meanwhile vcarb in dpmu are 15-16 merchants 😭

[floral apex]

guess whos fighting for the lead

[fallow breach]

oh yeah ollie bearman is currently classified p23 in the championship

i guess it makes sense

1 p21 vs 9 dnfs

[floral apex]

took us 37 laps but we're back to the podium

[fallow breach]

also i still find it funny how Leclerc went from DPM, probably the worst team in terms of racing AND driver treatment, to Sauber who are only marginally better in performance

Although at least when shit hits the fan in any drunk races, arthur has more chance to get the odd point

[fallow breach]

monaco 2028 was an anomaly

[floral apex]

ok we just suddenly cooked a 1.85

unfortunately

[fallow breach]

Who's going to get pole/win in Belgium? Albon is the most recent pole sitter here in his Williams in 2028. Now he's in a Red Bull. Can he go back to back years on pole in Belgium?

Btw you know what's wild?

That P3 for Lando in Hungary?

His lowest finish of 2029. Yes, he DNFed in Monaco and Spain, but those are DNFs.

Verstappen's been quite consistent too. One DNF in Austria (the DSQ), but 5 P4s, two P3s and a win

[fallow breach]

It is dry for both qualifying and the race.

[floral apex]

wow ive never seen this radio call before

[fallow breach]

nice!!

[fallow breach]

new call discovered

[floral apex]

i probably got this cuz max spent like 40 laps outside of first chasing everyone down

pit stop p9 letsgoooo

we could probably even take P8 if we keep cooking

[fallow breach]

interesting quali indeed.

Early and mid session, Albon was ahead of Max.

[floral apex]

i like how i accidentally manufactured 12 rear wings

[fallow breach]

Lewis mistimed final lap and everyone was coming out when he was going in

[floral apex]

so i never made another rear wing upgrade

[fallow breach]

Russell held prov pole going onto the rush of laps. Verstappen takes it, then Russell retakes, then Albon can't improve his position and gets dropped to P9, as Charles Leclerc beats them all to go up onto pole.

[fallow breach]

"Is this enough wings for you?"

[surreal cobalt]

Playing f1 2007 rn

Wait what

[fallow breach]

'when i asked for 12 wings i meant chicken wings not rear wings!'

[floral apex]

after i made the 12 rear wings i just... never made another rear wing upgrade again

[raven fern]

state of my 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix in Peugeot F1 Team:

• Current lap: 39/57
• Place: P2 → currently P5
• Pit Stops: 2/2
• Safety Cars: 1
• DNFs: 0
• Track Limit Warnings: 2
• Penalties: 0
  (i will play out the rest of the race tommorrow cuz 100% races are tiring fr)

[fallow breach]

End result: C. Leclerc on pole, then Russell, Verstappen, Norris, Tsunoda, Sainz, Pourchaire, Stroll, Albon, Piastri, Ocon, Zhou, Hamilton, Gasly, Sargeant, Cordeel, Nissany, Boschung, A. Leclerc, Hulkenberg, Bearman and DP.

[fallow breach]

big props to Pourchaire dragging a haas to p7

[raven fern]

if you want to know anything more then ask (i know probably no one cares cuz i started typing out of nowhere)

[floral apex]

it's official!

[fallow breach]

👀

[raven fern]

NO KIMIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[fallow breach]

Were there any female drivers before Pulling in your save?

[raven fern]

okay ima go to sleep cuz it's almost 1 a.m

cya

[floral apex]

Sachiko Sasaki for Aston Martin

[fallow breach]

Ah, right

[floral apex]

she joined in 2029 with Williams

[fallow breach]

Who will win around Spa-Francorchamps?

[floral apex]

not dp

[fallow breach]

Will Bearman suffer a similar fate to Leclerc?

also.. hilarious how Bearman would probably have still been in the Ferrari academy by the time he was signed to DPM

...so they mistreat the brother of a ferrari driver to the point said driver storms to the garage Schumi style.. and then after caving to Charles' demands, they steal a driver from Ferrari's academy??

[fallow breach]

the DPM-Ferrari beef isn't over i sense

[fallow breach]

was Martinez Pulling's engineer in F2?

[floral apex]

yea

[fallow breach]

makes sense then

[floral apex]

imagine if we just signed back antonelli after max retires

[fallow breach]

All that pressure for what??

anyway.. the five red lights are illuminated, and it's all systems go for the Belgian Grand Prix!

(testing out a different starting line to the iconic lights out and away we go)

DP crashes with Piastri at T1! , after VSC ends in late lap 1, DP tries to catch Gasly but runs offline and gets overtaken by Zhou, gets tipped into a spin by Nissany, and then crashes into the wall on the next lap!

piastri survived btw

Lando Norris leads a McLaren 1-2 in Belgium after early drama caused by DP, and late drama with a Tsunoda lap 36 crashout.

Piastri gets P2 with FL, then Verstappen, Russell, Sainz, C. Leclerc, Albon, Stroll, Hamilton and Gasly. Sargeant P11 from Ocon, Pourchaire, Boschung, Cordeel, Hulkenberg, A. Leclerc, Nissany, and Bearman. Tsunoda and Zhou DNF.

[floral apex]

3 more races and the 2030 season comes to a close

[keen brook]

Meanwhile I started a 3rd safe to still be not further than Monza 2026.

[floral apex]

bros gonna keep making saves just to avoid passing monza 2026

also have you seen we finally started cooking 1.8 second pit stops

[keen brook]

Yeah, I saw.

Sunwest finally scores points for pit stops as well.🔥

I think changing the pit stop plan at the start of the safe manually worked wonders.

[floral apex]

Potential P8 on the board

alpine just... became us? or something?

[keen brook]

Like fastest pit stop in Jeddah 2024 already is just mad.

Like when we had a 2.5 in Bahrain I thought already, oh, not bad, well, it even was decent.

[floral apex]

but tbf at that point even the ai teams have relatively slow pit stops

[keen brook]

Then we did another one in Jeddah and that was somehow the fastest pit stop.

yeah

[floral apex]

by the time we made it to the board in 2030, teams were already maxing out the stop times

[keen brook]

But I thought the fastest at the start were like 2.3.

Well, turned out they're 2.4/2.5.

[floral apex]

i wonder where kimi will go for 2031

now that hes a free agent

[fallow breach]

the abyss

[keen brook]

I mean in 2026 the fastest are already 1.9.

So I guess even 2028 they could be maxed out already.

[floral apex]

they only started maxing out in 2030 for me

lol i barely upgraded at all this season

also how did the grid end up spreading out so much

that end of season spread is significantly larger than at any other point in the season

(ignoring us obviously)

[keen brook]

Sunwest literally is so dominant, they can just do only research for next season.

To be then the following season even more dominant.

[floral apex]

we did so much more research than upgrades lol

we are NOT letting that huge reg change get the best of us

[keen brook]

I think I will now focus on the other saves though and leave the UK save for now.

[floral apex]

3 more races and then we can find out what kind of silly season 2031 brings us

we already know 2 of the transfers (Pulling and Pellegrini) but the rest are still waiting to be revealed

[keen brook]

I think it's time to go back to my initial My Team save.

I want to experience the times where things get more away from reality.

And the wacky stuff begins to happen with loads of F2 drivers being in F1, generated drivers joining the grid.

Well, not the low rated ones, actual generated drivers who progresses through F3 and F2 to F1.

But I also don't mind the low rated ones to cause some chaos.

[fallow breach]

i've set up a new my team career save btw where i own and drive for a team called Xenon. (Entirely revolves around one of the in game sponsors)

the official team listing is Xenon FPU because they run Ferrari power units

[frozen thunder]

wow our car is some hot garbage

i thought we’d be faster compared to last seasons car

we’ve still got the best of the bunch but i’m concerned how long that’s gonna last again

[floral apex]

Well
Its better than cold garbage

[fallow breach]

So i have three saves on the go: DPM, DPH GP (the first save i did which i pretty much abandoned) and now Xenon

[frozen thunder]

and if lewis and nico can even make do with the car

[keen brook]

Also I wanna see Gabi becoming the next Brazilian champion after Senna.

He is so dominant that there's actually no way he doesn't win it.

[floral apex]

i think gabi is becoming a champion in my save...

...in IndyCar

[frozen thunder]

40 mil payout from renault arigato gozaimasu

[fallow breach]

the owner/driver is still gonna be known as DP

xenon is more of a sim save than anything tbh

DP is 6th in the championship 2 races in, with a P3 in Bahrain and a P9 in Jeddah

(I set Xenon up as a champ contender team and put R&D dev to automated)

[floral apex]

so its a sim save but not as a backmarker

[fallow breach]

thats how the Xenon livery looks

slight difference in Xenon DP, he uses number 64

[floral apex]

At least charles wouldnt get mad if you signed arthur in this save

[fallow breach]

[floral apex]

in fact he might consider joining himself

[fallow breach]

xenon would probably find themselves beating ferrari yeah

[floral apex]

So is DP actually going to finish races in this save or

[fallow breach]

yeah

Xenon signed Theo Pourchaire for S1, and so far he's been really underperforming, P14 in Bahrain, P17 in Jeddah

also, DP's doing all these runs from P22 because he still doesnt do qualifying

[floral apex]

some things never change

[fallow breach]

least dp isnt the new Kevin Magnussen now tho

aggression is a little more tame perhaps

[floral apex]

but hes finishing the races

No DNF merchant DP

[keen brook]

DP: Qualis are overrated.

[fallow breach]

DP is on Gabriel Bortoleto's formula every race

[keen brook]

Every race from DP is Bortoleto's Monza feature race.

[fallow breach]

Xenon are 4th in R&D behind Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren in Australia

[floral apex]

DPX

or XDP

Windows XDP

[fallow breach]

if theo doesnt pull something together i might go for an ultimate poach at mid season

[floral apex]

Also

Why does this livery actually look epic

[keen brook]

a Poachaire

[fallow breach]

LOOK AT THE GAPS 🔥

[floral apex]

A poachaire

oh wow

Imagine if Abbi won the title in her first season with us

[fallow breach]

sainz has gapped oscar by 0.665s now

[keen brook]

That would be truly goated stuff.

[fallow breach]

If i go for the poach, who should i try for??

[floral apex]

hmmm pastry

maybe

[fallow breach]

ik its early days, like what, 9 gps away?

but hey

good to think in advance

[floral apex]

piastri or ocon

[keen brook]

Especially saving money for the time contract negotiations come.

And knowing how much needs to be left then.

[fallow breach]

pourchaire wtf are you doing

[floral apex]

"Good to think in advance"
Me: screw it i wait until the 20th race to do something

[fallow breach]

p18, 2.401 seconds behind

[floral apex]

Bros driving like hes at DPM

[fallow breach]

only beat bottas by 0.001

[keen brook]

wait

[fallow breach]

He's got Bottas, Zhou and Sargeant for company 💀

[keen brook]

That means Kimi will very likely end up as a free agent as other teams have signed their drivers already.😭

[fallow breach]

Norris ends up beating Piastri to P2, but 0.432 still separates him from Sainz.

[floral apex]

That would be the preferable option considering he has a good chance of beating us

[fallow breach]

Max Verstappen wins the Australian GP, Norris P2 and Leclerc P3. Pourchaire P15 and DP doesnt even finish 😭

but DP gets P20 classification as Hamilton and Sargeant DNFed before him

[keen brook]

lol

He still DNFs.

[floral apex]

the likely result of irl australia 24 if max's brake didnt die lol

i can finally post this

Its been sitting in my drawing app for weeks

[fallow breach]

xenon are P2 in the R&D going into Japan.

I might go back to DPM after i've done Japan in Xenon

WHAT.

look at this top 10 mid quali.

yeah this is a wet to dry quali

We could see some cooked times

Verstappen on pole, Russell P2.

Skip through a lot of the field, Tsunoda P9 +1.204, Ricciardo P10, +1.312. Magnussen P11, +1.861, Bottas P12, +1.934

Leclerc P13 + 9.531 (still on softs), Gasly P14 +10.723, Albon P15 +12.115, Hulkenberg P16 +12.331, Zhou P17, +12.388.

Inters here on down
Perez P18, +12.980. Ocon P19, +14.349, Pourchaire P20, +14.553, Sargeant P21, +15.655

Xenon P20-22

are you sure these upgrades are upgrading

[floral apex]

Why is pourchaire driving like hes at DPM

[fallow breach]

he finished p19 in the race 😭

[floral apex]

Pourchaire DPMing confirmed

But where did DP himself go

[fallow breach]

meanwhile DP who qualified behind him scored 4 points in P8 💀

[floral apex]

LMAO

[fallow breach]

Verstappen goes cleanly pole to win, Russell P2-2. Norris goes 5 to 3, Leclerc from 13 to 4, then Alonso, Sainz, Hamilton, DP, Piastri and Perez.

this is seemingly verstappen vs norris vs leclerc for the title

DP has more points than checo 💀

only 1 more

22 vs 21

the constructors is heated

Mclaren on 102, Ferrari on 101, Red Bull on 98

Merc in a world of their own in P4 with 60, then Aston on 24, Xenon on 22, and VCARB on 1

[floral apex]

DP founded his own team just to carry it

[fallow breach]

should i do china in xenon or monza in dpmu next?

[floral apex]

I feel like xenon is turning out to be more exciting

[fallow breach]

alr

we can revisit dpmu after s1 of xenon maybe?

[floral apex]

because dp can actually do stuff instead of taking half the grid out every race

[floral apex]

Sure

This one's the XDPU

the funny thing about you choosing xenon as your title sponsor/team is its also the one i chose for my own f1 23 myteam

[fallow breach]

DP64 >>> DP73

[fallow breach]

[floral apex]

theres gonna be a save where hes DP19, DP28, DP37, DP46, DP82 or DP91 (no 55 cuz thats Sainz)

do you see the pattern

[fallow breach]

dp55 isnt possible unless Sainz retires which i havent seen him do

But yeah

I see the pattern

i didn't even intend there to be a pattern 😭

[floral apex]

it was a somewhat unfortunate pattern route cuz all of the numbers are available... except 55

[fallow breach]

i picked 73 bc bro checks out every race, meanwhile 64 just bc it felt nice + its close to a compatriot (Russell)'s number

POURCHAIRE P10 IN THE SPRINT IN CHINA

of course he gets p10 the one time it isnt worth a point 💀

[floral apex]

Also almost every number is close to an existinf F1 driver number:

• 19 to Stroll's 18
• 28 to Hulkenberg's 27
• 37 to either Max's 33 or Ferrari Bearman's 38
• 46 to Hamilton's 44
• 73 to Bottas' 77
• 82 to Piastri's 81

[fallow breach]

Verstappen got pole for the sprint but DNFed along with Leclerc who qualified P4

Sargeant also DNFed after max and charles but like

yeah

Norris takes the first sprint win from Russell, Sainz, Piastri, Hamilton, Perez, Alonso and DP.

[floral apex]

DP knows how to score points

Pourchaire knows how to score points... in the wrong session

[fallow breach]

now Norris leads the title by 1 point over Max, 78 to 77

[floral apex]

The 2024 title fight that never happened

[fallow breach]

If Lando locked in a little earlier:

[floral apex]

i dont think lando locked in at all

[fallow breach]

time for GP qualifying in china

[floral apex]

Wait does F1 24 have the proper sprint schedule

[fallow breach]

yeah

[floral apex]

Well thats good

[fallow breach]

Verstappen captures pole in Shanghai, from Norris, Piastri and Sainz. Perez is P5, then Alonso, Hamilton, Leclerc, Russell and Pourchaire.

[floral apex]

F1 23 has a 2022-esque sprint schedule of FP1, Quali, FP2 💀, Sprint, Race

Cuz even tho they have end-of-seasom performance and Daniel Ricciardo, they didn't implement the real 2023 sprint schedule 💀

[fallow breach]

pourchaire actually qualifying top 10 for a gp?? revolutionary

[floral apex]

I was going to say "end of season lineups" but then i realized the only lineup change in 2023 was Ricciardo

[fallow breach]

i mean lawson had to sub in for daniel in the middle of the season but like it was daniel at the end of 2023 so yeah

[floral apex]

That was supersub Lawson, not Ricciardo-replacer Lawson

[fallow breach]

And in the Grand Prix, Verstappen wins from Leclerc, then Norris, Russell, Hamilton, Perez, DP, Piastri, Sainz and Alonso. Pourchaire dropped to P14

[fallow breach]

True

[floral apex]

of course pourchaire falls off

[fallow breach]

yeah of course

sainz took a 10 place penalty which promoted theo to p9 on the grid

[frozen thunder]

NO WAY

[fallow breach]

he dropped five spots not 4 💀

[frozen thunder]

WHAT THE FUCK LECLERC

[floral apex]

Bros the one becoming DP now

[frozen thunder]

IN FREE PRACTICE?

brooooo

how is that even possible

its free practice

the first session

[fallow breach]

damn charles got so pissed at dp he took a leaf out of his book

[floral apex]

Leclerc mistook you for other Ferraris

[frozen thunder]

my mcdonalds car ☹️

AND I HAD THE NEW SUSPENSIONS ON

DUDE

THEY'RE BOTH DESTROYED

[fallow breach]

NOOO

[frozen thunder]

yeap maximum penalties for leclerc

where fia big boss fernando

[floral apex]

Leclerc: what are these ripoff Ferraris? locks up and takes them out

[frozen thunder]

this'll be wonderful if we manage to get a 1-2

[fallow breach]

XDPU Miami 2024 time!

[frozen thunder]

HAHA

HAHA

[floral apex]

Some of yall get crazy crashes in your save

[frozen thunder]

i wish i didnt

it always happens in free practice for some reason

[floral apex]

Literally nothing happens to my drivers in my save

[frozen thunder]

never in races

[fallow breach]

Wet sprint quali 🔥🔥

[frozen thunder]

well not quite a 1-2 but lewis takes pole with nico starting in a solid 7th

[floral apex]

The last incident involving a Sunwest driver was Russell taking out Antonelli... in Japan which was like 15 weekends ago

[frozen thunder]

we can get a strong result

[fallow breach]

DP64 has engineered insanity on his car

[floral apex]

Meanwhile DP73 is the insanity

[fallow breach]

he sends others into insanity

he caused charles to become a next level version of mad max

i imagine there was a physical altercation like max and esteban in brazil that one time

[floral apex]

if you think about it, Russell ultimately cost Antonelli his seat

If he didnt take Kimi out in Japan he'd likely be en route to a title now

[keen brook]

Meanwhile I got a double DNF in Japan 2026 in my My Team save.

[fallow breach]

Pourchaire P16

[keen brook]

Checo taking out Ollie in Monaco 2026 in my Haas save

[fallow breach]

https://tenor.com/view/redheroes-ocon-verstappen-fight-verstappen-ocon-ocon-verstappen-gif-21379629

DP and Charles:

[floral apex]

arthur is bottas in that situation

i just noticed how in there Hartley turns around, see whats happening and goes "eh not my problem"

[keen brook]

same

[fallow breach]

Verstappen wins the sprint from Norris, Perez, Hamilton, Leclerc, Alonso, Piastri and Sainz. DP is P10, Pourchaire P14

what the hell is the drivers championship bro

Verstappen 111
Norris 100
Leclerc 82
Russell 61
Sainz 50
Piastri 43
Perez 38
Hamilton 37
DP 29
Alonso 27
Stroll 3
Tsunoda 1

[floral apex]

Wow DP is P9

[floral apex]

I think in this world there are in fact XDP fans

cuz they actually do stuff

And dont chill 10 seconds behind P20

[sleek shell]

[quaint hare]

Bottas

ai

is

dumb af

7 dnfs

IN QUALI

bc of this

oh.

6dnfs and 1 dsq

[floral apex]

"Ooh nice wall"

[quaint hare]

btw. I was on the other side of the track.

And valterri was hit after he hit the wall

[quaint hare]

got danny ric for the next season in bmw

Hulk retired

its always either hamilton, hulk or alonso who retires

Garbage driver moves

Ricciardo - BMW
Albon - Alpha
Pourchaire - Williams

Hulk- retired
Sargent - Haas
Lawson - Williams

[floral apex]

Albon really went back to the red bull junior team

[gilded island]

I’m getting sim racing setup soon

[supple trout]

nice

what equipment you gonna use

[pallid latch]

...

yea

[vague willow]

me when my save breaks

on the race targets screen it says just 0 and i cant click anything

softlocked

back to my day 1 save

[fallow breach]

for sure

Verstappen gets pole in Miami from Leclerc, Hamilton, Sainz, Alonso, Norris, Perez, Russell, Piastri and Ricciardo.

Pourchaire is P16

Lando took a grid penalty and started P16

But Max Verstappen comes from 9th on the grid after getting his own penalty, to the win. And it's a Red Bull 1-2 as Checo goes 4 to 2. Hamilton P3 then Norris, Leclerc, Piastri, Russell, Sainz, Stroll and Tsunoda.

DP DNF along with Alonso.

And Pourchaire was P15

[raven fern]

https://tenor.com/view/tweaking-wegeekinghard-blud-tiktok-animatronic-tweaking-gif-18331326635054461479

me fr

[fallow breach]

Xenon are now the top team heading into Imola.

DP is going to do a qualifying run 🤯

And it's pole position for DP, beating Verstappen by 1.641 seconds!

Hamilton is P3, from Sainz, Russell, Leclerc, Perez, Piastri, Alonso, Norris, then Pourchaire is P11.

While he can't make the win stick, he still clocks his best finish of the season in P2, behind Hamilton and ahead of Russell, then Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Norris, Piastri, Alonso and Pourchaire.

[fallow breach]

Quali in Monaco:
Verstappen pole, Leclerc P2, Lando P3, DP P4, Piastri P5, Russell, Perez, Hamilton, Sainz, Gasly, Hulkenberg, and then Ricciardo P12, and Theo Pourchaire P13.

Verstappen wins the Monaco GP. Russell P2, Leclerc P3, then DP, Sainz, Hamilton, Norris, Perez, Alonso and Piastri.

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Gabi

engine failure

mechanical issue for Gabi
gearbox failure

Gabi out of FP1

Cowell spun.

Hadjar light damage

Antonelli replaced Hamilton in FP1 at Ferrari, Cowell replaced Leclerc in FP1 at Red Bull and E. Fittipaldi replaced Russell in FP1 at Haas.

[keen brook]

Albon went wide.

mechanical issue for Alonso

severe issue

[frozen thunder]

44 on the mcdonalds car

[fallow breach]

ooh

[thorny sage]

Anyone wanna join a f1 24 club?

[keen brook]

Going into the qualifying, Ollie needs now his 4th gearbox.

Magnussen spun.

Sainz went wide.

Italy qualifying result of my My Team career

starting grid for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix

Strategies are for both .

It's lights out and away we go!

Magnussen light damage

Zhou locked up.

Magnussen severe damage

Magnussen out

Sargeant went wide.

Alonso light damage

1.888 for Gabi

mechanical issue for Albon

engine issue

2.089 for Ollie

mechanical issue for Gabi

ERS issue

The ERS needs to restart.

Gabi's ERS is restarted and the issue fixed.

Alonso spun.

[sleek shell]

Spunso

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Sargeant

mechanical issue for Albon

severe engine issue now

mechanical issue for Vesti

crash

Vesti locked up into Alonso.

Vesti gets a 5 second time penalty.

[fallow breach]

alonspin

[keen brook]

Vesti front wing change

mechanical issue for Albon

engine failure

Albon out

[keen brook]

Leclerc has a rear left puncture.

Stroll has a rear left puncture.

[quaint hare]

this boutta be a good race

imo best game would be: F1 23 Handling, F1 2020/2021 ai, f1 24 driver career, f1 21-24 my team career, and current settings, graphics and controls

and 2020 crash physics

[keen brook]

Gabriel Bortoleto wins the Italian Grand Prix! And it's even a 1-2!🥳

[quaint hare]

nice

[keen brook]

current championship standings

[quaint hare]

full wet race…

Alonso has pole

[fallow breach]

context, is alonso in a good car?

[quaint hare]

Yes

aston

which is like 1st or 3rd fastest

[keen brook]

Italy pit stops of my My Team career

current DHL fastest pit stop award standings

[fallow breach]

I'm at 2 different points in 2 different career saves.

one is going into Canada 2024 operating as Xenon FPU, a title contender in the top car on R&D but its drivers struggle with reliability (DP) and a skill issue (Pourchaire)

The other is going into Monza 2029 operating as DPM Pacifico and has not long had a major plot point that saw Charles Leclerc and DP have a literal altercation in the garage, which led to him DEMANDING DP to release his brother from the team, in turn sparking a mid season shuffle involving (Arthur) Leclerc, Zhou, Albon, the arrival of Bearman to DPM and the release of Vesti from Red Bull.

[keen brook]

I have 3 saves, 2 of them were at the same point until now.

[quaint hare]

there is so much rain i dont lose ers

so much rain. Taht there is a vsc

[fallow breach]

Damn

I don't think i've had any V/SC deployments or red flags for weather conditions

[quaint hare]

looked at replay. Nothing happened. No spins. No lockups. No contacts. Nothing

[keen brook]

Gabi's rating went up.

[quaint hare]

yeah its only for heavy rain and monsoon rain

[fallow breach]

theyve all been DP73 causing absolute chaos akin to online lobbies

[quaint hare]

again another vsc

a third vsc

[fallow breach]

imagine being such a crashout you cause the brother of your teammate to practically drag him away

[quaint hare]

mind you. Its lap 7

[keen brook]

Italy F2 feature race podium of my My Team career

[floral apex]

#chill-chat is such a meme right now

[keen brook]

yeah

current F2 championship standings

[floral apex]

14 willmaos
"you need grass in offseason"
7 more willmaos

[quaint hare]

red flag

and its dry now

[floral apex]

i dont think my guys like the new race engineer

[keen brook]

14 even

[floral apex]

oh it is 14 i miscounted

anyway it is time for american gambling city gp

followed by american cowboy city gp
and then brazil to close 2030

[keen brook]

final F3 championship standings

With that result Laurens van Hoepen is the 2026 Formula 3 champion!

[floral apex]

oh i just spotted pulling already in F3 there

[keen brook]

yeah

[floral apex]

barely anything happens in free practice for me
i get like one or two VSCs... across two full weekends on the higher end

abbi pulling 2031 hype train

brr cold

[keen brook]

damn

[keen brook]

The technical chief's rating went up.

[fallow breach]

what the hell even started the chain

[keen brook]

#chill-chat message this

[fallow breach]

ah right

[fallow breach]

I think i hit the nail on the head in terms of describing the saves

[floral apex]

abbis going to cook in the sunwesr

[fallow breach]

Canadian GP 2024 (XDPU, Xenon FPU)

Dry qualifying, wet race on the cards

Can Theo do something in the best car on the grid?

DP got a P1 and P4 in qualifying and P2 and 4 in the races in the last 2 rounds

[floral apex]

no

Pourchaire will uncook

[fallow breach]

DP goes P2, 0.049 behind Russell and 0.003 ahead of Hamilton, with 12 minutes to go in quali

He might need a second run later on

Meanwhile Theo is P15 💀

[floral apex]

he really did uncook

[fallow breach]

Norris goes up to pole, DP goes down to P3 and Theo down to P18, 10 minutes remain.

[floral apex]

At least DP only dropped one position

Theo dropped 3

[fallow breach]

bruh theo has been beaten by ZHOU GUANYU

He's p20 now, 5 minutes to go

[floral apex]

You definitely need a better option

[fallow breach]

Definitely

Hamilton goes up to P1, DP down to P4

0.442 to bridge on lap 2

He improves by 2 tenths, but it's only enough for P6!

Lewis Hamilton takes pole in Canada, from Norris, Verstappen, Russell, then Leclerc, DP, Sainz, Perez, Piastri and Alonso.

..at least Theo got up to P16?

[floral apex]

XDP can't reach the WCC if theo keeps driving like hes in the wrong save

[fallow breach]

still not called XDP but okay

i feel like it could be a good name

but like idk

[floral apex]

I just picked that acronym so that its recognizable as a DP save

[fallow breach]

we're already 170 points behind red bull, we're in 5th, and 121 behind the closest team ahead, mclaren in 4th

...at least we're ahead of aston?

[floral apex]

you'd be higher if theo pulled his own weight

[fallow breach]

oh for sure

lance is dragging fernando down too

5 points

better than theo's 1

[floral apex]

DP: my teammate is being very useless
Alonso: same

[fallow breach]

but nando can't deliver as much, he's on 31

aston as a team have 36*

[fallow breach]

bruh mclaren in 4th have basically triple our score

60 vs 181

Who will win the Canadian Grand Prix?

...🇳🇱

[floral apex]

Not DP Theo

[fallow breach]

Leclerc P2, Norris P3. Then Russell, Hamilton, DP, Sainz, Perez, Piastri and Alonso. Note, Checo took a 10 place grid penalty and still got back up to p8

Theo did gain places though, he went up... to P13.

credit where credit's due?

[floral apex]

"Not Theo" is the "Not DP" of this save

[fallow breach]

the french recession

[floral apex]

Max dominance go brrrr

oh look some marshals

[keen brook]

penalty poins after the 2026 Italian Grand Prix:
Hadjar 11
Magnussen 10
Bortoleto 7
Tsunoda 7
Zhou 7
Pourchaire 7
Hülkenberg 6
Sargeant 6
Hamilton 5
Russell 5
Gasly 5
Wenzel 5
Ricciardo 4
Norris 2
Pérez 2
Albon 2
Vesti 2 (+1)
Verstappen 1
Sainz 1
Ocon 1

[floral apex]

hadjar lol

[floral apex]

wait did hadjar's penalty point count not change at all since he left your team lol

[keen brook]

yes

He hasn't scored a single penalty point in 2026.

[floral apex]

bro drove cleaner outside your team than in your team

Time for las vegas

and of course we have ocon in the top 5

[keen brook]

championship fight after the 2026 Italian Grand Prix

[floral apex]

lol the flag board and the cars rear lights flash at the exact same frequency

[keen brook]

lol

[floral apex]

Lap 1 red flag amazing start

the amount of passes under drs is insane lmao

[latent pewter]

Anyone wanna do f1 co op career on f1 24. The difficulty is gonna be 85 and we are starting at a low team and 16 races

[exotic zinc]

Yo guys is this channel for f124?

[keen brook]

yes

as well as other F1 games

[exotic zinc]

Thanks ma bro

What you guys think about play f124 to Xbox controller

https://tenor.com/view/dog-joystick-funny-dog-xbox-funny-animals-gif-18411432

[floral apex]

ok bruh i have to restart the race cuz i accidentally went too far on the fuel

if nobody pits

yooo pit stop p8

[fallow breach]

running directly nose to tail is a little red flag

[floral apex]

wow rain

[fallow breach]

Full drivers championship in XDPU 2024 season after Canada:

1. Verstappen 187 (7W, 7P)
2. Norris 140 (1W, 5P)
3. Leclerc 137 (0W, 6P)
4. Russell 113 (0W, 3P)
5. Hamilton 95 (1W, 2P)
6. Sainz 80 (0W, 0P)
7. Perez 72 (0W, 1P)
8. [Xenon] DP 67 (0W, 2P)
9. Piastri 58 (0W, 1P)
10. Alonso 32 (0W, 0P)
11. Stroll 5
12. Tsunoda 2
13. [Xenon] Pourchaire 1
14. Ricciardo 0
15. Albon 0
16. Gasly 0
17. Ocon 0
18. Magnussen 0
19. Hulkenberg 0
20. Bottas 0
21. Zhou 0
22. Sargeant 0

[floral apex]

thats a lot of rain

[fallow breach]

??

it's spain, we aren't even that close to the mid season transfer window yet, bro's already announced retirement after canada

[fallow breach]

damn

Who will capture pole in Spain?

[floral apex]

bro just wants out

[fallow breach]

he's been having such a horrid season with vcarb

being beaten by pourchaire is making him want out

[floral apex]

lando really bottled the title fight like that

[fallow breach]

Can DP get back on pole like he was in Imola? That is the question.

[fallow breach]

oh yeah for sure, from a 1 point advantage after the sprint in china to now being 47 down

bro seriously

my first attempt at a lap, absolutely BLAZING first sector, then i dip a wheel into the grass and get tipped into a spin 😭

I'll finish the lap just to have a banker but damn

[floral apex]

grass really went screw you

[floral apex]

"congratulations you touched grass, now do a spin"

[fallow breach]

i think hes gonna need another lap tho

8.169 behind pole with a purple sector 1

thats some dpm kinda gap

only dpm could never fathom the idea of a purple sector

which is ironic bc purple is kinda their whole colour 😭

DP goes out onto a clear track. "Let's try this again."

And goes up into P1 by 7 tenths over Verstappen.

This time his sector 1 wasn't purple but everything else was

[floral apex]

at least he didnt touch grass during that

[fallow breach]

he was like a second down in sector 1 but as soon as he cleanly passed that corner it went up to like 7/8 seconds up

[floral apex]

"purple sector 1 but you touch grass"
"yellow sector 1 but purple lap"

[fallow breach]

yellow sector 1, yeah

im so confident im not going out for another lap

[floral apex]

in f1 23 it wouldve been a red sector confusingly enough

[fallow breach]

And indeed, no improvements seen up and down the grid. DP gets a second pole, this time a little less convincingly, but still Verstappen-esque quali dominance, +0.695 to max himself in p2

Mclaren second row, Piastri ahead of Lando.

Then Sainz, Russell, Perez, Leclerc, Hamilton, Alonso...

...Albon, Stroll, Gasly, Tsunoda- oh come on Theo what the hell

...Ocon, Magnussen, Ricciardo..

pourchaire

p18.

YOUR TEAMMATE IS ON POLE BY 7 TENTHS

HOW ARE YOU SEVEN HUNDREDTHS AHEAD OF A SAUBER

he needs to go.

checo levels of underperformance goddamn

[floral apex]

Yeah he uncooks every race

[lyric scaffold]

Our first win in f1

Kevin moves up to p3 in the wdc and haas continue to extend the gap to mercedes

[fallow breach]

bro is p18 in the fastest car 😭

Can DP finally claim a race win?

...no.

Max Verstappen takes an eighth victory of the season from Norris, Hamilton, Piastri and then DP. Alonso is P6, then Perez, Sainz, Albon and Stroll.

...at least theo climbed 2 spots again?

[floral apex]

Theo climbed 2 spots

meanwhile DP dropped from pole to P5 💀

[fallow breach]

At least he still scored double digit points

To be fair the people who passed him were in quite equal cars (Red Bull, Merc, McLaren)

[floral apex]

Theo needs to be checoed

Get lawson that would be a meme

[fallow breach]

i dont even think he deserves the false hope of a midseason extension 💀

[floral apex]

get arthur leclerc just so you can do a different storyline with charles

[fallow breach]

or maybe i take the punt for charles himself??

"Xenon's colours are a different shade of red.."

[floral apex]

You are definitely able to look for a top driver
just get a temporary replacement for theo like what colapinto was for williams

[fallow breach]

yeah for sure

get arthur in as an interim then try and sign charles

or i could go bigger

[floral apex]

Leclerc replaced by another Leclerc

[fallow breach]

dare i say a max verstappen shaped seat in a few years?

sunwest kinda dominance 💀

[floral apex]

woah we have so much pace

nah its just inters vs full wets

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THE TIMING ON THAT AND THEN YOU SENDING A SUNWEST SCREENSHOT

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Anyway, Max Verstappen wins the sprint at the Red Bull Ring, from Norris, Leclerc, DP, Piastri, Sainz, Perez and Hamilton.

Pourchaire qualified P10 and finished P11, and DP came up from skipping sprint qualifying to P4.

Means DP passes Checo for P7 and is 5 behind Sainz for P6.

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big asf american flag

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why is it so big

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you could get carlos sainz next season

or lando

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oh i forgot to mention

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No way scandinavian airlines in aston!!!!

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Wet GP qualifying in Austria 👀🔥

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wet

it peaked at 6.11 before rapidly dropping

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2-3 in q1 at imola so far

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all of a sudden wets are undesirable

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Early stages of quali in Austria, DP is P1 by 1.601s

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Who is sas actually

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Pourchaire is P11 of 13 to run

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Stroll goes up into P2, +1.399, Norris goes P2 after him, +0.192, Hamilton is +0.266 now in P3. Meanwhile Bottas is P7 in the Sauber 🔥

Still 10 minutes to go but damn

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bottas beating pourchaire in a sauber 🔥

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Q2 p2 and p7 our first double q2 this season

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It has now become dry. The rain has stopped and KMag was the first to set a dry time.

DP decides to go back out now.

All 3 purple sectors to go P1 by 3.2 seconds over Albon 🔥🔥

And after everyone else finishes the session, we have a kinda crazy timing split 🔥

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Dubs p2-p4 in imola quali

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DP is on pole by 1.954 seconds over Norris in P2.

Leclerc P3, +2.295, Hamilton P4 +2.333, Sainz P5 +2.395, Russell P6 +2.546.

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Bros cooking

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Magnussen P7 +2.917, Pourchaire P8 +2.982

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Lap 3 update

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At least not last for pourchaire 😭

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The top 14 set their best laps on softs, 15-22 on inters.

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Hulkenberg P9 +3.023, Ocon P10 +3.093, Bottas P11 +3.188, Albon P12 +3.221.

Full quali, obscuring DP's name by not including his row:

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Plottwist dp is actually danica patrick

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This is probably gonna be Theo's last race with Xenon though bc goddamn, 1 point in 11 races in the fastest car isnt gonna cut it 💀

If he doesn't get double digit points in Austria I'm definitely cutting him

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Oh max dnfed

Unrealistic

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Verstappen has 8 wins and 2 DNFs in the XDPU 😭

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😭

Sainz p4 in merc

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Granted, it's only been fastest since Imola, and it's been a close ordeal with Red Bull, Merc and McLaren, but still

Can DP get his first win now in Austria?

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Gio fucking crashed in t11

Fucksame

Sake*

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The answer is not quite.

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Russell annoyingly undercut us

LMAO RUSSELL DID EXACTLY WHAT LECLERC DID IN 2022 WHILE TRYING TO OVERTAKE SOMEONE

LIKE PINPOINT PERFECT

Vsc tsunoda crashed in t15 like he did in 2021

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how i'd probably commentate the end of the 2024 Austrian GP in XDPU:

"It was a wet ordeal in qualifying yesterday, which saw some big names in unfamiliar places, and this man was one of them, but now he will be able to look up and see the chequered flag - from 16th on the grid, Max Verstappen comes home to win the Austrian Grand Prix, to bring celebrations to the Red Bull team in their home race! He's chased home closely by the polesitter DP, who gains 18 more points for Xenon in a brilliant performance, and Lando Norris rounds out the podium in 3rd."

Behind the podium:
(Ocon P18, Zhou P19, Sargeant P20, Bottas DNF, Perez DNF)

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1 point 😭

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Gaps on the podium:
DP +1.750
Norris +4.149

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oh yeah i think its certainly curtains for Pourchaire 💀

quick couple of questions:

1. Should Pourchaire be axed from the Xenon team?
2. Who should his replacement be at mid-season if so?

he has two points in the top car now

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1 yes
2 sign bottas

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unfortunately at the moment team balance is only at 3.42m

they cant afford anyone more expensive than sargeant

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Shiiit

Sign some f2 driver

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Easieat thing in the world

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he'll run out of cookies

i almost typed

speaking of williams should i try and get logan?

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williamsao

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"Why do we have a bulk order of cookies in the expenses sheet?"
"Don't ask"

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idk what to do when it comes to driver situation

theo is 78 rated but nobody else i can afford is any better

i've changed the facility management back to me so i can save up on funds a bit

maybe i keep theo until the end of the 2024 season and then go for a good signing?

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"i made this deal..."

BRO I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED TO SIGN MAX EXCEPT THE CASH 😭

should i get pastor maldonado??

i really dont know what to do when it comes to driver market

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lawson's too expensice?

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should i give theo a second chance and see where he's at at the end of the season?

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Yeah id say retain theo and save up for a better driver for the postseason market

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liam isnt in the market i dont think

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oh

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i've got theo on a 1.12m salary

omg

going into the British gp sauber arent last on r&d

oh wait yeah they are

barely

bruh the r&d team is using up all our points

thats a good thing but still

look at it

Dry quali, wet race in Silverstone.

DP will have pole for the British Grand Prix, by 1.800 seconds over Russell, then Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Piastri and Alonso.

Pourchaire is P14.

Weekend to forget for the Xenon duo, as DP who managed qualifying brilliantly, gapping the field by nearly 2 seconds, cannot replicate in the race and drops to P8 in the wet.

But the beneficiary is not Verstappen! He falls off the podium, to P4. Instead, from P4 on the grid, it's Lando Norris who wins for the second time in the season. Russell, and the only other race winner, Hamilton, follow in P2 and 3. As previously mentioned, Verstappen is P4, then Perez, Sainz, Piastri, DP, Leclerc and Alonso.

Leclerc took a 10 place penalty before the GP so started P16

Pourchaire DNFs from P13, and Bottas DNFs from P19.

In Hungary, it's dry qualifying for a wet race once again.

DP captures pole by 0.674 from Alonso, then Verstappen and Hamilton. Pourchaire P13.

Can he hold on?

And the answer is unfortunately no.

...9th.

from pole..

😬

Verstappen takes a 10th win of the season, ahead of Alonso and Norris. Leclerc is P4 from Russell, Sainz, Piastri, Perez, DP and Stroll. Pourchaire ended up P14.

Now, to qualifying in Spa-Francorchamps.

Fully wet qualifying and possibly mixed condition race.

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bros a bigger bottler than lando

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ik 😭

i've been simming these races too so like what the sim says is final 😭😭

Full wets to begin qualifying, there might be an opportunity for inters later on.

Setting a full wet banker lap

4.3 seconds ahead of Max on the first lap in full wets.

Even some inter runners aren't bettering the mark.

everyone except me, ocon and bottas went on inters at the end

i mistimed it and didn't go out..

but still held on to pole by 1.141 over Verstappen 🔥

meanwhile theo is p21 😭

on inters. behind esteban ocon on full wets.

Although massive props to Alonso, P3 in the Aston

Checo P4, then Russell, Piastri, Norris, Hamilton, Leclerc and Sainz. Pierre Gasly also doing brilliantly to drag the Alpine to P11 🔥

dry start, wet end.

But can DP finally hold on to a lead?

4th pole of the season (iirc)

It will be Max Verstappen who wins the Belgian Grand Prix, for an 11th race win of the season! DP comes home second for the third time this season, and Carlos Sainz fills out the podium!

Hamilton P4, Alonso P5, then Leclerc, Piastri, Stroll, and Tsunoda.

Might call it a night there for F124

We'll see in a little bit

Pourchaire was P14.

wait, theo can gain more than 3 places?

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oh my god what

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Perez and Norris end up DNFing

Norris retired lap 31, Perez on lap 33

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ikr

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gasly with a HUGE hot lap!

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verstappen reference? 33.734

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Interesting vehicle performance chart in R&D

i'll do one more race