f1-games

[keen brook]

Then there was an issue with fitting on the rear left tire at Bottas' pit stop.

[floral apex]

canada was interesting
4 pit stops in total and none of them were a 1.8

[keen brook]

Then Ocon had an engine failure, taking him out of the race.

Then Pourchaire had a gearbox failure, taking him out of the race.

[floral apex]

"im gonna watch this pit stop"
pourchaire: nah ima engine failure

[keen brook]

And then there was an issue with removing the front right tire at Sargeant's pit stop.

Gabi's win in Mexico to clinch the wdc and wcc

[floral apex]

alternate caption: our WDC and WCC win in Mexico

[keen brook]

oh, right

[sudden compass]

How can i drive without this help (F1 24)

[sudden compass]

Can you help?

[floral apex]

i opted to sim SQ2 and SQ3

[fallow breach]

In the settings there'll be a section called assists, it's the dynamic racing line

Next it's Austria. Sprint round.

[floral apex]

I have mine set to corners only, partly because im on keyboard

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Remind me what you said for your prediction

[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

[fallow breach]

For Austria

FP1 (sole practice) is wet so only 8 drivers set a lap time as it would be unrepresentative of the weekend (dry)

It's Piastri P1, then Alonso 0.335 back, Stroll, Ocon, Hulkenberg, Hauger, Magnussen and Zhou who did have laps.

Sprint Qualifying time.

[floral apex]

Xenon 1-6 for quali and 1-3 for race

screw the sprint

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Run 1, DP had his wing broken and is P14, Piastri is P5, 5 minutes to go.

[floral apex]

how does one achieve that in quali

[fallow breach]

Hulkenberg wouldnt cede track position

DP gets up to sprint pole, and Piastri improves to P4.

DP has sprint pole from Norris, Alonso and Piastri. Then Perez, Albon, Russell and Verstappen.

[fallow breach]

interesting how we're both on sprints

im about to start a sprint you've just finished one

[floral apex]

yooo Pelley went P9

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Talking about Miami sprint, i remember DP got a 5 place grid penalty on top of only qualifying P6, but recovered for the full 8

[floral apex]

P9 is Pelley's highest result ever so far

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"6 laps in the Austrian sun to sort out an ordeal for 8 points. Who will it be? We're about to find out as the lights come on... And we're off sprinting to the first turn!"

[floral apex]

that last line sounds like something a marathon announcer would say

[vague willow]

I don’t know why everyone uses this

[floral apex]

because its willmao

[vague willow]

Ah

[fallow breach]

DP wins the sprint by 10.1 seconds over Norris. Piastri is P3, then Alonso, Albon, Russell, Perez and Verstappen.

"This track may be called the Red Bull Ring, but Xenon have been pretty clearly the team to beat on this Sprint Saturday, just as they have been since they claimed their first victory in Japan. As he rounds the final turn, it will be another sprint win for DP, to help in the chase towards his teammate for the championship lead."

[floral apex]

traffic is our worst enemy

[fallow breach]

damnnn

[floral apex]

Abbi goes P13

[fallow breach]

verstappen esque comeback incoming

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1-4 to 1-3 in the sprint. Can they replicate or go better in the GP?

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Classic DP. goes wide into the gravel in sector 2 on run 1.. still sets it purple, still goes provisional P1 by a second.

Currently DP P1 from Norris, Verstappen, Alonso and then Piastri.

Norris finds 4 tenths on his second lap to stay P2, and Piastri climbs to P3. 3 minutes to go.

Piastri among the first of the front runners to go on an out lap.

DP will go on a second lap for safety, however he might just hold on.

He keeps it straight and true in sector 2, but loses two of his 7 tenths gained headed to the final corner. However, DP takes the pole marker further away, to claim it by 1.2 seconds over Norris. Then it's Piastri P3, then Verstappen, Alonso, Hamilton, Albon, Russell, Leclerc and Perez.

DP is 26 points down on Piastri in the championship. If a China situation happens again (DP wins with FL, Piastri DNF) DP would take the lead on tiebreak.

Any alterations to the prediction now we see the 1-3 qualifying?

[sudden compass]

I need play to get that settings, right?

[fallow breach]

I'm not sure. What mode are you playing?

[sudden compass]

?

Mode?

[sudden compass]

What you want to say with mode

[fallow breach]

You know the main menu interface?

[sudden compass]

Yes

What happen

[fallow breach]

Which one of the options from that are you playing?

[sudden compass]

Oh okey

[fallow breach]

i think you can access them in any mode tho

You can find the assists in the settings through the main interface so

(Any of the menu bars in-game, or just the main interface) -> Settings -> Assists -> Dynamic Racing Line

[sudden compass]

But there are 3 things, Colorblind mode, driving assistance and flashback notification

No more

[sudden compass]

I havent that

[fallow breach]

Theres different settings filters

[floral apex]

make sure you're on expert settings filter

[sudden compass]

Ohh ok

[floral apex]

i dont know why ea even has that feature but its a thing

[sudden compass]

Okey

[fallow breach]

^

[sudden compass]

Literaly is my first day playing f1 24

[floral apex]

thats fine

[sudden compass]

I buyed it today

[fallow breach]

All good, no worries 🙂

[sudden compass]

And is the best game

[fallow breach]

I've only been playing like a month myself

[sudden compass]

Well

[floral apex]

by lap 4 abbi has already climbed to P10

[fallow breach]

Returning to the career mode then, can DP take the championship lead? Or at the very least, can he move further away from Alonso?

"It's time to find out, as the five lights are on... and the race in Austria is underway!"

[sudden compass]

But i dont see that setting

[sudden compass]

@fallow breach

I dont see dynamic racing line

Im in specialist settings

[floral apex]

you need it at expert

[sudden compass]

How

I need be more like Alonso?

More profesional?

[floral apex]

you need to press the button it says to change the setting filter

[sudden compass]

Bruh i done

[fallow breach]

DP fell from P1 to P11 after colliding with Norris, managed to make it back to P5 by the time he pits.

[sudden compass]

Theres say, casual, standard , specialist

No more

Only that filters

[sudden compass]

There isnt expert

[floral apex]

I found this on the EA website

[sudden compass]

Oh there is

Bro why dificult to me to found it

Really the problem is bcs im spanish

Like alonso

[sleek shell]

[floral apex]

i forgot to swtich modes

from P13 to the win

[fallow breach]

bro what did i say

pulling has really been pulling those results out the hat

[floral apex]

bruh

fking aston martin

[fallow breach]

I haven't even thought of this somehow, should i use DP's age as my age + (number of seasons - 1)?

[floral apex]

we didnt pit that race because it was too close at the front to safely make a stop

[fallow breach]

if so DP won those 5 races in a row in s1 at the age of 16

[floral apex]

might need to change that math

[fallow breach]

?

[floral apex]

bro founded a strong team and won races at 16 lmao

does dp come from a rich family or what

or did his parents start the team just to get their son into F1

[fallow breach]

bro the lore on that 😭 exemption on the superlicence law to get himself into the pinnacle of motorsport at 16?! winning 5 in a row at that age? being right in the mix for a championship at 18?

bro might be the next verstappen

[floral apex]

keep in mind Verstappen was 17 when he entered F1

[fallow breach]

yep

and even that made the fia change the rules

to make it so 18 is the minimum

[floral apex]

people gon accuse DP's parents of starting a team just to get their 16-year old son into the sport

[fallow breach]

path into f1 is like stroll but the performance is like verstappen

[fallow breach]

DP was running the team at 16

AND racing

[floral apex]

what kinda fia bribery happened here

[fallow breach]

this is hypothetically speaking if we go ahead and let that be the case

[keen brook]

yes

controversy🔥

[floral apex]

this is some insane reddawn-esque lore lmao

[fallow breach]

all stemming from the fact i'm 16 myself

none of this stuff would be half as crazy as it is if i were an adult rn

[floral apex]

maybe you should add 1 to the age instead of subtracting 1 lmao

that would make it a pint more realistic

WDC Update
Vesti and Pellegrini are P21 and P22 with 0 points respectively

WCC Update
Mercedes is P11 with 0 points

Abbi is outperforming Max by quite a bit right now

[fallow breach]

lemme slightly rephrase it. Add 1 to the seasons in the age equation. Make it actual age + (seasons + 1)

[floral apex]

I like how P2 to P9 in my WDC just looks like a 2025 grid

[fallow breach]

little bit bold to say albon and sainz would be that high tho, same for bearman and ocon

Let's set DP's age to 16 + (seasons + 1)

Makes him 20 in s3

so its settled

[floral apex]

Thats a lot better lmal

A lot more realistic

[fallow breach]

"It has been a brilliant drive in Spielberg for the 20 year old, who has seemed in full control for the vast majority of the weekend. Sprint pole, sprint victory, Grand Prix pole, and while it hasn't been exactly smooth sailing for the Xenon driver in this race, DP comes out of the final corner to win the Austrian Grand Prix, sealing a maximum weekend. His closest competitor in Lando Norris will be a while behind him, but having fended off Oscar Piastri in a fierce battle that has lasted from race start, through the pit window, he takes second place, and Oscar Piastri will take his sixth podium in a row, for third place."

[keen brook]

Oh, I just realized another thing.

The next race is Sao Paulo.

So Gabi goes into his home race as the next Brazilian and youngest ever champion.

[fallow breach]

55 point weekend for the Xenon team.

[floral apex]

new logo

this is what it would look like if we scrapped the red from our logo

[fallow breach]

DP stats after the race:
Poles: 39 -> 40
Wins: 12 -> 13
Podiums: 23 -> 24
FLs: 49
Times sharing podium with teammate: 4 -> 5

still not the best conversion stat

hey, at least it's over a quarter of poles converted

[floral apex]

i mean its one way to celebrate

to be with your home crowd

Does he get to do a showrun lap in a senna car

[fallow breach]

Championships post Austria:

Drivers:
[Xe] Piastri 172 (2W, 8P)
[Xe] DP 157 (4W, 5P)
Norris 134 (2W, 5P)
Alonso 124 (1W, 4P)
Verstappen 116 (1W, 4P)

Constructors:
[Xe] 329 (6W, 13P)
258 (3W, 9P)
183 (1W, 6P)
147 (0W, 1P)
107

[floral apex]

not only is it a possible WDC and WCC for Xenon

Its even a 1-2

[fallow breach]

and DP has a good chance to become the youngest champion by like 3 years

question to be begged though, does DP54 have a different age to DP73?

yk what, that horrendous bribery has a perfect place in DP73 lore

[floral apex]

how old even is DP73

[fallow breach]

exactly

we havent talked about it

[floral apex]

yeah he drives like a 10 year old

[fallow breach]

and besides, DPM already bribed the FIA for full exclusion previously

so ultimate bribery in entering and running an f1 team fits in perfectly

[floral apex]

i bet DP's car specifically isnt even certified to race

[fallow breach]

rental kart in an f1 championship

[floral apex]

tbh considering the pace of the DPM i dont think either car is certified to race

[fallow breach]

yeah, the championship double and the 1-2 in WDC

what is this, red bull 2023? oh wait theres 4 non xenon wins in the first 10

contract window is after Silverstone in this season

will we see any midseason transfers

[floral apex]

for xenon its no question at all

[fallow breach]

hard decision incoming whether to keep Piastri

[floral apex]

should we keep piastri
i mean he leads the title and has several race wins but he could definitely do better

[fallow breach]

i mean he only has 2 compared to dp's 4 wins

[floral apex]

max get over here we're signing you

[fallow breach]

and he's finished 3rd twice in a row now up to austria smh

a driver better than him? well i never

no obviously we keep oscar

championship charge is truly on

[fallow breach]

oh wait red bull are high bidders we only have 20 mil in the bank nvm

[floral apex]

we joke now but this conversation was fully serious like last season

[fallow breach]

yeah fr

the signing team were genuinely mulling it over

[floral apex]

Signing and keeping oscar was the best gamble you've done

for the first time ever we're not going to put a sponsor on the back of the DRS flap
cuz like how are we meant to put something back here

[fallow breach]

Xenon garage, December 8th 2025:

"What should we do? I mean, Oscar has been decent for us. But we have a lot of cash in the bank, maybe we could shoot for Max."
"Piastri started out lacking a little, but he's come of form. I mean look at Spa, look at COTA. we can build. We'd probably need to spend a season building Max as a Xenon driver - that delays our title hopes a season."
"Yeah, you're right."
signs Oscar Piastri for S3

[floral apex]

Antonelli struggled to even take the championship lead for me

We bring in Abbi and she's led the championship the whole season so far

[fallow breach]

oh, and if mclaren have 'papaya rules' as their team order thing, what would Xenon's be?

see, that was your solution the whole time! you needed a woman!

[floral apex]

why does that sound so weird lmao

[fallow breach]

true though

[fallow breach]

coming back to this...?

[floral apex]

whats your teams color

[fallow breach]

like a dark red

[floral apex]

crimson rules wait that should be my thing

[fallow breach]

i was thinking crimson but idk. maybe we should be a little more creative with the naming than "___ rules"

crimson cutout?

doesnt sound right

not really assignable to a stance on position swaps

anyway, FP1 in Silverstone is wet. Only Russell, Sargeant, Hulkenberg, Fittipaldi and Hauger put laps up.

[floral apex]

I was thinking of a reference to xenon the element

[fallow breach]

Not really representative as the quali and gp are dry

Oh yeahh thats a good idea

[floral apex]

Xenon comes from the greek Xenos which means foreigner, stranger or guest

that doesnt work

[fallow breach]

btw the car colours werent selected based on anything representing the element

[fallow breach]

FP2, Piastri is P4, top of the medium runners, 0.141 seconds ahead of Alonso on the same compound, and just 0.699 behind Norris who topped FP2 on softs.

[fallow breach]

Albon was P2 ahead of Verstappen

[floral apex]

all bon

[fallow breach]

we dont necessarily need a "papaya rules" esque thing for our team orders stuff

Piastri tops FP3!

Norris is 0.045 behind

that is insane

[floral apex]

damn the mclaren bois back together

[fallow breach]

could there be a slight possibility for a xenon front row lockout???

[floral apex]

hopefully

[fallow breach]

imagine oscar outqualifies DP

almost definitely not gonna happen

but imagine

Provisional 1-3 after some contenders had run. By the end, it's a 1-7, DP on pole, Piastri getting beaten by Alonso, Verstappen, the Mercs (Russell ahead of Hamilton) and Albon.

Leclerc is P8, Perez is P9, Sainz is P10, and Norris only P11!

Who will win the British Grand Prix in 2026?

probably DP

14 laps around Silverstone.

i just realised this is DP's home race since he races under the british flag

couldve run the welsh flag but i decided the british flag for DP

[floral apex]

that sounds like DC being scottish but driving under a british flag

[fallow breach]

Lights out and away we go! It's as you were for the top 5, Piastri overtakes Albon, Perez gets the better of Leclerc, and Stroll jumps Sainz and Norris!

Lap 3, Russell gets by Verstappen for P3.

Take that back, Verstappen keeps P3.

Leclerc has got back ahead of Perez.

The battle rages on through lap 4, Russell is past Verstappen again, Perez is past Leclerc again.

[floral apex]

wheres oscah

[fallow breach]

Still P6

DP pits on lap 7, Alonso having pitted one lap earlier. Verstappen, Hamilton and Albon also pit, Russell doesn't, so Piastri moves up to P2 on the road.

pausing the race for a little to do something

been relatively consistent

Piastri had a good first stint, climbing 1 position and keeping it.

DP made a few mistakes in his stint but he kept the lead the whole time, led Alonso by like 4 seconds when he pitted

[floral apex]

@keen brook potential scam here, its in all channels

[fallow breach]

DP comes out P5, ahead of Alonso. A Magnussen shaped buffer

[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

[fallow breach]

At present, the on track order is as follows: Russell, Piastri, Perez and Sainz, having not pitted. Then it's DP after a pit stop, then Magnussen who hasn't pitted, then Alonso, Verstappen, Albon and Hamilton.

Lap 9. Everyone has pitted now, it's DP then Alonso, then Russell, Piastri, Verstappen, Albon, Hamilton, Sainz and Norris. So Oscar managed to jump Verstappen and Hamilton

[floral apex]

Wow

1-2 incoming?!?!?!?

[fallow breach]

I mean, onto lap 10, Piastri has just passed Russell, it's about 5 seconds to bridge to get to Fernando.

Its 4 laps remaining (10, 11, 12 and 13)

The gap is still pretty stagnant, 5.3 on lap 11

I think its another 1-3

"It's been an incredible drive once again, he did the double in Austria, and here in Silverstone DP wins by a landslide 10 seconds over Fernando Alonso. Piastri comes through for third position, to step on the podium for the seventh time in a row, the ninth time on the season, and to hold the Driver’s Championship lead by now just 4 points over his teammate."

other commentator:

"It's been brilliance on the home turf for DP, as he comes through the final couple of corners, to convert pole number 41 into win number 14! DP wins the British Grand Prix!"

Result:
DP, then Alonso, Piastri, Russell, Verstappen, Albon, Norris, Hamilton, Perez and Sainz.

[floral apex]

DP has a 34.1% pole/win conversion rate

[fallow breach]

Championships:

Drivers:
[Xe] Piastri 187
[Xe] DP 183
Alonso 142
Norris 140
Verstappen 126

Constructors:
[Xe] 370
282
195
163
115

[floral apex]

max is carrying red bull ofc

[fallow breach]

checo is p9 with 69 (nice) points

[floral apex]

He has like half of max's points

[fallow breach]

54.76%

lemme work out that stat for all teams that have scored points rq

[floral apex]

like these charts i made for the 2024 irl season

[fallow breach]

Piastri for Xenon has 50.54% (187/370)
Alonso for McLaren has 50.35% (142/282)
Verstappen for Red Bull has 64.62% (126/195)
Russell for Mercedes has 55.83% (91/163)
Albon for Aston Martin has 92.17% (106/115)
Sainz for Ferrari has 59.55% (53/89)
Tsunoda for Williams has 100% (6/6)
Ocon for Alpine has 60% (3/5)
Hauger for Haas has 100% (2/2)

Xenon are definitely keeping Piastri

[fallow breach]

Yeah

Interesting how Red Bull and Aston have similar charts despite having very different point totals

No driver transfers going into Hungary.

Any predictions?

Piastri is P4 in FP1.

P9 in FP2.

Piastri P4 and DP P8 in FP3.

I'm gonna do quali but i won't have time for the race

Norris has pole, then DP, then Piastri, Alonso, Albon, Leclerc, Perez, Verstappen, Russell and Hamilton.

[rigid plover]

guys

is there any way to save the old f1 2020 liveries in playstation

[robust mortar]

might have had a goated race strategy

f1 2020

[upbeat mortar]

No verstamen

Verstapen

[fallow breach]

I believe that's a driver career mode save where the player has replaced a driver (here its verstappen)

[fallow breach]

Time for the race.

It's dry to begin the 18 lap contest, but as time goes on the clouds will come in, and towards the end light rain will begin to fall.

Nobody changed their drivers in the window leading up to Hungary, but will the stagnation in driver lineups prove to be the right choice?

It's lights out and away we go at the Hungaroring!

[fallow breach]

Lap 8, Lando Norris somehow got into DRS range so i shut the door on him when he goes for an overtake, he goes off and out. SC then red flag.

Got off scot free bc I didn't cause it

I just made a fine move and Lando came to a stop subsequently. Actually, looking at it, Norris is P10 and in the race at the restart so idk

Anyway at the restart i'm in P1, then Leclerc, Piastri and Alonso.

Disregard - i'm restarting the session because that sequence was ridiculous. I slowed a little to let Oscar through, the controller wouldn't respond to my re-acceleration and turning motions, leading to me falling down to P6. then to make matters worse my wing actually got damaged meaning i ran wide and lost positions which the SC forced me to then cede.

So yeah, restarting.

[fallow breach]

If all goes well this should be the run i keep.

It's a Xenon 1-2 at the end of lap 1, DP then Piastri. Norris has once again bottled pole and fallen to P7.

[peak halo]

Hi can someone help me with setting up the game

I don’t see the go online on my left top corner of my steam

[fallow breach]

I'm not sure, sorry

[peak halo]

nvm

[fallow breach]

Lap 6, the standings:
DP leads, then Piastri, Alonso, Leclerc, Verstappen, Albon, Norris, Perez, Hamilton and Sainz.

[fallow breach]

"The Hungaroring has seen some intense battling between Piastri and Alonso, then Piastri and Leclerc, but up front, the 20 year old Xenon driver seals an almost perfect race once again, to take the chequered flag, to win the Hungarian Grand Prix, and take the lead of the World Championship! DP takes his sixth win of the season, from Fernando Alonso for McLaren. And it's been an intense fight between Leclerc and Piastri that has come all the way to the chequered flag, but it will be Oscar Piastri who comes home in third place, for an eighth podium in a row!"

Result: DP, Alonso, Piastri, Leclerc, Albon, Russell, Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton and Perez in the top 10.

Norris fell away from pole all the way to P8.

Championships:

Drivers:
[Xe] DP 209
[Xe] Piastri 202
Alonso 160
Norris 144
Verstappen 132

Constructors:
[Xe] 411
304
202
173
125

R&D going to Spa

how are mclaren ahead.

where did they get the last upgrade.

(because i assume thats their last upgrade..)

btw theres clearly very distinct groups there

[keen brook]

Special liveries work again without saving deleting the save, nice.

[primal drift]

start of season 3

[fallow breach]

Mixed conditions in quali, wet race.

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Oliver

gearbox issue

mechanical issue for Hadjar

severe issue

mechanical issue for Pourchaire

severe issue

mechanical issue for Gabi

engine failure

mechanical issue for Gabi

car on fire

Gabi out of FP

mechanical issue for Cowell

severe issue

mechanical issue for Vargas

severe issue

mechanical issue for Oliver

engine issue

mechanical issue for Oliver

[fallow breach]

Wet to dry. DP sets provisional pole early on from Albon. Alonso gets to P2 mid session, then comes the crossover. DP messes up a little on the soft lap in sector 2, but manages to make enough time back to take pole position in Belgium. So it's DP from Norris, Verstappen, Perez, Piastri, Alonso, Stroll, Tsunoda, Russell and Sainz. Hamilton P13, Leclerc P14, Albon P17.

[keen brook]

severe gearbox issue now

mechanical issue for Pourchaire

engine failure

mechanical issue for Pourchaire

Pourchaire out of FP

car on fire

[fallow breach]

Damn

[keen brook]

Another FP for Oliver, Beganovic replaced Zhou in FP at RB, Martí replaced Ocon in FP at McLaren, Vargas replaced Pérez in FP at McLaren and Cowell replaced Sainz in FP at Red Bull.

A Kick Sauber in P1 looks so wrong.

[fallow breach]

it really does

Belgian GP onto lap 3/11. It's been raining the whole time but none of the field are on inters. (This is the second time this has happened ) The top 7 are as they were off the grid, then Sainz is up into P8, Gasly's up to P10, Hamilton's up to P12 and Albon is P16.

[empty fulcrum]

ferrari downfall is kinda crazy

[keen brook]

wait

How is Mercedes decent in 2026?

[empty fulcrum]

antonelli

[keen brook]

Mercedes always has a downfall in 2026.

It's literally hardcoded.

[empty fulcrum]

this was ferraris lineup that season

[keen brook]

damn

Ferrari is cooked.

[empty fulcrum]

only a bit cursed

[keen brook]

These transfers are crazy.

bloody Tommy Smith in F1

Nikita Bedrin

[empty fulcrum]

there was lindblad also but he did decent

[keen brook]

Lando at Kick Sauber

[empty fulcrum]

they got rid of tommy smith for 2027

[empty fulcrum]

2 seasons also

[fallow breach]

Antonelli to Williams, 2015 toro rosso lineup reunited at vcarb, STROLL AT RED BULL, Piastri in Alpine , Lawson and O'Ward at Merc??

[empty fulcrum]

lando in kick sauber

[fallow breach]

yeah ik thats insane as well

Voisin in F1 (good for him)

[empty fulcrum]

o'ward will be champion frfr

[fallow breach]

Doohan at Ferrari tho??

[empty fulcrum]

ocon too

[fallow breach]

and Ocon?.

[keen brook]

Estie Bestie at Ferrari🔥

[empty fulcrum]

i had tommy smith at ferrari for 2 seasons

[fallow breach]

damn theyre desperate to improve from what they had

[fallow breach]

thats wild

[empty fulcrum]

based on all the transfers, eventually sophia floersch will be in mclaren

[fallow breach]

My current grid (2026, in F1 24) is:
My own driver (DP)/Piastri at Xenon (my team)
Verstappen/Perez at Red Bull
Alonso/Norris at McLaren (alonso won the title in 2025 with them)
Sainz/Leclerc at Ferrari (who are mid now)
Hamilton/Russell at Mercedes
Gasly/Ocon at Alpine
Tsunoda/Sargeant at Williams
Albon/Stroll at Aston Martin
Zhou/Magnussen at Sauber
Hulkenberg/Pourchaire at VCARB
Hauger/Fittipaldi at Haas

[empty fulcrum]

I had Sargeant and checo in Mercedes in season 9 lol

[keen brook]

Albon locked up.

almost into Pérez

Vesti locked up.

[fallow breach]

DP wins the Belgian Grand Prix, it's 4 Grand Prix wins in a row for the 20 year old, and he opens up a 23 point lead in the World Championship. Norris is 2nd, from Verstappen, Perez, Piastri, Alonso, Sainz, Russell, Hamilton and Leclerc.

[fallow breach]

(I am not 20 IRL but i decided the driver lore would make more sense if he was a little older than i actually am)

[keen brook]

Sao Paulo Sprint qualifying result of my My Team career

[fallow breach]

Championships after Belgium:

Drivers:
[Xe] DP 235
[Xe] Piastri 212
Alonso 168
Norris 162
Verstappen 147

Constructors:
[Xe] 447
330
229
179
125

[keen brook]

starting grid for the 2026 Sao Paulo Sprint

Strategies are for both .

[worn bane]

Ferrari F138 at Spa (Assetto Corsa)

[keen brook]

It's lights out and away we go!

[empty fulcrum]

we got verstappen and doohan title fight

[empty fulcrum]

bortoleto 3rd

[keen brook]

Magnussen went wide.

Gabi locked up.

[empty fulcrum]

just did bahrain and jeddah

[keen brook]

thankfully no damage on the car

But he's now down to 14th.

[empty fulcrum]

haas 10th 😦

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Hamilton

engine issue

mechanical issue for Pérez

severe ERS issue

mechanical issue for Alonso

ERS issue

[fallow breach]

Who will capture pole at Zandvoort? Red Bull have brought upgrades and are on paper level with Xenon.

[keen brook]

Stroll locked up.

mechanical issue for Hadjar

crash

Vesti and Ollie

Vesti gets a 5 second time penalty.

Ollie has a rear left puncture.

light chassis damage, terminal front wing damage, light rear wing damage and light suspension damage

8.379 for Ollie

front wing change

New strategy for Ollie is .

Russell spun.

mechanical issue for Tsunoda

severe gearbox issue

Sao Paulo Sprint result of my My Team career

This Sprint was just a pure disaster.

[fallow breach]

bro where the hell do mclaren find the time?! Piastri outqualified me but he's P3 behind those damn McLarens. 0.438 and 0.623 behind Norris is ridiculous.

I was wringing the neck out of that Xenon. first lap i mess up the final sector, second lap i blitz sector 1 and half of sector 2 so it sends me off to the grass even though i'm turning?! anyway i get sector 3 better and went up to P2 behind Oscar, but obviously the mclarens just have to be overpowered and gap us by 2 or 4 tenths to Piastri and 4 or 6 to me.

[quaint hare]

i overtook th esafety car when i said safety car in this lap and now its stuck behind me until it goes into the pits. Tgis gives me a huge advantage

[fallow breach]

bro once when i tried to overtake the safety car when i was told to it broke my front wing 😭

i just know this race start is gonna annoy the hell out of me

i'm in p5, it's zandvoort

[keen brook]

Hamilton spun.

Sargeant went wide.

Stroll locked up into the wall.

severe damage

Ollie went wide.

thankfully no damage on the car

Sao Paulo qualifying result of my My Team career

[fallow breach]

i have tried to take the start 13 times in the last half an hour. All of them i've been tipped into a spin, had my front wing broken going for an overtake, or something else has gone wrong.

[keen brook]

damn

starting grid for the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix

Strategies are for both .

It's lights out and away we go!

Pérez locked up.

mechanical issue for Bottas

ERS issue

mechanical issue for Hadjar

severe issue

Hamilton locked up.

almost into Gasly

mechanical issue for Hamilton

severe issue

Magnussen spun.

mechanical issue for Albon

mechanical issue for Bottas

severe ERS issue now

New strategies are for both .

2.215 for Gabi

1.943 for Ollie

mechanical issue for Hadjar

crash

[fallow breach]

eventually the race goes well (in that i got through lap 1)

Lap 8 DP, Norris and Verstappen pit from P1, P2 and P3. Piastri pitted from P3 on lap 7 which is why Max was P3.

[keen brook]

Bottas spun into Vesti.

Bottas gets a 5 second time penalty.

[fallow breach]

scrap that. wing damage on pit exit.

it was going so well 😔

all because of pierre gasly

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Albon

engine issue

[fallow breach]

theres some chance tho..
Safety car bc my wing is completely gone. If i can make it back to the pits and change the wing it'll come good... if i can keep the wing.

i wish i could say i had some confidence.. i don't.

I'm P13, not many laps to make it back

and i just know im gonna break the wing or get unfairly spun

"It has been a wild race in Zandvoort, but as he rounds the final corner, it will be a return to the top, for the first time since Monaco, Lando Norris takes the chequered flag to win the Dutch Grand Prix! Verstappen will be second on home turf, and Oscar Piastri salvages a podium for the Xenon team in third place."

So it's Norris, Verstappen, Piastri, then Sainz, Perez, Albon, DP, Alonso, Leclerc and Hamilton.

Championships:

DRIVERS
[Xe] DP 242
[Xe] Piastri 227
Norris 187
Alonso 172
Verstappen 165

CONSTRUCTORS
[Xe] 469
359
257
180
133

[keen brook]

Albon spun.

Pérez spun.

Gabi spun.

thankfully no damage on the car

mechanical issue for Vesti

mechanical issue for Albon

severe engine issue now

mechanical issue for Ocon

gearbox issue

New strategies are for both .

2.047 for Gabi

1.982 for Ollie

mechanical issue for Hadjar

[fallow breach]

Next race is Italy.

[floral apex]

italia

[fallow breach]

i took the lead from osc

now 15 points is my gap

any qual/race predictions?

[fallow breach]

indeed

[keen brook]

Sao Paulo race result of my My Team career

current championship standings

[fallow breach]

Piastri P3, 0.875 behind Norris who topped the session.

That is ridiculous.

Not to mention completely unfair how they have that upgrade they've had in since Spa

At least we're still two tenths clear of the Red Bulls?

[keen brook]

Sao Paulo pit stops of my My Team career

current DHL fastest pit stop award standings

[fallow breach]

Where will the grid shake out at the Temple of Speed?

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT PROVISIONAL TOP 4?!

wow.

Not strange names

Just insane timing gaps

Norris has provisional pole by 0.008 seconds over DP. Then Alonso 0.067 behind Norris, then Piastri 0.732 behind.

DP finds an improvement of 0.580 seconds to go to pole position. Norris is 0.572 behind DP without an improvement. Alonso is P3, Piastri is 4th. Verstappen P5, then Leclerc, Albon, Perez, Russell and Sainz.

Dry contest means it's a straight battle. 13 laps around the Monza circuit to decide the victor. Will it be a Xenon, will it be a McLaren, or will someone else steal the spotlight?

Lap 3. DP leads from Norris, then Piastri, Leclerc, Alonso, Albon, Hamilton, Russell, Sainz and Perez. (Max took a 5 place grid penalty in Monza so he started P10, currently is P11)

Alonso is having car troubles and Albon gets through! DP, Norris and Leclerc pit meaning Piastri takes the on track lead.

It seems Alonso is actually coming to a stop, he's falling all the way back, P16 as it stands where i've paused in the pit.

Alonso fell back to P20 but has recovered to P14.

"The battle for P3 has been raging between Piastri and Leclerc for most of this race, meanwhile it's been all cruise control for DP up front, who comes out of the Parabolica for the final time to take an eighth race win of the season! DP wins the Italian Grand Prix!"

(i think its 8 anyway)

So DP wins, Norris is P2, then Piastri, Leclerc, Albon, Verstappen, Russell, Hamilton, Perez and Sainz.

Championships after Monza (15/24):

Drivers:
[Xe] DP 268
[Xe] Piastri 242
Norris 205
Verstappen 173
Alonso 172

Constructors:
[Xe] 510
377
267
190
143

Next up it's Baku.

DP focused FP1 and FP2 on getting resources to increase the store, we currently have 27,440. Now having done that, DP goes trackside to see how Oscar is performing in practice.

FP3 in particular

Piastri is P9 in FP3, but i need to talk about the top few. DAMN.

Pérez tops FP3 by 0.001 over Albon. Alonso is a further 0.005 behind.

DP has a fault with DRS on his quali lap. However, he still gets pole by 2.3 seconds over Norris.

Albon is P3 then Alonso, Piastri, Russell, Verstappen, Hamilton, Sainz and Stroll.

From what i can tell, Pourchaire uses the number 78 btw (thats the number on his VCARB)

[fallow breach]

im trying to decide if i keep this for baku

This was my most recent attempt. I lost my wing at the castle, "i am stupid" style, and then crashed trying to control the car later on the lap and.. thats the result it gave.

im thinking whether to keep it or not

[keen brook]

penalty points after the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix:
Hadjar 11
Magnussen 10
Zhou 9
Bortoleto 7
Tsunoda 7
Pourchaire 7
Hülkenberg 6
Sargeant 6
Hamilton 5
Russell 5
Gasly 5
Wenzel 5
Albon 4
Ricciardo 4
Bottas 4 (+1)
Vesti 4 (+1)
Norris 2
Pérez 2
Verstappen 1
Sainz 1
Bearman 1
Ocon 1

[fallow breach]

hadjar perpetually on the brink of a ban

[keen brook]

yeah

I don't know what it is with Bottas and Vesti collecting penalty points recently.

Like 5 races ago both had 0.

[fallow breach]

Any thoughts, do i keep this result or not.

on one hand it's hilarious
but it doesnt really help Xenon's title hopes

'Title hopes' when we led by 133 points going into baku

[keen brook]

Then I think it's fine to keep it.

[fallow breach]

i've just realised DP has exactly double albon's points

[fallow breach]

Only thing in the mix is the distinct lack of realism

Aside from Alonso and Leclerc, everyone is out of place

Sainz winning in a middling car? Tsunoda podiuming in the Williams? Hauger top 5 in the haas? VCARB GETTING 20 POINTS? Magnussen P8 in the Sauber?

Lando is P21, Albon is P20, Russell is P18, Verstappen is P17

[primal drift]

keeps things varied though

[fallow breach]

full constructors title after Baku:
[Xe] 510
395
267
190
162
143
22
20
12
12
4

Xenon still have a comfortable lead

Guess Baku was just a backmarker's dream this time

Top 10 drivers this time:
[Xe] DP 268 (8W, 9P)
[Xe] Piastri 242 (2W, 12P)
Norris 205 (3W, 8P)
Alonso 190 (1W, 7P)
Verstappen 173 (1W, 6P)
Albon 134 (0W, 0P)
Russell 109 (0W, 0P)
Sainz 97 (1W, 2P)
Perez 94 (0W, 2P)
Hamilton 81 (0W, 1P)

that means with 8 rounds to go, DP's DNFs hold him back as he cannot usurp Verstappen's figure for most wins in a season.

[fallow breach]

DP gets pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, from Alonso, Norris and Piastri.

Albon, Verstappen, Perez, Hamilton, Russell and Sainz round the top 10 out.

[polar siren]

How is VR on here?

[fallow breach]

Wet to dry GP in Singapore.

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Ollie

severe engine issue

mechanical issue for Ocon

severe issue

[fallow breach]

DP retires from the lead after completely messing up the pit entry, having ruined his wing to the point of Safety Car deployment on the in lap.

Charles Leclerc wins the Singapore Grand Prix, from Lance Stroll and then Alonso. Piastri follows to salvage some gain of points for Xenon from the ruined probable 1-2. After that, it's Theo Pourchaire from the back of the grid to P5, with fastest lap. Sainz is P6, then Albon, Verstappen, Tsunoda and Hauger.

Constructors Standings post Singapore (17/24)
[Xe] 522
410
271
195
190
167
31
24
13
12
4

two unpredictable gps in a row has made this season kinda fire ngl

Drivers top 5:
[Xe] DP 268
[Xe] Piastri 254
Norris 205
Alonso 205
Verstappen 177

Singapore was a bit more tame than Baku in terms of unpredictability, but i mean, both the back row scored points, and the top 2 qualified outside the top 10 so.. 🔥

my only thought is "why couldnt theo have been that good for Xenon"

[keen brook]

Cowell replaced Sainz in FP1 at Red Bull and Iwasa replaced Hülkenberg in FP1 at Williams.

mechanical issue for Ollie

gearbox failure

[floral apex]

E

[keen brook]

That's what the yellow flag was for in FP1 after everyone crossed the line lol.

[fallow breach]

hello canada

[keen brook]

I just saw on the minimap Ollie's dot stopping on the track.

I thought it was fuel.

But it was a gearbox failure in the exact moment the session ended lol.

season

[fallow breach]

definitely not the end of the season yet

[keen brook]

Who doesn't know Las Vegas FP1 is the end of the season.

[fallow breach]

ikr

clearly they do a random practice session in vegas to practice for nothing and finish the season

[floral apex]

session: ends
bearman's gearbox: ima head out

[fallow breach]

Fernando Alonso announces second F1 retirement at the end of 2026 season
The McLaren driver has won three World Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2025, and has held talks with his agent and come to the conclusion it is time to hang up his helmet on the sport. Will he come back again? Likely not, as the 3-time champion is now 45 years old. He currently sits 4th in the World Championship and says he'll "look to end on a high".

[floral apex]

Looks like two things ended when the timer hit zero

[fallow breach]

Not entirely surprising but a major announcement in the scope of the championship.

i could have added to that 'article' how he was the driver selected to replace Piastri after Xenon pulled a high-profile snub, prised him from their grasp

Also, another one that has been known since Singapore actually:

Major Technical Regulation changes to take effect in 2027, FIA announce
These changes will impact the entire Chassis department, the Fuel Efficiency, ERS and Engine Power sections of the Powertrain department, and everything except the supplier upgrades in the Durability department.

[keen brook]

[fallow breach]

Next GP is the US Grand Prix. 18/24, a Sprint venue.

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Ollie

gearbox failure

Ollie out of FP2

[floral apex]

bearman's engime is not getting a break here

[fallow breach]

damn

what breaks more, bearman's engine or DP's front wing?

[floral apex]

Lemme guess: hes gonna get an ERS failure in FP3

[fallow breach]

Any predictions?

[floral apex]

DP top 3 in all 4 sessions
Piastri top 8 in all 4 sessions

[keen brook]

Wait, I'm confused.

So the voiceline in the replay from the mechanical issue says it's the engine and there's also coming out smoke.

But then the radio message says "terminal damage on the gearbox".

[fallow breach]

"all 4 sessions" being SQ, S, Q and GP?

[floral apex]

imagine if it was
replay: engine
radio: gearbox
actual: fatal ers failure

[floral apex]

yes

[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]

I looked into the recording and unfortunately when I looked into the damage screen, when I saw the terminal issue icon on the engine I didn't look onto ERS and gearbox.

So it also could've been another gearbox failure.

Because the gearbox I installed had like 4% so maybe that just went down to 0% which makes it instantly fail.

without any damage or issue to it

So I think it was just a coincident that the engine got right before a terminal issue.

Which doesn't brake down immediately.

but after a few laps

[fallow breach]

DP has sprint pole over Alonso, Norris, Albon, Piastri, Russell, Verstappen and Leclerc.

wonder if Pourchaire can score points 3 gps in a row btw, we'll have to see when the actual gp happens

[floral apex]

only now pourchaire scores points?!?!?

[fallow breach]

Pourchaire is P21 on the sprint grid

bro scored 11 of them in singapore

somehow

he's the lead vcarb in the championship

19 points to Hulkenberg's 12

[floral apex]

If only he did this at xenon

[fallow breach]

EXACTLY WHAT I SAID

maybe we wouldn't have needed to pull oscar out of mclaren

good thing we did though

bc we're 1-2 in the drivers championship and leading by 112 points in the constructors

[floral apex]

Pourchaire really waited until Piastri was good before he also decided to be good

[fallow breach]

tbh i think it was just drunk races in baku and singapore

have you seen the baku race result

[floral apex]

the fact that drunk races didnt help pourchaire at xenon

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Gabi

gearbox failure

[floral apex]

oh god not another one

[fallow breach]

how many mechanical failures dude

if bvbocon38 f1 team weren't in debt-

[floral apex]

Apparently one of my affiliates has "being replaced" as an issue

[fallow breach]

bro how the hell is checo still in red bull

12th. Behind Stroll.

On the grid for the sprint at COTA

[keen brook]

F1 24 driver market in a nutshell once again

[floral apex]

I think the funniest part about my 2030-31 season change was we got a design center fire just two days before the season change

just

how

[fallow breach]

telling that her attitude is unhappy

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Gabi
engine failure

[floral apex]

AND ANOTHER ONE

[fallow breach]

AGAIN?

[keen brook]

Gabi out of FP2

[fallow breach]

dj khaled:

[floral apex]

the bvbocon f1 team mentality: use the most cooked engines in free practice cuz who needs practice anyway

[keen brook]

After he crossed the line already.

Just that this time still a few cars haven't crossed the line.

[fallow breach]

damn theres one way to celebrate finishing a lap

[floral apex]

gabi celebrated that lap so hard his engine went

[keen brook]

So that's now 2 failures in 1 weekend that haven't even caused a VSC.

And haven't costed any tracktime at all.

[fallow breach]

5 laps in the sprint.

[floral apex]

Time for the imolia romania gp!

[fallow breach]

Any predictions (not necessarily just for xenon, in general)

[floral apex]

uh most of the grid finishes above p20 👍

[fallow breach]

checks out

[fallow breach]

heres a shocker, two of them don't though

[keen brook]

Well, it's the triple header that ends the season so now is the time to save components for the races and drive the rest down till they fail.

[floral apex]

thats why i said "most" of the grid

[fallow breach]

fair enough

[floral apex]

im pretty sure 20/22 qualifies as "most" lol

[fallow breach]

pourchaire is using the number 78 at vcarb

i havent seen hauger's or fittipaldi's

[keen brook]

Yep, I was correct.

It was the gearbox that failed for Ollie.

and not the engine

[fallow breach]

and i didn't see theo's when he was at Xenon

[floral apex]

doesnt his number just stay the same or is f1 24 weird in that sense as well

[keen brook]

Well, now there's only a single gearbox left for Ollie and that has 41%.

[fallow breach]

i haven't looked

[keen brook]

I think I need to buy a 6th one for the last 3 races.

[fallow breach]

"Lights are on for the sprint in Austin... and they're off up the hill to turn number 1!"

[floral apex]

i like how vcarb is "hah hau"

I think thats also one of the German affliates

[keen brook]

wait

The engine failed for Gabi as well.

[fallow breach]

BRUH

[floral apex]

just say the entire power unit got cooked and move on

[fallow breach]

collecting more 'failures' than the average teen

[floral apex]

That might be more engine failures than sunwest wins in one season

i still love how max's optimal setup radio message is "the car is amazing!"

four colors in one picture

[keen brook]

Ollie went wide into the wall.

thankfully no damage on the car

[floral apex]

if its not the engine its the wall

[keen brook]

It was the infamous turn 12 side by side.

with Gabi

[floral apex]

damn bvbocon civil war

[fallow breach]

[keen brook]

I don't count it as civil war as there was no contact between them.

[floral apex]

yeah but gabi technically just forced ollie into a wall lol

[keen brook]

Well, Ollie just could've not hit it.

[floral apex]

i wouldnt be surprised if antonelli returned to the grid with ferrari next season

[floral apex]

how to avoid crashing: just dont hit the wall

Antonelli has seen better days

[keen brook]

What Vesti did in the Sao Paulo Sprint with Ollie, that's sending him into the wall.

mechanical issue for Vesti

severe issue

[floral apex]

speaking of vesti

[fallow breach]

DP wins the sprint in Austin, then it's Alonso, Norris, Albon, Verstappen, Piastri, Leclerc and Hamilton.

[floral apex]

look at that top 3 and top 8 🔥

[fallow breach]

you're on point

[barren minnow]

Have stolen all Alpines staff and created a new team not a bad first result

[fallow breach]

im gonna leave it for a bit as im gonna get something to eat, i might do the quali and race later depending on the time

[floral apex]

i got 8-time WDC verstappen fighting pelley (who is an 8-time WDC in a different universe)

[fallow breach]

i got 0 time WDC DP fighting 0 time WDC Piastri for the championship (they're teammates and DP's got a lead of 19 points)

[fallow breach]

my solution to the pole conversion issue with DP was just race

[floral apex]

DP when under ai control: sauber
DP when under player control: verstappen

[fallow breach]

honestly more like an Alpine or something, he was still midfield

but yeah player control DP is absolutely verstappen

[floral apex]

fans wondering how this guy who couldnt hold pole for more than 100 meters is now a dominant championship leader

[keen brook]

Going into the qualifying, Ollie needs now his 6th gearbox and gets a grid penalty.

[fallow breach]

i would compare DP 2026 in my save to Verstappen 2024

he doesnt sweep the wins, but when he does perform, he's incredible

[floral apex]

ferclaren

[fallow breach]

one thing DP does sweep? poles

bro is literally charles leclerc

[floral apex]

call him lecstappen

[fallow breach]

he could have a pole count similar to Hamilton by the end of s10 btw

He's already got 40+ and its only s3

[fallow breach]

the fusion

Im actually gonna do quali rn

then eat then maybe do the race after

Everyone has a lap, DP is provisional pole by 2.5 seconds over Norris. Then Albon, Hamilton, Verstappen, then Piastri is P6.

DP holds onto pole by 2.475 over Norris. Alonso is P3, then Albon, Piastri, Hamilton, Russell, Verstappen, Stroll and Leclerc.

[fallow breach]

which ocon's lost the engine now

[keen brook]

Magnussen locked up into the wall.

[fallow breach]

oh

[keen brook]

Magnussen out of Q1

[fallow breach]

surprisingly not an ocon with an issue

[keen brook]

[fallow breach]

oh and checo's p12 again

i hope for his sake he goes to mclaren like he did in the save i deleted to make room

only way i can see checo being good

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Alonso

severe ERS issue

[fallow breach]

damn alonso

Xenons in 17 GPs this season (as seen in the championship standings season results table):
OP: 3 6 1 DNF 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 15 4
DP54: 2[F] 4 DNF[F] 1[F] 20[F] 1[F] DNF 1[F] 20[F] 1[F] 1[F] 1[F] 1[F] 7[F] 1[F] DNF DNF

osc has been consistent but dp has had the better results

[keen brook]

Vesti locked up into the wall.

Vesti out of Q2

[floral apex]

damn look at thar streak of podiums

[fallow breach]

11 top 5s in a row is crazy

broken by baku

if it wasnt for that he'd probably have 13 top 5s in a row

that is absolutely incredible form

DP and Piastri have different strengths

[floral apex]

wet quali

[fallow breach]

idk what DP's rating would be tbh

[floral apex]

Theres no driver rating system for myteam?

[fallow breach]

not that i know of

[keen brook]

Nope, there are only driver ratings, nothing else.

[floral apex]

i meant for the player driver

[keen brook]

oh

[fallow breach]

yeah there isnt i dont think

[floral apex]

damn EA really did abandon myteam mode

[keen brook]

wait

They really only are a thing in driver career?

[floral apex]

Hauger goes P3 in Q1
Guess where Pellegrini went

[keen brook]

damn

P2

[floral apex]

nope, P20

[keen brook]

close

[floral apex]

just one 0 off

[primal drift]

you've never had a rating in any of the games

[fallow breach]

add a 0 on the end and youre there

[floral apex]

obviously the 1-2 is reserved for the sunwests

[fallow breach]

yeah clearly

[keen brook]

You have in F1 24.

[floral apex]

that was one of the features they added for driver career in F1 24

[fallow breach]

in the driver career theres a player driver rating

[keen brook]

and apparently only driver career

[floral apex]

frontier really made a custom team mode and immediately made it better than the F1 game's myteam system

[keen brook]

yeah

Frontier cooked Codies once again.

[fallow breach]

i'll have a look at DP's stats at some point to maybe help in deducing a possible rating for him

you can't access the driver stats while in the race weekend interface obv

[floral apex]

someone explain to my why you arent able to move the sponsor logos in the f1 game

oh my god mclaren 3-4

THERES NO RED BULL IN Q3

[primal drift]

I mean in custom team mode

[keen brook]

oh

[floral apex]

Hauger went through to Q3 while Pelley starts in P20

[keen brook]

damn

[floral apex]

its a mclaren 3-4 followed by six DIFFERENT teams

leclerc P11, followed by Ocon, Piastri, Stroll, Russell and Vesti for the Q2 eliminations

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is sasaki japanese

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and its Norris, Albon, Iwasa, Pellegrini, Doohan and Fournier as our Q1 eliminations

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Yes

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5-6 for japan 🔥

[keen brook]

Las Vegas qualifying result of my My Team career

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WHAT

BOTH SAUBERS Q3.

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The third japanese driver meanwhile is P19

[keen brook]

Kick Sauber really became decent the last few races.

They overtook Mercedes in the constructors.

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im not surprised they have gasly on their team

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i think we're gonna need inters for this

[keen brook]

well and Alpine

But Mercedes is hilarious.

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maybe

[keen brook]

Also there are now only 2 drivers without points this season.

Albon and Bottas

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in mine theres 3

[keen brook]

a Mercedes and an Alpine driver

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i think its sargeant, zhou and fittipaldi

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in mine theres uhh

5

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crazy world that Pourchaire has 19 points

[keen brook]

of course both Mercedes drivers

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my save has one thing in common with bvbocon's: mercedes and alpine driver with 0 points

[keen brook]

and our custom team dominating

[keen brook]

For me he has 11.

in a Haas

equal with Russell

starting grid for the 2026 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Strategies are for Ollie , for Gabi .

It's lights out and away we go!

Magnussen locked up into Ollie.

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thats something i can say for mine as well

[keen brook]

both out

severe sidepod damage, rest unknown for now

It's lights out and away we go!

Magnussen gets a 5 second time penalty.

New strategy for Gabi is .

mechanical issue for Piastri

Piastri went wide into the wall.

crash

Mercedes civil war

Albon and Alonso out

It's lights out and away we go!

Alonso gets a 5 second time penalty.

New strategy for Gabi is .

Tsunoda locked up into the wall.

mechanical issue for Piastri

severe now

Pourchaire spun into the wall.

Leclerc locked up.

in the pit entry lol

2.133 for Gabi

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i like how the 3 most active people in this channel all have a dominant custom team in an f1 game

[keen brook]

The replay literally said: Leclerc - lock-up in turn 0.

crash

Bottas and Pourchaire

Pourchaire light damage

no penalties given

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Ah yes turn 0

Is that the main straight

[keen brook]

pit entry

basically turn 17 but the pit entry

Bottas locked up.

on the middle of the straight lol

same way Tsunoda locked up into the wall

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xenon have had insane development

from having a driver pulling them down to the midfield

to both being similar but still mid (they got oscar piastri)

to a 1-2 in the championship

Im gonna do the main race in Texas.

US GP time.

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Heres the grid.

Let's see if your prediction is true for 4 of 4 sessions then Canada

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oscah pastry

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osc

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ar

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shy pirates be like:

any predictions for the rest of the grid aside from xenon?

or just your top 3 for DP, top 8 for pastry

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pia

stri

[pearl wraith]

why game does this?

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no clue

[keen brook]

Gabriel Bortoleto wins the Las Vegas Grand Prix!🥳

[pearl wraith]

it's so annoying

[keen brook]

current championship standings

[pearl wraith]

why is it that I have a better lap on wheel in Monaco than on controller tho

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🥳

[keen brook]

Las Vegas pit stops of my My Team career

current DHL fastest pit stop award standings

[keen brook]

additionally damaged: chassis and suspension

[pearl wraith]

yk when you cook a livery

by accident

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yea?

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You're probanly gonna be using that emoji a lot next season

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probably yeah

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Lights out and away we go in Texas!

The top 2 are as you were, but Alonso and Albon have lost out greatly! Piastri up to P3, Hamilton up to P4, Alonso falls to P5, Russell up to P6 and Albon drops to P7!

on lap 4, Alonso has gone up to P4.

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with the red bulls in 11-13 we might have an easier getaway

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yoooo

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yepp

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Lap 6, DP is given the "box box" call, and Piastri has already pitted heading onto lap 6. Norris, Piastri, Hamilton, Verstappen and Albon did so.

DP on the road leads Alonso by 18.4 seconds.

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hUH

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Then Russell, Stroll, Perez, Sainz, Ocon, Gasly, Pourchaire and then Norris on pit exit.

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uh yeah this is fine

i was NOT expecting this

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DP pits, so do Alonso and Russell.

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oop albon engine failure

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Lap 7 it's DP, Stroll, Ocon, Gasly, Alonso, Norris, Russell, Piastri, Hauger and Hamilton on the road.

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albon is out

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DP had such a gap he boxed and came out in P1 💀

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damn

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this tire wear difference lmao

Vesti just got absolutely nailed by who i believe is Fournier

yep Fournier gets a penalty

we are THIRTY seconds up

...oh

we arent even pushing lmapo

max keeps winning off of final corner divebombs

fastest pit stop letsgoooo

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Start of lap 10, DP leads by 29.6 seconds over Alonso who jumped Lando, George and Oscar in the pits, then Norris, then Russell, then Piastri. Hamilton P6, then Verstappen, Albon, Stroll and Perez round out the top 10.

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was it really any contest? thats like equal ish to the fastest pitstop of all time

A McLaren in Qatar 2023 iirc

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We mamaged to get through 7 full weekends before having to replace our engine and gearbox
thats pretty good

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7? i didnt have to replace my gearbox until like idk spa, maybe zandvoort?

i think we've changed a grand total of two parts all season

our engine wear is absolutely goated

just like the team, i'm leading by 36.6 seconds with 2 and a half laps to go in the dry

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our ERS is still in good quality

Abbi and Max pretty much had the exact same engine wear

engine was at 33%
Gearbox 39%

Actually thinking about it gearbox doesnt need replacing at this point

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DP wins the US Grand Prix by 43.75 seconds over Alonso, having lapped three cars in the process.

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It can run down to 30% before needing replacement

Also you know what i just noticed

All 3 of our teams here use red as a primary color

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ohh yeah

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Absolutely flawless drive. Norris is P3, then Russell, Piastri, Hamilton, Verstappen, Albon, Perez and Stroll.

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pastry

why p5

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Sainz didn't finish the GP, but DP lapped 3 of the remaining 21 cars.

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i like how my livery can have two variants

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Championships:

Drivers:
[Xe] DP 302
[Xe] Piastri 267
Alonso 230
Norris 226
Verstappen 187

Constructors:
[Xe] 569
456
283
211
197

thats a healthy lead

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yea pretty good

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could be better

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which one looks better

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might have to swap the TC after Mexico

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Probably later than mexico actually

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damn you have insane component durability

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But yeah, this is good going for 18 races into the season

[keen brook]

penalty points after the 2026 Las Vegas Grand Prix:
Magnussen 12 (+2)
Hadjar 11
Zhou 9
Bortoleto 7
Tsunoda 7
Pourchaire 7
Hülkenberg 6
Sargeant 6
Hamilton 5
Russell 5
Gasly 5
Wenzel 5
Albon 4
Ricciardo 4
Bottas 4
Vesti 4
Norris 2
Pérez 2
Alonso 2 (+2)
Verstappen 1
Sainz 1
Bearman 1
Ocon 1

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when i do things i run through the entire allocation in less than one season

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of all the drivers to get banned first, it had to be kmag

[keen brook]

yeah

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our team are op spec 3 everything, every upgrade except one, my driver is maxed out perks, and we're 1-2 in the drivers championship for now

[keen brook]

But also there's a name missing you wouldn't expect that driver to have 0 penalty points.

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not too sure how long the 1-2 will hold up, the mclarens might swarm osc

[keen brook]

From the current grid Leclerc and Piastri aren't really surprising.

The 3rd one is though.

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Despite all that, we have every upgrade possible for us to have rn... we're 3rd in the r&d chart.

[keen brook]

Then there are also Maloney and Gallardo but they aren't on the grid anymore.

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actually i'll run the 2nd livery for this saeson and then the first one for next season

classic sunwest livery design decisions

[keen brook]

Yes, even 1 of the 2 low rated 2025 Haas drivers has 0 penalty points.

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im literally doing a 2029-2030 livery decision here

new season: occurs
me: inverts livery

i should really introduce a new race suit design

we havent changed it at all since we entered the sport (excluding sponsors)

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DP stats after 18/24 races S3:
Drivers' championships: 0
Constructors' championships: 0
Poles: 46
Points: 861
Wins: 18
Podiums: 29
Avg finish (66 GP career): P7
Avg grid start (66 GP career): P4
Miles driven: 2,302
FLs (i think it includes non-GP FLs): 55
Laps driven: 646

46 of 66 poles is good going ngl

I'm gonna do quali for Mexico but not the GP tonight

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Based on these stats, what do you think the rating would be?

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red sunwest vs white sunwest

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red sunwest looks better imo but whichever you prefer you should go with

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we're gonna roll with the white one next season

would be nice to try something new

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fair enough

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we havent changed the race suit design at all

since like 2025

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see how it gels with the fans

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red bull copy-pastes their livery
we copy-paste our race suit

[keen brook]

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you dont have to even know the maths behind the rating system, do you have any guesses as to a rating based on the stats?

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Who will get pole in Mexico?

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martine rutten extends her contract

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aint that the girl who has a problem with getting replaced