f1-games

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time for monaco

shes being replaced by herself lmao

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Provisional pole for DP with 7 and a half minutes left. Then it's Norris, Verstappen, Hamilton, Piastri, Russell, Perez, Leclerc, Alonso in P9 and Albon.

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rainaco

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DP has pole by 4 tenths over Alonso. Then it's Albon, Norris, Russell, Verstappen, Hamilton, Piastri, Perez and Leclerc.

Piastri P8 seriously

at this rate hes definitely getting overtaken by the mclarens

their typical position is 2-3 behind me, and Oscar tends to go between p3-6, that sort of area usually

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screenshots of the monaco garages cuz why not

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i like how the majority of the sponsor boards in this screenshot are all f1 manager 24

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who do you think will replace alonso at mclaren in 2027 in xdpu?

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the rest of the grid is a vcarb sandwich

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hah

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yo

noic

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oh so magnussen's replacement is daniel ricciardo

[keen brook]

well

He had the number 1 in F3 in 2024 irl so the 1st free number going up from that is the 3.

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danio riccanovic

[keen brook]

As Sainz has the 1 and Sargeant the 2.

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alternatively diniel begiardo

[keen brook]

Daino Riccianovic

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how would you pronounce his first name? 🦖?

[keen brook]

yeah

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t-rex Riccianovic, got it

[keen brook]

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i say deeno

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his actual first name is pronounced like that

[keen brook]

I know and that was the intention.

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max hasnt seen the number 33 since 2026

33 has probably become the longest unused f1 number that is still claimed by a driver

[keen brook]

For me he never even had it.

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i cant tell if alonso put the 1 on his car or whether he uses 14, like how Hamilton kept 44 as champion

[keen brook]

As soon as Sainz has beaten him to the title, he became a free agent.

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when he won the title i mean

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have you tried switching to the replay cam and checking the grid

oh

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i might look at that at some point tho

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max really went "noo i lost the title" bails

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i mean yeah it is relevant to now bc in 2026 hes the reigning champ

bro saw he wasnt winning back to back again and decided to retire

im pretty sure it was max who won the title in 2024 in xdpu
then Alonso for mclaren in 2025, and now DP's got a hand on the title for Xenon in 26

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my titles so far:
2024: LEC
2025: TSU
2026-30: VER

abbi holds the team record for most races as championship leader whilst being max's teammate

FP2: Hauger P10, Pellegrini P22

this is literally the rookie year phase from the reddawn lore

And ofc pelley goes P22 in Q1

Piastri goes P20!

damn 9/11 teams are in Q3 here

the only two teams that didnt make it to Q3 are VCARB and Mercedes

time for the Monaco race!

albon crashed

Abbi gets a 1.8 and Max gets a pit stop issue!

Piastri has hit a wall

huge crash

Fournier and Norris are out

Norris gets the penalty for the crash

Stroll has hit the wall

[keen brook]

traditions

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(vesti has gone underground)

heres the crash image with both cars

Albon and Vesti out

Albon gets the penalty for that crasg

SC in on Lap 57

[keen brook]

Gabi had an engine failure, taking him out of FP.

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Lawson is out

Max is mad

[keen brook]

Then Pourchaire had an engine failure, taking him out of FP.

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And it looks like the rain is ending soon

[keen brook]

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Coming in to the pits now to swap out the greens for the reds

Abbi Pulling another 1.8 second stop!

[keen brook]

Then Vesti and Ollie came together, causing light chassis damage, terminal front wing damage, light rear wing damage and light suspension damage, giving Vesti a 5 second time penalty.

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We've pitted really early here, we're blitzing past the other cars who are still salvaging their inters

so uh its fully dried up

Hopefully the last restart of the gp

[keen brook]

Then Ollie had a gearbox failure, taking him out of FP1.

[keen brook]

Then Ollie had a gearbox failure, taking him out of FP2.

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it is Carlos Sainz who rounds out the podium behind the Sunwest pair

how did we achieve this TWICE

[keen brook]

damn

nice

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we too are having a battle for the pit stop championship

[keen brook]

Then Gabi had an engine and gearbox failure, taking him out of FP2.

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ohh thats why

[keen brook]

Then Magnussen locked up into the wall and out of Q1.

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Our pit stop times are goated now

Estimated 1.804 🔥

[keen brook]

nice

Now Sunwest even dominates the pit stops.

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now instead of us being 0.2 seconds slower than everyone
We can be 0.2 seconds faster than everyone!

[keen brook]

Then Vesti locked up into the wall and out of Q2.

Then Magnussen locked up into Ollie, taking both out of the race, causing severe sidepod damage and also damaged the chassis and suspension, giving Beganovic a 3 place grid penalty for Qatar.

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We finally figured out our pit lane issues

But we do suck at double stacks still

[keen brook]

And then Alonso and Albon came together, taking both out of the race and giving Alonso a 3 place grid penalty for Qatar.

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First double stack:
Abbi 1.8
Max 3.1 (pit stop issue)

Secomd doublr stack:
Abbi 1.8
Max 2.1

[keen brook]

Ironically when we do double stacks, often the 2nd pit stop is faster.

Gabi's win in Vegas

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why does our 2031 imply antonelli was our problem this whole time

The Sunwest #2 leads the championship
We have good pit stops

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Also i just noticed
Nice brazil livery

The helmet design is perfect

[keen brook]

yeah

Well, as the helmet design is generated I was lucky that it looks so great.

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Our plan is to invert our colors for 2032

white sunwest suit 🔥

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yeah it works so well with the brazil flag design

its literally white bull all over again

oh no wonder my upgrades and resarch are so big

my factory and team hub also have a big sponsorship boost

[keen brook]

same for me

apart from the cfd simulator

For me only the factory and team hub have such extremely high efficiencies.

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Max is 33 right now lol

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

WCC Update
Mercedes is P11

Drivers who are retiring soon in my save:
2033: Sainz, Leclerc, Gaaly
2034: Verstappen, Stroll
2035: Russell, Ocon, Albon,

So by 2035 the majority of whats left of the 2025 grid will have retired

oh shit

Thats a bit concerning

fun fact: compared to the 2024 calendar, I have japan, miami, imola, momaco, austria, belgium and las vegas in their traditional slots

The first major piece of lore to ever hit my save

[keen brook]

damn

quite ironic

Middle East and lack of funding

[sleek shell]

Wallahi moment

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They put the money everywhere but the circuits

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monaco is also the end of the first third of my season

[keen brook]

interesting

imagine Monaco season finale

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8 race season be like

[cold grotto]

sainz had a puncture, went down to P20, and placed P9

[thorn hollow]

"Lewis, You okay?"

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"im hanging here like a cow" moment

or alternatively "the moment Lewis decided to go to Ferrari"

[thorn hollow]

They didn't deploy Red Flag and instead a VSC

George was like: Yeah that Car Flip, We need a Red Flag

[lyric scaffold]

😏

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momaco

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🔥 about time the canada save got some big lore

[quaint hare]

average haas crash

[red wadi]

Lore dropping today

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Reminder of the Mexican GP grid:

It's time to go to lights out for the Mexican Grand Prix.

"DP starts from pole, Alonso alongside, but who will get the jump? The 5 red lights are on.. and we go racing in Mexico City!"

Onto lap 6 of 18, DP leads from Alonso, Albon, Russell, Norris, Piastri, Hamilton, Verstappen, Perez and Stroll.

After the pit stops:
DP still leads, Russell is P2, Albon is P3, then Piastri, Norris, Hamilton, Perez, Verstappen, then Alonso, then Leclerc. Alonso went from P2 to P9, while Russell jumped up from P4 to P2 and Piastri got up to P4 from P6

Albon passes Russell within a few laps. Lap 14 of 18 it's DP from Albon, Russell, Piastri and Norris. Alonso has fallen to P12.

On Lap 15, Russell takes P2, Albon gets it back only for a moment as Russell takes it away and holds it. Russell back to P2. Alonso is back up to P11.

All of a sudden.. Lewis Hamilton is retiring from the race, he's had an engine failure!

Alonso's golden ticket back into the points

And now Verstappen's reporting car troubles! He's 6th place in the race as it stands.

Perez has passed Verstappen.

DP is onto the final lap, leading by 21 seconds.

DP will come through the final corner and take the chequered flag... by coming into the pit lane?..

Very unorthodox way of winning. Greet the team from the other side

Anyway, DP wins over Russell, Albon, Piastri, Norris, Perez, Verstappen, Stroll, Alonso and Sainz.

CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Drivers:
[Xe] DP 328
[Xe] Piastri 279
Norris 236
Alonso 232
Verstappen 193

Constructors (top 6)
[Xe] 607
468
297
229
198
196

Next race up is Sao Paulo.

Sprint venue, so we go to SQ first.

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xenon rtg lol

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michael schumacher in that one race

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yeah except dp didnt have a penalty to serve

It will be sprint pole once again for DP, attempting to take the championship far out of his teammate's reach. Norris is P2, Alonso is P3, Albon is P4, then Verstappen, Perez, Russell, Piastri, Hamilton and Sainz.

DP leads by 49 points, Piastri is then 43 ahead of Norris, as we head into the sprint.

Six laps to decide who claims 8 points.

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dp helped oscar get some wins and then went "thanks for the title oscar!"

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this is heavily resonating verstappen 2023

Piastri, DP, Piastri, DP in the 4 from Japan to Imola

then any podium DP gets is a win

he fails to finish a couple but of his finished races post-japan (im not counting spain as a finish) his only non-win is 7th in the netherlands

Anyway, it's all eyes to the lights and all focus ahead as we go racing for the Sao Paulo Sprint!

"DP leads us into turn 1, the McLarens swap positions, Norris up to 2nd, Alonso down to 3rd, but Albon and Verstappen have faded! Albon goes down to 5th, Verstappen is all the way down in 9th! Perez is up to 4th, Albon is in 5th, Russell is 6th, then Piastri and Hamilton, but what on earth happened to Verstappen?"

"Make that 10th, and Alonso is falling too, he's down to 5th! Albon and Perez are brawling for P3, but our last two champions have had poor starts to this sprint!"

So at the end of the opening lap of the Sprint it's DP, then Norris, Albon, Perez, Alonso, Russell, Piastri and Hamilton.

Alonso passed Perez for P4 on lap 3.

"We begin the final lap of the sprint, DP, taking the first turn carefully, dips a wheel in the grass - meanwhile Albon's through! Albon's got 2nd, heading onto the final lap of the sprint! This is a crucial 7 points for Aston Martin to pass and extend the gap over Ferrari who are set to score 0!"

Piastri's up to P6 as well.

"We approach the final corner - DP's slowing! Speeding and slowing, is he celebrating too early - Albon's right there! DP crosses the line in the nick of time to win the sprint in Sao Paulo! The McLarens are 3rd and 4th, Perez is 5th, and Russell's taken P6 back off Piastri, who held it only briefly!"

Comm2: "Yeah, that's another unorthodox victory for DP, he pulled into the pits last time out in Mexico as he took the chequered flag - actually got investigated for crossing the pit entry line - nothing came of it though as the stewards ruled insignificance."

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tf is dp doing

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TEAM RADIO: DP
M: That's the sprint win! Still the man to beat.
DP: Yeah, nice drive. Made a couple of mistakes, but i pulled through. Will admit, had to make it interesting at the end though [laughs]
M: Interesting indeed.

bros gonna lose a win doing that at some point i swear

like he lost to alonso in the china sprint while giving Piastri the win

what's next, popping his tyres at the line

trying to do donuts at the finish?

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he pulls a lightning mcqueen and stops immediately before the line

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just waits for whoever it is to come along

he was slowing and speeding, a bit like a safety car restart when albon caught up to him

The gap was 0.021 in case you're wondering

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he walks up to the runner up in parc ferme saying "you Bernoulli, me McQueen"

cooldown room would be hilarious if that was for a gp

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hed get a 1-place grid penalty for driving unnecessarily slowly if he did that in front of Russell

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i guess dp's equivalent of russell to verstappen would be alonso or norris? probably norris

Dry quali, wet majority of the race then turns dry

but we've had three different wet gps without wet tyres it happened in i think canada or austria, then it happened in spa, then it happened in singapore

not even inters

maybe that played into why dp went smashing into the barrier between pit entry and the circuit in Singapore

Any predictions for quali/GP in Brazil?

Sprint was:
DP was P1 to P1
Piastri was P8 to P7

DP has pole for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix by 1.005 seconds over Alonso. Then it's Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Albon, Verstappen, Sainz, Russell and Perez.

"It's time for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Who will come out on top of this wet contest? Intermediate tyres are the game, 18 laps around Interlagos, will the Xenons prevail in the wet like they were looking to do in the first half in Singapore? The lights are on, and we go racing in Brazil!"

"Alonso and DP get an equal getaway and are side by side through turn 1! DP emerges with his lead maintained, Piastri passes Norris for P3, and Albon manages to jump Lando as well!"

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of course lando loses two positions in turn 1

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Onto lap 6 DP already has a 7 second lead over Alonso, 10 over Piastri

It's a 0 stop strat as well

i don't think anyone picked alt strategy (1 stop), theres no difference of tyres

DP had a bit of a snap on one of the straights and heavily weaved, losing him a lot of time. His lead is 2.5 over Alonso.

[quaint hare]

Online Elimination is too easy

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Fast forward:

Lap 17. Albon and Piastri are fighting, Albon gets the place and Norris passes Piastri too. DP still P1 as they go to the final lap, but his tyre temperatures are sky high!

Rear right has been in the red for a while. DP might lift, like he did in the sprint, this time for a totally different reason!

He comes through the final sector, the tyres are struggling, but he'll be alright to finish the race! DP wins the Sao Paulo Grand Prix!

Chased home closely by McLaren's Fernando Alonso in his final season.

DP radio into sector 3:

M: Conserve, rear right red, repeat, rear right red.
DP: Copy.
M: Two turns to go, you can push if you wish. Gap to Fernando, 1.6, 1.1... 0.7... that's the flag. P1, you've got it!
DP: WOOOO!!! 3 ON THE BOUNCE!
M: That's another perfect weekend. Sprint pole, Sprint win, pole, win, fastest lap.
DP: Yeah, thank you, thanks to the team. Where is Oscar?
M: Oscar is.. P5.
DP: Damn! Great drive anyway.

Commentary:

C1: It has been a splendid drive yet again from the 20 year old. He has controlled this race from the front for near the entirety of the race, and he comes onto the front straight.."
C2: Oh, DP's slowing!
C1: IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN! THE RACE COMES DOWN TO THE CHEQUERED FLAG, CAN HE HANG ONTO IT? YES! DP wins the Sao Paulo Grand Prix!"
C2: Alonso was right there across the line!
C1: Fernando Alonso saw the opportunity, stepped on the pedal, but couldn't outdrag a struggling Xenon at the line. What a way for DP to take a 20th Grand Prix victory in Formula One!

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The Portuguese Grand Prix is next up.

Race 21 of 24.

Wet quali, dry race.

Any predictions for quali?

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wtf why is all of your qualis wet with dry races lmao

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idk how many of them i've had now

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I've just finished it and it's a very interesting result

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eh?

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So DP does get pole from Alonso

Pretty typical

Then Russell is P3

Esteban Ocon P4, Lance Stroll P5, Pierre Gasly P6

Then Piastri

Norris is 8th, followed by Verstappen, Albon and Perez

Theo Pourchaire is P12

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hm

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the alpines have twelve points between them, they get themselves on the 2nd and 3rd rows of the grid

that probably isnt lasting

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Alpine at the 2024 sao paulo gp be like

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oscar's about where he's expected considering the rest of the season

imagine alpine somehow get a 2-3 in the gp

It's very cloudy for the race

Sun comes out at the end

Who will win the Portuguese Grand Prix?

Alonso fell down the order off the start to P6, Russell got to P2, DP got shoved wide, then on rejoining from the gravel, Russell spins DP, he's made to face the field, everyone is stopped. The grid is all sorts of shuffled on the restart.

Norris and Magnussen must have crashed as well in the process, they're both retired.

Russell is P1 for the restart then Piastri, DP, Stroll, Pourchaire P5, Alonso, Ocon, Perez, Albon, Fittipaldi P10, Gasly, Zhou P12, Verstappen, Tsunoda, Leclerc, Sargeant, Hauger, Hulkenberg, Sainz and Hamilton (those last few were basically where they started, except up 2 places for the retirements)

It's lights out and race on for the second time in Portimão!

DP gets back to the lead from Russell, Piastri, Stroll and Pourchaire.

Albon is past Perez, Verstappen has got back up to P10.

Alonso and Ocon pass Pourchaire on lap 4.

Current order on lap 6:
DP, Russell, Piastri, Stroll, Alonso, Ocon, Perez, Albon, Verstappen, Pourchaire.

[floral apex]

go pastryy

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Quick pause to look back at Director's notes from the lap 1 bottleneck:

• Zhou and Tsunoda collide (both warned)
• Zhou hits Fittipaldi (Zhou warned)
• Sainz hits Hauger (Sainz warned)
• Fittipaldi hits Perez (Fittipaldi warned)
• Sargeant and Hauger collide (both warned)
• Perez hits Albon (Perez warned)
• Magnussen hits Leclerc (Magnussen warned)
• Leclerc hits Verstappen (Leclerc warned)
• Pourchaire, Alonso and Norris collide (Pourchaire and Alonso warned)
• Verstappen hits Gasly (Verstappen warned)
• Norris retires (result of the 3 way crash)
• DP and Russell collide (DP warned)
• Hulkenberg and Tsunoda collide (Hulkenberg warned)
  

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damn everyone is crashing

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Pourchaire managed to get up to p5 on the restart as seen a bit above 💀

The grid was practically scrambled

Except the back few (Sargeant, Hauger, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Hamilton)

Anyway, back to racing.

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fr

Might be the biggest incident XDPU has seen

Russell pits on lap 10.

Alonso manages to overtake Piastri!

not sure when he got by stroll

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strOll

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he's got a double L for a reason

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hes technically got three Ls

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although technically its strulovitch

he just goes by stroll

and by the look of his driving he goes for a stroll as well

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a pretty big f1 manager sponsor mod just came out

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Ooh interesting!

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might install it for 2032 cuz the one im using right now is the one from like august

would be nice to have a modern update

2032 gonna be huge

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fr

Update lap 13/17:
1 [Xe] DP
2 Alonso
3 [Xe] Piastri
4 Stroll
5 Albon
6 Perez
7 Verstappen
8 Leclerc
9 Ocon
10 Gasly

btw, under red flag (about lap 1 again) the following drivers took wing changes:
Russell, DP, Pourchaire, Alonso, Ocon, Perez, Albon, Fittipaldi, Zhou, Tsunoda, Hauger, Sainz, Norris

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imagine Netflix Sunwest Racing

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thirteen drivers. of those one didnt even make the restart

omg

dp has a lead of 23 seconds onto lap 14

imagine he crosses the chequered flag in the pits again

"oh, gotta slow down, yup.. still winning tho"

i think im just gonna have him do the classic weave

Zhou has retired??

Mechanical failure

Disastrous weekend for Sauber

KMag retired lap 1/under red flag, Zhou retired while on lap 13

DP has a DRS failure on lap 15!

I think he can still maintain his gap though, he leads by 25 seconds.

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drs stuck closed or open

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its so out of use bc hes always in the lead

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pretty sure its closed

"It has been a very tumultuous Portuguese Grand Prix, but it seems like up front it's business as usual, DP comes out of the final corner to win once again!"

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DP slams on the brakes

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he actually did

but he crossed the line before he could completely stop

"Alonso will finish in 2nd, 27 seconds back, but who will it be for 3rd? Piastri has it for now, but Stroll is close. He's within a couple of tenths, can he get by Piastri through the final corner? Up the hill, the answer is no! Oscar Piastri makes it two Xenons on the podium in Portimão!"

[floral apex]

Yooo hes back!

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Championship update (21/24):

Drivers:
[Xe] DP 388
[Xe] Piastri 306
Alonso 273
Norris 254
Verstappen 205

Constructors:
[Xe] 694 🏆
527
322
240
239

we might need some more dosage of that early season strategy to hold on to the 1-2 in drivers' championship - though is that fully necessary?

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3 races left and the gap is 33

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max verstappen

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You might need to help piastri again yeh

Tbf DP's gap is 82 points

Even ir Piastri won the last three races with DP in 2nd, DP would still be WDC

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the only real thing that the strategy would need to be used for is to hold off alonso from taking p2

With the 1-3 in Portugal, Xenon are the Constructors' Champions of 2026!

verstappen's last 5 results btw what the hell

8 7 7 7 7

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welcome back Verstappen P8 Merchant

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DP has 12 wins on the season btw

13 podiums, 12 wins, the other was the p2 in bahrain

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damn ok hamilton

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DP has 947 points all time now

DP is looking for pole number 50 in Vegas.

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bro went from bottling poles every race to becoming one of the more dominant drivers

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Three seasons, nearly 50 poles.

That is insane.

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bros literally charles leglerg

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49 poles, 32 podiums, 21 wins. All in 69 races.

bro is going to be the next lewis hamilton, if by nothing else by poles

Time for Vegas. The constructors' title is sealed.

Vegas tends to be a good race for me as well

Interesting stat, DP has never finished the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

DP's 100% podium tracks:
Bahrain 3 3 2
Imola 2 1 1
Austria 2 1 1
Belgium 2 2 1
Mexico 1 2 1
Brazil 1 1 1
Vegas 1 3 -
Abu Dhabi 1 1 -
(Technically Portugal - - 1)

Who will have pole under the lights in Vegas?

DP is gunning for pole number 50 but can he get it?

Run 1, DP has a dominant lead, 2.226 over Norris, then Albon, Piastri, Russell, Sainz, Hamilton, Perez, Alonso and Gasly.

4 minutes to go, Gasly goes ahead of Alonso and into P9!

Sainz improves his time and not his position.

Many front runners elect to stay in the pits.

Final result of qualifying, DP takes pole for the 50th time by 2.2 seconds over Norris. Then it's Albon P3, Piastri P4, Russell is 5th, Sainz is 6th, then Stroll, Leclerc, Perez and Hamilton. Fernando Alonso is 12th, and Max Verstappen is 15th!

Here's the permutations: If DP places 8th or higher in Vegas, he is the World Champion. If DP fails to get 8th or higher, DP will still be champion if Piastri doesn't win with FL.

i think thats the permutation anyway

ik the first part is right, the 8th or higher bit

"DP has the championship in his hands, all he needs to do is finish this race in 8th or higher, and he'll have a good time at it starting from pole! The red lights are on.. and it's race on in the Vegas night!"

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literally verstappen's permutations in 2024

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things arent looking particularly good for osc

DP leads by 12 seconds over Norris, Piastri has fallen back behind Russell and Stroll

And is currently P6

At the end of lap 5 that is

It's DP, Norris, Albon, Russell, Stroll, Piastri, Perez, Hamilton, Sainz and Alonso.

Norris and Stroll opt to pit going onto lap 6.

DP pits onto lap 8.

Piastri has been massively undercut in the pits. He was already behind everyone down to Lance, but Hamilton, Perez, crucially Alonso, and Sainz have all jumped him, and Oscar is down to P10.

As it stands it's DP, Norris, Albon, Russell, Stroll, Hamilton, Perez, Alonso, Sainz and Piastri.

Alex Albon has had a mechanical failure on lap 11!

Piastri is up into P9 but Alonso is 2 places ahead still!

DP WINS THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX, AND WITH IT, THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF 2026!

Team Radio - DP:
M: THAT'S THE CHEQUERED FLAG! YOU HAVE DONE IT!
DP: YESSSSS!!! COME ON! WHAT A DREAM! WORLD CHAMPION!
M: Enjoy this one. You've worked all season for this. You took one for the team in Bahrain, but now, we are World Champions, you are World Champion, what a drive!
DP: Whew! What a weekend!
M: 50th pole, Grand Chelem, and the title, you've absolutely swept it again this weekend!
DP: What a way to celebrate half a century of poles!
M: Just so you know, Oscar was P10.

Team Radio - Piastri
S: And that's the chequered flag. P10, Oscar, P10.
OP: Thank you. Bit unfortunate we got jumped but.. oh well.
S: Sorry about that one, Oscar. DP overshot his pit, he came in the same lap as you, we had to double stack.
OP: Is DP champion yet?
S: Yes, he was P1, fastest lap and all.
OP: Yeah.. congrats on the title, mate. You were a great teammate to me this season.
S: [laughing] This isn't going to be the end of the partnership!
OP: I know. Just expressing my gratitude.

Championships:

Drivers:
[Xe] DP 414 🏆
[Xe] Piastri 307
Alonso 279
Norris 272
Verstappen 205

Constructors:
[Xe] 721 🏆
551
330
264
252

Penultimate round of 2026. Both titles are sealed, but the battles for the remaining positions still rage on.

Piastri could clinch P2 if he outscores the McLarens

Dry every session.

[red wadi]

Honestly i’m cooking something for post-F1 and it’s HUGE

[floral apex]

Piastri and DP must be besties

[red wadi]

First gotta drop the 8th title lore though

[floral apex]

pellegrini is literally on his rookie haas era in my save

[red wadi]

Oh lol

Did he already pull the Hungary ‘23 race?

[fallow breach]

DP has just become the youngest world champion by about 3 years

I don't even know if i need to do the strategic stuff

[floral apex]

no hes complete ass

[fallow breach]

mclaren messed up enough with lando's dnf in Portugal and then Alonso going P12 to P7 in Vegas

[red wadi]

Well in Hungary ‘23 he did finish 1:40 behind Leclerc soooo

[fallow breach]

the amount of things he did in vegas was insane

[fallow breach]

• 50 poles
• 22 wins
• Grand Chelem
• win by 20+ seconds yet again
• world champion at 20 y/o

[red wadi]

8th title around the world (and the internet)
Discord:
Canada48’s reaction: “It’s gonna happen, Romeo Pellegrini is going to break the record. HE IS A 8 TIME CHAMPION”
BVBOCON’s reaction: “Oh wow what a shocker, rip the old record though”
MOMOs reaction: “Damn that radio was personal, ‘I love Slovakia, I love you all’. We love you too Romeo”

[floral apex]

I'm pretty sure i had 7 cars DNF in monaco... and pelley still finished out of the points

I also watched Hauger go all the way to P7 and Q3
Pellegrini? P20

[fallow breach]

oh yeah

[red wadi]

Next bit dropping in an hour

[floral apex]

bro forgot to turn off caps lock on bvbocons name

[red wadi]

Ngl thought bro’s name was in caps😭😭

Next up is Slovakia and they boutta go wild

[fallow breach]

DP54: has 22 wins, 50 poles and a title at 20
DP73: ...crashes?

[floral apex]

YeA thats the only way to describe him

[fallow breach]

we dont even know dp73's age

[floral apex]

hes just a guy who loves walls

[fallow breach]

and taking other cars out

[floral apex]

And that

[fallow breach]

any predictions in qatar?

[floral apex]

DP1, OP8

[fallow breach]

is this just every session?

[floral apex]

No, Abu Dhabi FP1

[fallow breach]

and talking about "DP1", should DP use the number 1 on his car as champion, or should he keep the Xenon 54?

[floral apex]

you can do tjat yeh

[fallow breach]

honestly I see good reasons for either call

SQ, DP is on pole, Piastri P6

"It's time for the Sprint in Lusail. The champion DP is on pole, Alonso alongside, Norris and Verstappen behind, but who will get the jump? Time to find out, the lights are on.. and we go sprinting in Qatar!"

[floral apex]

DP more than likely P1, Oscah between P2 and P8

imagine if DP's name was actually Daniel Piastri hence why he wanted to sign Oscar

[fallow breach]

he isnt a Piastri but like funny theory

[floral apex]

i like how i invented a name
and its just ricciardo and oscar combined

[fallow breach]

[red wadi]

Remember how we kept joking Romeo drove a Renault but never drove a Alpine?

[floral apex]

Yea?

[red wadi]

8th title around the world
Bratislava, Slovakia
“Around 4 million people have gathered here, the rest are watching on TV at home. Because the greatest car driver ever, our Romeo Pellegrini. JUST HAS WON HIS 8TH F1 TITLE.”
City explodes with cheers as fireworks are set off
“It’s a party here in Bratislava, see you soon Slovaks!”

[red wadi]

Well that’s about to change (it’s a very small role that allows him to barely move from his house)

[fallow breach]

"It's been a strange lapse in form for the Xenon team, that will see a first Sprint race to not be claimed by a Xenon driver. And who better of a benefactor than Alex Albon? The Aston Martin driver rounds the final corner and wins the sprint in Qatar! Alonso is second, then Verstappen, Stroll, Piastri, Perez, Leclerc and Hamilton."

DP is P9 as a result of a collision caused by Lando Norris (which he got off completely scot free from!?)

[red wadi]

Romeo Pellegrini signs with Alpine as IMSA/WEC test driver and e-tester

[floral apex]

man shouldve never sold the twingo

[fallow breach]

oscar was between p2 and p8

dp was p9

[red wadi]

Maybe he gets a 2032 Renault Twingo Alpine edition, who knows

My guy’s just gonna enjoy his retirement and hop on his sim when Alpine ask him to do so 🙏😭

[red wadi]

And maybe run a 1/2 irl tests a year

[floral apex]

i mean romeos the type of guy to convince renault to make an "alpine edition" of the twingo

[red wadi]

True

Alongside his RC-F and Corvette it would look amazing

Still gotta play 3 useless races before I’m finally done with F1

For Romeo at least

[floral apex]

Pelley is literally rated 85 in my save and hes very rarely finished above P15

[red wadi]

😭

Dominik boutta be the most boring of the kids

[fallow breach]

DP has pole for the GP in Qatar. Norris (war flashbacks) is P2, then Alonso, Albon, Verstappen, Perez, Piastri, Sainz, Stroll and Russell.

But who will win in Qatar? Will it be a return to the top for DP and Xenon?

[red wadi]

Bc honestly I’ve nothing planned for bro

[fallow breach]

"It's a brawl under the lights in Qatar, who will win? Time to find out, the lights go out and the race is on!"

[floral apex]

he just exists

[red wadi]

Yeah, bro’s going back to his real dad in a few years anyways 🙏😭

[fallow breach]

Piastri is just trying to lose P2 😭

DP P1, Alonso and Norris 2-3...

Piastri P11

He used the inferior strategy M-H compared to S-M

[floral apex]

time to "accidentally" take out the mclarens

[fallow breach]

is this a china reference?

?

[red wadi]

Ngl i’m done with F1 23

[fallow breach]

i mean DP has 3.3 seconds over the McLarens so he's sorta comfortable

DP wins the Qatar Grand Prix. The World Champion further grows his already unassailable lead.

Alonso comes 2nd, Norris is P3, then Albon, Leclerc, Russell, Perez, Verstappen, Sainz and Hamilton.

of course, Piastri who is making a conscious effort to lose P2 (or at least it seems like it) finishes P12

Season finale in Abu Dhabi.

Championships:
Drivers
[Xe] DP 440 🏆
[Xe] Piastri 311
Alonso 304
Norris 287
Albon 216

Constructors
[Xe] 751 🏆
591
349
277
274

Who will have pole for the final Grand Prix of the season?

Oscar's fate really isn't in my hands. Hopefully he keeps P2 but i can't help it if he doesn't.

DP has pole for the Abu Dhabi GP. Norris is P2 then Alonso, Albon, Russell, Piastri, Perez, Sainz, Verstappen and Leclerc.

Championship if it finishes as it starts:
DP 465 (or 466)
Piastri 319 (2W)
Alonso 319 (1W)
Norris 305

but knowing my luck xenon are gonna give oscar a horrible strategy for the third time in a row

"A blockbuster finale awaits. Alonso is chasing down Piastri for P2 in the championship, and Albon and Verstappen are 1 point separate for P5. Who will win the final race of the season? Race on in Abu Dhabi! DP gets away cleanly, and holds the lead into turn 1, a lot of positions are stagnant, but crucially for that P2 battle, the McLarens swap! Alonso goes up to 2nd.. but Piastri is up to 5th, so we're back to stalemate. As things stand, though it's early days, Piastri will hold 2nd by a tiebreak of winning 2 races to Alonso's 1."

Forward to lap 5, that order is sustained. It's DP, Alonso, Norris, Albon, Piastri, Perez, Russell, Sainz, Leclerc and Verstappen.

DP pits on lap 6 into 7.

Norris does as well.

[cold grotto]

why is sargeant pitting at the last lap

[floral apex]

because hes sargeant

Why are max and lewis heir first names what

why not VER and HAM

like it should be

[fallow breach]

Skip further onto lap 14.
The World Champion DP is on course to win a 7th race in a row to seal his Championship. Meanwhile, Alonso is P3, Piastri is P6. Piastri takes P2 overall by tiebreaker for 2 wins vs 1 as it stands, but Verstappen is P7 behind Piastri.

[fallow breach]

only thing i can think of is its monoposto

[floral apex]

monoposto does have editable names and stuff

[fallow breach]

ah fair

[floral apex]

and since all of those are the right names, that person actually put in MAX and LEW for verstappen and hamilton

[fallow breach]

i wouldnt know bc i've never done it

[fallow breach]

osc will get there 🔥🔥

Piastri passes Perez for P5!

though it's going back and forth

I think Perez keeps it

But still regardless, the difference is a lead of 3 points (Piastri P5) vs a tiebreaker (Piastri P6)

As DP crosses the line to start the final lap, Piastri has P5.

"It has been an incredible season full of back and forth battles, noble team strategy, and enthralling head-to-heads, however here at the final corner, DP goes 7 up and wins in Abu Dhabi for the third time! Lando Norris is second and Fernando Alonso is 3rd. No swap to speak of at McLaren, but we wait on Perez and Piastri. Albon's 4th, and it's Sergio Perez in 5th! Piastri comes home in P6, but that is still enough to hang on to vice-championship in 2026!"

FINAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF 2026 STANDINGS
Drivers:
1 [Xe] DP 466 (15W, 16P) 🏆
2 [Xe] Piastri 319 (2W, 13P)
3 Alonso 319 (1W, 13P)
4 Norris 305 (3W, 12P)
5 Albon 228 (0W, 2P)
6 Verstappen 221 (1W, 6P)
7 Russell 175 (0W, 2P)
8 Perez 144 (0W, 2P)
9 Leclerc 119 (1W, 1P)
10 Sainz 116 (1W, 2P)
11 Hamilton 103 (0W, 1P)
12 Stroll 61 (0W, 1P)
13 Tsunoda 24 (0W, 1P)
14 Pourchaire 19 (0W, 0P)
15 Hauger 13
16 Hulkenberg 12
17 Gasly 8
18 Ocon 5
19 Magnussen 4
20 Zhou 0
21 Sargeant 0
22 Fittipaldi 0

Constructors:
1 [Xe] 785 🏆
2 624
3 365
4 289
5 278
6 235
7 31
8 24
9 13
10 13
11 4

DP 2026:
19 poles
15 wins
16 podiums
466 points
Championship at the age of 20

New Xenon livery design

Reigning champion DP elects to run driver number 1 for 2027 season

Oliver Bearman makes F1 debut with McLaren in 2027, replacing Alonso

Here is the R&D chart heading into Bahrain 2027.

That is where I'll leave off for tonight.

[floral apex]

Why does that actually look good tho

[muted sage]

my f1 games keep saying failed to save

i have f1 22 and 23

[frozen thunder]

im back

and i already want to leave

why must f1 manager do this to me

[floral apex]

bruh

wait merc at the top in 2026?!?!?

that usually never happens what

[sleek shell]

Pourchaire-Albon goes hard

[fallow breach]

I changed the pink colour in the detail slightly to make it brighter, and made a gold ish colour 4 as a nod to the championship in s3

[gaunt hinge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZvcH64AffQ Back to back engine failures bruh

[quaint hare]

yeah. Somehow aaravas game always makes an exciting finale

[fallow breach]

Unless this is inaccurate, Alpine make a huge lunge into 4th in the chart!

[raven fern]

i've had this problem with same games but i don't remember what helped sry

try reinstalling

i think it helped

[limber dome]

Is it just me or the AI in f124 is stupid sometimes

[sleek shell]

Just you

[fallow breach]

btw that's insane, bearman making his f1 debut with the second best team.

[fallow breach]

Xenon and McLaren look to have a massive lead over the rest of the field, with Alpine expecting to challenge for decent points through the season, as we head to the opening round in Bahrain.

FP1: DP tops the session by 2.247 seconds over Piastri. Bearman on debut is a brilliant P3 in FP1, then Russell, Leclerc, Sainz, Norris, Tsunoda, Hulkenberg and Perez. Norris and Perez are on mediums, everyone else on softs

[floral apex]

the funny thing is bearman is at mclaren in my save rn lol

[fallow breach]

Bearman has pulled some INSANE luck not to start with haas or something

bc i swear almost every f124 save that has bearman sees him debut at haas or the custom team (or some other mid to back team)

even moreso to start with the team that were giving xenon the closest challenges in s3?

i mean look at that gap from xenon and mclaren to red bull

[floral apex]

damn huge drop off

[fallow breach]

we got the regs perfect, the only upgrades we lost were the supplier ones obviously

We're at maxed aero, maxed chassis, 19/23 powertrain and 23/27 durability

Fun fact: DP has podiumed every time he's visited Bahrain, but never won.

Carrying driver number 1 on his car, can he do it in 2027?

any predictions for quali or race in bahrain?

8 minutes to go in quali
DP P1, then Piastri, Norris, Bearman, Gasly, Russell, Albon, Ocon, Hamilton and Verstappen.

Norris improves to P2, 3 and a half minutes to go.

And that's how it remains. DP takes his 53rd pole in his career, with Norris on the front row. Oscar Piastri is P3, followed by Bearman on debut.

[floral apex]

bros only been in the sport for 4 years yet he already has 53 poles

[fallow breach]

Russell is P5, then Gasly, Albon, Ocon, Hamilton and Sainz. Max Verstappen is P11, then Leclerc, Stroll, Tsunoda, Perez, Hulkenberg, Pourchaire, Sargeant, Fittipaldi, Hauger, Magnussen and Zhou.

[fallow breach]

bro is insane

theres a reason he won the world championship at 20

His pole margin is dominant again too.

1.794

Over a car that is not that far behind on paper

[fallow breach]

53 poles in 73 races is a crazy career stat

wild that he only has 1 title from that

Norris takes a 5 place grid penalty for the Bahrain GP
This means Oscar Piastri inherits a place on the front row, thus earning Xenon's first ever front row lockout, and Oliver Bearman on debut will qualify 3rd, closest to the reigning champions.

"We come to Bahrain for the season opener. The reigning world champion, aged 20 years, 9 months old, DP, lines up on pole with his teammate alongside, and the 21 year, 9 month old debutant Bearman behind. The champion comes into this race having always podiumed here but never won. Can he thwart that narrative? The 5 red lights are on.. and Formula 1 in 2027 is go!"

[floral apex]

This feel like how in Max's 209 races, he was only classified outside of the points 9 times and DNFed only 28 times

[fallow breach]

As the opening lap concludes, DP leads from Piastri, Bearman, Russell, Gasly and Norris. Albon drops to 7th, Sainz is up to 8th, Hamilton is down to 9th and Stroll is up to 10th. Verstappen has fallen two places and is behind Nico Hulkenberg.

[floral apex]

This means Verstappen has an 82.3% points finishing rate

[fallow breach]

DP's pole rate is 72.6%

In three whole seasons and 1 race surplus

[floral apex]

I'm sure i've ballooned this percentage in my save

if max isn't top 5 he's DNF

[fallow breach]

Do you think Xenon can hold on to the 1-2?

[floral apex]

hopefully yeh

unless some mclaren decides to ruin it

[fallow breach]

Do you think Bearman can get a race win in 2027?

in the McLaren, as a young talent, seemingly poised by the papaya team to be their response to the prodigy that is DP

Lap 4, Norris is making gains, has got past Gasly and is shaping up to get past Russell. Has P4 for now.

Enzo Fittipaldi has retired from the race

No VSC/SC/red flag, likely he's boxed to retire.

Onto the pit inlap for DP (lap 8), DP has a 22 second lead still over Piastri. Bearman holds P3, then Norris, Russell, Albon, Gasly, Sainz, Hamilton and Verstappen.

Norris pits as i say that though.

DP pits and comes out in P1.

Piastri stays out, Bearman pits. So do Hamilton and Verstappen.

Bearman comes out ahead of Norris.

Piastri, Gasly, Russell and Sainz pit on lap 10.

Bearman jumps Piastri in the pits and takes P2!

Norris briefly gets by Piastri as well, but it's a hard fought battle for position.

Norris gets the place.

So it's DP, Bearman, Norris, then Piastri.

[red wadi]

It's over, I just finished Romeo Pellegrini's F1 career

Now bro is officially a part-timer

[fallow breach]

"It's a brand new season, but the same face on the top step! A weekend of absolute perfection, to kickstart a glorious title defense, the 20 year old comes out of the final corner to convert pole number 53 to win number 25 in Formula One, as DP wins in Bahrain for the first time, and extends his streak of victory to 8!"

"The world champion runs number 1 on his car, and is once again number 1 in the field. But we look now to the team in papaya, to find a new success story given the blueprints for its kickstart, as the new kid on the block, recruited by McLaren to fill the void of their triple-champion Alonso will draw level with Kevin Magnussen as the man with the highest ever finish on debut. Ollie Bearman comes out of the final corner to finish 2nd in his first ever Formula One Grand Prix! Right behind, who's going to get 3rd? Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri, it's a drag to the line - Piastri takes third!"

[red wadi]

Welp tine to cook some lore AND a smaller surprise

[fallow breach]

in XDPU, this is how the career race wins chart for active drivers looks like after Bahrain 2027, including the year of their first and last win.
1 🇬🇧 Hamilton 104 (spanning 2007-24)
2 🇳🇱 Verstappen 74 (spanning 2016-26)
3 🇬🇧 DP 25 (spanning 2024-27)
4 🇬🇧 Norris 9 (spanning 2024-26)
5 🇲🇽 Perez 8 (spanning 2020-23)
6 🇲🇨 Leclerc 6 (spanning 2019-26)
7 🇪🇸 Sainz 3 (spanning 2022-26)
8 🇬🇧 Russell 2 (spanning 2022-25)
9 🇦🇺 Piastri 2 (2026 only)
10 🇫🇷 Ocon 1 (2021 only)
11 🇫🇷 Gasly 1 (2020 only)

Alonso has 46 btw

Who will win the Australian Grand Prix?

The grid has been set in qualifying.
DP got his wing damaged on his first flying lap by Albon which put him 13th. His second flying lap is enough for pole position by 1.2 seconds. Bearman was P5 after run 1, and he improves the time but not the position. But Oscar Piastri makes an improvement to the front row, 27 thousandths ahead of Norris!

So it's the Xenons, then Norris, then Russell, Bearman, Verstappen, Russell, Perez, Gasly and Leclerc.

Norris has a 10 place penalty in Australia!

"The reigning World Champion is on the verge of a ninth consecutive Grand Prix victory as he lines up on the grid in Melbourne. Can he win, or can the party be spoiled by either his teammate or a McLaren?"

"The Australian Grand Prix is on, and DP and Piastri get a neck-and-neck start until they get to turn 1. DP, cleanly ahead into the first turn in Melbourne. Hamilton is 3rd, the 41 year old doing well to hold- Verstappen has got past Bearman! Verstappen goes into 4th position!"

"Behind the top 5 it's Pierre Gasly, up two places! Russell in 7th, then Perez, Albon and Leclerc, but as we said, Max Verstappen has got through on Oliver Bearman for 4th place in the Australian Grand Prix."

Bearman gets back to P4 on lap 2.

DP sets fastest lap but it's quickly taken away by his teammate!

DP gets fastest lap back on lap 3.

On lap 4, Bearman is looking for the pass on Hamilton and gets it!

restarting the session though bc DP got sent into a spin, crashed Piastri out and got a 10 second penalty.

Before i restart it, i'm gonna retire and see how the race would have been

Bearman would have won from Hamilton and Norris.

DP and Piastri are 1-2 on lap 4, Hamilton P3 then Verstappen, Russell and Bearman is P6.

Verstappen has got past Hamilton and Bearman has got past Russell back into P5.

Meanwhile Norris is still P13.

Pierre Gasly retires from the GP on lap 5.

Through the pit sequence, by lap 10, it's DP, Piastri, Verstappen, Bearman, then Hamilton, Russell, Norris, Leclerc, Perez and Ocon.

[keen brook]

After being once again a bit in The Crew Motorfest I'm back.

And I'm back with double the action as Qatar is a Sprint weekend.

[fallow breach]

On lap 11, Bearman makes the overtake on Verstappen, and is on for his second podium in 2 GP starts!

[keen brook]

Now I just need to not forget pretending Magnussen to be Beganovic because of his ban.

[fallow breach]

He qualified 3rd in Bahrain, behind the Xenons, and finished 2nd to split them. In Australia, Bearman qualified P5 (DP and Piastri 1-2 again) and has now got up to P3 with 4 laps to go.

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Abbi

engine failure

mechanical issue for Abbi

Abbi out of FP

car on fire

[fallow breach]

On lap 13, Bearman is reporting a mechanical issue, just as his teammate Norris enters the top 5 for the first time all race!

He's only got 2 and a half laps to the finish!

Verstappen's through, Norris is through, the race is falling apart for Ollie Bearman!

C1: "Final lap of the Australian Grand Prix, DP leads, but he's slowing! I think the Xenons are swapping!"
C2: "There's a team radio message."

TEAM RADIO - DP
M: Final lap. Let's bring it home.
DP: Tell Oscar to catch up to me. He deserves this one.
M: Copy. Don't bring out the yellows, keep driving.
DP: Copy.

C1: "These are extraordinary scenes, coming from the Xenon pit wall! The reigning World Champion is once again showing his nobility, as Piastri is catching up to overtake for the Grand Prix lead on the final lap!"
C2: "This is Oscar's home Grand Prix as well!"
C1: "The crowds in Melbourne are going berserk, as Oscar Piastri takes the lead in Albert Park!"

[cut to the end of the lap]
"This has been a display of absolute dominance from the wheel of both cars for the Xenon team. And while it was DP who had pole, and who either led or had the net lead every single lap, it will be his teammate, the boy who grew up not far from the site of this circuit, who will see the chequered flag first, and Oscar Piastri wins the Australian Grand Prix!"

[keen brook]

Another FP for Abbi, Antonelli replaced Hamilton in FP at Ferrari, Stanek replaced Tsunoda in FP at Aston Martin, Cowell replaced Leclerc in FP at Red Bull, Dürksen replaced Albon in FP at Mercedes, Iwasa replaced Hülkenberg in FP at Williams and Doohan replaced Gasly in FP at Kick Sauber.

Just pretend 7th says Beganovic and not Magnussen.

[fallow breach]

Gabi and Abbi

[fallow breach]

Piastri wins from DP, then Norris up 10 places, then it's Verstappen, Russell, Bearman, Perez, Leclerc and Ocon.

Media duties on Thursday ahead of Japanese GP:
"DP, what are your plans for the year?"
"I'm not sure as of yet. I might try and alternate wins with Oscar, maybe i might go for a similar thing to last season."
"And why did you let Oscar win? Many say it's because it was his home Grand Prix. Is that true?"
"Yes. That definitely played into it. I knew how much he wanted to win in Melbourne, so I decided to give it to him. And also, he played a great part in the title. Even if it seems like it was plain sailing on track, i think the fact he was always there to chat after the race, to share the celebrations when i or we both succeeded, or to console those races where mistakes, incidents, collisions, and the sort, caused me to drop through the order. And I did the same in China, in Vegas, in Qatar. That was really what made it a no-brainer for me to pay it back."

[keen brook]

Albon spun.

[floral apex]

hes done

[red wadi]

Bro’s gonna cook in a one-off race👀👀

[keen brook]

Ollie locked up.

thankfully no damage on the car

But the only for SQ3 is now fucked.

and with that both his SQ3 runs

If there's even time for a 2nd one.

[floral apex]

f in chat for ollies SQ3 runs

theyre now just SQ3 walks

[keen brook]

[red wadi]

Also pre-F1 Romeo Pellegrini is back, bro binned the Alpine the 1st time he was testing it🔥

[floral apex]

let me guess

in a ditch?

[red wadi]

Sadly no

[floral apex]

bruh he had one job

[red wadi]

He did spin at 275km/h though🫣

[floral apex]

Anyeay time for the pain gp

Ocon's starting FP1 with damage already

[red wadi]

Romeo Pellegrini to make one-off return to IMSA
The Slovakian will race at the 24h of Bathurst, with which team and car is yet to be made known

[floral apex]

if this was le mans hed get permission to run a twingo

[red wadi]

I’m playing the race tomorrow

[red wadi]

Together with his 6yo son and 34yo wive

Watch Nashville cook the Twingo class ||they’re the only ones competing||

[floral apex]

8-time WDC fighting an 8-time WDC (from a different universe)

also 3 car battle

[red wadi]

Romeo might make his LMP2 debut

[keen brook]

And Ollie held up Gabi as well, great.

[floral apex]

ocon mechanical issue in FP1

Also Pellegrini is in P21 right now, 5 seconds off the pace

[fallow breach]

BEARMAN GOES TO THE FRONT ROW PROVISIONALLY IN JAPAN!

[floral apex]

hUh

[fallow breach]

0.577 seconds behind provisional polesitter DP, and 2 tenths ahead of Piastri

[floral apex]

Heres a good summary of this channel on a good day

[keen brook]

At least both have time for a 2nd run.

[floral apex]

The Sunwests will not take the last 6 minutes of FP1 due to tire issues

[fallow breach]

In just his third Grand Prix start, Bearman could be staring down a front row, unless Norris can do something about it! He's on a lap now, 5 minutes to go.

[floral apex]

nice.

[fallow breach]

And he gets past Bearman, but is only P2 himself, one tenth behind DP's mark!

[floral apex]

Time for sprint qualii

[fallow breach]

0.106 is a small enough gap for DP to feel there's a minor risk to his pole position chances so he does a second lap.

[floral apex]

Pellegrini goes P16 in SQ1!

P9 in SQ2
Finally an improvement for the Slovakian, he outqualifies his teammate who goes P11!

This might be his first Q3... ever

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Norris and DP go side by side into the last chicane on the outlap, but DP gets ahead. He begins the lap, keeps it clean, manages to stick around the outside of Hulkenberg into turn 6, but he goes wide out of turn 7 and spins on the straight!

[floral apex]

And its a sprint

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Piastri improves to P3, so it's down to Bearman and Norris. Can either McLaren take pole away from DP?

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No! DP hangs on to pole position, with Norris in P2, then Piastri and Bearman.

Albon gets P5 ahead of Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Hamilton and Perez.

Anyone got any predictions for the Japanese GP?

[floral apex]

wet sprint here today

[fallow breach]

ooh

"DP has pole, Norris alongside, their respective teammates Piastri and Bearman lining up behind them. But who will win in Suzuka? Time to find out as the lights come on... they're off towards the first turn!"

[keen brook]

Qatar Sprint qualifying result of my My Team career

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"Just like last year, DP comes right to cover Norris, which allows Piastri through on the outside! But the battle continues for 2nd as DP takes a tight line through the opening corners, Norris is right there! They bang wheels, and DP emerges with second place, but behind them, Albon has passed Bearman for P4!"

[primal drift]

🦅

[keen brook]

starting grid for the 2026 Qatar Sprint (just pretend 7th says Dino Beganovic instead of Kevin Magnussen)

[floral apex]

damn it happened again

the first pit stop is always 1.8 and the second one is significantly slower

[keen brook]

Strategies are for both .

[primal drift]

huh

David has special lines for the first race in a custom team

[floral apex]

0.001

[keen brook]

It's lights out and away we go!

Albon locked up.

[fallow breach]

DP lost down to P4, he then subsequently made it back to P2 though.

Onto lap 5, it's a Xenon 1-2, Piastri P1 as he has been the whole time, by 1.7 seconds. Norris is 3.8 seconds behind DP, then Albon, Bearman, Russell, Hamilton, Sainz, Stroll and Leclerc.

[floral apex]

damn Pelley p15

[keen brook]

Hülkenberg spun.

mechanical issue for Russell

gearbox issue

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DP pits, Norris follows.

DP comes out P8

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Gasly

engine issue

[floral apex]

and the spanish gp is go!

abbi pulling takes the lead going into t1

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Lap 8, DP takes the lead from Piastri, but Oscar fights it back entering the final sector.

[keen brook]

Gasly has a rear left puncture.

[fallow breach]

One lap later at the same place, DP has the lead firmly by a second. Bearman is P3, then Norris, Albon, Russell, Hamilton, Stroll, Leclerc and Ocon.

Btw Verstappen took a 10 place penalty, started P16 and has been down the order all race, currently in P15 on lap 12. Same order in the top 10.

"Final lap, final chicane for DP, and it will once again be the Xenons in 1st and 2nd, this time DP will win, and he is crawling to the line, Piastri is RIGHT THERE for the race win, but DP crosses the line with a tap on the accelerator, to win the Japanese Grand Prix by twenty eight thousandths of a second!"

Bearman is P3 for his second podium in 3 starts! Norris is 4th, Albon 5th, then Russell, Hamilton, Leclerc, Stroll and Ocon.

[keen brook]

Qatar Sprint result of my My Team career

[red wadi]

Romeo Pellegrini to do one-off with Blue Line USA

[floral apex]

damn dino points on debut

[keen brook]

Well, it's the Sprint.

[fallow breach]

sprint, canada

[keen brook]

so only top 8 points

[floral apex]

i forgot that lmak

i saw him in p10 and immediately assumed points

[fallow breach]

Im in replay looking at the close finish between DP and Piastri in Japan 2027 in XDPU

And i can tell you all the drivers' numbers on the 27 grid

[floral apex]

Eh

[red wadi]

The car, bro is a Slovakian, lives on Curacao, drives in a car with the USA flag

[floral apex]

33

[red wadi]

I'll post the race in #racing-games

[red wadi]

Oh yeah lol

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Obviously all the normal numbers, Piastri 81, Norris 4, Verstappen 33, Perez 11, Hamilton 44, etc.

But the rest:
DP is using 1 (normal number 54)
Bearman is using 52
Hauger is 86
Fittipaldi is 8
And Pourchaire is 78

[floral apex]

mr worldwide

[red wadi]

Bro is a test driver for Alpine in the LMDh class but will make his IMSA return in a LMP2

[red wadi]

Fr

[floral apex]

next thing we know he's flying the Australian flag as a celebration

[fallow breach]

[red wadi]

The only reason bro is going to Australia is because IMSA allowed him 7 paddock passes

[red wadi]

[fallow breach]

he'd have the Brazilian flag to commemorate Senna for no particular reason than to spread the f1 agenda

[red wadi]

2 for his parents (they're 70 and 84)
5 for his 3 kids and Dominik and his wive

[floral apex]

Pellegrini:

• is Slovakian
• lives in Curacao
• drove a French car
• currently has an American and Japanese car
• drove for an Austrian, German and Italian F1 team
• will drive for an American team
• will drive for said team in Australia

[red wadi]

His 2nd car is Japanese

[red wadi]

bro fr is mr. worldwide

[floral apex]

Interviewer: so other than Slovakia and Curacao, which country do you resonate with the most?
Romeo: yes

[fallow breach]

i would like someone else's input on this: what should Xenon do as their strategy this season? Should there be any 'lavender legislation' coming into play? (Im still working on the name for it )

[floral apex]

"lavender legislation" bro is the government

[fallow breach]

i had to think of some alliterative word starting with l that would fit well with lavender

still havent found it tho

LavStrat?

nah that doesnt sound good

[fallow breach]

as a single name for it

[floral apex]

lavenstrat

That sounds like a dutch road name

Lavenstraat

[fallow breach]

i need to find a word for it and then even define what it means

that was the other part of the question
what exactly should the calls be

[floral apex]

take a page out of red bull's book and call it lavender 181

[red wadi]

[fallow breach]

dumb question is this a multi map 2 1 reference

[floral apex]

potentially

[fallow breach]

181 is close to 180

darts reference

[floral apex]

bullseye 181

[fallow breach]

OR CALL IT SOMETHING 27 BECAUSE THATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OSCAR'S AND DP'S NORMAL NUMBERS??

oh wait

nico Hulkenberg exists

damn it

[floral apex]

"Hulkenberg 27, hulkenberg 27"

"What"

[fallow breach]

you could clearly tell that dp didnt know the plan when he slowed
like "who's winning? is it me or is it oscar, what do you want me to do?"

[floral apex]

we weren't even double stacking and Max still got a slower stop than Abbi

[fallow breach]

why did i write because

my comment had nothing to do with the Hulkenberg 27 stuff

[floral apex]

Nico listening to the tram radio after the race: why are they referencing me?

[fallow breach]

tram radio?

[floral apex]

tram radio yes

dp and oscar work for the transit service now

[fallow breach]

Xenon Trams: taking you from front row lockout to double podium

[floral apex]

imagine if they did an ad like that for a local transit company

[fallow breach]

sidequests be like

[floral apex]

Oop Russell just retired to a mechanical failure

[fallow breach]

but yeah like "im a vcarb driver, im tied to red bull, why are the xenons on about me??"

"I dont think im what they want in a driver"

btw look at xenons first 3 gp results:

DP1: 1[F] 2[F] 1[F]
OP81: 3 1 2

[floral apex]

sunwest ahh results

[fallow breach]

norris and bearman are tied on points

[floral apex]

oop Fournier is also out

[fallow breach]

bearman has gone 2 7 3, norris has gone 4 3 4

[floral apex]

LeClerc has damage

Abbi Pulling now on the final lap

oh goodness

[fallow breach]

i like how this conversation has taken us absolutely nowhere in regard to what the strategy should be for Xenon

[floral apex]

Gasly is shown the blue

[fallow breach]

its all been just what they should call it

[floral apex]

Gasly got lapped just milliseconds before the checkered flag

final timings

[fallow breach]

Hmm

abbi pulling

[fallow breach]

Time for Shanghai

[floral apex]

woo

[fallow breach]

yeahhh!!

[floral apex]

WDC Update
Norris and Vesti are P21 and P22, both with 0 points

WCC Update
Mercedes is 11th with 0 points

[fallow breach]

what should they do?

formula a and formula b ahh gaps

who keeps giving Alpine the right to be 4th in the r&d?

Sprint Qualifying in Shanghai

[keen brook]

Albon spun.

[fallow breach]

DP takes sprint pole by 3.245 seconds over Norris, Piastri and Bearman.

Leclerc is best of the rest, then Verstappen, Ocon, Sainz, Hamilton and Perez. Honourable mention to Magnussen dragging the worst car on the grid to P13 btw

Xenon and McLaren front 2 rows has been a fixture of i believe every race in 2027 so far

Which is impressive considering one of the McLarens is a rookie

I'll decide the strategy as we go.

Dry sprint, quali and majority of GP.

"It's the Chinese Grand Prix weekend in 2027, and it's time for the Sprint. DP on pole, Norris P2, Piastri and Bearman on the second row.. and they go sprinting to turn 1!"

[keen brook]

Alonso locked up.

Ollie locked up.

thankfully no damage on the car

[thorn hollow]

Gabriel Bortoleto wins the Mexico City Feature Race after a Battle with Andrea Kimi Antonelli

[keen brook]

Qatar qualifying result of my My Team career

starting grid for the 2026 Qatar Grand Prix (just pretend 21st says Dino Beganovic instead of Kevin Magnussen)

[fallow breach]

"Last year it was DP losing the place to Alonso in his strategic swap with Piastri, but this year it's Piastri picking a poor strategy that will allow DP to cross the chequered flag first and win the sprint in Shanghai, but both McLarens are ahead of Piastri. Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz and Perez complete the points."

[keen brook]

Strategies are for both .

It's lights out and away we go!

[floral apex]

bvbcrofty

[keen brook]

crash

Hamilton locked up into Stroll.

both out

[floral apex]

damn already

[floral apex]

thats the wrong way around

[keen brook]

Hamilton gets a 5 second time penalty.

The ironic thing is: Stroll has 0 penalty points.

So he never crashed into someone else in this save at all.

[floral apex]

thats illegal

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Vesti

mechanical issue for Sargeant

severe issue

mechanical issue for Vesti

severe now

mechanical issue for Sargeant

gearbox failure

Sargeant out

crash

Bottas and Vesti

both out

[red wadi]

Romeo boutta cook in his final(?) race

[keen brook]

1.853 for Gabi

2.043 for Ollie

Bottas gets a 5 second time penalty.

[red wadi]

Bro’s gonna return in 10 years when his kid is 16 (Romeo’s gonna cook the South American F4💀💀)

[floral apex]

brad pitt ahh storyline

[red wadi]

Fr😭

43 years and the only reason bro is there is bc bro wanna race with his kid😭🙏

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Beganovic

[red wadi]

Imagine the Pellegrini’s all just racing in IMSA for Pellegrini Motorsports, they boutta be unstoppable 💀

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Hülkenberg

severe issue

mechanical issue for Ollie

engine issue

This is already the craziest Qatar GP I've ever seen.

mechanical issue for Gasly

gearbox issue

[red wadi]

Charlotte/William/Nashville would have insane team chemistry

[keen brook]

Ollie's engine issue is fixed.

mechanical issue for Gabi

gearbox issue

mechanical issue for Gasly

severe gearbox issue now

mechanical issue for Hülkenberg

gearbox failure

Hülkenberg out

[floral apex]

Huge missed opportunity if william doesnt get a drive at Williams

[red wadi]

[keen brook]

Beganovic spun.

[floral apex]

i'd like to bet you almost said Magnussen there

[keen brook]

nope

[red wadi]

Well so…… William might never touch an open wheeler🫣🫣

[keen brook]

He already has a car issue.

[floral apex]

i mean why would he, its a €50,000 fine if he touches anything other than the cockpit or halo

[keen brook]

But also there I was aware to say Beganovic and not Magnussen.

[red wadi]

£50k is like £5 to the Pellegrini’s

My keyboard shows the Euro sign but makes it a pound sterling symbol 😭

[keen brook]

lol

[floral apex]

i didnt know your keyboard was involved in Brexit

[keen brook]

2.058 for Gabi

[red wadi]

Lmao that’s a good one actually

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Gasly

gearbox failure

[red wadi]

Nah but I might make William and Charlotte the “super twins” and make them a racing duo (until Vips’ kid comes along and that creates friction between Vips’ kid and William👀👀)

[keen brook]

2.170 for Ollie

[floral apex]

After that one race where we got two 1.8s

[keen brook]

Gasly out

[floral apex]

We've successfully managed to get one 1.8 stop... and everything else is much slower

[red wadi]

Just gotta cook a name for Vips’ kid

[keen brook]

That's now 7 DNFs.

in Qatar

[floral apex]

pit stops in Spain:

1. PUL (Sprint): 1.8
2. VER (Sprint): 2.0
3. PUL (L18): 1.8
4. VER (L19): 2.0
5. PUL (L45): 2.0
6. VER (L46): 1.9

how did we manage one 1.8 and then just not get 1.8s for the rest of the session

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Hadjar

[floral apex]

nobody wants to finish the race i see

[keen brook]

[red wadi]

Romeo Vips (in honour to Romeo being such a chill friend to Jüri)

[floral apex]

pellegrini x vips doesnt exist, it cant hurt you

pellegrini x vips:

[floral apex]

make it Romëo to make it sound estonian

[keen brook]

Albon spun.

[red wadi]

Yeah

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Gabi

severe gearbox issue now

[red wadi]

Charlotte when she starts dating a guy who’s literally named after her dad:

[floral apex]

we boutta get romeo pellegrini-vips

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Russell

severe gearbox issue

[fallow breach]

I'm about to move onto GP qualifying in China in 2027

[primal drift]

oh god

I need to do a Hamilton Ferrari career now

well

I'll start it tomorrow

[keen brook]

Do you then also start at Mercedes and move with him to Ferrari?

[primal drift]

yep

[red wadi]

bro boutta confuse everyone at the family diner

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Hadjar

severe now

That is the 1st time I'm worried about one of my cars braking down in the race.

[fallow breach]

DP has 55 poles and 26 wins from 75 races.

[keen brook]

Please, Gabi's gearbox, survive.

please

[fallow breach]

Any predictions for China quali/GP?

[keen brook]

mechanical issue for Leclerc

Pérez has a rear left puncture.

[fallow breach]

DP goes to provisional pole, Norris goes P2, then Bearman takes it, then Piastri takes it!

[keen brook]

crash

Russell locked up into Pérez

Russell gets a 5 second time penalty.

Russell severe damage, Pérez light damage

[fallow breach]

Current top 10 with gaps: (7 minutes to go)
DP
Piastri +0.559
Bearman +0.693
Norris +0.904
Russell +1.721
Verstappen +1.853
Hamilton +1.885
Albon +2.114
Sainz +2.124
Gasly +2.186

Gasly improves to P6, 1.812 behind pole.

Everyone except DP and Gasly are on track at the end.

Can anyone take pole from DP? If anyone it'll be the McLarens or Piastri.

No improvement for Piastri, none for the McLarens either. DP will have pole over his teammate Piastri. Then it's Bearman and Norris, then Russell, Hamilton, Gasly, Verstappen, Leclerc and Albon.

So it will be a third 1-2 lockout for Xenon.

[floral apex]

noic

[fallow breach]

pretty sure it was for DP losing his front wing on pit entry

A lot of people pitted pre-SC which has messed up the entire strategies of Xenon, McLaren, etc. DP is P8, Piastri P17, Bearman P11 and Norris P15.

And out of all, the biggest benefactors are Verstappen, Russell, Hamilton and Gasly.

[floral apex]

great job you caused a problem

[fallow breach]

"congratulations! it's your fault!"

[red wadi]

Wrong universe DP!

[fallow breach]

The order onto lap 8 is Verstappen, Russell, Hamilton, Gasly, Sainz, Ocon, Perez, DP (pitted), Hulkenberg, Stroll, Bearman (pitted), Fittipaldi, Magnussen, Zhou, Norris (pitted), Pourchaire, Piastri (pitted), Tsunoda, then Leclerc, Albon, Hauger and Sargeant (all 4 pitted)

[floral apex]

wow max leading for the first time ever

[fallow breach]

bruh max won the spanish gp in 2026 remember

it was a redbull 1-2

[floral apex]

...in 2027

[fallow breach]

yeah.. you said ever

First time in 2027, yes.

On the restart lap, DP gets taken out into a spin, losing the wing AGAIN.

[floral apex]

dp bruhh

[fallow breach]

He stops, causing everyone behind to stop as well.

That caused the R.F.

[floral apex]

huge facepalm moment

[fallow breach]

im putting the blame on perez for that red flag though

he broke my wing initially, that caused me to run wide, and then trying to rejoin i get spun.

That then fully breaks my wing, and the red flag.

DP restarts P10, and Magnussen got a 5 second penalty for causing a collision with Fittipaldi.

[keen brook]

Gabriel Bortoleto wins the Qatar Grand Prix!🥳

[fallow breach]

DP gets a masterful restart, and by the time he crosses the line to start the penultimate lap, he's climbed 9 positions back to P1!

[keen brook]

current championship standings

[fallow breach]

As it stands onto the penultimate lap, it's DP, Verstappen, Russell, Sainz, Ocon, Gasly, Perez, Stroll, Magnussen and Zhou. Hulkenberg is P11, then Bearman, Piastri and Norris are 12th, 13th and 14th respectively. Hamilton has fallen all the way to P19.

that's the DP we know

[floral apex]

Double podium letsgooo

[floral apex]

bruh piastri

[keen brook]

Qatar pit stops of my My Team career

[fallow breach]

What are you using for the driver championship standings there? I think i recognise it

[keen brook]

current DHL fastest pit stop award standings

[keen brook]

Formula Game Companion

[fallow breach]

Thought so

DP wins the Chinese Grand Prix, from Verstappen, Russell, Sainz, Ocon, Gasly, Stroll, Perez, Bearman and Zhou. Piastri was P11, 0.085 seconds behind Zhou.

[floral apex]

well he tried

[red wadi]

I hope I can play the IMSA race today and then cook some stuff for 2033-2040(ish)

[keen brook]

Ollie's rating went up.

[floral apex]

I think on my save Pulling is 94 rated, Verstappen is 93

[keen brook]

For me Ollie is now 81, Gabi 83.

[floral apex]

Merc is doing a great job at keeping the rear up

i like how of all the teams this season, my team and merc are the only ones not to change position

[fallow breach]

Championship standings after 4/24 rounds:

Drivers (top 5):
[Xe] DP 105 (3W, 4P)
[Xe] Piastri 63 (1W, 3P)
Bearman 47 (0W, 2P)
Norris 46 (0W, 1P)
Russell 41 (0W, 1P)

Constructors (entire championship):
[Xe] 168 (4W, 7P)
93 (0W, 3P)
65 (0W, 1P)
45 (0W, 1P)
27
26
19
1
0
0
0

DP is giving Oscar an absolute thrashing in the title omg

[floral apex]

pellegrini isn't very happy at VCARB

[keen brook]

When I checked who is the highest rated RB affiliate I found out the highest rated driver right now is Hadjar with 92.

[red wadi]

Imma sleep lol, i’ve run dry lore wise for now

[floral apex]

how did we mention VCARB at the same time in two completely different contexts

[red wadi]

Damn😭

[keen brook]

lol

[fallow breach]

In the first 4 races last season DP had 63, this time he has 105. That is 7 points below the absolute maximum theoretical score after 4 races with the calendar config i have.

[red wadi]

Imma cook some stuff ig

RP boutta cook in IMSA

DP and RP are secretly family

[fallow breach]

might explain the dominance he's gained

though

why only now

[floral apex]

ratings for all drivers in my save

[red wadi]

[floral apex]

i cant fit all 12 of my drivers on the same image

[red wadi]

Romeo was dogshit in junior classes, like no joke bro got sacked in Brazilian F3 after 4 races💀🙏

[fallow breach]

that is some niels koolen levels ineptitude wtf??

[floral apex]

pellegrini in my save:

[heavy shoal]

getting sacked in F3 is actually INSANE

[red wadi]

IMSA saved bro’s career😭🙏

[floral apex]

i think he needs imsa in my save
bro can't finish a race above P14

[red wadi]

That team can say they sacked a 8 time F1 champ now lol

[heavy shoal]

😭

[keen brook]

an Eritrean driver, interesting

[fallow breach]

they didn't see the vision

[red wadi]

Bro’s highest finish in the Brazilian F3 was 27th… in the best car

[floral apex]

ok yeah bruh

[red wadi]

Fair

[red wadi]

Bro was dogshit in BF3 holy crap😭🙏

Now bro’s the best car driver ever (according to Slovakian media)