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probably not flamingly gay cause there are races in Jeddah and Abu Dabi and Qatar

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A woman in F1 would be nice to see however

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Vettel was a mega ally and survived those countries

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Mega ally? First time I hear

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Gay ally yes

glacial pine
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I bought gay pride converse because I saw Vettel in those

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I ain't too serious about it anyway

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glacial pine
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And Lewis debuted his pride helmet in the middle east somewhere

granite tangle
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He was the first and foremost driver wearing the rainbows and refusing to remove them for Middle East

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it wouldn't make much difference anyway

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it's the unchangable status quo now

granite tangle
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It doesn’t to the government but it speaks to the people

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Yeah hence it does shit

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People don't matter

glacial pine
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People DO matter

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You’d be surprised how important it is for those people who to even be acknowledged

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I am an iranian

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I am officially less acknwoleedged than LGBT

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So don't tell me about what it means to be acknowledged

granite tangle
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Then I wonder how you hold this opinion that representation doesn’t matter

severe spindle
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I hold it because of exactly the fact that i am iranian

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Because Iran is a big country

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Who is constantly getting undermined year after year

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Being accepted lesser and lesser, being recognized by fewer people and organizations

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So what hope for a bunch of minorties have when an entire country cannot pull their own name's weight

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LGBT has it good if anything

glacial pine
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Isn't Iran one of the middle east "cradle of civilization" countries???

severe spindle
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I mean US recently overruled most of their social progress anyway

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So if Americans who jump start all this civil mivement have their voices silenced

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those voices will remain silenced forever

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But constantly taken advantage of, constantly undermined, and nowadays, constantly shwon in bad light

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You know most websites you can choose your nationality or most games where it allows that? We don't have that

glacial pine
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Managed to avoid the CENTURIES LONG societal stagnation of the European dark ages, by the sounds of things

severe spindle
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Most websites and shit don't recognize Iran

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We're not wanted by anyone

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So why would gays be wanted by anyone

glacial pine
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Oh that's just capitalism. If you're not a big enough international buyers market, the cost/benefit analysis says don't bother hiring the translators

severe spindle
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We'll always exist

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But we'll never be acknwoledged

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Same for you

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Nobody wants us, nobody accepts us, that's realityy

glacial pine
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And yet look at who rules this same earth now
Western counteies rule society in such a way that you'd think they began civilization to begin with

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Middle east is argubaly where humanity began

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yet we're seen as savages, war waging muslims and terrorists

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And unlike Saudi and Qatar, Iran doesn't even have enough money to buy others' love

glacial pine
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mmhm, and they'll soon fall because of it

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But until that time comes

glacial pine
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Hopefully

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It's already showing signs of cracking

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Like someone once said

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No empire is invincible agasint time

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Look at Romans, where are they now

glacial pine
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Italy is doing fine tbh

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Not that you'd know it from Ferrari performances

severe spindle
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Yeah but compare that to Roman empire
An empire so vast, it covered nearly all of Euroasia

glacial pine
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I don't think hyper vast empires like that are viable anymore. It's too many people, who are all too different.

severe spindle
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Well the definition of an empire has changed now

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It isn't so much about actually owning more land

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it's more about owning them via influence

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We all watch western cartoons, wear western clothes, follow western cultures and traditions, and above all, follow their politics

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TH whole world revolves around the west

glacial pine
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Ah the cultural colonialism. It's very annoying

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They have a power that Romans never had, they have everyone's hearts and souls

glacial pine
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I don't even know the language my ancestors spoke. It's Gone

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You speak the same language as the rest of your countrymen, countrymen that you never accepted, but now have to

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And yours isn't even the worst

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But alas, this is reality

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THings will always change, power axis will always swap

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We're just victims to whoever is in power at the time of our living

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Our parents speak of a USSR which was deemed unparalleled
We'll speak to our children and grand children of a USA which couldn't be stopped

glacial pine
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I wonder what a world influenced by Chinese culture and values and language will look like

severe spindle
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Hehe, it's already happening, so may as well prapare ourselves for it

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Likely, they'll create an easier version of their tradtional languages to make it easier for everyone to interact with the world's leading economy and political power

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Like British and Americans did

glacial pine
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We'll get the Xiaomi F1 team one day, sponsored by Nissan, who just want us to know they still exist, even if they didn't build the car

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We'll see them rule every industry, push forward the envolope of technology, do meaningless stuff sometimes

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And eventually, they'll try to influence everyone else besides their region too

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To meet opposition

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And similar fates will unfold, except we'll be watched due to AI technology

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seemingly from a far, a utopia

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but created from lies

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Just like the one we're living in now

glacial pine
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Oh AI right now is a bubble. It is JUST a predictive text, and its passable at writing emails in the correct vibe office people like

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No doubt governments and cooperations ahev access to far more capable AI, which they will enforce as they already try to

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It won't even be out of ill intent logically

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Simply put, how else would you ensure a society's future and effieicncy, without some managed dictatorship and control

glacial pine
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A utopian ideal is that you factor "being happy" and "letting people enjoy life" into the equation you're working with

severe spindle
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Indeed, which is simply not possible with a modern world

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YOu can be happy, but your happiness is only in service of what you provide to the bigger image

glacial pine
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That's capitalism

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Nobody's bigger than a country, let alone a society

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A utopia is initself something very subjective
A utopia to who? You, or them?
That's the biggest dilemma

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Logical answer is, a utopia for everyone
But we know not everyone is equal in significance and importance

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Eitherway, that's reality

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It's always been planned to be this way

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They've just now reached a perfected version of the formula they've always been chasing

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And they'll continue to perfect it

glacial pine
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It's fun to imagine what an ideal world will be, but our best guesses will be wrong anyway, because we're the generation digging the foundations, not choosing the kitchen colour scheme

severe spindle
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Hehe, pretty much

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Whatever we deem as right and wrong will likely be incorrect in that same future too

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I mean slavery and segregation were seen as completely acceptable

glacial pine
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So instead of focusing mostly on the social structure of the future, the 21st century should be about building the infrastructure. The roads, the power grids, the non-catastrophic food systems. And trying to not boil the whole planet.

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Social problems will always exist

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But we can't even fix very literal issues either

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Hell, we have a hard time making a portion of earth's population believe that global warming is an actual thing

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Social problem actively lead to infrastructure problems

glacial pine
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We got people life support on the moon, in Antarctica, death valley Nevada and fully underwater hotel rooms. There isn't a home on earth that's physically impossible to plumb in to the basics.

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Well, I think global warming has a relatively simple solution.
Help everyone realise that the solutions will save them money.

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Indeed. Instead we have ricn people doing what you mentioned

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If people can't believe global warming, they won't stop polluting either

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Or follow methods to help energy conservation

glacial pine
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Well the people doing the big picture pollution are the oil companies, and they've known this stuff for a century. Exxon DISCOVERED global warming

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Science is humanity's beacon of light within the endless tunnel of stupidity

glacial pine
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We can try and bike to work, but BP literally set the ocean on fire

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Indeed

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These problems are obvious

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Their solutions not so much

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And they want it to be this way

glacial pine
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Yeah they make the money out of it

severe spindle
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They complicated matters so much, no one can even solve the issue if they wanted to

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They say do this
Do that
To pollute less

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Yet actual problem causers cause atrocities on such a scale, we literally couldn't undo

glacial pine
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Oh yeah, and the concept of carbon footprint was invented by an advertising agency, for BP.

severe spindle
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Maybe this is fate afterall
Extinction is only natural
Maybe this is our extinction

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Nature doing to us what it did to everything that lived on this earth

glacial pine
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Nah, before we started digging up liquids to blow them up society was surviving pretty consistently

severe spindle
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We sped up our extinction

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That's all

severe spindle
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Reality sometimes feels like one huge sick joke

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A joke that we couldn't make up if we wanted to

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Thanks for the talk by the way

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I'm glad I was able to talk about this with a bright minded and understanding individual like you

glacial pine
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Not F1 posting these

severe spindle
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Pffft

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They're well in on the joke

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The photos are straight up artistic

granite tangle
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severe spindle
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the two Ferrari drivers on therapy wth their cars tangled

glacial pine
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Someone on Instagram has expressed their opinion

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I see the vision even if I don't agree

granite tangle
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stroll 😭

pale tinsel
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@granite tangle have you by any chance seen alex albons sister?

granite tangle
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no i havent

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church

glacial pine
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anything less than a podium and the team just has to get deleted

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bloody hype package for monza after a double dnf

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pale tinsel
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tell me you suck lando off without telling me you suck lando off

glacial pine
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I was surprised he didn't do it to Lando tbh

granite tangle
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Not his battle

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Nothing to gain

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Two years ago max knew that if he drove like a maniac he at least had win capable equipment

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Why would he pull that now on old softs in an rbr that stands no chance next lap anyway

glacial pine
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The exit of T1 is nicely close to a wall

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Would cop

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granite tangle
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^ literally

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He hard defends it and then his tires are completely cooked so he pits and loses the place in a lap anyway

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More point in letting him pass and trying to gain 1 or 2 extra laps of tire life

glacial pine
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But is it worth forcing Lando into the grass because he might crash and DNF? That's the question Max has asked himself many many times and then ran someone off the road

granite tangle
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But it’s not worth cause max has given up on the wdc

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I think he knows now that the Mclarens are basically untouchable

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And unless a particular circuit suits a particularly extreme setup, they don't have a shot at winning agaisnt them

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hence Imola and Suzuka

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Same story with Vettel

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he's not as hot headed as he used to be

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The mclaren this season is just so inexcusably fast

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Like i genuinely don't understand what their engineers have figured out that gives them such an advantage

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And why nobody besides them and seemingly Red Bull have been able to make use of these advantages of the 4 years that we've had these current regulations

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I'd say Ferrari near the end of 2024 had figured it out, like Mclaren at the same time, but unlike Mclaren, they have not carried that pace and capablity into 2025

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I do wonder what 2026 will be like, given nearing the end of 2025, nearly every team seems ripe for a possibility at doing decently with the new regs

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XD

granite tangle
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then they started progressing backwards

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Every other team, besides Aston Martin and Ferrari, seem to get worse with every progress they seemingly make

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Hmmmmmm

granite tangle
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I’m hearing something about 2.4L naturally aspirated V8

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Probably so small because it’s gonna be paired with a big hybrid like the 2026 engines

glacial pine
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If there is REALLY issues convincing people to watch F1 because of the sound (I doubt) they should just bung something fun in. i don't know why they actually picked V6 over V8 or V10 in the first place

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And it is really popular and fashionable right now, in a way I've never seen before

severe spindle
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Will say, I do welcome the idea of V8s returning

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a V8 hybrid unit is possible

glacial pine
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I did love the way the V10s echo off of everything, you got a really unique sound when they were straight on towards you

severe spindle
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Indeed

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THey were super high pitched too

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So the sounds almost entered your entire body with the power behind them

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Will say, I personally do like the V8s and V10s equally

glacial pine
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I've been enjoying the V6 sound too. Lots of variety, and you can hear a lot of the driveability tricks working. It's also cool when you can hear the hybrid activation from onboard.

severe spindle
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Yeah with such an engine setup you'd expect every car to sound mostly the same, especially since most share the PUs with each other, but nah, even the 2025 cars all sound distinct

glacial pine
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All new engines and bigger motors next year, the sound is going to evolve again.

But I'm also the guy who could ID formula e motors by manufacturer with my eyes closed.

severe spindle
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I am amazed you can

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I never could

glacial pine
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They're very very close, obviously. It's as much in what you can hear in the software itself under braking and acceleration

severe spindle
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You have a sharp ear for this

pale tinsel
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So apparently Mick caused this one to fall through?

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Nutcase

severe spindle
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What

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What fell through?

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I mean we knew between Perez, Valterri and Mick they'd end up choosing 2 of them, with Mick likely being kept as reserve driver like it says

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But that deal is not happneing anymore? And he's going to Mclaren instead?

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ooooooh, my bad, it says F1 reserve driver and also WEC driver

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ngl, Alpine's lost out big time

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THey lost Alonso's deal, they lost Oscar's deal, they lost Mick's deal with this, and who knows what else

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They practically had every good option with them, and now they have nothing left

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Mclaren are coming to LMH next year or so, so that seems like a decent possible spot for Mick to gain favor with Mclaren

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max and gabriel are playing call of duty right now to prepare for monza

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the prepare for monza part is a joke

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the call of duty stream isnt

severe spindle
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Pffft

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Them playing Call of duty

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I wonder how compeititve they'd be

pale tinsel
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This is the ferrari thats gonna show up for monza

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🙏

severe spindle
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Hahaha

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Who knows at this point

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Nothing is impossible

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Oh so apparently mick actually wants to stay at Alpine for now

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he believes the Cadillac WEC program would not provide him with as much freedom and or attention to him

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maybe he's also hoping for an Alpine seat still

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Hehe

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More like a brand sponsor anyway

glacial pine
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Holy shit

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Yeah deserved penalty

severe spindle
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Talk about kicking somebody while they're down

glacial pine
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Mate look at what he did

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He's still on throttle exiting the main track driving past peopke

severe spindle
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I can't, it hasn't embedded

glacial pine
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Hopefully this is a good wake up to the FIA to just impose the pit lane speed limiter at some line they draw before the last corner

severe spindle
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Teams would likely complain

glacial pine
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Jesus christ man

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He did not slow down at all

glacial pine
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Oh my god my screen recorder has audio sync issues

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Just click the link man

severe spindle
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It's okay your screen recorder worked

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didn't have sync problem for me

glacial pine
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Did your audio start at the same time as the video motion?

severe spindle
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Yeah it did

glacial pine
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Vool

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Oh wait it didn't

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Weird, it ran fine at first

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Regardless, I get the problem

glacial pine
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Discord video is the worst in the world

severe spindle
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Why were there so many people on track though

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glacial pine
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It was before the start of the race. They get to run a few installation laps to judge conditions

severe spindle
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Ah, guess that's what that was for

glacial pine
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But I think the FIA should change the rules after that.
A simple "the pit lane limiter must be engaged before the exist of the final corner" would make sure that never happens again.

severe spindle
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Yeah I think that should be done

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This was extremelt dangerous

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If it's a test lap, don't have the driver go full send to begin with

glacial pine
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Oh they can go as fast as they want, the rest of the track is probably open as normal, fully marshalled etc.

severe spindle
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I more so mean for sections which are populated

glacial pine
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Yeah up till now they've just had double yellow flags and the expectation drivers would slow down.

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Absolutely wild to see Lewis of all people getting the penalty for pushing too far with it

glacial pine
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Someone is mansplaining F1 budgeting at me on bluesky for saying the F1 movie shouldn't have filmed at the McLaren Technology Centre

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2016 is BACK! BABY!

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Apparently they think it's fine because only F1 nerds would notice. 🤣
The producers could just Google "cool buildings" and filmed at one, and they wouldn't have accidentally left a McLaren in the back of shot.

severe spindle
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Pffft

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I mean I suppose they wanted maximum accuracy

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Hell, they went to the effort of making an actual working car for filming

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than just making a milk-believe F1 car

glacial pine
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MILK BELIEVE

severe spindle
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PFFFFT

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I did not intend that, but that's too funny

glacial pine
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You've changed the English language for the better

severe spindle
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Hehehhe

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Guess I am now eligible for a Nobel prize

glacial pine
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Nobel Yapping Prize

severe spindle
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Hehehe

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Considering my high level in this server, I definitely am a contender for the yapping competition

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Here you go! 🧙‍♂️

glacial pine
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Well I've cracked the top hundred

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But your almost on the podium 😉

severe spindle
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Hehehe

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I am indeed. But the guys up there? They talk alot too

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it'd be hard to reach them

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But we'll see what happens

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Hopefully one day I'll reach it

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I enjoy talking here, it's a server wehre I always have my favorite topic with people to talk about

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And recently having gotten into F1 has only given me all the more to talk about

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Pfffft1

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They seriously wanna go blue for Monza?

glacial pine
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HP wants them to

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I feele like Ferrari would hav e enouygh power to prevent this

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I mean imagine them losing this race while looking blue

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that would be a pretty big stain on their career

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Not that a double DNF and a double DSQ in the same season aren't already a big stain

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2025 is a hilarious year for Ferrari

glacial pine
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They're going to put a stripe on the car, maybe paint the wings, and change the overalls and I GUARANTEE that's the most blue the car goes

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none of their drivers are in championship contention, only one of them has scored podiums, and yet they're 2nd in the constructors championship, and will likely remain in that position towards the end of the season

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Unfortunate

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Very unfortunate

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you know what?

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I don't hate it

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Much better than the actual 2025 livery

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can we run this for the rest of the year

granite tangle
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they had space to do it

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Yeah but

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HP

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🤢

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im nearing the point where i just hope a miracle happens and shell takes over as title sponsor

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i mean even better than that would be

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really tiny, next to the shell logo on the stripe

granite tangle
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come on mane

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okay you know what

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ill appreciate it being there

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and wont complain

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No but the hp logo needs to fuck off lmao

glacial pine
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F1 races feel too long when you get 20-25 races where literally nothing happens

pale tinsel
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you know what would fit in that white space?

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marlboro logo

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fuck I'll even take that crappy mw mission winnow logo

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Charles Leclerc casually saving Italy's birth rate

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LADS LADS

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SHE HAS MADE A STATEMENT

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ALL IS WELL

glacial pine
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Who?

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idk lando stan

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glacial pine
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Oh the way she said "me and landos performance" made me think tpshe worked with McLaren lol

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"better and cleaner driver than verstappen" damn i didn't know she was auditioning to be a comedian

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i dont remember why they even said it

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Clout probably

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but it was i think because they were just saying all kinds of nonsense about f1 cars

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and getting called out

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and they decided to pull that card

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XD

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I love when people write crazy long notes apparently nonsense to say "I am stopping"

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You don't have to post about it you can just delete the twitter app

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yeah i bet her mother "worked at mclaren"

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I love that they even painted the wheel design

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Lando stans are crazy

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Will say

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Ferrari do seem quite confident

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Maybe they will pull something in Monza

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arent they always

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just to go 9-10

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Not nearly this much no

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They're betting alot on this event

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Of course, doesn't mean they wouldn't do this, and these are all just to sell more merch

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theyre hyping it up cause its their home race

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its fake confidence

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But just saying, if Hungary pole position was possible

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So is this

strong kite
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I bet I'm gonna be posting that GIF of Luigi from Cars a lot

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well i promise you, you'll see

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I will also say, I really hope this livery of theirs doesn't end up being a one time only use
Cause this is actually fantastuc design

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no chance

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Never say never

granite tangle
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well if the problem was only the car

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Hulkenberg podium had realistically no chance of happening either

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or only the team

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or only the drivers

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if the stars align you have a chance

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when its 2/3

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and lewis is still 50/50

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i dont think so man

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I am not denying that there aren't problems
It's kind of obvious that mclaren are the far likelier candidate for a win there

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you could make a case for max pole in monza

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because the redbull is quite good on high speed

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and iirc honda engine has max top speed on the grid

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We know Mercedees are very good at top speed too, proven at Canada

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but other than that its just the mclarens really

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Regardless, Mario, we cannot make a case for anything

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yeah but mercedes suck ass when its hot out

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and its september in italy

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Given literally very few races have gone the way we expected it

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These guys are racing in very extreme scenarios all the time

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cause all teams get a brand new PU in monza

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A new PU has chance for failure too

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Regardless, I am not saying Ferrari will win Monza

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For all we know Haas will score a win instead

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However, I will say, predictions are a fool's errand

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definitely less than a stressed PU with a few race extentions in order to have a new one in monza (thats what happened to lando)

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also hamilton has a 5 grid pen

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so if he lets say qualifies as usual

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P8

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thats 5 places back after the pen

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I guess we at least saw the Mclaren car fail because of the Mercedes PU

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And Hamilton will be motivated to redeem himself here

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so he has reason to push

granite tangle
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yeah man but P8 means he is gonna start 13th

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Well we don't know what he'll qualify to begin with

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Could be P8 like you said, could be P17

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we know that well

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ferrari PU is third highest top speed wise

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Mario, we don't know anything

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ferrari chassis has a problem with suspension and floor

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so its easier to assume that they wont do anything

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and be happy if they do

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P7 and 8 never looked so good

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I am perfectly content whether if they do or don't do anything

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THis is racing

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There's bound to be winners and losers

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We're all mature people here

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Fact is, the new livery looks awesome, and Ferrari has a reason to pull something in sunday's race

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Whether if something wiill actually be pulled

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That remains to be seen

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If Red Bull and Mercedes' unexpected wins are anything to go by, something will end up happening

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if nothing else, Ferrari will probably end up extending their 2nd constructor's position

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Boy was a disaster

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Mini I'll say this as the biggest Ferrari fan here possibly. I've had 2 decades of expecting from Ferrari only to be disappointed. I'm not expecting anything from them until 2026, and judging by this season Ferrari might not break the top 5 at Monza. They can't run their car low cause they'll wear their plank out too much (this is one of the reasons they got a dq in China) and the car isn't good in low speed corners either, 2 chicanes at Monza and what not. Lewis and Charles are not too confident in the car so there's that too. Under normal race circumstances, its gonna be drs trains everywhere with the odd divebomb probably. Top 5 will be Mclarens, Verstappen, probably even the Williams and I could even see a VCARB being up there

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but not Ferrari

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again, under normal race circumstances

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we have a chance at not normal circumstances though

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thunderstorm warnings this weekend around lombardy

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but looks to be pretty warm

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Ferrari haven't been out of the top 5 teams in a LOOOOONNGGG time

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But everything you descrbed is just that, it's Racing

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For all we know they'll do another double DNF like last time

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Thats probably more down to the drivers than the car

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Well that's just it no?

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Everything is a factor

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Red Bull and to an extent Mercedes are basically one man shows

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not just the car

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We just wait for the race and hate McLaren

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Indeed xd

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Well, F1 races in 2025 have been very eventful

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And Mclaren haven't been as dominating as they realistically should have

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So it's nice that we get some stuff to grasp onto here and there

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But yeah

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While I am not 100% convinced that Ferrari will pull some miracle win at Monza this weekend

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The car looks too good to at least not make some dreams and fantasies about it

pale tinsel
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That's quite a prize

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Lando fans man

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Nut cases

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Like, if Mark Webber had buy championship money you would think he'd have paid to have his own in 2010

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Brruuuuuuh

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Do they not realize that "shit just happens"?

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hell, what actual power would Mark Webber even have over Mclaren Management

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he can only manage Oscar's end, not Lando's

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I'm tired of Colton Herta man, his hype train is gone

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he wasn't even that good in indycar towards the end of his stint

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I hope he can make it to F1 eventually

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But yeah, for considering how long this back and forth has been happening, you'd think it would have happened by now

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the hype and excitment isn't there anymore

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Heh, it's not been the most amazing of careers

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IMPORTANT

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Ooooooo!

strong kite
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and then he'll take his bitch

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Does this possibly mean he'll also drive in the actual race?

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Guess we'll have to see, but it is likely

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No chance but they are testing him

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If palpatine sees data he likes he might decide to sack Colapinto entirely

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I mean the more practice hours they take away from Colapinto, the more likely he's not going to be able to be ready for the race

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So if paul aron is seen as better for the free practice, they'll likely swap him out

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He’s gonna get FP2 and FP3

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If there’s a chance of alpine points

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90% gasly scores them

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So no point in taking away a session from the clear better driver

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No argument there

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But we also have to see what unfolds now

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just saying, i am sure this bit of news will absolutely enrage all the Argentinians on Alpine's instagram page

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yup, about what I expected

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i quite like

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Master work as always

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That's weird

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🤔

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Danny?

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Joins red bull ford for 2026

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It’s a bronco so I doubt it

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Will say, Daniel Ricciardo's return to F1 or him coming to WEC were not in my list of expectations

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This is why I've learned to temper expectations, because I realize I will never logically make a correct conlusion with how things always unfold and how in the dark we actually are

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For all we know Leclerc is talking with Mclaren behind Ferrari's back for a 2026 seat, given as Lando's not really winning favors with them anymore

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lando is still zak's golden child

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Yeah but Zak's not being seen so favorably either

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But like I said, we never know

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So Monza is where Franco made his F1 debut huh?

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I do hope he scores points here
He was close to scoring a point in Holland

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@granite tangle your team wins

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i follow her

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of course we do

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Damn, that is a good look

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BUT, I wouldn't want it to happpen

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Not because Ferrari CAN'T not be Red

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But because we have too many blue colored teams on the grid as it is

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Alpine, Williams, VCARB initially

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I don' understand why we don't have a yellow team anymore
seems obvious given it's such a widely used color everywhere else

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I guess I kind of hope Aston martin does a Jordan homage livery at some point

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Yeah this got quite heated

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I mean in the Spanish interview, post dutch GP, Carlos said something about Liam not being an F1 grade driver and causing trouble

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Excuse me, Max is considering going to Ferrari?

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Now that's completely unexpected given how much firmer the Mercedes rumors were

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Max Verstappen on Ferrari: “You don’t go there just to drive for them — you go to win”

“I think Ferrari is a massive brand, and of course all the drivers, they see and they picture themselves of, ‘I would like to drive for Ferrari,’ but I think that’s also where the mistake comes, just to drive for Ferrari.”

“If you want to drive for Ferrari, you want to win.”

“So if I would ever want to go there, I don’t go there just to drive for Ferrari, I go there because I see the opportunity to win. And if you win with Ferrari, that’s even better.”

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I mean I can potentially see Leclerc going to Red Bull or Mclaren, mostly the latter
Then either Oscar or Lando going to Red Bull
And then Max going to Ferrari

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what he's playing at i think is "if you guys get your shit together i would consider it, but you are incompetent"

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🤣

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But just throwing the thought out, if Ferrari does get the 2026 regulation well, 2027 may be a potential year for them

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And for these drivers

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I mean Ferrari tends to hire world champions

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So it makes sense that Max is on their sight

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he knows its bad to throw chances out the window before you even know their performance under new regs. He's played it well enough that him being on either of the 3 top teams (bar mclaren who is full) is plausible

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Mclaren definitely won't stay full forever

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But yeah, he definitely would consider his options

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maybe earlier than we expect

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I mean we did see him say he'll drive for Red Bull for 2026, but that could literally be falsified

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We know there are talks with Mercedes, so anything could happen really

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he cant leave redbull now

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Sure he can, he's way bigger than Red Bull now

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his option has been closed, and good that he didnt feel pressured to leave

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That's never stopped something happening when something did want to happen

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he will stay with them for 1 season and be fully aware what the ranks are like in the new regs

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There was even a rumor about Aston Martin considering Max

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Which ngl, does make sense for Max to consider

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Considering Aston will have engines and designs by the same poeple who pushed him to 4 world championships

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if alonso decided to retire it could come into play

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I think if he does, Russel could go to Aston, and Max to Mercedes

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it stays until his contract ends

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and it ends next year

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toto basically told max's manager to see him next year

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Fair enough

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In that case, we have more concrete

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its concrete that toto wants max

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its the most terrible kept secret in the sport atp

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imagine youre george and you see your boss say this in an interview

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Yeah...

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Can't imagine he'd be happy about it

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Espiecally when it's about Max

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I'm surprised it was ever up for debate as to whether if it'd stay or not

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I don’t care if it’s a boring race I love this track so much

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I’m watching every single second of it this weekend

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F1 isn't in Monaco this weekend

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That’s what I’m on about

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I'll tune in for quali

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I went the F1 academy site to find times and they're not even racing. 😢
So sad

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@pale tinsel are you having a whiff of the hopium

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Never discount the Ferrari Monza Special

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Welp he's retired retired

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Biggest downfall in history

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hopium over @pale tinsel

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they makin edits for fp1 😭

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hmm

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this is what its all about

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i love the pettiness

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"off track"

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he signed anyway tho

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🤣

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I mean even Mick didn't sign for Cadillac in their F1 reserve and WEC, so it must mean these drivers aren't actually too unsatisfied with Alpine

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Truth is, if he doesn’t get an F1 seat, why would he go from Alpine that’s been doing semi good recently to one of the worst WEC cars the Cadillac

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I mean it would make sense that there was some reason similar to.tjat

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He was already the clear best driver in alpine and alpine has a stronger driver trio and car than Cadillac

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Given he's a reserve driver for them

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He isn’t a reserve driver for alpine f1, Paul Aaron that drove FP1 yesterday is pretty sure

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I know but he’s not the main one

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Of course

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So he probably won’t ever drive that’s how it works

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That honor goes to Paul aron

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While the primary reserves have mandatory sessions

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I suppose he's content enough with the success he has in WEC then

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And his success there would bring more brand recognition

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I think he’s hunting for an f1 seat, he’ll jump at it first opportunity

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But he has gotten the alpine to podium finishes

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I don’t think the Cadillac has as much chance of a repeat of that

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And potentially a F1 seat with.them

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Well if he’s not getting an f1 seat then might as well join a good WEC team

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It’d be iconic if he were to join Ferrari if kubica ever wishes to retire

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That's also an.option yeah

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Ngl, I do find it odd that Kubcia isn't in F1 anymore

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When Lewis and Fernando are

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Let's be real, future isn't so obvious

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So we'll see what we'll see for 2026

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These quali deltas are INSANE

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Monza is always like this but it's always crazy

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Even when he was driving in F1 for Williams

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Ngl, the idea of this is actually pretty wicked

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norris out in Q2 is crazy

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Would be if it happened

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nvm yeah just checked

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way too close for comfort

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he needs to lock in

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Hmm

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I am scared to check the qualifier

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Three minutes left

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Hmm, does seem like the pace Ferrari needs is there this time

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Like the memes say, the power of Ferrari only comes in Monza xd

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Wow, gabriel is pretty high

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mega mega job by max

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Pretty interesting how Mclaren aren't as dominant as one would expect

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Guess this race could indeed be won by Ferrari

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See guys? What I tell you?
Never say never

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ngl, the positions are actually quite funny

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3 teams' drivers are all next to each other

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2nd and 3rd, Mclaren
4th and 5th, Ferrari
6th and 7th, Mercedes

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Everyone will have a lot to do to bear McLaren over a race distance

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Alpine drivers are next to each other too

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I mean Monza is basically DRS party

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But pure speed wise, I am not sure if Mclaren are the outright fastest

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I forgot to check on who had the highest top .speeds at the front.

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I remember Mario once saying the Sauber have the outright highest top speed

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Which does make me wonder if Bortoletto can captialize on this

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I really hope this race has some interesting moments to offer

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An unexpected podium, an unexpected DSQ or DNF

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Much as that may help Mclaren's championship, it would make the race far more interesting than yet another Mclaren 1st and 2nd

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red bull (max specifically) broke the monza top speed record in f1 or so i heard on the broadcast

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Really? hot damn, must be running an extreme setup again

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I really hope they pull all the stops they can

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Oh that’s what they were on about

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That makes a bit more sense

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i think its lowkey corny quote tweeting f1 drivers about whatever

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but hamilton deserves it only because hes signed with this annoying perplexity AI company so good on them

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😭

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Holy statement

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The kerbs alone have added a lot of room to some of the corners. Super cool to see all time lap records Tumble

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Gutting to be Lando Norris, who broke that lap record today and held it for about 10 seconds

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track has improved in pure speed, though its a bit harsher on the tires iirc

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glacial pine
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Lame

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Unfortunate indeed

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it is, thats why its good that the community ridicules it.

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Indeed

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But of course, can't stop cooperatte overlords

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4 and 5

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I'll take it

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ah fuck i just remembered about the 5 place penalty for lewis

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Oh

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Well nevermind then

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THis is very hopeful

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Also apparently Wache didn’t want to send max off with the low downforce setup he got the record in, they didn’t “trust” him to use it

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What drugs is that guy on, if there’s 1 person that should decide which way they think the car can go faster it’s the damn driver

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Pffft

pale tinsel
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Unserious team

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TLDR: we realized trusting what our drivers say works better than what the simulator says

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THis is so bizarre on them

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Red Bull pulled a Ferrari

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Apparently this is what F1 introused to look and sound like

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Way different than what we have nowadays to be sure,

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Different times

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The intro we have now is very iconic though

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I like it a lot

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And the F1 theme is great, never change it

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The pinnacle of Motorsports deserves the pinnacle of music

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you lot never experienced fleetwood mac and the chain

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that was peak f1 intro for us

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this one had so much (and i hate to use the word) aura

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I've grown so used to the currentone, it's crazy to imagine there used to be others

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i still miss vettel on the grid man

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but he aint racing no more

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we used to dominate

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Heres hoping for something great

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fuck

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we're screwed

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the Rosberg curse has hit us

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not after this

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hulkenberg had an issue in the formation lap

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wow

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thats so unlucky

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norris is shitting his pants

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but these 4 laps have me butt clenched too i dont blame anyone XD

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fuckin hell charles defending that p3 with his life

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great battle

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unlucky for kimi to drop that much

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ooft what a move from max

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HE DROVE ME ON THE GRASS????

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WHAT IS THAT BROTHER SAYING

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🤣

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lando bottlis

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yas lewis lets fuckin go

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damn Kimi's replay is tough at the start

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good on gabi man

glacial pine
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they hate that kid too much, for being on the sauber

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what he did after is fair game

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He was beside max. Max doesn't leave a cars width on track. The white line was there the whole time.

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that has never ever been a penalty

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not even when alonso was bitching about it

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It also wasn't a penalty lmao

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just noticed gabi is pretty close to p5

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he dropped sadly

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but hamilton is flying

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hes past gabi now

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1.5 from russel

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I'll take a 4/5 for the Ferraris

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bin russel is gonna let him past you think?

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Ferrari won't be happy if there's anything other than McLarens ahead.

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the redbull is faster than ferrari this week id say

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Red Bull in the hands of Max Verstappen

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Maybe. But Ferrari will not be happy with 4-5 at Monza

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with some luck charles can stand on the podium.

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hes driving clinically

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Ferrari won't be happy with anything less than a 1-2 cause thats the mentality of Ferrari

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without realising the team as it is rn is not capable of wins

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Should've built faster car then lmao

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Challenging for podiums maybe

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Think Bin Russell has pulled away from Hamilton

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didn't see the gap before

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its gonna be hard for lewis to catch up to the 3-4-5 pack

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russel has DRS now

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so yeah

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i mean, even leclercs dropped back from piastri

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so its a 4-5 battle at this rate

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Estaliban Ocon out here

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max has got this ngl

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he's pulling a gap

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We'll have to see how Max runs a different tire later. He's smashing it

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yeah Hamilton's not getting any closer to George

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maybe charles back him up a bit idk

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good that he rang charle's phone to praise him

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important information

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😭

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Maybe Charles likes being told he's doing well

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ooft lots of gravel out of second lesmo. safety car or red flag lmao

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alonso is NOT pulling punches XD

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bloody hell ollie bearman

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gasly would have damage surely

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ouch slow stop for gabi

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heartbreak for alonso... again..

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not a mistake, pure failure of the part.

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As per

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fuck sake man

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alright all in on Hamilton now

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He must have been hitting those kerbs hard no?

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ooo just seen the replay

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i saw the replay

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not much more than others

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Just unlucky as fuck

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it just failed i dont think this is a driver mistake

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Somehow this is Lance Strolls fault

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i can't explain it, it just is

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jesus +15

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thats a long stint

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1 safety car now and leclerc overcuts russel

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think mclaren are banking on it

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McLaren going for softs

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and they're good on their tires

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interesting developments

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liam lawson revenge arc, take his seat and hit him

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oh this could go well or it could go bad

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depends on safety car or who blinks first

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i think red bull will

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ferrari blinked

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was talking about top 3 but yeah lol

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Mercedes probably blinked first

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yes with russel

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now you just have to wonder

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how fucking unlucky or lucky can max verstappen be

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we will only know when he pits

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they will discuss it later

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he's got a decent gap to russell though so yeah why not i guess

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and russell in traffic so maybe ferrari have pulled a blinder here

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yes but charles is the type to go all in for a potential podium

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max is going in

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SOFTS

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No its hards

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thank god

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thank fuck

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was gonna say ballsy

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McLaren are going softs I'm sure

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maybe split strat idk

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they are but then again

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actually no they won't split

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the softs only work on their car

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pretty much

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piastri might be thinking to split?

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depends if McLaren let him

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try to get norris in the last laps if he cooks the softs trying to fight max?

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hamilton behind stroll

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hamilton should drive in italy every week

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hes only happy then

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italy and britain

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BLOODY HELL

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is this a safety car for the debris?

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Must be

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no

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thank god

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Glad to see the race has gone exactly as badly as we expected

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verstappen is FLYING

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I joined late and I see both Alonso and Hulk out of the race

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mclaren will pit

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Unlcukiest driver in the world

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he continues to keep his title

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All down to Stroll to bring some points in

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welp sainz was at fault here

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hamilton is going quick

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max went 2 seconds faster than lando last lap

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Guess another Mclaren podium

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piastri might catch norris

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he must pit now

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What lap are you watching? mine shows 42nd

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Fuckin hell sainz is not having a good race

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norris and piastri have done 0 stops

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and its mandatory to do 1

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so theyre behind max

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essentially

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He's stolen Alonso's title as the unluckiest driver

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those gold wheel covers on the ferrari

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another fastest lap by max

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bloody hell

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A shame they don't make them go no faster

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McLaren need to pit like now

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norris is going really slow

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Max might win this

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Max is def gonna win

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🙏 mclaren fucks it up and charles podium

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come on charles if you can close in a few seconds

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russell commits terrorism and double ferrari podium?

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Wearechecking has decided today to not work for me it seems

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+21 lec and +20 on the stop

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imagine mclaren does a mercedes monaco

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🤣

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norris is slow again

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okay hes pitting

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Wouldn't that be great

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piastri is going first

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if lando gets a slow stop i somehow doubt the "there will be no undercut" from will joseph

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Fuck both of you for your sites working

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mate i

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pay for f1tv

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😭

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I need to again at some point

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Even worse

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BEARMAN GETS THE PENALTY?

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really

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Thats bullshit

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SLOW STOP FOR NORRIS

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HBAHAHAHHA

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NO WAY

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stewards have been shitty

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5.8

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OOOOOOO BABY

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we got a race on

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PIASTRI P2

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MCLAREN TERRORISM LETS GO