Motorsports

[severe spindle]

It's not in any game I've played

So me playing it in F1 Challenge 99 was my first exposure to it

Indeed very difficult and expected

Espeially since it's one of the few circuits which is anti-clockwise

[granite tangle]

If Hamilton gets his bag snatched by stroll I don’t know what will happen to me

[pale tinsel]

i know what'll happen to me

[granite tangle]

Well time to change that now that you can play F1 2020 (community favorite f1 game)

[severe spindle]

I've heard it's generally held favorably yeah

But i never really knew which modern F1 game was the best one

Only issue is the fact that.. well, I can't really play with modern cars in F1 2020

Unless there are mods for it that I am not aware of

Oh and I don't think My Team came until later

[pale tinsel]

you do have classic cars in there to race with

and 2020 was the first one with my team

so barebones but still very nice

[severe spindle]

I imagine it was very bare bones

This is the issue

You don't have an evergreen F1 game

One that constantly gets fan support and new improvements for both in-team and player-team interactions

[pale tinsel]

I maintain that F1 Championship Edition on the ps3 was the greatest F1 game of all time

[severe spindle]

There's a vast level of difference between every generation of F1 car as well

So I can't claim anything playing F1 2020, given those cars are well outdated and irrelevant now

I guess my best choice would be assetto Corsa if I was dedicated enough

This is the issue with F1 games

Unless it's F1 Challenge 99-02, it's not ever green, therefore it isn't gonna work to your updating needs

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You play with pre ground effect ones which are cooler imho

[severe spindle]

No they're not

Lol

It's F1, the only relevant thing is how recent they are

[granite tangle]

Idk I really liked that era but that’s true

[severe spindle]

I sounded harsh

it's not that those era weren't cool

But rather, it's hard to claim to have really played a F1 game if it wasn't the shiny new thing

[granite tangle]

I get it

[severe spindle]

Or something in that vicinity

Regardless, if F1 2020 is the best one, I'll probably play it

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Can stroll pass a Ferrari today

Would be extremely funny

[pale tinsel]

i would genuinely deactivate my twitter

[severe spindle]

I am sorry, I sound retarded today

I am retarded to be fair

[granite tangle]

Don’t have to because it’s banned no?

[pale tinsel]

shut up

[granite tangle]

So he should do that

[pale tinsel]

landos gonna win this championship isn't he

[severe spindle]

Lando is gonna become the 2nd Damon Hill

Most hated F1 champion of all time

[pale tinsel]

damon definitely wasn't hated

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Man Alonso is wide as hell today

[severe spindle]

Well, not hated

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Charles can’t get past him

[severe spindle]

But least deserving was deifnitely thrown around

because Damon was generally believed to be a subpar driver

And he only won 1996 because of the car he drove

Which to be fair, when is it not the car?

Schumacher wouldn't have won his many years if his car wasn't so dominant

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Damon wasn’t hated by people, and while he’s up there for the “worst” champion

I think the one who is both hated and one of the worst champions is villeneuve

[pale tinsel]

easily

[severe spindle]

That is probably true yeah

[pale tinsel]

but if you wanna do it by stats

Keke Rosberg no?

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Come on Kimi

[severe spindle]

Even still, Lando will certainly be on that grid if he does win WDC

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Come on Kimi

[pale tinsel]

Oh shit i looked away for a couple seconds where tf did kimi come from

[granite tangle]

3 laps and drs

.7

Come on

[pale tinsel]

TALIBANTONELLI LETS GO

Guess landos softs are falling off massively

[glacial pine]

Landos tires are finished

[pale tinsel]

Kimi should have him

too far back

come on Kimi

[granite tangle]

McLaren is too fast

[pale tinsel]

alright Hamilton, get Alonso now

[glacial pine]

Hamilton V Alonso is always over the top spicy

[pale tinsel]

he doesn't get launch off the last turn and from t3 like Lando does

[glacial pine]

It is such a complex corner, and Kimi has the dirty air to cope with

[pale tinsel]

still too far back

unless he can close right up into t1

[glacial pine]

Last lap...

[pale tinsel]

Nah he won't do it

too far

ah thats a shame

oh ffs gabi

saved lando

[granite tangle]

Nah

[pale tinsel]

i know i know, let me have my copium

[granite tangle]

Kimi had to chance

[pale tinsel]

Watching Hamilton now

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The McLaren is just so much faster on exit

[glacial pine]

Lando pretty good as usual

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It’s not like Kimi overdrove it and had to correct

[pale tinsel]

oh wait yeah no overtaking

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The Mercedes just isn’t fast enough

[pale tinsel]

yeah

bloody hell just watched the bortoleto crash back

that was quite the hit

fuckin hell even the steering wheel came off

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/notfifthgear/status/1987161653486473654?s=46

Fifth Gear (@NotFifthGear)

"She likes you bro don't choke"

Me:

X · Nov 8, 2025, 2:13 PM

[glacial pine]

Lucky Gabi didn't pick up albon

[pale tinsel]

part of the sauber wing was stuck under the rear left tyre

[glacial pine]

I'll be surprised if that car makes quali

[pale tinsel]

Gabi ain't gonna be doing qualy unless they have superhuman mechanics

[granite tangle]

What about Oscar

Y’all think it’s making it?

3 hours to fix it

[pale tinsel]

Oscar should make it I think

didn't look as big of a hit as gabi's

[severe spindle]

Gabi sent it a little too hard

He was hoping to pull an Alonso

But pulled a Hulkenberg at Force India instead

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https://x.com/F1BigData/status/1987173236778422287?s=20

Holiness (@F1BigData)

Thats a F1 car (even the sterring wheel came off)

X · Nov 8, 2025, 2:59 PM

[severe spindle]

I hope he's alright

Can't imagine it was a good hit after the steering wheel itselr came off

[granite tangle]

he said hes alright and seemed to walk it off

its insane how safe these modern cars are

[severe spindle]

Indeed, it's unbeliebable

hard to think an impact like this would have nearly no effects

Stuff that was less than this had worse effects in older days

[glacial pine]

Huge part of it is how rigidly bolted in the driver's are

You can't get your neck smashed around because Hans device so effective.

[granite tangle]

It’s a miracle device

If I ever go racing I will be buying one first thing

[glacial pine]

Verstappen washed

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As predicted

Redbull can’t make a setup

I expected it so I’m not too upset

Max asked for the old floor

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It's like 2005 out here

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They told him they’d fix it

[glacial pine]

They probably say that to Yuki too

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He should start from the pitlane with the pre-mexico floor

[glacial pine]

They didn't bring that floor

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1401579497043792024/1436790167984668672/20251108_194916.jpg?ex=6910e29e&is=690f911e&hm=c9fa332697bd78898569a25e5be8dd1b278b5f3e0a8d08febf164361bcdba842&

Man, Ollie is on the rise this season

P6, P4

He's this close to getting haas' first podium

[severe spindle]

That is true, the contrapations are alot better these days

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/833011770041434142/1041077916890574950/trim.68013129-97C2-451D-BE86-D76CFF723997.mov?ex=6910481d&is=690ef69d&hm=abc87597e6d348e8d08dd0af622dd29208e608c47db28d4628c26a365e2985c5&

[pale tinsel]

fuckin hell kimi's been on it this weekend

[severe spindle]

It seems so

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https://x.com/scuderiafemboy/status/1987283422096642144?s=46

nini (@SCUDERIAFEMBOY)

according to AMuS, max will be starting from pitlane with a new setup and a new engine

X · Nov 8, 2025, 10:17 PM

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https://x.com/RBR_Daily/status/1987483794056601999?s=20

RBR Daily (@RBR_Daily)

🚨 CONFIRMED: Max Verstappen will start from the pitlane after set-up changes under parc ferme and an engine change.

[@ErikvHaren]

X · Nov 9, 2025, 11:33 AM

https://vxtwitter.com/PaulMcG1992/status/1987150707594580311?s=20

Paul McGinnes (@PaulMcG1992)

2004 Belgian GP: Michael Schumacher's burnouts as he prepares for the start of the race at the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps! #F1

@F1History1950 @UnracedF1 @F1
#KeepFightingMichael #BelgianGP

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 8, 2025, 1:30 PM

theres just something so majestic about thsi era of f1

[severe spindle]

Yeah it's weird and hard to describe

But it truly feels like something you'd wanna be par tof

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https://vxtwitter.com/f1/status/1987538682975224112?s=46

Formula 1 (@F1)

Who could have possibly predicted this would descend into chaos... 🔀

#F1 #BrazilGP

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 9, 2025, 3:12 PM

[severe spindle]

pfffft

What the hell

They having fun

This is among the best parade lapos I've seen

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Seb !!!

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@pale tinsel hamilton has damage already

lap 1

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just saw

where's my meme

[glacial pine]

Has he done a Hamilton again

[pale tinsel]

front wing completely fucked

hit by sainz off the start

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no no

hamilton crashed it himself

into colapinto

[pale tinsel]

yeah just seen

[glacial pine]

Misjudged that one.

Rare error of judgement

[pale tinsel]

lucky with the sc

just realized they're cutting across the track cause of where bortoletos car is

[glacial pine]

First time I've ever seen that used

[pale tinsel]

yeah same here

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RIP CHARLES

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Lewis was already not feeling good with the car this.. fuck sake

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its a disaster weekend for ferrari

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bloody hell max is 13th already

leclerc is retiring

i wonder if oscar is gonna catch a penalty for that

[pale tinsel]

has to

[pale tinsel]

either way, hoping verstappen pulls a brazil 2024 and just slaps the whole grid

[glacial pine]

Why are they getting so slow at calling VSC it's scary

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oscar is behind at the apex

he 100% should get a penalty for that

[pale tinsel]

and out of control

slam dunk penalty

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10 second to me

why did max pit for mediums?

[pale tinsel]

get rid of the hards he started on

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fuck puncture

[pale tinsel]

oh shit didn't realise

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thats just unlucky

[glacial pine]

I dunno, Oscar was still turning left properly, two wheels outside the white lines left when Kimi got hit.

[pale tinsel]

yeah but the lock up the stewards will see as not being in full control of the car

[glacial pine]

But it didn't look out of control. A small lock up but clearly still steering and turning. He didn't lock up and understeer into Kimi

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kimi had every right to steer there though

[glacial pine]

I don't know what I'd do if it was my call

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and piastri is behind him and locking up

into him

idk man charles is unlucky

kimi has nowhere to go

and piastri had the choice to back off and not cause an incident

he's lucky to get out of it with a full car

[glacial pine]

Piastri wasn't throwing a crazy move. The point he hits Kimi he's further left than at any other point on that corner.
This is just what happens when three wide

[pale tinsel]

Hamilton still has underside damage

might as well fuck the car off, save the engine

[glacial pine]

Waoit wbo did yuki hit?

[pale tinsel]

think it was part of the bortoleto thing

decent move from bearman

[granite tangle]

he sent stroll into a spin

rear lock and couldnt stop in time

[glacial pine]

Was a crazy replay. He looked back in control before he hit lance

[granite tangle]

yeah he was but its a sensible penalty

OSCAR 10 SECONDS

palmer is right

if oscar doesnt brake there its kimi's fault

but thats the book FIA gave us

[glacial pine]

Yeah that's fair

[pale tinsel]

That was always gonna happen

[granite tangle]

should be a racing incident, but the rulebook currently warrants that

bloody hell max

hes flying

[pale tinsel]

max really going for it fuckin hell

[granite tangle]

19th to 13th

13th to 18th

18th to 9th

[pale tinsel]

totally worth breaking parc ferme by the look of it

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fucking hell

mate did you see the car yesterday

[pale tinsel]

yeah it was nowhere

[glacial pine]

Alonso LOVES to make it easy for max, doesn't he

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even if the car was shit it would be worth just for the engine

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yes, hes not ashamed about it either xd

[pale tinsel]

it's like a completely different car lol

[granite tangle]

didnt he say just the other day in an interview

that he will help max and would try making it harder for "others"

[pale tinsel]

Still considers McLaren an opp guaranteed

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mate do you see the straightline speed on the redbull

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who wouldnt, when a team makes you completely miserable for the prime of your career

[glacial pine]

I only ever see Fernando pissing off Lewis more than normal interaction with people on different strats

[pale tinsel]

i know people have pitted but max p6 fuckin hell

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by the way i want to say

have you guys noticed that in this race especially

we finally have good tv direction

we see on track overtakes in the midfield and back

and not lando norris' girlfriend

no offense to her but we do not care

[pale tinsel]

Full offense to her personally

just retire the car Ferrari ffs

[granite tangle]

has this fuckass puncture been a blessing in disguise for max

he can go on the mediums again when he pits

norris can only go to the hard or the soft

and neither is good

[pale tinsel]

5 seconds

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i think max legit can get 2nd

with this pace

norris will not do 40 laps on softs

hes on a 2 stopper

[pale tinsel]

never know, one more safety car goes his way and he could even pull for the win

[granite tangle]

smart move to let him by

now they are retiring lewis 🤣

[pale tinsel]

took them long enough

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gasly cleared piastri

even lawson

oscar is kinda fucked mate

30 laps on a soft not happening

[pale tinsel]

not a chance

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35 is the limit for the mediums from what i could tell

well give 5 actually

[pale tinsel]

those softs aren't lasting, they're surely 2 stopping

[granite tangle]

but yeah 30 on soft not possible

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lawson's phone is ringing to back oscar up

[pale tinsel]

if he wants to race in f1 next year yeah lol

[granite tangle]

he didnt even try

[pale tinsel]

Marko's got the revolver ready

I'm still half convinced McLaren sabotaged piastri this 2nd half of the season XD

sassy isack

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@pale tinsel odds on norris slow stop?

🙏

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https://tenor.com/view/blessed-bless-up-praying-hands-thankful-grateful-gif-20660446

[granite tangle]

fuck

2.2

[pale tinsel]

https://tenor.com/view/annoyed-fuck-frustrated-gif-15331740

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oscar

[pale tinsel]

which means Oscar is getting the slow stop

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back lando up

fuck him over

this is for your championship

they pitted him to avoid it fuck

[pale tinsel]

McLaren are bastards man

fucked his strat too

[granite tangle]

they wouldnt do it the other way and you know it

why are they pitting him man

this is such a risky move

[pale tinsel]

Would be worth it though tbh, he'll be racey asf

Depression

FUCKIN COMMENTATORS TALKING OVER THE RADIO

SHUT UP KARUN YOU TWAT

[glacial pine]

Karun in the pit lane doesn't get to hear the radio coming on

[pale tinsel]

yeah but croft and brundle usually interrupt to say "one second karun, radio "

[strong kite]

Karen

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wow max

wasted 0 time

absolutely sensational move

[glacial pine]

Sensational? Maybe a bit of a stretch

[granite tangle]

hanging it on the outside and perfectly covering george off

george is not a slow driver

and he would not let him have it easy

[glacial pine]

Pretty standard interlagos T1 overtake imo

[granite tangle]

being able to pass the moment you get into drs is textbook what he needed

[strong kite]

I never manage to drive that section right on GT7

[glacial pine]

Yeah. Textbook. Especially with fresh tires a charged battery and a fresh engine.

[strong kite]

Maybe that's why I'm not in motorsports

[glacial pine]

Max has cooked the back tires hes struggling to exit the last turn

[granite tangle]

does kimi have it covered now

[strong kite]

I might be on hopium but I want Kimi to pull off a last minute move so bad

[granite tangle]

kimi to who

[glacial pine]

If max can get a better Juncao exit he can get past

[strong kite]

Lando

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lando is 10 seconds ahead

🤣

[pale tinsel]

what from like 10 seconds back?

[strong kite]

That's why I said hopium

[granite tangle]

well its beyond hope with 1 lap to go...

[pale tinsel]

last minute mate is an understatement

unless he goes full Talibantonelli

[strong kite]

Yeah I'm at a family gathering so I don't really have the time to actually check the race itself

Just going by Google

[pale tinsel]

pitlane to p3 for max

bearman p6

hadjar and lawson holding a pack up

anyway

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/f1trollofficial/status/1987518829346324927?s=20 @pale tinsel

F1 TROLL (@f1trollofficial)

Piastri after the summer break

X · Nov 9, 2025, 1:53 PM

[glacial pine]

It's so nice seeing a podium where everyone is happy 🤣

[granite tangle]

kimi just brightens the mood i feel like

kid gets along well with everyone

https://x.com/lovepiastri/status/1987576946365018441?s=46

saff (@lovepiastri)

max pisses me off so bad man he’s such a good driver i’m literally seething with jealousy

X · Nov 9, 2025, 5:44 PM

Piastrihive 😭😭💔

[severe spindle]

THese races go very badly foe Ferrari

[severe spindle]

Good thing he's finally getting to prove himself

Also, I think Norris has this WDC in the bag now

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/Reynowtsuppen/status/1987333776155034084?s=20

Reyno (@Reynowtsuppen)

behind every depressed person, there's an even more depressed person

X · Nov 9, 2025, 1:37 AM

[severe spindle]

https://youtu.be/-o7fAgMnOZA

Lecl3rc looks straight up haunted

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https://x.com/cocoboymv/status/1987258026710212783?s=46

cocoboyyyy (@cocoboymv)

@stappuccino just be realistic? Tell me what you expect? A win? A podium finish? you haven't been watching this sport since yesterday, so why do you think the car will magically start performing at the level of McLaren/Mercedes tomorrow?

X · Nov 8, 2025, 8:36 PM

Oh man Twitter never change

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https://x.com/simsgazette/status/1987858253720723898?s=20 @pale tinsel

sim (@simsgazette)

🚨| John Elkann's shocking comments about Scuderia Ferrari:

"Brazil was a huge disappointment. If you look at the F1 championship, you can say that we have the mechanics who are winning the championship thanks to their performances and everything that was done during the pit

X · Nov 10, 2025, 12:21 PM

[severe spindle]

Mr Elkann, F1 is always won on the car alone

No driver has ever won in F1 without a good car and team

Or out of sheer luck

[pale tinsel]

Brawn 2nd half of the 2009 season

[severe spindle]

That was an exception that proved the rule

[glacial pine]

Did Brawn have a shit driver I'm unaware of?

[pale tinsel]

no but the car stood still while everyone moved forward

[glacial pine]

Yeah they did all the hard work on 2008 and had no money

[pale tinsel]

well honda did then gave them an operating budget for 2009

after selling the team to brawn for £1

[glacial pine]

That season was run on rosss personal fortune mostly. That's what I heard

[granite tangle]

mostly yeah

[pale tinsel]

Honda gave $100 million operating budget iirc

[granite tangle]

and thats why inevitably everyone else caught them up significantly during the second half of the season

yes honda did give some money

but it was just enough to scrape by, not to develop and make upgrades

[glacial pine]

Anyway, it's not like they had a colapinto stroll dream team

[pale tinsel]

Yeah, i think Ferrari had like quadruple the budget of brawn

[pale tinsel]

A Strollapinto

[glacial pine]

They'd win the champ for Ferrari

[pale tinsel]

Ferrari incompetence would have them starting the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Montreal

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/MV33Racing/status/1987911792970854600?s=20

MV33Racing🏎 (@MV33Racing)

Toto Wolff on Max Verstappen's Brazil masterclass: "That's why Max is a 4-time world champion"

🗣️"Never write off Max, even if he starts the race from last place. He managed that last year too. It was a wet race then, so it's understandable [chaos]. But this year it was dry. And

X · Nov 10, 2025, 3:54 PM

[pale tinsel]

do you think he dyes his pubes the colours of the Dutch flag?

[granite tangle]

i am not sure, he might be shaved and ready for action

but the photoshop in this post is so good

masterpiece

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https://x.com/cytrusf1/status/1987928164312781141?s=46

Cytrus 🍋 (@cytrusf1)

NO WAY

X · Nov 10, 2025, 4:59 PM

[glacial pine]

If Porsche is pulling out for money... Audi jumping in would be crazy. Wouldn't be shocked to see a GT3LM machine though.

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/0conomy/status/1987899839460577481?s=20 @pale tinsel they are seeing the light

liv ✨🦭 (@0conomy)

Please respect my privacy at this time, I think I accidentally became a *** ********** fan

X · Nov 10, 2025, 3:07 PM

https://vxtwitter.com/sainznificant/status/1988096262252753168?s=20

WIO🦄 (@sainznificant)

HELPPPP. Carlos was not lying they indeed went to a massive shortcut. Where were they even going lmao😭😭😭

📸lucasjavabrito

QRT: WilliamsRacing
Drivers' Parade podium in the bag 💪😂

vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 11, 2025, 4:07 AM

😭

[severe spindle]

That'd be unlikekly, but interesting

[severe spindle]

pfft

[granite tangle]

apparently that shortcut takes you from turn 6 to turn 11 lmao

[severe spindle]

Quite the shortcut

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/RBR_Daily/status/1988292513007087806?s=20 @pale tinsel bets on it getting stolen

RBR Daily (@RBR_Daily)

🚨 RB22 is set be launched on 15th January 2026 in Detroit,Michigan

A new era is coming.

X · Nov 11, 2025, 5:07 PM

[severe spindle]

pffft

[pale tinsel]

the pirellis are already gone

[strong kite]

devious lick

[severe spindle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnI5JvxnX6E

people are already labeling it "pink Mercedes" lol

I m surprised this got out

[strong kite]

BWT sponsored car with Mercedes parts being called pink Mercedes

[severe spindle]

XD

[pale tinsel]

@granite tangle

Toto wolff is about to become a billionaire

https://www.ft.com/content/c808539a-c5ad-4e9b-ac25-3bf70196e611

[glacial pine]

Oh my god!

That's big news

[severe spindle]

hahaha, brilliant

[severe spindle]

Well this is unexpected news

[strong kite]

Max told him to do it

[severe spindle]

Given how long he's been part of Mercedes F1 team, hard to imagine it without him

[severe spindle]

pffft, he'll become Red Bull team principal lol

[pale tinsel]

nah

verstappen.com racing enters f1 in 2026 as a last minute entry

Toto Wolff is TP
Max Verstappen drives both cars

[severe spindle]

Pffft

Okay even better

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/DailyDownfords/status/1988309326839377971?s=20 @pale tinsel oh?

The Daily Downfords (@DailyDownfords)

.@RFKracing has submitted a request to @NASCAR for an Open Exemption Provisional, allowing Max Verstappen to compete in the 2026 Daytona 500.

Via: @ESPNF1

X · Nov 11, 2025, 6:14 PM

[strong kite]

Gotdam this man is everywhere

Super GT debut when

[glacial pine]

I want him to do formula e, get crashed out, then whine about it for 3 months

[severe spindle]

He really is everywhere

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/bonotires/status/1988169213417079014?s=20 @pale tinsel they are shitting on elkan

out of context Peter Bonnington (@bonotires)

Personally, I wouldn't listen this man.

X · Nov 11, 2025, 8:57 AM

because he sucked up to trump

what he's holding? a Juventus signed jersey with his name

notice something though

the sponsor on the jersey

who is Cygames?

well

everything leads to...

Uma musume

https://tenor.com/view/cygames-gif-21272568

[pale tinsel]

I'll just neck myself now

[granite tangle]

Why does this guy the moment I feel sympathy for him always manage to say something extremely stupid the exact next day

https://x.com/wdclebbl/status/1988422665288511590?s=46

kwoson 🥐 (@wdclebbl)

"oh hey, let's look at what's going on in the neighbours hou—"

X · Nov 12, 2025, 1:44 AM

[severe spindle]

Brrrrrruh\

[glacial pine]

This channel sometimes feels like a tabloid newspaper. I literally do not car about what lando says in a counter strike stream

[severe spindle]

I feel like this is just how media as a whole works

Lando is an easy scapegoat for obvious reasons

He doesn';t help his own case either

[glacial pine]

A good number of drivers regularly say far wilder shit... Yet no one really cares

I think people just want to hate lando because he's not macho enough for them

[granite tangle]

nah i would just never joke about my mother like that, in any context

people are blowing it out of proportion like always

but its still a pretty "whyy?" thing to say

Media is this guy's achille's heel clearly

the further away he is from social media the more sensible he is

[glacial pine]

It all depends on what he said I guess

[pale tinsel]

https://x.com/FIAsteward/status/1988502404791177656?t=PLg4vkleuZPEiFn-GubFnw&s=19

Parody FIA (@FIAsteward)

Kimi Antonelli has now scored enough points in his rookie season to have won every single world championship from 1950-2000 inclusive and several thereafter, thereby making him the most successful driver in F1 history.

Source: @autosport

X · Nov 12, 2025, 7:01 AM

[pale tinsel]

Juri Vips

[severe spindle]

I don't think so

I think it's just that he's got a generally irritating vibe to him that puts people off

He doesn't feel like how a F1 driver should

He feels like a child who was handed everytthing on a plater

Which is true given he was a paid driver and the only reason the Mclaren F1 team still has him is because of his funding

But regardless, it'd be foolish to pretdn like this is anything new to F1

Nikki lauda was one of the worst cases of paid drivers ever

And yet look at how he's seen

People definietely blow it out of porportion

[glacial pine]

Can't say I follow the drivers that closely as personalities, but Lando seems like a very normal guy

[severe spindle]

I think it's just his visual image

I mean you're gay so any man looks normal to you

But being for real, I don't really know what causes Lando to be seen this way besides some occasional whining which isn't even exclusive to him

[glacial pine]

He doesn't have a David Coulthard jawline, I guess.
But that's what I meant. Lando isn't some butch, masc, aggressive "traditional" man. He's just a pretty normal guy, and for some that upsets them because they think successful men in sport SHOULD be like that, because that's what society traditionally shows as a successful man.

[severe spindle]

I mean none of the drivers on the grid right now, besides maybe Alonso and Carlos, look macho even

[strong kite]

Well let's be real I've yet to see anybody else with a David Coulthard jawline

[severe spindle]

So I think it's more so the haircut than anything\

[severe spindle]

The amazing part isn't even his jawline, it's his neck

Thing is thicker than a tree trunk

[severe spindle]

You pointing out David makes me wonder if you have a type lol

[glacial pine]

He just looks the closest to gigachad of any F1 driver I've ever seen

[severe spindle]

Ahh, fair enough. Yeah he definitely is up there on the Gigachads of the sport

[glacial pine]

But if you look at attitude and behavior, look how beloved and enjoyed the Magnussen, Verstappen, Alonso on track ultra aggressiveness has become over the years

[granite tangle]

that is just plainly not true in my opinion, lando isn't the only driver that is far from "traditional" so why is the hating exclusive to him

[glacial pine]

Because he's the only one of them in a championship winning car right now

[granite tangle]

even if the car is bad next season i think lando is going to keep getting hated on

[glacial pine]

A big part of it was him apologising for hitting Oscar in Canada. I don't think many other drivers would say it

[granite tangle]

its just that the lad should be a little more careful with what he says sometimes, theres just some things he says that makes it easy for internet warriors to gang up on him

thats my view

[severe spindle]

I think part of it is also people being salty about what happened to Daniel Ricciardo

how Mclaren screwed him over because of Lando

Let's make it clear, I think Mclaren is the one who is the subject of hate

Rather than lando himself

were lando part of any other team, he'd not get even remotely similar levels of hate

[glacial pine]

Max has thrown slurs out on the race radio before

[severe spindle]

He has? interesting, never knew
But definitely can see happening

I'll clarify actually

I dislike Max more than I dislike Lando

to me, he's much whinier and much more irritating personality wise

Only reason anyone likes max is because he's several time WDC and he's a great driver

[glacial pine]

He got sent to the naughty step of Morocco Formula E stewards room for it and everything

[severe spindle]

Oh I remember that one

[glacial pine]

Max is a lot of a knob, I think.

But like

[strong kite]

Danny started having one bad season and he had Red Bull like

[glacial pine]

I'm not going to sit here and wish him death over it or whatever the twitter bunnies want for lando for being "a bit cute and stupid"

[granite tangle]

just called someone a mongol

yuki also called someone a retard once

[severe spindle]

To be fair, neither are okay to do anymore

[glacial pine]

Slurs, both of them

[severe spindle]

TImes change

Back then drivers could do it, now they can't

[granite tangle]

i didnt say they arent slurs

[severe spindle]

it'd be stupid to wish a driver death over something they say or do

First and foremost, they're drivers

Their only real measurement of success is their drive and results

Everything else is at best a footnote which will likely become forgotton

However, it doesn't mean anyone is obliged to like someone over their results alone either

Vettel is probably the best example

he was too cocky and taunting during his dominance era

Then he began losing endlessly and became humbled and actually likeable

But social status isn't relevant to actual results

Regardless, if you ask me, it's all just overreactions anyway

[pale tinsel]

Right so

audi just dropped their base for the livery

second. They're calling the car the Audi R26

it better perform or this will be the real R26

[pale tinsel]

so what we thinking about the base livery

looks kinda shite

but maybe when the sponsors go on it'll improve

especially if the sponsors agree to follow the colour scheme

[severe spindle]

I think it looks rather cool
It looks rather similar to the one they revealed originally with
Silver, red, and black
Audi Sport colors
Not only that, it is also a reminder of Mclaren West days

[severe spindle]

I sure hope so, but we'll truly have to see

[granite tangle]

similar to their hypercar color schemes and liveries

i prefer it to their red and black theyve been doing lately

[severe spindle]

Same. More silver is always good

And apparently Mercedes is rebranding or brown

So they won't end up looking alike either

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/GazzettaFerrari/status/1988901634915594381?s=20

La Gazzetta Ferrari (@GazzettaFerrari)

Full black SF-23 & Sergio Perez 🇲🇽

📸 @robertofunoat

X · Nov 13, 2025, 9:27 AM

SF23 huh

[severe spindle]

Interesting

Maybe for engine testing?

Cause it'd realisticaly have thr 2026 PU

[granite tangle]

Probably impossible

2024 PU in a 2023 car okay that could happen

But you can’t retrofit a totally different design engine to a previous regulations chassis

It’d probably be undriveable

I think he’s just testing to get some hours in before the Cadillac chassis is ready

Plus both him and his team can understand how each of them wants to work

[severe spindle]

You're probably right yeah. I was just throwing out the best guess that came to mind

[glacial pine]

Ferrari probably has a good amount of technical and operational consistency between their older PU and next year. So using the displays, playing with engine modes and ECU settings will likely work the same so you can get up to speed with the user manual.

[granite tangle]

thats also true

i didnt think that far

[pale tinsel]

https://youtube.com/shorts/-ye5okY8F4M?si=4EEBj7eN8d1TCyWm

can't believe Max just called out Pierre for going to Turkey

[granite tangle]

@pale tinsel who could this possibly be about https://x.com/tomcatter742s/status/1988938223582896134?s=46

Weedconsumer (@Tomcatter742S)

@xDaitakuHeliosx cant even escape that fucker in the horse game

X · Nov 13, 2025, 11:53 AM

[pale tinsel]

had to study the picture before i saw him on the left

also you bastard now more horse stuff is gonna get recommended to me

[granite tangle]

As per my plan…

[pale tinsel]

blocked

[severe spindle]

maaaaan, so i was right for my idea

[severe spindle]

Carlos' head nod lol
perfect
I'd say Nico honestly, and it is cute how Gabi says Nico every question he's asked

[pale tinsel]

OH

no wonder why Pierre Gasly is getting dunked on twitter

https://x.com/MissOoo1g/status/1988609416409813465?t=IPOxP2RNdwUoERT_cEfpyw&s=19

Jenson Puffin ہائدی 🐦‍⬛ (@MissOoo1g)

The nosedive Gaslys popularity took when he stepped out with a teenage girlfriend in his late 20s is fully justified. Women are the backbone of online fandom, creeps are just not our thing.

X · Nov 12, 2025, 2:06 PM

[glacial pine]

Oh dearrrr..... 😱😱

Wait is gasly late twenties?????

[pale tinsel]

the boys about to hit 30 mate

literally 7th feb next year he'll be 30

[glacial pine]

I thought he was still a young guy he's almost my age lmao

I worried that his fuck boy haircut was signalling something but didn't know until now. Yikes

[pale tinsel]

his haircut is def a turkey transplant

[severe spindle]

Well damn

This is difficult

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/ItsOnlyDom/status/1989064298929484271?s=20

Dom Smith 🇮🇲 (@ItsOnlyDom)

Every race from 1999 is now available in full on F1TV! It's been fun filling in the gaps from '99 to '02 🤓

X · Nov 13, 2025, 8:14 PM

[glacial pine]

I wish we were allowed F1TV in the UK 😢

Fuck you Rupert Murdoch!!!

[pale tinsel]

it'll be extended again just you watch

[pale tinsel]

@granite tangle you'll like this one

Daniil Kvyat is at yas marina right now

doing a show run against an autonomous race car

https://x.com/ScarbsTech/status/1988863502597918971?t=Bf2a4DZ1rIZ7iObdGihQEw&s=19

Craig Scarborough (@ScarbsTech)

Morning from @ymcofficial

X · Nov 13, 2025, 6:56 AM

the autonomous car is number 33

[granite tangle]

i saw

how ironic

poor guy

well not exactly poor

its just that unlucky people only bring him up because of kelly and max

[pale tinsel]

fr

https://x.com/MagicRacingDes/status/1988755081802486201?t=7UItoTWG110Kmgj9N_EpoQ&s=19

MagicRacingDesign (@MagicRacingDes)

Audi R26 Concept Redesign

A first iteration with the new color palette and sponsors.

#Audi #AudiF1 #F12026 #F1

X · Nov 12, 2025, 11:45 PM

[strong kite]

Pretty much what we expected the Audi to look like

Except for that Castrol sticker

[glacial pine]

I think going simple silver to lean on sporting heritage from the very old days of Auto Union is a fun idea for Audi...

But if they wanted to continue whatever ABT had on that Formula E car that would be much more fun

[severe spindle]

That's rather nice. I may watch them actually

[severe spindle]

autonomous?

As in self driing?

[severe spindle]

ABT was doing much different stuff to be honest

It's hard to relate them

besides, Revolt is their title sponsor

they probably have to adpt to their colors too

I'll say, the more time that passes, the more they start to look like Mclaren

They went from 2007/West days, to the GP2 Mclaren days

[glacial pine]

What do you mean by this? All audi have shown us is silver + black

[severe spindle]

Well that's what I mean

Silver and Black, that's what West Mclaren used to look like

https://tenor.com/view/f1-formula1-ferrari-f1-mclaren-f1-gif-24714345

with the red too

[glacial pine]

Oh so tru

I always remember that livery from later, witht the chrome and the vodafone red

[pale tinsel]

yeah. their first race was a disaster

[pale tinsel]

https://youtu.be/feTxamTHQAA?si=oPxWe5xZtUuSFCvg

[severe spindle]

Indeed, the 2007 era

[severe spindle]

I am not too surprised, i believe that was the one where they drove straight into a wall

[pale tinsel]

if you want to watch the first race
https://www.youtube.com/live/HZPj9iAWz-4?si=XdAfD2KNSwR9bqYY

[severe spindle]

will say, the full chrome design is so cool

Very shiney

[pale tinsel]

did quite like the 2009-2013 version of those

think it fit their car quite nicely

[severe spindle]

I believe it did as well

Mclaren is one oft hose team whos different looks have been so widely unlike thier current look

I mean orange used to be and is Mclaren's main color

But for a time, they were anything but Orange

[pale tinsel]

2013

[severe spindle]

the mercedes-Mclaren era was basically Mercedes design for a Mclaren

with silver design

back then only Mclaren used mercedes PUs too

So their partnership made sense to be exclusive

Hence their silver cars

[pale tinsel]

imagine they went papaya orange and championship white when honda came onboard

[severe spindle]

They did eventually, but that took quite some tme

I remember the initial Mclaren days with Honda PU where their cars wre black

Not sure why they did that to be honest

Black isn';t a color assocuated with neither Mclaren nor Honda

They'd eventually come to use papaya orange

[pale tinsel]

probably weight saving

[severe spindle]

and ever since, they've been using it very extensively

[severe spindle]

You think back then it was a factor too?

I mean maybe given their PUs were among the worst

so they had to do something for the sake of an advantage

[pale tinsel]

weight savings always been a factor

its just been a lot more prominent in recent years

[glacial pine]

To be honest I'm amazed they even got these cars moving at all. The other AI motorsport I was thinking of was Roborace, which also struggled in a massive way

[severe spindle]

Hmm, fair enough. I didn't know that frankly

[severe spindle]

It's ironically much easier to make AI do racing around in a video game than real life

because real life requires physical inputs

[glacial pine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmbLM_UqbJM

[pale tinsel]

if anyone wants to watch some qualy at a really tight street track

https://www.youtube.com/live/h7fbNcxnc1A?si=CDVLfH6NgKETrjkZ

macau is on

[severe spindle]

I wonder if weight saving was why Minardi cars were often black towards the end of their lifespan

[glacial pine]

Yeah so many of the roborace issues were all about tech teams running real cars, and endless physical gremlins and sensor issues

[severe spindle]

Absoolutely

It's extremely limiting when physical controls are required

no sensor is often precise enough to react immediately

[pale tinsel]

fuckin hell i forget how tight some sections of Macau are

[severe spindle]

But alas, this is why they keep working on it

[severe spindle]

It sounds funy when you say Macau

[pale tinsel]

Ever watched an onboard of Macau?

watch the livestream, hopefully they do another onboard

[severe spindle]

I can't watch sadly

[glacial pine]

Formula E ass track

Which... Perhaps it should be 🤔

[severe spindle]

That's scary man

[pale tinsel]

https://youtube.com/shorts/1h7ClR6IQbs?si=xRrAsT-JdhPDJfzm

[severe spindle]

It's a pretty good short and cuts to the root of the issue

Like it said, Ferrari's dominance in Schumacher era didn't come so easily either

before that they wre a bit of a running joke as well

And I believe the reason people are so upset at Ferrari's lack of ability to win isn't the fact that they come 2nd in so many periods, whether WDC or WCC

But rather how undeserved it all feels

Like if Ferrari indeed did the best they could, then people would understand that there was simply a better team

You don't need to be a winner to be respected, but Ferrari's 2nds always feel so slapdash that it always leaves people wondering

https://external-preview.redd.it/mMf6zenCDqOr_9B2nmxbwlZtUy_SFhMeWERa1eyNFms.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=740292530943930a1f8d6df068652ee3fb69e107

Enzo Ferrari, Luca Di Montezemolo, and Nikki Lauda

https://www.kkinstagram.com/p/DHYBu_ANfs4/

The latter two with Clay Regazzoni

Belly bottoms weere quite popular back then

[glacial pine]

Unmatched levels of swag

[severe spindle]

Hehehe, indeed. It's kind of amazing how they can have such swag without even trying hard

I mean I suppose that kind of outfit was swag back then

But even still, it's still kind of amazing

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/racepluscom/status/1989283175370207522?s=20

Race+ (@racepluscom)

🚨 | Jonathan Wheatley: “Yes, I want Max Verstappen in our car.”

“What kind of team boss would I be if I didn’t want that?”

X · Nov 14, 2025, 10:44 AM

now imagine if horner got sacked when he should have

before he and newey left

[glacial pine]

Is this newsworthy?

Every team wants verstappen

[pale tinsel]

https://x.com/autosport/status/1989249442613273079?t=kBWWtImy2a2Gw6lgeH8XgA&s=19

Autosport (@autosport)

This concept livery for Audi's F1 debut 🖤❤️

(via @markantardesign)

X · Nov 14, 2025, 8:30 AM

[severe spindle]

Honestly I like it

A bit simple, but I imagine most cars for 2026 will have barely different liveries from 2025

[pale tinsel]

NOOOOOOO

@granite tangle

[lofty mirage]

Sup laurent

[granite tangle]

8ball

[pale tinsel]

think he'll give me a job? I'm basically in there already

[granite tangle]

Btw did you see his interview bit

Saying people give him credit for getting max his license but he was actually trying to do the opposite

[pale tinsel]

Yeah I did

don't tell max

[granite tangle]

XD

[pale tinsel]

he was working for the FIA at the time

so makes sense i guess

[granite tangle]

Yeah I know his resume

He is actually mega qualified as a TP

[pale tinsel]

hmm judging by the timeline

i think he was actually at toro rosso when they announced max

yeah he was

[severe spindle]

Holy crap! haha

Actually, what are the chances I am able to get a job in one of the F1 teams as a power electronic engineer lol

[pale tinsel]

https://x.com/MV33Racing/status/1989416733409775834?t=pT8oDDQhon-d_yjIpYa6yA&s=19

MV33Racing🏎 (@MV33Racing)

🚨 Starting next year, F1 drivers will be allowed to change their permanent numbers.

So if Max Verstappen wants to change his iconic #33… he actually can.

What number should he take?

X · Nov 14, 2025, 7:34 PM

Charles wanted number 7

Jack Doohans tied that one up for the next 2 years lmao

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/formularacers_/status/1989405467093979489?s=46

formularacers (@formularacers_)

🚨 | NEW: Formula 1 will implement a minimum requirement for 55% of a car's surface area to be covered in paint or stickered liveries - rather than carbon fire.

This takes effect in 2026, and is intended to encourage more colourful liveries.

X · Nov 14, 2025, 6:49 PM

[strong kite]

About fucking time

[severe spindle]

That's nice to see

[severe spindle]

https://girlcockx.com/jeracerx/status/1989523605554655260?t=hCwPv9LueL5OAVStQN-cvg&s=19

JERACERX (@jeracerx)

The 2025 Macau GP has officially made it through 0 turns of car racing without an incident

**💬 14 🔁 127 ❤️ 1.3K 👁️ 32.9K **

▶ Play video

girlcockx · Nov 15, 2025, 2:39 AM

Now that's what old schoool touring car racing looks like

[pale tinsel]

and this is why we love macau

[severe spindle]

I am definitely impressed

I'll keep an eye out from now on

[severe spindle]

https://youtu.be/YMNl63CpLyc

THis thumbnail feels ominous, given these cars' indirect parallel and relationship with BOP

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/MV33Racing/status/1989689361604948108?s=20

MV33Racing🏎 (@MV33Racing)

🚨 Breaking GT3 News: thanks to Max Verstappen, sim racing now helps drivers earn a Nürburgring Nordschleife B permit.

German motorsport federation now allowing sim racing to count towards official circuit permits for the first time in international motorsport.

VLN sporting

X · Nov 15, 2025, 1:38 PM

[granite tangle]

https://vxtwitter.com/MV33Racing/status/1989753730774995164?s=20 @pale tinsel yeah...

MV33Racing🏎 (@MV33Racing)

Autonomous car 33 has defeated Daniil Kvyat and won the race 💀

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 15, 2025, 5:53 PM

[severe spindle]

That's a bit embarrassing
But honestly impressive feat

[severe spindle]

What a lad

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/FIAsteward/status/1989628553726456225?s=20 @pale tinsel

Parody FIA (@FIAsteward)

Introducing Ferrari Las Vegas teamwear.

Personally approved by John Elkann.

X · Nov 15, 2025, 9:36 AM

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/formularacers_/status/1989804134682493024?s=20

formularacers (@formularacers_)

🚨 | There is a growing sense of unpredictability ahead of the 2026 regulations.

At least one of the established front-runners are expected to suffer.

Unlike previous rule changes, midfield teams are well-positioned to capitalise.

[@lastwordonsport]

X · Nov 15, 2025, 9:14 PM

[glacial pine]

Again, how is this news? This is just.... What happens when you change the regs

[severe spindle]

I gyess they've gone so many years without one that they've grown used to not seeing stuff change

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/f1bigdata/status/1990358269676970019?s=46

Holiness (@F1BigData)

🚨OFFICIAL

Qatar will have 2 mandatory pit stops, as drivers will be only able to do 25 laps per tyre set

X · Nov 17, 2025, 9:56 AM

https://tenor.com/view/utter-woke-nonsense-woke-nonsense-woke-woke-bs-sean-dyche-gif-6422279029172782498

[granite tangle]

Btw this is a decision that is against McLaren

And I still don’t wanna see it

No matter how many mandatory stops you add it changes nothing everyone is still going to be on the same strategy

The point is to make tires that allow for a variety of strategies

[glacial pine]

mandatory Qatar max stint lengths was safety last time. Did Pirelli not create a safe tire for Qatar this year?!? shocking

[severe spindle]

It's just kind of dumb

They can make tires that last the whole race

And yet this is what they do

[glacial pine]

Pirelli builds tires to all sorts of crazy specifications demanded by the FIA. This is on the FIA for not ordering tires that can take Qatar

[granite tangle]

some fault lies on both

but yes FIA is not faultless thats for sure

[glacial pine]

It's 100% FIA. if your sole tire supplier tellsyou "it's not safe to let the drivers race as normal at this track" you don't go there.

Or take the time to develop attire that can do it.

[severe spindle]

It's just stupiud honestly

Like why even have them at that point

No point

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/WilliamsRacing/status/1990481298675413173?s=20

Atlassian Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing)

Take a closer look at our Vegas-inspired livery, celebrating the speed and power offered by Atlassian’s AI-powered solution Rovo 😮‍💨

X · Nov 17, 2025, 6:04 PM

AI this AI that

cant wait for the bubble to burst

[strong kite]

AI mee

[glacial pine]

"ai powered solution" I love how vague everything ai always is. They can't actually DO anything

[strong kite]

Lmao imagine debuting your peakest livery since the Martini livery in the mid 2010s to this shit

[granite tangle]

yeah...

well if theres one positive thing about all this is that neon color liveries are always incredibly cool in vegas..

this one fits

[severe spindle]

Williams has been revealing a new livery nearly every last race

[severe spindle]

I genuinely am not sure anymore either

Sure it works as an assistent tool

And it definitely is helpful in moments of needing particular information

But it isn't like it's ever perfect either

Not a bad livery either, but weird that they reveal so many liveries

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/oscarpiastri/status/1990515743172276539?s=46

Oscar Piastri (@OscarPiastri)

Throwing it back to my RC days

X · Nov 17, 2025, 8:21 PM

Cool helmet

[severe spindle]

That's colorful

Man Oscar is such a stupid looking dude

[granite tangle]

Really? He looks pretty average to me

He’s just kinda awkward is all

[severe spindle]

When he smiles, he looks stupid

He's best when he's as expressionless as possible

I'm just sorry I'm being stupid and negative

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/F1GuyDan/status/1990443084044235188?s=20

Daniel Valente 🏎️ (@F1GuyDan)

Ollie Bearman has scored the same amount of points (20) as Oscar Piastri (20) over the last 2 GPs 😳

X · Nov 17, 2025, 3:33 PM

[granite tangle]

https://x.com/dland91/status/1990552645044728049?s=46

David Land™❌ (@DLand91)

Red Bull is doing something with Ford out at Las Vegas Motor Speedway similar to what Honda did last year. Theres a Model T, GTD Mustang, the 1966 Le Mans winning GT40 among other things out there.

Gotta imagine Max and Yuki will be involved at some point early this week.

X · Nov 17, 2025, 10:48 PM

A lemans winning GT40 huh

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Kind of goes to show how sudden Oscar's rise to power was

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Interesting, wonder if they'll do a homage livery of sorts

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https://x.com/visacashapprb/status/1990842482582581249?s=20

Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team (@visacashapprb)

Get this one under the Las Vegas lights 😮‍💨

#F1 #VCARB #LasVegasGP

X · Nov 18, 2025, 6:00 PM

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oh that's hot

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Damn that's quite colorful

I am getting F1 2020

You guys suggested it, and it indeed seems good

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Congrats

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Thanks alot

I hope it's fun

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the las vegas racetrack is currently flooded

28 hours to FP1

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might be fun

still won't run full wets

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Pffft

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Submarine car activate

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Pffft

That'd be fun

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@granite tangle genius insight

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I've managed to install and play F1 2020

And I myst say

https://tenor.com/view/this-game-is-hard-beavis-mike-judge's-beavis-and-butt-head-s1-e6-it's-a-difficult-game-gif-14235934803686742664

There's alot of intracities about a game of this nature

The technical aspect, the inherent challenges due to difficulty in general

I think I'll make a new character and start the game out as a very mid-tier driver

If ever scoring points

Not sure what difficulty rating I should play at however

What percentage do yoi guys play at?

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for me it depends on the game

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100% was very difficult

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on 2020 i played between 80% and 90% ai, gives a good balance between good racing and not being left behind or being far ahead

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I was consistently last

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I guess that'd work

There's alot of controls

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Normally on a new F1 game I start at 60 in grand prix mode and bump up in increments of 5 until my laptimes are about the same as the ai's

been a while since i played 2020, but i know a few of the things like the ers you can automate so you don't have to think about it

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I guess that'd be a good way for me to start

Fact is, I'm not very good

Nor am I precise

I'll start out at 60 and work my way up from there

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Corner only racing line should help with that. don't do full racing line cause then it'll get distracting

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Yeah I only use corner only

Also, I don't really know the pitlane rules too well

Nor do I understand how to start races with clutch

So I think I'll leave these automated

There's allt of little things in a F1 game

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Race starts isn't too bad. the clutch is usually your gear up button so you hold that down and give it like...10k revs i think

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Wait really? Interesting

I read soemwher3 that 12k is ideal

But I guess whatever works on earlier difficulties

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You don't want too much wheelspin off the line

been a while since i played 2020

think i still have it installed though

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I'll try out around 10k then

I'll definitely have to play around quite a bit to get the whole game

Then I can return to F1 challenge 99

Also, I definitely wanna get some arrows liveries for when I do an arrows team

I'll say, it'll be good practice with F1

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you playing on pc?

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Indeed

Also, damn my new pc is powerful

Medium to high setting and I get 100 fps still

This is beyond an upgrade over the previous system

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glad to see you're enjoying

i still have 2020 installed so I'll do some race starts and send them here for you

https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/categories/f1-2020.200/

since you're on pc

https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/porsche-99x-hybrid-full-team-package.34503/

https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/myteam-bmw-motorsport-full-package-helmet-copy-paste-erp.37321/

as some examples

https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/porsche-gulf-oil-full-team-package.35107/

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Ooooh

This is really cool

I even found some arrows mods

Fact is, base game has nothing

So you have to mld to get cool stuff

My team is way too limited

So I definitely will wanna install some of these and even make my own skins

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This was the first game with myteam so the novelty of it was being the 11th team. they really improved it year on year until they gave it a whole revamp in 25

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Yeah you need a custom livery maker

Full freedom of being able to make designs and place decals

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unfortunately as a console player i get stuck with the base liveries and decals

like we couldn't even move them around and stuff

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Fun fact

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until f1 25 where we got a proper livery editor

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For my team, I went with renault PU and Alesi for my 2nd driver

He's pretty good

Got 13th

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giuliano?

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Yes sir, cause Jean is too old by now lol

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That's really good. Who knows I'll probably play that too

It is the best game of the ground effect era

There's also apparently a mod that lets you add other drivers

I'll use that sometime

All and all, I think I'm looking forward to getting my modern F1 fix via this game

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I still maintain you should really play F1 Manager 24

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Another funny thing, Russel managed to get P6 on that first race lol

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you don't race, but you manage all aspects of an F1 team

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In a Williams

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That could be fun too

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George Russell in 2020 is a cheat code ngl

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Really? Well damn

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I signed him for my team, our car was like 4th best. he won the championship while winning like 8 races that season. retired once, and never finished lower than 4th

meanwhile i could barely hit the podium

possible skill issue

Also since you have a powerful pc, try and emulate ps3's F1 Championship Edition

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Holycrap!

Jesus christ he really is a cheat code

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still my top 3 favourite F1 game

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Was Williams in 2020 decent or something? Why is Russel so OP

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2020 williams was the opposite of op lol

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Not sure if it's powerful enough for that

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Pfft

Better than 2019 at leas5

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yeah, 2019 the car wasn't even ready for pre season

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can always try lol

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Pfft

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Games are too large often

I'll see of course

But right now

I'm fine with F1 2020 and F1 Challenge

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If PCSX3 can run on my Macbook Air i'm sure youll be fine

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Reelly? Holy crap

Might be able to indeed then

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I haven't tried anything demanding on it

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I'd like to play with older F1 cars in modern games too

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But it sort of functions

PS2 emulation is a dreeeaaammmmm on this thinkg though

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I love Ps2 emulation

Playing AC5 and AC Zero is a dream

I'll get MK deadly alliance soon too

Alot of games to play

I've been limited of modern games for nearly 10 years

And PS2 emulation adds to that

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I mostly use it to stream Wipeout Fusion at high resolution, but when I finish it i'll work on Pulse

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I think you should start at about 70ish? I remember starting F1 20 at 70 and then taking it up to 100

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Maybe some mid-00s F1 games would be fun at ultra high resolutions...

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Also I think legit starting in F2 helps you

Slower cars with less downforce get you used to the tracks and stuff

https://x.com/wearetherace/status/1991364463812046899?s=46 @pale tinsel

The Race (@wearetherace)

🗣️ "Maybe he's frustrated and angry with life."

Lance Stroll has some "advice" for Franco Colapinto after he criticised Stroll for his clash with Gabriel Bortoleto in Brazil:

X · Nov 20, 2025, 4:34 AM

I mean we knew, but now we know know.
Daniel is done done

https://x.com/verstappenews/status/1991386486789541975?s=46

Verstappen News (@verstappenews)

Max about the possibility of changing his number from 33 to 3:

"I do indeed need approval, so it's a good question which number I'll be driving next year. My favorite number is 3, but I still have to wait and see if that's actually possible and permitted."

X · Nov 20, 2025, 6:01 AM

https://x.com/technorodrigo/status/1991414524847747483?s=46 @pale tinsel

olivia 🐥 (@technorodrigo)

"as a former ferrari driver do you think ferrari drivers have to be more careful saying things in public risk of upsetting people higher up the chain than in williams"

carlos: it's none of my business,do u know the meme of frog with the tea

😭😭😭

X · Nov 20, 2025, 7:53 AM

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-frog-muppet-muppets-meme-gif-11746718394823994324

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Yeah that's what I plan to do

Start a solo career in F2

and try and graduate so as to get signed for Alfa Romeo or something

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Hehe, the irony of it

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i chose alpine for my f1 25 career

mostly because colapinto felt like the right driver to replace 🤣

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Hehehe

Honestly not the worst idea

let's be real, all you'd have to do at Alpine to be alright would be to not crash, and occasionally score some points

in 2025 at least

So you can manage that, you're better than Colapinto

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just don't piss off big flav and you'll be fine

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Hahaha

Actually I imagine Flav sees something in Colapinto given he signed him again for 2026

I mean I don't envy Colpainto having to score points in such a bad car and in a team which is barely held together

But sure is generous of Flavio to sign him again for 2026 after his no-show appearance in 2025

And the fact that he's not scored a single point still

Maybe he sees another Alonso, who never did anything in his rookie season at Minardi either

Though it is quite a bold comparison to compare the 2001 Minardi to 2025 Alpine

A car which could not be fast to save its life, and a car which can occasionally be fast

https://www.overtake.gg/attachments/patreon-updates_-2560x1440-jpg.773332/

Man F1 2020 even has vehicle mods

Thats crazy

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i dont know if they changed it with the update now but i dont have big flav as TP

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big flav was never a tp

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isnt he "acting tp" now though

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basically has the role but not the title

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i still have oakes sending me mails xd

at least i had last time i hopped on

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Executive Advisor is his official role

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before the new update

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can't believe that man gave heidi klum a child

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man i love my yt feed today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3u2mu9UoRs

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Interesting..

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https://x.com/leclercsletters/status/1991495578002637137?s=20

clara (@leclercsletters)

this media day was like:

- franco getting engaged to minnie
- charles & lewis fighting for their lives
- some random franco vs stroll beef?
- max wants to change his number to 3 but really wanted 69??
- carlos just enjoying the ferrari drama

what a day 😭😭

X · Nov 20, 2025, 1:15 PM

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what a fire design

https://x.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1991410424605274588?s=20

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1)

Milestone race 🤝 special-edition helmet

GR marking 150 races in style 😎

X · Nov 20, 2025, 7:36 AM

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@severe spindle here's why i love doing manual race starts
80% AI on F1 2020

80% on f1 25

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what is your FOV man 😭

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perfect for cockpit cam lmao

been running like that since 2019

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How tf

You can barely see the racetrack

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🤷🏽

works for me

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You get away quite well
Impressive job

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Yeah I couldn't even tell it was the Red Bull Ring until I looked over to see the map

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It’s half past 2 am

Tucked in my bed watching FP1

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Lucky lol

It's later for me

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https://tenor.com/view/pass-the-dutchie-musical-youth-pon-the-left-hand-side-how-does-it-feel-when-you-got-no-food-gif-17985712

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Thats definitely unideal

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7rd1PFWPCw

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This is fitting

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https://www.vxinstagram.com/reel/DRUSRvxDEy1/

fuckin embed you cunt

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DRUSRvxDEy1/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRUSRvxDEy1/?igsh=MWZucmwwNjRnaGVlMA==

Instagram

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Never seen none of the instagram embedded stop working so entirely

I hate it when it happens

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TLDR its Oli Bearman calling Vegas shit

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yeah it's just a bad circuit

Thank you Ollie for speaking up for everyone

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https://x.com/leclercsletters/status/1989991541470052754?s=19
https://x.com/leclercsletters/status/1991796870197424282?s=19

clara (@leclercsletters)

charles looking high af in vegas last year (right after max said they could smell weed while driving around the track) 😭😭

X · Nov 16, 2025, 9:38 AM

clara (@leclercsletters)

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE 😭😭

[@autosport]

X · Nov 21, 2025, 9:12 AM

they're all high as fuck

its the las vegas 420 blaze it grand prix

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Where did the weed even come from

Why was there such a strong smell of weed

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Recreational marijuana is legal in the state of Nevada for ages 21 and up

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There was juat that much weed being smoked in the air?

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Sounds about right

It's not legal in Pennsylvania yet but I smell it regularly

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Jesus christ

That's amazing, that they collectively smoke so much taht they cause a cloud of it almost

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UlRdg0cVZ4

back to back

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Huh, so quickly
Max and Toto

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i didnt make that connection 🤣

you think they were back to back interviews? xd

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Possibly frankly

Or maybe interviewed on similar dates

I imagine they either couldn't have been interviewed together due to some sort of contract obligation

or they simply weren't there on the same day

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they kinda answered questions with a different theme i guess

wouldnt make too much sense to have them together

max doesnt know about what being a team principal is, and toto isnt much of a racing driver, his wife is way more of that

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Max's gut is the one having feelings 😏

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That makes sense too