takes at least a few races to understand and then a lot of more to get the fear out of you
#Motorsports
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Yeah ABS is something that's so frequently expected to have that when you stop having it, it makes you question everything
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i dont recommend taking ABS off on controller BTW
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takes at least a few races to understand and then a lot of more to get the fear ...
Yeah I'll basically need to start a new career just as a throwaway
To try and comprehend
I'll make mazepin look good
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but you could set it to weak, or tcs to weak, that will probably feel less world shattering, but you will feel the challenge, and youll feel slow at start but youll be faster if you master it in a way
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Thing with the assists is that with a controller, you kind of need them to have any real pace
Since you lack precision
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that is true
you have so much stuff to deal with in your hands, usually you dont think about the brake but if you turn ABS off your brain just gets overstimulated
with a wheel you ofc need to get used to totally different hardware, but its infinitely easier to drive with no assists when you figure it out
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Yeah it was already overstimulating when I did one round of Melbourne with most assists turned off
Force feedback would help alot with judgding how much steering to apply
I don't know man
I wonder to myself "am I playing the game right?"
But I also know that the game is only enjoyable right now because of the assists I have on
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the game is played right when you have fun
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Otherwise I have no real business playing Sims
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if it stops being fun it loses the purpose of being a game
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its a sim that allows leniency and thats great, it makes it accessible to people without wheels
snobs can go buy an iracing membership and enjoy it
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Exactly, it is a big strength of it and many other F1 games
Even the most current ones
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snobs can go buy an iracing membership and enjoy it
Hehe, exactly, them and their 1000 dollar setups
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depending on the guy only the wheel that goes into the mechanism can be 1k
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Holy moly
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and usually the more expensive setups people have the less critical they are of simcades allowing people without the money to play on controllers
its always the people with mid range setups that are total dickheads
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Holy moly
apart from rich people theres a lot of professionals who have sims at home and for them its extremely logical to have absurd setups
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Yeah it is their work afterall
They need it to be as realistic as possible for them to train as much as they can on it
And I'll honestly never be able to reach that tier
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i watched the bortoletto verstappen podcast that came out around the brazilian GP, gabi basically said he has a sim at home and pays assetto corsa modders to make mods to help him drive an f1 car around circuits as realistic as is possible on a home setup that isnt the factory
since drivers dont get access to the factory sims for home use
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Makes sense. He has to find some way to find a realistic experience
And I suppose the official F1 games aren't realistic enough for the drivers
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they arent meant to be no
drivers use iracing for all classes except formulas (formulas in iracing are pretty bad or something along those lines ive heard)
and then assetto or rfactory i think for single player non competition
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Limited F1 cars as well not to mention
It's honestly quite sad and pathetic that iRacing gathers these big name drivers all to itself
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yeah iracing for the success it has they really have a super limited car list
some classes are straight abandoned
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It's unfortunate
But I suppose it is needed for rhe sweats who play the game
I am sure one day I'd have to play it too if I wanted to get serious about professional racing
oh but it's too late for me anyway
Hard to be a racing driver when you ain't been trained in it since kindergarten
Honestly this is kind of why I play these games like this
I like the sport, I like how the cars look
but given as I'll never get to experience them, may as well just drive them like normal cars
But yeah
I definitely will always internally feel bad that I am overperforming the Alfa Romeo
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open cups autocross and track days exist
you probably cant become an f1 driver but you can definitely do it as a hobby
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I wish I'd taken the Ami to autocross
And after this uni course I am 100% getting on the local hill climb circuit
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open cups autocross and track days exist
Not here
At least not anywhere that I know of
And even those need very big budgets
Car racing even in its simplest form is an extremely expensive sport
Wheever I risk driving fast, I risk everything instead of a controlled enviroment
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I'll still continue to play the game as it is
See where I end up on the standings
And if I should do a 2021 mod for the game to continue into season 2
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Ferrari are clearly shopping for new driver
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Ferrari are clearly shopping for new driver
Pfft
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https://x.com/formularacers_/status/1995759930075222521?s=20
While we expected this, it's unfortunate
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More redbull mechanics cheered for Oscar than McLaren ones were present
https://vxtwitter.com/oscmega/status/1995654796473500116?s=46
Why does his team hate him
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I don't know ow if thats true
it sadly is
they werent on the podium for him either
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like i know its not a win
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This really is like a repeat of Mark webber
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and a win is to be expected with their car
but it was through absolutely no fault of his own
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A P2 is still great result
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im biased to max and i know oscar was way faster this weekend
0 mistakes drive, lost through strategy error
idk being there to console the driver who pushed so far to rescue whats left is a given to me
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I don't think Oscar deserves WDC
He messed up real bad post Summer break
Lando definitely should get it however
He was always consistently up there throughout the year
Max getting it would truly nullify the entire year
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im not talking championship i think its just sad that oscar is doing so well wether he wins or not
and his team just ignores him
maybe he would have been better off if they were clear with him from the beginning
that they didnt want him to be the one finishing ahead
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His team's treatment of him is unacceptable
It's what happrned to Ricciardo too
I thought it was mainly jokes
But it feels like there's indeed disdain towards him In paddock
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that they didnt want him to be the one finishing ahead
Or didn't try to nullify his achievements
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danny? no no not true
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It's like Barrichalo
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daniel just completely lost confidence in mclaren but i dont think the other drivers dislike him
his team (mclaren stint) were unfavourable to him though thats true
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Yeah thats what I mean
Not other drivers disliking him
Nobody dislikes Oscar either
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It's a shame
Ricciardo is one of the greatest that never was
And I fear the same will happen to Oscar
It'll be okay anyway
We always love our cult favorites anyway
Great Drivers who never got a WDC
Or even many wins
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This car had so much aura..
Alpine before Alonso left and BWT came on was looking so promising
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Indeed. If not a title contender, it at least looked good while continuning what the previous Renault kept doing
Which was being a consistent middle of the pack car
sometimes even fast enough for a podium and a win
THis trend would sort continue into 2024 even
But ever since 2025 began, the car's just not been performing
Now it's not like 2025 began this way. The car was still mostly decent at the start, but then every other team began upgrading quite consistently and Alpine's upgrades either don't happen or if they do, they don't affect anything
Scoring very few point finishes and one of the drivers hasn't even scored points once
a shame frankly, cause I think the 2025 car is one of their prettiest ones yet
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Pffft
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It definitely was, I can't deny that the older one was indeed preattier and it made more sense for Alpine's distinction and colors
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Or when they committed to full pink for 2 races in 2022
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Yeah but it doesn't mean they HAVE to represent the colors of them so thoroughly
I think the current one is the best one we've had
In terms of thre Alpine BWT liveries that is
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2013 force india. unpopular opinion but I quite liked it
it was also the first car i ever took a win in any f1 game
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Sahara Force India was a good look
It was extremely distinct
No other car in F1 has ever represented their name so literally
Force India, so it is quite literally a rolling India flag
I don't think Force India ever had a bad looking car either
For being a team that like the current Haas, was running on a shoe string budget, Force India was extremely respected
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I mean, there was also Russia F1 team I mean Haas F1 2021
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Which is ironic, given that their succcess continued all the way into Racing points
And then they lost the plot with Aston completely
More budget somehow ruined their pace
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Hehe, it's kind of ironic that the Uralkali Haas F1 car looked this Russian, when the actual Marussian F1 car or the Midlands F1 car never looked this Russian lol
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you know whats a shame? the 2022 haas pre invasion had a nice russia livery imo. very plain but you know what it was
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If you ask me, Haas is a team that needs that bit of blue to not look boring
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Red and white just don't look right
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Definitely a good look
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Oooh this is nice
Honestly Williams has such a dogma too
They always stick to white and blue
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much better than the 2019 effort
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When it hasn't worked for them since 2019
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Shame Rokit were frauds
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i think the blue on the nose was off centre too
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Offt, works with the general unfinished nature of the entire car and team at that point
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The whole car looks shit
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Pffft
This never gets old
The "fake" drinking brand, which led to an enturely new look for Haas
ironially, one of their best looks
Made them into John Player Lotus
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yep, shame the company was run by racist bad Santa
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Pffft, racist bad santa, that's a good one
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Haas is a team which is hard to ever truly judge
Been running since 2016
and their best performances were left in their initial years
Not a single podium in nearly 10 years
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Haas is like someone's attempt at a F1 game My Team effort
than an actually established F1 team
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take me back
Man this looked so good
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all this livery talk makes me want to jump back onto F1 Manager and make a livery for a theoretical f1 team now
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It's kind of hilarioius how good the Ground effect era Ferraris looked so good up until 2025
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Remember my Maserati F1 effort
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Where not only their performance saw a downgrade, as well as their looks
Yes I do, that one looked cool
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unpopular opinion?
the 2023 version looked better
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Maserati F1 return, it needs to happen
But sadly they couldn't even last in Formula E
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unpopular opinion?
the 2023 version looked better
i also lied
cause ferrari needs more Modena yellow
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Wow, that looks really good
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The shame with the HP Ferrari look is thta it can so easily look good
But the colors, they just combine them in the worst ways
The Miami one looks like a toy
HP did one service to Ferrari
And that was to signify the start of their worst era yet
The SF-25 is the worst car they've made
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It's cause Ferrari will never drop the red, and hp insist on their blue even though they have monochrome designs too
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Yeah it's retarded
It's not like Jordan and DHL either
where Jordan forced DHL to change their colors
Ferrari frankly needs to drop the red or Hp needs to agfree to let their logos be a different color
At least the Monza special one was a genuine stunner
I will always love that one
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Probably one of their best that one
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Indeed
I will always say that if that one was the one they ran for all of 2025
it'd make their performance sting less
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welp
Yuki out
and I'm gonna flip my shit
and fuckin lawson was kept on
@granite tangle I'm gonna fight Marko istg
i can't even abuse them on twitter cause i got banned
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Yes I knew
Before it even was announced I knew
Iwasa is 20 times the driver lindblad is
Hopefully someone picks him up next year
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Probably super formula and Aston Martin reserve? I think Drugovich is going
correction, drugovich has gone as of Las Vegas
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Pffft
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correction, drugovich has gone as of Las Vegas
Well damn, already planned
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X
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https://x.com/F1BigData/status/1995871393192575117?s=20 <@293122066805293057>
Good lord
Ferrari's performance in WEC is such an opposite tot heir perfromance in F1
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No points? Holy crap
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this guys is gonna drive abu dhabi for aston martin
In whose seat? Storll's?
Yeah I don't expect him to do any better than maybe p18
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In whose seat? Storll's?
i think aston will have both drivers out, crawford will be driving one car and he the other? not sure on that
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i think aston will have both drivers out, crawford will be driving one car and h...
Hmm, well obviously oen driver has to keep in the race somehow
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Hmm, well obviously oen driver has to keep in the race somehow
oh no this is just for practice
its the mandatory rookie test
same way piastri is going to miss practice
and tsunoda
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Ahhh
Fair enough
That makes sense
I believe Drugovich also once took their place in practice
But another team too
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The F2 drivers these teams find.... It's crazy
Hopefully the last batch all flourish in formula e
If Dan fucking Ticktum can win a race in the Cupra...
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I just don't understand how these teams operate anymore
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It's the moneyyy
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Titcum
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Yeah it's too good. They can't possibly ignore it
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@pale tinsel is this a sign
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Wait.this was recommended to you too?
yes haha for some reason
youtube algorithm has been weird with all the 10-15 year old video recommendations recently
but i thought that because id gotten some verstappen F3 races recommended and watched them if yt thought i was dutch or something XD
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but i thought that because id gotten some verstappen F3 races recommended and wa...
Yeah if you'd have seen that, it'd make sense. I didn't even watch that so somehow being recommended this was quite bizarre.
Youtube algorithm can indeed be very odd sometimes
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half the people think isaac is gonna so good that hes back and forth with max
and the other half think he wont last 5 races
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Frankly
I do think Issack will be better than Yuki
Probably will last as long as Checo did
Red Bull messed up with 2025 car
So hopefully the 2026 one will be better
Hadjar was just so good for a rookie in a team like VCARB
Ironically Lawson got alot better too
VCARB in 2025 will be a team to be remembered I think
For being a rookie team mainly meant for setting up Red Bull itself, it was alot better tahn every other team of the nature
Honestly I am not sure what to expect of 2026 as a whole
The cars are different, but how different? Will it change the balance?
I saw a video where ir said the 2026 era cars will be closer to that of the 2021 pre ground effect era cars
Something which Mercedes was really good at, as was Ferrari
This will either mark an end for many teams which found their work in the new era
Or it'll mark the end for the balance as we knew it
Or it'll continue as 2025 was
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Something which Mercedes was really good at, as was Ferrari
the Ferrari SF1000 would like a word
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@pale tinsel
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<@293122066805293057>
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they've already done this
couple years ago
they need to accept arthur isn't that guy
like they have Dino Beganovic and Rafa Camara in F2, use them ffs
fuck if they want PR they can put Maya Weug or Aurelia Nobels in from F1 Academy
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the Ferrari SF1000 would like a word
They were "generally" good
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https://x.com/GazzettaFerrari/status/1996197444410085488?s=20 <@2931220668052930...
huuh, never knew Leclerc had a brother
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fuck if they want PR they can put Maya Weug or Aurelia Nobels in from F1 Academy
Probably a better idea yeah
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https://x.com/Hadjarswdc/status/1996182236971040947?s=20
Pressure is on
Red Bull contracts are wet paper thin
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there's more strength in a chocolate teapot
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This is one of GT7's upcoming new cars
a brand new generic open wheeler to represent a particular era of F1
The older ones represented 70s and 80s, and I assume this is late 90s and early 2000s
The way the front connectors to the splitter are angled reminds me of the 2001/2002 Jorsan
But I don't know if this is actually a F1 car or not. Or if it is from that era
Does anyone know any better?
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I am going to make so many custom races with this car
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Marlboro Ferrari, West McLaren, BMW Williams, Mild Seven Renault, HSBC Jaguar, Red Bull Sauber, DHL Jordan
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I'm going to live the Michael Schumacher dream
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Malboro Scuderia Ferrari
- Michael Schumacher
- Eddie Irvine
West Mclaren-Mercedes F1 Team: - Mika Hakkinen
- David Coulthard
Benson and Hedges Jordan F1 Team: - Heinz Harold Frentzen
- Damon Hill
Winfield Williams Racing - Ralf Schumacher
- Alessandro Zanardi
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife F1 Team: - Giancarlo Fiscella
- Alexander Wurz
Gauloises Prost Peugeot F1 Team - Jarno Trulli
- Olivier Panis
HBSC Stewart F1 Team - Ruben Barrichelo
- Johnny Herbert
Repsoil Arrows F1 Team - Pedro De La Rosa
- Toro Takagi
Fondmetal Minardi F1 Team - Luca Badoer
- Marc Gene
Red Bull Sauber Petronas - Jean Alesi
- Pedro Diniz
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I'm going to live the Michael Schumacher dream<:Dripping:902644045220831303>
The rise to glory of many beloved drivers
The modern F1 era
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Oh I'm making a 1996 season and a 2003 season with these cars
Maybe a 2009 and 2012 one as well even though it's not the right engine
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1996 would be good too, as would 2003
Honestly all years int hat period would be good
Hopefully they'll continue the trend and eventually add a 2000s F1 car as well
Maybe return of the Plyphony F1 from Gt4?
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oh
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Certified Recycled Pants.
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Wack Brown is definitely behind this
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I'd just like to point out its Lando Norris
Ln4 on the overalls and the fluoro yellow helmet
and the awkward standing pose
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Ah damn
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pfft
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https://tenor.com/view/this-shit-is-so-ass-gif-gif-13056992775285521374
its not good but am i mentally r worded for not completely hating it like everyone else
ofc i dont support them but
we have had worse
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they could do so much better though
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its mclaren
their only good livery was in monaco
and even that could have been better executed
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Mclaren has introduced so many special liveries this season
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their only good livery was in monaco
The silver one was cool too
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The silver one was cool too
theyve done it before kinda and i think they did it better the previous time
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theyve done it before kinda and i think they did it better the previous time
Oh reallly? That's a shame that they did it before better
I liked it, but I guess it is not good enough anyway
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i just think mclaren are too stuck up on their papaya gimmick to take risks with the livery
people say redbull is boring (they are) but even they have done liveries with completely different pallettes of colors (suzuka e.g.)
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Yeah that's quite true. I don't think the Papaya look is flexible enouugh (pfft) for their special liveries. They just never commit enough. Even the 2025 silver one wasn't fully sulver
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mclaren could easily do their annual chrome (color chrome) livery and replace the orange with red. would look 10 times better because it would feel so much closer to the vodafone mclaren
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people say redbull is boring (they are) but even they have done liveries with co...
Yeah Red Bull and VCARB's special liveries still looked pretty good
I especually liked the Japan one
I am surprised VCARB hasn't done a Toro Rosso or Minardi homage paint yet
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mclaren could easily do their annual chrome (color chrome) livery and replace th...
God that'd be so cool to see
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theyve done so many unique ones that im inclined to forgive RB
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Yeah I think VCARB has had the most amount of speical liveries in 2025
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but well for me the most iconic RB will always be the Scuderia Torro Rosso with Sainz and Verstappen at the helm
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Taht was definitely their most iconic look
Though frankly, I'd say bring back Alphatuari
it was stand out enough
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yes the alphatauri was a good look i agree
less standout drivers of course but it was a sleek look
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I actually wanted to pick Alphatuari for my new team in F1 2020
In spite of my hate for Red Bull family
They could have mixed the VCARB and Alphatuari looks
A shame they changed them so completely
I never even understood the reason behind it
they changed Toro Rosso to Alphatuari because they wanted to market their clothing brand
Yet then changed it again back to Racing bulls?
Why couldn't it just be Visa Cashapp Alphatuari
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Ooooh, now that's really cool
Man it is a good luck
White and color liveries are soooo boring and basic
But the Alphatuari look.. I think it manages to win me over
Espcially with the drivers it has had
Gasly, Yuki, Kyvat, my beloveds
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Man it is a good luck
it was a real hit, usually these ones arent actual cars and dont have engines, but this one was legit
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wow, it actually was the full real deal then
That is a real cool chance you got
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alpha tauri was cool
initially i was disappointed when they rebranded to Visa RB
but theyve been cooking this year with the liveries
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Indeed, and even their base 2024 and 2025 liveries do look rather sharp
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i think this era of F1 car was generally more beautiful too, helps make the alpha tauri look better
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And not to mention, their good performance helps us liking them easier
Exactly, I think the current era of car designs just worked
Super sleek
Even if they don't dirve too well
Too much dirty air and water splash porblems
I think the 2026 ones will strike that perfect balance we want
Oh and I should mention
the cars in F1 2020, I never realized F1 cars could have such size differences
The Alphatauri was quite shorter than the Alfa Romeo
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this car + this livery...
im so glad they brought it back one last time for suzuka
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So am I
it is a good look
Much needed change from the same monotone Red Bull design
Red Bull design is cool
But holy shit, people say Ferrari is samey
have they even seen Red Bull?
At least their older cars used to be a metallic dark blue, than the disgusting current matte one
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have they even seen Red Bull?
red bull became boring when horny horner and the gang fucked the car and couldnt afford the few extra grams of running a new livery
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red bull became boring when horny horner and the gang fucked the car and couldnt...
Hahaha
That had an effect overtime
And people say Alpine for 2024 was basic
I'd rather have 10 of 2024 Alpine over current Red Bull look
genuinely the most boring car on the grid
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their vegas purple livery looked so good under the night lights imo
they understood that assignment well
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That looks really nice indeed
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and last year they had one planned and scrapped it to save weight...
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that livery was so cool
they had a big gambling sponsor that year
so the livery in vegas just made sense
the cards, the roulettes on the wheel caps
it was just a great livery
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Yeah it made alot of sense
You know I'm trying to figure how to mod F1 2020
I want the teams liveries changed to their 2021 one for next season, then I'd also change the race suits and names and such
And maybe swap some drivers too
I'm a Haas driver now, so I wanna replace Grosjean with Mazepin so the Urakali sponsor makes sense
Mazepin is pretty good in f1 2020
He was always top 10 in F2
I can do all this just fine
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sorry for interupting but red bull used to rock Fan Submitted liveries in COTA in 2022 and 2023 and broke that tradition in... 2024..
they used to not be so boring..
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Damn, any of these would be better than the standard Red Bull desig
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You know I'm trying to figure how to mod F1 2020
i never modded 2020 but im sure you can figure it out, codemasters games are usually quite easy to mod (i have some experience with dirt 3)
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Man why is Red Bull more boring than ferrari
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i never modded 2020 but im sure you can figure it out, codemasters games are usu...
Yeah there's quite allt of mod tools but I'll also ask on Reddit so I know all of what I wanna change
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redbull is winning barely, ferrari is losing so bad they are taking special livery paychecks every chance they get, would be my guess
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Pfft
That may be
Even still, Ferrari will always look good
And never boring
Actually here's a real question
Why no Jaguar or Stewart Homage liveries Red Bull?
Pussies
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well i would say that nothing ties them to that anymore
and redbull is going to promote themselves before they pay homage to a dead car brand team they just happened to buy
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i guess but let me put it in some better words
you only really see teams do homage liveries
when the livery is their own
teams with heritage have huge backlogs to go off
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Thats fair enough I suppose
It is in nobodys interest to promote others
Hence Red Bull stopped being sponsored by Aston when Racinh point became Aston
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but a team like haas, aston martin, they dont have any iconic liveries that are too different to their own, or in HAAs case they were paid to use the red blue and white for urakali back then, and they cut ties with them pretty harshly
as for the teams they bought to rebrand to haas and aston martin? absolutely 0 incentive to do homage to them
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only one team that has 0 F1 heritage and can do homage liveries, can you guess?
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Hell, Aston did nothing for Eddie Jordan's passing besides add a Eddie Jordan logo onto the car in China in 2025
When they should.have made the car Jordan yellow
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only one team that has 0 F1 heritage and can do homage liveries, can you guess?
Who?
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in my opinion, Audi
they have iconic liveries to homage from in rallying and endurance
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Nah I can't see it happening
Audi pretyy thoroughly ended Sauber's influence
Over 30 years of Sauber
Gone with the wind now
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Oh fair enough
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but they have so much other discipline pedigree that they can do little homages or even complete one off liveries inspired by quite a backlog of successful cars they had
DTM, Lemans, WRC
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Yeah they definitely can do that
Audi sport colors already are on the car
Silver black and red
I got reminded of the fact that the old 2000s Audi DTM cars used to have Red Bull liveries xd
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that is true, but they could easily flip it into full silver for example
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oh they still are everywhere
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that is true, but they could easily flip it into full silver for example
Or into white
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oh they still are everywhere
I know
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i dont think there might be a single big time racing league without a redbull car
i think thats good honestly, they support or forms of sport and motorsport
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Sure would be hard to find yeah
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Bruh are you kidding me
Ferrari
Fuck
Off
I'd rather do black magic and bring Luca Di Montzemelo to life than have to endure another moment of Ferrari's bullshit
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Ferrari Vape?>!?
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I am honestly just baffled
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nicotine pouches you place under your lip
Like instead of arm patches??
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damn theyre really still innovating 😂
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if this is true...
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so 5 redbull mechanics cheered oscar after the race, and only 2 from mclaren
thats such a joke
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Oh Haas have dropped moneygram and brought in toyota as title sponsor
TGR Haas F1 Team
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https://x.com/SulloReport/status/1996356113395327023?s=20
What the fuck man
Okay there's definitely simething wrong
this is worse treatment than Webber got
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Oh Haas have dropped moneygram and brought in toyota as title sponsor
Haas really is getting closer and closer to becoming the Toyota F1 team
Will say, weird that they dropped Moneygram this early
THis is the problem with Haas. They can never hold onto their sponsors
Whether they turn out be a scam energy drink, or get sanctioned out of the event, or whatever happened with Moneygram
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Whether they turn out be a scam energy drink, or get sanctioned out of the event...
moneygram isnt bad, but they arent Toyota size
you can only have 1 title sponsor
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so naturally, they told moneygram: sorry we cant have you as title sponsor anymore, toyota's racing division is looking to take that over
that doesnt mean you wont see the MoneyGram logo on the car anymore, it will just be smaller, and not on the team's name
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It's still a massive step away from a factory team, maybe one day we'll see Toyota take on Dallara's role and become a manufacturer again.
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you can only have 1 title sponsor
Unless you're Aston Martin
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that doesnt mean you wont see the MoneyGram logo on the car anymore, it will jus...
I guess that's fair
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It's still a massive step away from a factory team, maybe one day we'll see Toyo...
I doubt it
Also, I had a horrible F1 weekend at Melbourne
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twitter did the funny
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Pfffft
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https://vxtwitter.com/sainzifyy/status/1996518905536540709?s=20 @pale tinsel man where IS this Ricky?
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Lmao the exact concept of DRS is remaining and everything
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Lmao the exact concept of DRS is remaining and everything
i more so posted it for the attached video
but about DRS
idk about the exact concept remaining
the new regs are quite differentr
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I mean, they're just doing formula e attack mode... with drs activation rules
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maybe you are right
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I am excited to see it all running next season
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ive not studied on it too much
this new active aero is a mystery
it could either be the best thing or the worst
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It's never been done before at this level of car, it's so exciting
How on EARTH are they going to regulate it?!? Guarantee the designers have had many sleepless nights over this
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2026 will be interesting
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https://vxtwitter.com/sainzifyy/status/1996518905536540709?s=20 <@29312206680529...
do you take pleasure in this?
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Pfft. Never understood why he walks like that lol
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do you take pleasure in this?
not really, im legit baffled how this man has become into a silent 0 information useless engineer
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Pfft. Never understood why he walks like that lol
he had just had surgery to remove his appendix
2024 Saudi Arabia, Ollie bearman had to step on on saturday to take over
and scored points
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not really, im legit baffled how this man has become into a silent 0 information...
Racism
he's italian, and he works for a black british man
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not italian so racism too
only explanation
remember he became useless with vettel too
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2024 Saudi Arabia, Ollie bearman had to step on on saturday to take over
I knew about that, but I didn't know Carlos actuallyw as able to attend as well. Fair enough, Appendix removal can definitely lead to that
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I knew about that, but I didn't know Carlos actuallyw as able to attend as well....
i had my appendix removed, youre out of the hospital in a few days, but it keeps hurting like a bitch for a long while
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https://www.vxinstagram.com/p/DRxSW1bj0P6/?igsh=azNtajN1YzQyYTg0
saw this. peak.
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ngl I'm sold
Guess F1 Manager is getting booted up again tonight
i have been inspired
plus there's a renault 2005 base livery in game and SDN colours match the mild seven renault colours
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https://www.vxinstagram.com/p/DRxSW1bj0P6/?igsh=azNtajN1YzQyYTg0
You think that's unexpected?
Check this out
Charles Leclerc and Human Loona admiring a Red Bull
Now thats something
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i had my appendix removed, youre out of the hospital in a few days, but it keeps...
Oh you don't need to tell me. My father had his removed sometime ago and it was quite difficult to get him up and running
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plus there's a renault 2005 base livery in game and SDN colours match the mild s...
Ooooh
The return of Renault glory
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thats the aim, shame the renault engine is a PoS in manager
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i don't even need to watch it to know i hate it
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thats the aim, shame the renault engine is a PoS in manager
Guess it's our job to make it better
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https://vxtwitter.com/SCUDERIAFEMBOY/status/1996311056562426022?s=20
Pfffffft
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https://x.com/GazzettaFerrari/status/1996573912499364213?s=20
He's a little too far back to be competitng anyway
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@granite tangle i don't understand help. dunno if its even appropriate
https://www.vxinstagram.com/p/DR2uIRhktPf/?igsh=OGlzMGNmbTd0eTFm
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<@883063680302985236> i don't understand help. dunno if its even appropriate
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gooner game
@lofty mirage <- ask the expert
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oi @lofty mirage assistance please
lofty mirage
What the fuck is this
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out of all the Mercedes cars between 2022 and 2025 which was the most successful?
no sidepod w13
confirmed to have scored the most points across a season
most podiums
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It sure did well
less competition
ferrari and redbull where both dominant on one half of the season each
mercedes sneaked into the results much more often
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Sorry then
They were consistent
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this year's mercedes is a very good car, definitely on par with the redbull on some races, ofc replacing hamilton with a rookie will bring you less results in terms of points and podiums
oh im just trying to make sense of it
nothing to be sorry about
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I am sorry in more terms than this
I am just disappointing you with my attempts at no TC no ABS
I can't drive to save my life
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this year's mercedes is a very good car, definitely on par with the redbull on s...
It's also apparently heat tempremental and hence not fast on some tracks but it is on others
technically all of these besides Arrows and Ligier still exist, but Sauber will soon stop having anything to do with Sauber either
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here's another one
I've looked into this, either lando Norris or Oscar Piastri could be the first graduate ftom f2/gp2 to win a world championship since Lewis Hamilton
strong kite
technically all of these besides Arrows and Ligier still exist, but Sauber will ...
Ligier's still around
They make LMP2s and LMP3s
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Not as a F1 team, but yeah
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What's that mean
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What's that mean
its an SF25 and they actual took the time to model the screen to feature LICO
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What is LICO
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lift and coast
its a meme because the ferrari is so shit the engineers constantly beg charles and lewis to do lico every corner
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Wait
What the fuck lol
That's so fucked up to model
Man they're funny to model that
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Out of all cars to model AC evo chose the SF25
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Probably cause of Ferrari influence
I do wonder how much influence tho
Cause I heard that it’s realistic in the sense that it handles so terribly just like the real life one
Not in a bad driving model way, in a the car is unstable and wants to spin out all the time, stuff seen from Lewis and Charles driving it
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Cause I heard that it’s realistic in the sense that it handles so terribly just ...
I mean the game doesn't have any other modern F1 car
So it's still beastly fast in the base game roster
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Not in a bad driving model way, in a the car is unstable and wants to spin out a...
Damn, I wonder if Ferrari was okay with that
I mean if it's accurate it's accurate
But I don't think the car is even rhat bad in F1 2025
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ALLL ABOOOARD THE FERRARII DELULU TRAIN
P3 IN PRACTICE 1 WE'RE GONNA FINISH ON THE PODIUM LFGGGGGG
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P3 IN PRACTICE 1 WE'RE GONNA FINISH ON THE PODIUM LFGGGGGG
please do
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brave. putting faith in Ferrari
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brave. putting faith in Ferrari
we have to put faith in everything
max, ferrari, lando choking, the universe, santa claus
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Put your faith in Mercedes, Williams and Talibantonelli
and osama bin russell
or Mark Webber terrorism against McLaren
anything but Ferrari, you'll just be left with pain
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🙏🏽
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Man, they make fun of them
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https://x.com/F1BigData/status/1996886924603326907?s=20 @pale tinsel if god is willing it...
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https://www.vxinstagram.com/reel/DNgBVc9pzvX/?igsh=dHd4bDQxdnc2Y2dq
But they're making F1 almost interesting? How can you hate on it
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piatsri looks to be miles off..
Almost like he didn't do FP1
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Almost like he didn't do FP1
i wonder about that, do you think he shouldve skipped fp1 on another race?
well maybe he comes out full force for fp3 and onwards so it might not matter
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i wonder about that, do you think he shouldve skipped fp1 on another race?
I'm sure McLaren plans this out far in advance, and they absolutely couldn't have done it at a sprint weekend
Oscar's pretty good at the whole F1 thing, I'm sure he'll figure it out
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https://www.vxinstagram.com/reel/DNgBVc9pzvX/?igsh=dHd4bDQxdnc2Y2dq
What does this AI voice work so well lol
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https://x.com/leclercsletters/status/1996941077698232563?s=20
BEEG Leclerc lol
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Oscar's pretty good at the whole F1 thing, I'm sure he'll figure it out
Hehehe, that sounds funny to say
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I like the idea that all three of the remaining championship contestants are contacting the rookies and they all have to choose which one they're most loyal to
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seen it
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Day 1, Race 1, Free Practice 1... Formula E is already 30 minutes behind schedule 🤣
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And another half hour.
But also news, Formula E is moving tire supplier for Gen4. Hankook is out, Bridgestone is in.
They were interviewing Joel Eriksson, who does NOT seem hyped to be in formula e specifically, but that might just be how he comes across, he is Scandinavian
Stoffel Vandoorne is the Jaguar reserve driver, and sounds KEEN on getting a Gen4 Jaguar drive.
But would you be the team to drop Mitch Evans or Da Costa?
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They were interviewing Joel Eriksson, who does NOT seem hyped to be in formula e...
Pffft, yeah they're not very excitable
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Stoffel Vandoorne is the Jaguar reserve driver, and sounds KEEN on getting a Gen...
Hopefully the results will speak for themselves
I do need to ask
given as the chassis and engines are the same across the field
Is it a driver championship or a team championship
like is there any inherent betterness or worseness
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Ah, but the motors, gearboxes and suspension aren't spec parts. There's been huge variety
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Chassis, charger and battery, and for Gen3 the front motor. The Inverter and power systems, software and suspension is all supplied by the teams
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Fair enough. Tthat's enough differences for the consturctors to make a massive difference too
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<@883063680302985236> i don't understand help. dunno if its even appropriate
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r racing evolution
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This is about the post season test after the Abu Dhabi GP
They will be driving the 2 RB21s I reckon
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I am not ready for the P17 tractor next year
Pfft
It's possible that the next year car will indeed be slow
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That will be the first time isack drives the main team car
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Guess Red Bull will become a works team
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Iwasa has tested 1 session before on the RB21
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That will be the first time isack drives the main team car
Didn't he drive a Red bull before 2025 season?
The famous "I destroyed the car"
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I think he did drive the RB7 sometime but that’s like a totally different generation car
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Yeah it's not entirely representative anymore
It was a good enough car for a win however
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This will be interesting, tho I’m not sure if these post season tests are ever published
I’d love to see how Iwasa does against the pretty much unanimous rookie of the year
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https://x.com/AppleTVNewsHub/status/1996987756975682010?s=20 @pale tinsel so US > UK now
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https://x.com/AppleTVNewsHub/status/1996987756975682010?s=20 <@29312206680529305...
UK has had Sky F1 for over a decade and it's been fucking trash the whole time 🤣🤣🤣
Also, ITS RACE DAY PEOPLE
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Also, ITS RACE DAY PEOPLE
ill take that as in FE cause f1 is p3 and quali 🤣
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ill take that as in FE cause f1 is p3 and quali 🤣
Naturally.
And since FP1 yesterday was cancelled with radio issues (?) formula e has a full one day format. And I'm working during the race start 🤣
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time for a cheeky toilet break am i right
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Just in time to watch the Duels
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mate...
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17 formula E cars within 7 tenths, and everyone did a quali simulation.
Porsche on top, both Mahindras top 5, Dan fucking Ticktum is fast, Yamaha still having reliability issues and the Jaguar powered teams are all outside top 10.
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mate...
all he needs to do now is do it in the race too so we can finally send this car to the scrap heap
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pfft
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This race sure is gonna be interesting
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not saying a thing
fuck sake
last sector fucked it
he was up first 2
burn the sf25 immediately
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he needed .1 on his last lap
he lost that much just on the last corner
fuck man
that sucks
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it is but i believe he could top q2 minimum
but his mental is in the slums
which is understandable
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yeah, he needs this season break more than anything
and for Ferrari to drop stacks on Bono
Adami isn't cutting it
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i dont think bono is leaving kimi for some reason
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They've built up a nice relationship tbh
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its almost like gp and young max
he needs a great engineer to grow
kimi is so much like 2016 max its crazy to me
rapid but rough and inconsistent
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Which means as long as mercedes ace the regs then Kimi is gonna dominate
but yeah, Adami isn't the guy for Hamilton
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you dont think he has it?
i think he definitely does
the kid is insanely quick, and a great character too
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Which means as long as mercedes ace the regs then Kimi is gonna dominate
did you read what i said xD
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im just checking to see if this is sarcasm lol
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oh you'll know when i drop sarcasm
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fuck I'll even take Mark Slade from mercedes if they can't get bono
Mark deputised for Bono when he wasn't available for Lewis. So its kinda a familiar voice
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all they need is an engineer with "english culture"
im using quotes because im not saying it in a literal sense
like someone from the uk
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someone to bridge the gap between italy and brit
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XD
GP is like
such a high official in redbull
idk if he COULD even leave for max
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and hes said max is his little brother, so leaving for hamilton is out of the question XD
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ik just reaching for copium
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but yeah GP and Bono the goats
everyone else is a replacement for them
but lewis is experienced enough to not be in grave need of someone their caliber
just someone that 1) talks to him 2) understands him 3) doesnt say we are checking understood and disappears
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Can someone just knock out Lando Norris
Fuck get Gary Gannon, he was so good with Mick Schumacher
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ive already did my prayer
i even said ill go to the church right now if he gets knocked out
light a candle for thanks and another one for max
but it aint happening
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Astons looking good
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cheeky alonso tow
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Man imagine if this race's podium also has an unexpected candidate
Would be cool
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cheeky alonso tow
Alonso's basically your boy. Helps whenever he can
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looks like he did
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weighbridge for lando
god that ferrari can't fuckin move
fuck me he pushed that hard
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yuki backup in the race
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alonso leclerc russell could get on the podium
man wouldn't that be awesome lol
Neither of the title contendrs getting on the podium
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for all 3 to get on would take a rocket striking the 2 orange cars and the 1 blue one
but a miracle of 1 of them isnt completely unlikely XD
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for all 3 to get on would take a rocket striking the 2 orange cars and the 1 blu...
Time for Lewis to practice his Taliban teachings
Lewis Al-milton
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pfft
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helmut is whispering to yuki as we speak
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and can never count out Talibantonelli and Osama Bin Russell
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to impede the shit out of norris
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XD
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Yuki you must commit kamikaze and we will give you your seat back in 2027, or commit seppuku and never return
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yeah yuki norris is starting a push lap can you do a nelson piquet jr
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We're either in for the greatest title fight of recent times
or we're gonna get another 2021 finale
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2021 finale WAS the greatest title fight of recent times, unless vettel back in 2010 is still considered recent
that one was probably the best all time
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you can say that but no other year had a title fight in abu dhabi so
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Well, we do now
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that's the problem with the 2021 finale
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rosberg didnt have to do too much then
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it was the greatest and most exciting finale
Only for it to end in a complete cluster fuck
with nothing but luck getting in the way
and bad race director choice
I don't even like Hamilton, but that was Lewis' title
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you can have your opinion
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Honestly, they both deserved the title that season. Just played out like it did
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Of course
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winning a title in court is clownery
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But 2008 Massa didn't end on a race director fuck up lol
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even worse
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As a Ferrari fan, i was neutral that season. Just semi recovering 2020 depression
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Did it? I didn't know
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cheating
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Well damn
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Good old Big Flav and crashgate
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^^^
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So that had to do with it
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massa lost the title because of the safety car renault caused
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If you wanna argue it though
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I didn't know the crashgate was that huge
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Britain 2008 was on Massa
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just let it go
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Hamilton dominated while Massa turned the track into a donut arena
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Imagine if it did, some mad controversy
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I can fully expect it
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how funny would that be
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1.22.2
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Hell, we're already seeing it materialize
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holy fucking shit
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Look at how much Mclaren and Oscar's situation has worsened
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How's he fuckin done that then
instructed tsunoda to give him a tow
plus perfect lap
good job from everyone
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they'll use Yuki to tow Max for both runs
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3 whole tenths quicker wow
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Maybe a run in the middle for max to give yuki a tow to bring yuki close?
if possible
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Imagine Max getting British fans riled up again only after 5 years lol
Max, you can only escape so many death threats
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he got them riled last year
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indeed, and that was last year, a title without too much contention
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max has been getting threats since 17 years old
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This one, this is as close as 2021
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Max, you can only escape so many death threats
i think you underestimate the orange army
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i think you underestimate the orange army
Pffft
it's ironic how there are two orange armies
The Dutch orange army, and the Papaya orange army
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2018 was worse for max id say than 2021
the death threats in 2021 were towards 1) masi 2) latifi
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Masi deserves it, but yeah
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Latifi didn't deserve that
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latifi had to get security to go out of his house
i dont think anyone deserves that mate
pay driver bad driver or not
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well, I just hope this race ends in a fairy normal way
So that fans don't get needlessly riled up
Even if they are Lando fans
Oh god remember that guy here who was super toxic?
He was a Lando fan
imagine how much he'd fume lol
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sugar boy yeah
he was fuming even when max was 60 points behind
i bet he is crying right about now
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Jesus christ, he must be shaking from the stress now
I wanna invite him back just to see his meltdown
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Must say, Gabriel edges us hard
he keeps bringing that Sauber high
but then fucks up every time
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hes a rookie
you have to judge them based on promise
not always results
he will grow into a good driver in audi
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Unfortunately yeah
And he's definitely the weakest rookie when it comes to race pace
Even if his qualifying is usually among the better ones
I have nothing but respect for any F1 driver after I've learned how to drive F1 2020 properly
Hell, the next step is to disable racing lines
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fuck man
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Even the worst modern F1 driver
latifi, stroll, sargnet, mazepin, mick, anyone, is a goddamn miracle to handle these cars
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i think its over
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Max is still at top
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Max terrorism
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and lando will cruise to the line
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I love how nobody here out of you guys supports Lando's win xd
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He definitely will become the next Damon Hill if he wins the title
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Initially liked him, past couple years he's become a right cunt
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I don't know if he's a cunt per say
he looks like one
Much like how Stroll looks like a cunt
But seems alright in reality
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No no, stroll is a nepo cunt
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I mean personality wise xd
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Initially liked him, past couple years he's become a right cunt
moment he got good machinery he got way over his head
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Despite the fact that the race happens on 4:30 tommorow, I likely won't be able to catch it
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moment he got good machinery he got way over his head
As did the Mclaren team as a whole to be honest
this is the same team from 8 years ago who were nowhere to be found
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oscar is an outcast