🏎│real-f1-chat

[weak saddle]

which one

[young parrot]

The expensive one

Noooo wait

Switch for F1 Tv pro

[rough urchin]

Max is dominating 💀

[silent ravine]

Max's lead

[young parrot]

Hoping Saunz will take that 2nd place

[tranquil fog]

Sainz: when will hards be faster than soft
Ferrari: this lap
Perez: continues pulling ahead by .300

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[rough urchin]

True

[tranquil fog]

Ferrari strategy strikes again

[rough urchin]

For the first time ever

[young parrot]

He desrves It

[stuck trout]

LETS GOOO

[tranquil fog]

TBF though checo must have done some seriously good tyre management

[stuck trout]

100%

[tranquil fog]

Albon got lapped 🫠

[stuck trout]

My fantasy team is doing insanely well

Woohoooo

[tranquil fog]

Grats

[young parrot]

I dont complain on mine team

[crude kiln]

TSU screwing the team here

[young parrot]

Magnussen vs Tsunoda vs Ricardo

"Driver swap" co tu się dzieje

[tranquil fog]

Bruh seeing max behind Ricardo

He might be a lap ahead

[rough urchin]

Ikr

[tranquil fog]

But that's a sight

3 Rbs in a line

[young parrot]

He is

[silent ravine]

LOL

[rough urchin]

Ricciardo desserves better

[silent ravine]

frfr

[tranquil fog]

Ye I mean he might be a lap ahead. But that won't stop me from seeing Ricardo physically Infront

[silent ravine]

expected more from RB's tho

[tranquil fog]

Ye

[young parrot]

Delulu master

[silent ravine]

and he over takes

aahahahah

[rough urchin]

What lap is it now?

[silent ravine]

54

/57

[rough urchin]

3 more laps to go

[silent ravine]

yep

[tranquil fog]

Honestly I was hoping there would be a stronger fight between Merc, Ferrari and red bull at the front. And Aston, McLaren and rb in mid

[silent ravine]

Naw cmon

u srs?

[crude kiln]

Lol TSU 😅 Had he let RIC by right away then maybe he had got MAG before Max lapped them.

[silent ravine]

Istg we all knew Max had this race in the bag too

From the fp3

[tranquil fog]

Well ye

Odc

Ofc*

[silent ravine]

if he didn't take the pole

[young parrot]

Sargeant is few laps behind I cant

[rough urchin]

The two bulls are just dominating

[silent ravine]

he would've had a smaller gap

[tranquil fog]

I mean like heading into start of season

[silent ravine]

yeahh

but

sainz

errari giving good fight

[silent ravine]

"Max's perfect season"

bahahah

[glass garnet]

Tsunoda not a happy camper

[tranquil fog]

I just pretend he doesn't exist

[young parrot]

Logan is that one kid that had to tie his shoelaces

[silent ravine]

LMAO

[tranquil fog]

Makes life much more enjoyable

You should try it

[rough urchin]

Sainz Vs Perez and Leclerc Vs Russell

[silent ravine]

U pretend he doens't exist and 2nd position is actually enjouable

[tranquil fog]

Ye

[silent ravine]

I an't I love him alot ngl

[tranquil fog]

🤣

[silent ravine]

They hate him cause they ain't him

yk

55/57

[tranquil fog]

2 laps 3.7 gap, unlucky sainz

[silent ravine]

yee

[opaque crest]

He's grumpy about losing 13th place 😂

[stuck trout]

This is sending me lmaooo

[feral tree]

Let him race

[opaque crest]

He should've moved out the way sooner

[silent ravine]

21 secs gap b/w 2nd and 1st

dang

[tranquil fog]

I mean would u if u were tsu

[silent ravine]

3.3

[young parrot]

Tsunoda and Ricardo will let the fists speak I tell you

[silent ravine]

LAST 2 LAPS

[tranquil fog]

Man doesn't want to be second fiddle to ric

[rough urchin]

Sainz last year in Ferrari

[tranquil fog]

Surely, sainz I believe

[rough urchin]

I think he is going to aston

[silent ravine]

what would happen

if

someone purposely crashed into max

last lap

RB

LMAO

[stuck trout]

The height difference gonna be a major factor….

[silent ravine]

ZHO maybe

[tranquil fog]

I'm just saying, it would make the season much more interesting

[rough urchin]

That would smooth operation

[young parrot]

Tsunoda will stand on a car

[silent ravine]

ye nvm

[silent ravine]

ONG

but he's just overtaking everyone 😭

[granite wave]

Hello, Where can I watch f1 for free?

[silent ravine]

FINAL LAP

[silent ravine]

u can't

dw

[young parrot]

Impossible things man

[rough urchin]

Astro💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[tranquil fog]

Tsu being short is tactical decision, shorter person, usually less weight and lower cog

[stuck trout]

Bro just get watch it on f1 official

[tranquil fog]

Purely strategic 🤣

[feral tree]

Tictok

[glass garnet]

In all honesty, this WAS NOT THE GREATEST OF RACEs

[silent ravine]

pls ZHO crash into verstappen

[silent ravine]

duh cuz max

w/o max it was alright

[opaque crest]

That's being generous 😂

[rough urchin]

PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[tranquil fog]

2.9

[stuck trout]

Really hope norris holds on to 6th

[silent ravine]

22.9

[tranquil fog]

Sainz isn't closing that

[silent ravine]

ez

[rough urchin]

Ended

[tranquil fog]

Unlucky

[stuck trout]

Yeah but atleast podium for my man definitely deserved

[young parrot]

Unfortunately

[tranquil fog]

Honestly Ferrari were off by a few laps with strat

[opaque crest]

I'm so glad I spent my afternoon watching that 😴

[tranquil fog]

They said softs should have been slower from 46/47?

19 laps off 💀

10*

[silent ravine]

perez gg

[rough urchin]

it is 0:36 in my time

[young parrot]

Sainz awesome performance

[feral tree]

Let's go Perez!!

[tranquil fog]

Ye, imagine if Ferrari turned around and said "slow down. Give position to leclerc"

[silent ravine]

it's 8:36 in bahrain here

[stuck trout]

As a Ferrari fan for forever I would not be their fan anymore

[young parrot]

Vertappen and radio guys arent even excited anymore, they knew before It started

[stuck trout]

That’s just downright wrong

[young parrot]

I agree

[stuck trout]

They already did wrong to him by kicking him out before the season started

[tranquil fog]

Pretty sure they did something similar last year

Where sainz was faster but they told him to let leclerc past

[stuck trout]

Nah they didn’t trust me

[tranquil fog]

Not for podium though. It was sort of in the mid of laps

[tranquil fog]

90% sure they did

[rough urchin]

Maybe it's a 24/24 wins for the red bull

[young parrot]

Logan got max 2 laps left

[stuck trout]

They were pitting Sainz

[mystic aurora]

🥱

[tranquil fog]

Dotd Smoooooth Operatoooor

[silent ravine]

YESSS

31%

votes

ez

[tranquil fog]

Oh ye, and leclerc took way too long executing

[silent ravine]

he could've got 2nd

ngl

but ferrari was W this year

[stuck trout]

Yeah

[young parrot]

Logan got a track for himself

[tranquil fog]

U right u right, my bad

[silent ravine]

the speed was awesome

[stuck trout]

Np

PODIUMMMM

IM HAPPY

[stuck trout]

VERY

[tranquil fog]

I an so glad I spent my afternoon watching such an exhilarating race, I did not expect max P1, checo P2, sainz P3. Definitely not...

[stuck trout]

Nice team

But I’m gonna get the most points

😆😆😆

[feral tree]

Which one was your team?

[rough urchin]

Always

[young parrot]

10 drivers havent even done all 57 laps

[stuck trout]

I’m kidding you’re probably higher than me in point by a little

[young parrot]

Aaaaand we can see that top teams will dominate

[tranquil fog]

Say it with me lads

Smooooth operatoooor

[heady sonnet]

Standing after Bahrain

[stuck trout]

SMOOOOOOOOTH OPERRRRATOOOORRRRR

[tranquil fog]

Saudi P2 I believe

[young parrot]

SMOOOOOTH OPERATORRRRR

[stuck trout]

Lmao where’s verstappen

[young parrot]

What the hell is that?

[stuck trout]

And what team is Perez on

[heady sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/joke-dumb-you-gif-8906255

[stuck trout]

No I get it but which team is Perez on

[tranquil fog]

Who?

[heady sonnet]

This is the standings without taking into account Max

[stuck trout]

Yeah but Perez is there

[tranquil fog]

A man of culture I see

[stuck trout]

Which team he on

[heady sonnet]

Red Bull Racing? 😄

[young parrot]

OMG SO MUCH DENIAL

[heady sonnet]

P2, at 25 points?

[stuck trout]

Then why ain’t it on the construction list

[tranquil fog]

Perez is just a 1 man team, I don't know what you guys are talking about

[heady sonnet]

look at the second line

RB

[stuck trout]

Oh lol didn’t see that

[young parrot]

Got used to seing them on top I see

CARLOS!!! CARLOS!!! CARLOS!!! CARLOS!!!

Ah yes, The Dutch anthem

[stuck trout]

To be honest I kinda missed it

[young parrot]

Me too

[stuck trout]

Over the break

Haha cheers

[young parrot]

But I miss the Spanish banger

Too

[crude kiln]

Did Max get DOTD?

[young parrot]

I love how unsuprised the comentators are about Max

[stuck trout]

Same we’ll get it trust

[young parrot]

I hope so

[heady sonnet]

No, it was Sainz

[young parrot]

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO CHEERS FOR CARLOS

[stuck trout]

Can Ferrari cancel hamiltons contract? 😇😇😇

[crude kiln]

Ah that sucks.

[stuck trout]

😇

[young parrot]

The contract they should cancel is Charles'

[stuck trout]

Nah I don’t advocate for that there’s a reason he’s in Ferrari

Jules Bianchi @young parrot

They are doing right by Charles

He had to do the same for the team

[young parrot]

I know, I just dont want to see Sainz leave 😭😭😭

Sorry

[stuck trout]

That’s why I said cancel hamiltons contract

He’s old anyway

[young parrot]

True

[stuck trout]

Sainz is young and has potential

[young parrot]

I never liked him, his prime is gone

[stuck trout]

I swear I’ll hate Fred if he made the decision

[young parrot]

A lot

[stuck trout]

He’s a good person I won’t lie but I don’t see him in red and don’t have trust in him leading Ferrari

[heady sonnet]

Mhm

[stuck trout]

(As a Ferrari fan) Sure…. 😅😅😅😅

[dapper wagon]

Perez Redbull. Sure. Not max 😂

[young parrot]

Not gonna happen

[heady sonnet]

I will keep these standings up 😂

[winter ledge]

Don't forget to add max in the constructor championship standing

[dapper wagon]

Max will finish P1 and P2 in the constructors 😂

[gritty dune]

W race today guys?

[stuck trout]

How does he have3x and 2x

Tf

[heady sonnet]

I'm excluding him from both

[heady sonnet]

3x is a boost you can use twice per season

[left solstice]

hi

who supports ferrari?

[kind reef]

twice?

Each chip can only be used once during the season and you can only use one per race, so choose carefully.

[modest garnet]

Who supports Red Bull

[stuck trout]

Me since 2016 when I was 12 and started watching F1

[heady sonnet]

I believe they reset mid season? At least used to

[stuck trout]

Kimi is the most badass driver in my opinion and that will never change

[fast gulch]

Hey

[modest garnet]

[glass garnet]

They didn’t reset last year and don’t believe they will this year either

That’s why they need to be used wisely 😏

[heady sonnet]

Slap it on Max and win

gg 😄

[shadow acorn]

When’s the next race ?

[main goblet]

sa

[shadow acorn]

?

[short ocean]

next saturday in jeddah

[ember sapphire]

what time

[glass garnet]

Dépends on where you are from I guess 😅

No joke, same time as today’s race + 2h

[crude kiln]

Do you get the x2 for the chosen driver on the constructors team as well? Like x2 and x2 if you have the constructor of the driver you x2'ed?

[vivid anvil]

POLE POLE

[glass garnet]

No you don’t

[crude kiln]

I was just blown away checking the scores now and seeing how much points RB got. Despite them getting a 1-2 I wasn't expecting that and def learned sth 😅

[ember torrent]

unaenda safari ?

[ember torrent]

and wait for Kimi Antonelli... 😉

[left solstice]

forza ferrari

[ember torrent]

trying to shift attention away... nothing major

[left solstice]

leclerc can fight perez if the car doesn't have problem

[ember torrent]

Well, fighting for 2nd (or 3rd as carlos seems to be doing great with the car) isn't really a purpouse for ferrari, but it is what it is

[vapid eagle]

Driver switch when the race was almost over is crazy

[winter wave]

What did i miss guys ? 😂

[heady sonnet]

Lec has to fight Sainz first

Go to bed kid, should be in bed at this hour

<@&649310279968096308>

[weary perch]

Your cooked

[weary perch]

2025: lec vs LH44

[heady sonnet]

He might lose to Sainz too this year. And if Ham destroys him as well - he's done 😄

[weary perch]

Sainz was the only ferrai driver to win last year so..

[terse field]

<@&649310279968096308> Please remove this child thank you

[terse field]

Thank you <@&649310279968096308>

[stuck trout]

Somebody called it, everybody saw it

[lucid vessel]

That driver swap was so stupid

[heady sonnet]

And Yuki’s diverbomb after the race wasn’t ?

Yuki completely wiped off the whole prospect of him going to RBR and following orders if needed

[stuck trout]

Yeah yuki had the speed I don’t know why they thought Daniel with a slower race pace would catch him ( Ricciardo is one of my favs )

[clear junco]

Another dutch win

[stuck trout]

@barren patio bro what you you have against the Dutch bro

[barren patio]

🤣🤣🤣

[lucid vessel]

both actions were stupid

by the driver swap was the last straw for yuki

he only got passed because they kept pitting him at the wrong time (basically letting other teams undercut him)

I just couldn't see how daniel would of catch kmag with old softs

[glass garnet]

Max won the the first race

Bahrain 🇧🇭 grand pic I am in finals any how can I finish in top 3

[stuck trout]

For anyone who wants to see the gap in first person pov

[clear junco]

Who would win in Saudi GP?

[tacit jolt]

Wonder wonder?

[left solstice]

leclerc

nah i'm obviusly joking

[plucky knot]

Y’all help last night my family was arguing about Max😭

[glass garnet]

😳😳😳

[heady sonnet]

Checo started lower

I was more impressed by the consistency in times in first sector

8 laps with basically identical times, within a few hundreds

[remote nova]

When is a new season coming in game

[heady sonnet]

Wrong channel. Also 🔎

[cyan mantle]

But why. Nothing to argue about

[runic robin]

Max or Leclerc

For me i chose Max

[stuck trout]

On what basis are you asking us who to choose?

Talent? ~ Max wins

[runic robin]

Did i got hacked for enter my email for f1 notification ?

[kind reef]

@dapper wagon Its honestly pretty complicated what is the next move for jeddah to maximize budget gains

A few ideas Ive had is ricciardo --> stroll albon --> sargeant.

Then I could do perez --> sainz ricciardo --> stroll

Or ricciardo --> stroll
Tsunoda --> magnussen

I think vcarb assets dont have as much value in them as we expected. They are gonna likely qualify in the range of 11-14 and then there is not much for them to gain from the races

Or ricciardo --> stroll
Tsunoda --> magnussen

This is probabl ymy favorit transfers atm

[dapper wagon]

I’ll be honest, I’m confused by some of the value changes.

Somehow Ocon got +0.5?! I have no idea how 😂 while others who did ok got -0.1

[heady sonnet]

S2 is scary. Others basically driving same pace and max jusf … yeah. And it’s “the car only” 😂

[dapper wagon]

My worry with Albon and Sargeant is the Merc overheating issue and their issues with the steering wheel. Could easily DNF. Plus, Sargeant will probably crash at Jeddah 😆

[dapper wagon]

I guess Maxs sectors are from his soft tyre lap?

[heady sonnet]

All should be from soft

[dapper wagon]

Sainz for instance ran softs at the start then Hards x2 while Max had softs on at the end with low fuel. Redbull still fastest but a little offset?

[dapper wagon]

Still, fresh softs, low fuel and all the battery will be a huge benefit over Sainz on Hards who probably had little battery.

MaxBull is ridiculous but I’d like to see a more representative set of sectors withmore equal tyres and fuel

[crude kiln]

Yes. Battery. Yes. Sainz. Fantasy. Formula One'ing.

(I'm a Fantasy noob trying to act like I understand your pro stats!)

[dapper wagon]

I’ve been doing fantasy for years and still can’t understand the logic of Ocon gaining .5m for doing nothing

[crude kiln]

I didn't pay much attention to him but maybe since he did better than Gasly who is still highly regarded by some. Idk 😅

@dapper wagon You ever placed high in total ranking?

[dapper wagon]

My highest was 1.1k

[crude kiln]

That's good! 4 digits or lower in games like these has to be regarded as elite.

[lucid vessel]

Y'all think Sainz might have a chance at RedBull if he wanted to?

They just need a consistent 2nd driver

[dapper wagon]

No idea. Ocon started p19 and finished p17. Gasly started p20 and finished p18 following him. How they can give Ocon .5 and Gasly -.1 just doesn’t make sense

[dapper wagon]

Yeah I was chuffed with that one. It was a lucky season for choices, I had no DNFs or major points loses.

[dapper wagon]

Hard to say. I think he would be slightly better than Perez. But maybe not enough to change too much?

He won’t challenge Max. I honestly don’t think anyone can, he’s a different level. Finding a good #2 driver is hard. They have to accept they won’t be a champion even in the best car.

[crude kiln]

If it's one thing I think I'm fairly good at, it's judging drivers. My thought when Sainz had left RB fam and Gasly and Albon were struggling I felt it was ironic that Sainz had left that org since he felt like the one that would've suited that car best after Max.

But idk if RB want a too strong driver next to Max. Bet they are pretty happy with how things look now.

[dapper wagon]

Redbull has such a good race car and top speed advantage that even if Perez starts P10 he should get to P2.. that’s all they need without the headache of a Hamilton/Rosberg. They need a Hamilton/Bottas

I’m not sure any of the current drivers truly believe they could beat Max in the same car. So the “top” drivers wouldn’t go there.

[heady sonnet]

Ham could possibly do it

(and you know I'm not his fan) 😄 But other guys? Nah.

Charles - too inconsistent currently. He will be demotivated easily
Carlos - he wants a seat earlier. I doubt he can wait for RB to decide.
Karen - nah.
Lando - he could, but he prefers to stay in McLaren and be the "leader". If he goes to RB - he will definitely not challenge Max for quite some time.
Oscar - not enough experience yet.

Ric - he'll be a good Bottas 😄 Better than Checo? Not sure. But he can be more consistent
Yuki - no way 😄 Checo would be better

I'm curious to see what Merc pull for next year though. That will be fun

Realistically for Carlos - he has 2 options. Aston and Merc

[crude kiln]

Good summary @heady sonnet ! And @dapper wagon it would have to be a driver who can live with not beating Max, even tho noone on the grid would admit that openly.

I think the highest regarded driver they could get would be Lando since he just wanna win a race at this point basically. If McLaren can't deliver better than the occasional podium. Tho that wouldn't be a sure thing either considering we've only seen him in one car. A car that suits him but didn't suit RB-Danny..

[kind reef]

The community is guessing the pick % has some kind of effect on it

[sturdy moss]

Nando to red bull would be fun to see haha

[heady sonnet]

I want him there. That will make RB For me even better 😄

[sturdy moss]

I think he would compete with max despite his age

[heady sonnet]

He can. But even now he's careful and simply helps Stroll. I doubt he'll seriously challenge Max

[kind reef]

I think clear thing is that vcarb didnt have as much value as we thought and alpine and haas drivers suddenly dont seem so bad anymore

[heady sonnet]

And not because he can't - because he's a different driver now and just drives for fun

[sturdy moss]

What do you think would happen if he didn't help the team owners son

[heady sonnet]

Same if he doesn't listen in RBR 😄

[kind reef]

Im honestly considering changing tsunoda to gasly. If they again dont make it to Q2 but have decent race pace like yesterday, they seem very good fantasy asset

and if ocon got + 0.5 with the drive yesterday, gasly must be close to getting one with decent result

[crude kiln]

I had Ocon in my first draft since I figured he would do better in races than Q's. He to me feels like a more stable choice than Gasly who often seems to forget there are other drivers next to him at the starts 😅 Gasly is more streaky tho and can shock with a podium once a season or so.

[kind reef]

Does anybody know if the overheating issue was effecting aston martin? dont they use mercedes engine aswell?

[kind reef]

Smart thoughts! I didnt think at all to pick alpine as I expected them to be slow in race too but they did seem alright yesterday. And budget drivers seem to be scoring between 0-10 this season so 6 and 7 definitely were good results from them

[sturdy moss]

Don't think it was, it wasn't particularly hot during the race it's down to how the team set the cooling up for that race

[kind reef]

I think my transfers main focus for jeddah is to get rid of tsunoda and ricciardo, they qualify awkward position on the grid, are not fast enough in race to challenge AM, better chance to get scores from alpine and haas

[kind reef]

Yeah in jeddah there will be hot, merc and williams drivers are scary to pick....

[sturdy moss]

Probably won't be an issue as they know it's hot probably running maximum cooling

[heady sonnet]

I'd bet on Haas

[kind reef]

This is my thoughts atm

Only thing I dont like is that I have albon still

[dapper wagon]

Agree. Alpine starting last isn’t necessarily a bad thing even if they only pick up places from DNF or cars having accidents. It’s a “safe” bet for them to at least gain points every race.

Like you say, RB is too risky. Not good enough to make the leap up from their qualifying position. Lots of luck needed.

Hulk is a no go because he’s so good in Qualifying he’s only going backwards in a race.

[kind reef]

Another plan Ive seen from perez 2x players is that they move to the cheaper driver this week already, in plan to move to verstappen for australia

But I am not positive if we will ever have budget for verstappen for race 3. specially after the minus vcarb took last race

[dapper wagon]

You got a win with Zhou while I got a big L with Bottas. I’m at the same value as before the season. So I can’t make many moves

[kind reef]

I think I will go for value and when I see I have enough budget for ver rbr and ferrari with cheapest budget drivers, I just use wildcard

Sounds the best plan in my opinnion

[short patio]

[kind reef]

My value is 100.7 million now, 1.6m away from verstappen

But I think I want to gain some more money before I go for verstappen, I dont want to stuck myself with hulkenberg as budget driver

[dapper wagon]

Yeah, you’re looking ok for Max early as long as you don’t have any bad races. Pray to the RNG gods 😂

I’m thinking RIC-TSU out for SAR-MAG

[kind reef]

This is probably more likely lineup

[kind reef]

could you afford gasly magnussen?

[dapper wagon]

With only 2 moves a week, got to plan in advance

[crude kiln]

I would never dare putting Sargeant in my team 😅

[dapper wagon]

Probably

[kind reef]

Ver 2x and the consturctors carry your team at that point. THen you just need to hope the budget drivers drive their car until finish line

[kind reef]

Or be ready to use the wildcard chip early on

[dapper wagon]

PER-GAS-MAG-ALB-BOT with 3.9m left.

[crude kiln]

Biggest shock for me as a new player was how many points RB could get as a constructor. Def learned sth there.

[dapper wagon]

Risky. But got to make the money 😆

[kind reef]

https://f1fantasytools.com/

This website is lifesaver

Redbull avaraged almost 84 points as consturctor last year

[dapper wagon]

Yup. That’s why I could only see RBR-FER for constructors with the option of swapping FER for MERC. Drivers don’t make enough of their own. Excluding max off course 😂

[dapper wagon]

It’s fantastic site.

[kind reef]

Hve you checked the patreon additional features? I am thinking to get them just to support them

[crude kiln]

Ah yeah saw that site in a video and it predicted 30p+ more for my team than I got 😅

[dapper wagon]

It’s all luck 😆 one crash and it’s all over no matter.

[dapper wagon]

I haven’t looked tbh

I chose BOT over ZHOU because in general he’s better. I got unlucky this week.

[crude kiln]

@dapper wagon Might also be that BOT has seen his best days while ZHO has grown. Guess we'll see.

[kind reef]

Didnt zhou absolutely beast bottas in fantasy points last year?

6.1 avarage over season vs bottas 2.0

[dapper wagon]

I guess because Zhou Qs worse he gains more.

[kind reef]

Yep and he was superior overtaker last season

Im sad I didnt check my global placement last season, but also I wasted my chips last season it was probably not so good

[heady sonnet]

I know it’s really absurd theory

But max and Newey to Merc ? Toto and max can be an absolute beast of a team

[royal oasis]

Yeah but Max is with Red Bull till 2028 so he might never be part of Mercedes cause he has his retirement plans in place

[heady sonnet]

If he has a "No Horner" exit clause it's not impossible

[gritty dew]

🙄🤨🤔🙄 Max & Newey going out to Mercedes, because of Horner staying at RedBull 😳? 🙄😐 Max (with or without Josh) maybe, but Newey... I highly doubt it...

[gritty dew]

Regards drivers, everything is possible, in my opinion...

[heady sonnet]

Jos wants Horner out

[gritty dew]

Yup. But I mean, Newey.

[heady sonnet]

Newey has the same clause afaik 😄

[dapper wagon]

Newey to Ferrari with Hamilton ?

[gritty dew]

Adrian Newey doesn't want Horner too? Surprised... but oh. Yes, I see Newey more at Ferrari, perhaps.

If that the case, I rather see Horner himself leaving RedBull at the end of the season, perhaps...

[dapper wagon]

I can’t see it myself, but I’d love to as a Ferrari fan 😂

[heady sonnet]

Horner stepped on someone's toes pretty badly. They want him out. I doubt he can get out of it easily.

He might be collateral damage, but it'll be extremely hard for him to get out of this. People are out for blood. And he's an easy target, despite public appearance

[gritty dew]

Yup. A really bad move that was, indeed... (C Horner, I mean)

[cyan mantle]

I hope he does escape this one. Mostly just because it will make a lot of people mad 😂

In all honesty if he did something wrong he should be held accountable. But if it’s a witch hunt because he angered some people I hope he beats this

[gritty dew]

Maybe a public comment from both parties to settle the things down, may be a good solution, if the complainant is really convinced about it...
If it's not that the case... mm I just hope things do not get worse by she deciding to go on the public court way... But it can perfectly go that way, in the worst scenario...

[glass garnet]

I would love to see this :

• Horner out of RB end of 2024
  -Stroll lines up the $$$ and gets Horner as team principal of Aston Martin for 2025
• in 2026 Honda starts working with AM
• 2027 AM and Horner wins the Constructor 🤩

[dapper wagon]

What drivers though? Stroll can’t cut it

[glass garnet]

Sainz and Drugovich … by then Lance will have retire 😉

[heady sonnet]

Lance going ATP tour 😄

[dapper wagon]

Drugovich yeah, Sainz? Old man by then 😆

[glass garnet]

He will be 32 in 2027 … that’s an old man ? Jeez then what am I ? Closing in on 50 😅

[dapper wagon]

You know what I mean 😂

[gritty dew]

In any case, there sure might be some changes coming from now on, and into next 2025 season...
Wonder where will Pérez, Sainz, and maybe Alonso going...

[dapper wagon]

Need someone fresher I think.

[gritty dew]

Right!! That's very true indeed.

[glass garnet]

I wonder if an 11th team could’ve helped get some new faces in the world of F1 🤔

[dapper wagon]

Shame isn’t it.

[gritty dew]

Yup

[dapper wagon]

Too much young talent gets wasted.

[jaunty cave]

Yeah i mean your not wrong

[stuck trout]

That’s right as a only Ferrari fan, everybody is a Ferrari fan

😁

[terse field]

Why is everyone talking about Horner out of RedBull? I thought he was cleared?

[mystic sleet]

i heard that Max's dad wants him out

[sinful portal]

Max’s dad wants max to leave red bull?

[terse field]

Yeah pretty sure nobody cares what Max’s dad wants. Max ain’t leaving RedBull until the cars not competitive.

[royal oasis]

I mean Max is a grown man he can make decisions for himself

Picture this Max Verstappen driving alongside Fernando Alonso in the Red Bull team

[opaque crest]

Jos has come out and basically said RB will explode if Horner stays where he is. All stems back to Horner and Marko falling out. Jos and Max have a lot of power in that team, certainly makes it harder for Horner

My issue is why have RB been so secretive about it all? Normally you get a bit of information rather than leaving it all to speculation. And Horner himself not saying the messages are fake. If they are, why not just say so?

[crude kiln]

If those messages are real, unless there are some messages we haven't seen that Jos for some reason have seen, I don't see why Horner should have to leave the team. Would be a very exagerated case of #meetoo.

The whole Jos thing is just weird to me and he doesn't seem like someone who should be super woke like this.

[cerulean reef]

Which teams will benefit more out of the Jeddah circuit? McLaren ? Too many high speed corners.

[dapper wagon]

McLaren had very bad top speed at Bahrain (possibly the slowest?) so I don’t think they’ll do too well.

They might be very good in high speed but will be a sitting duck in the DRS zone.

[dapper wagon]

I think Merc will struggle even more with the overheating issue.

[crude kiln]

Jos who has a reputation as a wife beater, who noone would be shocked if he cheated in the past, is virtue signaling like crazy if those reports are true. Either cuz he knows he is a bad person himself in these regards and want to shift focus from himself, or/and since he wants to show people he's changed. Seen this before irl.

Idc if Horner stays or not, but we need to see some more evidence to justify him being forced out. Like if she had told him to stop and he threatened her job due to it. Cheating isn't OK to me but should someone lose their job over it? Has to be more to this story to justify the levels of talk we are seeing imo.

[kind reef]

I got slight heartattack today when I opened the F1 fantasy front page and I saw only "Chip used" 😂 I thought I have used some by mistake

[stuck trout]

Al-Pain

[terse field]

Oscar Piastri and Fernando both licking their lips

[crude kiln]

And Ottmar!

[opaque crest]

You guys seen this?

F1 really needs a break from all these negative news stories

[opaque crest]

I haven't seen the actual messages and don't really care either way. Jos can't really talk, just interesting what he's said.

My issue is, if there's nothing dodgy gone on then why be so secretive about it? Just come out and be open. The fact it's been tried to be all hushed up makes people think there's more to it.

[glass garnet]

At least Christian can breath a bit easier today with that news 😅

[opaque crest]

Probably him that leaked it to take the heat off 😂

[stuck trout]

I see one future where this happens, he goes to alpine

[sturdy moss]

The counter strike to take attention away from Horner

[sturdy moss]

Wins from back row every race 🤣

[stuck trout]

nah thats impossible with the car as it is...

[sturdy moss]

I know, that's kind of the joke

[stuck trout]

no way the car competes with merc or ferrari leave alone redbull even if the driver is crazzyyyyy

[stuck trout]

yeah i know but just saying realistically it wont happen

[civic birch]

Christian hornier

[crude kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/christian-horner-gif-18795436

[hollow marsh]

who's the best in saudi arabia? for me it's the checo who's the best

checo is winner in saudi arabia

[stuck trout]

😁

Bro is loving it rn

[hollow marsh]

for three seconds i thought it was mika 💀

[terse field]

Eh he only won last year cuz max started I think like 10th lol

[tame rover]

Who’s going the the Miami Grand Prix??

[pliant fossil]

me(maybe)

[tame rover]

Where you from?

[pliant fossil]

canada

[stuck trout]

I’m probably gonna go to it

Wanted to go to the Las Vegas GP last year but it was too far

[tame rover]

That’s tuff

[tame rover]

Where you from?

[pliant fossil]

i've always wanted to go to florida though

[tame rover]

Florida is tuff, especially Miami.

[stuck trout]

CT, USA

Miami is closer to me

and my best friend lives in Florida so might as well drag him with me to the Miami Grand Prix

Only issue is that my final exams are during the week following

(im a university student)

[tame rover]

Damn, you can’t take them early?

[stuck trout]

nah

[tame rover]

That sucks

[stuck trout]

they wont let me

yeah...

lets see if it works out

[tame rover]

True

[royal oasis]

I've always wanted to see Monaco or Zandavoort but I can't due to international travels

[pliant fossil]

Go to the Texas one, I went in 2012. It’s packed with people but it’s fun to go

[heady sonnet]

Seriously - what’s with the ramping speculation about max to Merc ?

I’d love to see a Toto Newey max combo but still.

[glass garnet]

Didn’t you hear ?
• Horner stays at RB
• Newey and Marko leave RB
• Max to Mercedes
• Alonso to RB and wins his 3rd Championship in 2025 before
new rules kick in
• Hamilton regrets his move to Ferrari

All of this is happening 😂🤣

[heady sonnet]

I heard but ... Why 😄

[glass garnet]

Why ? Because it’ll be the best ever DTS season … Netflix pulling all the strings 😅

[heady sonnet]

Max to Merc will be quite a move

Can definitely dwarf Ham to Ferrari 😄

Thinking about it - I actually don't think it's out of the question

Max hasn't showed (yet at least) the desire to win 6-7-8-9-whatever championships

Heck, he's talked openly about retiring and that current races are too much

He might as well go to Merc and do it for the fun there also. But he would also need to get GP with him 😄

[glass garnet]

Of he wants a challenge, he should move to Alpine 😂🤣😂

[heady sonnet]

😄

Worst case - can we get Toto in RB? 😄

[crude kiln]

Talk I've seen is that all drama stems from Horner trying to gain more power within Red Bull since Mateschitz died, while Marko and the Verstappens want things to stay as they are. Idk if true but would make sense.

[heady sonnet]

Max understandably looks super loyal to Marko

[crude kiln]

It makes Horner looks like a bad character if true as well. Putting himself before the team least to say if it means that Max and maybe even Newey leaves. Feels a bit narci from Horner then.

[heady sonnet]

True

But there are so wild theories going on you can’t even say what is true and what isn’t

We went from a cheating Horner to a power hungry one in less than a week 😂😂😂😂

[crude kiln]

Regardless this season feels like a filler episode while the real thing starts next year 😆

[heady sonnet]

*2026

[crude kiln]

Those things are connected if so 😉 All the drama about it and the leaks etc. Would be an attempt to metoo Horner to leave, which he allegedly refused to and lawyered up.

[crude kiln]

Lewis to FER and SAI to some team tho 2025, at least.

[heady sonnet]

Did you see that (allegedly) Jos has a relationship with the lady Horner was texting? 😄

[crude kiln]

Haha no, that's the craziest alleged twist so far if so 😂😂😂😂

[heady sonnet]

I'll find it, it was in one of the English newspapers if I recall well 😄

[frigid harness]

If we change clan our reputation (points) resets? Or stay with us?

[clear junco]

WAKE UP!!! THIS DAY IS PRACTICE DAY IN SAUDI GRAND PRIX!!!

[gritty dew]

What I may see from what has been reported here & there, is that Horner wants to own the team, as various other Team Principals have done in the past, and as the nearest example in Toto, who is CEO and Team Principal as well as Newey...

I really can't see (whoever the complainant is and no matter her private relationship) her being the source of the leak, for a 'meetoo' type sexual/power harassment case, since being that the case she'd better go to the public court directly, instead of giving sneaks peaks to the press, which will mean putting a shade not just on Horner, but on her, and mostly to the own team too... 🙄

So yup, I think they're trying to push Horner out and taking whatever weak point he may have, to pressure on him to leave (/resign) the team...
Not that he hasn't done anything wrong (?) but I may see that not everyone at RedBull are really comfortable in Horner somehow pushing (?) the things so that he can gain controll of the whole RBRacing... perhaps... 😕

[lucid vessel]

but isn't his net worth kind of low? he would need to buy a major of the shares like toto did to be owner of Red Bull racing

[gritty dew]

I thought the thing was that she had an affair with Jos too xD before this Horner thing, but really didn't know that she indeed has xD an current relationship with him... 😬🫣 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
Difficult situation coming there at RedBull, I see...

[gritty dew]

🤷‍♂️ 😕 Yup. Exactly how he aims to do it, I'm not sure... But as a previous step, what Horner wants is to separate RedBull Racing Team apart from their parent RedBull Gmh company... and, from RedBull Technologies too, so that they don't have to interfere in the sporting aspects of the team, as in Ferrari (they're separate companies, but owned by the same Ferrari entity & corporate) and like is currently done at Mercedes where their team works & behaves independently from the Mercedes entity, which only has a share on it...
I see there have been quite a lot of things evolving there at RBRacing, after Dieter Mateschitz passed away 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[clear junco]

5H and 1min

[stuck trout]

awake and watching in class lol

[stuck trout]

its on the app lol

[kind reef]

Stroll already touching the walls at fp1

Making me nervous if I have balls to pick for fantasy or no

[crude kiln]

At least you CAN pick him 😆 The crazy instant price rises/drops I had no idea about pretty much has me stuck with what I got since all my drivers dropped in value except Max 😅

[stuck trout]

nah im going nando

but stroll did put up a very good race in Bahrain

and ... verstappen takes P1 lol

in FP1

[kind reef]

nando overpriced

[kind reef]

Yeah it seems if you get 7 or higher points the value of asset increases and then they add list of factors how much the increase is, pick % of driver being one

[stuck trout]

i believe he will increase even more

so im gonna put him on my team

[kind reef]

He is on a bit awkward price range, by picking nando, either you dont get 2 strong constructors or you dont get verstappen

[stuck trout]

perez and leclerc

both are on my team with nando

[kind reef]

rb is gonna keep dropping more and more in value

[stuck trout]

I have faith

[kind reef]

Im not so sold on having 3 expensive drivers

When redbull constuctor alone brings more points than them alone 😅

[stuck trout]

what are you thinking on having

also why doesnt it let me continue with this team

[kind reef]

Im either changing ricciardo and tsunoda to stroll and magnussen. Or ricciardo and tsunoda to gasly and magnussen

well also magnussen and bottas is option

[stuck trout]

I’m soo confused

[kind reef]

How many changes you truna make?

[stuck trout]

3

[kind reef]

so you would get -10 points

by doing those transfers

[stuck trout]

Yeah ik

But it ain’t letting me do it

[kind reef]

Well depends on what your team was before, I wouldnt take -10 so early on

[stuck trout]

ig

[heady sonnet]

My app doesn’t even let me enter fantasy there

Absolutely no clue what’s up with it

[stuck trout]

😔😔😔

[hollow marsh]

bravo Russell bravo P4 good job

[winter ledge]

Any watched f2 q just now?

[stuck trout]

nah why

what happened

hamilton underperforming imo ( though its only the start of the season )

hopefully Ferrari sees this and cancels hamiltons contract

[heady sonnet]

He doesn’t really have any motivation this season

Already has a contract for next year, most likely they will exclude him from any talks about upgrades too.

[stuck trout]

yeah but really want ferrari to rethink their decision

and cancel his contract

[opal basalt]

its been publicly announced so this isnt realistically going to happen

[stuck trout]

its nothing like that

contracts can be broken by the driver or team at any time

like how Haas did with Nikita Mazepin

[opal basalt]

not without penalties so would have to be a big reason to cancel it

[stuck trout]

mazepins contract was also a multi year deal

[heady sonnet]

The damage that would bring far outweighs the potential benefit

[opal basalt]

mazepin was garbage. lewis is a world champ

[stuck trout]

this is true im not saying that it isnt but this is a very early and good time if they want to cancel the contract

[stuck trout]

and old

im not saying hes not a good driver

fernando is also old

but sainz has more potential

[opal basalt]

and you dont see him getting his contract cancelled

[stuck trout]

but he wasnt switching teams

lewis is

[heady sonnet]

But they can’t really cancel though. They will have to pay a hefty fine for it, will damage the team’s reputation and will be extremely badly taken by the fans. Why would you ever think that has even a remote possibility of happening ?

[stuck trout]

and i hate to be the one to say it but red doesnt suit him

[kind reef]

How about potential of ferrari breaking leclercs contract and bringing sainz in if he clearly outperforms him

That would be best silly season 🤣

[stuck trout]

it probably will be taken well by the fans

no one wants to see carlos leave

[opal basalt]

🤦‍♂️ this is just unrealistic. it wont happen unless lewis did something major to trigger

[stuck trout]

im not saying it is realistic im just hoping it happens

[heady sonnet]

Getting a 7 time world champion in the team? Really? 😂

[stuck trout]

dude theres more to ferrari than f1

[opal basalt]

and we all hope f1 cars turn into rocket ships and race in space but we all know it won't happen so isn't really worth discussing

[stuck trout]

though a lot of hamilton fans are now ferrari fans

[frigid harness]

If we change team we lose the points?

[heady sonnet]

Not now but will be

[stuck trout]

... if you do more than 2 transfers in your fantasy team

[heady sonnet]

Which f1 team are you on and what points ?

[frigid harness]

The clan i mean

[stuck trout]

oh

[heady sonnet]

And how is it related to real f1?

[frigid harness]

I donn9

Am new

[frigid harness]

I see so no game issues here

[heady sonnet]

No

[frigid harness]

10x

[crude kiln]

Ferrari will go through with the HAM signing regardless how he does this season. They probably sign him just as much due to his name, kinda like how Aston kicked Perez for Vettel even tho it should be clear for anyone watching F1 then that Perez was better than Vettel.

[stuck trout]

As i said im not saying its realistic... im just hoping it happens (long shot)

but itf it does indeed not happen wish the best for sainzz hopefully he gets the RedBull seat

or an equivalent seat in a strong championship contending team

[crude kiln]

As not a fan of any certain teams I'm excited for HAM in Ferrari! Nice with driver changes and this is as big one as they come 😇 But I understand if Ferrari fans like Sainz. I like him too so.

[heady sonnet]

He's not getting the red bull seat

[stuck trout]

you cant be that decisive rn

it can happen

[heady sonnet]

He wants something earlier. RB doesn't want to rush their decision

those two exclude the other one by default 😛

[crude kiln]

But that's not written in stone. RB might change their minds and offer it to him earlier. Anything can happen 😇

[heady sonnet]

For that to happen Max will have to announce next week that he's moving to Merc 😉 And I am a bit skeptical that will happen 😄

Sainz is great, I'd love to see either him or Fernando next to Max. But chances are pretty slim

RB can truly dominate with him on the team and it won't be even close.

But they have other stuff to fix right now 😄

[crude kiln]

My early guess is that Perez will do well enough to get 1 more year next to Max. Unless the RB drama continues and Max switches or even quits 😅

[heady sonnet]

Toto and Max and Karen in a team 😂 Newey to Ferrari with Ham and Lec. Now that would be fun to watch

[crude kiln]

Yeah that would be sth 😅

[heady sonnet]

Although latest rumor about Newey is going to Toyota hyper cars

[dapper wagon]

I’m only doing 1 change this week to have 3 changes next week when we know a bit more.

All of the budget drivers are a dice roll for points and value. If I make 2 changes this week it would be to remove RIC and TSU. But I think waiting until the next race and have the option of 3 changes might be better.

[winter ledge]

Now bring back goatifi to Merc!

[crude kiln]

Goatifi and Ocon 😆

[heady sonnet]

Another drain issue lol

[heady sonnet]

The hell is Ham doing

[covert yacht]

I remember Newey once said that he doesn't want to move to Ferrari because it will impact his personal life

[stuck trout]

Why does verstappen look slow

It’s got to be an act

[heady sonnet]

RBR focusing on race pace again and totally dominating

[heady sonnet]

Slow? He’s doing .5-.7 sec faster lap times than the others lol

Only one sub 1.34 in race sim

[stuck trout]

I’m a little behind of the live missed a bit so watching from there

[heady sonnet]

Only one close is Checo with roughly .2 difference

[stuck trout]

Alonso with the fastest lap into FP3

👀

[mystic sleet]

Alonso don't give me hope 🥲

[heady sonnet]

Quali focus vs race focus 😂

Rb has been focusing on optimizing the car for the race itself for quite some time and not so much on quali. And today they completely dominated the race pace. In the end max had a second per lap better times than Alonso

[kind reef]

I was thinking this but I dont see much use for 3 next week

So most likely I sack both RB drivers and get in something like gasly and magnussen

[glass garnet]

I would love to make 6 changes , yeah it would cost me penalty of 40 pts but in the long run might be worth it

[kind reef]

In this case Id use wildcard

Unlimited amount of changes

[glass garnet]

Good point @kind reef ! I might do that actually

[kind reef]

I think is my plan

[glass garnet]

You sure you don’t want Stroll vs Gasly ? You have enough $

[kind reef]

They money is save on the bank account, I am fairly sure stroll go down in value this week

He will qualify like P10 and then end race there too, not good for fantasy points

[glass garnet]

Unless he pulls off another top 10 and goes +0.3… have faith 😅

[kind reef]

The top 10 was good only cause he got spinned lap 1

without that stroll score for fantasy would been very low

[glass garnet]

Maybe yeah … but he might spin in 1st corner again 😅

[kind reef]

8 total, 1 from P10, 2 from positions gained 12--> and 5 overtakes which came cause he was spinned

So if he qualifies low Q3, most likely gained is 0 or even minus

[granite osprey]

You sûre for Pierre ? 😭

[kind reef]

Good pick for fantasy, qualify low and then with dnf / their drivers experience they gain a few places

and bam, easy 5-8 points

[granite osprey]

Ooh you're strategic

[kind reef]

Ocon made 7 fantasy points bahrain and gasly 6

[granite osprey]

I don't understand why but i think i will remake my teams haha

(my english is very bad sorry)

[kind reef]

Its very usefull to try to read the gamerules and how the scoring work to know how to pick the drivers, you can select different language so maybe there is your own language available

[granite osprey]

Yes I know it I already did 😎

[kind reef]

So at the back of the race the drivers dont get any points from the placement, so their most of the points are gained from overtakes + positions gained in race

[granite osprey]

Aaaaah

Okay thanks you so much

I understand now

I'm feeling a little stupid

[glass garnet]

And when you think the drama can’t get any better…

[heady sonnet]

Wait, she was still there? 😄

[opal galleon]

lol the audacity to stay when you accuse your boss for something. Idk if that's balls of steel or just cowardnessZ

I know if that was me I would be gone asap 😂

[heady sonnet]

That surprises me even more

Forget about accusing the boss

If you truly believe he did something so wrong - I wouldn't even spend a day there

[kind reef]

New idea for fantasy, I could take both alpine drivers.....

[heady sonnet]

You trust Ocon? 😄

[kind reef]

Yes

[heady sonnet]

Brave!

[kind reef]

But next debate is if I keep tsunoda or albon, not sure about that yet

[heady sonnet]

albon

Yuki isn't stable enough

[kind reef]

Tsunda may flop the Q and get places from race. Albon is consistent on quali and quali higher than the car should be often

[gritty dew]

Wow. I don't know why, but this seems to me it can go for long... Hope I'm wrong, but just wish this is not the beginning of a long-term struggle against CEO Horner... (?) at RBR... no matter if it were RedBull itself (and not the Racing Team) that took this disciplinary HR action... Unfortunately I think we'll be hearing about this issue for quite a long time, throughout the season... I can perfectly see all this going on the bad consequences... Again, hope I'm wrong . (

[gritty dew]

In the worst scenario, she indeed may want to stay, but not with him as her boss, and that is going through the legal complaint road... 😬🤦🏻‍♂️😕 in any case, this seems to be a story for long... 😕
Hope it all clears out and pans out to be a non-story at all... but honestly fear for the worst. 🫣😕

Anyway. I've just arranged my fantasy team too ^ ^.

[royal oasis]

Seriously dude he's been framed

[severe torrent]

What does "wildcard" mean in f1?

[pliant fossil]

who will replace hamilton

[royal oasis]

I bet it's Vettel or Antonelli

[terse field]

Anyone really. It’s a desired seat.

[severe torrent]

Could Vettel rejoin F1 eventhough he retired?

[sturdy moss]

Points for Overtaking on the cool down lap

[crude kiln]

Sainz out of the GP! Require surgery for his appendix. Some junior driver will replace.

[kind reef]

Bye bye ferrari from my team

[kind reef]

Oliver bearman driver for ferrari

F1 debut

[crude kiln]

Have no clue about him or his talent. Sad for Sainz tho!

[heady sonnet]

Noo

[glass garnet]

Yeah really sad 😔

Hopefully Sainz will be good to go in Australia 🇦🇺 🤞🏼

[stuck trout]

WHOOAAA WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT…. NO NO NO NO NO

THIS CANT BE HAPPENING

😢😢😢😢

[mystic sleet]

so free change in fantasy league?

[glass garnet]

I don’t think so …

[stuck trout]

Bro fk fantasy league this can’t be happening to him 😔

[opal galleon]

Ferrari made him sick

[stuck trout]

YESSS

[opal galleon]

Does this mean it will take some time before he comes back?

[stuck trout]

Appendicitis

Yeah it’ll take some time

[crude kiln]

I'm no expert but would guess he could race 2w after the surgery

[stuck trout]

I just pray the best future for him

[opal galleon]

Ferrari saw they sacked the wrong driver last week. That's why they made that driver sick today 😉

[stuck trout]

Yeah 2-3 weeks generally

[crude kiln]

Was some other driver who recently had his appendix removed. Think it was Albon. So one can see how long he was out to get an idea.

[noble jolt]

Who wants wallpaper

[stuck trout]

It’s not funny 😞 really hating the team as a fan rn

[stuck trout]

lol what

[opal galleon]

Ayo dont you diss my conspiracy theory

[glass garnet]

Albon missed Monza on Sept 11th , 2022 and raced in Singapore on Oct 2nd , 2022…

That was 3 weeks apart

[kind reef]

No and people are guessing you need to use transfer for bearman and you dont get his points straight for sainz

[crude kiln]

I mean if a DNF is -20p that makes sense. It's a hard life, F1 Fantasy 😅

[stuck trout]

Will he perform tho have to watch today

In FP3 and Qualis

[kind reef]

Im sticking to ferrari most likely

After all he took f2 pole here

[stuck trout]

Yeah but that’s F2

This is F1

[gritty cloak]

yall catch up?

what happend to sainz?

[kind reef]

Ferrari car is good, it will carry him I trust

[kind reef]

Need for surgery

[crude kiln]

@kind reef i cheer for you mate! Want you to place high globally!

[gritty cloak]

is sainz ok, what surgery

[stuck trout]

Appendicitis

@gritty cloak

[kind reef]

I will try my best 😎

[gritty cloak]

ight ty

[opaque sentinel]

Sainz is sick

he have an ill

[crude kiln]

An illment, allegedly

[kind reef]

Slightly more than just ill

Its so hard, keep ferrari and pray or switch to mercedes and trust they are more consistent now.....

[stuck trout]

Stay with Ferrari

[crude kiln]

Feels like Merc should get more total points this weekend with HAM & RUS than Ferrari with LEC and 18 year old rookie.

[heady sonnet]

Carlos should sign with Merc during this time and they can already swap with Ham this year 😂 a win win

[dapper wagon]

Yeah.. tough decision

The problem with switching to Merc is it’s uses one transfer you really don’t want to while trying to get VER asap

[jaunty cave]

can anyone help mee

[heady sonnet]

You won’t get help getting an illegal stream here. F1 tv pro is a very good value

[mystic sleet]

bearman in fantasy: 14M

so we have to use 1 transfer in Sainz

[gritty dew]

🤔 Follow Live timing & broadcast (audio) and see the summary at the end, in the worst case that may be rightly enough to follow the race 🏎️... and you won't miss that much 👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[stuck trout]

Don’t think the FIA allows that

They’ll allow Sainz signing

But idk probably not let them swap

Only the reserve drivers can replace the teams drivers for that season

[heady sonnet]

Max to RB a while ago? And plenty other swaps between alpha Tauri toro Rosso etc

[stuck trout]

Wdym

[heady sonnet]

I mean it’s not an exception that a non reserve driver can drive for another team in the same season. Heck even Karen was called to Merc to replace Hamilton a few years ago

[frail brook]

am i stupid or is only less than ten cars setting a lap in fp3

i mean its not ideal track temp, but surely get some race runs in? especially alpine and haas

ok 14 cars now

[solid lodge]

did sergeant already mess up his car

[frail brook]

yep turn 22 like stroll yesterday

stroll never looks in his mirrors i swear

[dapper wagon]

This session is throwing up all of the fantasy curve balls 😂

[mystic sleet]

P3 end?

[dapper wagon]

I’d guess so

[mystic sleet]

hmmm don't know if they'll have time to repair the car

[terse field]

I’ll never understand how a team can have a reserve driver and not even use them when one of their drivers will be out. So dumb.

[solid lodge]

i’m farely new to watching f1, how does that crash affect zhous qualifying and race?

[dapper wagon]

It all depends if the team can fix the car before Qualifying. If they can fix it in time then it’s normal. If they can’t, he will start the race from last. Quite possibly even start from the pit lane so they can change what they want.

[frail brook]

2 hours off hard work for sauber

tbh i think they can do it just in time

[crude kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/kefun-teufeurs-danse-teuf-anthosaure-gif-14855500045081919331

[heady sonnet]

Bearman matching Ham pace in his first run lol

[crude kiln]

FP3 still running?

[heady sonnet]

It’s over I believe

Times are really really close though

[crude kiln]

Might be an interesting Q then. I'm excited!

[heady sonnet]

Ham apparently was on high downforce setup. What

[kind reef]

Isnt bearman their reserve driver

Zhou wrecked his car in fp3

Unsure if he cant get car on track for qualifiers

[terse field]

I thought it was Schwartzman but I just looked it up and I guess Oliver is a reserve driver. I some how missed that news.

[kind reef]

It was schwartzman last season I think

@dapper wagon How about going full risk with fer to AM and ricciardo to Bearman 😆

Bearman could be the hidden gem to get funda for perez —> verstappen change

[grim topaz]

Quali predictions 🏎️🏁⬇️⬇️⬇️

[solid lodge]

thanks👍, i assumed that’s how f1 worked but still had to ask

[dapper wagon]

That’s one hell of a gamble 😂

I think FantasyTools is drunk having McLaren there?

[opal galleon]

So Audi struck a settlement to buy 100% of Sauber instead of 25% mhm

[heady sonnet]

Wasn’t that always the plan?

They just finalized it ? Or am I wrong ?

[kind reef]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53575487110_e6bcae4bf5_o.png

Why I feel so much this. I would use no negative chip in this strategy

[dapper wagon]

I thought it was always the plan for 2026. But it’s been okd for 2025 I believe?

[kind reef]

Did you select the zhou dnq?

[dapper wagon]

No, that’s what it’s currently predicting.

[kind reef]

Select the zhou dnq one, its most optimal atm

These comeup with my budget

[heady sonnet]

Yeah, I was under the impression they had no doubts about getting the 100%. They just finalized it earlier. But they will not enter as Audi until 2026 still and it will remain kick sauber blah blah

[stuck trout]

I think the same as FP3 results atleast the top 3

[kind reef]

1st max
2nd leclerc
3rd russell

[dapper wagon]

I can’t get Stroll in so I’m stuck with all the rubbish

[kind reef]

I could get stroll but is he so good of pick

[dapper wagon]

TSU & ALB out for MAG and SAR but boy is it risky. It would mean I could get VER next week IF I get a lot of magic

[kind reef]

Im thinking to use no negative

[dapper wagon]

Maybe not next week, I’d need to gain like 1.2m

[dapper wagon]

I thought about it too and put Zhou in. He starts p20 and he’ll gain at least 2 positions from alpine

[kind reef]

and no negative

[dapper wagon]

Just can’t crash again 😂

[kind reef]

I think this is it

[winter ledge]

Why you have so much spare? I got .7m only😂😅

[kind reef]

Spare money is save from being lost

[wicked trail]

Lets hope Oliver does good

[kind reef]

Im doing this on my team 2

Risk it for the biscuit

[glass garnet]

I’m going very high risk with my team 1

[crude kiln]

Cred to F1 Fantasy for adding Bearman right away, and with a photo! Meanwhile F1 Clash still have Nyck De Vries in the game 😂😂😂

[kind reef]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53575462589_2572693f71_o.png

transfers done, this is what I went with

[dapper wagon]

Took a punt. Dropped Ferrari for Merc 🤞

[dapper wagon]

Very Christmas themed colours 😂

[opal galleon]

I hope I get to a of points this time 😂. I thought I did well and when I checked leaderboard I was last 💀💀💀😭😭😭

[dapper wagon]

It’s a long season. Anything can happen

[kind reef]

Probably the safe bet

[crude kiln]

I'm mid-pack and happy with that since it's my first season!

[kind reef]

Nice lap bearman 🐻

[dapper wagon]

Bear man gonna ruin my switch 😂

[kind reef]

if bearman gets Q3 and he finishes the race, he will be the DOTD without any question

Its just how the vote works

[dapper wagon]

I didn’t think he would get Q3

He might just do it

Merc not looking good 🫠

[kind reef]

Better lap than ham 🤭

[solid lodge]

feel like hamilton gets elimated from top 10

[dapper wagon]

Lucky it’s only Q1

HAM just looks sketchy

[kind reef]

Yeah his weird form was the factor which kept me in ferrari

I see lec more valuable than russell

[dapper wagon]

Yeah same

[kind reef]

ZHOU IS OUT

[dapper wagon]

Unbelievable

[kind reef]

The car was literally in pieces 14minute ago

Nooo zhou

[solid lodge]

stakes engineers must be fuming rn

[dapper wagon]

Glad I didn’t go OCON and Gasly

[crude kiln]

Happy with subbing in Aston as constructors so far 👀

[dapper wagon]

Stroll will bottle it and not make Q3

[crude kiln]

And crash in the race

[kind reef]

I am so happy I have gasly

Perfect to start at p18

[dapper wagon]

I only see them going backwards

[kind reef]

gasly had one of the best race paces of backmarkers on practices

[sturdy moss]

Why do they throw a red flag out there, hulk is at end of sector 1 they could allow others to finish lap and have double yellow from turn 1 onwards

[crude kiln]

Why red flag? Was eating a carrot and got distracted.

[sturdy moss]

Hulk stopped on track sector one

Pressure on the rookie at front of the que

[glass garnet]

Stroll was also 2nd in Q1 Bahrain and effectively missed Q3… is that the start of a trend ?

[stuck trout]

Ferraris out

😭

(bearman)

[crude kiln]

Stroll almost 0,5s slower than Alonso atm. He's just too inconsistent.

[kind reef]

How come

am I behind

Now just good last sector bearman please

Ah sad

[crude kiln]

He either is psychic or 3 min ahead in the broadcast 😅

[heady sonnet]

.036 slower than Ham 😭

[kind reef]

So close

[stuck trout]

Called it

[stuck trout]

Tru tho

Yuki showing promise ongggg

[opal galleon]

Watching F1 on Tv broadcast now sucks compared to F1 TV 😭

[heady sonnet]

Good lap .5 behind 😂 oh well

[dapper wagon]

Alonso is legit this weekend 😮

[opal galleon]

How does Karen drive this merc better than LH? Didn't Karen say this car is build more around LH input?

[heady sonnet]

LH seems like he doesn’t even care right now

[crude kiln]

Feels classic to me that the 2nd driver becomes more dominant once it's known the 1st driver will leave after the season. Either main focus of the team switch to the 2nd driver that will stay, or the 1st driver isn't as motivated, or both these scenarios.

[kind reef]

Mercedes 🤭

[crude kiln]

RÜß made a mistake now tho so HAM might beat him today

[opal galleon]

I changed my whole F1 Fantasy team 😭. This it will be points guys, hell no I stay plum last. Alonso and Verstappen clutching for me 🙂

I got 30points penalty for changing too 😂

[kind reef]

All I need is leclerc good lap now

[crude kiln]

I subbed on Red Bull and Aston as constructors and feel quite happy with that for today at least.

[kind reef]

Gooo leclerc

YES

[dapper wagon]

Thanks Merc 😂 🫠

[opal galleon]

Verstappen, Alonso and Stroll 😘😘

Ferrari 😘

[heady sonnet]

This is looking scary

[dapper wagon]

Stroll being .8 slower than Alonso is mad

[heady sonnet]

That Rb is not even in quali spec lol 😂

[crude kiln]

Yeah he let me down. At least got to Q3 tho

[dapper wagon]

I know right. That’s race spec 😂

[dapper wagon]

Still unbelievable he’s that much slower

[heady sonnet]

Race spec is .3 faster than Ferrari 😂😂😂😂 any bets if max stays ahead will p2 have drs in the end of the lap?

Wait what

[crude kiln]

He only has that seat cuz of his dad after all 🙈 And Alonso is one of the best.

[heady sonnet]

Marko investigated for leaking stuff to media ?

What have I missed

[crude kiln]

Maybe Horner striking back 😅

[opal galleon]

I am praying Ferrari won't screw it up. I got Ferrari and Alpine as contructors 💀💀. I can imagine both cars DNF one day.

[heady sonnet]

I’m confused. I haven’t seen that. He’s not allowed to talk in public also lol

“Ferrari is very close to us”. No, Checo, Ferrari is close to YOU

[solid lodge]

surprised leclerc wears all that stuff on his wrists, prolly what got him p2

[dapper wagon]

Max will be long gone. Perez might have some problems for the first few laps.

[dapper wagon]

💯. He’s really letting the team down. Sainz would be a good addition

[wicked trail]

im stupid for choosing 3x TvT it was a misclick because i was going fast

[glass garnet]

2023 Pole : 1:28:265
2024 Pole: 1:27:472
That is a massive Improvement when you think about it

[terse field]

Idk why they don’t do qualie lap records instead of just race lap record

[sturdy moss]

2023 was Perez on pole so maybe only .45 of a second lol

[dapper wagon]

It’ll be sad to watch the McLarens drop like lead balloons tomorrow with their lack of top speed.

[dapper wagon]

Then you get Alpine and their tractor

[granite osprey]

😭Everybody bully us

[heady sonnet]

That Helmut Marko thing is quite serious it seems

I wonder if he goes will max go also

He’s beyond loyal to him, at least compared to Horner

[sturdy moss]

You got a link to the story from reputable source?

[heady sonnet]

Not really no. Not much in English-language outlets unfortunately. Just that he leaked team info (probably Horner related), that he was forbidden to speak to the media and that's basically it

[sturdy moss]

Sifting through the 100s of click bait articles haha surprised BBC haven't posted anything but they do usually wait to verify a story first

[heady sonnet]

Not sure if motorsport.com is reliable 😛

https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verstappen-helmut-marko-red-bull-warning

[sturdy moss]

Max to Ferrari alongside Hamilton 😆

[heady sonnet]

Nah, to Merc 😄

Seems there are quite clear camps at Red Bull currently

Checo - Horner vs Marko - Verstappens

Thai guys are backing Horner, and they are majority stakeholders

[sturdy moss]

Checo only pretending to be Horner's friend to keep his drive 🤣