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[jaunty cave]

Here we go

[grave adder]

They are dumb as Hamilton :D ... You need to send it 1st ...

[jaunty cave]

Dumb with 7wdc😉

And he probably destroyed your favorite driver 😭

[grave adder]

Yea he did intentionally in silverston cuz he have worst car this yea and že needs to find a way differently

[grave adder]

Anyone who would drive Mercedes last 5 years would won cup. ANYONE.

[jaunty cave]

He had rivals like rosberg and vettel😂 now max and still winning

[jaunty cave]

Lmao Verstappen fan

[jaunty cave]

Anyone? So tell me why Bottas hasn’t won a WDC? Hasn’t even come close in the 4 years he’s been at Mercedes. No driver can just hop in a Mercedes and win a championship. They actually have to be an extremely good driver. That’s why Lewis has won 6 WDC in the Mercedes. Because he’s a really good driver.

[quartz pilot]

Yes with an undercut at Hungary

[grave adder]

gosh learn to understand the written text thx. Bey.

[grave adder]

Whatever its your oppinion...

[jaunty cave]

So?

[quartz pilot]

What, he said find a different way around Max?

Thats how he did it

[stark swan]

🐐

[jaunty cave]

Goat in my book

[iron stag]

Noob couldn’t pass a 40 yr old rookie on fresher tyres and a car that was 3sec/lap faster lmaooooo

For all Ham fans, this is a joke because most of you are toxic

[zenith heath]

To get toxic vs ham is not really difficult 😅

[iron stag]

Lol

[crude kiln]

The quality of this thread sure dropped since Merc started crashing Red Bulls and the overly biased and trolls appeared 😅

[iron stag]

Ofc. Then this became a warzone

[river heron]

Wonder if toto has extended Bottas’s contract after his “small mistake”

[crude kiln]

I hope it's sorted soon regardless! I gots to know!!

[jaunty cave]

1st it's just a Monaco without barriers, 2nd why did alonso overtake sainz if he had new tyres?

[iron stag]

I said Lewis had new tyres. Did yo u guys even see the race ?

[jaunty cave]

Yeah I saw lewis on the podium and alonso p5

[iron stag]

So, who first pit for fresher tyres in the Race ?

To whoever pinged me, If you had any IQ, you would know his pit box being first would’ve stalled him to prevent an unsafe release and would’ve given him an even bigger disadvantage than what he had already

[jaunty cave]

Calling Alonso a rookie. Wow. Some people don't know what legends are. SMH.

[jaunty cave]

Fr

[iron stag]

Don’t people get jokes ? Srsly how dumb do you have to be to not get that joke which has been a running joke from ever since he turned 40 ?

[jaunty cave]

So you have to call me dumb....your an idiot than.

[worldly pond]

Is that why Bottas is always in the title fight at the wire? Or why Rosberg had to devote so much of himself he retired because he couldn't do it again?

Oh.

[iron stag]

The man has serious consistency, but every WDC winner also had a good car alongside. It’s impossible to win or even contend for a WDC with a sh*t car. So when people say it’s all Hamilton or it’s all the car, neither of them are right

He’s got great talent, but some times you have to accept he also drives dirty

[brazen mulch]

every driver on the grid pushes the limits

Max did it at Silverstone before crashing out (and on Saturday). Alonso did it in T4 at Hungary. It happens all the way down the grid. Sometimes a driver goes too far, sometimes they make genuine mistakes / miscalculations (Hamilton in Brazil on Albon being a classic example). There's not been a genuinely dirty driver since Schumacher, its clamped down on too much these days. But I can't remember a race where SOMEONE hasn't complained of "he pushed me off" ; it's part of racing to find those limits.

[iron stag]

Him complaining “He pushed me off” isn’t the problem. But him complaining “He Pushed Me Off” after him (Alonso/Max) giving Ham enough space and in Max’s case, it being Hamilton who pushed Max offf is what is bad

Also, finding the limits is the driver’s job during FP1,FP2,FP3 and not in the Race or Quali

In the race and Quali you race to the limits you found earlier

[brazen mulch]

No, pushing the limits is what you do in a race when attacking or defending

I'm not talking about track limits or speed

the F1 channel even did one on Max "pushing the limits" a while back - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkAoSghdD6Y

[iron stag]

Funny you bring that vid up, because Lewis has clashed more with drivers than Max. You wouldn’t expect that considering how professional of a driver you claim him to be

[brazen mulch]

they're all professionals ; you keep stating that" fact" and I'm not sure if it's based on Hamilton being around a lot longer or you're just focused on 2011 😄

[iron stag]

Well, then, let’s compare last year. If Hamilton is as clean as a driver as you say, then why does Max (claimed by you as a dirty driver) have no penalty points while Hamilton has 4 which is 8 less from a race ban

[brazen mulch]

I think he had six didn't he?

2 for his practice start at Russia. His error against Albon at Brazil. And then the bizarre one from Austria. I may be wrong.

[iron stag]

As of Austria 2021 he had 2 and I assume Hamilton got 2 for Silverstone. I don’t know if he got anything else. His 4 PP expired at Austria

[iron stag]

Do you know the F1 penalty points get expired after a year ?

[brazen mulch]

Max has absolutely improved since his early days, no question

[brazen mulch]

yes, yes I do ; the FIA withdrew the Russia ones anyway I think

[iron stag]

Nah. They just expired ig

[brazen mulch]

but Hamilton's point largely come from non driver issues (pitlane at Monza, Failing to slow under yellows) . . Albon is the only driver contact he'd had until Max turned in.

[brazen mulch]

nope they withdrew them

they gave Merc a 25k euro fine instead

[fresh acorn]

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[fresh acorn]

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[iron stag]

Checo casually telling 2021 Lewis : Whoops

[lime nebula]

😂

[iron stag]

Chicken !!!

[jaunty cave]

moments from 2010 Abu Dhabi

Make up your mind sir

[iron stag]

It was a good race . Great defending from Petrov on aging tyres

[analog loom]

HELLO

sorry i am frech

[steel nexus]

Please read the #📜│rules-and-guidelines and do not post these kinds of clips.

[sinful bronze]

@inner dagger has been muted.
Reason: Take this time to review the #📜│rules-and-guidelines

[jaunty cave]

Moments from Canada 2011

[iron stag]

Do you are have stupid ? How is that racism ?

[sinful bronze]

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[summer acorn]

Hi

[patent sluice]

Bonjour, quand il y a les événements et que les pilotes ont un bonus de 10%. Les bonus sont ils dans le mode duel aussi ?

[brazen mulch]

its one or the other

[iron stag]

You don’t know the OG post

[brazen mulch]

yeah, Seb drives everywhere in a electic car powered by his own feet. 😄

the hate for Hamilton has to be rooted somewhere ; is it just his success?

[zenith heath]

The hate for hamilton is not produced by his actions on track, much more his attitude after race. If you act without any education you donot deserve education.
Btw: can you explain me where do you see any racism at the meme you comented?

[heady sonnet]

Wrong channel - and yes, it works for duels also

[brazen mulch]

The fact that Hamilton is a total sportsman, takes accountability for his actions where appropriate would suggest that someone's take on this is driven by some ill conceived notion. Racism is a possible root cause for a lot of stuff like this. What is Hamilton's attitude after a race? He wins he celebrates, he loses he congratulates who wins. He works extensively inside and outside the sport to create a better place for people. I'm not really sure what you're referring to.

[zenith heath]

Especially his celebrating after pushing out ver & sending him to hospital.
I can tolerate your opinion less that this meme got any racistic touch

[worldly pond]

Guess you didn't see his post race interview in the pen. When he was told Ver was in hospital, his demeanour instantly changed and his words were something like "oh shoot, I didn't know that. I hope he's ok".

Your dislike for him clouds your judgement. IMO.

[iron stag]

It doesn’t matter whether he knew Max was in the hospital or not. After punting off your rival, it’s just rude to celebrate as much as he did.

[worldly pond]

Rubbish.

[iron stag]

And that’s the argument. I’m surprised how bad Lewis fans are at arguing. RuBbIsH

[brazen mulch]

See that’s your personal opinion and this has been covered a million times. Max turned in. Ham didn’t know he was in hospital - which was solely for precautionary checks not because he had to be rushed to hospital

[brazen mulch]

Max turned iin on him. He recovered from a 10 sec penalty to win. He was celebrating an epic drive at this home GP

You are just posting nonsense because you dislike the guy.

Max celebrated in Bahrain when Grosjean seriously was in hospital … etc etc etc

[iron stag]

Well, I can prove to you that Lewis would’ve never made the corner in his line. And Max left enough space, while ‘turning in’. If Max followed the same path as Hamilton not turning into him, Max and Lewis would’ve run off track

Also, Leclerc also did the same with Lewis later and also left lesser space for Hamilton.

[worldly pond]

Please don't take a lack of desire to get into a pointless debate as an inability to articulate my point of view.

[brazen mulch]

No you can’t. If you could you’d be working for Red Bull and would have represented them at the FIA hearing 😆

[brazen mulch]

As for LeClerc they were two entirely different incidents. Comparion is utterly pointless.

[iron stag]

Yes, Grosjean was in hospital. But two things, Max didn’t punt Grosjean (it was DK who made contact) and it was just Champagne spraying in the podium. Everyone does it, it wasn’t anything special

[brazen mulch]

Hamilton had just caught LeClerc ; he had set Max up over half s dozen corners prior

[iron stag]

When you don’t want to compare, you say you can’t smh

[worldly pond]

Exactly. These are just sporting incidents. Granted, in our sport those incidents are pretty big and dangerous but they are just that.

[brazen mulch]

See the problem here is you keep coming back to an emotional issue of “punting” which never happened

[iron stag]

Aight. Let’s replace Punting with Making Contact with

I’m sleepy and I’m not ready to debate something with people regarding the same thing I debated a week or so ago. So Adios.

[brazen mulch]

well I mean if you want me to explain why they're entirely different I sort of just did ; Hamilton set up Max for half a dozen corners, he had a run on him into Copse . . he had just caught LeClerc and while he was going faster he wasn't as close or alongside so he backed off knowing another lap was fine. LeClerc made an error.

[brazen mulch]

yes Hamilton and Max had a coming together at Copse largely caused by neither willing to back out ; racing incident

[iron stag]

Stop pinging me ffs. I have something else to do

[brazen mulch]

have a good night ; work on that hatred its not healthy 🙂

[zenith heath]

Max turned in him..... you made my day

https://tenor.com/view/clapping-leonardo-dicaprio-leo-dicaprio-gif-10584134

[stuck fulcrum]

i named my cats Max and Luis, they constantly fight

[zenith heath]

No microwave?

🤣

https://tenor.com/view/alf-cat-sandwich-alien-love-gif-14440739

[stuck fulcrum]

hehe

[heady sonnet]

As a Schumi fan - what Hamilton did at Silverstone is just too similar to what Michael did at Adelaide in 1994 and at Jerez in 1997

It’s over though, so … championship is still going. It’s just a … way to get basically a slap on your hand when you take out your main opponent. 10 seconds penalty when you are 1sec+ per lap faster than the opponents that you didn’t take out from the race is a complete joke. Or when your teammate takes out 3.5 (he left Max basically with half a car for the entire race) cars out and on top of that to get promoted to 2nd place after the race - come on 🙂

[brazen mulch]

this is completely stupid. Schumacher deliberately hit Hill and Villeneuve. Max turned in on Hamilton who missed the apex fractionally. They aren't remotely in the same solar system, let alone on the same planet. It was a racing incident and judged one by the stewards.

[crude kiln]

How was it judged as a racing incident by the stewards when they gave Hamilton a penalty for it?

[brazen mulch]

you can read the report ; racing incident Hamilton predominantly at fault (because he didn't hit the apex). . . .I'm pretty sure this has been covered a million times at this point

hence the 10 second penalty ; not fully at fault hence no further punishment

[crude kiln]

At a racing incident no driver is deemed at fault and no penalties are given.

[brazen mulch]

I'm sure you can read the report yourself ; there's no purpose to regurgitate the same discussion. Car 44 did not reach the Apex of the corner ; hence the penalty

[crude kiln]

That's not the point, you said the stewards judged it as a racing incident but a racing incident is when noone or both is equally at fault, hence no penalties are given. And HAM got the penalty now so therefor it wasn't a race incident.

At least that's what it's always been used as when I have been watching. Race incident = no penalties.

[brazen mulch]

not one driver wholly at fault = racing incident

ask any driver

https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/russell-no-rules-can-place-blame-in-verstappen-hamilton-racing-incident/6638417/

see that

[crude kiln]

Yeah Russell just proves my point by saying HE thinks it was a racing incident and therefor not punishable.

The stewards didn't agree tho and gave Hamilton a penalty. So just try and accept that and let go, even if you disagree. And accept you were wrong in saying that the stewards regarded it as a racing incident.

[brazen mulch]

No one was completely at fault ; Racing incident

if Hamilton had been found wholly at fault then the punishment would have been far more serious.

So comparisons with Schumacher are totally off base

technically I don't believe the stewards ever use the term racing incident with anything ; it's either nobody's fault, predominantly at fault or totally at fault

actually I'll retract that ; found one with them using the term

[crude kiln]

I can't say anything about the Schumi incident since I haven't seen it/don't remember it, but if he clearly did it on purpose I agree with you that it's not comparable.

Just reacted to you saying the stewards judged HAM vs MAX as a race incident since I have never seen a race incident give a penalty and that phrase is used when noone is at fault or both equally at fault so they say "no further action warranted".

[brazen mulch]

yup that's fair

drivers saying it is a different thing

stewards found predominant fault

[steel nexus]

F1 fans rank the top 10 drivers

I think the fans are spot on

[iron stag]

Is this in terms of talent or any other factor ?

[steel nexus]

“Fan Power Ranking”

[iron stag]

Ah

[steel nexus]

Who has impressed the F1 fans the most this season.

[iron stag]

Got it

[heady sonnet]

@brazen mulch just to drop this here - Schumi vs Hill was judged to be a racing incident 😉

[worldly pond]

Not true. To compare to football, a player can be judged to have committed a foul without it having been intentional.

[crude kiln]

I'd personally move Lewis up to 4th but otherwise I agree with their votes

[zenith heath]

I would place him at least on p18. 😁

[crude kiln]

Haha yeah if it was personal popularity vote I agree 😆 But despite him making unusually many mistakes this season so far I'm very impressed with all his comeback drives considering Bottas gets stuck all the time in similar situations.

[zenith heath]

I never said he is a bad driver...but since years i cannot handle this xxx

🤣

[crude kiln]

@zenith heath Same mate

[iron stag]

Tbh, the point which made me lose my respect for Lewis was when he won a Germany GP from 14th, but only won because Valtteri was given team orders. And then he proceeded to tell it was all his own work

[crude kiln]

I wrote a book here yesterday basically on why I don't like his personality and why I think many others don't as well, but it was 4000 characters and discord only allows 2000 so I gave up instead of trying to shorten it by half 😂

But enough about that now maybe since it only leads to arguments in here? At least till he does sth again 😅

[fresh acorn]

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

[brazen mulch]

Would these be the same people who vote driver of the day 😆

[brazen mulch]

Seriously? The guy drives from 14th on the grid to 1st and after one failed attempt the team tell Bottas to not risk it again please and THAT’S why you hate him 🙄

[iron stag]

Sure, sure. Bottas risked the move on Hamilton. There was enough gap for Bottas to make a move. Nico would’ve done it. Alonso would’ve done it. Button would’ve done it. Max would’ve done it. Vettel would’ve done it. Heck anyone would’ve done jt. The team orders prevented Valtteri from winning. Accept it

[brazen mulch]

They let him have one go and then told him to hold station. Pretty much what every single F1 team in history has and would do.

In fact what every F1 team DOES do ; frequently

[iron stag]

They would. I don’t say they shouldn’t. Ferrari does it. McLaren does it. RB does it. Anyone does it. But Hamilton saying it was all because of him and him only was really sh*tty

[brazen mulch]

he drove from 14th to 1st. It was a pretty great drive.

that Merc didn't want both their drivers punted out doesn't really detract from that

also don't really say where he said it was all because of him . . lots of annoying quotes thanking God where I'm reading

[steel nexus]

These are just everyday F1 fans. Whoever decides to vote I guess 🤷‍♂️

[brazen mulch]

yeah, same muppets ; it's all rigged

F1 has a problem in that regard ; the DoTD thing is a joke

[steel nexus]

Right...

[steel nexus]

It's fans who vote. Don't understand your logic here...

[cerulean pollen]

logik: verstappen is first, 1.6 points ahead of hamilton and hamilton leads the championship

[crude kiln]

Yeah well Verstappen would still had been comfortably in the lead unless Hamilton and Bottas had taken him out last two races. Can't just look at the scoreboard. And I'm sure it's some popularity behind the votes as well.

[cerulean pollen]

i know but it's a big gap that's the proof fan votes are rigged

[crude kiln]

Rigged? I can assure you that standings would look almost the same anywhere it was posted and both if it was performance and popularity. It's not like F1 goes in and change the results.

Like Alonso said recently, F1 is basically British. Most teams stationed there, most workers British, Sky is British. So if bias exists, it's favourable for Brits like Hamilton.

Ps. I think the changed they results one race in DOTD when ppl voted Mazepin tho 😂 But haven't seen proof that was the case.

[zenith heath]

I dont mind if the fan votes are rigged, fake or invented as long as ham is far away from top 3

😂

[cerulean pollen]

yes they did 😂

people on the internet wrote that they should vote for mazepin as driver of the day during the portugese gp

[crude kiln]

Everytime except the Mazepin one and one other time this season, DOTD has been the person me and the friend I watch F1 with the most have voted the person who did win DOTD. So I'm pretty sure DOTD isn't rigged and see no reason why it would be, except the time ppl troll voted on Mazepin if so 😅

[zenith heath]

Glad to hear that the world does not like ham 😁

[iron stag]

after seeing Alonso’s Defense in Hungary, I legit went onto incognito and voted repeatedly for him

[crude kiln]

Think many don't like his personality but many are also tired of him and Merc winning all the time.

[crude kiln]

Lol good one! I voted for someone on 4 different browsers a few races ago 😅 Don't remember who tho...

[balmy sparrow]

People are tired, and whenever he's losing, he says that he himself that he is the underdog, and he has a negative personality as well as that he is overconfident and proud.

ANd not to mention lucky as well, he was in the best car for a long time, he doesn't deserve 7 world championships at all

[crude kiln]

He is lucky beyond words quite often, yes 😅 And he has been in the dominant car for years without a real challenger as teammate. But despite of all this is also harsh to say that he doesn't deserve it. It is what it is. The dominat team always has a top player as well. And we will never know how many titles it had been with another top driver as teammate, or if the car hadn't been so superior.

[steel nexus]

You need to be good to be lucky, and lucky to be good. So the saying goes...

[brazen mulch]

same fans that vote for DoTD. F1 has a problem, all I'm saying.

[brazen mulch]

you'll notice from DoTD the results do not favor Hamilton, never have. F1 has a problem. The Verstappen fans are quite fanatical mind.

[balmy sparrow]

@crude kiln fair enough, you described it well

[crude kiln]

No because as I said many dislike him and everyone has known for years now he's been in a superior car 😅 So ofc he gets a tougher time in DOTD just as he got in that vote Jeff posted now.

I don't think the Lewis fans seem much better 😜 But I have no idea how many fans Max has VS Lewis or anyone else.

[iron stag]

You know DOTD is for who the fans liked the most. Iirc, Hamilton got DOTD once this season. Ya know, you get DOTD when you pull a comeback from pit lane to p5, stretch a medium for 50+ laps, go from p11 to P2, put in a near pole lap in Q3, do some good undercutting where it was least expected, pull in an incredible comeback from last to P7, etc.

And not for crashing your rival out, or complaining about track limits, or for making a mistake and going straight into the gravel and recovering only because you got a red flag

[brazen mulch]

stop with the hate dude

[iron stag]

This is not hating lol. Mere stating of facts

[brazen mulch]

or grow up

[brazen mulch]

he did win it in Spain ; would be hard to have given it to anyone else. But you can look at the breakdown of that and other races to see why F1 has a problem. Goes back a while. But whatever.

its why driving diversity in the sport is long overdue

[iron stag]

What does diversity have anything to do with this lol ? Like we don’t dislike Hamilton for being black. We dislike him because what he does is bad.

[crude kiln]

Both Verstappen and Hamilton have 1 DOTD so far this season. Because they are expected to win and have to do more to get one. Simple as that. That's why it more often goes to more of the underdogs that do well in the races like Vettel and Norris.

There is nothing "rigged" here and Max "struggles" in DOTD just as much as Lewis so far this season.

[brazen mulch]

nah look at the percentages ; same last year

[brazen mulch]

winning 7 WDC's is bad? I don't understand this dislike for drivers like this ; I'm a fan of Max despite his dubious doings over the years, he's a brilliant talent who will be a multiple WDC

but yes ; F1 inside and outside is still very much a white mans sport . . . and hopefully we'll get that to change

[iron stag]

Not winning 7 WDCs. The way he does them and doesn’t acknowledge them is bad. And him being hypocritic is bad. Him getting a lot due to Brit favouring is bad. Him blaming the engineers when he loses and not taking blame is bad

[brazen mulch]

none of which happens to this is you projecting. Sweet mercy he thanks the team more than any driver I've ever heard . . .

[iron stag]

And blames them too when he loses

Monaco

is the most recent example

And Mercedes too talking the blame for his mistakes as a driver is pathetic. Like how they said it’s their responsibility to prevent Hamilton from switching on Magic and not his, all the while others like Checo take blame for actions of the team like his f ed up pitstop in Austria, his car breaking down in Bahrain etc.

[brazen mulch]

Merc got the pit call wrong . . . uh . .

[brazen mulch]

seriously dude you're reaching so badly it's embarassing

[crude kiln]

What do you mean percentages? If Hamilton had even worse DOTD stats last season alot of it was cuz his car was even more superior then + as I've said many are tired of them winning and expect him to win. Takes more to get DOTD then and I heavily doubt it's because of his skin colour.

You want more black people to get their kids into racing? Fine by me. Idc what skin colour people have and doubt most watching sports do these days.

Hamilton has almost 25 million followers on IG. Max has 5,5. Is that cuz of Hamilton's skin colour as well?

[brazen mulch]

Hamilton after Monaco referred to "WE" as a team, not THEM as a team

[brazen mulch]

it's true a lot of F1 fans don't vote for Hamilton because they expect and are bored of him winning. There's a load of aspects to it.

Max has a very rabid fanbase

I mean I watch every race ; never have voted on DoTD ; takes a certain fan to want to be that involved

[crude kiln]

@brazen mulch I agree, loads of aspects and many voting. I started voting some races this season when I see someone doing extremely well, but mostly I forget it 😅 But ain't weird people vote when they literally pop that up during races and everyone has a smartphone.

Try not to take it as seriously as you seem to do. The underdogs have an unfair advantage anyway.

[brazen mulch]

to be honest if I did vote I'd probably vote for someone down the back anyway 😄

that's where the interesting driving happens most of the time

[crude kiln]

Yep that's easier because it also feels like they're accomplishing more than either Lewis or Max just controlling the lead from the front. More unexpected as well, which is what the sport and people want now after 4 years of RB dominance followed by 7 years of Merc dominance.

I still remember how RB and Vettel annoyed me at their era 😅

[brazen mulch]

Merc weren’t dominant for seven years ; Vettel threw away one year tbh ; but yeah they’ve been 1 or a very close 2 the entire time

Still hopeful for my McLaren next year to join the top two

Three way races would be awesome

[zenith heath]

Before McLaren will be competetive again i will be supporter of Ham - and this wont happen

😂

[crude kiln]

I don't remember how close Ferrari were to dethrone them that season. But from what I remember there were quite alot of races and points left when Vettel started messing up and HAM still won quite clearly at the end. But can remember wrong and don't have time looking it up since I have some stuff to be done before the football starts 😅

And yeah I'm hoping for McLaren as well and hope the new regulations will even up the field alot!

[iron stag]

I hope AMR can build a WDC contesting car and DR steps up. To be the lead in McLaren

[brazen mulch]

Gonna struggle against Norris tbh ; plus I’m not sure I want to see the “shoe” back!

[iron stag]

Norris just got lucky this year that Danny adjusts slowly to the car and he’s only driven Renault engines in his career which is the only engine on the grid different in braking than the rest. Had there been Carlito alongside Norris, he would’ve been crushed

[steel nexus]

I was really hoping for a McLaren/Honda reunion, but RB did the better job there.

[iron stag]

McLaren Honda won’t ever happen anymore lol. And if it happened, it’ll have to be McLaren Red Bull

Imagine saying your F1 car is powered by Red Bull. Without context it would be really funny

[steel nexus]

Strongly disagree there... Ricciardo is having his issues, but that should take nothing away from Norris. And I honestly don’t believe Carlos would be “crushing” Norris this season... they were only 8 points apart last season.

[iron stag]

I feel Carlos will perform better than Lando tho

In the same machinery

Which he has adopted to well

And by it’s very nature, it being hypothetical we can’t compare both

[steel nexus]

Perhaps... both are great drivers. Norris is doing very well this season, as is Carlos in arguably inferior machinery

Ricciardo needs to figure it out and quick.

[iron stag]

Yep. Poor Danny ric. One can’t help but feel bad for him. Outscored a 4 time world champion in his rookie season with the team

[steel nexus]

He’s got it, he just needs to learn to adapt.

[crude kiln]

SAI felt a bit better than NOR last season, but we must also remember that NOR is young and has probably taken steps and evolved further now.

[worldly pond]

Norris has steadily improved year on year and deserves the plaudits he's getting this season. Looks to be a real prospect but time will tell as he matures as a man. I'm team LH, but confess to a little fanboying for Lando. Especially in papaya

[crude kiln]

It's hard not to fanboy at least a lil for Lando 😅

[snow prairie]

A hot take but imo George Russell can hold his own against Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton if he raced in equal machinery as any of them. Russell > Norris

[worldly pond]

He kinda reminds me of a young JB, tho less of a playboy. And JB was one of my faves. His champion drive in Brazil in 09 still brings a tear to my eye

[steel nexus]

Let's throw Norris in a Merc and see how he does

[snow prairie]

I would want Lando at Mercedes after Sir Lewis puts his helmet down.

[steel nexus]

Moreso than Russell?

[crude kiln]

Yeah well considering he would had won Sakhir last season after only 1 weekend in the car without the bad luck I think that's a fair hot take. Would be nice to see more of his race craft in a better car tho more regularly. Q's we know he is top notch at. And he has made some mistakes on track while Norris feels very consistent.

[worldly pond]

VER at RB, LEC at ferrari(spit), RUS at Merc... the future of the sport is in safe hands on track. Very exciting. Other young guns have real quality too

[snow prairie]

I think Russell is slightly better than Norris so not rly.

[crude kiln]

Nice to hear! I didn't watch F1 back in 2009. Had my comeback 2012 or 2013 🙈

[snow prairie]

Russell and Verstappen will be fighting for championships. Leclerc and Norris will be in battle more than often in the coming years.

[worldly pond]

09 for me is one of, if not THE, most amazing story in F1 for decades. From the brink of not racing to shoe Horning a merc engine into a bay designed for the Honda, to ripping up pre season testing then destroying the field for half a season and bravely hanging on for the other half as other teams copied the double diffuser... such an emotional year

[heady sonnet]

And Norris in Mclaren 🙂 Would be fun!

[flint pond]

mick schumacher worst driver in f1 history

[jagged crescent]

😭😭

[brazen mulch]

can't have watched much F1 for that opinion . . I mean not even a single race Mick Schumacher has been in!

[snow prairie]

What are you talking about? I'd like to introduce you to some people named Yuji Ide, Taki Inoue and Nikita Mazepin.

[heady sonnet]

If Mick is the worst, why is he owning Mazespin every time? Or Nikita doesn’t count as a F1 pilot?

[crude kiln]

Pretty sure he's just trolling, lads 😇

[fresh acorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR7ZqID35WA

[sinful bronze]

Hormonix#3650 has been softbanned.

[worldly pond]

Don't forget Pastor Crashdonado

[jaunty cave]

Q: must be easy problem to fix: WHY cant I get an opponent??? Thanks

[zenith heath]

#💡│help-and-support

[silver apex]

crashtor maldonado, poor guy. he would have been a great driver but his history precededed him

[warm ingot]

Hi

[crude kiln]

Sad for the drivers since many of them seem to like it. But for me personally it's quite a boring track to watch with not enough overtaking opportunities.

[lime yoke]

Two weeks turkey please

[iron stag]

Just cancel all upcoming tracks and just give Spa, Monza, Brazil, Turkey in repeat

[lime yoke]

daytona 500 track pls

[iron stag]

Give us Indianapolis, Malaysia, Germany and all the good stuff

[crude kiln]

Hockenheim is nice! Nürnburgring not so much.

[iron stag]

I didn’t mention Eiffel tho

(Isn’t Eiffel Tower in France ? So why is a German track given the Name Eiffel ?)

[crude kiln]

Haven't heard of Eiffel.

[iron stag]

That’s what the Nurburgring gp last year was called. The Eiffel Grand Prix

[crude kiln]

Maybe some sponsor thingy, idk.

[zenith heath]

Eifel = aerea of germany. Has nothing to do with the baguette tower in paris

Wikipedia could help

😂

[crude kiln]

Haha sometimes you just don't have energy or time to google stuff 😆

[sturdy moss]

Eiffel Tower named after its designer. It was just his surname

[iron stag]

Yeah. Got it. Eifel is actually a mountain range near Nurburgring

[steel nexus]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.watch-f1-animated-the-funny-side-of-2021-so-far.5RV14f5LLhKsnDkxhh13md.html

[crude kiln]

Nice prediction 7 years ago! Vettel sure is liked today, by me as well who used to dislike him back then.

[brazen mulch]

fortunately Vettel hasn't had to go through what Michael did to become popular. The young arrogant gun into elder statesman is always an interesting transition.

[crude kiln]

You mean MSC became popular cuz of his accident?😯

@steel nexus @slow bison The thing about Kimi tho is that he might as well had not been in F1 since 2014 since he's been mediocre ever since. He and Vettel where the ones who had the hardest time to adapt to the new cars that came that year with the vast regulation changes. Haven't been the same drivers at all since.

Kimi has mostly hung on since he is such a big name with many fans.

[vale zephyr]

Hi

[jaunty cave]

Vote your least favourite F1 driver with a reaction.

[vale zephyr]

s🅱️inalla Special 😂

[fresh acorn]

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

[fresh acorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3tIGryHDY

[winged vessel]

2022 F1 cars look good

🚗

[fresh acorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgLVF2CsD3E

[snow prairie]

Who cares about Raweceeks and the world championship when you have FAMILY?

[opal galleon]

Thats the guy that took a bike in Russia and got arrested lol xD

[ancient vigil]

Yea lol in the hills 🤣🤣

[iron stag]

There’s no way we see rain lol

Don’t believe forecasts

https://tenor.com/view/snapback-to-reality-snapback-reality-bruh-gif-21760582

[heady sonnet]

Well it’s raining so often this summer in Belgium that I would be surprised if the race isn’t wet

[iron stag]

I don’t think there’s ever been a Wet Soa race

And it was also raining in Silverstone look how that turned out

[sturdy moss]

Can’t tell if this is meant to be sarcastic but if it isn’t I will recommend the 1998 Belgian GP one of the best wet races ever

[iron stag]

Ye ye, I forgot

But there have been many wet Qualis in the recent years

Like the one where Checo pulled off an Incredible Save

At Radillon

[heady sonnet]

It’s show time!

[iron stag]

There’s like 1 and half hours to go. I’m excited Qnyx

[sturdy moss]

Hamilton sandbagging in P1 to get an easy group 🤣

[iron stag]

Lol

Checo stays at RB for 2022

https://tenor.com/view/checo-perez-checoperez-yes-ahuevo-gif-20933766

[heady sonnet]

Cool! Now give the more interesting updates

[sharp basin]

les go

[heady sonnet]

Williams, Alfa, Mercedes

[short cave]

Waiting for Russell to swap with Bottas

[heady sonnet]

I’m still unsure on that

Very likely indeed, but Lulu won’t like it 😉

[iron stag]

Now Alpha Tauri would be interesting. Either GasTsu or are they bringing in Lawson is the Qn

[heady sonnet]

Ah yes, forgot Alpha Tauri also

It’s on Yuki to show what he can do, he has his moments but so far he’s far from convincing

And RB are not exactly the patient ones towards their drivers

[iron stag]

Maybe this is a Changed RB ? I’m surprised they gave Checo a second season especially after whatever Marko said

[heady sonnet]

Not much choice right now really

Gasly return was questionable from the beginning, and no one else in the academy that could do well enough

[iron stag]

There exists one

Liam Lawson in, Yūki out. Marko has been praising Lawson for quite a lotta time

[sharp basin]

but not to redbull

[heady sonnet]

Albon (IMO) feels better now that he’s racing in dtm

I’m talking the main team

For Lawson - it’s very likely

Yuki is not convincing and his ties to Honda definitely helped to get him a spot

[sharp basin]

i mean it was nearly certain they wouldnt let gasly in redbull so for red bull there is nobody else

and for alphatauri lawson is definitely not a bad option

[heady sonnet]

Exactly

I would have been surprised if Checo didn’t get a second season

[sharp basin]

unless its daruvala that steps up (would be weird tho tbh), dont think he will be in at next year

[sharp basin]

yeah true, it would be quite a risk swapping another driver in that spot

[hard isle]

I really think Checo is the best option for redbull

I can’t see anybody better than him for the role

[iron stag]

Ye. Good supporter

[heady sonnet]

Me too, I really like that guy

[sharp basin]

i mean yeah he is a really good number tow

two

[hard isle]

Exactly

[heady sonnet]

He’s been unlucky also in a few races

[iron stag]

And a good number one. Look at RP. But I’m pretty sure he won’t be able to match the pace of Max

[hard isle]

Maybe he will be bored about this number two role later, but atm he fits it perfectly

[sharp basin]

yeah thats the thing

for red bull he is a good number two, its not he wouldnt be a good number one

[heady sonnet]

We all know who’s untouchable at the “driver number 2” spot 🙂

Get Bottas in RB 😂

[sharp basin]

Perez at least drives clean as a number two

[iron stag]

I’m pretty sure Bottas < Perez

that came out wrongly

Ye, had Mazepin moved in Portugal he might e over cut Bottas ngl. might

[sharp basin]

perez can conserve the tires really well (why does no one listen to me when i say its gonna be a two stopper intensifies)

[iron stag]

yes

[heady sonnet]

What do you mean? Bottas is amazingly clean as a bowling player 😂

[iron stag]

While Bottas usually suffers from blistering and has to pit early

[sharp basin]

a proffesional in that sport, i have to say

Stroll entered the chat

[iron stag]

I’m pretty sure those who Wanted Hulkenberg instead of Checo in RB aare raging right now

[sharp basin]

hulk would still have to adapt to the car so like

[iron stag]

Ye

[sharp basin]

as was already said, Checo is just the best option

[heady sonnet]

Now hopefully it gives him a boost of confidence for the second half

And some luck

[sharp basin]

I would love Gasly to do better but frick Redbull (dont want him to go to redbull again)

[iron stag]

To be fair, Checo would’ve won in Baku had there not been a slow stop for him. But RB would’ve team ordered him anyways so that’s that

[sharp basin]

what? he won at baku

[long hound]

That's a cap

[iron stag]

I’m talking a pure pace win. There was no way Checo would’ve passed Max had it not been for the tyre accident

[sharp basin]

yeah thats true

[rain tapir]

Is there any news on Kimi if he is retiring or not

[long hound]

Bwoah

[sharp basin]

not yet but i would say he is

[weak fern]

No news from alfa

[heady sonnet]

Not yet afaik, but very likely

[iron stag]

Poor Kimi clipped the wall on pit entry

Is that the 2nd pit accident we’ve seen this year ?

[sharp basin]

i think so yeah

it just looks like he is losing focus

[iron stag]

Damn, last year I can only remember stroll running over the jackman

[iron stag]

Yeah, Portugal button adjusting, Austria driving into Seb, and now this

[sharp basin]

exactly

im kinda interested in the future of Giovinazzi though

[weak fern]

I think for now only RB, McLaren and Ferrari have both drivers secured for next year

[rain tapir]

Haas might depending on the Mazepin does

[sharp basin]

Because even Kimi isnt really focused but still isnt losing big to Giovinazzi

[heady sonnet]

Alpine also

[weak fern]

Alfa has a bad car this year

[weak fern]

True

[iron stag]

Doesn’t AMR have the drivers locked too ?

[sharp basin]

yeah but i mean the team mates comparison doesnt really go to Giovinazzi in every way

[rain tapir]

Considering all the effort haas has put into their 2022 car I hope they become midfield again

[iron stag]

Lance has a seat for life, and No one gives up Vettel in one year

[heady sonnet]

In theory Stroll isn’t confirmed

[weak fern]

I don't remember seb deal

[heady sonnet]

Vettel has a multi year deal

[sharp basin]

DADDY'S CASH INTENSIFIES

[iron stag]

‘Confirmed’ I’m pretty sure he has a seat for life, and maybe AMR can begin fighting for title

[heady sonnet]

That’s why I said “in theory” 😂

[iron stag]

True dat

[sharp basin]

But now what about Gio

he clearly doesnt seem to have a future with Ferrari

and that alfa isnt a miracle car is it

[weak fern]

Depends on what Kimi does

[rain tapir]

I haven’t been up to date on this years cars, is Alfa good or what

And by good I mean like midfield

[sharp basin]

its trash

[heady sonnet]

There has been speculation about a bit of a shuffle if Kimi goes - Bottas going to Alfa instead of Kimi, Mick moving to Alfa also

[iron stag]

Yeah, but Ferrari might do a swap with Mick and Gio, or even Gio and a F2 junior, like Robert or Illot

[sharp basin]

well that means game over for gio then

[iron stag]

Alfa is in a fight with Williams for P8

[rain tapir]

I want stroll to say “im done with f1” and then mick goes to amr

[sharp basin]

that would be brilliant indeed

[weak fern]

Is never gonna happen

Ferrari will never leave Mick to others

[sharp basin]

but i would still want him to have contract with Ferrari so that AMR is his middle stop on his path to ferrari

[rain tapir]

Yeah, haas-amr-Ferrari

[weak fern]

AMR is a Mercedes car

[iron stag]

Lance was a Ferrari junior too tbh, but Mick needs to be with Ferrari

[sharp basin]

Alpine is a Renault car and look at Ocon

[iron stag]

And Michael was a Merc junior too, early in the day, which is how he got his seat in. Jordan

[weak fern]

Yeah but when your father buys a team for you who needs Ferrar 😂

[heady sonnet]

😂

Mazespin does!

[iron stag]

Yeah. A Mercedes is greater than a Ferrari ofc

[sharp basin]

dont ever let Mazepin drive for a top team

that guy is gonna cost them millions

[heady sonnet]

I think you should have stopped after “drive”

[sharp basin]

very true @heady sonnet 😄

[weak fern]

He has done less damage than Mick this year

[iron stag]

Mazepin can drive for Mercedes if he wants. He tested for them in 2019 anyways. Mercedes can concur millions of rupees of damage ngl

[sharp basin]

yeah because he isnt driving as on the edge

look at his quali gaps to Mick

[heady sonnet]

One is trying to push though, while Nikita simply doesn’t

[weak fern]

Imagine strool mazepin at AMR 💵 💵 💵

[heady sonnet]

Uralkali Aston Martin 😂

[iron stag]

Mick was close to lapping Mazepin even after the Red flag smh

[sharp basin]

that would straight up be Daddy's Cash Racing

[heady sonnet]

10 min folks! Time for some more sandbagging

[weak fern]

The cost cap is preventing that sadly

[heady sonnet]

Btw who is playing F1 fantasy ?

[sharp basin]

I love the commentary in my language, the commentators talk about all the things about f1 so like thats really the only interesting thing on FPs 😄

[weak fern]

Imagine the colours of that car: pink, green and russian flag 😂

[sharp basin]

combine it and you have a rainbow 😄

[heady sonnet]

Which language is that?

[sharp basin]

czech

even a racer comentates it

[heady sonnet]

Same in Bulgarian also, the practice sessions are for all sorts of gossip

[sharp basin]

i mean Czech Republic only has one guy who got to f1 and he also commentated and THAT was a commentary worth hearing

[heady sonnet]

Two or three races ago they devoted 5 minutes discussing Kelly Piquet even

[sharp basin]

how did they get there? 😄

thats kinda random

[weak fern]

She's max gf

[heady sonnet]

Was along the lines how Max met her and the first meeting with Nelson Piquet

[sharp basin]

yeah i realised after i wrote the text 😄

fsr i thought she raced in the W Series 😄

[weak fern]

She was kvyat gf

[sharp basin]

ik

[iron stag]

Max took the seat and now the girl and then the kid lol

[weak fern]

Max stole seat and gf from him 😂

[sharp basin]

lets go a czech in the top 10 in f3

[iron stag]

IT HATH BEGUN

[sharp basin]

alirght im gonna go watch FP now, see ya after

[iron stag]

I’m sad that I can’t hear Crofty as I’m in class rn lol

[sharp basin]

well well well FP2 is over and Im freaking scared, I hope Ferrari and Red Bull can fix their cars in time for FP3 or at least quali (it will be worse for Max´s car so gl to RBR)

[long hound]

Any video of max crash?

[sharp basin]

dunno

you didnt see it?

[long hound]

Nah I wasn't whatching free practice I wasn't home

[sharp basin]

ohh

[long hound]

Did you see it?

[sharp basin]

yup

[long hound]

Good

Red bull it's in trouble now

[sharp basin]

i meeeaaan

[long hound]

They have to spend even more money

😬

[sharp basin]

they will definitely have a bad night today

luckily tho

it was i think like turn 5-6-7 (somewhere around there) and max clipped the wall with his rear wheel but that seems to be the only big deal damage on his car

about the turns, it was the chicane after kemmel

[iron stag]

But it’s no problem. There’s no part ferme till Q1 so they can easily fix it. And also all drivers have to take a completely different gearbox for Saturday and Sunday called “Race Gearbox” so he won’t get any penalties

[sharp basin]

i dont mean penalties

[long hound]

That's not the problem

[sharp basin]

i mean to fix the car

[long hound]

Latifi is going to beat George tomorrow if he will be good like today probably

[sharp basin]

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

this was really cool

watch it if you didnt see it in the broadcast but that was sick

[iron stag]

Yes. I like the helmet cam, but it’s shaky. Onboard would be better from a camera perspective

[long hound]

Damn

[sharp basin]

yeah i mean what do you expect from a helmet cam on an f1 car

[iron stag]

True

[sharp basin]

i really hope ferrari wont mess up on the repairs this time

they seem to be quite good around here so far (cant say just yet cause it was just FPs but still)

[iron stag]

Like they’ve got a day to fix it. They can easily do it, no probs

[daring flare]

Wow you all see the wreck in the w series qualifying today at spa? Just wow. Amazing all the drivers lived.

[sharp basin]

yeah that was massive

[heady sonnet]

I haven’t, can someone send a link to YouTube ?

[heady sonnet]

Saw it, jeez, every year something like this happens at that corner

[iron stag]

Hope nothing happens in F1

[worldly pond]

Has there been any further news on the w series incident?

[heady sonnet]

Apart from all being okay? Not afaik

[worldly pond]

I'm glad. I've seen it - testament to safety these days. Imagine that 30 years ago.

[iron stag]

All are okay

Thank the Halo

[sturdy moss]

I don’t think it will be long until there are changes to eau rouge or the approach to it. It will be sad as it has been an iconic challenge in racing for a long time but the cars are getting too fast for it

[iron stag]

Too much downforce. 22 will combat it prolly

[long hound]

Any possibility to rain in the quali for the next 3 hours?

[slender mantle]

Looks like it

[long hound]

Good

[slender mantle]

It’s currently raining on fp3

[long hound]

Yeah I'm watching

Valtteri it's James
Happy birthday 🎉😂

[lime yoke]

new calendar

[long hound]

Turkey 🤪

[fresh acorn]

rain and shinning at the same time?

[jaunty cave]

I’ve just read that Netflix are filming Mercedes this weekend for the Belgian GP. Excitement incoming.

[iron stag]

Nah. RB 1-2 incoming. We saw Merc were recorded in Monaco look how that turned out

[sharp basin]

definitely, we´re at Spa. Before the F3 it was wet on track but not raining and there was only fog (so the race start was postponed) and when it was clear, it started BRUTALLY raining so yeah, I think there is a chance

[sharp basin]

Monaco was a street circuit with a lot slow corners, Spa is a quick circuit (mostly)

[iron stag]

Yeah, I know. There’s something called the Netflix curse. No team in the history of F1 has has a good race when Merc is following them

[mystic aurora]

Germany Netflix Curse 🤦

[iron stag]

That turned out horrible lol

[mystic aurora]

Yup. 🤣

[iron stag]

The special livery was already a curse afaik. The first one who broke that curse was Monaco McLaren although Ricciardo had a very bad race and got lapped. The Netflix curse was just a cherry on top of the already existing Special Livery curse that race

[long hound]

Btw it's so dangerous to race at spa with weet track

[sharp basin]

well yeah but what you gonna do about it, cancel the track?

[mystic aurora]

Ah. That fancy merc white.
Which they scraped off during a race "Back in the day" to become Silver Arrows.

[sharp basin]

the drivers have to be careful even in other races, if they arent, they crash, thats just a fact

[iron stag]

Yeah, that one

[mystic aurora]

[iron stag]

Yeah, I honestly hope no one crashes this weekend. Even if they do, I hope it isn’t a fatal one 🙏

[sharp basin]

yeah like Im not saying i want drivers to crash because of their mistakes, its just that it isnt only at spa where wet races are dangerous

[iron stag]

Yeah. Spa already is a dangerous track. Wet conditions would make it even difficult. I want all of them to be safe

[opal galleon]

Does VB has a grid penalty and Perez?

VB for collision In Hungary and Perez for changing engine parts?

[slender mantle]

keep in mind Spa has a microclimate

things can change rly quickly

I drive there myself and in the wet, it's balls of steel

this is why we watch f1

if you don't want danger, get out of racing

only 3 very big risk zones, raidillion, double left & blanchimont for high speed crashes

[sharp basin]

this will be a cool quali i feel like

dunno why just a feeling

[long hound]

Weet quali

Bad conditions 😔

Rip Postponed

[heady sonnet]

VB does, not sure about Perez but doubt it

[long hound]

Who knows when will start now

[long hound]

It started

What russell 5sec p1

Damn

[opal galleon]

damn

[mystic aurora]

[long hound]

Damn russell P5 in q1

Both Williams out Mick beat kimi

[long hound]

Poor ferrari 🙁

No way

Can't believe it

Norris in the wall

[fresh acorn]

nno!!!!!!!!!!!!

[long hound]

That was so bad man

What a big crash

And seb was ready to get out of the car to help him mad respect 🙏

[sharp basin]

Yeah, Seb is a great person, but geez, that was a nasty shot when I first saw that DESTROYED car

[long hound]

Fr this track is so dangerous in the weet since years now

[opal galleon]

off

ooof

[long hound]

Unlucky lando but yeah

[sharp basin]

So you wanna cancel one of the most historic circuits on the calendar or?

[long hound]

No, just make it safe

[sharp basin]

About Eau Rouge, that's impossible

[long hound]

Even monaco it's one of the most historic but for me that's the worst circuit ever

[opal galleon]

His point is make it safer. like you alrady saw Hubert vs Correa 2019, it was a huge W-series crash for not so long ago.

[sharp basin]

I know i know i just feel like it wouldn't be the same you know

And it's not that i wouldn't drivers to be safe

[opal galleon]

Thats your vision. It might be that its still the same just added gravel for example or other things

[sharp basin]

How could you have gravel up the hill?

[opal galleon]

Again I said example

[slender mantle]

noris pole probably x)

[long hound]

Nvm when will the quali restart?

[long hound]

Who is going to tell him?

[sharp basin]

We don't know

[opal galleon]

When the track is clear

[slender mantle]

quali will probably done....

[sharp basin]

No

[long hound]

If will rain more yes

[sharp basin]

It's already raining

[opal galleon]

Its either when the track is clear or they stop the session

I think they are going to stop the session

[sharp basin]

Yeah but that's one of the only solutions, there aren't many more

[opal galleon]

The problem with Spa is the layout has been the same for many years. Its iconic track, so changing something must almost be the same as changing the layout.

[slender mantle]

bernd maylander having fun x)

[barren sonnet]

Why the Red flag?

[slender mantle]

2 dangerous with the rain

[long hound]

Norris crash

[barren sonnet]

Sadge

Thanks

[long hound]

Unlucky he was first

[opal galleon]

[slender mantle]

damn, no pole for lando 😢

[inner pecan]

george is flying

[slender mantle]

lol

top 3 imagine

looool

[opal galleon]

opmg

omg

[slender mantle]

hory sh3t

[inner pecan]

this is nutty gota love a wet race

[slender mantle]

russell used his 10% boost

x)

[upbeat wedge]

Russell 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[long hound]

Ruseeelllllllll maddddddd

[slender mantle]

RIP bottas

x)

[upbeat wedge]

Fingers crossed for similar conditions tomorrow

[slender mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/rip-coffin-black-ghana-celebrating-gif-16743302

[iron stag]

RUSEL GOT P2 ON WILLIAMS. L’AOOOOO

[mystic aurora]

Mind blown

[barren sonnet]

Russel in Wets make me Wet

[upbeat wedge]

Could have potentially been norris 1st Russell 3rd!

[mystic aurora]

https://tenor.com/view/george-russell-formula1-gif-19461225

[slender mantle]

knowing max he'll plow his rb in the wall and then it's russell 😉

a man can hope

[inner pecan]

bottas be in a williams next year after that quali

[short cave]

Stupid ver

[zenith heath]

Lullu only p3 - first q since long time where driver skills were needed

🥳

[short cave]

Ver crash with rus then ham win

[zenith heath]

Lullu will need bottas crashing 1-7 first corner

Rus brilliant, vettel very good too

[long hound]

Give to this mas Mercedes already

Nothing to add

[short cave]

Happy with rus 2nd but not ver pole

Ver sucks

[iron stag]

This Q3 is biblical ngl

[short cave]

13th

[snow prairie]

Russell on the front row?!

[short cave]

Yes

[iron stag]

IN A WILLIAMS

[snow prairie]

I saw this live but I still dont believe it

[opal galleon]

Poor Bottas

This might be the worse birthday for him forever

[short cave]

I hope verstappen crash again

He’s the most hated driver of all time

[slender mantle]

u can't hope for him to crash, that's not nice

[opal galleon]

Most likely Hamilton is going to attack Russell tomorrow then Ver vs Ham rest of the race

[slender mantle]

hamilton & russell are both good in the rain, but max just won taking more risks, and sometimes it pays off

but 44 rounds in the wet, everything can go either way

even Lando can still win then...

[short cave]

Just don’t like the sight of him

[slender mantle]

i don't like max either, I'm a hamilton fan

[short cave]

Switch with Russell for 2022

I can’t wait to see Russell on podium tmr

Ham 1 rus 2 👍🏻

[slow yew]

What if george manages to win the gp

[short cave]

I am ok with rus 1 ham 2 also

[slender mantle]

i raced max on spa when he was still in F2, he's a dick

x)

[slender mantle]

same here

[slow yew]

At least give russell a podium

[short cave]

So long as max doesn’t score any points any result as long as ham score points is good

[slow yew]

Its already give the whole f1 fans happiness

[short cave]

It’s hard to overtake in spa… so don’t think ham can win since ver is on pole

[jaunty cave]

Hex boost for George!

[slow yew]

Petition to make george an epic driver in 2022

[opal galleon]

George prob gonna let hamilton thru tomorrow

[vernal pebble]

Petition to make george an Mercedes driver in 2022

[short cave]

And make ver a common pls

[balmy sparrow]

RUSSELL ON POLE...

[short cave]

Petition to make ver a common driver in 2022

[opal galleon]

nope

[balmy sparrow]

sorry 2nd*

Apologies*

[opal galleon]

lol

[balmy sparrow]

but still...

[short cave]

Yup I think he will

[opal galleon]

2022 merc = 100%

[balmy sparrow]

In a Williams, unbelievable

[short cave]

Russell is always good in the wet

[balmy sparrow]

so is hamilton and perez

[short cave]

Maybe Williams put some cheat code in their car

[balmy sparrow]

and max

[short cave]

Don’t talk to me about max and Perez… two most hated drivers

[balmy sparrow]

in your dreams

[short cave]

Any driver in Red Bull are most hated

[opal galleon]

lol its the same other way around

chillax

[zenith heath]

Not as much as lilli lullu

[opal galleon]

if it keeps raining and no unlucky yes

If dry under P5, he is most likely to let Lewis pass

[slender mantle]

seriously, stop it, that's what makes spa attractive

every track is dangerous

but some of them are unique, that's why racers love to drive it

the whole raidillion is a drug

each time you go back to Spa, the first 2-3 times you take it you just need to find that confidence again, there is not a single other track like this

[opal galleon]

Toto = George take out Max for Mercedes seat

[lime yoke]

Time for Russel to prove his worth and take out max

[opal galleon]

Omg if it’s actually happens

[crude kiln]

My first thought as well 😆 But hope we get a clean race tomorrow now without Merc torpedos. Last 2 races have taken away alot of joy for me to even watch F1 cuz of that.

So sad for Norris... was 3rd at first turn last race before Bottas took him out. And now he could've gotten pole 😿 Many points lost...

[lime yoke]

We'll be seeing VER RUS HAM quite common in the following seasons

[crude kiln]

Quite probably if RUS gets that seat. But new car for him and alot of different regulations of the cars for them all. So we'll see...

But would be cool if Lewis could get a teammate that's pushing him again.

[long hound]

Don't jinx it ffs

[long hound]

Lewis rent fee in your head right?

[lime yoke]

He is part of the merc master🅱️ lan. Wont be suprised if russel lets hamilton pass

[long hound]

Bc he can't keep him at his back maybe? 😂

[orchid schooner]

BRO LANDO WHY /cry

[lime yoke]

How can he keep hamilton at his back when he is already told to let hamilton pass

[orchid schooner]

bro you guys like just dont understand how teams and sports work. ham is going for his 8th title and be the only person ever to do so. so yes you let the man past he is going to be a legend after he retires you do it and you are happy to do so to be part of history rus will have his time to shine after ham retires but until that point you work with the man because you are now part of the best / most dominate team in history of f1

[jaunty cave]

Russell is not just going to pull to the side and let Lewis by. No real race car driver is going to just say hey go on by. Lewis is going to get pass Russ for the simple fact it’s a Mercedes vs a Williams. Williams does not have the race pace to hold off a Mercedes. Simple as that.

[long hound]

Lmao like hamilton said don't cry man get back on the track💀🤣

[merry jolt]

Russel Qualifying in P2

[long hound]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-dancing-celebrate-excited-gif-13870839

[gusty fiber]

G. R. Will take it all!!!!

Just a bit excited.

[sturdy mist]

How about we say that ham sucks?

[gusty fiber]

He will score some points.

What r u on? Ham man is one of the best ever

Him and tommy brady. Ask them how hard it is to stay on top

Race after race.

Game after game

How many have come and gone since he had been big dog

[sturdy mist]

So is max

[gusty fiber]

No longevity yet.

But his time on top is coming

He's still too racey.

He should have given up that corner like Hamilton has done soooo many races befor

Ham said not this time bucko

But verstappen will win the championships this year.

Like i said. Its harder to stay on top than to get there. Ask anyone at Mercedes

They still may win constructors cup

Discuss

[long hound]

90% of f1 fans say that because they know he's the best and hate his dominance

[long hound]

😐

[sturdy mist]

I agree he is a talented driver and j like his skills. But I don't like his attitude

[long hound]

Not sure about that

[long hound]

He was and still a good person but he was better like 2019 when he didn't bring politics in

[sturdy mist]

I think so he is the favourite to win

[sturdy mist]

Now he can't stop talking about politics

[long hound]

Yeah that's annoying but still

[sturdy mist]

Like I said he is a driver with cool motosport talents but his attitude needs to change

[gusty fiber]

Another reason to respect the man. He speaks truth and has to live with small minded reactions.

[sturdy mist]

Yep

[long hound]

Still his life so yeah if he want to change or not

[sturdy mist]

I hated his attitude in Silverstone

[gusty fiber]

May i remind one of Muhammad Ali?

[long hound]

Because he celebrated with his fans?

[sturdy mist]

When he hospitalised max and still celebrated his win like nothing happened

Not very respectful

[gusty fiber]

Get over that. He did not know max had gone to the hospital

[long hound]

1 he didn't know he was in the hospital and he said it afte the race
2 so max shouldn't celebrate the pole* because lando was in the hospital right?

[gusty fiber]

Good point. Response.. ?

Nastro...

[sturdy mist]

Why should I make a response?

If I have nothing to say back I won't say anything

I am just not a fan of lewis

[gusty fiber]

Good point

Dair enough

Fair

[sturdy mist]

I am a max and seb fan

There

You like that response?

[gusty fiber]

I like them all

[sturdy mist]

Good

[gusty fiber]

Most of the drivers truly seem like good people

[sturdy mist]

They do

[worldly pond]

He's the only black driver in a global sport and arguably the only superstar in F1. With the world going through another shift in mindset akin to the 60s he uses his platform to speak for change. In a world where we expect our sports heroes to be role models it seems a bit unfair to chastise him for doing that and being that.

[long hound]

All of them are good person but driving in 300+kmh and the pressure is high that sometimes they can't control themselves but out of the car they are all nice persons

[gusty fiber]

Preach brother

[sturdy mist]

Did I ever say that his change for diversity is wrong?

[worldly pond]

You said he was too politicised.

[gusty fiber]

" now he's talking about politics " ???

[sturdy mist]

He is but I never said anything about how it's wrong to do that

[worldly pond]

So what's this then?

[gusty fiber]

Its inherent in your comment. If it didn't bug u u would not have mentioned it

Sorry nastro but your on the wrong side of this

[worldly pond]

Have a go at Vettels support for LGBTQ+ as well or is it just because of your bias?

[long hound]

Good point

[gusty fiber]

Sebby....

Concur

Imagine the pressure for Hamilton to never say anything

[long hound]

Wait did toto already answer that if they made the decision for the 2nd seat and he said yes???

[gusty fiber]

Where when who?

[long hound]

Foormulagodcomments posted it

Idk if it's true or not I'm going to search now about it

[worldly pond]

I just don't understand anyone that views what someone does off the field of play/track etc has any bearing on what they do professionally. I've said it before and I'll say it again - in this day and age it's all so binary. Good or bad, love or hate... no middle ground. No respect for opponents.

[sturdy mist]

The truth

[gusty fiber]

No word who yet. Who should it be? I go with botas

He's having another good season under the radar in my humble opinion

[long hound]

Nyck de vries😂

Btw just joking i hope it's russell

[worldly pond]

Make your mind up. He's right to stand up for his values but he's wrong to do it publicly? I think it's a case of you can't respect your opponent and are letting a petty dislike cloud your logic.

At least, I hope that's all it is.

[gusty fiber]

Cough.. too dark. Cough.

Back to Mercedes second driver debate... i want invectives.

Valerie a seething tiger... been the best driver two for last four years

You want to toss that away for somebody who just got his first points ever a week ago

Stirrin th pot

[long hound]

From somebody that humiliated him at his 1st race at Mercedes with same car, somebody that literally it's now 11 places ahead at the start and the same guy that was overtaking him at a williams vs Mercedes

And russell it's young and at his prime bottas rn Isn't even top 10 drivers on the grid

[gusty fiber]

How many points does botas have?

I think that if they replace him Russell is a good choice

I just don't know if it's the best thing. Really hard call

How subservient will Russell be to Hamilton?

Where would Botas go? And would he be top dog?

He'd have a stroke if he went to a team that had him as number two.

I really like him and feel he is enormously under appreciated

[long hound]

108? I don't remember

[gusty fiber]

But... he is getting older

[long hound]

33 now, russell is in one of the best moments of his f1 carrer since debut

[gusty fiber]

Yep

[long hound]

Alfa or Williams but I hope he'll go somewhere else I want some young talents in the sport

[gusty fiber]

Lets see how he handles being a frontrunner tomorrow

[long hound]

Still respect bottas he has been class and underrated he maybe deserved 1 champions

[worldly pond]

I think Russell has earned the right to be the only other consideration. He's led that Williams team and dominated his team mate. He's out performed the car several times. His Bahrain exploits were impressive. He shows high levels of maturity.

Bottas has been and is a fine #2. If he stayed it would be an acceptable decision but he's not the future. And for that reason, I put GR in the merchant next year as succession planning.

[long hound]

I hope no more bad luck for George but eau rouge with weet it really scares me

[long hound]

Bottas had to beat norris and perez rn if not he will get out for sure

[worldly pond]

I think his last 2 years were not as good as his first 2 years. Not convinced that individual results will sway Toto now.

He reminds me of Frank Bruno. He's got the tools but not that killer Instinct.

[long hound]

Last news norris will change the gearbox and will get a 5 sec penallty grid this is a shame honestly undeserved

So lecler p9 latifi p10👀

[gusty fiber]

By the way...Tsunoda has 18 points. Russell 4. Who has been in f1 longer? Why not yuki to replace botas?

Still stirring

[long hound]

Ermm🤣

Btw russell have 7 not 4

[gusty fiber]

😋

[long hound]

Like overall not only this season

Btw right now tsunoda it's really disappointing I thought he was going to surprise but since bahrain he isn't good anymore

[gusty fiber]

Not according to f1's web site. I could be wrong. But my point is still relevant

[long hound]

Hungary p6 are half of his points

[gusty fiber]

I know. He's young and very racy

But he has points his rookie year

[long hound]

I'd like to see him vs mazepin like in the same car idk why but I think mazepin is really a good driver but his car isn't good even to keep a panda at their back

[gusty fiber]

Something that has taken Russell 2 pluss swasons to do.

[long hound]

Well lewis almost won the title in his rookie year and 1st race he finished on podium 🤣

Btw it's not a comparison but just saying that lewis is built different 😹

[gusty fiber]

That's lewis who is a god

What's not comparative R.

[long hound]

Esteban Nyck Stroffel or Stroll who would you take for Mercedes in the next years?

Apart of George he's to good to be there😂

[gusty fiber]

Stroll will never leave aston Martin

Ocon is under contract for at least two years

[long hound]

Lifetime contract 🤣

[long hound]

Lewis also so yeah

[gusty fiber]

Stroffel? F2 driver?

[long hound]

Stroffel vandone the 3rd Mercedes driver

[gusty fiber]

Gad to leave daddy's team

[long hound]

Idk if I spell correctly his name😂

[gusty fiber]

Hard to leave

[long hound]

Then Lance ask Lawrence to take Mercedes 2020 back like they did with the silver one

[gusty fiber]

?

Refresh memory please

[long hound]

So racing point of last year was literally a 2019 pink Mercedes

[gusty fiber]

Ok.. i remember...

[long hound]

Then Lance will ask his dad to get 2020 Mercedes like a green Mercedes 2020 now 🤣

[gusty fiber]

So next year aston martin will be driving a 2021 Mercedes?

Really... there is so much Mercedes everywhere.

[long hound]

Defo 💀🤣 Lawrence will pay millions for that😂

[long hound]

Toto be like 🤑

[gusty fiber]

Engines drivers under contract

Them and red bull/honda run most of the cars

Have the most teams and drivers through the ranks

[long hound]

Honda will retire from f1 right?

[gusty fiber]

Yeah

That will be interesting

[lime yoke]

Ferrari has more cars in the grid

[long hound]

They have 3?

[gusty fiber]

Elucidate please. Still newish to f1

[long hound]

Alfa Haas Ferrari

Not surprised that all of them are bad🤣💀

[gusty fiber]

Ha!

Nasty

[long hound]

Like ferrari isn't but they have to be way high not 4th

[gusty fiber]

But in f2 almost all the cars are red bull off shoots

[long hound]

Haas is like a f2 car completely disaster

And alfa have no chance to catch Williams

[lime yoke]

Haas is like alpha tauri

Just uses previous parts of their supplier

[long hound]

Alpha isn't bad tho

[lime yoke]

Coz RBR is doing good

[long hound]

Gunther masterclass

[lime yoke]

More like Gene Haas masterclass

[long hound]

Btw I think they will score 1 point

[lime yoke]

I think next year will be Haas' first in house built car

Urakali F1 team

[iron stag]

Haas are like an unofficial Ferrari junior team

[lime yoke]

They still need an official junior team since alfa romeo - sauber wants to focus on their own juniors

[iron stag]

Ye. In my opinion, Alpine is one team which desperately needs junior teams. RB has Alpha Tauri. Mercedes has Williams, Ferrari has Haas and Alfa. But Alpine juniors are just being denied chances

[lime yoke]

Too much junior drivers honestly

[opal galleon]

George 2022 = 100% (my prediction) before they announced

[iron stag]

Realistically, if it’s GR to Merc, they won’t announce it to Bottas till Abu Dhabi, as he needs to do Driver 2 work for them

[long hound]

If it was for bottas they would have done a contract extension and make it official

[iron stag]

Yep

[opal galleon]

Nah I don’t think Mercedes will do it that late, due that George wanted answers by august.

[lime yoke]

But Ham still has a say to this

[sturdy mist]

Russell in Williams would be fantastic

[long hound]

But ham still rent free in your head

[sturdy mist]

Points for sure, podiums for sure even wins for sure

[opal galleon]

Reality a bit but not that much, after all those are contracts that is being negotiated. Not from Toto or Daimler, but lawyers etc

[long hound]

If it rains probably he can win but if now he will defo be like 4th/7th

[sturdy mist]

I really want him to be on the podium tomorrow

[lime yoke]

You got other words than that

[opal galleon]

Actually no

[long hound]

You got other words than saying hamilton hamilton hamilton hamilton in every sentence

[long hound]

Everyone does

[iron stag]

I think he has a Veto. But Toto confirmed that they (Toto and Lewis) were having similar thoughts on the Driver 2

[lime yoke]

Why wouldnt i talk about him? He is a top driver. You want to talk about Mazepin?

[long hound]

Lewis can't decide for the 2nd driver +why about George they both are british

[long hound]

Still you talk about him like you hate him, he isn't just a top driver he's the goat🤪

[lime yoke]

His car is the Goat

[long hound]

Lol again with the car

Ofc he made his rivals look ridiculous😹😹😹😹

[lime yoke]

It made roseberg a champion. It made a 2nd year driver driving it for the first time get 2nd in quali and almost a race winner

[long hound]

Russell is so good that he could go in p2 with a williams 😂, rosberg won because lewis retire in Malaysia if not there was no chance for him would have been 3-0

[lime yoke]

Still lost to Rosberg 🤷

[long hound]

Still won 2 times 😉

[opal galleon]

Rosberg won against Hamilton after 17 years that aint too impressive actually. But I love Rosberg and his VLogs 😄

[opal galleon]

They can have some thoughts as they want. But contracts dont go like that. Contracts takes weeks, months to negotiate. And it involved more than just simple people. This is about money, lawyers plan, Who is Daimler going to invest on, after all much of that money Daimler invest on goes to Hamilton due to high wages on the team, so Toto might be the CEO and Team Principal. But he cant really do much before George get signed. When George get signed then yes he can do much. Same thing for Lewis. Lewis used like 1-2 month before 2021 season to negotiate those contracts so.

[sturdy moss]

So who is the goat? When was the last multiple world champion without a dominant car?

[lime yoke]

you probably already know the answer for the goat driver

[sturdy moss]

I was asking your opinion is all. For me it is Lewis, yes Merc is a super car to be in but my point above stands. Schumacher had a dominant Ferrari befor that Hakkinen had a dominant McLaren. All of the Williams world champs from Mansell to Villenurve profited from the cars dominance

Missed out Vettel and RB

Even Alonso with Renault lol

[lime yoke]

anyone driving those williams' would probably be champions. RB is dominant but webber didnt even get a 2nd place finish in final standings. Mercedes' car is so dominant that a 2nd driver beat a the reigning champion

[sturdy moss]

Ok so put it another way, other than this season when was there last a proper two car fight for a title? You’re looking at 2007 & 2008 won by Kimi and Lewis

[lime yoke]

2010, 2012, 2018

[sturdy moss]

Who was the last driver to win a title in a car that didn’t win the constructors title?

[lime yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/lewis-hamilton-barbados-gif-14647724

[sturdy moss]

Lewis in 2008, Hakimnen in 1999 Schumacher in 1994

You still haven’t said who you vote for as the goat

[lime yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/the-stig-michael-schumacher-top-gear-gif-21190470

[sturdy moss]

Fair argument and this is why it’s a good debate

I was worried you were going to be one of those Senna fan boys

[lime yoke]

senna got beat and his death kinda overrates him

[long hound]

Unpopular opinion russell rn would have been 1st in the championship if he had a Mercedes

[lime yoke]

there would be a ton of points shared between HAM and RUS if Merc treat them as equals

[long hound]

No if bottas wasn't in bad form probably would have been 3rd in the champions with way more points

[lime yoke]

there will be a buttefly effect if bottas didnt have bad luck. Lewis wont probably get p2 in imola if bottas didnt crash. Max would be still ahead even if bottas didnt mess up those races

[sturdy moss]

🇭🇺

[latent seal]

Ricciardo can be on the podium in today´s race

that means we gonna see drinking from his boot xD

[lime yoke]

if its dry RIC might get a podium coz Rus is gonna drop some places

[latent seal]

yes

[sturdy moss]

So can Mazespin….anything can happen 🤣

[latent seal]

😂

[lime yoke]

but i want more Vettel podiums

would be a fun podium either way

[silk mist]

is hamilton getting worse in the wet?

[long hound]

Nah he's just old

[silk mist]

i seen the comments slandering him

saying he sucks in wet ,his washed, his so bad rn

[opal galleon]

😡

P14 damn

[sharp basin]

Still he is such a good driver that he will definitely make up for that crash of his Such a great driver, Lando... intensifies

[long hound]

He's the driver with most win in wet🤣

[long hound]

P15*

[crude kiln]

Instead of maybe a pole.. awful. And last race he was 3rd at turn one before Bo77as went torpedo.. stuff like this take away too much of the joy watching F1 for me.

[long hound]

He was so fast at at the corner George was ahead of him but didn't crash lando was going so fast

[iron stag]

So where will Bottas start ? P12 or P13 ?

[iron stag]

Tbh, it’s better than a pit lane start

[long hound]

12

[long hound]

Fr

[crude kiln]

Looks like 60% chance of rain

[iron stag]

Rain means disadvantage for Merc. So Rain good

[lime yoke]

rain = lockup= bowling

[iron stag]

Oh no. Hamilton directly behind Max

[lime yoke]

max needs a clean getaway coz there two merc bombers behind him