🏎│real-f1-chat

[dapper wagon]

https://tenor.com/view/f1-destroyed-wrecked-wheels-gif-5316419

[night loom]

Oh yeah, just finished with the first episode LOL

[opaque crest]

The overheating of latifi brakes and whether Mercedes mirrors are legal

[opal galleon]

thats not brakes, more like tyres failed and the suspension

[night loom]

first episode was good in setting the drama for the remaining episodes but overall dull

not going to spoil anything

[opaque crest]

Yeah that was suspension failure

[opal galleon]

yup

thats not brake

[night loom]

oh thx

[opal galleon]

issue

[opal galleon]

wait mirros on merc?

whats up with their mirros?

[dapper wagon]

Illegal

[opaque crest]

Some people are saying they help with aero and they're not allowed to

[opal galleon]

illegal lol?

what?!?!

they must be 200IQ genius if it helps lol

[night loom]

bmw blinkers are illegal 🙂

merc either gon win it all or be 6th

[opal galleon]

I mean they are not even the fastest ones

[dapper wagon]

Mirrors are not allowed to be used for aerodynamic benefits. Their mirrors are on wings 😂

[night loom]

lmao

[opal galleon]

ah you mean in that way lol

I notice it I was thinking its weird

[night loom]

any page to see the live timings?

[opaque crest]

Binotto said "they've made spaceship mirrors and we need to sort it now otherwise everyone will have spaceship mirrors in time" 😂

[dapper wagon]

Exactly.

[opal galleon]

This is insane 🤣

[dapper wagon]

They've been strict on mirrors for years now, mainly for safety reasons.

[opal galleon]

a little mirror

[opaque crest]

I think we all know all teams use them for some form of aero, Merc have just been radical again

[opal galleon]

Experts says that they took the "most" radical way.

Pretty sure they just trying every bit of things then coming again next week with new car,

[opaque crest]

Basically they've pushed all the regs to the limit to see what they're allowed to do

[opal galleon]

yeah

[heady sonnet]

For sidepods I’m sure they will be fine

[opal galleon]

they got least time on the tunnel though they need that testing

[heady sonnet]

But these - meh

[opal galleon]

lol

mirrors 🤣

[opaque crest]

Tbh they've got no sidepods where else they meant to go 😂

[opal galleon]

I like a car without sidepods, makes me think the new cars aint fatty

[night loom]

Where are you watching?

[dapper wagon]

Perfect photo really. Clearly a wing 😂

[heady sonnet]

Mirrors with aerodynamic flow guidance 😂

[opaque crest]

Sky in the UK

[night loom]

oh 😦

[heady sonnet]

Sky UK and Italy

[night loom]

Thanks anyways

[opaque crest]

Where are you? You can watch on F1 TV pro

[night loom]

Argentina lol

yeah gotta buy the ssuscription though

[opal galleon]

its 20% off now btw

[night loom]

im debating on whether f1 tv access or pro

yup i know

[opal galleon]

recommend the anual

[opal galleon]

pro

you cant watch live with normal

[night loom]

annual plan got it, but pro or regular?

oh

[opal galleon]

and youre limited with normal

[night loom]

then i guess there really is no debate to do

though, what real benefit does pro bring me apart from live streaming?

like, is it really that different?

[opal galleon]

english comments

behind the scenes stuff.

[heady sonnet]

Comments, apparently onboard cameras as well

Radio, more telemetry stuff?

[opal galleon]

lap times, and car tracking

[night loom]

I want to watch the f2 series

like the show not the serie itself

i see

[opal galleon]

pretty much you got everything, on TV channels there are some stuff they dont have like onboard camera, pitlane and stuff

[opal galleon]

you get all F series and porsche super cup I think

[night loom]

Hmmm

yeah f3 to 1 and p. superC

Hey, you guys playing fantasy?

[heady sonnet]

Yep

Or will

[night loom]

Nice, me too

Wanna participate in some league together? @opal galleon @heady sonnet

also you too @opaque crest

[opaque crest]

I haven't played before but tempted to this year

I'd be up for that

[opal galleon]

no dont play

I am a pc gamer not mobile 😄

[night loom]

ill send you the f1 fantasy discord if u guys want me to

understandable.

[opal galleon]

I remember ,I played F1 Clash at school. I got caught and lost my phone for the day 😄

[night loom]

Hahaha lol

[opal galleon]

no more mobile games

[night loom]

it gets too repetitive sometimes

[opal galleon]

I stay to pc games and console 😄

[night loom]

but f1 fantasy can be played from a pc

[opal galleon]

ik

but its messed up having a pc and go to a browser to play a game that is more for a mobile

youre down bad if you use your pc for that kind of stuff

[night loom]

it was never really optimized for neither

so its kinda trash in both platforms

cra ppy

thats what i wanted to say

[opal galleon]

still not a pc typed game

[night loom]

i mean, its not a "playable" game after all

not mobile or pc typed

[heady sonnet]

I see it more as a website 😂

[night loom]

there used to be the downloadable site

[opal galleon]

I just make a team every year and then I just let it run I was top 800k last year y

[night loom]

it is a website sadly, lol

800,000?

i was top 2%

[heady sonnet]

I ended up somehow in the Iceland league

[night loom]

lol

[heady sonnet]

Ended up 300/1000

[night loom]

its best to be at small country leagues

[heady sonnet]

With no major changes ofc

[opal galleon]

I bought lewis and max and it was ez points

[night loom]

hope ai lewis is not as good as these past seasons

[heady sonnet]

Let’s see the real pace finally, this is getting boring

[opal galleon]

uh

[night loom]

ai kimi 2020 season was unpassable

[opal galleon]

you mean testing?

[heady sonnet]

Yeah

[opal galleon]

ofc what you expect

its 4h 😄

[opaque crest]

Wanna see some racing like stroll and alonso yesterday

[opal galleon]

it confuse me if mercedes is trying "hard" or just "testing"

feel like there is something going on

[night loom]

unexpected and unpopular prediction for this year? @opaque crest @opal galleon @heady sonnet

mine is a alfa podium

[opaque crest]

I get the impression they're not really trying but also don't believe their actual pace is 4 seconds quicker

[opal galleon]

Haas p7 finish

[opaque crest]

Williams podium

[opal galleon]

actual pace?

[night loom]

in constructors or race?

[night loom]

yuki podium????

[opal galleon]

I said finish not wcc

[night loom]

its not clear if you just say haas p7 man

[opaque crest]

Like when we get to quali and stuff. I just don't feel like they'll be as quick as we think

[opal galleon]

no they are slower 😄

[heady sonnet]

Yep

[night loom]

well, gonna go watch ep2 of dts

ill be back later

[opaque crest]

Nah he's alpha, Albon on the podium

[opal galleon]

beta

[night loom]

40 mins ill be back dont miss me

[opaque crest]

Yep, I get the feeling they're going to have a slow start to the season. Hope I'm wrong though as want a merc, rb, ferrari, mclaren 4 way fight

[heady sonnet]

Ferrari looks solid

[opal galleon]

They got the least time to developed, so they are behind and obv they need the time now to find something out.

[heady sonnet]

Pace (if that would even count now), laps, no issues

[night loom]

3 teams fighting for the top is more than enough

[opal galleon]

cars not bouncing as much as yesterday

[opaque crest]

Higher ride height for the longer runs they're saying. Need low for quali and higher for races lol

[opal galleon]

DTS been ok so far, waiting for session 2 day 2 testing

[heady sonnet]

Pink alpine rocks

[opal galleon]

I love how Netflix is portrait mazepin lol

[heady sonnet]

Did you see that he’s making a fund for drivers in his situation basically?

That’s like super ironic playing the innocent card

His father got sanctioned the other day pft ….

[opaque crest]

Yeah I saw that. "Athletes who are prevented from competing through no fault of their own" 😂

[heady sonnet]

Cough Bull 💩 cough

[opaque crest]

Aww bless the poor guy 🤪

[opaque crest]

Merc going to be competing with Haas and Williams based on performance so far 😂

[opal galleon]

they are only doing long runs

getting most laps and test is what matter for them.

Again they got least time to developed the car

[opaque crest]

Yeah I know. Just find it interesting how they've been nowhere near top of timings at this test

Have we seen the new RB parts yet? I missed some and haven't seen them out this avo yet

[opal galleon]

how can you expect them to try to find a setup and make the car fast when they are only doing "test?

you cant expect them to try go for a flying lap when they got many other problems

[opaque crest]

Yeah I know, just shows how irrelevant timings in tests are

[opal galleon]

it was like this last year too if you dont reemember

[opaque crest]

I didn't really pay much attention last year tbh

[opal galleon]

they finished around p10 most of the time last year came back with whole different car

on first gp

struggled all the way until august.

shows that having time to developed a car is crucial

[opaque crest]

Yeah kney they had a bad car up till mid season (not bad but worse than RB)

The regs hit them and Aston hard last year

[opal galleon]

The mercedes could had higher top speed, but RB was better car all around.

[opal galleon]

Only team that has been rock solid and been impressive all time is Ferrari.

Looks like every other team are little bit behind

also that pink car is eww

[heady sonnet]

It’s awesome

[opal galleon]

youre colourblind I see, its ok.

[heady sonnet]

Haha no, I’m not. I just like when we have a somewhat lighter car on the grid

Way too many dark ones

Btw the Aston in the sun looks great

[opal galleon]

at that stage people can so go put yellow and clown colour on their car...

[opaque crest]

Yellow is a cool colour, like old Jordan or Renault with sky blue

[opaque crest]

Basically back to force India colour when they were pink merc

[heady sonnet]

The Renault was good

Yellow black

Or the Williams yellow / blue / white

[fathom root]

red flag

[opal galleon]

hahaha

[fathom root]

did he run out of fuel?

[heady sonnet]

What did he break?

[fathom root]

I cant figure out since im wathcing without audio lol

[heady sonnet]

I see a part on the left side

Can’t figure out what it is

[opal galleon]

New safety car ewww

Stay to Mercedes AMG and Aston Martin

[heady sonnet]

That’s race control

[fathom root]

Right was surprised to see to a mustang lol

[heady sonnet]

It’s still Aston and Mercedes’

[opal galleon]

ik but it should not be used other than those 2 brands I said

[heady sonnet]

Not sure why this one is out

[fathom root]

may be the brakes?

[scarlet holly]

Ocon out of fuel so he stop

[opal galleon]

Race control cars so ewww

[fathom root]

Thought so

[scarlet holly]

What car is that?

[fathom root]

ugly car

[opal galleon]

wild guess chrysler

[heady sonnet]

No

[fathom root]

Its a lincoln

[heady sonnet]

Lincoln

[opal galleon]

it is?

[heady sonnet]

Chrysler has a different badge

[opal galleon]

I do not see those cars often so Idk

[fathom root]

Chrysler look like aston martin from far away 😂

[heady sonnet]

Indeed 😂 so many Aston wannabes

Ford with the Aston grille

[fathom root]

US manufacturer ford based

[heady sonnet]

Chrysler with the Aston badge 😂

Meanwhile Aston with Mercedes engine and tech. 😂😂😂😂

[fathom root]

I see them once in a while and go damn an aston martin in my city until im severely disappointed after getting close. Gotta upgrade my glasses i guess

[fathom root]

They tried but didnt get anywhere in terms of performance 😂

[scarlet holly]

Mustang

Hurb

[fathom root]

Why the aston martin wobble so much, looks like they raving to techno music lol

[heady sonnet]

Oh it’s on!

Finally some action haha

[buoyant rain]

Aston with ford grille* I’m pretty sure ford was around b4 them

[heady sonnet]

I thought it was the other way around with the Aston first then the Mondeo and the fiesta

Yeah, the Aston grille is older 😂 ford started using it around 2007 in a concept car first

Seems they have started to pick up some speed in the end

[fathom root]

red flag again

[opaque crest]

Mclaren struggling with that brake issue 😭

I wanted them to do a standing start too

That bouncing down the straight must be horrendous for the drivers

[fathom root]

yaa looks rough

Testing Day 2 Done

[heady sonnet]

Merc bouncing quite hard

[opaque crest]

Ferrari and Haas looked pretty bad as well. Missed most of the afternoon session though

[heady sonnet]

I watched a bit in the end

Some Ferrari Rb action 😂

[plain holly]

saw that too.. have any driver say anything about if its feels better to drive close to other cars yet ?

[heady sonnet]

Not afaik

Only saw like 3-4 cases anyway so far

[mystic aurora]

Leclerc gave a decent debrief in Barcelona.
Things may have changed a bit this round though
https://youtu.be/mzWFHRvtIZ4?t=75

[opaque crest]

Love how the first episode of dts shows f1 boss and other bosses saying "its time for merc to lose" 😂

Going to set off all the conspiracy theorists

[glad zephyr]

K Mag went fastest today

[opaque crest]

Haas gonna win the title

[fathom root]

Damn I missed that 🙁

[heady sonnet]

Ah it is true lol

[fathom root]

Yeah it is 😂

[heady sonnet]

“We were reasonably competitive at the end without even trying.”

Rb

Mercedes either sandbagging quite bad as Sainz suggested (GPS shows the W13 is considerably held back) or they are in trouble

I’d assume the first 😂

[opal galleon]

This season DTS is actually good but they are missing alot of stuff that should have been here.

[heady sonnet]

I’ll watch it Sunday most likely

[opaque crest]

I'm binging it tonight whilst playing f12021 😂

[opal galleon]

I was wathing both Testing and DTS if there werent any special happening on Testing I watch dts, but testing on mute.

[opaque crest]

Don't like Horners comments in ep3 about silverstone

[opal galleon]

I think Horner was being a dick first 1-3 episodes. It got better and better after episode 1 though. Looks like him losing to Mercedes plays in a big factor.

He got reasonable after he won and won.

[opaque crest]

Oh he's come across as a massive dick so far, tbh hasn't surprised me though

[opal galleon]

Christian “Toto is only a finance guy” that sentence got me

[opaque crest]

Yeah he's not looking good at all so far.

It's making me hope RB are in the middle this year 😂

[opal galleon]

I do not like seeing Christian talking about Mercedes. As long as its something about Mercedes he is a crybaby. But everything else he is such a reasonable guy. Mercedes plays in a big role when it comes to his mood 😉

[opaque crest]

Yup, everytime he mentions them it's so much moaning or anger. It comes across like he's bitter that he hasn't had the success they've had

"Toto inherited the success" was another bad line

[opal galleon]

I understand the L but I was not expecting such anger.

[opaque crest]

I know its made for entertainment but that coupled with him saying merc being illegal yesterday then refusing to admit he said it is making me dislike him a lot

[opal galleon]

Yeah that got me as well, I think that was such a mean sentence. Toto as much as Christian builed up a team. The difference is Toto did not build it alone, he got Nikki. But Toto is doing alot of work behind the scenes, he has also invested alot into the team. As Christian says “finance guy”

If you look at it other way around he got a big brand giving him everything from the starts. Also people dont know that Red Bull brand is bigger than Mercedes.

[opaque crest]

Yeah, you have to give credit where its due. They've both done great things with their teams, Totos just been more successful with it. If he admitted that and showed respect it would go down a lot better with fans

[opal galleon]

They are earning more than Mercedes Benz yearly so Horner got everything on his table too.

[opaque crest]

Yup, Horner has so much backing that people don't realise

[opal galleon]

I will say Nikki was more like the man that build up the team while Toto was the one being the resources guy. Now that Nikki is gone you can see how much more Toto needs to do.

[opaque crest]

Yeah they've both had help, I just can't stand it when people don't give credit to anyone for the work they've done. Like those idiots who say Lewis only won because of the car 🤦🏼‍♂️. They don't realise how much work he put in to help developing it

[opal galleon]

I liked Netflix showed that Lewis is analysing and talking to engineers.

It surprised me, I did not know he he goes to the engineers right away. Also analysing the car and stuff. I always Thought lewis just drove the car.

[fathom root]

Riccardo tests positive for covid lol

[opaque crest]

I guess that's why people don't realise how much the drivers actually do. Lewis has played a huge part in developing the merc since going there

Not all the drivers are that focused or dedicated and involved as much

[jaunty cave]

Yes. Just saw that now

[opaque crest]

Lando back in tomorrow then

[opal galleon]

Yeah I was not expecting that. I always saw him as the tyre management guy and just driving the car really well.

[fathom root]

Hopefully he gets cleared by soon for the race

[opaque crest]

I had it 22nd of Feb and am still struggling now. Hopefully he's OK in time and recovers better than me lol

[fathom root]

yeah lando will running in practice session

[opaque crest]

That's what people don't realise and why they criticise him so much

Ep4 is funny, Mazepin throwing his toys out the pram 😂

[opal galleon]

Yeah

That was my favourite episode

The way they portrait “mazepin” so true lol

[opaque crest]

Spoilt child who's always had everything his way and gets what he wants and realises the real world is different 😂

"Make a different car for me" 😂😂😂

[opal galleon]

Omg haha

Thats what I was talking about earlier today

[fathom root]

Hope you also recover soon and be back to kick ass

[opaque crest]

Cheers mate, it's meant I'm signed off work so got to watch testing so silver linings lol

[opal galleon]

From what I learned Nikitia is also controlling how his dad is, his dad seems very chill to be honest.

[opaque crest]

If I was Haas I'd have been looking for any excuse to get rid of him

[opal galleon]

Yeah

I think after watching that episode, I think gunther saw this war as the perfect way to get rid of him.

[opaque crest]

Nikita does seem to be very controlling and his dad didn't seem too bad

Very influenced by nikita

[opal galleon]

I mean at the end Haas was the one that won, they got enough fund to survive this season so UralKali aint that important anymore. But they wouldn’t survived if mazepin was not there in 2021.

Perfect excuse for them to get K.Mag

[opaque crest]

Yep, so glad Haas are shot of them and people who actually deserve a drive are there now

[opal galleon]

Yeah and he was fastest today lol

Maz would have crashes right away

[fathom root]

Should never miss opportunities lol 🤣

I will probably start watching DTS today after work. Seems interesting after seeing you guys discussing

[scarlet holly]

Riccy covid

[opal galleon]

Yeah

[scarlet holly]

Sadge

[fathom root]

I think he will probably miss his first race

[heady sonnet]

It depends, still 10 days to go

And I bet all the Horner drama was just there to put some more drama in 😂

[opal galleon]

If rushed he can be back within 10 days. But he might still very ill.

[fathom root]

A weeks time, since friday again practice session will start

[scarlet holly]

Even if he misses McLaren have pato

[fathom root]

Yaa even tho he gets rid of covid his body will still need time to recover. You dont want to passout at turn 1 lol

[opal galleon]

Pass what you mean 😂

[heady sonnet]

He might show no symptoms

[opal galleon]

Nah nah he is not gonna pass 😉

[scarlet holly]

Maybe they should try and bring stoffel cause he got f1 experience if riccy doesn't recover in time

[fathom root]

I meant passout 🤣

Lets hope he is back in time thats all we care 🙂

[opal galleon]

He will be back, Source Svally Media

Trust

[heady sonnet]

Testing positive =/ Ill

[fathom root]

Source: Trust me bro 😂

[opaque crest]

Omg just heard mazepins engineers comment after the sochi race

"Ended up beating latifi and mick"
Mick didn't even finish the race because he was hit 😂😂😂

[opal galleon]

Ikr

[opaque crest]

Nah he won't be back. Raikonnen will drive for mclaren instead

[opal galleon]

Maz such a dick and netflix portrayed it the best way.

[opaque crest]

And he'll win with lando 2nd and kmag 3rd

[fathom root]

Is that your fantasy league prediction 😂

[opaque crest]

1st race prediction. Gonna put a fiver on it tomorrow 😂

[opal galleon]

Media said "Lewis" called max a bully, that didnt happen in DTS, watched all episodes. They missed the retirement of kimi and Fernando coming back to the sport.

[fathom root]

Probably That will be in special edition version of DTS

[opal galleon]

what you mean

"special"

[fathom root]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-baby-goal-funny-face-gif-13347383

[opal galleon]

ok weirdo

[fathom root]

That was a joke 😂 .

[opaque crest]

Classic case of mis interpreting what someone says. He used the word bully when asked a question so therefore he must be calling max a bully

[opal galleon]

I know but it was not funny

[opal galleon]

No I heard tons of stuff from Media that "lewis called him a bully" but it never happened in any of the episodes. From what I see. Watched all episodes so.

[crude kiln]

@opaque crest @opal galleon They either cut it so it sounded like it, or he meant that Max was one of them.

[opal galleon]

nope

lewis didnt even use the word..

so media was def capping

before the release

[crude kiln]

Yes he did 😅 Said Max races on the limit and beyond, and then said there are always bullies. Episode 3.

[opal galleon]

nope

[crude kiln]

Lol I literally just watched it back for the 2nd time.

[opal galleon]

time sheet?

[crude kiln]

Right before Silverstone race starts.

[opal galleon]

How can you just "watched it 2nd time" and not have the time on the episode..

[crude kiln]

Because I had closed Netflix 😅 Takes me just as much time to open it and check again as it does for you. But as I said it's right before the Silverstone race starts, so should be easy to find.

[opal galleon]

Ah... I found it, he indeed said it. But on the subtitle for(Norwegian) It made more sense. Lewis meant to say "he only takes it 1 by 1 , but other (bullies) compete agains you all the time. So def something wrong there. Def a cutted version of that interview.

[crude kiln]

Yeah as I said idk if they cut it in that way. Maybe he mentioned bullies before that or after, who knows.

[opal galleon]

It seems like he said the word before something else that gives sense ofc

I must say its good editing, good job netflix 7/ 10

lol

[crude kiln]

It's clear to me they cut quite alot and add voices where they see fitting to make it more dramatic 😅 And them always wearing face masks makes that job easier.

[opal galleon]

As a media guy, I see this as an opporunity to create a drama out of your footages so def something netflix did. I read tons of news saying "lewis called max a bully" so ofc it got my attention.

= marketing

[crude kiln]

It is likely he meant Max tho since he said right before Max races tough like h*ell and on the limit and beyond. But we can't say for sure.

[opal galleon]

yeye

Its for marketing after all so

I would not mind a champion calling someone out, thats def getting someones attention. Especially new people.

[opal galleon]

Magnussen lap was faster than Maz quali last year LOL

the fact that these cars so far has been 10s slower (average)

[heady sonnet]

Why did you change your color @opal galleon

Now it’s as if I am typing rofl

[opal galleon]

Whats the problem?

Used to me being green ?

I like Orange more or Turkish.

[opaque crest]

Tbf Max is a bit of a bully on track but yeah definitely cut to cause more drama

[opal galleon]

Something that caught me and what Horner said is “Lewis was being too kind” and I completely agree. You got a young and the “most aggressive”driver out there at you, and youre being too nice. I was thinking the whole season why does lewis keep wanting to back off? Like we know from the pass that he is a really aggressive driver and Silverstone finally “cracked it” in lewis head, but the problem is that was already many races too late.

[opaque crest]

It's clear from his style that Max is used to people getting out the way if he just dives up the inside. It seems though that might have to change with the new cars so will be interesting to see how late braking works

Lewis has basically never driven against anyone like that before and took time to adjust. You're right though, by the time he had Max had learnt he could just dive in and others would back off

I'm hoping to see them and others go wheel to wheel again this year and both be aggressive but within the limits

[opal galleon]

Sadly they are not being fast in Testing but ofc the lap times are so irrelevant.

Like you saw K.Mag on top what?!??!

[opaque crest]

Would be amazing if Haas were a actually really competitive 😂

[opal galleon]

Thats the perfect history after disaster to disaster

[opaque crest]

Imagine if Haas and Williams were both title contenders alongside Ferrari lol

Merc and RB fighting over 4th with Mclaren

Actually Aston and Alpine can be in battle for 4th as well

[opal galleon]

Thats too crazy

But alot of me says RB and Merc might not even be competing for Top 1, I think they will compete for third.

[acoustic tundra]

HAAS is the best! XD

[winged vessel]

No touchi- touchi

[sharp wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/social-distancing-no-touching-dont-come-near-me-dont-touch-me-arrested-development-gif-16782350

[heady sonnet]

Yeah, used to the green and was wondering who is that new guy in the channel 😂

[heady sonnet]

Wow porpoising is still really really bad

The alpine and the Merc in particular

Mclaren bottoming out on the track 😂 makes a weird noise with the onboard

[opaque crest]

Why are RB not out yet? Missed the first half hour

[opal galleon]

The floor of the RB is out. So don’t expect to see RB in first session at all.

[heady sonnet]

It’s coming out

Screens are out

New sidepods and new back end?

[opaque crest]

That's what they said but doesn't look too much different for me lol

[heady sonnet]

Also watching sky?

[opaque crest]

Maybe it's because I'm still half asleep lol

Yeah

[heady sonnet]

Then I’m not mad because I didn’t see anything either haha

Was quite fast though so might have missed it

[opaque crest]

Haha they said much more sculpted but I'm struggling to see much difference

[opal galleon]

I am still not convinced that Alfa And Alpha is that good.

[heady sonnet]

Oh it is different

A lot different actually

Check where oracle is

Looks like Ham already tried to take him out 😂

[opaque crest]

Oh yeah I see it now

[opaque crest]

See the comments from RBs chief engineer yesterday?

In it, head of race engineering Guillaume Rocquelin, was surprisingly punchy. He said: "I’m quite happy with what we found out. We are progressing in different directions and it’s all very positive. We were reasonably competitive at the end without even trying."

[heady sonnet]

I think I posted it here or it was in another channel

But yes, Rb seem happy

[opaque crest]

Gasly and Lewis giving us some action lol

[opal galleon]

Its proof that you can gain alot when youre behind now.

[opaque crest]

Yup, good to see closer following, looks promising for the racing

[opal galleon]

Merc being incredibly slow or they are just running sooo many test laps

[heady sonnet]

I don’t buy the “we are concerned” episode 9

They can’t be 3-4 secs slower than anyone and Sainz even said the GPS data contradicts what they are showing

Already? Jeez Gasly, make way 😂

[opal galleon]

Uh

[heady sonnet]

They are always concerned about their race pace in testing, always so far behind and then miraculously they are one second faster in Q and miraculously it’s always “we managed to get it right in the last days”. Who is even believing that nowadays after they won 8 in a row ….

[opal galleon]

If you pay attention they are working hard in the background to get something out.

[heady sonnet]

Haven’t been watching last couple of hours

But it’s not only today

It’s every year all the time

Oh we are in trouble oh things are not going well

Bam 1-2 by far 😂

Oh my tires are gone oh I need to box - bam purple sectors and 20 laps later “ I don’t need to box”

[opaque crest]

I do get the feeling things are different this year though. Something doesn't seem quite right in the team

Maybe Bottas was the guy behind it all 🤔

[heady sonnet]

😂

There is some logic

Zhou second !

[crude kiln]

Joe!

Why are so many calling him Joe? Shouldn't it be pronounced more like "shoe"?

[opal galleon]

Yeah shoe, but its like Verstappen dad too. Jos but pronounced yos

[crude kiln]

I thought his name was Jos/Joos 😅

[opal galleon]

Its jos, the t came because I was on phone so it’s autocorrect

[crude kiln]

Oh 😅

[dapper wagon]

So true. Don't believe anything Merc says and don't believe all the media hype around Ferrari. It's the same every single year..

[opaque crest]

Imagine if this is true 👀

[crude kiln]

Looked it up now and apparently Joe is the right way to say it 🙈

[opal galleon]

The thing is they are not “technically” struggling. Just overall lacks pace, but as its stated on the image the potential is there. If they cant find it within next week they have already lost.

[opaque crest]

RB are starting to show their true form

I think we're going to see RB dominate first few races before Merc get somewhere close

[opaque crest]

They're definitely struggling with the porpoising though

[opal galleon]

I think the car is alot faster, like talking so fast that its between p4-1 but I also think they lose so much time because of the car being unstable, also it is porposing the most out of all cars out there.

[heady sonnet]

Hah hah hahahaha right. Good joke. Where have I heard that before? Oh wait I’ve heard that every year 😂

[dapper wagon]

I know right. Merc are the King's of chatting 💩 about themselves before an event, bigging up their rival(S) and then blowing everyone away.. To then say something like, "team worked so hard in the last week to find something special". Load of rubbish.

If it is true at least we will have another team at the front for a change 😂

[heady sonnet]

Indeed

Haas keep running for 2 more hours right?

[crude wadi]

Have you been watching the testing though? Their aero balance seems completely off, tonnes of porpoising and instability at high speeds

[heady sonnet]

Porpoising - fully agree, Mercedes’ and Alpine seemed really bad

But I don’t buy the lack of speed or stability, they are testing a lot of stuff right now

Russell with 13th highest top speed? And Ham 4 sec slower than Max? Yeah right 😂

[crude wadi]

I agree, it’s not as bad as the time suggests, but I do think they’re a fair way off RB and Fer

[dapper wagon]

I'll believe it when I see it next Saturday 😂

[opal galleon]

Yes

[opal galleon]

I think they are just losing time because of instability, I am so sure as soon as thats fixed the car is fast.

[heady sonnet]

We will see next week

[opal galleon]

I definitely see the potential.

[heady sonnet]

But I’m sure it’s far from “we won’t be competing for wins”

[opal galleon]

If its talked about this week car that can be true, but if they come with new car next week which is 99% probably not true.

[heady sonnet]

When 😂

[opal galleon]

But this car they brought ain’t a good benchmarked, this car is essentially a “test” car which has pushed all the rules and regulations on the limit.

[opaque crest]

Haas going to be competing against RB instead of Merc

[opal galleon]

I hope both merc and rb are fighting for top 10-6

I want someone like Haas to be on top 😄

[rare ferry]

Plot twist: Red Bull haven't been sandbagging

And Haas have been

[opaque crest]

I'd love it if they hadn't and everyone else had. Merc and RB in a battle for 9th place in constructors 😂

Williams and Haas fighting it out for title with Ferrari and Mclaren

[rare ferry]

As things should be

Imagine Russell tried to get out from the back of the grid, just to find himself

At the back of the grid again

[opal galleon]

damn that would be deep

[opaque crest]

Yeah, we'll chuck Alfa up there as well so Bottas can compete for title as well lol

Tbh as long as there are other teams competing with RB and Merc I'll be happy. Ferrari have the best driver lineup imo

[rare ferry]

The whole grid will be

hopefully

[sharp sigil]

lets get Piastri for first rade

[opal galleon]

Its still tooooo goood to be true that merc is that slow

Ferrari tooo good to be true be good

[dull lichen]

Yeah, seems weird after 8 years of domination for them to struggle so hard

[dull lichen]

They seem really fast (6th fastest team imo)

[opal galleon]

They struggled alot last year too, took them long time before they got a stable car. The pace was obviously there but so unstable. They struggled in testing last year too and that havent happen i many years. 1 year later struggling again in testing, but the real question ate they going to bounce back next week or no.

[dull lichen]

Agreed

[opal galleon]

I know its kinda the same where they are struggling then comes back and wins. But last year was a sign that they were struggling for real and now we see the same effect this year. Every other year there has not been a struggle really. Especially in testing.

[acoustic tundra]

Bottas miss his old team. Lol

Ⓜ️ 🇪

[sharp sigil]

Merc always sandbaggin in test

Carlos said a few days ago in an interview, typical Merc typical Russel and Merc ppl saying themselves being slow

[opaque crest]

Merc are genuinely struggling more this year imo but there is potential for them to improve to blow the rest of the field away. I think it'll take a few races before we see them properly competitive.

[opal galleon]

Thats what I am thinking. Sandbagging is on different level if they got a fast car next week.

[opaque crest]

Yep, seems more than that this year. I'd also be worried if they haven't solved the porpoising issue but were quicker, there's no way they can do 60odd laps like they were in testing with it how it was for them

[opal galleon]

I am sure that was just a test car, I am sure they got other car ready.

[opal galleon]

https://youtu.be/aPCys-ym_2Q

[acoustic tundra]

U guys talk about merc car?

[opal galleon]

ye

[acoustic tundra]

Guys?

I think Merc have 2 two cars but different at sidepods! Did im right?

[opal galleon]

idk what you talking about

[acoustic tundra]

I watch someone and he say merc have 2 two differents

They have 2 two cars 1. W13B 2. W13

Yea they have two cars different name

I dont know but he said that.

[opal galleon]

Every team has a different. They only bring 1 car to testing, but has other parts to make a different car.

[acoustic tundra]

You right svally

But i hope W13 this year is strong

[opaque crest]

Their car was different from Barcelona to Bahrain if that's what you're getting at.

Bahrain is the "final" version though (not including ant upgrades they bring)

[opal galleon]

You can bring upgrades to this test, and its also quite normal to bring a bit different car to the first gp too.

[zenith oriole]

it's normal you bring different car to every GP... that's what's called progression and upgrades 😄

[opal galleon]

Not every gp

[opaque crest]

Yeah I think the guy might have been confused by the fact we've got the W13 and the W13b. If you're new you might think they've got 2 completely different cars they can run depending on race

[opal galleon]

Its “suited” for the track but can still be the same

[opaque crest]

We'll see more upgrades earlier this year because of reg changes but with the cost cap likelihood is we'll see less overall

Particularly if there's early crashes and accidents

[opal galleon]

See mercedes with a podium next week

[opal galleon]

Def a new guy, haven’t seen that guy before here.

[opaque crest]

I'm sure we'll see a few more when the season actually starts as well. All are welcome as long as they don't do stupid name calling or be idiots lol

[opal galleon]

Idiots clarify? And naming 🙂

[opaque crest]

The likes you see on social media who give drivers stupid names and can't see past their own blind bias. DTS is gospel to them and 100% accurate interpretation of the sport

[opal galleon]

There has been so many DTS problem but I havent spotted much myself? What is really the problem with DTS people?

I dont see much from DTS people, what I see much is Christian and Mark whining on media as usual, while Toto makes things happen, and Lewis gets tremendous hate.

[opaque crest]

The ones I've seen don't understand that it's edited for entertainment. They also don't give credit to drivers who are actually good and just use "it's the car"

There's a lot more hate for Lewis than any other driver

[opal galleon]

That I am aware of, I personally just watch DTs because I want to know whats happening on the background. I dont care about the rivalry, drama and stuff 😉

[zenith oriole]

whole F1 is just one big entertainment to make money... the days when it was all about racing are long time gone

[opaque crest]

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong I watch it too, it does give an interesting take on things

Just know what to believe and what not to lol

[opal galleon]

When I watch DTS I am after what do people discuss about before race, are they analysing stuff and that. Most of these things are kept secret.

I liked that we saw Yuki train early, people forget that these are athletes and analysing data and stuff.

[opaque crest]

Yeah it also gives an insight into team principals looking at drivers and like you say a bit more of an idea of what actually goes on behind the scenes

[opal galleon]

Thats something that cant be recorded because things are supposed to be secret. But dropping a documentary series 1 year later helps me get a picture and idea how it really is.

I liked that they got a footage of Lewis not mentally ready for Silverstone. Because I was so sure that Baku incident hurt him. He was quite nervous in Silverstone.

[opaque crest]

Yeah that was really eye opening actually. You never expect to see drivers like that, especially one as experienced/focused as him. Hopefully it shows people there's an actual human side and they stop with all the online hate (say that knowing full well it won't make a difference)

[acoustic tundra]

Will merc can win first GP?

[heady sonnet]

If they sandbagged - possibly yes. We’ll see in 4 days

[opal galleon]

Podiums but wins is another thing. The car they got in testing was struggling but I am sure they will bring a another car in Raceweekend perhaps better and optimised for W.

[opaque crest]

IMO highly unlikely but I'll be happy if I'm wrong. atm I'd go with dominant RB win with Ferrari next but I hope I'm wrong and it's competitive.

[acoustic tundra]

They have 2 car. W13B and W13. I sure 1 car is not struggling. Did im right?

[opal galleon]

Team dont have a, a and b cars...

[opaque crest]

Both looked off the pace and struggled with porpoising. How much off the pace we don't know because of the engine being turned down.

W13 was the first car they brought to Barcelone, W13B was the nickname given to the car for Bahrain. They will only use the "W13B" with upgrades added

[opal galleon]

still same car

[acoustic tundra]

But i watch in youtube. Merc have 2 cars.

[opaque crest]

The main difference being the sidepods

[opal galleon]

and they did not bring 2 cars

[opal galleon]

youtube aint a source

[acoustic tundra]

You right king sid

[opaque crest]

Yeah just trying to explain the difference

[opal galleon]

its still the same just with upgrades.

[acoustic tundra]

The sidepods is different in merc car

[opal galleon]

Does not mean they got 2 completely different car.

[acoustic tundra]

Yes

[opaque crest]

Yeah but that's their car going forwards now. Both drivers will use that car

[acoustic tundra]

They have 2 cars. 1 is W13 in Barcelone test. 2 is W13B in Barhain test

[opal galleon]

its the same with an upgrade get that in your head....

[acoustic tundra]

Im not sure to much. We will see in First GP

[opaque crest]

It is the same car, the sidepods have just changed. They will only be using the Bahrain version (W13B) from now on.

[acoustic tundra]

W13B will in Bahrain in the race

[opal galleon]

again its still the same car

WITH UPGRADE

[opaque crest]

Yeah, we can now say that W13B is Mercs car therefore it can now be known as W13

[acoustic tundra]

I know but they just change sidepods

[opaque crest]

W13B was never an official name, it was just a nickname given by commentators.

[opal galleon]

you cant say every "upgraded" car is car a, car b, car c, car d, its dumb

its still the same just little bit different

[acoustic tundra]

Ok

[opaque crest]

The W13 also had the no sidepods in Barcelona they just covered them up with actual ones. All they did for Bahrain was take off the "fake sidepods" lol

[acoustic tundra]

Ok

[opaque crest]

I've seen images somewhere that show you can see the car how it looks in Bahrain through the vent in the original sidepods. They literally served no purpose other than to cover up the no sidepod design lol

[acoustic tundra]

Yea

[opal galleon]

The race car they will bring in first gp is def different

[opaque crest]

So W13C yeah? 😛

[acoustic tundra]

King sid can u accept my friend request plz?

[opal galleon]

not really

Then we would called every car different

[cunning coral]

Hi all!

[heady sonnet]

Yeah the visualized account rocks

[opal galleon]

🚨Lewis is going to add Labalalister on his name uhhh

[mystic aurora]

wow. Yeah, thats interesting.
Brundle and Crofty are going to have to practice that one

[opal galleon]

Sir Lewis Hamilton-Labalalister damn…

[heady sonnet]

LAB

[opaque crest]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbFcj9to5kW/?utm_medium=share_sheet

f1

Formula 1 meets💫

Featuring,,,and⭐️

Vanity Fair
Story by
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You guys seen this 😂

[heady sonnet]

No

[opaque crest]

People always moaning about what Lewis wears, not seeing any hate on this post

[heady sonnet]

It’s not THAT bad here

At least it’s not a skirt 😂

[opal galleon]

The world is so stereotypical, thats the problem.

[crude kiln]

I can only agree with all these 😅 Considering how good the season was irl this season of DTS is quite meh imo. 2 episodes left tho.

[opal galleon]

DTS lacked alot and the structure of the episode is bad. I only liked Yuki and Mazepin episodes. But in general DTS has not been that good.

But its marketing, if it works it works.

[crude kiln]

Also so much added faked comments and radio messages. And they butchered the Q's in Monaco and Spa making it sound like HAM & BOT only had 1 attempt in Q3.

Made no sense

[opaque crest]

This is cool, get rid of Verstappen and it'd be an interesting title fight lol

[opal galleon]

What I several dont like is them goong back and fourth grand prix…. So confusing. Plus all footages are almost only Abu Dhabi, Monaco and Bahrain.

[opaque crest]

Haven't seen second half of DTS yet but agree with you so far. Haven't seen the Monza bit

[opal galleon]

I must say its still better made than all other seasons but not the best stories when 2021 indeed had better Story than all other season so netflix kinda messes it up.

[crude kiln]

Yep it's very jumpy and alot of good parts left out that were epic in the races.

I liked S2 best so far.

[opal galleon]

I got Disappointed that Williams left F1 was in this season, another thing that wasted an episode in my book.

[jaunty cave]

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/bahrain-grand-prix/2022/lewis-hamilton-to-change-name-in-tribute-to-his-mother_sto8844385/story.shtml

[crude kiln]

Cool name!

[jaunty cave]

Forgot to watch dts so far

[opal galleon]

LAB

[opaque crest]

Wouldn't it be LAR?

[opal galleon]

LHB sound better in my book

Or LHL

[heady sonnet]

Or LUL

😂

[opal galleon]

Lol

I hope it happens

[opaque crest]

LHL would be cool but they tend to go for last names don't they

[heady sonnet]

They can make an exception

Normally yes though

[opaque crest]

It'll be weird not seeing HAM there, although apparently it won't be done before the first race

[heady sonnet]

I’m not sure they would change it actually

Since it goes with the driver throughout his career afaik

Like the number

The only exception that I know was Mick

They allowed him to be Msc

[fathom root]

Itsssss raceee weeeek boisss 🏎️

[heady sonnet]

Race weeks !

[heady sonnet]

Rawe ceek!

[opal galleon]

FeRAri TRyInG to write

watch them when they learn how to take notes

wz 8 wcc

[primal dust]

The game developers should know the FIA regulations on safe releasing in the pits so why do I have other cars pulling out unsafe on me

[opal galleon]

#bug-reporting-chat #🎮│game-suggestions #💬│f1-clash-general

[opal galleon]

I think Toto went to therapy 500h more after Abu Dhabi 😂 Jokes aside he is doing well.

[astral dagger]

LH hate can be so toxic and petty... he wants to honor his mum and have her memory live on w/ him
Them: "StOp wHiNiNg Lu lu" or
"If he cares about women so much, why race in Saudi Arabia, hUh?? 🤣🤣🤣... like whaaaaa??? Same could be said about euro countries and US for their war crimes and human rights abuses

[opal galleon]

LH cant control where they race. But he has the biggest fanbase out there If I dont remember wront. He also has a voice and very popular around the globe. So I don’t understand why so much negativity, atleast he is trying to make things better.

You will always miss those type of guys that tries to change something for the better, but the truth is they are always the ones getting hate. Pretty normal in all sports, I have seen.

[astral dagger]

I don't see as much hate for Tom Brady or messi (although I don't follow soccer much)... and for those saying they're tired of seeing him talked about in media, what do you expect for a 7 time champion? He doesn't seek them out and demand attention on himself

[opal galleon]

Wrong tons of hate on Messi and Tom Brady

[hollow wave]

Sound the engine makes

[astral dagger]

I mean compared to LH idk 😬

[opal galleon]

Messi legit got whistles and booied yesterday.

His name is on twitter trend every week.

Tom brady used to get tons of hate but retired atm

[astral dagger]

Yea like I said I don't follow soccer but I see your point

[opal galleon]

When you get booied by your own fans its bad

[astral dagger]

Messi was transferred recently wasn't he?

[opal galleon]

By 8months yes

[opaque crest]

Lewis gets much more hate than anyone else in sport. I follow multiple and no other sports person gets the hate he does on social media.

It wasn't as much before last season but last season it grew and now its huge. Any post relating to F1 or Lewis there's loads of hate directed at him

[opaque crest]

Do any of you guys do the F1 fantasy and if so what leagues do you join?

[opal galleon]

I see that, but I have notice that the oldee generation are often the ones that give out hate. Around age of 40-60

The new generation dont really care that much. They either respect it or no.

[opaque crest]

My experience is different. Particularly the ones claiming to be Max fans seem to be on the younger side 15 - 35s

[opal galleon]

Yeah I have seen that, its very toxic. But not so far off like the other generations.

[astral dagger]

I do notice that too...and yes Max seems more popular w younger fans probably cuz of age proximity and not watching f1 long especially LH rise to greatness

[astral dagger]

I do get the feeling a lot of Max fans are just bandwagon fans rooting for the underdog, which i can understand

[opal galleon]

Max for me is branding, you get something to do with RB right away you know who Max is.

[opaque crest]

Yeah that's why I said "claiming" to be fans. Real fans of the sport don't give the hate a lot of his so called fans show.

He has the appeal of being young, seemingly cool and like Svally said the branding. It's popular to like Max and jump on the bandwagon

[astral dagger]

RB: " Mission complete"

[opal galleon]

For me most max people is just max people not really F1 fans from what I see. And most fans lewis got are older generation that looks up to him. Does not look like he got a young audience as max though.

[opaque crest]

Yeah its jumping on the "Lewis is only good because of the car" and "his dominance is boring let's route for someone else"

Literally whoever competed against Lewis and stood a chance would get the appeal of all new "fans"

[opal galleon]

Thats what I see the most, I got disappointed that most of the stuff I have seen out there is just celebrating lewis to lose. Not really fan of Max or the sport itself.

[opaque crest]

That's literally it. Lewis must lose whatever it takes. They don't even watch the sport but just want him to lose

[astral dagger]

Yea don't get me wrong I really like Max and see him winning more championships (once LH retires jk lol) but I mostly just feel bad about the way he won his first, he didn't deserve that

[opal galleon]

I found it strange, I only used to watch F1. Was not often in media and stuff. But thats what I for the most part see.

[astral dagger]

Literally was saying this when ppl were saying "oh well, he should've box under safety"... your lack of race strategy knowledge is telling

[opal galleon]

Every dude saying Lewis should have pitted are dumb or lack braincells.

Thats soooo not what to do in a race especially when youre leading by 15s. Something they could have done is to pit lewis around lap 40. But it’s impossible to say “he should have pitted” in like 2-5 last lap.

[opaque crest]

Right, there was no opportunity for him to pit and remain in the lead. I was thinking about this the other day actually, Perez won that race for Max. If he hadn't held Lewis up so much after the pits, Lewis would have had the gap he needed to pit and remain in front

That was the difference between him and Bottas, when it mattered Perez fought and held Lewis up, something Bottas couldn't do to Max

Different dynamic this year, Russell will be much more capable of fighting Max 1 on 1

[mystic aurora]

https://youtu.be/7ZRLK1jfjac

[heady sonnet]

I’m on the fence for Russell

On the one hand he will be eager to prove himself

But on the other - his actual race pace isn’t outstanding compared to Latifi

Qualifying? No doubt. But actual races ? We will see

[astral dagger]

I have the same exact sentiments... but I hope having a more capable car will help showcase his true talents this year

[heady sonnet]

Let’s see. Before competing with Max and Ham he should focus on Perez, Mclaren and Ferrari

[jaunty cave]

Anyone who lives in usa?

I noticed a movement of 1 hour there. I'm from cet time

Wwe started 1 hour before normal time and I've noticed different times in nba matches as well

[astral dagger]

Daylight savings time

[jaunty cave]

From yesterday?

[opaque crest]

There were some examples of good racing last year though, held Alonso off in Austria for a while amongst others, looks like he's got good racecraft

[heady sonnet]

I want him to do well. I really do as it would be awesome to have many young good drivers in the top teams

Charles, George, Lando, Max, Pierre and even Piastri and Mick hopefully.

[opaque crest]

Me too. I want to see Max going up against other drivers and seeing how his style goes then. It'll be interesting to see whether it's just a him and Lewis dynamic or whether we get similar incidents with others too

[opal galleon]

Relax, haas is up there. Mick will fight them 🙂

[crude kiln]

Last episode of DTS was quite good! Except them butchering the Q again in the edit making it look like Max sat in the pits while Lewis made his final attempt 😅 Simply ridiculous. 5/10 for this season.

[opal galleon]

Yeah, I have seen many complains about that. Almost exact same sentence as you too.

[crude kiln]

Doesn't surprise me. It's like the editors think they take turns on track in the Q's or sth. At least 3x this season they made it look like that. The most exciting part about the Q is them all being on track same time and setting their times shortly after each other.

[acoustic tundra]

Guys. When we have new intro 2022?

[opal galleon]

intro?

[acoustic tundra]

Yes

When they do intro?

[opal galleon]

what do you mean by intro?

[acoustic tundra]

F1 intro

[opal galleon]

Still does not make sense

what you mean

[acoustic tundra]

I mean i want to see new Formula 1 intro 2022.

[opal galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/lewis-hamilton-hamilton-hamilton-f1-lewis-f1-gif-24089804

when you mean intro, do you mean this

[opal galleon]

^

[acoustic tundra]

Oh

[opal galleon]

?

[acoustic tundra]

Svally wat ur favourite team?

My favourite team is merc

[opal galleon]

Don’t really have one, I am here for the sport. Also remains optimistic for the most part.

[acoustic tundra]

Oh ok

[rare ferry]

Anyone got Bahrain tickets?

[opal galleon]

Predictions for Sunday’s race? Top 5?

[heady sonnet]

Max - Sainz - Ham - Lec - Lando

[opal galleon]

Mhm

[fathom root]

I can tell after qualifying is done 😂

[opal galleon]

Its new cars testing and stuff dont say much.

[opaque crest]

Max - Lec - Sainz - Lando - Ham

[opaque crest]

Nope have to do prediction pre quali lol

[opaque crest]

Yuki so lazy, just watched ep7 lol

Seems to think you can just jump in the car and drive lol

[fathom root]

alex-kevin-riccardio-me-vettel

[opal galleon]

Well his dream is to open a restaurant “a popular” one. It says alot about yuki when he says that.

[opaque crest]

Really in the wrong job then. Give the drive to someone who lives and breathes F1

[heady sonnet]

I don’t bite the portrayal 😂

Netflix is doing quite some twisting here and there

[opal galleon]

Ye it got tons of critics, have I heard so.

[heady sonnet]

Including Lando also

For e01

[fathom root]

I felt lando was a bit of a cry baby as netflix potrayed

[opal galleon]

He is a crybaby, but not like that. They made him look like a bad dude.

“Its not my job to feel sympathy for him” that scene had little purpose, it only made lando look evil.

[fathom root]

True. Netflix is good at making things look more evil even if some of the drivers dont mean it to spark more fire

[heady sonnet]

The complaints about him being pushed off track by Danny were also quite stupid

As Lando said - they weren’t even close and the radio is from a different race …

[opal galleon]

I do not see the problem with netflix “needing” to do some edits and stuff. Telling an event alone the real way will get much more attention.

[heady sonnet]

Such editing though completely changes the narrative there

If you don’t know the real story you could simply think Lando is an arrogant cry baby

[opaque crest]

There's a lot I don't agree with DTS about and it's editing but it's hard to argue against the portrayal of Yuki

No matter how you edited the bits he speaks and appears in, he still would come across as lazy lol

[heady sonnet]

I will watch it soon, I’m on episode 6

[opaque crest]

It's always the way though, you can be extremely talented but if you don't work hard you get nowhere

[heady sonnet]

True

Same in football also

[opal galleon]

Nahhh

I can name people from top 50 footballers in the world that is arguably very lazy, money hungry and stuff and still be good. So its not the same.

[heady sonnet]

But if you arguably have “less” talent

And work your butt off you could exceed it 🙂

[astral dagger]

Gotta get that funding somehow 😂

I hope f1 allows Andretti in, I really want to see guys like piastri and de vries get a chance

De vries won the formula e championship so I really don't understand how he's not in

[opal galleon]

Shory story there is no free seat. Mercedes is also full 🤔

All the seats were taken and ready before 2021 season was done. Mazepin dont count.

[astral dagger]

Reason why I think f1 should reconsider allowing another team in, like Andretti racing

Mario Andretti actually won a championship fgs lol but you allow haas in who've never competed in a race!?

[opal galleon]

They are always trying to get a team in, even put the cap down so it would be easier but still way to expensive for people to enter

I don’t understand you saying F1 letting people join or not. It takes time to appeal to join, and it cost alot which many dont have the money for.

[astral dagger]

Andretti have said they have the money and checked all the boxes

But f1 may be stonewalling

[opal galleon]

Nope

Not FIA

Its not F1 that is the problem its FIA

[astral dagger]

I meant FIA

[opal galleon]

If you think about F1 itself got so many rules what to do while racing, now imagine when appealing for a team?

Of course it will take more time. Also it is not that relevant now either since Andretti is eager to join 2024 not now.

[opaque crest]

There's a whole process that you have to go through to get a new team in. I was reading about it the other day and 2024 is realistically the earliest we will see any new teams IF they've already started the process

[mystic aurora]

Oof. Now that Gene doesn't have a title sponsor over at Haas, it might be time to talk to the Andrettis

[opal galleon]

Gunther said they can financially survive the season? I don’t see a problem here this means they have a whole year to get a sponsor.

[heady sonnet]

Haas is quite wealthy enough

[mystic aurora]

True enough. Just can't see any financial motivation for them to stick around much longer

Although that MSC in P2 tho... 🤣

[opaque crest]

Gene will stick around for this season, he's got enough money just rather get someone else to spend theirs lol.

From my understanding Andretti isn't interested in investing in a current team, he wants to start his own

[opaque crest]

Podium finish this weekend will start the sponsors rolling in 😂

[mystic aurora]

😆

[winged vessel]

Who will be top 3 drivers on SUNDAY ?

1. Russell
2. Max
3. Leclerc

[woeful rune]

i have a feeling that previous era (Vet. Alo, Ham) would do good in first couple races. and mid season new blood would take control off the Elderly Ladies. Era transition

https://tenor.com/view/a-new-day-is-coming-change-is-coming-it-will-be-different-a-new-era-is-upon-us-a-new-time-is-ahead-gif-17179778

[opaque crest]

Has anyone seen the new sporting regs for this year? I keep seeing articles saying they've changed the wording from any to all but on the FIA website it's still the same and says published in 2020

[buoyant oriole]

Does anyone know if Danny is going to race in the Bahrain GP or is it going to be Oscar instead?

[heady sonnet]

We don’t know yet but normally his quarantine should be over by Friday

[opal galleon]

But he can be ok again quickly, but his body might not be ready.

[jaunty cave]

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/bahrain-grand-prix/2022/fia-change-f1-safety-car-rule-to-avoid-repeat-of-abu-dhabi-2021-gp-chaos-which-saw-max-verstappen-wi_sto8846101/story.shtml

[opal galleon]

🚨Daniel Ric will race in Bahrain after testing negative says McLaren.

[opaque crest]

Seen lots of this article but can't find the updated sporting regs

[opal galleon]

https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/formula_1_-_technical_regulations_-_2022_-_iss_9_-_2022-02-18.pdf you nuub

[opaque crest]

That's the technical regulations, not the sporting ones

The sporting ones still say published in May 2020

[opaque crest]

Maybe read the title before calling people nuub 😛

[opal galleon]

https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_formula_1_sporting_regulations_-_iss_5_-_2022-03-15.pdf nuub 🙂

Here 🙂 2022

Second one is published march

[opaque crest]

Yeah found it too. Weird that the one you click on google is from 2020

[opal galleon]

I took the first One i saw i did not really look for 2022 🤣

Found the 2022 right away when I looked.

[opaque crest]

Strange lol

[opal galleon]

https://twitter.com/mclarenf1/status/1504024172158234628?s=21 Daniel out of covid 🙂

McLaren (@McLarenF1)

Update from the team on @DanielRicciardo. ⬇️ https://t.co/rDqeYRlf6P

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Twitter · Mar 16, 2022, 9:18 AM

[heady sonnet]

Just watched DTS episode 7

Come on, did they really skip the whole fight of Alonso with Ham?

[opal galleon]

Yes

[heady sonnet]

Next episode Toto

“Crashing in the wall at 50G is never nice, Valterri could have been injured” 😂

The irony there is strong 😂

[opal galleon]

Uh? Did toto say that

[heady sonnet]

14:21

[opal galleon]

Lol it’s probably from silverstone and netflix cutted it to that

[heady sonnet]

Well he did say

But yea probably from Silverstone

Then cut here also 😂😂😂

[opal galleon]

If netflix really want to make something fake they should use deepfake

[heady sonnet]

Nice editing 10/10 😂😂😂

[opal galleon]

0/10

Idk why its so poorly made, I could have done better job. I am serious, I went on media school…

[heady sonnet]

I was quite sarcastic there 😂

[opal galleon]

My rating was sarcastic the second one nope

[heady sonnet]

I know I remember you saying you went to media school a while ago

But honestly they are skipping so much good stuff 😦

[jaunty cave]

I know, this is the documentary that isn’t based on truths at all :3

[opal galleon]

Yup

[mystic aurora]

"The FIA have published an updated version of the Sporting Regulations which features a series of revisions, including the Safety Car regulation regarding lapped cars… Previously, the rule read “any” rather than “all” cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the Safety Car."

Tucked that rule change in nicely.

[opal galleon]

I havent read thru the rules because its like 100+++++ but I do hope changing tyre under red flag is banned now.

[mystic aurora]

Haven't heard anything yet. But yes, that should be reviewed. Horrible

[fathom root]

But if all the cars are pitted during the red flag only then they should be allowed to change tyres, so everyone gets a chance

[opal galleon]

no

"if all cars are pitted" dont make sense. All cars has to be in pit already.

under red flag

[opal galleon]

nope, the problem is you can change tyres already under red flag. That takes away the advantage for people that took a 200IQ strategy.

[heady sonnet]

Sometimes the 200IQ strategy is not pitting for a change before that

[opal galleon]

Its still stupid to be allowed to pit under red flag

[fathom root]

So pitting under safety car is allowed still or they gonna change that too?

[opal galleon]

still allowed

the problem with red flag is teams can change tyre and fix their car and stuff. Which is not what red flag is really for. Its made to be on standby and wait when the track is ready.

[fathom root]

Well then I dont think this is gonna happen since all get a fair chance of changing tyres

[opal galleon]

dont you understand its not fair for those who already pitted. an accident should not be an advantage for someone and you cant force someone to pit under red flag either because you can.

duuuh

the red flag itself for second time is not there to make someone fix their car and change tyres, go search up the definition

[fathom root]

Well tell that to the FIA not me 😂 . I am not the one making changes here.

[opal galleon]

not here to fix your car and change tyres. therefor it should be banned.

[fathom root]

Hope they fulfill your request. I dont see them changing that

[heady sonnet]

Everyone has benefited from that plenty of times

[opaque crest]

Doesn't mean it's not a stupid rule and it should stay lol

What on earth is Horner on? Watching last episode of DTS, "every time we've touched their car, we've had a penalty, every time they've touched ours no penalty"

[heady sonnet]

Well I see both points actually

[opaque crest]

This series has made me really dislike him. He's so much worse than Toto

[heady sonnet]

You didn’t notice Lulu playing all innocent on the rear wing? Or complaining about the double yellow? Or the “dangerous driving” by Perez? 😂

[opaque crest]

Trouble is the 200iq isn't really strategy, it's more luck. No one knows they're going to put out a red flag so it's a lucky choice not a strategic one if they wait and then get to change under red flag

[heady sonnet]

The other problem is that if people smash into you (on purpose or not) you can make some repairs already if it wasn’t even your fault. Otherwise it can just be a bowling game

[opaque crest]

Let's not start stupid names please.
Yeah of course, every driver would have done the same in his situation. I disagree with the perez one as well. Horner is just in his own world

[heady sonnet]

Toto is exactly the same

[opal galleon]

nope

[heady sonnet]

No difference at all

[opal galleon]

outside yes

[heady sonnet]

One is more upfront

The other one is sugarcoating it and achieving the same

[opaque crest]

Toto can be as bad but is nowhere near as constant moaning/whining/trying to influence people as horner

[opal galleon]

Toto at least dont go everywhere calling his opponent fu'c''erss

lol

[heady sonnet]

I’ve told you I like Toto more in general, but his attitude is absolutely not different

[opal galleon]

As Will Buxton said I think they are more similar as people think. But honestly Horner is more on media and stuff whining all the time.

[heady sonnet]

And both have tried to influence other many many many many times both of them tried to influence Masi in particular

[opaque crest]

Tbh I'm not a huge fan of either but from what I've seen over the past year I slightly prefer Toto

[opal galleon]

I would rather go for VSC rather than safety car in Abu Dhabi for example.

[opaque crest]

Horner seems obsessed with Merc and Toto

[opal galleon]

I have notice that as well

[heady sonnet]

You haven’t noticed Toto the last 3 months on media? 😂 on and on and on and on about the same thing. Heck, Even on their presentation they talked about it

[opal galleon]

He was complaining already last week.

[opaque crest]

Only once did it actually have any impact on a race result though lol

[opal galleon]

not relevant

compared to christian doing it weekly

[opaque crest]

From what I've seen Toto has only commented when asked about it directly

[opal galleon]

Altitude is def there but Toto aint on media all the time and stuff.

thats pure fact

The times Toto is actually on media thats when its bad

[heady sonnet]

You watched last episode, tell me that cutting the corner and it giving back the position was fully okay 😂 they did the exact opposite in Jeddah

Not once. Twice even

[opaque crest]

And Horner lied about saying their car was illegal

[opal galleon]

in other perspective how about doing nothing in Brazil???

[opaque crest]

He cut the corner yes. He gave the advantage back yes. Was he forced off as well yes

[opal galleon]

when even both cars went out?

[heady sonnet]

They are bad. Period

[opal galleon]

Christian is legit more obsessed

[heady sonnet]

He’s crazy

[opal galleon]

let the dude go xD

[heady sonnet]

Influenced by marko possibly

[opaque crest]

Marko is definitely the worst. I cannot stand the guy

[opal galleon]

I have notice, everytime Christian talks it has to be something with toto or mercedes. If not he is so reasonable.

[heady sonnet]

It was a lot more brutal . Could they have done it? Yes, why not. But it happened many times. Sometimes they simply have double standards on what’s acceptable and what not

[opaque crest]

We definitely need clarity before the new season. Are you allowed to force others off the track? What happens if you cut a corner after being forced off?

[opal galleon]

Looking back I think having 2 rds is a good idea

[opaque crest]

I'm sceptical. They won't be together at races so the consistency we need might not be there

[opal galleon]

I heard these 2 guys are very strict with rules

I was not expecting alot from Masi, I heard some negative stuff before he took the job.

[heady sonnet]

It could be misinterpreted also 😂 “He forced me off”

[opaque crest]

Tbf he was thrown into the role at short notice and wasn't fully prepared but there's no excuse for what happened in Abu Dhabi. Going against the rules, rules that you clarified a year earlier just makes a mockery of it

[crude kiln]

I thought they painted Lewis like an angel in this season 😅

[heady sonnet]

They surely tried 😂😂😂😂😂

Max the bully and the bad guy, same as Christian

Toto and Ham - the guys that fought hard against everyone 😂

[crude kiln]

@heady sonnet My "fav" part was after he crashed Max in Silverstone and they cut it to sound like he asked right away if he was OK, while irl he ranted about how it was Max's fault for 2-3 minutes before that 😅

[opaque crest]

How do we know when he actually asked? You never hear the team radio straight away. The FIA choose when they go out

[crude kiln]

So you think he asked right away and then ranted for 3 min and then asked again?

[opaque crest]

Potentially. He could have asked, ranted to try and justify it for himself and then gone back to check. We will never know at what point he asked.

What we do know is that none of them on that grid would deliberately try and hurt another driver

[heady sonnet]

Isn’t there onboard radio also with F1 tv?

[opaque crest]

It's still not at the exact point in which it's said from my understanding

[crude kiln]

The team radio is on Youtube and it would be weird if they left that particular part out then.

Nah ofc noone wants to hurt anyone. But Lewis isn't this fair angel DTS portraid him as. They really painted Lewis and Merc as the good guys and Max and RB as the bad guys. Except in the end of last episode where Toto got his black sweather on and became the evil final boss 😂

[mystic aurora]

Team radio available on ind. Driver streams

[heady sonnet]

Haha

[heady sonnet]

I just got it so trying to figure my way around it. Thank you Jeff

[opaque crest]

Do you know whether it's exact time or whether its delayed? I thought it had to be delayed

[heady sonnet]

Toto is fine! I’m sure he is a decent guy with some control freak tendencies and often unnecessary rants 😂

[crude kiln]

Yeah I like Toto!

[mystic aurora]

Open an archive race from 2021 - you'll be able to access a side menu with the PLC (Pit Lane Channel) & each of the drivers cars

[heady sonnet]

It can’t be 3-4 min delayed I think? And In that case why would they put something that happened before it on the radio

[mystic aurora]

This menu will also be avail. during the live races in 2022

[mystic aurora]

There is a delay, this is the feed they sell portions of to Sky in the UK.
Figured it out when GRO crashed.

Super minimal delay though

[opal galleon]

When I watched silverstone, Lewis asked very quickly if he was ok. I doubt it was as long as 3-4min.

[mystic aurora]

Which feed?

[crude kiln]

https://youtu.be/ZWjZh0aczgk

[mystic aurora]

Just watched HAMs feed.

Crashed at 11:07
Doesn't ask until 14:45

[opal galleon]

so 4min

[mystic aurora]

This is that delay we mention

[opal galleon]

I know there is a delay in F1 broadcasting

[opal galleon]

The feed is that the vid above or did you watch onboard?

[mystic aurora]

onboard

made me a bit queasy.. 🤮

lol

Quiet day at the office thankfully

[opal galleon]

Its alot happening though, guy is ready for startup, suddenly red flag and stuff

[opaque crest]

All I want from this season is clean fair racing and a good title battle between more than just RB and Merc

[mystic aurora]

lol

[heady sonnet]

Just watched it again

The delay in radio is 20 sec

Give or take

[mystic aurora]

Not the driver feed tho

[heady sonnet]

He moaned about damage on the car and “he turned on me man” for 3 minutes from the accident until the red flag and he only asked if max is okay when entering the pits

Yeah, just the radio, cam feed was fine

[mystic aurora]

Odd. I thought it would be a bit more protected so-to-speak

[heady sonnet]

So 20 sec is fine I guess to avoid other teams spying there

[mystic aurora]

Not much time at all lol]

[heady sonnet]

I’m super surprised

[mystic aurora]

You'll be hooked now mate

[heady sonnet]

Looks like that F1 tv purchase was a very good investment 😂

I already am and I watched like 5 minutes playing around with the menu

Can’t wait for races now 😂😂😂

[mystic aurora]

So much content.
Remember to sleep 😉

[heady sonnet]

😂

Btw imagine having this technology years ago

For older races

[mystic aurora]

Quick tip about the archive races. some you will need to select an audio feed.
Otherwise its raw audio

[heady sonnet]

Thank you!

[fathom root]

Do they have an android tv app or do all races need to be cast from the phone itself

[mystic aurora]

Yes, they finally have an official android tv app now.

[heady sonnet]

They do?

Jeff it will sound weird but you are amazing today 😂

[opal galleon]

This mean I can download the app on my TV 🙂

Most likely sticking to my pc though

[opaque crest]

Anyone else doing the fantasy this year? What leagues are you part of?

[hollow wave]

They PG13'ed Christian Horner after Checo's last race defense on Lewis, right as max caught up. I'm fairly certain his reply was "F-ing animal"

[opal galleon]

Sebastian Vettel has been tested positive to COVID-19 and will be replaced by Nico Hülkenberg for this race weekend

https://twitter.com/AstonMartinF1/status/1504387586185482240?s=20&t=GkTbL4dI2Sqj5Pl8Zz7FXw

<@&456436166988791818>

Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1)

UPDATE: Sebastian Vettel has tested positive for COVID-19 and will therefore not be taking part in the 2022 #BahrainGP.

Replacing him in the AMR22 will be Reserve Driver @HulkHulkenberg, who will be in the car from FP1 onwards. #F1 https://t.co/36wnI8LUAC

Twitter · Mar 17, 2022, 9:22 AM

[jaunty cave]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-vettel-to-be-replaced-by-hulkenberg-for-2022-bahrain-gp-after.5pgESYwenU9KPErL3MfFRz.html

Oh no 😢 😭