🏎│real-f1-chat

[opal galleon]

If its sold out then you unfortunately cant buy tickets. Other places you cant check are places who “bought tickets” and selling them to other people or You can join giveaways, and other communities.

I forgot F1 havent been in Australia in 2 years.

[heady sonnet]

Australia will be fun !

[slate merlin]

Yeah

Merc gonna get the upgrade

[sharp wyvern]

you hope

[split ocean]

The ferrari masterblan , make a fake call into the pits to bait perez in just before a safety car

[steel nexus]

If Perez didn’t pit, Leclerc would have. Bad luck for Perez.
Great race!

[split ocean]

yeah, leclerc would just do the opposite of perez

Rb didn’t want to risk the undercut so i guess that’s why they pitted then.

but still a great race even though I wanted perez to win

[steel nexus]

Would have been nice to see Perez win… he could have… but great race nonetheless…

[winged vessel]

No one wanna see, Perez versus Leclerc battle, entertainment business.

Story line on history books is simple: Max takes title from Lewis, and new era starts.
Perez Ham Alo Vet Ric Bot, gone old

Era transition

[stuck fulcrum]

I am still skeptical about this VSC

nobody is keeping the previous gap

[heady sonnet]

Delta is there, it’s hard to maintain it that well

Was funny how everyone jumped on Max when it was exactly the opposite 😂

[stuck fulcrum]

well he was +1.8 before VSC then after VSC +1.01

[opal galleon]

I found it strange but no punishment so ig its ok

[slate merlin]

Yeahb

After the summer break for sure

Their car is the best

Dats why they getting decent pos

[heady sonnet]

Gap to lec right at the start of the Vsc was 1.271

[slate merlin]

Whose gap

[heady sonnet]

Ver to lec as was mentioned before

And Sainz reduced from 11.122 to 9.440

So it’s definitely fine 😉

[stuck fulcrum]

yeah being outside DRS and inside DRS is same stuff 🙂

[heady sonnet]

1.271 to 1.001 …

[opal galleon]

I reckoned Ferrari to be faster in Melbourne

[stuck fulcrum]

delta was 1.3 to 1.8 for several laps, max never got DRS, suddenly he gets DRS with VSC

[heady sonnet]

They can and do slow down during a vsc, check the gap when it starts and when it ends, plus - did he even use drs immediately on the next lap? If this was the case Ferrari would have objected. They are not even mentioning this …

Why are we looking for something that ain’t there 😂 same as max complaints on radio - why only his radio is there? Pretty convenient to paint him as the cry baby 😉

[stuck fulcrum]

lap 41, max 1.2s faster

[opal galleon]

F1 messing up the TV coverage again

[heady sonnet]

Creating drama

[opal galleon]

Feel like the coverage has been lacking lately, no Lap times, no replays, lack of radios from driver if so there is little knowledge of what is happening.

[stuck fulcrum]

they prob want to force you to have F1tv as well 🙂

[opal galleon]

I got F1 TV pro 😄

[slate merlin]

What's that

[heady sonnet]

F1's coverage of the event

[slate merlin]

Lewis will return

He is only retiring after his eight

[slate merlin]

Ohh how is it better

[heady sonnet]

He will wait a bit for his eight 😄

[slate merlin]

Yea

[heady sonnet]

engine unfreeze in 2026, so there is hope! 😄 😄

[opal galleon]

Its all about their aero package, they need new package for that. Currently they are running on slower setups to increase effectiveness.

[heady sonnet]

It was a joke, they should be back shortly

[rare ferry]

right after the break!

insert game show theme tune

[stuck fulcrum]

0.65 robbed 😄 = drs = bye bye lec

[heady sonnet]

Check it in f1, I didn’t just pull these out of my hat. Lap 39 lec was 1.3 sec faster than max and Sainz was 2.5 sec faster there

[stuck fulcrum]

sainz 2.46s positive delta

[heady sonnet]

Vsc ended mid 41 also, was not at the end

[opal galleon]

When these 2 drivers at top so called have “respect” for each other. When that turns into rivalry, bet it will be much like Ham vs Ver

[heady sonnet]

I actually like their fight so far

Ham probably had more respect toward Ver than the other way around

But lec and ver seem to genuinely respect each other

[vague sparrow]

They still fighting since the kart age

[wind aspen]

The new Vettel, utter rubbish, Vettel been shlte for years

[opal galleon]

Ye

[woeful rune]

i still cant imagine enough, that they raced where a drone missile attacked right across from Jeddah track, reminds me about Jules Bianchi accident, in an odd way.

that they made a mistake of racing in rain in Japan

https://tenor.com/view/unbelievable-wtf-will-ferrell-saturday-night-live-snl-gif-10929925

💸 💸

[sturdy moss]

Just wait for the first collision…then we will see

[vague sparrow]

On kart they already got...and Max was complain😂

[sturdy moss]

I really dislike how much he complains, even the team had to tell him to shut up and get on with driving last week

[vague sparrow]

Nobody can be perfect, if he talk less maybe more people can appreciate him for his drive and not hate him for his words

[sturdy moss]

I don’t t hate him I like him just dislike that part

[vague sparrow]

I said "hate" but I don't mean about real hate..."dislike" is more correct

[heady sonnet]

Have you noticed how they only show his complaints? Quite a subtle way to paint him as the crybaby 😂

[sturdy moss]

Never looked at it that way, tv editor must be a Hamilton fan…

[heady sonnet]

I’m not suggesting it but it’s a British based programming after all 😂 He does whine and I’m sure he picked up some from Christian but I’m also sure he’s not that whiny overall

[sturdy moss]

Still tsnoda on drive to survive 🤣 that’s another level

[opal galleon]

Leclerc probably didnt say much on radio. Therefore why should others radio than Max complain be broadcasted. Also Saudi-Arabia TV coverage were a disaster. Replays, no lap times, bad timing in overtakes, etc

And you guys can say that to hamilton too everytime he complains too. So I see it as just normal procedures when you’re fighting at the top.

[sturdy moss]

Yea totally agree Ham is just as bad if not worse. I think they should all take radio lessons from Kimi 🤣

[opal galleon]

You didnt understand, they have been broadcasting hamiltons “angry radios” most of the time when he was at top, same scenario now. Therefore I don’t see it as a problem where they portray max as “crybaby” because its even. And if you look back its normal especially when you’re fighting at top.

[vague sparrow]

I see a future like radio speaker for Kimi...the Radio Master🤣

[jaunty cave]

Even as a Max supporter i agree with that on the one side and think, that Max needs more inner calm, if he wants not to be only a great racer, but one day a great champion and legend of this sport, who will be loved by the most F1 fans. On the other side i think, maybe he needs that aggressiveness to unfold his entire ability.

I know this mood from myself, when i played football. Was always a trashtalker, who battled with his opponent over the whole 90 minutes with the ball and without. Needed that "fire" and aggressiveness to perform 😁 Is it pleasant? Absolutely not. But every sportsman/athlete has his own character and own ways/styles for performing.

I hope that Max can become a legend (like Schumi or Senna), even if he won't change this style/mentality. It's an example from another sport, but don't forget, Michael Jordan for example was an incredible trashtalker and a very aggressive bball player, not only against his opponents, also towards his own team mates. But he's nevertheless the greatest and most loved player in his sport of all time.

[glad zephyr]

Vegas Track

[woeful rune]

looks like a shoe gone wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=800YZlS27rg

Hear what Max Verstappen said in this video! 🤣 Detox!

[slow yew]

vibes is strong with this one

[paper lynx]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-las-vegas-to-host-formula-1-night-race-from-2023.69O9nKLwKraqAhR5rr8TQg.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Ogilvy&utm_campaign=20220330_BreakingNews_LasVegas&utm_term=20220101_BreakingNews_OptIn

[opal galleon]

Along side with Las Vegas, Alex Albon and Daniel Ric got grid penalty and fined for next gp.

[fluid lintel]

@jaunty cave we have to move it in here

Lets be nice to aussie

So wow i met my gf holy moly

Happy dance 💃

[jaunty cave]

I don't know, in which film you are right now, bro. But i'm sorry, have too much testosterons to be your girlfriend. You've to look somewhere else lol 😂

[fluid lintel]

🥲

😭

[jaunty cave]

Nah, everything will be fine 😁

[fluid lintel]

No

My gf looks like the sloth from ice age 😭

Oops

Irs mot funny denis

[jaunty cave]

Yeah, you're right, but you know, the inner values and so on...

[fluid lintel]

Im jk

I cant send pics

But she 💯

[jaunty cave]

Bro, i think here's the wrong place too. Aussie will come and hunt us 😁

[fluid lintel]

Wanna go to dm?

[jaunty cave]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-las-vegas-to-host-formula-1-night-race-from-2023.69O9nKLwKraqAhR5rr8TQg.html

[stuck fulcrum]

oh boy can we stop with this city tracks

[opal galleon]

Its all about money ofc they had to include it

[fluid lintel]

Oh

I finally got a good placement on f1

4th and like 13tj

[vague sparrow]

Money? Nooo😂...I went to Las Vegas in 2001...I spent more of 2000$ in 3 days😂😂😂

[opal galleon]

what a waste

🤣

[vague sparrow]

Really

[opal galleon]

I do not have high hopes for that track 🤣

Its 99% just straights

and 1% lights and gamlin

g

[heady sonnet]

The straight on the strip promises to be good 🥲

[jaunty cave]

What have they done with that rectangol

[vague sparrow]

Neon lights and carbon sparkles

[opaque crest]

This race will be won by whoever has best straight line speed

That straight looks way too long

[vague sparrow]

The Strip is around 3km but there's half or less in the track

[heady sonnet]

Says it’s a 2km straight

Red Bull would fly there if it was this year 😂

[vague sparrow]

I didn't check...2km???😲 so they can put a DRS line in the middle too...overtake and re-overtake😂

[haughty violet]

They really should stop drs now except extreme cases

[stuck fulcrum]

drs back to back is silly, imagine austria

[opaque crest]

Don't need to stop it altogether, just take away back to back ones

Although we saw in Jeddah it still didn't help Leclerc enough. RB was quicker on the straight even when Ferrari had DRS

[haughty violet]

Can't help feeling every drs pass is tainted . I know it was necessary but now I'm not so sure. reduce it at first but don't make it a must have long term.

[crude kiln]

More overtakes = more fun. The epic battles between LEC & VER wouldn't had been as epic without DRS.

[stuck fulcrum]

guy in front with no DRS = sitting duck

[opal galleon]

Yeah, I don’t like that.

[crude kiln]

The alterative is the guy in front always winning and basically no overtakes 😅

[stuck fulcrum]

with these new cars they can follow now

[crude kiln]

Yes and that would be almost all you got to see without DRS. Just following. DRS isn't an auto-overtake either.

[stuck fulcrum]

not sure I think overtakes will be possible, you just need to brake later

[opaque crest]

Unless you're Red Bull lol

[stuck fulcrum]

he got lucky with yellow flag, or we would have got another battle last 3 laps

lec was superclose without drs when albon did albon things

[opaque crest]

Nope, you could see Leclerc didn't have enough extra pace to gain enough when he had DRS

The yellow flag didn't really affect their battle as it was past the DRS section

[stuck fulcrum]

what ?

drs is disabled under yellow

[crude kiln]

I agree with this. Max got lucky with the yellow. But might still had overtaken LEC back later, so hard to tell if it would had changed the outcome.

[opaque crest]

Only if the yellow is in the part of the track DRS is in. The yellow was in section 1 so Charles still had DRS down the straight

[crude kiln]

I remember he didn't tho due to the yellow sector coming right after. But can't rewatch it now and I might be wrong!

[trim sable]

WOAH

[winged vessel]

Casino Las Vegas in, Casino Monte Carlo out. Probably..

https://tenor.com/view/roseallday-casino-slot-slots-machine-gif-17502011

[worthy prism]

winner go

[woeful rune]

m going to Vegas F1 weekend.. for sure!

[haughty violet]

That might cheer Hamilton up a bit

[opal galleon]

It will cheer everyone up

[crude kiln]

Sounds like an April fools joke to me

[opaque crest]

Monaco hasn't provided great racing in a while, however the Vegas layout makes me think it could possibly the worst race ever. To lose Monaco for that would be terrible. (If indeed it is real)

I'm hoping the layout for Vegas is an April Fool and they accidentally released it a day early

[haughty violet]

Yes Monaco qualifying is too good, its a special track for a driver. Shouldn't be let go lightly. These new cars might be more interesting round it too, I think there will be some surprises this year.

[wheat cradle]

the Las Vegas track is...

questionable

[crude kiln]

Monaco is the most prestigeous track by far, sadly. Talk popping up about them scratching the crown jewel of F1 on April 1st feels like far too big of a coincidence 😅

[opal galleon]

Vegas track gonna be 💩

[zenith oriole]

there is no way they remove monaco... it's the track that immediately pops up when you say f1... it's like removing silverstone 😂

[opaque crest]

Yeah I'm sure it's just an April Fool

[opaque crest]

Is there anyone that thinks the track layout actually looks good?

[opal galleon]

I am sure they are capping

lol it dont look like a real track

[opaque crest]

The straight is ridiculous. It's almost twice as long as Monza and Mexico

[opal galleon]

Yeah

[fathom root]

The straight is half of the track 😂

[opal galleon]

we got 2-3 straights so its techically 80% only straights mhm

[glad zephyr]

https://youtu.be/ikgqmu8R0gs

[opal galleon]

If the cars works well that straight might be interesting after all

[zenith oriole]

"how many gears we need for this track?", "yes"

[jaunty cave]

Can’t wait for Australian gp

[hoary star]

Wow that looks incredible

Visually

[stuck fulcrum]

horrible track, mix of baku and soch

[hoary star]

Wait russia i get but whats wrong with baku

[sturdy moss]

I don’t know sadly there was a guy on here a while back who posted a screenshot of a race at Monaco saying “wow this game has the track from Iron Man” 🤦‍♂️

[hoary star]

Wait what…the race in iron man 2 is real?

[hoary star]

Wow thats crazy

[vocal acorn]

Yes

[sonic wing]

That‘s really cool

[opal galleon]

Not whole of it though

[stuck fulcrum]

if Ferrari wins WDC and WCC I will walk to Maranello

[woeful rune]

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

nice music as well

[woeful rune]

as soon as you see Maranello, say out loud, " Charles, you are no more stupid "

[woeful rune]

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

[hoary star]

Im super into these changes

Australia was always a weird track

This seems like it will make it more fun

[winged vessel]

Floki on Alpha Romeo

[opal galleon]

Lol

[sonic plank]

https://racingnews365.com/opinion-can-mercedes-claw-back-to-the-front-after-a-tough-start-to-2022

Merc seems to be dead for this year

[crude kiln]

Wonder if Lewis extends his contract if they're not fighting for wins this at all this season.

[opal galleon]

He got upto 2023. Then I think he won’t extend and just retire by then.

[crude kiln]

Ah I thought this was the last year of that contract.

[opal galleon]

He signed 2 more years in 2021 August.

[hoary star]

HAHAHAHAHA

[hoary star]

2/23 races
“Mercs season is done”

Lol this isnt the NFL no need to be hyperbolic just yet. Theyre still second in the constructors

[haughty violet]

Mercedes well in it, they seem to lack power but ahead of the other merc engines by far. It's a good car, they can get more from the engine in time.

[opal galleon]

its Aero

lol

[haughty violet]

It's chance all mercs are struggling?

[woeful rune]

yes!

Ferrari showed strength this year. so, Red Bull and Merc would not try to push Ferrari to the maximum limit, this year Red Bull and Merc can play smart and focus on year 2023, instead. just my personal opinion.

[opal galleon]

A bit early, if Ferrari is still stronger next 3-5 race then I agree. They should focus on 2023 car.

[woeful rune]

on the other hand Red Bull knows that Max is in his best form ever, having said that, mercedes really do not need to push extremely hard since Russel is new and not fully developed with team, comes down to Lewis if he really can or willing to score another championship with an inferior car, big task to take

smartness would be to let Ferrari triumph this year, with slightly keeping them on toes, and wait for any weakness.

in the end F1 team is a business model for monetary profit and performance balance.

Ferrari boss has expressed to media that they are absolutely ready to take the challenge, and they had more time in wind tunnel as well.

Hass performance speaks for it. if Haas was in last 2 teams then you could have doubted Ferrari.

Williams performance tells Merc story so far.

having spent on Lewis, Merc budget is already at the peak,

Max and Lec are way cheaper, to allow for money to be spent on resources.

[opal galleon]

For me this is about developing these cars, we will have them atleast for 5 more years. Winning is a punishment at the end.

Talking about this season though

[plush geode]

Hey, I'm new to F1. Got hooked by drive to survive. Is the F1 app the only way/best way to watch the season?

[misty sentinel]

No, you can watch whole races but you have to pay

Some of they ways I know of:
Kayo
Foxtel
Phub

[opal galleon]

Just subscribe F1 TV Pro

good value

[opaque crest]

Max is nowhere near way cheaper than Lewis lo. Plus drivers salaries aren't included in the budget cap

[glad zephyr]

What country are you in?

[jaunty cave]

Hi, does anybody knows when the new Season will start?

[opal galleon]

? Define new season

[jaunty cave]

Sorry it was for the game F1 clash

[opaque crest]

Early May. This chat is for real life F1 chat though

Go to the #general-discussion thread and it's all there

[jaunty cave]

Yes i got it, sorry

And Thanks

[opal galleon]

I mean "FIA F1 Chat" imo aint a good name for "real F1 dissussion"

[opaque crest]

Let's come up with a better, more catchy name then

[heady sonnet]

As if people read channel names 😂😂😂

[opal galleon]

ofc they read it

😄

[mystic aurora]

Caught an archive race this weekend.
For those with F1 TV, take a look at Brazil 2003 🤩 🤯

[heady sonnet]

Will do

[opaque crest]

4DRS zones in Australia!

Everyone "maybe we should think about reducing DRS"
FIA "we need MORE!"

[jaunty cave]

does anyone know what the update consists of ??

[mystic aurora]

#💬│f1-clash-general

[mystic aurora]

Thursday can't come soon enough. Can't wait to see the changes on the track, doesn't sound like this one is ideal though.

[opaque crest]

I saw a video the other day that showed some changes. It looked interesting and more open, hopefully make for better racing. They've made quite a few of the apex's wider I think to give more opportunity to overtake

[placid dragon]

Hi

[hoary star]

The new layout is sexy

Wish the game would update it

[misty sentinel]

Ferrari: oh how the turn tables have turned

[opal galleon]

Not really

[misty sentinel]

Non-Forza-Ferrari-fan detected

must exterminate

[stuck fulcrum]

it's only 2 races, don't get too excited

[misty sentinel]

still

It’s a 1-2

💀

[stuck fulcrum]

don't give me hopes, I have suffered too long

[misty sentinel]

You have hope

A lot of it

ITS A FORZA FERRARI 1-2

YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE SOME HOPE???

[opal galleon]

People talk like things are decided with only 2 races.

Its a competition after all, all teams are here to compete. I do not expect Ferrari to be on top all the time.

[stuck fulcrum]

well Mercedes has been on top for 8 years, make it 7.5 years

[opal galleon]

They havent always had the best car still wins.

[knotty hollow]

When?

[opal galleon]

2017-2018

They litterally werent even that competitive at first 1-5 races. Still managed to win and perhaps developed better car at the end.

[knotty hollow]

Souds correct now

But now will be harder. They are far away

[opal galleon]

YOu dont know that

very few can predict what will happend

it is also new regulations and cars.

Someone might have design the best "out of the box car" but these teams got up to half the season to developed the car. No one knows who is going to have the end results.

[opaque crest]

If there's one team that can pull back the current gap then it's Merc.

[knotty hollow]

We will see in next few races

I want a fight in 3, but not to win Merc

[knotty hollow]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.tech-tuesday-the-major-mercedes-update-expected-to-land-in-melbourne.1v3EDiILYwkiGdsXRY8L6a.html

[sonic plank]

they were on the pace of the ferraris back then, not like 1 second back per lap

[mystic aurora]

Food for thought...

[opal galleon]

That couldnt be more fake

[fathom root]

Feels like Trust me Bro

But yeah news is they are almost there specially for redbull and porsche

[mystic aurora]

Not fake, hard to find reliable resources tho.
"The idea is to take a stake in McLaren’s Formula 1 unit, while an investment in the sports car maker itself could happen in a second step"

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-03/audi-raises-offer-to-gain-foothold-in-mclaren-automobilwoche

[opal galleon]

It was the same thing again in november

These reports that Audi is buying Mclaren is soo ooo

[mystic aurora]

Perhaps the talks are becoming a bit more serious, at the end-of-day Zac has a business to run and (no doubt) some shareholders to please. Judging by the performance this year I'm hoping he isn't concerned about losing sponsors

[opal galleon]

When a MediaHouse claims something without official confirmation

That in my eyes aint convincing

espeically when the article is written by a "dude" that has a weird name without date and time

[mystic aurora]

Agreed mate. It's just come across too many wires at this point

[opal galleon]

Its the same talks again like last time. I want proper information then I believe it.

[mystic aurora]

Yup. Fully agree.
Who knows? Sometimes when there's smoke there's fire 😂

The chatter always comes from the Volkswagen group for some reason 🤭

[opal galleon]

They own so much stuff

Its a possibility that they will buy a current team. But that would be sad.

I hope they join with their own team, perhaps VW PU too

[heady sonnet]

As long as it’s not diesel

[opaque crest]

This is interesting. Shows the huge difference in amount of races between then and now.

Lewis has 8 years to go before racing for as long as Schumacher if my maths is correct

[heady sonnet]

I don’t think Schumacher was active for 21 years straight

[opaque crest]

Nah he had a 4 year break but overall

Once Lewis retires there's no way I see him returning

[heady sonnet]

Then the math is off

[opaque crest]

Barrichello has the most continuous starts. Lewis would probably have beaten that if not for COVID

[heady sonnet]

Schumacher - 17 years active

[opaque crest]

And Seb too

[heady sonnet]

1991-2006 and 2010-2012

Ham is 14

So 3 years

[opaque crest]

I'd be surprised if he goes another 3 years

Unless he hasn't won his 8th and is desperate to get it

[heady sonnet]

Doubt it

[sonic plank]

I wouldnt be surprised if he wears a wig or had hair transplant

[heady sonnet]

You can see on the first picture it’s a transplant

[sonic plank]

Just like wayne rooney, although better

[opal galleon]

Little me at 7 found out Rooney had transparent. I was back then what?!?!?

[heady sonnet]

Plenty of years apart, Medicine is ahead now 🙂

[jaunty cave]

Michael Schumacher is a best Formula 1 driver

[tranquil widget]

hello

[tranquil widget]

anyone play f-1 mobil racing?

[astral nebula]

[heady sonnet]

Just realized I have to get up at 7 on Sunday

[opal galleon]

I realised it yesterday I was like noooo

[opaque crest]

No sympathy from me, it's 6 here 😭

[heady sonnet]

Damn

[steel nexus]

I record it and watch it with my morning coffee

[opal galleon]

Relax NA guys need to watch it 1am 🙂

[heady sonnet]

1am is better for me lol

[fathom root]

qualifying at 2am saturday and race is at 00:00 (basically saturday night) so not so bad

[mystic aurora]

Brilliant. Where do you live?

[heady sonnet]

Japan?china?

[tranquil widget]

[mystic aurora]

My current list of "Must Watch Archive Races for New F1 fans" (WIP)

**Warning some races contain graphic images

Germany, 1973 **
Monaco, 1984
Britain, 1987
Spain, 1991
European GP, 1993
Monaco, 1996
Belgium, 1998
Germany, 2000
Belgium, 2000
Brazil, 2003
Europe, 2007

[tranquil widget]

i'm 2022 f-1 fans

very new

[winged vessel]

Baby 63
Papa 44

Jeorgy Jeorgy
Yes ! Papa
Eating sugar
No Papa
Lifting weights
Yes Papa

[tranquil widget]

lol

[opal galleon]

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

haasf1team

Happy Birthday, Boss! 🎉

Likes

104024

Instagram

He looks like a rockstar

[civic saddle]

Go boss

[jaunty cave]

Kimi

[jaunty cave]

[acoustic tundra]

I lost my acc in F1 Clash 😭

[jaunty cave]

Oh no 😦

[acoustic tundra]

😭

[zenith oriole]

watched japan 2000 the other day and i love remembering how much fun f1 actualy was... how fuel refill played a role in car weight and actual lap times, therefore the theoricrafting during the whole race how long they took in pit to calc how many laps they can go... same on begining to guess when who gonna pit based on lap times

now everyone just put the best tires and copy pit of others so they don't get under/over cut... just super silly and boring

[mystic aurora]

Yup. So much fun to watch.
Far more strategy and planning involved too!

[jaunty cave]

Seb

[jaunty cave]

Watching! Thank you sir!

[jaunty cave]

I got some extra love for this race lol just ‘cause it’s not midnight here

[jaunty cave]

Hope that this race is for Sainz though

[jaunty cave]

Don't mean nothing

[opal galleon]

Seb under investigation due to moped driving 🤣

[jaunty cave]

https://fb.watch/cfA-j0FGBr/

[heady sonnet]

He was faster than Ham? 😂

[opal galleon]

Why you change colour?!?!

[stuck fulcrum]

I think it's going be another close race, both LEC and VER had more and less same race pace on M

FER is faster in S1/S3, RB in S2

[modest needle]

𝙃𝙞

[heady sonnet]

Haha, wanted to change a bit

Was showing someone how to pick roles and didn’t change it after

[jaunty cave]

[opaque crest]

Seems like another pretty standard practice with no real surprises. Unless I missed anything?

[crude kiln]

I just caught a few onboards and to me they drove like before the changes. So don't think it will be an overtaking fest, despite the changes.

[stuck fulcrum]

it's like 4 drs zones man 🙂

p1 will be a sitting duck every lap

[crude kiln]

Yeah but will be hard to OT on the outside still I think on a track like this.

[stuck fulcrum]

we will see

[crude kiln]

Will be start/finish straight maybe like always.

But hope I'm wrong of course!

[haughty violet]

Looks like a cake walk for the Ferrari but still time for them to screw up. Alpine look strong though, they could trouble the mercs this week.

[opal galleon]

Looks like Mercedes is just going down and down. The mini rear wing upgrade looks like no fix.

Ferrari keeps looking strong. Looks also like Mclaren has made a big step.

[mystic aurora]

[opal galleon]

Well I saw it coming.

[haughty violet]

Should have fined him for not wearing the helmet properly also

[heady sonnet]

Lol

The Ferrari bounces a lot though around turns 8-10

[opal galleon]

It bounces alot in general. So do mercedes. I am starting to think that it don’t matter that much as we thought in general.

[heady sonnet]

It appears to be less of an issue for Ferrari - it’s not slowing them down that much

[mystic aurora]

Expensive price for a bike share... 😂

[opal galleon]

Meh I Mean some bikes can be that expensive.

I call an investment

[jaunty cave]

Schumacher

😆

[stuck fulcrum]

don't underestimate RB, they are the new Mercedes sandbagging till q3

[graceful moss]

Is there a stream of the f1 race

Cuz it's really late for me so I can't watch on TV the race is at midnight for mee

[opal galleon]

F1 tv pro?

[jaunty cave]

today FP3 and Qualified

[graceful moss]

please podium

[jaunty cave]

Quali dayyyyy

[jaunty cave]

Seb Fine 5,000€

Dropped a DRS zone!

[mystic aurora]

Let's hope.

Still 2 detection zones remain.
It'll be interesting to see how the cars get thru them

[jaunty cave]

Yes very interesting for sure.

[mystic aurora]

Purple - Green - Green
Gets you a spot so far.

[river summit]

Morning

[jaunty cave]

Turns out the porpoising was good for ferrari, no?

[jaunty cave]

Seb’s spending his race weekend on a scooter more than the formula car :/

[mystic aurora]

😂

[mystic aurora]

Oof.

[jaunty cave]

Anyone watching the 3rd practice? The performances from Norris (McLaren) and Alonso (Alpine) are impressive so far. Happy, that especially McLaren seems to start to develop their potential.

[mystic aurora]

[jaunty cave]

Again an Aston Martin. A horrible start of the season for them.

[mystic aurora]

Yup. This was an expensive practice session.

[jaunty cave]

https://tenor.com/view/lando-norris-sunglasses-glasses-gif-21812190

[mystic aurora]

Glad to see Norris back on top

[jaunty cave]

Yeah, absolutely. He's a great driver and i believe, that he has the potential and pure speed to grow to a world champion one day.

[mystic aurora]

Let's hope. It's been fun to watch him grow so far

[jaunty cave]

For me he could be the perfect man for the Hamilton seat in future.

[mystic aurora]

Idk if the Merc seat will be the ultimate prize anymore tho

[jaunty cave]

Haha, true. Didn't think about their current situation. 😁 But Merc has the experience and capacity to get out from the current situation. Maybe they will give up at some point in this season and concentrate for the next.

[mystic aurora]

Indeed.
The scuderia seems to have the lead so far.
Let's see how it plays out ☺️

[jaunty cave]

That's great for this sport, that the Scuderia is back. And i think, there await us many epic battles between Max and Charles this season. I'm excited to see, how the rivalry will develop between them later in the season.

[mystic aurora]

Totally agree. You and me both 👍

[jaunty cave]

Man, get every time goose pimples, when i see Schumi. He's the man, who made me love this sport. One of the first idols in my life. Wish him all the best, will be thankful for my lifetime for all the magic moments he gave me 😔

[opaque crest]

Just tuning in and hearing they've got rid of a DRS zone? Seeing Lando top of times and hoping that lasts over to qualifying as well!

[mystic aurora]

"The DRS zone that has been removed is from the sweeping Turn 8 right all the way up to the Turn 9 fast left kink, which replaced the former chicane sequence"

[willow root]

Who is a merc fan?

[mystic aurora]

They'll need to be dedicated this season 😉

[willow root]

I am a merc fan

That’s why i asked

Did anyone saw lh fp3 first sector?

[waxen hamlet]

touched the wall

[willow root]

Still purple sector

For an untuned car

[mystic aurora]

The stands are jammed in Australia.

While we expect it to be a battle between Red bull and Ferrari, Alonso has popped in with a decent appearance along with Norris.

Should be a decent showdown!

[heady sonnet]

Lol

[jaunty cave]

Man, what a tough season for Lewis. First losing the championship that way and now a car like this. Difficult times for him...

[heady sonnet]

Funny how they compare the time of Hamilton to Yuki who was at 15 😂

[opaque crest]

Top 10 like this for quali:
Alonso, Lando, Bottas, Danny, Checo, Sainz, Leclerc, Max, Mick, Gasly

[heady sonnet]

Are you watching Sid ?

[opaque crest]

Don't they always at this stage once they have 15 times on the board

[opaque crest]

Lol yeah, that's my hope 😂

[jaunty cave]

Mick would be a big surprise.

[heady sonnet]

Haas doesn’t seem that fast today

[opaque crest]

Unfortunately not, good to see Mclaren improve and Alpine getting up there as well

[mystic aurora]

Watching, had to switch to the International feed.
Can't miss Brundle & Crofty...

[opaque crest]

Aston are so bad this year

[heady sonnet]

Latifi …

[waxen hamlet]

why am i not surprised 😄

[opaque crest]

?

[heady sonnet]

Actually stroll 😂

[mystic aurora]

Massive debris field

[jaunty cave]

Latifi crashed

[opaque crest]

Lewis might make it into Q2 😯

[jaunty cave]

I think he will

[opaque crest]

Oh, didn't notice. Maybe I should pay attention lol

[mystic aurora]

Latifi with the odd overtake

[opaque crest]

I have not seen this yet

Literally just seen it now, how am I so far behind!

[mystic aurora]

Worth a look...
Costly.

[jaunty cave]

What an expensive one

[opaque crest]

Oh just remembered I ran it back earlier and haven't caught up lol

[heady sonnet]

You have time now 😂😂😂

[dense condor]

How many penalty points will this be worth?

[mystic aurora]

Red flag

[zenith heath]

But Stroll with a strange move also

[waxen hamlet]

well big up for the Aston Martin crew for getting the car fixed and for STR to destroy it in 5mins 😄

[mystic aurora]

Yessir

[opaque crest]

What on earth were they both doing

[jaunty cave]

Misunderstanding

[dense condor]

Can Seb’s car be fixed in time?

[opaque crest]

Why did he let him through and then try and overtake again?

[zenith heath]

5 min? even 3 he didn't reach 🤣

[waxen hamlet]

true.. 😄

[opaque crest]

Maybe that's why Stroll did it lol. Give Seb chance to run

[zenith heath]

Don't think so

[waxen hamlet]

no.. both are out

[dense condor]

Seb is suited up…

[jaunty cave]

Confusing but I blame stroll

[opaque crest]

I feel like Latifi is taking on Mazepins roll this year

[jaunty cave]

= flops, failures and fumbles

[mystic aurora]

Tanktifi strikes again

[waxen hamlet]

i blame stroll to..

[opaque crest]

I think they're both to blame. Latifi for being weird, going slow then trying to get back past. Stroll for not looking at what was going on

[mystic aurora]

Literally zero improvement on his career for the second season

[heady sonnet]

Latdonado

[opaque crest]

When is his contract up? Surely there's others more deserving of a chance?

[jaunty cave]

Latifi is crashing a lot already

[heady sonnet]

Apparently stroll hurt Latifi’s lap. And now he was trying to hurt stroll in return

[waxen hamlet]

money talks and dad's money keeps him in F1 sadly 😄

[mystic aurora]

I I'm not sure, I think there's heavy relation with the title sponsor

[jaunty cave]

I think it’s because latifi’s trying to read what stroll is doing then he realized that he wasnt going fast enough. That’why he tried to overtake

[opaque crest]

Yeah both on slow laps and Latifi decided he actually wanted track position

[opaque crest]

Surprise surprise

[jaunty cave]

Ric isn’t so good with his home race, no? Talking about past races in melbourne

[mystic aurora]

2 minutes left with the Red Bulls on top

[mystic aurora]

True. I think the home race is the toughest for any driver. He's had some bad luck indeed tho.

[opaque crest]

There's going to be carnage with loads trying to get round for 1 lap but not do their tyres too much harm

[mystic aurora]

About 3 minutes away let's see what happens

VET in or out? anybody know?

[waxen hamlet]

well he has 2 laps

[opaque crest]

Looks like he might get in

[dense condor]

Seb is in line!

[jaunty cave]

Seb’s going out

[opaque crest]

He's in the pit lane. Just has to get round in 2mins to start his lap

[mystic aurora]

Woo

[waxen hamlet]

well done to Aston Martin crew..

that red flag helped Seb

[opaque crest]

Kmag and Albon going for it

[opaque crest]

It was all planned...

[mystic aurora]

This should be quick and crazy

[jaunty cave]

At least one positive aspect this weekend so far.

[dense condor]

Looks like a real race.

[jaunty cave]

Without the points lol

[mystic aurora]

3 wide warming up 🤣

[opaque crest]

Why did the Mercs go back out? Seems pointless

[dense condor]

Too bad.

Good try, though.

[heady sonnet]

Scared ? 😂

Joking aside

Did they swap the mclaren and the haas cars today? 😂

[mystic aurora]

ALB stopping

[opaque crest]

Danny Ric sandbagging and going to be on pole by half a second

[opal galleon]

what happend to albon?

[mystic aurora]

Radio call from pitwall looks like power unit

[dense condor]

Gotta feel for the Aston Martin engineers…

[jaunty cave]

Nice move from Seb to thank them for their effort.

[mystic aurora]

Haas boxing MAG,.

[jaunty cave]

First time for Seb not reaching Q3 in Albert Park.

[dense condor]

Did Seb include Lance in his thanks? 😛

[mystic aurora]

Q2 will start at 16:44 🥳

[waxen hamlet]

rain drops reported

[jaunty cave]

Remind me why is stroll in f1 again?

Oh that’s right, dad’s money…

[opaque crest]

Now that would make things interesting

[dense condor]

How happy do you think Clare is to be away from racing?

[opaque crest]

Still think having sprinklers that turn on at random around the tracks would make things interesting

[opaque crest]

Based on how they're doing pretty happy I'd say lol

[opal galleon]

Strolls daddy money is actually important though

[opaque crest]

It makes me sad though, I grew up with Williams being one of the top teams and loved them in the days of Mansell and Hill so always want them to do well

[opal galleon]

Another setback 😦

[dense condor]

They will rise again, like Ferrari and McLaren.

[mystic aurora]

I'm happy that it's allowed to maintain an F1 team. Sooner or later BOTH seats are going to need to be replaced with better talent

[willow root]

Has any ody seen the bright spark at perez car, i think they use one point to divide the air

[mystic aurora]

Here we go!

[willow root]

Like underneath his car

[opaque crest]

I noticed that. In the middle at the front it's always there

[jaunty cave]

Hope there’s no crashing this time, no

[willow root]

I think they use a very spft fromt suspension and hard back

[opaque crest]

Latifi is out so we'll be fine

[willow root]

And use that point of contact to stop the jumping around

Purposing

😂

[opaque crest]

I don't know, just interesting it's not on Max as well

[willow root]

They maybe tune up while they’re going

Or low fuel

[mystic aurora]

RUS struggling off track

[opal galleon]

both mercedes gonna do slow lap again

[willow root]

Purple sector

Ham

[dense condor]

Vamos Alonso!

[opal galleon]

rip russell

he is getting yellows

[jaunty cave]

Alonso, oldie but goldie! Such a cool guy and great racer.

[willow root]

Merc have a very untuned car. Also they have an unique design

[opal galleon]

Their design has kinda failed

[jaunty cave]

Is this the alplan

[willow root]

Idk, it might work if it is tuned

[heady sonnet]

Ham says no matter how they tune it it doesn’t matter so

[opal galleon]

As soon as teams gets upgrades.
Mercedes will be under top 10. Their concept looks so failed.

[willow root]

I do admit as a merc fan , that the new rules screw up merc very badly

[dense condor]

Go go Checo,

[heady sonnet]

Lol

How do the rules screw up Merc in particular?

[willow root]

Well u netflix fan?

[heady sonnet]

No

[opal galleon]

Rules are always suited so that F1 gets new winners so?

[willow root]

How@much time did merc had to dev the car?

[opal galleon]

its not new

[opaque crest]

Haven't you been saying they'll be fine later on this season

[opal galleon]

always been on the sport

[opal galleon]

yeah but they got a mini upgrade. And it will be more struggling for them if they cant fix it.

[heady sonnet]

Very close to RB?

[mystic aurora]

Same amount of time just less time to test it 😉

[opaque crest]

Yeah, nothing they seem to do has any impact on their car

[willow root]

But not the same

[opal galleon]

Yup so it must be the concept failing

[opaque crest]

Max going to be annoyed if he gets a penalty for being in Lewis's way lol

[willow root]

Testing is critical

[jaunty cave]

Ham and max lol

[willow root]

Yeah

[mystic aurora]

Absolutely. And as a top team they get less wind tunnel time

[opaque crest]

I just don't understand how there's can be so wrong.

[willow root]

Their concept car

Is a gamble, it might work if tuned properly

The engine is fine

[dense condor]

Nice drone footage.

[opal galleon]

One thing for sure, as soon as teams gets upgrade. That mercedes still the same then they will be on the bottom.

[willow root]

Usually merc started like this even when their returned

Like when ros and msc

[heady sonnet]

If they didn’t try to hide it in the first testing and actually did test more it would have given them more time

[willow root]

That might be very true

[opaque crest]

Surely that porpoising is going to have some effect tomorrow in the race. Might be alright for 1 lap but for race distance it's surely going to be horrible

[opal galleon]

Their concept must have failed. Ferrari is not having that problem? Also only team without a sidepod.

[jaunty cave]

Checo struggled last season in qualifyings, he looks so much stronger in the Qs this season so far. Respect for that.

[heady sonnet]

So it’s not only rules against Merc

[mystic aurora]

Teams are limited to the amount of time they have in the wind tunnel tho. If you get it wrong from the start, it's tough to go back and regain that time

[willow root]

Rb are using a touching point to avoid the purposing

[opaque crest]

It was awful for Sainz as well

[willow root]

And dif suspension set up for front and back like opposite

I would had vomit if i was merc or fer driver

[opal galleon]

Its time limit how much you can work in F1 now

[heady sonnet]

It was a big gamble and this time they didn’t get it right. For once

[opal galleon]

its extra hard for them to gain that time in wind tunnel when there is limit everywhere now

[mystic aurora]

Was thinking exactly the same thing. There's no way a drivers concentration could sustain that

[willow root]

Looks like is gonna rain at merlborne

[waxen hamlet]

looks like BOT Q3 record is going to break now 😦

[mystic aurora]

💯

[waxen hamlet]

nooo

[opal galleon]

everyone under is doing good laps expect HAM

[willow root]

Ham 8

[opaque crest]

Checo for pole again

[willow root]

He was behind

Alonso pole

[opaque crest]

Be interesting to see what happens if Checo starts doing better than Max

[willow root]

That is what we want

[opaque crest]

RB golden boy getting told to let Checo past 😂

[heady sonnet]

As if that would happen 😂

[willow root]

Rb should make checo no 1 for a period and see how he is doing, maybe he is better

[opal galleon]

if that would not happen then they are just silly

[jaunty cave]

No bottas in q3, dang

[jaunty cave]

No way this will happen lol

[opaque crest]

😂 we can only hope

[willow root]

Troll leclerc

Omg russel

[opal galleon]

Russell is fighting that car

so hard

[opaque crest]

Does anyone know why the race starts 1 hour earlier than qualifying?

[willow root]

Is fighting the traffic

[opal galleon]

No he did his lap before

[willow root]

Dk but for me it is 1 am

[opaque crest]

Means I have to get up even earlier tomorrow. They're normally at the same time

[dense condor]

If there’s a red flag in the race, I guess…

[heady sonnet]

Pretty sure it’s the same time

[opal galleon]

what you mean? for you in UK its 6am so?

for me 7am 😄

[opaque crest]

I'd stay up for that. I have to get up for 6

[dense condor]

Don’t want the sun to set.

[fathom root]

Good see McLaren up there 🙂

[opaque crest]

Yeah on the F1 app it says race at 6

[jaunty cave]

Max has the killer instinct you need to be a champion. Checo is a great driver, but he hasn't this instinct.

[willow root]

Nice sunset in melborne

[opal galleon]

That rain looks like coming?

[opaque crest]

On the F1 app it says race at 6 and quali started at 7

[heady sonnet]

Ah no

It’s at 7 indeed

[willow root]

Checo is more evolve and with more exp.

[opal galleon]

its accurate?

xD everyone wants new helmet

[willow root]

Why does ver always has to swear.?

The bip is annoying

[opal galleon]

Its his character?

you cant do anything about it

[willow root]

That’s his dad speaking, not him

[opaque crest]

Yep just checked on other places and also says 6am for race start

[opal galleon]

LOL if you pay attention to karting days Max has always been like that

[willow root]

Just pointing out , ham asked normally but ver is swearing, for no reason

[opal galleon]

go f1.com and you get your time on that site and it will tell you the time always correct btw

[jaunty cave]

He improved especially his qualifying performance so far, definately right. And more experience is right as well, but Max has much more talent and is overall the faster racer and the better overtaker.

[opaque crest]

Maybe the time difference is for visibility in case of red flag and light going.

[opal galleon]

thats difference between a prime and vetran

[mystic aurora]

Be careful when using the F1 app, local time and track time may be different

[opal galleon]

use F1 site for time 😄

[willow root]

I just go on f1countdown.com

[opal galleon]

you get the time for your local in f1

[willow root]

Set your proper timezone

[mystic aurora]

Here we go!

[willow root]

You can sink with your calendar

[opaque crest]

Yeah all sorted thanks. Just set my alarm for an hour earlier lol

[opal galleon]

Mclaren has made a big improvment? has they made an upgrade=

?

[jaunty cave]

Swear words is just a word though, it can be just how people express themselves. We don’t realize that we’re the ones putting bad meaning to things,no?

[heady sonnet]

Borrowed haas for the weekend 😂

[willow root]

I just hate the bip

And i know kids watch also

[jaunty cave]

Looks like they started to understand and to use their car better.

[jaunty cave]

I guess, the bip saved the problem

[opal galleon]

those purples 😄

Lewis went from Purple to yellow I see how it is

[mystic aurora]

Max on the edge

[opal galleon]

he is fine

he got purple all sector

[heady sonnet]

0.001 difference lol

[mystic aurora]

First double purple

[jaunty cave]

This is it, this is it

[opal galleon]

Perez

kek

[opaque crest]

Leclerc had me worried then for a split second lol

[opaque crest]

Come on Checo

[heady sonnet]

Max made a mistake

[opal galleon]

That mclaren google rims so ugly

Mclaren third uhhh

[jaunty cave]

I agree hahahaha

[jaunty cave]

Max made a small mistake in the last sector.

[opaque crest]

Yeah, Max definitely has more to give

RB got this in the bag atm

[opal galleon]

Leclerc purples

lewis greens only

[opaque crest]

Alonso nooo

[mystic aurora]

Red flag

[opaque crest]

He was flying as well

[dense condor]

Aiyaaa!

[opal galleon]

That red flag was smooth

The gravel works

[opaque crest]

Alpine having serious issues with their PU and hydraulics this year

[willow root]

Ouch alpine eng prob

[mystic aurora]

Turn 11 is tough

[willow root]

Nice

Getting darker

[jaunty cave]

Oh boy

[willow root]

7 min left

[opal galleon]

Alonso D:

[willow root]

He was flying

[dense condor]

I’m putting the over/under on red flags at 1.5.

[opal galleon]

that would have ended with pole guys!

or top 3

[jaunty cave]

He was doing so gooooood, that was unfortunate

[willow root]

F1 clash should have red flags

😂

[jaunty cave]

Losing hydraulics

[willow root]

Yeah and who knows what

[mystic aurora]

3 pts for you

[opal galleon]

Mclaren so fast. I cannot comprehend? What have they done to their car?

[heady sonnet]

Sainz 🥲

[willow root]

Tune it properly

[jaunty cave]

Same 🫠

[heady sonnet]

Red flag 2 sec before setting the time

[willow root]

Russel@also

[opal galleon]

Ferrari fast no worries

they had purples just before the finish line

[heady sonnet]

Not worried was just unlucky for him

[opal galleon]

you are worried when you share sympathy lol

[jaunty cave]

Same, same. It’s just a shame

[willow root]

Did lec lift off at the end? Or where there any yellow on his screen?

[mystic aurora]

They haven't said for sure, but they call it a "small step".

[opal galleon]

last to top 6 aint "small step" 🤣

[mystic aurora]

No kidding

[jaunty cave]

But the google rims should go lol

[opal galleon]

I see they activated google assistant

Activated Google AI too

Rain is gonna come wait and see

[mystic aurora]

Clock ticking away...

[opal galleon]

Mercedes gonna give each other a tow ?

[mystic aurora]

Yup

[heady sonnet]

Checo really likes that 0.001 difference today

[willow root]

Wow

[mystic aurora]

Tell Lewis to Speed Up 😂

[heady sonnet]

2nd time today

[heady sonnet]

I heard it also but I thought i made a misheard

[willow root]

Russ nice one

[opal galleon]

4th and 6th

wow

didnt see that coming

[jaunty cave]

Dang .001

[opaque crest]

Charles not doing another lap 😯

Oh he is out

[opal galleon]

Leclerc problems

[willow root]

Mid sect better for russ

[opal galleon]

rips

[jaunty cave]

Sainz should do now, no

[opaque crest]

Max gotta have an amazing 3rd sector

[willow root]

Yellow sect

[opaque crest]

Wow he did

[opal galleon]

Leclerc purples

[opaque crest]

That sun on 2nd to last corner is horrible

What has Sainz got?

[jaunty cave]

Lec got problem

Still in 9

He’s doing lap

[dense condor]

Yeah, a pole problem…😛

[opaque crest]

Nah leclerc pole, Sainz 9th

What happened to Sainz, how is he 9th?

[jaunty cave]

Max on pole now

[opaque crest]

Erm no?

[waxen hamlet]

nope

🙂

[jaunty cave]

Lec is now on pole

[stuck fulcrum]

mistake in S2

[opal galleon]

rip sainz

[opaque crest]

Norris up in 4th is good

[jaunty cave]

Dang sainz

[opal galleon]

Norris 4th mhm

[jaunty cave]

Sainz got late out

Very impressive from Lec again. It's deserved. Will be a great battle tomorrow.

[mystic aurora]

[opaque crest]

Be interesting to see Mclaren race pace. Can they challenge those ahead?

[jaunty cave]

I guess that’s “lec’s go” for leclerc

Dang it, sainz

[opal galleon]

I expect Leclerc to lose that P1 right away. He is alone up there

[jaunty cave]

Now, I’m worried lol

Why did sainz was so out late though

[opaque crest]

He's shown he's got good starts and good race iq. He'll hold it for a bit but needs Lando or Mercs to pressure RBs

[opal galleon]

Mercedes and Lando too slow therefore he will lose that P1 right away vs Rbs

[opaque crest]

Depends how the starts go. If one of them gets a good start and gets ahead of RBs he'll be helped. He's a good starter as well so I doubt he'll lose it off the start

[jaunty cave]

Yeah, McLaren did very well so far this weekend. Great job! But i don't expect them to keep up with the guys in front. Think P4 will be the personal P1 for Lando, if he can defend his position.

[willow root]

Man ham bouncing inside that car makes me sick 🤢🤢

Idk how that man manages that

[jaunty cave]

Max not happy with the car so far.

[opal galleon]

He is never happy

only when it goes his way

[opaque crest]

"But Lewis is the whingebag" 🤪🤪🤪

[opal galleon]

I do not understand how is Ferrari so fast despite bounching?

[jaunty cave]

It’s helping them apparently

[opal galleon]

So quite in here?

[jaunty cave]

Think it's normal, that you're not happy with P2, when your goal is P1.

[opal galleon]

no one satisfied with the pole

[opal galleon]

LOL no, its just how his character is in general. Only happen when it goes his way.

[jaunty cave]

They’re bouncing more in straight but it stabilizes more when turning

Too bad for Sainz, dang it

[opal galleon]

Seeing Charles at the top made me realise that I quite enjoy an Ferrari and Charles up there.

[willow root]

Does someone in top 10 has a grid penalty?

[jaunty cave]

Look, to be honest, i sometimes don't like Max' whinge mode too (for example how he talks sometimes with his race engineer), but being not happy with P2 and feeling not comfortable so far with the car is something different.

[opal galleon]

not going his way as I said-->

not proving your point mate

I am still right lol

well gonna sleep now bye

[jaunty cave]

But isn't it normal not to be happy, when it's not going his way? LOL have never seen a champion, who's fine and happy with getting beaten.

[crude kiln]

Everybody whines. Just the Lewis supporters trying to give back since Lewis' whining has had alot of people talking in the past.

Stroll adding to his already long fail video. Not the first time he just doesn't pay attention to other cars around him. The day he'll be gone I'll be happy.

[sonic plank]

Why the heck did they remove the 4th drs zone

Now it will be more of a snoozefest

[stuck fulcrum]

apparently SAI car had some issues before last attempt q3, he would have had 2x laps to put tyres in the correct window

[opal galleon]

Because of safety reasons

[opaque crest]

I genuinely think there's a group of people who just go round hating whoever is at the top. Lewis has had his turn, now its Max's, give it a few years and it will be Charles

[crude kiln]

Haha true. But both Lewis and Max have traits that annoy different people. I see some in Charles as well already and despite him being one of my favs he has annoyed me as well some times 🙈

[stuck fulcrum]

they are all there to win, nobody likes to be 2nd 🙂

[opaque crest]

Lewis and Max are definitely more similar than their fan bases would like to believe. Tbh you have to be a certain type of person to get in that group of drivers

It'll be interesting to see how Charles gets on when the pressure mounts

[crude kiln]

Yeah at least as drivers on track. My thoughts when Max started racing hard against Lewis was that he raced like Lewis used to do to others, especially Nico. And recently I saw that Nico had said the same 😅 So that's why I thought the hate towards Max on track was a bit ironic. But people forget fast and there are alot of new DTS fans after all.

[jaunty cave]

Exactly this is what i'm sayin. And it shouldn't be too difficult to understand this. Especially the top drivers race to win. And anything else than a win, is no reason to be happy.

[stuck fulcrum]

to be honest, if you really want to judge, you should judge how they drive on track and that's it. So far VER/LEC has been a very good and healthy battle. If we had more contenders to this fight it would be even better, sadly the rest of the grid is not up to them yet / doesn't have a great car like they do

[jaunty cave]

Senna was like that, Schumacher was like that, Hamilton is like that and Max is as well. These champs can't bear P2 and this is, why they became champs.

[opaque crest]

Tbh I don't really remember Lewis being quite as aggressive as Max (my memory is rubbish) so I did think Max pushed the line a bit too much last year. But I'm enjoying the Max/Charles battle and think Max has definitely changed his style now he has the title. It's going to be interesting to see how the season pans out and whether it remains clean racing.

I'm just excited for different people to be battling and hope that Merc and Mclaren can join the battle part way through

I much preferred Lewis/Checo last year as that seemed right on the limit where as I felt Max/Lewis crossed the limit a few times

[jaunty cave]

The battle Verstappen vs. Leclerc could be the main storyline of the next years in F1.

[sonic plank]

I wonder how fast merc will be if they fix that porpoising and they can run lower wings so they get top speed

[stuck fulcrum]

it depends if they get an equal car for the rest of the season/next seasons

a 0.1 / 0.2s gap per lap is already the end of a battle

[jaunty cave]

Yeah, that's right. This year they have close performing cars and i think, that it will be a battle till the end of this season. It's right, that a driver needs a good car to compete. But i think both teams lay the foundation with their cars for the next seasons as well.

[crude kiln]

Yet still all Max's aggressive moves where in real slow corners and Lewis caused the biggest accident and had taken Albon out 2x in less than a year before that. Still he "sooo rarely is involved in incidents" according to Buxton and others 😅

But still, HAM def drove more mature last year. I think alot of it came down to that Max had less to lose if they both DNF'ed + that Lewis probably has matured.

[opal galleon]

I mean these 2 times were He took off albon. It was not 100% his fault. Often there were no clear spaces nor did he not have the right to OT. But as a racer and driver you obviously go for the small gaps either way as max did in monza.

[crude kiln]

Ofc it was his fault. He got penalised both times and ruined 2 podiums for Albon 😅

[opal galleon]

I didnt say he was not..

Little bit that and that comes from unlucky, bad timing and small gaps to go for

Alex went for it I liked it

[crude kiln]

Saying it wasn't 100% his fault is leaving it up to discussion. Are always reasons someone does sth that gets them penalised, but it's still their fault.

[opal galleon]

By that logic then you can also say max what at fault in monza and also got penalised

Max which is not fair

No one is always 100% at fault

[crude kiln]

I've always said Max was at fault in Monza. Sure Lewis closed the door, but Max was too far behind to make the move there.

[opal galleon]

If you cant agree with that then your argument is kinda invalid because its the same case. And I do not think Max was really at fault.

And thats what I am saying, OT in the places were there is so small gaps still goes for it. Alex did it 2 times with little bit of it bad timing.

[crude kiln]

In Austria HAM tried to squeeze him and that's why they touched since Albon ran out of space. And in Brazil it was HAM that went for a gap that didn't exist and hit him again.

My point was the irony of some saying HAM is rarely involved in incidents. Not how many % someone was at fault. That can always be debated but wasn't my point. And in the end one driver is usually at fault, and HAM was in all those 3 cases.

[opal galleon]

I disagree fairly because these experts are right though. Thinking back last 10 years he is rarely involved in cases. When he does it will be looked at 2x worse that it is.

Look at Latifi always crashing it does not look so bad compared to guys that is rarely in incidents

[crude kiln]

That's just wrong. He and Nico scrapped often and then he had a couple of easier years with Bottas, and then when RB started threatening again he took them out 3x.

[opal galleon]

Max haven’t crash at people alot either when it happens it looks so negative

[zenith oriole]

latifi trying to get long vacation by spending all the repair money as soon as possible to not be able to race anymore 🤣

[opal galleon]

Williams dont need his money anymore. Invest in better driver.

[crude kiln]

That was Stroll's fault tho. He is the master of not paying attention to other cars and has been called out by other drivers for it in the past.

[zenith oriole]

they are both drivers that have nothing to do in F1 in first place lol

like mazespin

[crude kiln]

True 😆 Regretted I didn't add that right after I pressed send haha

[opal galleon]

Being taken is unlucky. You cant do anything about. Moral to the story, you get taken out it will look 2x worse than what it actually is.

[zenith oriole]

what happend to sainz? i didn't get up in time and i am too lazy to read the articles on f1 website 😅

[opal galleon]

I cant agree with this when statistically it whole another story. Especially when it comes to other drivers that got alot more incidents in their books.

[zenith oriole]

was hopping for some highlights by now already but only crashes 😄

[crude kiln]

Once again, what I said was that it's ironic some of the broadcasters claimed Lewis is rarely involved in incidents. That's it.

[opal galleon]

He messed up last 4min then his car got little bit problem then he couldnt do more laps.

[zenith oriole]

broadcasters and so called "experts" are still ppl with their own opinions and favorite drivers... you can't take everything they say seriously

[opal galleon]

Thats what he dont understand ^

[zenith oriole]

ok, thanks... don't remember him strugling in fp3 i saw yesterday

[opal galleon]

Ah nah it was a fast lap he actually got purple before he hit the grass I think and messed up the rest.

[crude kiln]

Me calling them out for it don't understand it?😂

[opal galleon]

When youre calling it out, you show youre highly disagree. Which comes down to that you really disagree then you cant really understand their perspective either —>

Then you start to look at things that don’t really matter

Both ways not you

[crude kiln]

Mental gymnastics trying to be right. You're the one who started talking percentage and floating away to irrelevant stuff to what I said, to then say I don't understand they're biased when I called them out for it 😅

[opal galleon]

Ok, if you look at that way. They he say is rarely in incidents? What about other drivers that is always having incidents/ not? Rarely being talked about.

Again as I said when incident do happen it looks 2x worse than it actually it

You just look at these broadcasters and be like “oh no he rarely in any incidents” its shows that you cant agree with what people has to say

Its their job

Accept it

Thats how media is

You calling out just looks for me that it clear that you cant reapect other opinions when it comes to broadcaster. I do understand since 99% of them are so biased.

[crude kiln]

But that's irrelevant. I said I find it ironic that they claim he is rarely involved in incidents. Think some even said never basically. I can't agree with what people has to say? OK. Just agreed with Boss a few posts up but I don't agree with people saying HAM is rarely involved in incidents. The fact you turn your focus so much on that now is just further mental gymnastics to defend your driver and team. Making a hen out of feather.

I wish there was an incident table so we could see them all tho. But alot of incidents go unpunished as well, like Max a few x last season since he wasn't punished for it.

[opal galleon]

How is it wrong/irrelevant when I first said statistically its right what those people claim not “never btw” and if you look at other drivers they got much more in their books 😂

This for me its clear that you dont have an open minded

You only looked at Hams incidents all above^ i talked about other drivers too.

For me its clear that youre blinded

Every other drivers got approx the same statistically proven.

Stats dont lie

[crude kiln]

I said. That I think it's ironic they claim he is rarely involved in incidents when he's taken out 3 RB's in a short period of time. You then starting to talk % and the degrees of the severity of the incident is irrelevant then since an incident is an incident.

[opal galleon]

If you call statistics and other example of incidents and look only at ham’s incidents then fine, pretty one sides if you ask me kek

Its clear for me what youre thinkin

I just leave it there

[zenith heath]

Did ham retire finally?

[opal galleon]

Welcome back !

You been quite lately why

[sonic plank]

just noticed merc is running such a high front wing compared to other teams

[opal galleon]

It was part of the “mini” upgrade they brought. The wing and front wing is a bit different. I read about it couple days ago.

[sonic plank]

i mean it sorta explains why they are so slow on the straight, once they can lower the floor as much as it needs to be when porpoising is gone they can run slim rear and front wing

but ham said they arent getting any exciting upgrades in the near future

[opal galleon]

For me they are just sacrificing the car now for stability > Pace

[sonic plank]

its so underwhelming

so are aston

mclaren made a huge jump tho

maybe its not all the engine

who know mby they cant run the engine properly cos of porpoising

we only find out once they get rid of it

[opal galleon]

Lol

These 2 guys 🤣

[jaunty cave]

I agree

Latifi was strange as well

[opal galleon]

Tom they are more embarrassing that Harry Maguire defence 😂

[jaunty cave]

Not. Miscommunication there

Latifi is crashing a lot these days

Gifted verstappen the victory last season 🤗 🎉

Nevermind got to go. I'm near sea right now

[opal galleon]

Oh

[sonic plank]

leclerc summoned for an INCHIDENT

[crude kiln]

I can't even remember who car 22 is 😅

[opal galleon]

Wait who tf? Is car 22?

???

Nevermind its yuki

[jaunty cave]

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/australian-grand-prix/2022/australian-grand-prix-williams-driver-alexander-albon-disqualified-from-qualifying-over-fuel-irregul_sto8877731/story.shtml

[jaunty cave]

16 as well?

[jaunty cave]

Oh no

[haughty violet]

No penalty for leclerc. That rule may as well not exist, if you are ever caught going going to slow on an in lap just lie and say it was a cool down lap and you changed your mind.

[opal galleon]

Yes

[opal galleon]

Ikr

[sonic plank]

perez escapes penalty

surprise surprise

[opal galleon]

Lol ofc

[heady sonnet]

What did he do?

[sonic plank]

he didnt slow at yellow flag

[haughty violet]

Data showed he lifted 70m early, braked 50m early, went 14kph slower. Apparently.

[heady sonnet]

In other words - haters ? 😂

[opal galleon]

Its fair no?

[sonic plank]

if he did that its fair

u only have to significantly slow at double yellow

if he at least slowed at yellow i guess its fine?

[opal galleon]

Yes

[heady sonnet]

Well if he did slow what he should be penalized for

Don’t hate just because it’s RB 😂

[haughty violet]

Fine by me. Didn't a yellow come out behind vettel, he went slower and still got a penalty in the last couple of seasons? 😆

[opal galleon]

I can imagine Christian do everything it takes to get someone a penalty if it was other way around. But yea the case sound promising?

[jaunty cave]

[opal galleon]

The safety restarts that Max has done recent races and Abu Dhabi too is now banned.

[sharp sigil]

Max forced fia to introduce new sc rules for him the second time lmao