Audi's Early Dive (Aston Martin Season 24 2047) | F1® Manager | Page 3

misty blaze Apr 4, 2025, 9:10 PM

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SQ3 Top 10: Augar P10, Jones P9, Girard P8, Alves P7, Kramer P6, Moreira P5, Amato P4, Lee P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Sprint Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P6

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Sprint has ended with Franz and Ferri in the middle of the track at that left right before the big straight

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Sprint:

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Finishing Order: Ferri DNF, Broutsos P21, Bevis P20, Lombardi P19, Usman P18, Araujo P17, Karlsson P16, Brun P15, Rutten P14, Sasaki P13, Mann P12, Augar P11, Kramer P10, Sanna P9, Moreira P8, Alves P7, Jones P6, Girard P5, Amato P4, Lee P3, Franz DNF, Gonzalez P1

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Sprint Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P11, Manfred P10

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wihelm P2 (DNF)

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By some miracle, only the chassis, suspension, and gearbox took damage in that

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Although if there was a time limit on repairs before qualifying, any more than that and my mechanics would be having a mental breakdown

misty blaze Apr 4, 2025, 9:54 PM

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Usman P22, Lombardi P21, Sasaki P20, Karlsson P19, Moreira P18, Broutsos P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Araujo P16, Kramer P15, Mann P14, Rutten P13, Ferri P12, Jones P11

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Q3 Top 10: Brun P10, Bevis P9, Augar P8, Alves P7, Girard P6, Amato P5, Lee P4, Sanna P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P8, Manfred P15

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

misty blaze Apr 4, 2025, 10:56 PM

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So Baku 2018 happened

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Franz locked up (he's the sideways car) and is somehow still in the race

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Rutten DNF, Gonzalez DNF, Brun DNF, Augar DNF, Franz P18 (+5 seconds - 17 positions), Mann P17, Lombardi P16, Usman P15, Araujo P14, Broutsos P13, Sasaki P12, Kramer P11, Alves P10, Bevis P9, Moreira P8, Karlsson P7, Ferri P6, Sanna P5, Jones P4, Girard P3, Amato P2, Lee P1

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Winner: Verlee Lee

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Audi: Mickael DNF, Manfred P11

Mercedes: Mercedes DNF, Wilhelm P18

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Main Highlights:

Lee wins 1st race for Ferrari and first win in 5 years, also becoming the first American to win a race for Ferrari since Mario Andretti in 1971
Amato gets 1st podium of the season
Girard gets 1st and Alpine's 1st podium of the season at round 6, what is happening to them?
Mercedes self implode with 6 laps to go, re-creating 2018 with the Red Bulls
Karlsson comes back from 19th to take 7th
Alpine and Bugatti overtake Red Bull and Chevrolet for 2nd and 3rd in the constructors standings respectively
Aston Martin overtake McLaren for 9th in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 12:18 AM

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🇧🇷 Brazil 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Lombardi P22, Usman P21, Araujo P20, Kramer P19, Broutsos P18, Sasaki P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Jones P16, Moreira P15, Karlsson P14, Lee P13, Alves P12, Rutten P11

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Q3 Top 10: Brun P10, Ferri P9, Amato P8, Girard P7, Augar P6, Sanna P5, Bevis P4, Mann P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P6, Manfred P19

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 1:01 AM

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Sanna DNF, Lombardi P21, Araujo P20, Usman P19, Lee P18, Kramer P17, Broutsos P16, Augar P15, Sasaki P14, Moreira P13, Karlsson P12, Ferri P11, Brun P10, Jones P9, Bevis P8, Rutten P7, Girard P6, Mann P5, Amato P4, Alves P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P15, Manfred P17

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 4th race of the season
Alves gets 3rd podium of the season and first podium at home
Mann comes back from the pit lane to take 5th
Bugatti overtake Alpine for 2nd in the constructors standings
Koenigsegg overtake McLaren for 10th in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 1:15 PM

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🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Alves P22 (Out), Sanna P21, Broutsos P20, Sasaki P19, Lombardi P18, Ferri P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Usman P16, Araujo P15, Bevis P14, Karlsson P13, Girard P12, Rutten P11

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Q3 Top 10: Augar P10, Brun P9, Kramer P8, Jones P7, Moreira P6, Amato P5, Lee P4, Mann P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 1:42 PM

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Lap 36: Franz locks up into the hotel section which hands the lead to his teammate

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Gap is 3.8

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Lap 46: Both Mercedes are getting caught in a heap of lapped traffic, Gonzalez getting the worse of it. The gap has been cut down to 2 seconds

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 2:16 PM

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Sasaki P22, Broutsos P21, Lombardi P20, Moreira P19, Araujo P18, Usman P17, Bevis P16, Karlsson P15, Ferri P14, Brun P13, Jones P12, Rutten P11, Sanna P10, Alves DNF, Kramer P8, Augar P7, Lee P6, Girard P5, Amato P4, Mann P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P7, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 5th race of the season after Franz made a mistake into the hotel section
Mann gets 2nd podium of the season
Sanna comes back from 21st to take 10th
Red Bull overtake Bugatti and Alpine for 2nd in the constructors standings

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If Bevis was more consistent and Brun stopped being crap, then it would currently be a 5 way fight for 2nd in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 7:37 PM

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🇨🇳 China 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Araujo P22, Lombardi P21, Usman P20, Augar P19, Broutsos P18, Karlsson P17

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Including the sprint qualifying at Baku, Lombardi has only gotten out of Q1 once the entire season

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Q2 Knockouts: Ferri P16, Sasaki P15, Brun P14, Kramer P13, Rutten P12, Girard P11

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Q3 Top 10: Amato P10 (No time), Sanna P9, Bevis P8, Jones P7, Moreira P6, Alves P5, Lee P4, Mann P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P19, Manfred P13

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Amato takes a pit lane start

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Lap 12: Red flag, two big names knocked out from podium contention. Lee and Alves collide into turn 1 and slide off into the wall at high speed

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Somehow Lee can continue and got no damage

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How? I'll never know

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Lap 51: After a safety car has been deployed, only the Audis have pit for fresh softs. They might make some serious ground up if the race restarts

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Lap 53: It is restarting, Audi have some big points on the cards now

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Alves DNF, Bevis DNF, Brun P20, Lombardi P19, Araujo P18, Karlsson P17, Ferri P16, Sasaki P15, Broutsos P14, Usman P13, Rutten P12, Moreira P11, Augar P10, Jones P9, Kramer P8, Amato P7, Lee P6, Sanna P5, Girard P4, Mann P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 6th race of the season after safety car removed Franz's advantage
Mann gets 3rd podium of the season
Amato comes back from the pit lane to take 7th
Audi make a safety car pit stop that, if more laps had been done, they could've run as high as 4th
Alpine overtake Bugatti for 3rd in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 8:46 PM

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🇦🇹 Austria 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Usman P22, Lombardi P21, Araujo P20, Broutsos P19, Brun P18, Rutten P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Amato P16 (Out), Sasaki P15, Bevis P14, Karlsson P13, Ferri P12, Sanna P11

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Q3 Top 10: Girard P10, Jones P9, Kramer P8, Augar P7, Moreira P6, Mann P5, Alves P4, Lee P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P7, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Two years, two poles at home for the Austrian

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And it's going to heavy rain in the race

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Lap 2: In a surprising start, Lee overtakes both Mercedes and leads this race

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Lap 3: Oh not again, Franz goes wide at turn 4 and drops places for the 2nd year running

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 9:20 PM

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Lap 10: It's getting darker above, the rain is coming. Gonzalez leads but Lee is still hanging in there and Franz has fought back to 3rd so far

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Lap 12: An absolute queue in the pit lane as the crossover point is now, but at the rate of this rain, it might just pay off for the drivers staying out the extra lap

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One of which was race leader Lee, and she comes out ahead of Gonzalez

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Lap 14: The rain is starting to hammer down, we aren't far away from full wets at this rate

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Gonzalez attacking hard but Lee is maintaining the lead for Ferrari

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Lap 18: In classic Ferrari fashion, Lee is suffering a gearbox problem and has already dropped 4 seconds to Gonzalez in a single lap

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In terms of the conditions, it has a fair amount of standing water but is said to clear up fast enough that the gain from full wets may not be worth it

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Lap 23: The rain is starting to clear a bit, as has Lee's car problem

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Lap 28: Franz is closing rather quickly on Gonzalez, being on average 3 tenths a lap quicker throughout the last few laps. Gap is 2.5 seconds

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Lap 43: The race has rather calmed down in the last 15 laps, but Franz is now 1.3 seconds behind his teammate for the lead

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Lap 46: The two Mercedes are now right with each other, hopefully no Azerbaijan moment again

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Lap 51: Franz re-takes the lead of his home race, what a fightback so far

misty blaze Apr 5, 2025, 10:15 PM

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Karlsson P22, Araujo P21, Broutsos P20, Lombardi P19, Alves P18, Usman P17, Bevis P16, Rutten P15, Kramer P14, Sasaki P13, Ferri P12, Moreira P11, Augar P10, Brun P9, Amato P8, Jones P7, Sanna P6, Mann P5, Lee P4, Girard P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P14

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 3rd race of the season and becomes the first Austrian since Niki Lauda in 1984 to win at home.
Girard gets 2nd podium of the season
Amato does another pit lane comeback to 8th
Ferrari overtake Chevrolet for 5th in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 6, 2025, 2:59 PM

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🇬🇧 Great Britain 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Sanna P22, Rutten P21, Broutsos P20, Araujo P19, Sasaki P18, Lombardi P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Alves P16, Jones P15, Ferri P14, Karlsson P13, Brun P12, Usman P11

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Q3 Top 10: Amato P10, Augar P9, Bevis P8, Kramer P7, Lee P6, Mann P5, Girard P4, Moreira P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P9, Manfred P7

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

misty blaze Apr 6, 2025, 3:35 PM

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Lap 51: Not much has happened this race, but at this point in time, Augar's car has failed with 2 laps to go from 8th place

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Augar DNF, Broutsos P21, Brun P20, Karlsson P19, Sanna P18, Lombardi P17, Araujo P16, Rutten P15, Sasaki P14, Ferri P13, Jones P12, Bevis P11, Usman P10, Kramer P9, Alves P8, Mann P7, Amato P6, Lee P5, Moreira P4, Girard P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael DNF, Manfred P9

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 4th race of the season
Girard gets 3rd podium of the season
Alves comes back from the pit lane to take 8th

misty blaze Apr 6, 2025, 11:07 PM

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It's halfway through the season now but it doesn't feel like it's halfway through to me. Quite odd

misty blaze Apr 7, 2025, 7:47 PM

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🇩🇪 Germany 2046:

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Sprint Qualifying:

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SQ1 Knockouts: Usman P22, Broutsos P21, Sasaki P20, Bevis P19, Lombardi P18, Araujo P17

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SQ2 Knockouts: Jones P16, Karlsson P15, Ferri P14, Rutten P13, Kramer P12, Alves P11

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SQ3 Top 10: Amato P10, Sanna P9, Augar P8, Mann P7, Lee P6, Girard P5, Brun P4, Moreira P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Sprint Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P8, Manfred P12

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

misty blaze Apr 7, 2025, 8:09 PM

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Sprint:

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Finishing Order: Rutten P22, Broutsos P21, Sasaki P20, Ferri P19, Araujo P18, Usman P17, Bevis P16, Lombardi P15, Karlsson P14, Jones P13, Kramer P12, Augar P11, Sanna P10, Mann P9, Alves P8, Lee P7, Girard P6, Amato P5, Brun P4, Moreira P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Sprint Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P11, Manfred P12

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

misty blaze Apr 7, 2025, 8:28 PM

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Kramer P22, Broutsos P21, Araujo P20, Gonzalez P19, Lombardi P18, Franz P17

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(I didn't send the cars out for 2nd runs, going to try and win from the back)

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Q2 Knockouts: Sasaki P16, Augar P15, Karlsson P14, Ferri P13, Jones P12, Alves P11

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Q3 Top 10: Usman P10, Rutten P9, Mann P8, Lee P7, Brun P6, Amato P5, Bevis P4, Moreira P3, Girard P2, Sanna P1

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Polesitter: Pietro Sanna

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Where'd he find that in that Williams?

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Audi: Mickael P15, Manfred P22

Mercedes: Mercedes P19, Wilhelm P17

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Lap 1: Alpine lead a race for the first time this season, how the mighty have fallen

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Lap 4: Franz has had a flying start, from 17th to 9th so far

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Lap 19: Seems Mercedes are trying a different strategy to the rest of the teams, they are making a pit stop before the mid race rain arrives

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Lap 31: It's working for Franz at the moment, he's overtaking cars left and right and setting times 3 seconds a lap faster than the leaders

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Lap 35: Everyone has fit intermediates, the rain is coming down quickly enough that the track is damp

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Lap 39: The rain is really hammering down, maybe full wets soon?

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Lap 46: The track is as high is 5.70 mm, it's so tough for the drivers to stay in control out there

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Looks like staying out paid off for everyone, it's back to damp 2 laps later

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We're 9th and 2nd at this point

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Lap 52: Make that the lead, Franz overtakes Amato and leads from 17th on the grid

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And the rain has ended, are we going to see a mad dash on slicks at the end?

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The answer is yes, a few drivers have pitted for slicks. Is anyone going to try and stick it out though?

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Penultimate lap: Franz is setting times 8 seconds quicker on slicks than the cars in front, it might just be enough for the win here

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He's already through, those intermediate runners must really regret staying out now

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Ferri DNF, Sasaki P21, Bevis P20, Usman P19, Lombardi P18, Araujo P17, Broutsos P16, Kramer P15, Karlsson P14, Rutten P13, Augar P12, Alves P11, Jones P10, Mann P9, Brun P8, Moreira P7, Lee P6, Sanna P5, Gonzalez P4, Amato P3, Girard P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P12, Manfred P15

Mercedes: Mercedes P4, Wilhelm P1

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 5th race of the season from 17th on the grid, and closes the championship gap to 3 points
Gonzalez comes back from 19th to take 4th
Amato gets 2nd podium of the season
Alpine and Bugatti tie for 2nd in the constructors standings, overtaking Red Bull in the process

oblique kelp Apr 8, 2025, 12:03 PM

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Woay

misty blaze Apr 8, 2025, 5:26 PM

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🇨🇦 Canada 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Franz P22, Araujo P21, Usman P20, Sasaki P19, Ferri P18, Broutsos P17

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Turns out, it's kinda hard to get to the next session when both of the driver's laps are affected by traffic

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Q2 Knockouts: Karlsson P16, Lombardi P15, Rutten P14, Sanna P13, Augar P12, Lee P11

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Q3 Top 10: Brun P10, Bevis P9, Kramer P8, Mann P7, Girard P6, Alves P5, Moreira P4, Jones P3, Amato P2, Gonzalez P1

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Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P12, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P22

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Given what happened last race, I'm confident a double podium is still on the cards

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Lap 5: Red flag already, 3 cars out at the hairpin

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Franz up to P13

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Lap 11: From 22nd on the grid, Franz is up to 7th

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Lap 14: 6 cars involved in an incident at turn 1. Lee, Amato, Sanna, Franz, Lombardi, and Amato all involved in contact

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No need for a safety car though

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Lap 45: Not much has happened since then, but it looks like Franz, who has to stop 1 more time, is costing Moreira, who is trying to get to the end, valuable time, which may allow Gonzalez to come out in front when she pits

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Lap 47: Both cars have pitted, Franz has plenty of clean air in front, and Gonzalez is 6 seconds in front. Execution 100

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Lap 64: Franz up to 2nd, I knew we could get a double podium

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Lap 70: 2 cars have run out of fuel, race effectively over due to red flag

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Kramer DNF, Bevis DNF, Alves DNF, Lee DNF, Usman P18, Lombardi P17, Augar P16, Araujo P15, Broutsos P14, Sasaki P13, Sanna P12, Ferri P11, Rutten P10, Girard DNF, Mann DNF, Karlsson P7, Brun P6, Amato P5, Moreira P4, Jones P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P16, Manfred DNF

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 7th race of the season
Franz comes back from 20th to take 2nd
Brun comes back from the pit lane to take 6th
Bugatti overtake Alpine for 2nd in the constructors standings
Aston Martin overtake Koenigsegg for 9th in the constructors standings

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Next race is Monaco, and it's a sprint weekend. More opportunities for crashes for sure

misty blaze Apr 8, 2025, 6:30 PM

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🇲🇨 Monaco 2046:

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Sprint Qualifying:

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SQ1 Knockouts: Ferri P22, Sanna P21, Araujo P20, Sasaki P19, Usman P18, Karlsson P17

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SQ2 Knockouts: Broutsos P16, Rutten P15, Jones P14, Augar P13, Lombardi P12, Bevis P11

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SQ3 Top 10: Brun P10, Moreira P9, Girard P8, Alves P7, Lee P6, Kramer P5, Mann P4, Amato P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Sprint Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P13, Manfred P5

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Sprint is 30 laps

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"The Monaco Sprint". That is so odd to hear, honestly

oblique kelp Apr 8, 2025, 6:52 PM

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How I'd a sprint 30 laps

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misty blaze Apr 8, 2025, 6:57 PM

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oblique kelp How I'd a sprint 30 laps

Because Monaco

oblique kelp Apr 8, 2025, 6:57 PM

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misty blaze Because Monaco

Wtf is you sprinting in monaco for?

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And you who hates sprints

misty blaze Apr 8, 2025, 6:58 PM

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Randomized the calendar for this season, and I can't remove sprints mid save

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Though it is refreshing seeing sprints at different tracks

misty blaze Apr 8, 2025, 7:22 PM

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Sprint:

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Finishing Order: Araujo P22, Ferri P21, Usman P20, Lombardi P19, Broutsos P18, Sanna P17, Sasaki P16, Rutten P15, Karlsson P14, Jones P13, Augar P12, Brun P11, Bevis P10, Moreira P9, Lee P8, Girard P7, Kramer P6, Alves P5, Mann P4, Amato P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Sprint Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P12, Manfred P6

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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No one has put it into any walls, yet

misty blaze Apr 8, 2025, 7:47 PM

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Lombardi P22, Broutsos P21, Araujo P20, Karlsson P19, Ferri P18, Usman P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Bevis P16, Kramer P15, Rutten P14, Sasaki P13, Jones P12, Moreira P11

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Q3 Top 10: Augar P10, Sanna P9, Girard P8, Brun P7, Amato P6, Alves P5, Lee P4 Mann P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P15

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

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Franz had 2 purple sectors too, the middle sector might have cost him the race already

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Lap 4: He's trying anyway, Franz nearly overtook Gonzalez at the hairpin of all places

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Lap 15: Franz went through on his teammate at Casino, he takes the lead

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Lap 38: A Red Bull is right behind my car at Monaco... getting 2042 flashbacks

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Thankfully not for the lead this time but still

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Lap 54: Alves is the only driver in the top 10 trying a 2 stop. She is on soft tires, let's see if see can work though the traffic

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Lap 63: The 2 stop is working, Alves is setting times 1.5 seconds faster than the nearest cars in front of her

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Lap 72: Alves up to 5th, but those soft tires are running out of juice

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Broutsos P22, Sasaki P21, Araujo P20, Ferri P19, Usman P18, Rutten P17, Lombardi P16, Karlsson P15, Sanna P14, Kramer P13, Augar P12, Bevis P11, Jones P10, Brun DNF, Moreira DNF, Girard P7, Amato P6, Alves P5, Lee P4, Mann P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P12, Manfred P13

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 6th race of the season and closes the championship gap to 2 points
Alves does a 2 stop strategy and does a lot of overtaking at Monaco, unusual to say that
Red Bull overtake Alpine for 3rd in the constructors standings

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Mid Season Standings:

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Constructors:

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1st: Mercedes, 598 points
2nd: Bugatti, 202 points
3rd: Red Bull, 185 points
4th: Alpine, 172 points
5th: Ferrari, 142 points
6th: Chevrolet, 104 points
7th: Williams-Rolls Royce, 58 points
8th: Audi, 37 points
9th: Aston Martin, 12 points
10th: Koenigsegg, 7 points
11th: McLaren, 5 points

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Drivers:

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1st: Mercedes Gonzalez, 300 points (Mercedes)
2nd: Wilhelm Franz, 298 points (Mercedes)
3rd: Mireille Girard, 154 points (Alpine)
4th: Thomas Mann, 137 points (Red Bull)
5th: Alessandro Amato, 126 points (Bugatti)
6th: Verlee Lee, 108 points (Ferrari)
7th: Maria Alves, 83 points (Chevrolet)
8th: Amelia Moreira, 76 points (Bugatti)
9th: Pietro Sanna, 57 points (Williams-Rolls Royce)
10th: Joshua Jones, 48 points (Red Bull)
11th: Monique Brun, 34 points (Ferrari)
12th: Xantara Bevis, 21 points (Chevrolet)
13th: Mickael Augar, 20 points (Audi)
14th: Simone Ferri, 18 points (Alpine)
15th: Manfred Kramer, 17 points (Audi)
16th: Tom Karlsson, 12 points (Aston Martin)
17th: Willi Rutten, 7 points (Koenigsegg)
18th: Elizabete Araujo, 5 points (McLaren)
19th: Monifa Usman, 1 point (Williams-Rolls Royce)
20th: Dorothy Broutsos, 0 points (McLaren)
21st: Shigeru Sasaki, 0 points (Koenigsegg)
22nd: Paolo Lombardi, 0 points (Aston Martin)

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Mid Season Debrief:

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Haven't done one of these before so here's how it'll work:

We'll start with the team 11th in the constructors standings and work our way up to the team at the top of standings. The team's performance as well as their drivers will be highlighted.

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11th: McLaren

Team Performance: Comfortably the worst team on the grid, very little was expected in the first place, and all 5 points scored so far have come at the hands of Elizabete Araujo.

Elizabete Araujo: Speaking of Araujo, she has done the best she can do so far, scoring all 5 points. Some flashes of the old speed are still there, but she is very much out of her prime.

Dorothy Broutsos: More of the same from her previous stint in F1, the return hasn't been better. Almost always getting beaten by teammate Araujo in qualifying and race battles, it's fair to say that no one is expecting any points from her

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10th: Koenigsegg

Team Performance: The Swedish manufacturer's second season in F1 has been a notable downgrade from 2045. From consistent points and a podium to just 7 points by the summer break, and like McLaren, all at the hands of 1 driver.

Willi Rutten: Generally the better driver in this team at the moment, finishing higher in the races compared to his teammate. His 7th place at Brazil is what is keeping the team off the bottom of the table at the moment

Shigeru Sasaki: Not so bad by any means, but hasn't done much noteworthy this season, and that pretty much sums up her entire career. Is more often on the bad side of the teammate battle

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9th: Aston Martin

Team Performance: The 2nd slowest car on the grid has had them very much handicapped this season, and a big downgrade from the previous season, from 4th to 9th. But they still have the services of Tom Karlsson, who has been proving his worth on multiple occasions.

Tom Karlsson: Speaking of Karlsson, the Finn has also scored all 12 of Aston Martin's points so far this season. He is always outclassing his teammate, sometimes substantially.

Paolo Lombardi: The Italian has been aboslutely nowhere this season. He has only made it out of Q1 including sprint sessions 4 times across all 14 races so far this season. And this definately doesn't help his races, scoring no points at all. He did have a slight chance at Canada when he ran in 9th early on, but contact damaged his car and his chances

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8th: Audi

Team Performance: More of the same from last season, but both of their drivers do have capable hands, and those bring home more points. 37 points isn't too poor, but they do need to work on their car in order to maximize their drivers' performances.

Mickael Augar: Augar has proved to the be the better man at Audi, albeit slightly. He has been getting outqualified more often, but he does better in the races to bring home bigger and more consistent points

Manfred Kramer: Whenever his teammate does fall, the Dutchman can be there to pick up the pieces for Audi, contributing a fair amount of the 37 points that Audi have scored so far

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7th: Williams-Rolls Royce

Team Performance: The Grove outfit have been rather lonely this first half of the season, 21 points ahead of the nearest team behind them but 46 points behind the nearest team in front of them. Like with Aston Martin, the battle is completely one sided.

Pietro Sanna: The Italian has been a hot figure in the paddock over the past year, and looking at his performances, understandably so. Consistently dragging the 7th fastest car to the top 10 on a regular basis, it has been rightfully rewarded, with all but 1 of the team's points coming from him.

Monifa Usman: She may be a landmark in F1 history becoming the first ever Botswanan to race in the sport, but her performances have never been convincing in the first place. Finding herself in the bottom 6 more often than not, a single 10th place at Silverstone is what is keeping her off the bottom of the table in the drivers standings

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6th: Chevrolet

Team Performance: A noticeable improvement compared to the previous year, upgrading from 9th to 6th in the constructors standings so far. They aren't consistently able to keep up with the cars in front of them, but they can put up a fight for bigger points whenever the opportunity arises.

Maria Alves: The Brazilian has been the one to take those opportunities with both hands, scoring 3 podiums and regular top 7 finishes, she has contributed to the lion's share of the team's points. If Chevrolet can bring a more consistent package, she could be challenging for more podiums, and maybe even victories if the team at the top falter.

Xantara Bevis: Chevrolet's deadweight this season, rarely scoring points showcases her inconsistency during races. She may qualify well on a given day, but in the race she tends to fall down the order. Scoring a single podium in The Netherlands, only 6 of her points have not come from that single podium

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5th: Ferrari

Team Performance: Equal to their performances of the previous year, staying in 5th in the constructors standings and scoring regular top 5 finishes on the weekly. Their car may not be consistently good enough to challenge the Bugattis and Red Bulls, but like Chevrolet, they can grab any given opportunities.

Verlee Lee: The American has really found her form again over past 1 and a half years with the Tifosi after a sour end with McLaren. Scoring the larger amount of the team's 142 points, she also took the only non Mercedes victory of the season so far at Azerbaijan, becoming the first American to win in a Ferrari since 1971

Monique Brun: What. the. hell. happened? The downturn in form of the Swiss driver needs to be studied. Peaking only 4 years ago in 2042 finishing 3rd in the drivers standings, and has never even finished in the top 10 in the standings since. She can provide a top 6 here and there, but is clearly being outclassed by her teammate

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4th: Alpine

Team Performance: The downfall of the mighty 2030s team is really hitting them hard this season, slumping to 4th in the constructors standings in just 2 years. They can still fight the Bugattis and Red Bulls, but there is an asterisk.

Mireille Girard: The 2 time champion is making the most of the machinery she has, scoring 154 of the team's points this season with regular top 5 finishes, taking 4 podiums along the way. It's going to take a rebuild or a completely new team for her to return to that championship, but she is still doing very well right now.

Simone Ferri: Alpine may have fallen from grace, but they are still running at the sharp end of the points, and that gives the Italian no excuses. Scoring just 18 of the team's 172 points, he is often found in the 13th-17th area in the races, which yields no points. He has to improve if Alpine are to get the upper hand in the fight for 2nd in the constructors standings

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3rd: Red Bull

Team Performance: The 3rd best team, Red Bull are meeting expectations this season, but are fighting Bugatti for 2nd in the constructors standings. Like Chevrolet, Ferrari, and Alpine, it's a one sided battle, but not one that is totally costing the Milton Keynes outfit.

Thomas Mann: The better of the New Zealander drivers in the team, he is regularly fighting for podiums and finishing there, if not still in the top 5. Scoring the large haul of the team's points, he is also fighting for 3rd in the drivers standings as well

Joshua Jones: The second New Zealander doesn't have a great track record when it comes to teammates, often getting beaten in the battles against them, and this season has been no different. Whilst not as inconsistent as Bevis, Brun, and Ferri, he does need to improve if Red Bull want to get the upper hand on Bugatti in the fight for 2nd in the constructors

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2nd: Bugatti

Team Performance: Speaking of Bugatti, they are the 2nd best team of this season, but only slightly. They have improved after Alpine's fall from 2nd and Aston Martin's dramatic fall off, they have upgraded from 6th to 2nd in the constructors between seasons, and it is a step in the right direction.

Alessandro Amato: Once again outperforming his teammate in the inter-team rivalry, he is always seen in the top 5, taking a few podiums for good measure. The Italian is one of the best drivers of this season, and will need to keep the points going.

Amelia Moreira: Whilst less crash prone than years gone by, she has still racked up quite a repair bill for Bugatti, as she has done for every other team she has raced for in her career. Whilst 76 points is good enough to get Bugatti the upper hand against Red Bull in the constructors standings, the Brazilian does need to further clean up her driving to avoid losing car parts and points.

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1st: Mercedes:

Team Performance: Self explanatory, the dominant force of the season after the major technical changes for this season. Winning all but one of the races so far this season, they could wrap up the constructors championship very early, but the drivers championship is still up for grabs between their two drivers.

Mercedes Gonzalez: In this rare occasion of the driver and the team having the same name, she has returned to the grid after a year away in fighting fashion, being slightly more consistent than her teammate and better controlling the car. However, her tire management is her main weakness, making them degrade more quickly than her teammate's.

Wilhelm Franz: The reigning champion after the Alpine era ended, he has had some tough competition from teammate Gonzalez this season. And it has shown as he has made a fair few more mistakes on track than Gonzalez. Nevertheless, the 2 drivers have gotten the maximum out of their car, which fittingly, echoes the Mercedes W07 of 2016 which is now 30 years old in this universe

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Speaking of years, as I type this, the in game day is August 1st, 2046, making it 70 years since the 1976 German Grand Prix in this universe. We all know what happened then

misty blaze Apr 8, 2025, 10:20 PM

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As of the Portuguese Grand Prix, the following driver transfers for 2047 have been confirmed:

Mireille Girard: Renewed deal with Alpine (4 years)
Jurgen Gartling: Free Agent > Bugatti (4 years)
Maria Alves: Renewed deal with Chevrolet (4 years)
Darlene Tavares: Bugatti Affiliate > Williams-Rolls Royce (1 year)
Mercedes Gonzalez: Renewed deal with Mercedes (5 years)
Monifa Usman: Williams-Rolls Royce > Aston Martin (3 years)

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Side note: Alpine are going to pay Girard a yearly salary of $68,775,000. What the f-?

mighty kestrel Apr 9, 2025, 11:25 AM

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misty blaze Side note: Alpine are going to pay Girard a yearly salary of **$68,775,000. What...

68m is wild

misty blaze Apr 9, 2025, 5:30 PM

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🇵🇹 Portugal 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Usman P22, Lombardi P21, Araujo P20, Rutten P19, Broutsos P18, Sasaki P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Ferri P16, Sanna P15, Bevis P14, Alves P13, Amato P12, Karlsson P11

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Q3 Top 10: Jones P10, Brun P9, Augar P8, Mann P7, Kramer P6, Moreira P5, Girard P4, Lee P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P8, Manfred P6

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Lap 1: Flying starts from the Audis, they've jumped 2 places to 4th and 6th led by Kramer

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Lap 5: Championship leader Gonzalez is reporting a gearbox problem, not good news

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Lap 21: Kramer might be trying a one stop, it's risky, but it might work. We'll see if it changes though

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Lap 33: Both Mercedes' have car problems, Gonzalez's of which has gotten worse, can it open an extra spot on the podium?

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Sanna DNF, Sasaki DNF, Usman P20, Lombardi P19, Araujo P18, Rutten P17, Broutsos P16, Alves P15, Karlsson P14, Jones P13, Brun P12, Moreira P11, Ferri P10, Bevis P9, Amato P8, Kramer P7, Lee P6, Girard P5, Mann P4, Augar P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P3, Manfred P7

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 7th race of the season and leads the drivers championship for the first time this season, and Gonzalez followed in 2nd for another Mercedes 102 despite major gearbox faults for both cars
Augar gets 1st podium of the season, and with Kramer 7th, Audi overtake Williams-Rolls Royce for 7th in the constructors standings
Mercedes win the constructors title

misty blaze Apr 9, 2025, 6:42 PM

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🇭🇺 Hungary 2046:

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Sprint Qualifying:

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SQ1 Knockouts: Usman P22, Sasaki P21, Broutsos P20, Karlsson P19, Rutten P18, Lombardo P17

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SQ2 Knockouts: Araujo P16, Brun P15, Sanna P14, Ferri P13, Jones P12, Bevis P11

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SQ3 Top 10: Kramer P10, Augar P9, Amato P8, Girard P7, Mann P6, Alves P5, Lee P4, Moreira P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Sprint Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P9, Manfred P10

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

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Sprint:

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Finishing Order: Sasaki P22, Araujo P21, Usman P20, Broutsos P19, Lombardi P18, Brun P17, Rutten P16, Ferri P15, Karlsson P14, Sanna P13, Bevis P12, Jones P11, Kramer P10, Alves P9, Augar P8, Moreira P7, Lee P6, Amato P5, Mann P4, Girard P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Sprint Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P8, Manfred P10

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

misty blaze Apr 9, 2025, 9:28 PM

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Sasaki P22, Lombardi P21, Araujo P20, Usman P19, Augar P18, Rutten P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Broutsos P16, Ferri P15, Sanna P14, Karlsson P13, Moreira P12, Brun P11

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Q3 Top 10: Bevis P10, Kramer P9, Jones P8, Lee P7, Alves P6, Girard P5, Mann P4, Amato P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P18, Manfred P9

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Lap 5: Amato took the lead from Franz, and then immediately locked up at turn 3

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Lap 29: Gonzalez took a bit of time, but she has finally gotten the lead from Franz

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Lap 56: Not much happened in 25 laps, until Gonzalez spun off and gave the lead to Franz. Only problem is that Girard is 8 tenths behind him

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Lap 57: Girard takes the lead, could this be Alpine's first win since Japan last season? Oh, and Ferri in the other car is down in 15th

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Lap 65: Safety car, hopefully the race can restart so we can bolt on fresh softs and take a 1-2

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Lap 68: Lapped cars not allowed to overtake

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F$%k

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Araujo DNF, Jones DNF, Lombardi P20, Sasaki P19, Usman P18, Broutsos P17, Sanna P16, Rutten P15, Karlsson P14, Ferri P13, Brun P12, Kramer P11, Augar P10, Alves P9, Bevis P8, Amato P7, Moreira P6, Mann P5, Lee P4, Gonzalez P3, Franz P2, Girard P1

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Winner: Mireille Girard

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P11

Mercedes: Mercedes P3, Wilhelm P2

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Main Highlights:

Girard wins 1st race of the season in the rare occurence that Mercedes have poor pace
Alpine overtake Red Bull for 3rd in the constructors standings

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The fact that it took Alpine until round 16 to win shows how far off they've fallen

misty blaze Apr 9, 2025, 11:52 PM

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🇪🇸 Spain 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Bevis P22, Rutten P21, Usman P20, Ferri P19, Augar P18, Jones P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Broutsos P16, Lee P15, Araujo P14, Lombardi P13, Sasaki P12, Karlsson P11

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Q3 Top 10: Moreira P10 (No time), Brun P9, Alves P8, Sanna P7, Kramer P6, Mann P5, Girard P4, Amato P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P18, Manfred P6

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

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Moreira takes a pit lane start

misty blaze Apr 10, 2025, 12:14 AM

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Lap 24: Both Mercedes in, Girard followed them very well beforehand

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Lap 26: Girard in, is it enough for Mercedes to undercut?

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Answer is yes, with both cars

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Thing is though, looks like Girard is doing a 2 stop, we're doing a 3 stop, so differing strategies here

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Lap 45: Big lock up from Franz into turn 1, this effectively secures the victory for Gonzalez if this 3 stopper pays off

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Lap 51: Turns out there's not enough a gap to Girard to pit both cars, so I'm turning this into a 2 stop to the end on the current set of softs

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Araujo P22, Usman P21, Bevis P20, Karlsson P19, Broutsos P18, Sasaki P17, Rutten P16, Lombardi P15, Ferri P14, Alves P13, Jones P12, Sanna P11, Moreira P10, Brun P9, Kramer P8, Augar P7, Lee P6, Mann P5, Amato P4, Girard P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P7, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P2

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 8th race of the season and re-takes the lead of the drivers standings, and also becomes the first Spaniard to win at their home race since Fernando Alonso in 2013
Augar comes back from 18th to take 7th

misty blaze Apr 10, 2025, 5:50 PM

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🇧🇪 Belgium 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Karlsson P22, Araujo P21, Augar P20, Brun P19, Sanna P18, Sasaki P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Broutsos P16, Rutten P15, Alves P14, Lombardi P13, Jones P12, Usman P11

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Q3 Top 10: Lee P10, Mann P9, Bevis P8, Ferri P7, Amato P6, Girard P5, Moreira P4, Kramer P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P20, Manfred P3

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Lap 4: Kramer is getting racey, he's tried a move on Gonzalez twice now

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Lap 6: Araujo crashes at turn 13, becoming one of the I can't count how many victims of that corner. It's rather home to some crashes there

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Also Girard passed Kramer up to 3rd

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Lap 13: Usman is the first one in the pits, people trying 2 stoppers it seems

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Lap 15: More 2 stoppers, and one is 4th placed Kramer, a gamble from Audi there

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Lap 20: Girard, Gonzalez, and Franz in for their seemingly 1 and only stop. Kramer was 11.2 behind the leader, he might come out in the lead here

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Wasn't really close, 5 seconds between them now

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Lap 23: Kramer leads, but he has to stop again, really needs to make this medium stint count

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Lap 27: The top 2 engage in battle for the lead now, Kramer vs Girard

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Lap 28: Kramer nearly went around the outside at Eau Rouge-Radillion, how cool would that have been?

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Lap 33: No way are Audi trying to one stop now, it would kill Kramer's race

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Lap 41: The battle at the front is reigniting, Gonzalez 1.9 behind Girard

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Also Audi decided to pit Kramer now. Why? I don't know, ask Ferrari I guess

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Lap 44: Last lap, last chance, Gonzalez took it, she takes the lead from Girard

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Araujo P22, Usman P21, Rutten P20, Broutsos P19, Augar P18, Lombardi P17, Jones P16, Sanna P15, Sasaki P14, Karlsson P13, Brun P12, Amato P11, Ferri P10, Bevis P9, Kramer P8, Mann P7, Alves P6, Lee P5, Moreira P4, Franz P3, Girard P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P18, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P3

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 9th race of the season and extends lead in the drivers standings
Alves comes back from 14th to take 6th
Kramer loses a podium to bad strategy

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Seriously, staying out on 30 lap old mediums trying to the end and then pitting for softs 3 laps to the end from 3rd. What on earth were they thinking in the first place?

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They could've fit a set of softs when he was fighting Girard for the lead and charge back to the leaders

misty blaze Apr 10, 2025, 7:52 PM

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Driver Numbers in order:

Dorothy Broutsos: 0 (Apparently)
Tom Karlsson: 2
Manfred Kramer: 3
Joshua Jones: 7
Maria Alves: 11
Elizabete Araujo: 15
Wilhelm Franz: 18
Simone Ferri: 26
Mercedes Gonzalez: 29
Monifa Usman: 33
Xantara Bevis: 34
Paolo Lombardi: 35
Alessandro Amato: 52
Amelia Moreira: 53
Mickael Augar: 56
Monique Brun: 62
Verlee Lee: 68
Mireille Girard: 71
Thomas Mann: 77
Shigeru Sasaki: 85
Pietro Sanna: 88
Willi Rutten: 90

misty blaze Apr 10, 2025, 8:29 PM

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🇺🇸 Indianapolis, USA 2046:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Lombardi P22, Rutten P21, Augar P20, Araujo P19, Ferri P18, Amato P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Usman P16, Broutsos P15, Karlsson P14, Sasaki P13, Bevis P12, Jones P11

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Q3 Top 10: Brun P10, Kramer P9, Lee P8, Alves P7, Sanna P6, Gonzalez P5, Mann P4, Girard P3, Moreira P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P20, Manfred P9

Mercedes: Mercedes P5, Wilhelm P2

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Mann, Sanna, Jones, Amato, Rutten, Bevis, and Augar all have penalties to the back of the grid

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Objective off the start: Survive

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And it's full wets

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Lap 1: 12 people are on inters, 9 are on full wets off the start

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Lap 21: Conditions are 100% full wet now, no doubt

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And Kramer is making up for Belgium, he's running in 6th at the moment while his teammate is down in 13th

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Lap 29: Red flag at the highest water level in this save so far, 6.43 mm of track water

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Lap 34: So, I kinda had a rare blunder and fit inters on the start because it said it was going to be light rain 3 minutes after the restart. But when it actually restarted, it was 3 minutes to heavy rain, so everyone started on full wets. Now we've had to go back to full wets and we are 15th and 20th, but we should have a tire advantage because everyone else cooked their full wets on the restart

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Lap 37: Kramer has spun and tapped the wall from 3rd, oh what a shame for Audi

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Lap 47: I didn't notice this, but there's a rare opportunity for points for Koenigsegg, Sasaki is running in 9th at the moment

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Amato DNF, Karlsson DNF, Ferri DNF, Jones P19, Broutsos P18, Araujo P17, Usman P16, Lombardi P15, Rutten P14, Kramer P13, Bevis P12, Sasaki P11, Augar P10, Sanna P9, Brun P8, Lee P7, Mann P6, Franz P5, Gonzalez P4, Alves P3, Moreira P2, Girard P1

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Winner: Mireille Girard

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P13

Mercedes: Mercedes P4, Wilhelm P5

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Main Highlights:

Girard wins 2nd race of the season
Alves gets 4th podium of the season
Both Mercedes recover 11 places after a rare strategy blunder
Augar comes back from 22nd to take 10th
Alpine overtake Bugatti for 2nd in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 10, 2025, 9:20 PM

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🇯🇵 Japan 2046:

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Qualifying (Simulated):

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Q1 Knockouts: Usman P22, Karlsson P21, Ferri P20, Jones P19, Lombardi P18, Rutten P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Broutsos P16, Araujo P15, Sasaki P14, Brun P13, Bevis P12, Mann P11

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Q3 Top 10: Sanna P10, Amato P9, Moreira P8, Lee P7, Alves P6, Kramer P5, Augar P4, Girard P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P4, Manfred P5

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Race (Simulated):

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Finishing Order: Alves P22, Brun P21, Sanna P20, Rutten P19, Usman P18, Mann P17, Lombardi P16, Ferri P15, Broutsos P14, Girard P13, Karlsson P12, Araujo P11, Augar P10, Sasaki P9, Jones P8, Bevis P7, Lee P6, Kramer P5, Amato P4, Moreira P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P5

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 8th race of the season
Kramer gets best finish of the season, really ramping up results since the summer break
Jones comes back from 19th to take 8th
Bugatti re-overtake Alpine for 2nd in the constructors standings

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 2046:

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Qualifying (Simulated):

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Q1 Knockouts: Broutsos P22, Lombardi P21, Araujo P20, Karlsson P19, Usman P18, Rutten P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Brun P16, Augar P15, Jones P14, Sanna P13, Sasaki P12, Ferri P11

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Q3 Top 10: Kramer P10, Alves P9, Mann P8, Moreira P7, Bevis P6, Lee P5, Girard P4, Gonzalez P3, Amato P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P15, Manfred P10

Mercedes: Mercedes P3, Wilhelm P2

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Alves, Lee, Mann, Sanna, Karlsson, Araujo, Kramer, and Brun all have penalties to the back of the grid

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Race will be managed because it's Jeddah, better be more than 5 DNFs

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Lap 7: Franz has crashed, this could be a crucial moment for the championship!

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Lap 8: Only Usman stayed out, so a Botswanan driver will lead a race for the first time in F1 history

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Lap 11: On the safety car restart, Usman gets a mechanical fault after leading for the first time. You can't make this crap up with the mechanical faults in this game

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Lap 13: Xantara Bevis now takes the lead

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Lap 16: Red flag, Augar and Moreira out. Well not surprising that it's the latter

misty blaze Apr 10, 2025, 10:18 PM

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Lap 27: Not much has happened other than the usual flip-flopping, but Usman has maintained 5th despite the problem, which we now know is a gearbox problem

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Lap 29: Usman's gearbox problem has worsened, I really hope I didn't just do the commentators curse

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Lap 41: We did a 2 stop with Gonzalez not counting red flags, and we have to catch Amato who has an 11.4 seconds gap in front. I think it's doable in 10 laps

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Franz DNF, Moreira DNF, Augar DNF, Lombardi DNF, Broutsos P18, Usman P17, Sasaki P16, Rutten P15, Alves P14, Kramer P13, Brun P12, Girard P11, Karlsson P10, Araujo P9, Lee P8, Ferri P7, Jones P6, Sanna P5, Bevis P4, Mann P3, Gonzalez P2, Amato P1

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Winner: Alessandro Amato

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Audi: Mickael DNF, Manfred P13

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm DNF

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Main Highlights:

Amato unexpectedly wins 1st race of the season
Mann comes back from 17th to take 3rd
Sanna comes back from 18th to take 5th
Araujo comes back from 20th to take 9th
Usman ran as high as 4th place, but suffered a gearbox problem and dropped to 17th. Damn shame

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That crash could have just cost Franz the championship, because if he wins all of the final 3 races and Gonzalez finishes 2nd, the gap will be 2 points in Gonzalez's favour

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Also, we might have 8 teams breach 100 points come the end of Australia, which will be the first time this has happened since 2032? I don't even remember at this point

misty blaze Apr 10, 2025, 11:05 PM

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🇲🇾 Malaysia 2046:

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Qualifying (Simulated):

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Q1 Knockouts: Rutten P22, Usman P21, Broutsos P20, Araujo P19, Lombardi P18, Karlsson P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Sasaki P16, Brun P15, Augar P14, Alves P13, Ferri P12, Bevis P11

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Q3 Top 10: Jones P10, Moreira P9, Kramer P8, Franz P7, Sanna P6, Gonzalez P5, Girard P4, Lee P3, Mann P2, Amato P1

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Polesitter: Alessandro Amato

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Audi: Mickael P14, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P5, Wilhelm P7

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Race (Simulated):

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Finishing Order: Bevis DNF, Franz P21, Moreira P20, Alves P19, Araujo P18, Rutten P17, Usman P16, Broutsos P15, Lombardi P14, Sasaki P13, Karlsson P12, Brun P11, Augar P10, Ferri P9, Jones P8, Gonzalez P7, Kramer P6, Sanna P5, Amato P4, Girard P3, Lee P2, Mann P1

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Winner: Thomas Mann

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Audi: Mickael P10, Manfred P6

Mercedes: Mercedes P7, Wilhelm P21

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Main Highlights:

Mann wins 1st race of the season, putting Red Bull within 4 points of Bugatti for 2nd in the constructors standings
A terrible race for Franz has Gonzalez with 1 hand on the championship trophy

misty blaze Apr 10, 2025, 11:28 PM

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🇮🇹 Italy 2046:

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I literally cannot be arsed at the moment, so straight to the sprint with some cuts

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Sprint (Simulated):

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Points Scorers: Sanna P8, Jones P7, Amato P6, Lee P5, Moreira P4, Alves P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Sprint Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P21, Manfred P12

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wilhelm P1

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Qualifying (Simulated):

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Q1 Knockouts: Broutsos P22, Sasaki P21, Usman P20, Rutten P19, Lombardi P18, Karlsson P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Araujo P16, Augar P15, Kramer P14, Mann P13, Brun P12, Moreira P11

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Q3 Top 10: Ferri P10, Bevis P9, Alves P8, Girard P7, Lee P6, Gonzalez P5, Sanna P4, Jones P3, Amato P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P15, Manfred P14

Mercedes: Mercedes P5, Wilhelm P1

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Girard demoted to P17 due to grid penalty. Augar demoted to P22 due to grid penalty

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Race (Simulated):

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Finishing Order: Amato DNF, Sanna P21, Sasaki P20, Brun P19, Usman P18, Jones P17, Broutsos P16, Rutten P15, Lombardi P14, Karlsson P13, Ferri P12, Kramer P11, Bevis P10, Girard P9, Araujo P8, Augar P7, Moreira P6, Mann P5, Alves P4, Gonzalez P3, Lee P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P7, Manfred P11

Mercedes: Mercedes P3, Wilhelm P1

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 9th race of the season
Lee gets 3rd podium of the season (I thought it was more, honestly)
Augar comes back from 22nd to take 7th
Red Bull overtake Alpine for 3rd in the constructors standings
Araujo gets best finish of the season with 8th, allowing McLaren to overtake Koenigsegg for 10th in the constructors standings

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🇦🇺 Australia 2046:

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Same thing as Italy

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Sprint (Simulated):

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Points Scorers: Lee P8, Sanna P7, Mann P6, Amato P5, Jones P4, Girard P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Sprint Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P9, Manfred P14

Mercedes: Mercedes P2, Wihelm P1

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Qualifying (Simulated):

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Q1 Knockouts: Broutsos P22, Araujo P21, Sasaki P20, Lombardi P19, Usman P18, Ferri P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Bevis P16, Augar P15, Sanna P14, Karlsson P13, Rutten P12, Moreira P11

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Q3 Top 10: Amato P10, Alves P9, Kramer P8, Girard P7, Franz P6, Brun P5, Lee P4, Mann P3, Jones P2, Gonzalez P1

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Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P15, Manfred P8

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P6

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Amato DNF, Broutsos DNF, Bevis DNF, Moreira P19, Mann P18, Jones P17, Ferri P16, Rutten P15, Brun P14, Franz P13, Sasaki P12, Karlsson P11, Girard P10, Araujo P9, Lombardi P8, Augar P7, Usman P6, Lee P5, Alves P4, Kramer P3, Sanna P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P7, Manfred P3

Mercedes: Mercedes P1, Wilhelm P13

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 10th race of the season and wins the drivers championship, the first for a Spaniard since Fernando Alonso in 2006
Sanna gets 1st podium of the season
Kramer gets first podium of the season
Usman comes back from 18th to take 6th
Lombardi comes back from 19th to take 8th
Araujo comes back from 21st to take 9th

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End of Season Standings:

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Constructors:

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1st: Mercedes, 956 points
2nd: Bugatti, 353 points
3rd: Red Bull, 312 points
4th: Alpine, 305 points
5th: Ferrari, 258 points
6th: Chevrolet, 186 points
7th: Audi, 122 points
8th: Williams-Rolls Royce, 109 points
9th: Aston Martin, 17 points
10th: McLaren, 13 points
11th: Koenigsegg, 9 points

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Drivers:

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1st: Mercedes Gonzalez, 499 points (Mercedes)
2nd: Wilhelm Franz, 457 points (Mercedes)
3rd: Mireille Girard, 277 points (Alpine)
4th: Thomas Mann, 241 points (Red Bull)
5th: Verlee Lee, 218 points (Ferrari)
6th: Alessandro Amato, 208 points (Bugatti)
7th: Amelia Moreira, 145 points (Bugatti)
8th: Maria Alves, 138 points (Chevrolet)
9th: Pietro Sanna, 100 points (Williams-Rolls Royce)
10th: Joshua Jones, 71 points (Red Bull)
11th: Manfred Kramer, 64 points (Audi)
12th: Mickael Augar, 58 points (Audi)
13th: Xantara Bevis, 48 points (Chevrolet)
14th: Monique Brun, 40 points (Ferrari)
15th: Simone Ferri, 28 points (Alpine)
16th: Tom Karlsson, 13 points (Aston Martin)
17th: Elizabete Araujo, 13 points (McLaren)
18th: Monifa Usman, 9 points (Williams-Rolls Royce)
19th: Willi Rutten, 7 points (Koenigsegg)
20th: Paolo Lombardi, 4 points (Aston Martin)
21st: Shigeru Sasaki, 2 points (Koenigsegg)
22nd: Dorothy Broutsos, 0 points (McLaren)

misty blaze Apr 11, 2025, 9:20 PM

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Audi's Early Dive (Aston Martin Season 24 2047)

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2047 Driver Lineups:

Mercedes: Mercedes Gonzalez-Wilhelm Franz
Bugatti: Alessandro Amato-Jurgen Gartling
Red Bull: Thomas Mann-Joshua Jones
Alpine: Mireille Girard-Simone Ferri
Ferrari: Verlee Lee-Monique Brun
Chevrolet: Maria Alves-Xantara Bevis
Audi: Mickael Augar-Manfred Kramer
Williams-Rolls Royce: Pietro Sanna-Darlene Tavares
Aston Martin: Monifa Usman-Paolo Lombardi
McLaren: Elizabete Araujo-Dorothy Broutsos
Koenigsegg: Willi Rutten-Shigeru Sasaki

misty blaze Apr 11, 2025, 10:45 PM

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Aston Martin was broke from day 1 this year, even after sponsors, so we have no upgrades for the opening few rounds

misty blaze Apr 11, 2025, 11:01 PM

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First practice of the season and Lombardi has already crashed. Not a good omen, if I'm honest

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🇩🇪 Eifel 2047:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Lombardi P22, Araujo P21, Bevis P20, Usman P19, Ferri P18, Kramer P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Broutsos P16, Jones P15, Brun P14, Sanna P13, Augar P12, Alves P11

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Q3 Top 10: Rutten P10, Sasaki P9, Girard P8, Tavares P7, Gartling P6, Gonzalez P5, Mann P4, Lee P3, Amato P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P12, Manfred P17

Aston Martin: Monifa P19, Paolo P22

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Two things to cover before the race:

The one rookie, Tavares, is Brazilian 🇧🇷 and her number is 69

On top of Girard's 68 million dollar salary, she also has a 522 million dollar breakout fee

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Lap 14: Safety car. The order is Lee, Mann, Amato, Franz, Gonzalez the top 5

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Not before Lombardi went through another front wing, those aren't infinite you know?

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Lap 21: Amato locks up from 3rd, and phases through Franz's car? I guess technology has come a long way

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Lap 24: Gartling takes the lead on his F1 return

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Lap 29: Another top 5 runner, Mann, locks up, and crashes this time

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Araujo DNF, Brun P21, Tavares P20, Augar P19, Kramer P18, Ferri P17, Broutsos P16, Mann P15, Sanna P14, Bevis P13, Lombardi P12, Usman P11, Jones P10, Alves P9, Rutten P8, Amato P7, Sasaki P6, Girard P5, Gonzalez P4, Lee P3, Gartling P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P19, Manfred P18

Aston Martin: Monifa P11, Paolo P12

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 1st race of the season
Gartling gets 1st podium on F1 return

misty blaze Apr 12, 2025, 1:50 PM

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🇺🇸 Texas, USA 2047:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Rutten P22, Alves P21, Lombardi P20, Broutsos P19, Ferri P18, Araujo P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Bevis P16, Jones P15, Kramer P14, Brun P13, Usman P12, Gonzalez P11

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Q3 Top 10: Augar P10 (Out), Lee P9 (Out), Amato P8, Tavares P7, Sanna P6, Gartling P5, Sasaki P4, Mann P3, Franz P2, Girard P1

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Polesitter: Mireille Girard

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Audi: Mickael P10 (Out), Manfred P14

Aston Martin: Monifa P12, Paolo P20

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Monifa starts P11 due to grid penalty for Lee

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I like that, 11th place to start, great qualifying from Usman

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Lap 3: Franz leads

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In terms of us, Usman dropped a place to 12th but is hanging in DRS, and Lombardi is up to 17th

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Make that 11th and 16th, Tavares has lock up at the end of the back straight

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Lap 4: Gartling has a spin and bunches up the pack behind him

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Lap 31: In 27 laps, Gonzalez has climbed up from 10th all the way to 1st and is fighting Franz for it

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Lap 33: Usman is out, VSC

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And everyone pits, that's our clever strategy down the toilet, f- sake

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Lap 40: Franz has stayed out a few extra laps while Gonzalez has pitted, the gap is currently 14.2

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Lap 42: Franz pits, Gonzalez leads by 9 seconds

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Usman DNF, Lee P21, Broutsos P20, Lombardi P19, Araujo P18, Ferri P17, Bevis P16, Tavares P15, Brun P14, Kramer P13, Alves P12, Augar P11, Sasaki P10, Amato P9, Jones P8, Sanna P7, Rutten P6, Gartling P5, Mann P4, Girard P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P11, Manfred P11

Aston Martin: Monifa DNF, Paolo P19

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 1st race of the season from 10th on the grid
Rutten comes back from 22nd to take 6th
Alpine overtake Koenigsegg and Ferrari for 3rd in the constructors standings
Williams-Rolls Royce overtake Chevrolet and Aston Martin for 7th in the constructors standings

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The good news is: We have ugpgrades finally coming, only front and rear wings for now but it's a step in the right direction

misty blaze Apr 12, 2025, 2:37 PM

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🇫🇷 France 2047:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Augar P22, Lombardi P21, Broutsos P20, Araujo P19, Ferri P18, Bevis P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Brun P16, Kramer P15, Amato P14, Usman P13, Girard P12, Jones P11

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Q3 Top 10: Rutten P10, Tavares P9, Alves P8, Sanna P7, Gartling P6, Sasaki P5, Lee P4, Mann P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P22, Manfred P15

Aston Martin: Monifa P13, Paolo P21

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Lap 1: Turn 1 crash already, Brun with heavy car damage, Amato and Araujo get away with minor damage

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Lap 2: More collisions, a Brazilian civil war between Tavares and Alves

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WE'RE IN THE POINTS

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Lap 15: Usman overtook 2 cars at once, we can fight

misty blaze Apr 12, 2025, 3:07 PM

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Lap 41: We were going to catch up to the cars in front with fresh tires, but then a safety car was called and everyone pit. NOTHING WORKS

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Lap 54: We're salvaging something out of this, Usman is currently 7th

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Araujo DNF, Mann DNF, Augar P20, Alves P19, Amato P18, Bevis P17, Tavares P16, Brun P15, Broutsos P14, Girard P13, Ferri P12, Kramer P11, Lombardi P10, Jones P9, Sanna P8, Sasaki P7, Usman P6, Gonzalez P5, Rutten P4, Franz P3, Lee P2, Gartling P1

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Winner: Jurgen Gartling

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Audi: Mickael P20, Manfred P11

Aston Martin: Monifa P6, Paolo P10

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Main Highlights:

Gartling wins 1st race of the season
Lee gets 2nd podium of the season
Lombardi comes back from 21st to take 10th
Aston Martin overtake Chevrolet for 8th in the constructors standings

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And Crofty keeps talking about Koenigsegg. My brother, we scored points in one of the slowest cars, why aren't we getting any coverage?

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The rest of the upgrades are arriving for the next race, so more points are on the cards

misty blaze Apr 12, 2025, 3:44 PM

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🇳🇱 Netherlands 2047:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Araujo P22, Bevis P21, Mann P20, Broutsos P19, Brun P18, Tavares P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Ferri P16, Alves P15, Jones P14, Girard P13, Kramer P12, Amato P11

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Q3 Top 10: Lombardi P10, Sanna P9, Rutten P8, Gartling P7, Lee P6, Sasaki P5, Augar P4, Usman P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Polesitter: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P4, Manfred P12

Aston Martin: Monifa P3, Paolo P10

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Lap 7: Safety car, we are 3rd and 8th at the moment

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Lap 14: The Bugattis have a tangle into turn 1

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Lap 21: Red flag, we are 2nd and 6th at the moment

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I'll pause it here, watching Bahrain qualifying now

misty blaze Apr 12, 2025, 5:20 PM

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Back on lap 24

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Lap 39: The Mercedes cars are fighting hard the lead, Usman holds 3rd, and Lombardi is fending off Lee for 5th covers the top 5

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Lap 44: Franz has crashed at turn 4, the championship leader out! VSC

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Lap 56: Final stops have been made, Gonzalez leads by 21 seconds, Usman and Lee contend for 2nd and 3rd

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Rutten DNF, Tavares DNF, Franz DNF, Jones P19, Alves P18, Araujo P17, Mann P16, Bevis P15, Broutsos P14, Ferri P13, Sanna P12, Brun P11, Kramer P10, Sasaki P9, Augar P8, Amato P7, Girard P6, Gartling P5, Lee P4, Lombardi P3, Usman P2, Gonzalez P1

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Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P8, Manfred P10

Aston Martin: Monifa P2, Paolo P3

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Main Highlights:

Gonzalez wins 2nd race of the season and takes the lead of the drivers standings
Usman becomes the first even Botswanan to stand on the F1 podium
Lombardi gets his first podium in 12 years
Aston Martin jump 4 places to 4th in the constructors standings
Audi overtake Chevrolet for 9th in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 13, 2025, 10:16 PM

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🇹🇷 Turkey 2047:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Gonzalez P22, Broutsos P21, Brun P20, Araujo P19, Bevis P18, Jones P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Mann P16, Tavares P15, Ferri P14, Kramer P13, Augar P12, Usman P11

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Q3 Top 10: Rutten P10, Gartling P9, Sasaki P8, Lee P7, Lombardi P6, Sanna P5, Girard P4, Alves P3, Amato P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P12, Manfred P13

Aston Martin: Monifa P11, Paolo P6

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Lap 1: Alves jumps Franz and Amato off the line to take the lead

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Lap 10: The true race order is now setting in. Franz leads, Girard 2nd, Amato 3rd, Lee 4th, Lombardi 5th, Alves 6th, Usman 7th, Sanna 8th, Kramer 9th, Gartling 10th

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And in typical Ferrari fashion, Lee now has a gearbox fault

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Lap 28: 3 cars are still to pit, and once they do, I think decent points on the cards

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Lap 40: Our hard tires are really paying off, we've gone from 8th and 10th to 3rd and 4th at the moment

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Lap 53: We pit, soft tires on both cars while the rest in front have 75% hard tires. This should be a good one

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5 laps to go: We gained so much time, that Lombardi is now only 4.5 seconds behind Franz for the lead

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Final lap: Lombardi went 4 seconds quicker than Franz, but Mercedes have caught wind and have given him everything

misty blaze Apr 13, 2025, 11:03 PM

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Rutten DNF, Araujo P21, Lee P20, Broutsos P19, Brun P18, Jones P17, Tavares P16, Bevis P15, Ferri P14, Augar P13, Sasaki P12, Amato P11, Alves P10, Girard P9, Sanna P8, Kramer P7, Mann P6, Usman P5, Gartling P4, Gonzalez P3, Lombardi P2, Franz P1

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Winner: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P13, Manfred P7

Aston Martin: Monifa P5, Paolo P2

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Main Highlights:

Franz wins 2nd race of the season
Lombardi gets 2nd podium of the season
Gonzalez comes back from 22nd to take 3rd
Mann comes back from 16th to take 6th
Aston Martin overtake Ferrari for 3rd in the constructors standings

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From what I have so far, 3 drivers are in the hunt for the title. The situation is below

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Drivers championship situation:

1st: Mercedes Gonzalez, 87 points (Mercedes)
2nd: Wilhelm Franz, 83 points (Mercedes)
3rd: Jurgen Gartling, 75 points (Bugatti)

misty blaze Apr 14, 2025, 5:56 PM

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🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 2047:

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Sprint Qualifying:

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SQ1 Knockouts: Brun P22, Araujo P21, Amato P20, Broutsos P19, Bevis P18, Sanna P17

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SQ2 Knockouts: Kramer P16, Ferri P15, Taveres P14, Augar P13, Lombardi P12, Girard P11

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SQ3 Top 10: Rutten P10, Jones P9, Alves P8, Sasaki P7, Mann P6, Gartling P5, Lee P4, Gonzalez P3, Usman P2, Franz P1

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Sprint Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P13, Manfred P16

Aston Martin: Monifa P2, Paolo P12

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Lap 15: Usman overtook Lee into the castle section, that is sheer commitment to go for it there

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Lap 17: The two Mercedes have been wheel to wheel all lap long, who is takign the sprint win though?

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Sprint:

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Finishing Order: Broutsos DNF, Amato DNF, Tavares P20, Ferri P19, Araujo P18, Mann P17, Brun P16, Bevis P15, Kramer P14, Augar P13, Rutten P12, Jones P11, Girard P10, Sanna P9, Sasaki P8, Alves P7, Gartling P6, Lee P5, Lombardi P4, Usman P3, Franz P2, Gonzalez P1

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Sprint Winner: Mercedes Gonzalez

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Audi: Mickael P13, Manfred P14

Aston Martin: Monifa P3, Paolo P4

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Tavares P22, Ferri P21, Broutsos P20, Rutten P19, Jones P18, Bevis P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Araujo P16, Augar P15, Sasaki P14, Brun P13, Amato P12 (Out), Sanna P11

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Q3 Top 10: Kramer P10, Gartling P9, Alves P8, Lombardi P7, Lee P6, Mann P5, Girard P4, Gonzalez P3, Franz P2, Usman P1

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Polesitter: Monifa Usman

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Audi: Mickael P15, Manfred P10

Aston Martin: Monfia P1, Paolo P7

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Lap 2: Lombardi up 4 places to 3rd, it's a proper Mercedes vs Aston Martin battle this race

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Lap 5: Franz has hit the wall! He's definitely out of contention now

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It held up Lombardi, so it is now a two horse race between Usman and Gonzalez

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Lap 11: VSC, now who does what in terms of pit stops?

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Lap 12: VSC ending, no one has pitted

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Lap 16: Gonzalez pits, we're reacting on lap 17

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Lap 18: We're ahead, but only a traffic car seperates the net leaders

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Lap 34: Gonzalez pits for 2nd time onto mediums. We're pitting for softs next lap

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Lap 36: We're ahead, but again, just. Should have better wear though

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Lap 43: Still less than a second between the leaders, this is going to the very end

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Lap 50: Right, we've got tires, we've got fuel, we've got energy, we. can. fight

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Lap 51: DRS has been broken, I think it's basically over up front

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Araujo DNF, Augar P21, Kramer P20, Ferri P19, Broutsos P18, Sasaki P17, Amato P16, Tavares P15, Bevis P14, Alves P13, Brun P12, Jones P11, Franz P10, Rutten P9, Sanna P8, Mann P7, Lee P6, Girard P5, Gartling P4, Lombardi P3, Gonzalez P2, Usman P1

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Winner: Monifa Usman

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Audi: Mickael P21, Manfred P20

Aston Martin: Monifa P1, Paolo P3

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Main Highlights:

Usman becomes the first Botswanan to win an F1 race, and also becomes the first African regional driver to win a race since Deborah Feeney in 2034
Gonzalez extends lead in the drivers standings after Franz has another crash
Lombardi gets 3rd podium of the season
Rutten comes back from 19th to take 9th
Aston Martin overtake Bugatti for 2nd in the constructors standings
Alpine overtake Koenigsegg for 5th in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 14, 2025, 7:52 PM

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Brazil has all weekend rain, I sense opportunity

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🇧🇷 Brazil 2047:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Broutsos P22, Araujo P21, Tavares P20, Brun P19, Ferri P18, Kramer P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Sanna P16, Bevis P15, Alves P14, Rutten P13, Girard P12, Sasaki P11

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Q3 Top 10: Mann P10, Lombardi P9, Augar P8, Amato P7, Lee P6, Jones P5 (Out), Gartling P4, Usman P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P8, Manfred P17

Aston Martin: Monifa P3, Paolo P9

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Race is all the way through with rain, we'll have a great tire advantage due to temps

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Lap 1: Usman is already up to 1st, great for our tire game

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Lap 4: Most drivers' tires are in the 80%s, we are at 96%

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Lap 11: Usman leads with Franz behind, our inters are 22% better than his

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Lap 14: 1-2 led by Usman now, I knew this rain would be good for us

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Lap 23: The AI are hitting 40% wear, we are still at 75%

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A few exceptions though

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Lap 36: Most pit 10 laps ago, we are cruising at the moment

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Lap 53: So I had a rare moment of misjudgment and forgot to pit, so now we have to do a 0 stop and hope the gap is big enough

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Unless the Mercedes behind pit then we pit as well

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Lap 65: Usman has to hold off Franz for the lead now, and she's doing well at the moment

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Lap 69: Lombardi back up to 2nd

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Amato DNF, Augar DNF, Tavares DNF, Rutten DNF, Broutsos P18, Alves P17, Brun P16, Araujo P15, Ferri P14, Sanna P13, Kramer P12, Jones P11, Bevis P10, Girard P9, Sasaki P8, Lee P7, Mann P6, Gartling P5, Gonzalez P4, Franz P3, Lombardi P2, Usman P1

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Winner: Monifa Usman

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Audi: Mickael DNF, Manfred P12

Aston Martin: Monifa P1, Paolo P2

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Main Highlights:

Usman wins 2nd race of the season, along with Lombardi 2nd for Aston Martin's first 1-2 finish of the season
Koenigsegg re-overtake Alpine for 5th in the constructors standings

misty blaze Apr 14, 2025, 9:30 PM

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Drivers standings now

mighty kestrel Apr 15, 2025, 5:24 AM

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Its 2047, retire bro 😔

misty blaze Apr 16, 2025, 8:53 PM

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🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 2047:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Broutsos P22, Bevis P21, Ferri P20, Girard P19, Kramer P18, Tavares P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Sanna P16, Araujo P15, Augar P14, Jones P13, Brun P12, Gartling

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Q3 Top 10: Rutten P10, Alves P9, Lee P8, Mann P7, Sasaki P6, Amato P5, Lombardi P4, Usman P3, Gonzalez P2, Franz P1

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Polesitter: Wilhelm Franz

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Audi: Mickael P14, Manfred P18

Aston Martin: Monifa P3, Paolo P4

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Lap 3: I looked back and Franz was facing the wrong way

misty blaze Apr 16, 2025, 9:23 PM

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Gartling DNF, Broutsos P21, Ferri P20, Araujo P19, Kramer P18, Girard P17, Augar P16, Jones P15, Bevis P14, Tavares P13, Brun P12, Sanna P11, Alves P10, Rutten P9, Shigeru P8, Amato P7, Mann P6, Lombardi P5, Franz P4, Gonzalez P3, Lee P2, Usman P1

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Winner: Monifa Usman

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Audi: Mickael P16, Manfred P18

Aston Martin: Monifa P1, Paolo P5

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Main Highlights:

Usman wins 3rd race of the season
Lee gets 3rd podium of the season
Red Bull overtake Alpine for 6th in the constructors standings

oblique kelp Apr 28, 2025, 6:44 PM

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mighty kestrel Apr 28, 2025, 11:22 PM

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Buddy u know the rules right? 😭

oblique kelp Apr 29, 2025, 1:09 PM

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mighty kestrel Buddy u know the rules right? 😭

I didn't even know I sent it here tbh

oblique kelp May 16, 2025, 11:21 AM

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Waoh waoh oohhhhhh

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I guess this is how the story goes

#Audi's Early Dive (Aston Martin Season 24 2047)