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*****OFFICIAL FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX THREAD***** (4 Viewers)
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Eephus
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The team principal music hasn't stopped yet. McLaren TP Andreas Seidl is replacing Vasseur at Sauber-Alfa Romeo. Seidl has long ties to Audi who now controls Sauber and will badge the cars starting in 2025.
Andrea Stella gets promoted to the lead role at McLaren although Zak Brown handles many of the public facing duties of the team principal. Stella has been with the orange team for a while but used to be Kimi's race engineer at Ferrari.
Andrea Stella gets promoted to the lead role at McLaren although Zak Brown handles many of the public facing duties of the team principal. Stella has been with the orange team for a while but used to be Kimi's race engineer at Ferrari.
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TripleThreat
Footballguy
F1 starting to heat up; new liveries announced, testing in Bahrain and new season of drive to survive this weekend. Every team tweaked their chassis some teams made bigger changes than others. I still see the top 3 as the top 3 but the race for best of the rest ended up being super fun all season. just as interested in that battle this year.
I went down the rabbit hole of the chassis tweaks as viewed by a former aero guy for mercedes.
I went down the rabbit hole of the chassis tweaks as viewed by a former aero guy for mercedes.
Eephus
Footballguy
It's always hard to get much out of pre-season test results. Some teams sandbag while others make low fuel runs to put up lap times to impress prospective sponsors.
Red Bull looked good out of the box which should scare their rivals. Ferrari and Mercedes didn't show a lot of pace by comparison although we don't know what they were working on.. Mercedes had some technical glitches as well but at least seem to have solved their porpoising issues.
Alonso was fast for Aston Martin giving some hope that they'll challenge McLaren and Alpine for 4th. Sauber/Alfa Romeo/Audi was quick as well. Logan Sargeant got a lot of laps under his belt in the Williams.
Alpha Tauri's red accents are going to take some getting used to. They look a lot like Haas and 2022 Alfa. You'd think with only ten paint schemes, F1 would differentiate them better but that's doesn't seem to be the case again this year.
Red Bull looked good out of the box which should scare their rivals. Ferrari and Mercedes didn't show a lot of pace by comparison although we don't know what they were working on.. Mercedes had some technical glitches as well but at least seem to have solved their porpoising issues.
Alonso was fast for Aston Martin giving some hope that they'll challenge McLaren and Alpine for 4th. Sauber/Alfa Romeo/Audi was quick as well. Logan Sargeant got a lot of laps under his belt in the Williams.
Alpha Tauri's red accents are going to take some getting used to. They look a lot like Haas and 2022 Alfa. You'd think with only ten paint schemes, F1 would differentiate them better but that's doesn't seem to be the case again this year.
TripleThreat
Footballguy
Race week.
It’ll be interesting to see what shakes out in qual vs in testing. some teams seem to have played close to the vest in testing
It’ll be interesting to see what shakes out in qual vs in testing. some teams seem to have played close to the vest in testing
TripleThreat
Footballguy
Watching drive to survive... seeing Binotti's blunders all over again, I'm left thinking that if they've figured out the engine woes Scuderia Ferrari will present quite the challenge....
massraider
Footballguy
It’s pretty addictive, they made knockoffs for other sports, but I dunno if they will hit like this showWelp, I'm in.
i've never watched a race yet, but a buddy of mine has been hyping up Drive to Survive and it sucked me in. I've seen S5, then immediately watched S4 to see the lead into S5. Halfway through S1 now and currently watching practice.
That’s how it happened for us last year, and now we’re planning on going to a race live this year despite the exorbitant cost.Welp, I'm in.
i've never watched a race yet, but a buddy of mine has been hyping up Drive to Survive and it sucked me in. I've seen S5, then immediately watched S4 to see the lead into S5. Halfway through S1 now and currently watching practice.
TripleThreat
Footballguy
Race for 4th is gonna be the best this year.
TripleThreat
Footballguy
should've said 3rd 4th constructor
boilerdave
Footballguy
Good result for Fernando.
boilerdave
Footballguy
The INDY car drivers blew the start of the race too
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
For the wagering types in the audience in the spoiler below is an alert (may spoil today's race thus the space)
-QG
Verstappen is -320 to win the championship right now on FanDuel (at least in NJ). This is a ridiculous overlay - basically 30% guaranteed profit over the season.
Perez is +2100 if you want to hedge as he seems like the only one that can touch him for the title.
Cannot stand Verstappen but I do like
Perez is +2100 if you want to hedge as he seems like the only one that can touch him for the title.
Cannot stand Verstappen but I do like
-QG
Eephus
Footballguy
Haas is up to their old tricks again. Decent one lap pace for Hulk to make Q3 but they're nowhere on long runs. Add to that some unconventional strategies that didn't work (KMag starting on hards but not staying out and not repairing Hulk's front wing damage) and both cars trundled around at the back of the field. If it hadn't have been for Norris' many pit stops and De Vries being left out on used hards, Haas would have finished last.
TripleThreat
Footballguy
I hope Ferrari gets their sht together. It already looks like LEC will be getting an engine penalty sooner than later.
Eephus
Footballguy
I'm halfway through the current season of DTS. The show is still put together well but I think the formula has gotten a little stale. The most telling moment for me was during the team principals' meeting to discuss porpoising when the team bosses were accusing each other of playing to the cameras. Media savviness has become a big part of the sport so there's more posturing going on than ever.
Eephus
Footballguy
I spoke too soon. The silly season episodes centered on the moves of Piastri to McLaren were pretty good.
Skipdog77
Footballguy
Every 2 weeks for the first 3 races. Looks like about a month between Australia (race 3) and Azerbaijan (race 4) this season, which is alot. Usually don't have that much time between races this early in the season, but I think that is because they dropped the China GP this year and didn't replace it with another circuit.
The Gator
Footballguy
Thanks and it makes sense with the travel involved. Just wanted another race weekend right after last week lol.
The Gator
Footballguy
#LetLeclercCookThe Italian media is reporting that Ferrari's new team principal Fred Vasseur is already complaining about internal politics and lack of authority at Maranello.
Eephus
Footballguy
We're all going to hate the one month gap between Melbourne and Baku but it will be a crucial period from a development standpoint.
Eephus
Footballguy
Red Bull fastest again in both Friday practice sessions. Alonso keeping them honest at least at 2/10ths back. Mercedes and Alpine are next on the charts.
Not a great day for Ferrari with both cars almost a second back. Hulkenberg's Haas was the fastest Ferrari powered car in FP2. Leclerc is already facing a ten place grid penalty for their ECU issues in Bahrain.
The biggest news of the day was the parting of Lewis Hamilton and his longtime trainer Angela Cullen. There doesn't appear to be any drama surrounding the split although its timing is kind of odd.
Not a great day for Ferrari with both cars almost a second back. Hulkenberg's Haas was the fastest Ferrari powered car in FP2. Leclerc is already facing a ten place grid penalty for their ECU issues in Bahrain.
The biggest news of the day was the parting of Lewis Hamilton and his longtime trainer Angela Cullen. There doesn't appear to be any drama surrounding the split although its timing is kind of odd.
TripleThreat
Footballguy
I'm glad they penalized Alonso the same way they penalized Ocon but it doesn't make sense they did it almost 40 laps later, post race. They announce it lap 40 it changes everyone's strategy
TripleThreat
Footballguy
Evidently they overturned the Alonso decision...
Eephus
Footballguy
McLaren fired Technical Director James Key and replaced him with a three person technical committee. Key takes the fall for two poor design at the start of the current generation of F1 cars. McLaren had to run bigger wings at Jeddah to compensate for not enough downforce being generated by the car's floor. They have an upgrade package targeted for Baku but their problems aren't easily fixed.
Eephus
Footballguy
Free practice 1 in Melbourne starts tomorrow. Hopefully somebody other than Alonso will put up a challenge to Red Bull dominance but four DRS zones on the Albert Park circuit should be a significant advantage for RBR who seem to have figured out some aerodynamic efficiency that benefits them more than their competitors with the wing open.
Eephus
Footballguy
Saturday 10PM on the West Coast is the perfect time for a race.
The Gator
Footballguy
Almost home from a wine night and qualifying is on. There are worse things.
Eephus
Footballguy
When does it end?
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
carnage
Over the 8 seasons 2003-2010 there were 4 red flags
Australia matched that in one race
(in case you missed it they even red flagged the cool down lap bc Hulk broke down lol)
Over the 8 seasons 2003-2010 there were 4 red flags
Australia matched that in one race
(in case you missed it they even red flagged the cool down lap bc Hulk broke down lol)
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