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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,908
    What a great start to the season!!!! FORZA FERRARI!!!!!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIYPuzWCCSw
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,908
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    1 race and 2 qualies in and I am liking the shakeup of the rankings, even though I don’t care for Ferrari lol
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    Major shunt for Mick.  Glad to see see he is ok.  Seems like Hambone has lost his mojo.  Ferraris are FAST. I hate it.  But love to see a change from the past. Leclerc actually looked like he was flying in qually.
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    Get_Right said:
    Major shunt for Mick.  Glad to see see he is ok.  Seems like Hambone has lost his mojo.  Ferraris are FAST. I hate it.  But love to see a change from the past. Leclerc actually looked like he was flying in qually.
    I don’t think Lewis has lost his mojo, just the car below him is inferior at the moment. Merc will make the changes required 
    I am enjoying the shake up also 
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,908
    I see Red, I see Red, I see Red!!!!

    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    More red. Not a terribly exciting race. Max calls the aston martin safety car a turtle.  Loved seeing Russel finish ahead of Hamilton.  Red Bull having reliability issues.  Again.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,908
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    Should be interesting to see who Merc and Red Bull give priority to with Russel and Perez ahead in points
    Granted it is early in the season 

    Congratulations to Williams for scoring a point. I like seeing Haas and Alpha Romeo doing better also
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    It's too early for all the hype about how much better the Ferrari is or how RBR's title challenge is over, blah blah blah.  It's a long season, I'm not going to argue with some DNFs for the competition when they can turn around and have their car taking 4 or 5 races in a row.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,908
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,908
    If I was Binotto, I would have played it safe. Anyway, let's call it 'damage limitation exercise' and move on. We're still at the top of both championships.
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    I enjoyed the format for the weekend, sprint race was fun, and rain always makes it more interesting.  Watching Russell and Bottas mix it up was awesome. I do not really have a horse in this race with Honda out, but it is hard not to root for Valtteri. 
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Too bad the rain never came. That was pretty boring. The race director should have allowed DRS much earlier when they were still bunched up. If LeClerc had passed Perez, it might have been interesting.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    eddiec said:
    Too bad the rain never came. That was pretty boring. The race director should have allowed DRS much earlier when they were still bunched up. If LeClerc had passed Perez, it might have been interesting.

    True for the race. I do not recall how many laps went by before the DRS was enabled. 
  • qontheboard
    qontheboard Posts: 787
    I see Hamilton is taking a stand on the really important issues... jewelry.

  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,876
    Ridiculous 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    The thing that bothers me about the jewelry rule enforcement is that it seems to target Lewis. Is this really the highest priority for the FIA going into Miami? Id say they would be better off banning fake marinas (so tacky) and making sure Ocon knows how to exit the pits.  Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Walt Disney World's newest attraction, an actual Grand Prix Circuit! When the helicopter pans out you can really see that it is a circuit in a parking lot. So glad I passed on this and the overpriced tickets.

    After watching FP1, the track lacks space in the turns.  Turns 14 and 15 then under the bridge is nasty. 


  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    meh, the jewelry thing isn’t important to me one way or the other, but if it has always been a rule, why should Lewis get special exemptions? Get the rule officially changed if it is that important. Must be something to do with fire precautions. An article I was reading earlier also mentioned drivers not wearing the proper underwear 
    Vegas should be over the top for tacky. 
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    Feel bad for Mick, almost had his first points.
    Bottas’s late slip also cost him some more points 
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II