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Yeah, the ability for a crew to execute a few second less efficient stop without detection or collusion would be pretty tough. Anything more than that will have a pile of folks piling on to help. Dan, you might have a future writing for British tabloids however!  You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Recall Sauber having significant pit issues last year, related to the wheel guns/nuts. Happens to any of them Bummed I won't be at COTA next weekend. My rep hasn't been around much this year, so I wasn't able to rub shoulders & try to score some suite tickets again But, my daughter also has a crazy busy marching band schedule for October, so it would've been a long shot anyway. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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So how long would a stop have to go "over" in order for McLaren to declare "Papaya Rules" now that a bad pit stop can be declared "not fair?" Sure it was a different McLaren, but Alonso also got in trouble for paying his side of the garage extra in order to get ahead of Lewis. And since we're talking about scummy pit stops, would a driver having to use anti-stall to get out of the pit stall count as an issue for a declaration of "Papaya Rules?" This is the kind of garbage they've opened themselves up to. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
The difference in that Papaya Rules incident was that it changed the order of the two cars and they could do the switch back without any other teams cars being in the way. Not the specific length of the stop. At that last event it only increased the gap as Oscar was already behind. There have been several others this year where Lando had the bad stop but they didn't switch positions. Even with a normal stop time it's not likely he could have passed Lando due to the nature to the track and the aero effect. Many speculate that the gloves may now come off but the drivers need to be careful as a DNF or double DNF would play perfectly to Max's advantage as that's something he really needs to have a realistic chance. What needs to happen is for McLaren to get on top of this issue before the crews so stressed that they choke, as can happen with a driver. In the case of the crew, there are so many more than just one and they all have to be perfect for those two second stops to happen regularly. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Russell & Antonelli signed for '26 at Mercedes https://www.formula1.com/en/la...rWrdgEflkIwPgaybBEDj The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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AppleTV to take over US F1 broadcast rights.
Article says F1TV Premium is included. Wondering if the base F1TV pkg remains in effect, or if they're dropping it & going to AppleTV only. I'll be quite unhappy if we have to pick up AppleTV to keep F1 coverage.
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Besides the Apple inconvenience, it looks like they took the Netflix strategy of drawing in massive additional audience and dialed it up to 11. All while investing a shitton of time and money in a $200-300MM movie which has already grossed about $628MM. Freaking genius. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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While I enjoyed the F1 movie much more than I was expecting, I'm not an Apple user, so this would be an inconvenience if the existing F1TV access changes. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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LINK TO CHART This is a really nice representation of how much each driver, and the teams are in the Destructors championship. _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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GR63, the only one not on the list. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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It does point out how very clean some of them drive, the contrasts in papaya particularly standing out. _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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I was surprised to see Colapinto so low and didn't understand Alonso showing a big bill in the top graphic but not in the bottom one. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Looks like F1TV is going away. Just got this email:
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| I swear I had something for this |
Perfect. I get to kill another subscription and save money. | |||
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| Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici |
Sprint race... just...wow. _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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| I swear I had something for this |
And McLaren wants to blame Hulkenberg for something that was 100% caused by Piastri. I think Verstappen is something like 52 points out of 1st place, and most of that can be covered by 2 wins if Piastri or Norris can't stop being retards. | |||
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I initially had the blame on HUL or ALO Later replay showed Oscar squeezed Hulk & the dominos fell from there And Lance picks up a 5 place penalty for tomorrow, for his dive bomb into T1. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Should be interesting to see what happens with Lance over the winter. Aston becomes the factory Honda team next year so dad may not be able to cover for him in that situation. He's been pretty much nowhere all season except when he shows up in the highlight reel in a crash. Today it was clearly his fault too. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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| I swear I had something for this |
I predict nothing because the only person in F1 that loves Lance is his Dad, and if Daddy Stroll was going to dump his kid, he would have sent him to WEC by now to be an Aston Martin driver. | |||
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| I swear I had something for this |
Another snoozer, but Max is now 40 points away from Title V. | |||
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