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So Haas has joined Slytherin? _________________________ 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 think you mean Williams, but see what you mean. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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My fault. Need more sugar, caffeine, something. _________________________ 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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3 more one-off USGP liveries Mercedes https://www.formula1.com/en/la...I955QMPnrmCAzO1hQdpu  Ferrari https://www.formula1.com/en/la...bG3ECmHt6RxHQYeFPkvD   Aston Martin https://www.formula1.com/en/la...xJBwPZxuLxE2ON1Oh2bi  The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
I like the Ferrari "blueprint" close-up here but it would be hard to even know what it was on the track or at any distance. Most of these other livery changes just seem like some sort of marketing/PR effort that is about as useful as celebrity photos. They all seem to do it whenever there's an opportunity. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Can I get a price check on a jackass? https://www.motorsport.com/f1/...-mexico-gp/10870158/
The self-righteous cry baby got kicked out of another team because he never does anything wrong. If he ever went trans, he'd be perfect for F1 Academy. Haas might has well try to get Rafa Camara early and run him in the remaining races to help him out for next year. | |||
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His radio meltdown near the end of P2 wasn't a good look. I don't see him blending in with the Stroll family next year, as has been mentioned (reserve driver). He's a decent driver but nothing special at the F1 level so that behavior wasn't ever going to get him anywhere. In fact it's led to him being shown the door twice now. The Lawson-Verstappen dustup was another strange incident this week. The difference is that Lawson is performing well this year, but also doesn't have a confirmed seat for next year. Now he's starting at the back due to some strange technical rule regarding power harvesting after the finish line in qualifying. Alonso, I do feel sorry for. He was having a great weekend so far and now he also has to start near the back due to no fault of his own. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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It's the same rule that they banned earlier in the year where Mercedes would be qualifying and have their MGU shut off after they crossed the finish line causing their speed to plummet. It's a safety rule to avoid other cars plowing into the slower cars at high speed.
I wondered during his interview after Q1 when they asked what happened how much he had to bite his lip and just say "Engine" instead of "GP2 Engine." It also makes me wonder in IndyCar if Alonso does that "guest driver" thing if his Aston Martin contract would mean he would be stuck driving a Honda? | |||
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It is good to see Bottas walk away from that one. Brake/hub issues again? | |||
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They said something about brake heat issues on the Sky feed [overheated & stressed the carbon?]. Pretty scary at that speed to just have the whole assembly let go. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I haven't ready anything about Bottas, so I'm going to assume he's just banged up but good enough for Brazil. Piastri and the Alpine duo also got post race penalties which jumps Ryo Hirakawa into the points for his first F1 race. He probably did better than Ocon could have done if he raced yesterday. Congrats to the Rookie! Also wondering if George Russell is on suicide watch for choking away an almost guaranteed championship to his teammate. | |||
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Congrats to Ryo! And to Kimi! 12 WDC on the podium  The stop/start nature of the race kept it interesting. I'm a Bottas far, so it's tough watching him squander at the back. He seems to have good intial pace, then immediately drops backward after a few laps. Not sure if he's just not gelling with this generation of cars, or if it's that plus driving the dumpster fire that is the Cadillac. Hoping he gets another shot next year, and they make big strides in the off-season. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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How will Ferrari try to get control of their drivers, so they don't cause so much harm to the overall team results? That's the big question this week. The race itself had lots of interesting moments beyond the Ferrari dramas. Bottas looks like a guy that's just there to collect his remaining paychecks. The TV folks mentioned that he had two years left on his contract and would have to be bought out, if he didn't just decide to quit. Perez gave it a go while his car was running. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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I wouldn't diss on Bottas like that. The guy is doing his best while driving a rusted out hooptie from Detroit. There is a video on the Cadillac youtube page where they show the engineers evaluating parts and basically they are passing parts that shouldn't be passed. This weekend, Bottas' car had a catastrophic failure of the driver's front wheel. Cadillac is going to get a driver killed using their GM save a penny mindset. Beagle lives matter. ______ (\ / @\_____ / ( ) /O / ( )______/ ///_____/ | |||
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Bottas is definitely driving a sh*t car and has had bad luck, but the fact remains that of the two drivers, he’s slower than Perez nearly all of the time. If they want to bring in Herta, he’s the one who’s going to give up the seat. Guess Georgie was too “distraught” to face the media after Kimi won the championship and left the track. What a baby. | |||
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Yep. Even when his car worked in this race he was always around 25 seconds behind Perez, finished a lap behind Perez at Singapore, and 2 laps down at Monza when both Sadillacs have finished a race since the summer break. I hate to say he's done, but the forks are nearby. For Ferrari at this point, Vasseur will just have to tell both drivers to hold position for Lap 1 if they're next to each other. After Max got passed the Hamster, I 100% agree with rolling the dice on a penalty vs slowing down to let Max and Lewis pass. That would have been game over from the start. | |||
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Not a Mercedes guy, but must say, George's statement today was very well written. _________________________ 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’m hearing that Botas is out next year and that a driver from F2, who is in the Ferrari Academy will be filling the seat. He is currently leading the series. As far as Ferrari goes it is absolutely ridiculous that the continue to operate with their collective heads up their asses. The two biggest drawbacks they have is that they have zero ability to strategize the race, particularly on the fly like RB does brilliantly. The second issue is their all in lovefest with LeClerc. While he is a good driver he isn’t on the level of LH (and I’m not necessarily a big Hamilton fan although he is warming up). They need to say “sorry Charlie, you’re the number two driver and you need to start behaving like that…” …and a bonus comment, Fred is an idiot and needs to be replaced but I guess he’s too chummy with the leadership. ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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^ Colton Herta? Sky was on the fence with whether he has enough super license points to qualify. IIRC it comes down to how the championship wraps up & where he finishes. While an American in an American team [with an Italian engine] would be great, I'm a Bottas fan, so it'd be a bummer for me. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Bottas fan as well. Ferarri should dump Chuck and bring in Bottas. Then you have the dream team back together. LH and VB were great together. Beagle lives matter. ______ (\ / @\_____ / ( ) /O / ( )______/ ///_____/ | |||
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