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#201 Shi

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Posted 29 September 2021 - 01:29 PM

Had too much tequila last night and ended up in 2003 this morning.

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Posted 11 October 2021 - 06:26 PM

Getting spoiled by 2021...Turkey's race would've been a good one in 2019, lol.  

I hate Max, but I want Honda to win but also don't want LH to win another...I'm so torn by this year's chip!



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Posted 11 October 2021 - 08:25 PM

Yeah, I'm not a fan of Max either, but I'd much rather see him win it than MB get another one...  



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Posted 11 October 2021 - 08:28 PM

WDC is like leaving a really bad job to me. At a certain point you're not looking for something better, just something different.

 

Even if Max sucks, at least he's a different kind of suck.



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Posted 12 October 2021 - 03:30 AM

WDC is like leaving a really bad job to me. At a certain point you're not looking for something better, just something different.
 
Even if Max sucks, at least he's a different kind of suck.


Just one single non-Mercedes turbo era championship winner before the full regs overhaul, is that too much to ask?

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Posted 12 October 2021 - 01:15 PM

Yup, exactly!!!  I'd even settle for it being a damn, I can't even bring myself to say it...  red car.



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Posted 12 October 2021 - 01:41 PM

Yup, exactly!!!  I'd even settle for it being a damn, I can't even bring myself to say it...  red car.

 

But I like Chili and Eclair in the Ferrari so I'd be okay with Ferrari winning one

My fear is after the full reg change, someone's gonna figure it out better than the others and we're going to see domination again...but with a powerplant freeze, hopefully the gap won't be that bad.



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Posted 12 October 2021 - 03:11 PM

 

My fear is after the full reg change, someone's gonna figure it out better than the others and we're going to see domination again...but with a powerplant freeze, hopefully the gap won't be that bad.

This is it - you need to open up development after the reg resets.  The NBA doesn't have a draft, a trade window, and free-agency every 5 years.  It's wildly anti-competitive - and simply not entertaining - when advantages get locked in for long stretches of time.



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Posted 12 October 2021 - 04:03 PM

I want Max to win it...

I want Lewis to get an 8th title, just not this year

Car regs are going to be interested as the engines are frozen... so Mercedes still have an edge I think. We'll see what RedBull does with the Honda power plant now that they are taking over.



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Posted 13 October 2021 - 09:40 PM

WDC is like leaving a really bad job to me. At a certain point you're not looking for something better, just something different.

 

Even if Max sucks, at least he's a different kind of suck.

:rofl:



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Posted 25 October 2021 - 03:16 PM

Not an exciting races, but definately nervous until the end to see the Max vs Lewis final laps...

Also, Kimi seems to do well here at COTA... Spa 2.0?

 

Lastly... Max and Lewis are just leagues ahead of everyone else, it's not even close... if either of one of them left, the series would be a 1 man show...



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Posted 25 October 2021 - 03:58 PM

Lastly... Max and Lewis are just leagues ahead of everyone else, it's not even close... if either of one of them left, the series would be a 1 man show...

I think if there were more teams with similar quality machines you might see more guys up there. Right now it is only clear that HAM >> BOT and VER > PER.

Let's see how things are next year with George making the step up

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Posted 27 October 2021 - 04:47 PM

Man, DTS has really changed the population around Tejas...I'm overhearing everyone talking about F1 now.  Just the other night I heard two blondes chat F1 like they've been watching forever.  I feel like a true hipster lol.



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Posted 27 October 2021 - 08:20 PM

Man, DTS has really changed the population around Tejas...I'm overhearing everyone talking about F1 now.  Just the other night I heard two blondes chat F1 like they've been watching forever.  I feel like a true hipster lol.

Seriously.  Regularly on the front page of reddit, Shaq and Charles Barkley were talking about how nice Lewis Hamilton is on NBA on TNT last night. Shows us how wildly out of touch Bernie was.



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Posted 02 November 2021 - 10:57 PM

Really tense battle this year. Hope it goes down to the last race without reliability issues ruining the show.



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Posted 07 November 2021 - 12:54 AM

Mercedes out of nowhere :eek3:



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Posted 07 November 2021 - 05:35 PM

Mercedes out of nowhere :eek3:

it used to be Sat’ownd, now Red Bull got Tsunoda’d



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Posted 07 November 2021 - 08:48 PM

Mercedes were probably panicking about Bottas getting fastest lap :rofl:



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Posted 07 November 2021 - 09:05 PM

Good race… would’ve been a bit sweeter if Carlos got past at the end, but that is one happy podium for Red Bull



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Posted 07 November 2021 - 09:33 PM

Mercedes were probably panicking about Bottas getting fastest lap :rofl:


That 1 pt would have also been the lead for the constructor's champion-chip. They needed to take that one away.

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Posted 08 November 2021 - 06:03 AM

Yeah, was really hoping Checo could get past HAM.  Even though I'm not a VER fan, that move at T1 at the start was :bowdown: and cemented his deserving of the chip!



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Posted 08 November 2021 - 09:49 AM

Not sure how I feel about all the criticism Wolff and Hamilton are throwing Bottas' way for not doing a better job of blocking Verstappen at the start. :rofl:

 

On the one side - yes he could have maybe stayed more to the left.

On the other side - if he stayed more to the left then Verstappen probably would have gone down the middle.



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Posted 13 November 2021 - 03:13 AM

https://www.formula1...fpdSrj6LDQ.html

Wtf?

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Posted 13 November 2021 - 06:17 PM

Lopsided chip since the Rosberg year, and now we're going to have this.  One thing I didn't see in my skim of the FIA letter was how much the wing failed by - are we talking the guage slipping through by .5mm?  Seems like a sloppy actuator could be to blame.

 

Or maybe this is all orchestrated to set up an epic sprint run by Louise. 



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Posted 14 November 2021 - 01:16 AM

Lopsided chip since the Rosberg year, and now we're going to have this.  One thing I didn't see in my skim of the FIA letter was how much the wing failed by - are we talking the guage slipping through by .5mm?  Seems like a sloppy actuator could be to blame.
 
Or maybe this is all orchestrated to set up an epic sprint run by Louise. 

Failed by 0.2mm. we're talking F1 manufacturing standards here, 0.2mm is not insubstantial, but yeah that's a tough one to swallow.




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