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#76 DrDickAction

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Posted 10 July 2018 - 05:50 PM

That was a great race...I think the race penalty was fair.  Could be more fair at 5secs then 10. 

Did you guys hear about Santino Ferucci running into his team-mate AFTER the race was done during the F2 race?  4 race ban...https://www.crash.ne...ary-and-belgium

Supposedly him and his Dad were also mocking his team-mate with a faux Indian accent before the race.  There goes having an American driver in F1...

Yeah, I don't think we want this particular American representing us.  Glad it happened on the smaller stage and not actually for Haas.



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Posted 11 July 2018 - 12:50 AM

That was a great race...I think the race penalty was fair.  Could be more fair at 5secs then 10. 

Did you guys hear about Santino Ferucci running into his team-mate AFTER the race was done during the F2 race?  4 race ban...https://www.crash.ne...ary-and-belgium

Supposedly him and his Dad were also mocking his team-mate with a faux Indian accent before the race.  There goes having an American driver in F1...


This guy, who wanted to race w a MAGA decal on his car. Classy dude.

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Posted 11 July 2018 - 04:07 PM

^^^^ seriously right?

 

Also, Kubica to Ferrari........ in 2012 :hs:

https://www.motorspo...season-1058745/



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Posted 19 July 2018 - 05:58 AM

Kid just lost his Trident ride. He also went from 15k to 4.9k twitter followers after that incident. Fail but good riddance! He single handily killed his own career.

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Posted 19 July 2018 - 04:18 PM

Kid just lost his Trident ride. He also went from 15k to 4.9k twitter followers after that incident. Fail but good riddance! He single handily killed his own career.

How long until he ends up in a stock car?



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Posted 19 July 2018 - 08:19 PM

How long until he ends up in a stock car?


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Posted 20 July 2018 - 03:20 PM

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Posted 22 July 2018 - 01:50 AM

Papa johns!


Sounds about right...

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Posted 22 July 2018 - 05:06 PM

:facepalm:

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Posted 22 July 2018 - 09:25 PM

Talk about blowing it.
Good drive from Hamilton though.

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Posted 22 July 2018 - 11:01 PM

Talk about blowing it.
Good drive from Hamilton though.


It was a solid drive and a bit of luck, but well deserved.

Less whiny than usual when starting that deep, he seemed really focused

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Posted 25 July 2018 - 09:41 PM

RIP Sergio.



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Posted 30 July 2018 - 01:49 PM

I don't know what it is...but Vettel and/or Ferrari just doesn't seem to have that extra edge when he needs to dig deep to win a chip.  Hungary was a strategy race and I feel like Vettel blew it with a quicker car.  Fair enough, the weather makes Saturday difficult, but on Sunday with a quicker car...they couldn't get it done.  

After losing time in traffic, I'm not sure why they didn't stretch those tires out those "softs" (BTW, I hate the names of the tires now.  Can we just go back to calling them what they are?).  I'm not sure what the delta was at the end of the life span of those tires - but he should've tried to claw back some of that lost time.  But they pitted right away, botched the pit stop and came back out behind Bottas instead of chasing down Lewis...I don't get it. 



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Posted 30 July 2018 - 06:16 PM

I think the botched pit stop is what took them down... getting stuck behind Bottas ruined his chance of catching up.



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Posted 31 July 2018 - 06:49 AM

I think the botched pit stop is what took them down... getting stuck behind Bottas ruined his chance of catching up.


losing 5 seconds passing lapped cars was the buffer in case of a shitty pit stop. they should have brought him in as he was coming up to passing the midfield train.

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Posted 03 August 2018 - 02:00 PM

DannyRic to Renault...not a wise move in my opinion...LH to MB seemed silly, but they were at least in the front side of the field along with RB, McLaren and Ferrari...Renault is nowhere even close to the pointy side of the field. 

What does he see in Renault....hmmm...



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Posted 03 August 2018 - 03:14 PM

DannyRic to Renault...not a wise move in my opinion...LH to MB seemed silly, but they were at least in the front side of the field along with RB, McLaren and Ferrari...Renault is nowhere even close to the pointy side of the field. 

What does he see in Renault....hmmm...

Doesn't make sense to me either. Maybe waiting for a Ferrari seat to open? Tired of going year to year? Would love to see Gasly get the promotion..

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Posted 03 August 2018 - 03:27 PM

Wow, definitely can't say I saw that coming...  Wonder if they tossed a ton of cash at him?



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Posted 03 August 2018 - 06:45 PM

Could also be a #1 driver support type thing. Max is clearly the future at RBR, Ric didnt fill in Vettals shoes as they/he thought he might.

Nico is fast, but he wont be getting any faster at this point.

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Posted 06 August 2018 - 03:46 PM

Could also be a #1 driver support type thing. Max is clearly the future at RBR, Ric didnt fill in Vettals shoes as they/he thought he might.

Nico is fast, but he wont be getting any faster at this point.

I think Max was just way faster than anyone figured.

 

Not the most immediately obvious move on ric's part, but I'm sure the 20 million pounds a year helped prove Renault's commitment.



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Posted 07 August 2018 - 09:51 PM

How much was he making at RB?  That seems like a LOT of dough... 



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Posted 08 August 2018 - 05:01 PM

google says 6 mill USD.  And yeah, the new contract seems like a salary from 2005, not 2018.



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Posted 08 August 2018 - 10:54 PM

Not to mention that apparently Max is the 3rd highest paid driver... right behind Lewis and Alonso...



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Posted 14 August 2018 - 04:40 PM

Alonso retires...not surprised at all.  



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Posted 14 August 2018 - 04:55 PM

Alonso retires...not surprised at all.  

More than being surprised,  I feel really old.






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