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[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Nice job by Hulkenberg!

He's got to be in a shot at one of the Haas or Alfa seats, right? Tho at this point it seems the Williams seat might be a better option

[Shi]

So the 2 Mercedes customer teams Williams and McLaren dropped their appeals against the Racing Point case. That's some BS. For sure Mercedes threatened them behind the scenes.

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While F1 was meh... MotoGP was

 

 

 

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Also, speaking of F1 and Hamilton... dude has been at the sharp end of F1 for 13 years, basically since his debut. He’ll have every modern record broken by next season at this rate.

[Shi]

It's amazing how Rossi dodged 2 bullets in that race

[Shi]

Pretty nuts that Pouhon is flat now. Even with the F2004 it was taken with 2 downshifts.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Pretty nuts that Pouhon is flat now. Even with the F2004 it was taken with 2 downshifts.

This was by far the most boring race at Spa in recent history. P1-3 didn't switch positions all race?

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I love Spa, probably my favorite track on the F1 calendar, but this weekend was meh. It's a Mercedes/Max show, and watching Ferrari fail so bad this season isn't helping... there is not a single team that can take the fight week in, week out to Mercedes, and with the development freeze, next year isn't going to be any better.

[DrDickAction]

At some point TV ratings have to suffer.  This isn't fun, competitive, or exciting and hasn't been for a while.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

At some point TV ratings have to suffer.  This isn't fun, competitive, or exciting and hasn't been for a while.

When even Lewis Hamilton says if he were watching he'd only watch the start and end (and sleep through the middle), you know something needs to be done. This guy has lived and breathed Motorsports his whole life and thinks things are boring from outside the paddock, what chance do we as fans have?

Also, they can keep singing the "don't blame us" for the lack of entertainment tune but they were the ones against changing up the weekend format.

[Shi]

Mercedes blocked the reverse grid format proposal. Hopefully with the new Concorde agreement which doesn't require unanimous agreement, they can push it through.

[yonson]

Yeah, I've pretty much "quit" watching at this point.  I mean I still watch the races live (95% or them at least) but other than the opening lap(s) I'm usually doing something else and it's background noise.  This is Formula 1's fault too, they could open up the development for the other teams to at least let them TRY and catch the Mercedes...  This year and next are both automatic wins for Mercedes and certainly Lewis.  Ohhh well, I'll just continue to watch MotoGP which has been SOLID this year!

[Shi]

MotoGP's indeed done a much much better job of creating a level playing field.

 

Also, surprising no one, new owners of Williams are changing the management.

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The only surprise was Claire stepping down so soon... I thought she'd finish out the season before handing things over instead of mid-season...

Other than that, not surprising, I hope they do well, it's a shame watching Williams struggle so much.

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The new Alpine branding looks awesome...

Great race this weekend... interesting to see the Mercs struggle in traffic, and Failrari

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

The new Alpine branding looks awesome...
Great race this weekend... interesting to see the Mercs struggle in traffic, and Failrari

This is why we need a switch to the GP2 format.

[Shi]

If Stroll couldn't win from that position then I don't know...

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This is why we need a switch to the GP2 format.

maybe?

 

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[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Checo out from racing point by end of year. Vettel in. Would love to see a Hulkenburg/Schumacher pairing at Alfa. Maybe Checo goes there? Or one of the Haas seats?

[Shi]

I'd be surprised if Perez doens't find a seat elsewhere.

 

I'm hoping Schumacher starts winning more races so he replaces Giovinazzi.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

I'd be surprised if Perez doens't find a seat elsewhere.

 

I'm hoping Schumacher starts winning more races so he replaces Giovinazzi.

He has been one of the most consistent driver in F2 since August, if it weren't for such bad races in the Red Bull ring he'd probably be leading.

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Is little Schumi actually good or is it because his name that he's a big deal? I haven't seen anything F2 races and I haven't watched a GP2 race in years...

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

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The only red car with a chance of leading the Tuscan GP.

Schumi has showed that he's good enough to (along with the name and sponsorship) do well. Maybe not elite but after a steady learning curve he seems to do consistent well. He was slow to start in F3 but then dominated and in F2 last year he was hit or miss but the last few GPs he's been on or near the podium every weekend. If his current form continues he'll win F2 this year

[Shi]

Is little Schumi actually good or is it because his name that he's a big deal? I haven't seen anything F2 races and I haven't watched a GP2 race in years...

 

I had the impression that in both F4 and F3 his first season would be nothing special, before something clicking halfway through his 2nd season after which he often took a string of wins to then win the title at the end of the championship. I believe it's turned out a bit similar in F2, although it's still to be seen whether he will win the championship or not - but he's not far off the lead

 

https://twitter.com/...5448982533?s=20

The only red car with a chance of leading the Tuscan GP.

 

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What a cluster of a race. Still entertaining though.