Formula 1
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@MajorRage said in Formula 1:
It’s brilliant apart from Verstappen. Loads of actual races going on.
I do wonder if/when RB sponsors will get arsey tho as he gets less coverage than woujd be expected of the leader. The racing is simply elsewhere.
Yeah, can't remember which race, but basically didn't see Max from about lap 3, until the very end of the final lap. I notice this race they actually made a thing of showing him on the final lap.
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@MajorRage said in Formula 1:
It’s brilliant apart from Verstappen. Loads of actual races going on.
I’ve been watching the races. There’s not much worth commenting on. The best storyline’s are about next year
Overtaking does still seem to be quite difficult, although One thing there is a clear reduction in though is retirements / crashes. I obviously don't want anybody to get hurt, but they do add an extra element to it. Nothing like seeing a car blow up with smoke everywhere leaving a trail of oil all over the track to mix things up a bit.
I think some of the malaise is due to the size of the cars. They had the full line up at Monaco and modern F1 seem to have almost twice the footprint of even 10-15 years ago. That has to make overtaking more difficult.
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Ignoring the predictable winner out front, I've enjoyed the tussle for the third podium position and those trying to get that solitary point for coming 10th. But that's been F1 for as long as I've been watching.
As to the size, this is a good indication of the problem; so much easier to block:
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Fuck yeah Lando, thata boy!
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@No-Quarter finally he's finished first after so many podiums.
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@Machpants said in Formula 1:
@Duluth was do as fuck though, no overtaking, to ten on grid finished in that order
It's Monaco with enormous cars. The racing is done on Saturday.
Leclerc's management of the race was excellent yesterday; keeping the McLarens within a pitstop window of Russell so they couldn't swap to better tyres without losing position.
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Great race. Lots of lead changes. We’re McLaren fans here but they stuffed that up a bit. Really hoping Perez gets ditched by red bull opening a place somewhere for Lawson.
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@Billy-Tell pretty sure Perez just signed an extension, hence the reduced results which seems to be his thing.
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@Billy-Tell pretty sure Perez just signed an extension, hence the reduced results which seems to be his thing.
'Perez no longer secured of Red Bull seat despite contract extension'
Sergio Perez recently signed a new contract at Red Bull Racing, but that does not mean the Mexican will automatically stay in 2025, with the fight for the Constructors' championship looking tight after recent poor performances.
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@Billy-Tell that's QI, but I still can't see it happening. I'd be very surprised if they expected him to gain twenty points on Max for the rest of the season.
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@Billy-Tell
All Kiwi F1 followers should be McLaren fans.After being very boring for several years, F1 has suddenly got interesting.
Maybe half a dozen drivers can win at the mo.
And Max has had some learnings in the last couple of weeks―learnt how to be overtaken! And without driving like a DH!
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@Billy-Tell
All Kiwi F1 followers should be McLaren fans.After being very boring for several years, F1 has suddenly got interesting.
Maybe half a dozen drivers can win at the mo.
And Max has had some learnings in the last couple of weeks―learnt how to be overtaken! And without driving like a DH!
I disagree, I think Red Bull are the team to follow Kiwi or not.
I do agree that it is way more interesting now without the Reb Bull and Mercedes dominance.
