Probably best just to accept we all have a different opinion on this and move on. This thread has always been great over the years for me because we are all seasoned F1 fans who have respect for the drivers and each other when discussing.
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I do enjoy the comedy elements in this thread.
REVEALED: The track tweaks set to make Melbourne's Albert Park Circuit 5 seconds a lap quicker | Formula 1®
Melbourne’s Albert Park Grand Prix circuit is undergoing its biggest transformation since joining the Formula 1 calendar in 1996, with organisers hoping the changes will enable more overtaking opportunities and promote faster and more competitive racing at the Australian venue.
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I’d love to see track improvements in lots of places. Too much boring predictable DRS overtaking is taking the fun out of F1.REVEALED: The track tweaks set to make Melbourne's Albert Park Circuit 5 seconds a lap quicker | Formula 1®
Melbourne’s Albert Park Grand Prix circuit is undergoing its biggest transformation since joining the Formula 1 calendar in 1996, with organisers hoping the changes will enable more overtaking opportunities and promote faster and more competitive racing at the Australian venue.
Wasn’t it because Australia got moved due to Covid quarantine restrictions? But yes a bit weird. Especially with the back to back weeks later in the year.
Netflix's Drive To Survive 3 does try hard to make Daniel Ricciardo a likeable character.
I personally think that Ricciardo pretends to be nice infront of a camera or in public, but is a complete ******* when there is no camera around him. Wastes so much time with jokes and choosing wrong fights like this.
If the media wants to shown the crashes as a spectacular reason to watch F1, it's because the racing has been boring lately and the drivers haven't put a good show on track lately (for me it is since 2007). The racing in F1 is lacklustre and this is reason why the media has only the crashes to show and attract interest from fans.
Lando Norris will become the same as Ricciardo in the future, if he doesn't stop with the jokes and focus more on his racing, because talent for that, he does have.
Joke less, drive more. Then when you have a world championship title, maybe you can relax a bit more and do some jokes around. Hamilton has 7 and can do whatever the f*** he wants to do, like write music or go to fashion events...
Ayrton Senna comes to my mind as the most focused ever racing driver in F1. Maybe he was just a lot obssessed with it, but his focus was undeniably great. He only started to play jokes when Gerhard Berger was around and playing jokes with eachother, and Senna had already won two titles, on his way to the last third title.
The frogs joke was a classic one:
Senna's revenge was to put a small piece of french cheese inside the air duct of Berger's hotel room. Nice one...
Other notable jokes:
- Berger replaced Senna's passport with a pornographic picture, resulting on Senna being on detention for 24h when he arrived at Argentina and showed his passport. The most incredible fact here is that Senna went through every airport customs without problems until Argentina, because, eh, he was Ayrton Senna. Senna took revenge by glueing all of Berger's credit cards together.
- Senna fulfilled Berger's shoes with shaving foam, causing Berger to arrive late to an event using sneakers. Berger then took revenge by fullfilling Senna's shoes with butter, causing him to arrive late to a party with Sid Watkins.
And then there is this:
I personally think that Ricciardo pretends to be nice infront of a camera or in public, but is a complete ******* when there is no camera around him. Wastes so much time with jokes and choosing wrong fights like this.
If the media wants to shown the crashes as a spectacular reason to watch F1, it's because the racing has been boring lately and the drivers haven't put a good show on track lately (for me it is since 2007). The racing in F1 is lacklustre and this is reason why the media has only the crashes to show and attract interest from fans.
Lando Norris will become the same as Ricciardo in the future, if he doesn't stop with the jokes and focus more on his racing, because talent for that, he does have.
Joke less, drive more. Then when you have a world championship title, maybe you can relax a bit more and do some jokes around. Hamilton has 7 and can do whatever the f*** he wants to do, like write music or go to fashion events...
Ayrton Senna comes to my mind as the most focused ever racing driver in F1. Maybe he was just a lot obssessed with it, but his focus was undeniably great. He only started to play jokes when Gerhard Berger was around and playing jokes with eachother, and Senna had already won two titles, on his way to the last third title.
The frogs joke was a classic one:
Senna's revenge was to put a small piece of french cheese inside the air duct of Berger's hotel room. Nice one...
Other notable jokes:
- Berger replaced Senna's passport with a pornographic picture, resulting on Senna being on detention for 24h when he arrived at Argentina and showed his passport. The most incredible fact here is that Senna went through every airport customs without problems until Argentina, because, eh, he was Ayrton Senna. Senna took revenge by glueing all of Berger's credit cards together.
- Senna fulfilled Berger's shoes with shaving foam, causing Berger to arrive late to an event using sneakers. Berger then took revenge by fullfilling Senna's shoes with butter, causing him to arrive late to a party with Sid Watkins.
And then there is this:
Seems like it suits Mercedes more than the warmer tracks. Hate to say I told you so, but we need 3-4 races before we can really see where everyone sits in terms of pace.
Bottas was ahead of him in practice and likes the track.I always assume Hamilton will win since he almost always does.
Dammit @michael9891 now he's gone into the football thread...
I don't always completely agree with @Bruninho but I'll defend his right to say and believe what he wants.
I am on both. I've never left.
Can we at least all agree that Mazepin does not belong in F1?
Q3 was exciting, at least...
Though I agree with the Sky commentators that Imola is too narrow and tight a track for modern F1 cars. So many great laps that were tossed because of exceeding track limits when the cars were at the limit, which is why they exceeded said track.
And yeah it is weird that Haas and Alfa are still absolute junk considering Ferrari looks like they improved their engine and I know Haas gets a fair bit of kit from Ferrari beyond just the engine. MarzeSpin being unable to do much beyond exiting the garage certainly doesn't help for Haas, but you think Kimi could at least do something...
Though I agree with the Sky commentators that Imola is too narrow and tight a track for modern F1 cars. So many great laps that were tossed because of exceeding track limits when the cars were at the limit, which is why they exceeded said track.
And yeah it is weird that Haas and Alfa are still absolute junk considering Ferrari looks like they improved their engine and I know Haas gets a fair bit of kit from Ferrari beyond just the engine. MarzeSpin being unable to do much beyond exiting the garage certainly doesn't help for Haas, but you think Kimi could at least do something...
oh man... who did i just hand my keys to...?I wouldn’t put him in charge of valet parking
I wouldn’t put him in charge of valet parking
I wonder if I could be paid from my car insurance if I do that and MazeSpin bins it? If yes, I have an old car I’d like to upgrade...
Surprised nobody mentioned Norris. I know he had his time deleted but still a great effort. And while there's only been 2 qualifying sessions, it looks like Mercedes finally have some real competition this year.
I was gutted to be honest. He’s really getting everything out of that car.
Meanwhile when it counts Bottas was left wanting. This is surely his last year at Mercedes.