Confirmed with Link: Hamilton going to a red team (The F1 Thread)

[Lucky Lindy]

Ferrari blowing another race?

What a surprise.

 

[Novacane]

Monaco is never again going to be an exciting race with these huge cars.

Hell, we may never see them race there again. That’s the last race on the contract and F1 loves their oil countries

 

[DaveG]

Hell, we may never see them race there again. That’s the last race on the contract and F1 loves their oil countries

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided that their planned Vegas race replaces this one

 

[Lempo]

I hace hard time believing that Monaco GP would be dropped out. The excitement of the actual GP doesn't come to it, good tracks have been dropped out with non-sport reasons. The glamour around the Monaco GP is unreplaceable.

They use the drivers as goddamn male models in fashion shows during the build-up happenings for the Monaco GP!

 

[Summer Rose]

I suppose this is vaguely related even though it's not F1, but anyone watch Le Mans every year? It just started.

LMP1 is dead; not a fan of the new hypercars with Toyota dominating... LMP2 is interesting though.

 

[DaveG]

I suppose this is vaguely related even though it's not F1, but anyone watch Le Mans every year? It just started.

LMP1 is dead; not a fan of the new hypercars with Toyota dominating... LMP2 is interesting though.

yep, I actually prefer the WEC races to F1 odd as that is to say, and that's the big one.

GT and LMP2 are still pretty competitive at least.

 

[Summer Rose]

yep, I actually prefer the WEC races to F1 odd as that is to say, and that's the big one.

GT and LMP2 are still pretty competitive at least.

Let's just say I've got it on right now. I'm probably not getting any sleep tonight.

 

[DaveG]

Yeah probably going to watch the rest of it tonight/tomorrow morning and dvr Baku, watch that one later Sunday after a nap

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Thinking about driving to Montreal next weekend, have never seen F1 in person... It'd be a kind of expensive trip but would probably be a blast. Has anyone here been? Worth it?

 

[hblueridgegal]

My son is going to the Canadian Grand Prix next week for his bachelor party weekend with 15 buds. I must say I never expected it as the outing of choice. Netflix effect, I guess.

 

[DaveG]

Thinking about driving to Montreal next weekend, have never seen F1 in person... It'd be a kind of expensive trip but would probably be a blast. Has anyone here been? Worth it?

nope, though one of my coworkers has been to Austin for the GP, says it's a hell of an experience.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

nope, though one of my coworkers has been to Austin for the GP, says it's a hell of an experience.

Seen and participated in plenty of racing in my life, trying to determine if F1 is that unique/different of an experience that it'd make it worth it this time around. If I don't go next week I'll probably at some point still try to make one in the future but Montreal ain't too bad of a drive for me.

 

[Lempo]

Piquet and Ecclestone battling head to head.

 

[Svechhammer]

Piquet and Ecclestone battling head to head.

Bernie said something more than just that he'd take a bullet for Putin?

No way, let me loo.....

oh

yeah

that'll do it

 

[Novacane]

 

[DaveG]

Latifi in Q3 for the first time ever, you love to see it.

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Good job Ferrari.

Lets see how you f*** this up tomorrow!

 

[Novacane]

That Zhou accident is horrifying. Glad he’s “okay”. Flipping over the tire barrier like that seems impossible but it wasn’t today

 

[DaveG]

This race is absolute chaos. Max looked like he might have this one in the bag after that pass and then massive issues for him.

 

[Lucky Lindy]

What an absolute wild race, the last ten laps was crazy.

 

[Svechhammer]

Smoooooooooooooooth Operaaaaaaatoooooooooooorrrr

Way to go, Carlos!

 

[Novacane]

Hell of a finale

 

[htdoc]

Sigh….. totally and utterly shocking that race control didn’t apply the rules consistently…..that just never happens in formula 1

no investigations on those moves means new standards for how this is handled moving forward…… until the next race when they don’t follow this new pediment and interpet t completely different again….. if they do it consistently, great… it will for sure mean a whole sub story of strategy to try to ensure a teammate win by doing all the stuff Leclerc did to help hold back other drivers to help your teammate….

it was wild at the end but flies in the face of what they said the interpretation of the rules would be regarding forcing drivers off the track and track limits

 

[Bub]

That has always been F1's MO. "Low on rules, high on decrees" was how one friend once put it. (Although, tbf, F1 has a shit-ton of rules too.) The powers that be in F1 have always realized that they run a circus, and that being such doesn't drive fans away. (See also: FIFA, IOC, etc etc.)

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Charles wins!

But too bad about Sainz engine.