F1 F1 2025 Season

[jb04]

Never said it was easy, just hoping it was going to get me time to watch the F1 for 2 hours a weekend.

Here's me thinking that races starting at 10:30pm have me free and clear to watch uninterrupted.

My eldest at midnight during the Singapore GP: did you know there is a 7 year sleep regression?

 

[King Of Money]

Thankfully the early GP swing is finally over (for me in Dublin) and I can get back to watching them once the daughter is asleep. Hopefully by the start of next season she's more able to look after herself (will be nearly 1 and a half by the time the season starts).

A small dram of your country's finest shortly before race time should do the trick.
(And have one for yourself while you're at it.)

 

[Bradesmaen]

A small dram of your country's finest shortly before race time should do the trick.
(And have one for yourself while you're at it.)

I'll give her a baby guinness

 

[DamoESP]

Hits the nail on the head....

 

[jb04]

My jaw hurts from clenching so hard during that read.

Literally anything other than a Lando WDC is optimal for 2025.

 

[Gak Attack]

Reckon any truth to the Oscar to Ferrari? Not sure going to a team that deliberately ****s you to a team that will incompetently **** you is much better.

 

[Cromulant]

Reckon any truth to the Oscar to Ferrari? Not sure going to a team that deliberately *s you to a team that will incompetently * you is much better.

Race for Ferrari and a whole country wants you to win, race for McLaren and not oven your whole team does

 

[Duck Farmer]

Race for Ferrari and a whole country wants you to win, race for McLaren and not oven your whole team does

The problem for Oscar is that his own side of the garage doesn't even go in to bat for him.

 

[Gak Attack]

The problem for Oscar is that his own side of the garage doesn't even go in to bat for him.

Most of them are Brits too I'm guessing.

 

[Not Important]

pretty much

 

[imadodgyumpire]

I didn't bother anyone when Bottas was geting shafted, which was often.

 

[happy_eagle]

I didn't bother anyone when Bottas was geting shafted, which was often.

Do you think an unshafted and unshackled Bottas had the ability to challenge Lewis on the same level Rosberg did ?

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Do you think an unshafted and unshackled Bottas had the ability to challenge Lewis on the same level Rosberg did ?

Yeah. Do you want me to follow up with why, since it may not be a popular opinion?

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Reckon any truth to the Oscar to Ferrari? Not sure going to a team that deliberately *s you to a team that will incompetently * you is much better.

Race for Ferrari and a whole country wants you to win, race for McLaren and not oven your whole team does

The problem for Oscar is that his own side of the garage doesn't even go in to bat for him.

Oscar & Mercedes?
Why the delay on re-signing George?
Unrest with MCL & Oscar.

 

[Matele]

Oscar & Mercedes?
Why the delay on re-signing George?
Unrest with MCL & Oscar.

I’d ****ing froth Oscar & Merc

 

[gaskin]

Yeah. Do you want me to follow up with why, since it may not be a popular opinion?

Bottas himself has admitted he couldn't.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Yeah. Do you want me to follow up with why, since it may not be a popular opinion?

Was it the mullet?

 

[BG__]

I’ve seen a surprising number of British F1 influencer/content creators posting videos how badly piastri is getting screwed which is refreshing to see

 

[Sandgroper007]

Usually they just whine about being called out for their bias, so it has made a refreshing change.

 

[Gak Attack]

I’ve seen a surprising number of British F1 influencer/content creators posting videos how badly piastri is getting screwed which is refreshing to see

It seems everyone but a few Brits now are in agreement that there is clear favourtism to Lando. People highlighting how Oscar has been told off for nearly causing a crash while Lando doesn't when he has now twice been at fault for contact seems to be the thing most point to.

I think outside of Britain there is a lot of annoyance from fans how much McLaren are trying to manipulate a title.

 

[Festerz]

Well said Carlos. Has been an annoying feature of this years coverage that many of us have called out in the race threads.

Now that a driver has mentioned it and it's getting headlines in US media - things might change.




Sainz was critical of the broadcast coverage for not showing a number of his overtakes in addition to Alonso’s pursuit of Hamilton.

“Yes, it’s becoming a bit of a trend,” Sainz told Spanish radio station El Partidazo de COPE. “It must be that it worked for them in an era where it was interesting for people to see our girlfriends, famous people on TV, their reactions.

“I understand that if there’s an overtake, a very tense moment in the race, showing a shot of their reaction could be understandable if the directors see that that worked in the past, so they do it. But that’s while the competition is being respected and you keep showing the important moments in the race.

“Last weekend, they didn’t show any of the four or five overtakes I made at the end, they didn’t show Fernando’s pursuit of Lewis. They missed lots of things. So the other stuff is fine, but as long as you don’t miss what’s essential. For me, they even exaggerate a bit showing famous people and girlfriends.”

Race footage is supplied to local broadcasters by a world television feed controlled by F1.

The coverage of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix largely focused on Red Bull’s Max Verstappen holding off McLaren’s Lando Norris in the battle for second.

Cutaway shots of Norris’s partner Magui Corceiro, Sainz’s partner Rebecca Donaldson, and Lance Stroll’s family in the garage also featured on the broadcast.

 

[DamoESP]

Fish is rotten from the head.......

Zak Brown denies destroying evidence in McLaren case against Alex Palou

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown was accused in court of deleting crucial WhatsApp messages, on his second day of giving evidence in the $20.7m case between his team and IndyCar champion Alex Palou

www.motorsportmagazine.com

 

[Not Important]

Reckon any truth to the Oscar to Ferrari? Not sure going to a team that deliberately *s you to a team that will incompetently * you is much better.

i'm not convinced either. but if the price is right........

Oscar Piastri has ‘already set his sights’ on joining £3.8bn-valued F1 team in 2027

Yesterday's controversy in Singapore won't have helped McLaren's case in trying to keep him...

www.f1oversteer.com

 

[happy_eagle]

i'm not convinced either. but if the price is right........

Oscar Piastri has ‘already set his sights’ on joining £3.8bn-valued F1 team in 2027

Yesterday's controversy in Singapore won't have helped McLaren's case in trying to keep him...

www.f1oversteer.com

It is really sad to see what passes as journalism these days

From the article you posted

A report from the Swiss outlet Blick has shared more details about the Formula 1 driver market.

The report suggests that both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton are considering their futures at Ferrari beyond next year.

So I thought okay, lets see what this report from "Blick" has to say and what the source is

https://www.blick.ch/sport/formel1/...rari-mercedes-spielt-auf-zeit-id21292762.html

Future of Hamilton and Leclerc uncertain​

Leclerc and Hamilton are likely entering their final season at Maranello, and their futures are uncertain.

That's it.....
No source, no further information just that one sentence written from an "F1 Expert" that contains nothing concrete.


And from that you get dozens of clickbait articles linking Oscar to Ferrari. The media really are a joke.

 

[Festerz]

It is really sad to see what passes as journalism these days

From the article you posted


So I thought okay, lets see what this report from "Blick" has to say and what the source is

https://www.blick.ch/sport/formel1/...rari-mercedes-spielt-auf-zeit-id21292762.html

That's it.....
No source, no further information just that one sentence written from an "F1 Expert" that contains nothing concrete.


And from that you get dozens of clickbait articles linking Oscar to Ferrari. The media really are a joke.

Well tracked down.

And a chance to go on another rant.

No one wants to pay for good journalism. You know - the kind based on building a reputation that comes from doing the hard yards of searching for a story and following it through by checking and double checking the source and the credibility.

But everyone wants to be the first to cut and paste a link to a free story from their favourite social media website. The lazy cut and paste of a link that pops up in their twitter or insta feed. And advertisers knows that this is what's going to get them the links to their product so they pay sources by the click not the accuracy or relevance.

Heck, I know for a fact that most of the writers at our daily Murdoch papers have click throughs included in their KPIs that form the basis of their contract payments. So they spend much of the day trawling media sites for headlines they know will resonate with their readers. It's why so many of the stories you see on their web outlets include a byline paragraph that starts with an open ended question or statement...'You wouldn't believe what happens next....'/ 'Why most Melbourne couples face bankruptcy in coming decades' / etc.

I don't blame journalists or their profession, who have seen their profession shrink to almost nothing in a couple of decades but the industry and the owners who force them to chase the click bait $$.

And why do the publications do that? Because almost no one is willing to buy a subscription to decent mastheads/outlets that hires decent professional journos. It's easier to cut and paste a story for free. Most of us not even caring enough to double check the validity of the source or its credibility before we do so. It's we who have devalued the worth of journalism and with it the value of truth.

As Shakespeare famously wrote:

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves

/rant.