F1 F1 2024 thread

[Jatz]

Its a tough one, you dont tend to have many options when youve spent years getting beaten by your teammate, even if that guy is Lewis Hamilton (or Max in Perez' case). But like Danny Ric you want to stay in the sport because you believe you can do the job.

Valterri is better than a few on the grid but is that enough to keep him around before someone who might have a future ?? Probably not.

Can always be down to luck depending on contracts etc as well.

He may have been better sitting out a year and then seeing but then you run the risk of never getting back in.

 

[FR0GGY]

Gasly having a zero $ damage bill for the year is unbelievable.

 

[Cromulant]

Gasly having a zero $ damage bill for the year is unbelievable.

Ocon tried to hit him on a few occasions.

 

[FR0GGY]

Ocon tried to hit him on a few occasions.

 

[Not Important]

What a deadset joke.

don't mind them standing up for themselves.

 

[happy_eagle]

Ful Res below

Spoiler: Full Res

 

[Barrybran]

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They could do a lot worse. Not sure Red Bull are the type of team to go back to the well though.

 

[gaskin]

 

[Gasometer]

Toto’s final watts app message to Lewis …me…

 

[Festerz]

The sale of Murdoch's Foxtel Empire to DAZN is likely to occur during the F1 off season:

British streamer closes in on Foxtel

News Corp is edging closer to selling its pay TV and streaming business, with a deal potentially putting the company that broadcasts AFL and NRL games into foreign hands.

www.smh.com.au

Will be interesting to see what that means for the future of F1 broadcasting in Australa. Maybe SkyF1 will no longer be the broadcaster we get for races going forward.

Speaking of SkyF1 I had to laugh at this:



As you can imagine, Sky F1 paid subscribers are not exactly overwhelmed with this news.

 

[Jatz]

Oh ffs. Already actively trying to avoid Dazn with the NFL, now it looks like we might cop it for F1 as well.

 

[larrikin]

Oh ffs. Already actively trying to avoid Dazn with the NFL, now it looks like we might cop it for F1 as well.

Yeah I use it for the NFL. Great access but glitchy as ****.

 

[Barrybran]

The sale of Murdoch's Foxtel Empire to DAZN is likely to occur during the F1 off season:

British streamer closes in on Foxtel

News Corp is edging closer to selling its pay TV and streaming business, with a deal potentially putting the company that broadcasts AFL and NRL games into foreign hands.

www.smh.com.au

Will be interesting to see what that means for the future of F1 broadcasting in Australa. Maybe SkyF1 will no longer be the broadcaster we get for races going forward.

Speaking of SkyF1 I had to laugh at this:


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As you can imagine, Sky F1 paid subscribers are not exactly overwhelmed with this news.

Complaining about free content is a little weird

 

[Festerz]

Toto’s final watts app message to Lewis …me…

Speaking of Lewis, this view might not be popular in this thread but I liked his little transitional fashion statement from silver to red over the the days of course of the weekend (pure in a colour sense of course).

 

[Gasometer]

Speaking of Lewis, this view might not be popular in this thread but I liked his little transitional fashion statement from silver to red over the the days of course of the weekend (pure in a colour sense of course).

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Don’t get me wrong I’m not his No 1 Fan at times but I love his commitment to social justice work and he went against the grain in the early part of this decade to push action on it and in sum, that’s what Toto alludes towards

He and Max also gave me something to look forward most weeks with that incredible 2021 season when we were dealing with the depression of Lockdowns.

As an aside I’m working my way towards all recent teams in my 1:43 Burago die casts from this era

I truly believe we are on the cusp of the end of an era before electric takes over fully so they will be something to look back on in another 20-30 years with fondness

 

[Festerz]

Don’t get me wrong I’m not his No 1 Fan at times but I love his commitment to social justice work and he went against the grain in the early part of this decade to push action on it and in sum, that’s what Toto alludes towards

He and Max also gave me something to look forward most weeks with that incredible 2021 season when we were dealing with the depression of Lockdowns.

I think even now his long commitment to diversity etc. (think of his comment about the rapper comment made by Subayem a few months back) rubs people the wrong way.

But I've grown to really admire him in the last couple of years on and off track.

He comes across as thoughtful, sensitive and caring which are traits which rarely come out in drivers at the peak of their game. I have this theory that being the top of any elite sport requires a selfish commitment to driving anything out that doesn't contribute to that one goal of success - a sort of nice guys finish last thinking that isn't acceptable in the community.

I do wonder if he has the inner drive to get back to his best at Ferrari though. I sort of think that one that winner take all mentality is gone it can never return.

As an aside I’m working my way towards all recent teams in my 1:43 Burago die casts from this era

Good to hear. One of my sons has the Lego 42141 Technic McLaren on his Xmas gift wish list but at $240 it ain't happening. I might get him a cap...or gift him my bright papaya Ricciardo US NFL top and tell him its a rare collectable that will only appreciate in value.

I truly believe we are on the cusp of the end of an era before electric takes over fully so they will be something to look back on in another 20-30 years with fondness

Nostalgia has a way of making things in the rear view mirror look far better than they ever did coming at us through the front windscreen.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Good to hear. One of my sons has the Lego 42141 Technic McLaren on his Xmas gift wish list but at $240 it ain't happening. I might get him a cap...or gift him my bright papaya Ricciardo US NFL top and tell him its a rare collectable that will only appreciate in value.

My ears prick up when people start talking about Lego...

You know they've released smaller, cheaper McLaren's yeah?

I'd be tempted to jump on that Technic one soon if your son is really keen - I think they'll retire the set soon after they release RBR and Ferrari versions in March.

 

[Cromulant]

Don’t get me wrong I’m not his No 1 Fan at times but I love his commitment to social justice work and he went against the grain in the early part of this decade to push action on it and in sum, that’s what Toto alludes towards

He and Max also gave me something to look forward most weeks with that incredible 2021 season when we were dealing with the depression of Lockdowns.

As an aside I’m working my way towards all recent teams in my 1:43 Burago die casts from this era

I truly believe we are on the cusp of the end of an era before electric takes over fully so they will be something to look back on in another 20-30 years with fondness

I don't think we'll go full electric, some big manufacturers have already decided to stop making them.

 

[Gasometer]

I think even now his long commitment to diversity etc. (think of his comment about the rapper comment made by Subayem a few months back) rubs people the wrong way.

But I've grown to really admire him in the last couple of years on and off track.

He comes across as thoughtful, sensitive and caring which are traits which rarely come out in drivers at the peak of their game. I have this theory that being the top of any elite sport requires a selfish commitment to driving anything out that doesn't contribute to that one goal of success - a sort of nice guys finish last thinking that isn't acceptable in the community.

I do wonder if he has the inner drive to get back to his best at Ferrari though. I sort of think that one that winner take all mentality is gone it can never return.


Good to hear. One of my sons has the Lego 42141 Technic McLaren on his Xmas gift wish list but at $240 it ain't happening. I might get him a cap...or gift him my bright papaya Ricciardo US NFL top and tell him its a rare collectable that will only appreciate in value.



Nostalgia has a way of making things in the rear view mirror look far better than they ever did coming at us through the front windscreen.

Cool

Fwiw I’m 56 years young

 

[Festerz]

My ears prick up when people start talking about Lego...

You know they've released smaller, cheaper McLaren's yeah?

I'd be tempted to jump on that Technic one soon if your son is really keen - I think they'll retire the set soon after they release RBR and Ferrari versions in March.

My son is 26 - and quite specific in his request. He can add it to his own Xmas shopping list.

 

[Festerz]

Driver roster for tomorrow’s testing sessions in Abu Dhabi




To save everyone else the trouble of googling, Pato O'Ward is not a rising star from Dublin but rather Patricio 'Pato' O'Ward Junco who hails from Mexico and competes in Indy Cars. Someone who, to be sure , is in the sights of the incoming GM/Cadillac team.

 

[Barrybran]

Driver roster for tomorrow’s testing sessions in Abu Dhabi

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To save everyone else the trouble of googling, Pato O'Ward is not a rising star from Dublin but rather Patricio 'Pato' O'Ward Junco who hails from Mexico and competes in Indy Cars. Someone who, to be sure , is in the sights of the incoming GM/Cadillac team.

Yuki auditioning for the top job perhaps?

 

[Cromulant]

Yuki auditioning for the top job perhaps?

Unlikely

 

[Festerz]

Yuki auditioning for the top job perhaps?

No. That ship sailed long ago according to all reports.

But they should bottle the evaporated steam coming out from under that helmet tomorrow and label it Tsunoda Grade Wasabi.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Yuki auditioning for the top job perhaps?

Nope RBR hate him.