F1 2022 - El Plan

[Giggles]

Although I can see why you all thought it was shit because of the lack of progress for Tim Lewis and John Lando, that was actually quite entertaining.

[Shindig]

I just don't think the stakes are worth it. A pittance of points for the sake of ... the crowd's amusement?

[Disco]

I'm all for trying to improve the show and look at new formats but this one works against everything else they've tried to do (not unsuccessfully) with the new regulations.

[Shindig]

It's not like the current quali format is stale either. It regularly throws curveballs from either conditions, daft team decisions or just plain bad luck. I've got no doubt Saturday attendances and viewing figures dip but you can't spice that up.

[niko_cee]

Weather looks like it could be interesting tomorrow.

[phonics]

We should factor in that the quali would have been today and therefore everything would have been dry anyway.

[Giggles]

Will this even happen? It’s soaking.

[Gray Fox]

Key factors are, is there standing water? Not overly sure as we've not seen much outside the pitlane. The other is can the medical helicopter still take off?

I would suggest we're okay on both for now.

[Gray Fox]

Looks like the brollys have come down. A shame it couldnt last til about 10 mins before race start or so.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just want to say that the sprint race is the worst thing introduced to F1 since grooved tyres.

Literally all it does is straighten out any unusual qualifying results, as we see here.

[Giggles]

Why have Sky sent so few out for this one? Gender balance weekend or something?

[Gray Fox]

Brundle and Di Resta/Button etc tend to rotate in and out every other weekend. Looks like they were also expecting Rosberg out there who, reading between the lines, seems to have COVID.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Brundle always misses certain weekends to do his own racing.

Fair fucks somehow managing to find a black woman for the F1 coverage.

[Pepe]

Ricciardo you idiot.

[Gray Fox]

Fully expecting it to be Strulovic punting someone off.

Someone please cut out the Red Bull cars engines please.

[Pepe]

Duct tape over that hole.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Crofty referring to Tosa as 'turn 7' is the worst example yet. Name the fucking corners.

Eau Rouge is now 'the turns 3, 4 and 5 complex' no doubt.

[Waffdon]

Give us more rain

[John Arne]

Why on earth have Ferrari left Le Clerc out for an extra lap?

Also, the race TV director needs shooting in the head.

[Gray Fox]

We need more rain right now please!

[Waffdon]

Why on earth is there no DRS

[Pepe]

There has been enough overtaking. Fuck DRS.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The race director is onto his third bottle of red.

[Waffdon]

There has been enough overtaking. Fuck DRS.

There’s been about two outside of the initial madness

[Ben]

This entire weekend has been a bit of a shambles.

[Pepe]

DRS has really helped...

[Pepe]

Lolclerc

[Gray Fox]

Should have taken the good points of 3rd place.

[Giggles]

That new formula E car is a mad looking thing with no rear wing.

[Ben]

Just flicked by Sky Sports F1 and noticed the Miami GP Opening Ceremony was on. Easily the cringiest shit I’ve ever seen.

[Shindig]

Small time bastards.

[Ben]

F1 has gone balls deep in U.S.A! shit this week. Las Vegas is coming next year. The sport is fucked.

[Ben]

In response to the FIA’s ban on jewellery in the cockpit, Hamilton rocked up to the press conference wearing three watches, a ring on every finger and about half a dozen chains. I aspire to be that petty.

[Shindig]

I hope he gave a speech about poverty.

[Giggles]

F1 has gone balls deep in U.S.A! shit this week. Las Vegas is coming next year. The sport is fucked.

It really isn't, these are great events. Not every event can be at jimmyharrumph brands hatch or donnington.

[Ben]

That’s what I like though and I will shake my fist at street circuits and fireworks.

[Shindig]

Get them back on the Indy 500 start list.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It isn't a proper racing series unless Snetterton's on the calendar. Even got a corner named after Our Lewis.

[Shindig]

Actually, yes. Tell us of the weird tree, Ted.

[Giggles]

"Harrumph, In my day of sailing the seen seas....."

[Ben]

That marina is pathetic. :D

[Ben]

I must admit I’m intrigued by this circuit watching this Brundle lap. Those walls in the tight section have Latifi’s name all over them.

[Shindig]

I don't think the sport has been any better, to be honest. The grid is largely packed with talent, the cars are the fastest they've ever been and the machinery looks competitive. In the grand scheme of things, where they race is irrelevant.

[Disco]

The sport as a spectacle is what it has always been, inappropriate cars racing wherever someone will put down enough cash. It is undeniably in a far healthier state than I can remember, to the point where Volkswagen may end up entering twice and existing entries have never been more valuable. There's even a cost cap, I'll eat a burger or two for that alone.

[Giggles]

But the Americans are making Formula 1 all about money!!!!

Formula 1.

About money.....

[Ben]

The lack of grip is fun, especially if one of those Florida thunderstorms comes along and washes all the rubber away.

[Disco]

They should get one of these for Monza.

https://i.imgur.com/spBDOUx.png

[Shindig]

Imagine in 2030 if we get teams with M&M's and Burger King as head sponsors. :drool:

[Giggles]

Wendys :drool:

[Ben]

Can’t be worse than fucking Bybit or Rich Energy.

[Disco]

https://i.imgur.com/GjPHIYK.png

[Ben]

I was just about to look for that. :D

[Giggles]

Would love to see it become Americanised as fuck, team relocations and all. Seeing as the brits can't even bear a reference that there might be some historical European influence on the sport, it would be hilarious.

[niko_cee]

Don't the yanks have a bit of a hard on for that weird horse and cart racing [or is that just Australians]? Maybe they could get a bit of that into the weekend.

Up next the foalmula 3 race.

[Disco]

GeeGeeP2.

[Shindig]

"And now figure 8 racing from Suzuka."

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm not against US races at all. I'm against ugly tracks on the eye. Not seen Miami yet so hard to judge

Shame they can't bring back the Glen in autumn/'fall', that was a looker.

[Disco]

Mercedes look marginally less shit here.

[Pepe]

Watkins Glen. :drool:

Will never happen. Impossible to build the 200 meters runoff needed after every corner. Then again, this street circuits are tight as fuck, so why not.

Even better, use the old Glen circuit, turn it into another street race.

Reminds me that I damaged a wheel while driving down the old course on my way to get gasoline. The bump I hit would have sent an F1 car into orbit.

[Gray Fox]

Mercedes look marginally less shit here.

Colour me unconvinced.

I think this is a mix of the two above them having a stinker of a Friday and then getting some kind of reduction of the porpoising. They've probably made marginal gains, but the way Sky are suddenly talking them up as potential race winners is lol.

[Foe]

This kicks off in a half hour, right?

[Pepe]

In thirty minutes.

[SincereTheRebel]

Russel's car was all over the place. The Ferraris look so strong in the fast corners.

[Mellberg]

https://i.imgur.com/GjPHIYK.png

What a waste of a G.

[Disco]

https://i.imgur.com/Bpchakb.png

[Pepe]

If that is what my money went to, I am not unhappy.

[Disco]

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I hope nobody celebrated their qualy position, very disrespectful.

[Ben]

That grid walk was an absolute car crash. By the end he was over the moon just to find Jean Alesi. :D

[Gray Fox]

Which wall will Latifi finish in then?

[Giggles]

Could yer man not see the huge DRS active on the screen there?

[Adramelch]

Feels like Sainz kind of gave away that second position for free there. Didn't want to risk anything after the recent nightmares I guess.

[Pepe]

DRS overtake. Exciting.

[Ben]

It was pretty evident by Friday night that this wouldn’t be the best race. Need a thunderstorm or Latifi to do what he does best.

[Gray Fox]

I have full confidence in one of those things.

[Adramelch]

Stroll also being close to other cars has potential.

[Pepe]

This is atrocious. Road Atlanta next year, please.

[Gray Fox]

Maybe something will happen now.

[Waffdon]

Super Max is going to retire with 10+ championships

[thommo]

Alex Albon. :cool:

[Giggles]

Who’s this gobshite doing the interviews?

[niko_cee]

Super Max is going to retire with 10+ championships

Hamilton is still not even halfway to the 15 he was penciled in for in the immediate aftermath of his first [might have been 10 actually].

That was a spectacularly boring race.

More people should have gambled on the full safety car [they were never going to clear that under a VSC] but even then Ocon didn't seem to be up to much on new softs in those last laps.

Stupidly high tyre degradation [a la Canada in the not too distant past] is what is needed.

[Adramelch]

Perez also should have had a considerable advantage there, but it didn't look like it apart from like a lap or so.

[niko_cee]

Also, what was Mick Schumacher crying like a spoiled child about [that was MY corner!] after he t-boned Vettel?

[Pepe]

Perez also should have had a considerable advantage there, but it didn't look like it apart from like a lap or so.

Wasn't he having some engine issues or something?

[Adramelch]

Wasn't he having some engine issues or something?

He had engine issues for a couple of laps before the safety car and they told him to change whatever setting it was and it seemed to have been fixed. I think what happened is he decided to play safe after that close shave with Sainz. He was really pressuring him up to that point, so either he sustained some tyre damage there or saw himself ending up the same way as Leclerc in the previous race and stopped pushing.

[John Arne]

Sainz bottled that first corner. Fair play to VER for spending his first 2 years smashing into people - now every one just moves out the way for him.

[Ben]

No way was Sainz daring to risk another DNF. Max knew that.

[John Arne]

No way was Sainz daring to risk another DNF. Max knew that.

For sure - Sainz had his previous races on his mind.

[Clunge]

Got to be among the top five worst tracks to be added to the calendar in the past 20-25 years. Can't think of many worse – Valencia, Sochi, Losail and Paul Ricard are/were all pretty bad.

[Gray Fox]

If you thought Miami was bad the next two races will be an absolute joy for you.

[Ben]

If they binned that shit chicane in Catalunya then it could be alright there.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I fucking love Monaco. It has so many detractors these days but the whole vibe of it is so old-world beautiful that I couldn't care less if there wasn't a pass for the full race distance.

[John Arne]

I love the whole build up, the FP, then quali.... It's usually lap 3 of the race that I think "fuck me, it's Monaco isn't it..." and proceed to open Youtube.

[Ben]

I've grown to loathe Monaco a bit, but when I think about it the reason is definitely the cars themselves. They're just so fucking huge now that they might as well race HGVs round there. I used to love it back in the V10 (even V8) days because even without OVERTAKING™, they just looked so awesome hoying the agile cars between the barriers.

[Pepe]

Monaco was/is alright because Monaco, mate, so we endured one boring street circuit because history. Modern street circuits have no history (or look good) so they are just shit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There have been some great Monaco GPs, too. 82, 84, 92, 96, even 97. Maybe that era of car suited it better.

[Disco]

The cars are too big for it to be anything more than a procession, all the more reason to make more of qualifying because pole almost guarantees the win. The race is bad and the only one I don't bother watching.

[John Arne]

Presumably we have all already entered this competition to win.... A cork.

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[Ben]

$40 for some foam ear plugs says it all.

[Disco]

They take them out before the podium too so you win some actual rubbish that nobody of consequence has been anywhere near.

[Ben]

Sebastian Vettel on Question Time was not the type of crossover I ever expected but unsurprisingly he was pretty excellent.

[Giggles]

Why are the stands completely empty at this Indycar race? They don’t they’ve covid shit there now do they surely? Or is it just absolutely nothing there any more?

[Ben]

I just don't think they give much of a shit, especially with the rain. The 500 is in a couple of weeks so they'll probably all go to that instead.

[Giggles]

Fucking hell it’s absolutely desolate.

[Ben]

I keep trying to convince myself IndyCar is shit but I will still usually watch it if there's not much else on.

[Giggles]

I barley see it and this crowd has me convinced I don’t need to see any more.

[Ben]

It's actually quite entertaining at the moment with the inters to slicks crossover being 5 laps in. Herta just drifted round T7 which was pretty cool.

[Ben]

Some dick head just saved himself out of the grass then stalled as soon as he hit the tarmac. :D

[Disco]

America is full of giant speedways that nobody ever fills anymore, it doesn't help that the Indy 500 is only a week or two away at the exact same facility.

[Ben]

The pit teams are so amateur even compared to F2.

[Shindig]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0xKh6L5RMU

Tiff Needell on commentary.

[Shindig]

An expensive Lotus pile-up at Anthony Noghes. You hate to see it. Here comes to red flag.

[Shindig]

Sharl gets a go in Jacky Ickx's Ferrari. Smashed the back off it. :D I've never seen this many crashes at a historic weekend.

[Disco]

Was it Jean Alesi who ran someone into the wall last year?

[Shindig]

Aye and I think it brought the red flag out which cancelled out the winning overtake. That's all I remember from last year. Certainly nothing like the Rascasse smashes we seem to be getting at every race. Almost as if sheets of kitchen roll aren't enough to soak up oil.

[Ben]

Aston Martin are bringing a whole new B-spec car to Spain. Potentially interesting but will probably result in half a tenth.

[Ben]

Everyone seems to be seething that Aston Martin’s B car looks exactly like the Red Bull. I don’t see the issue, they’re just ahead of the curve. Give it two or three years when a particular concept establishes itself as superior in these regulations and we will have 20 identical cars. Helmut Marko talking shit as usual saying they’ve stolen IP; anyone can study some pictures mate.

Lol though. Aston poached loads of RB designers a few months ago.

[Disco]

Them all 'drinking' some shitty green version of Red Bull yesterday was some peak F1 pettiness.

[Shindig]

I like the way they go about it, to be honest. Photograph the hell out of the competition, poach the talent and then get right to it. Beats breaking in and stealing blueprints. Or having someone's wife photocopy them.

[Disco]

The problem with that is that these designs would have been well in progress before anyone had seen the real Red Bull, which means it's either just convergent design (normal for any sport with a formula) or transfer of staff/knowledge. Given recent Red Bull history it's rather rich of them to criticize the latter, doubly so when you consider that most of their success came from Adrian Newey remembering the rest of his career after he joined them.

[Disco]

Bit of white line enforcement from Phil de Freitas, you love to see it.

[Gray Fox]

That Mercedes looks visibly lower to the ground now. If they have gained 3/4 tenths off that alone, they're likely now into the territory of 'could win with good strategy.'

Does look like the Ferraris upgrade seems to have given them a tenth or two as well in qualy. However long runs from Friday seem to suggest the non-red cards behind Chaaaarl will reel him in once in race trim.

[Giggles]

That Catalonia anthem is some dirge.

[Ben]

Can’t see these softs lasting two minutes. Should be an interesting pit window early on even if there’s a lack of on track action.

[Gray Fox]

Lewis either really right or really wrong with that.

If it's hot enough there, those softs will melt.

[Ben]

Lando looked in bad shape. He will do well just to finish.

[Giggles]

Not how I expected it to happen but the tyre really didn’t last long.

[Gray Fox]

Tyres forced Lewis back into the pack there. I bet KMag just had way more grip than he expected.

[Pepe]

Magnussen. :harold:

[Waffdon]

Hamilton :D

Just retire m8

[Shindig]

Man, Lewis is a broken man these days.

[Gray Fox]

Unless they fix that car up by the end of the year then I reckon he'll be off.

I've never heard him give up like that before.

[Giggles]

I thought Hamilton would have been in his element in this situation rather than looking to throw the towel in.

[Ben]

Sainz man. What’s he playing at this year?

[Jimmy Floyd]

That was a proper old-fashioned spin from Sainz. You don't see those much anymore.

[Jimmy Floyd]

A fucking tailwind? You've got a combustion engine, pal, this isn't 18th century schooner racing.

[Pepe]

:drool:

[Giggles]

Whatever about Sainz, that’s shocking for Verstappen to do.

[Gray Fox]

That Mercedes will be the size of a house with a better race tyre on, you'd feel.

[Giggles]

Always forget how slow this track looks on TV. They all look like they’re popping down to Aldi.

[Giggles]

This is quality from Russell.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jesus Verstappen is a petulant fuck. The Dutch love that sort of thing though, it's in their makeup.

[Ben]

I’d hate to be his race engineer. You couldn’t pay me enough to listen to him bitch constantly for two hours.

[Ben]

Hahahaha he’s been closing the DRS himself. Tremendous.

[Waffdon]

Verstappen is hilarious

[Shindig]

Big spastic energy.

[Pepe]

Welcome to the 90s Max. Now learn to not spin on your own.

[Ben]

That was brilliant.

[Giggles]

If he’s been closing it himself because he’s been mashing it like a child then :D

[Giggles]

Russell :drool:

[Adramelch]

That defence there was possibly the best thing we've seen this season. Outrageous.

[SincereTheRebel]

Sainz has rubbish since he signed a bew deal. Max button bashing the DRS button in frustration :lol:

[Ben]

They’ll probably give Russell a penalty for that T4 thing. Shite.

Edit: ah they haven’t. I quite like these new race directors. White lines for track limits etc

[Waffdon]

I’d hate to be his race engineer. You couldn’t pay me enough to listen to him bitch constantly for two hours.

His engineer is just as bad tbh

[Waffdon]

No shot Verstappen let’s Perez through

[Giggles]

They’ll probably give Russell a penalty for that T4 thing. Shite.

That cars width thing is bollocks. Russell was ahead and that should be that.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jesus fucking christ.

[Waffdon]

Fuck :(

[Ben]

Ah fuck. After all this Max will win.

[Shindig]

Hot melting Ferrari.

[Pepe]

This race is carnage.

[Ben]

Nice to see Charles shaking hands with the garage there. You can’t imagine some of the other guys doing that.

[Pepe]

Perez win coming? :drool:

[Disco]

Perez win coming? :drool:

Only if Russell somehow stays ahead of Verstappen.

[Waffdon]

Verstappen is winning this by a mile now unless he crashes off the track

[Gray Fox]

The heat claims another Ferrari car.

[Pepe]

Let's go Russell.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Final result whatever, but that Russell-Verstappen battle was epic and proper racing. Crofty's shite commentary didn't add much to it, Verstappen's darts kept taking him by surprise.

[Pepe]

Spin again, Max.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Refreshing maturity from Leclerc, such a contrast to certain other front-running drivers when anything goes against them.

[Waffdon]

Team orders are still the worst thing in the whole of sport

[thommo]

Utter contrast to Lewis's constant moaning throughout the first 2 months of the season. The only thing I think about Charles is that he's quite harsh on himself, very self-critical (thinking back to Turkey 2020 especially).

[Gray Fox]

#VoidLap58

[Waffdon]

Have Mercedes had a pit stop under 3 seconds all year?!

[Adramelch]

Team orders are still the worst thing in the whole of sport

I mean, I agree, but in this case Verstappen was gaining like 2 seconds a lap on Perez.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The best thing that's ever happened to Red Bull was Perez winning that race in the pink car in Bahrain, which forced them to hire him (a proper grand prix driver) instead of some other useless twat. Helmut Marko's shit decisions have been holding them back for years.

[Adramelch]

Hamilton wanted to give up less than 10 laps in.

[Disco]

Washed up disinterested Hamilton drives through field to fourth.

[Pepe]

It's just MIND GAMES.

[Giggles]

The drone needs to go in the ‘tried but failed’ bin.

[Giggles]

Washed up disinterested Hamilton drives through field to fourth.

In fairness he did more than anyone to get the disinterested tag on his head on lap one. I’d say Merc are well used to his bullshit at either end of the scale though.

[Disco]

They seem obsessed with shooting fast cars in the two worst possible ways.

[Gray Fox]

Heat playing HAVOC with the faster cars it seems.

[Giggles]

Here’s the big team orders lament now that it’s not Valtteri Bottas being told to move over :rolleyes:

[SincereTheRebel]

Russel was superb. Hamilton needs to sort himself out. Ricciardo is awful. Everytime they show him on track. People just drive past him.

[Clunge]

Hamilton was excellent too – he had just about the best and most consistent pace of anyone in the field today. Six of one, half dozen of the other with Magnussen. Looked like Hamilton understeered and Magnussen was tight with his line/space.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Hamilton/Magnussen thing was the most racing incident of all racing incidents. Both to blame, neither to blame, it's motor racing, shit happens.

[Ben]

The drone needs to go in the ‘tried but failed’ bin.

Agreed.

[Pepe]

The Hamilton/Magnussen thing was the most racing incident of all racing incidents. Both to blame, neither to blame, it's motor racing, shit happens.

The lol part was Magnussen saying Hamilton did it on purpose. Yes mate, the seven time world champion purposely ruined his race just so he could stick it to a perennial midpacker.

[Disco]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/61596393

That's an odd one, never had Bernie down as a gun guy but at least he had one that matched his stature.

[Shindig]

He's a rich man in Brazil. I don't blame him for coming strapped. Especially given the Ecclestone's history with being burgled or mugged.

[Disco]

Different day for Monaco practice (all those years and it turns out you can just do it on Friday anyway) but very much business as usual; Merc look a bit garbo, Di Resta having little digs at Lewis Hamilton, and Ricciardo in the barrier. If Christian Horner whinges about the cost cap that might be a full house.

[Ben]

Di Resta is shit. He loves digging out Vettel as well.

[phonics]

Different day for Monaco practice (all those years and it turns out you can just do it on Friday anyway) but very much business as usual; Merc look a bit garbo, Di Resta having little digs at Lewis Hamilton, and Ricciardo in the barrier. If Christian Horner whinges about the cost cap that might be a full house.

Wasnt it because the Prince/King liked to do his shopping on Friday and now he cant walk.

[Disco]

The reason they gave was that the Friday was Ascension Day or something but really they liked having a party on Thursday and not getting up too early the next day. The yanks couldn't care less about the hallowed streets though so they have to do as they're told.

[Gray Fox]

Oh dear Checo. Dr Marko won’t like you keeping his golden boy behind you.

Seems like everyone decided to bin it at the end.

[Disco]

Agent Checo.

[Gray Fox]

The rain keeps pouring for Sainz too.

[Shindig]

eScooter racing looks fucking terrible.

And, 5 hours late to the party, here's the 24 hours of Nurburgring.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVjTSBefDjU

[Giggles]

Has Hamilton qualified ahead of Russell at all yet this year?

[Gray Fox]

Mercedes said last week Hamilton had been choosing to make his qualifying pace suffer for a better race car, which sounds a cool out, but he has been good in races, with 3 lots of bad safety car luck so far.

Today he was on his hot lap and Perez binned it.

Russell is showing how good he is though.

[Disco]

Has Hamilton qualified ahead of Russell at all yet this year?

3 each before today.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Russell is really good, as he showed last week and has been showing for some time in a non-competitive car, and Hamilton is clearly not all there upstairs this year.

I'm sure this has been mentioned on coverage (I haven't seen any of it), but 91 years since a Monaco driver won the Monaco Grand Prix.

[Waffdon]

Lando is winning today after multiple pile ups and engine failures.

[Gray Fox]

We havent had a wet Monaco in quite some time. Someone do a rain dance.

[Disco]

Wet Monaco just takes longer, the only bit of interest is how they get Verstappen past Barri-Checo.

[Shindig]

Nah, there's plenty of people skittish on wet tarmac.

[Gray Fox]

Wet Monaco just takes longer, the only bit of interest is how they get Verstappen past Barri-Checo.

100% guarantee that Perez has an unexpectedly slow pit stop.

[Shindig]

And the rain has come. Pray for Lance.

[Disco]

Or a characteristically sluggish start and he lets him up the inside at T1.

[Gray Fox]

It's actually wet? Okay I'll try it again.

It's been a while since Dutchie was punted into a wall. Someone do a wall dance.

[Disco]

The backwards grid graphic is terrible.

[John Arne]

Hold on... why has the race start been delayed?

[Shindig]

Because rain hit when they were on the grid. Gives them time to switch to inters or wets.

[Ben]

This is a shambles. They all have to put wets on and it’s not wet enough. :D

[Gray Fox]

Unless it hammers it down, it expect someone to switch to hards very early and try to go the full race.

[John Arne]

I get the need to switch tyres, but everyone changed... and now we are all waiting.....

[Shindig]

They've had to switch to full wets because of starting under the safety car. Some started on inters. Hence the late chaos.

[7om]

Why are they starting under the safety car?

[Giggles]

Safety car start. That’s the only good bit of the whole race gone then.

[Ben]

It could still be a standing start. Formation lap only is behind safety car so far.

[Gray Fox]

Bring back Michael Masi.

[Giggles]

There’s no point in this race without a real start.

[Gray Fox]

They have wet tyres on ffs. Get on with the fucking race.

[7om]

This is pathetic. Fuck off with this shit.

[Ben]

Brundle is not a fan of the FIA. I feel like Spa last year has proper spooked them here.

[Disco]

Oh get on with it you fannies, if it's wet just go a bit slower.

[Giggles]

That’s some fro that Perez Sergio is sporting these days.

At this stage they should just pick names out of a hat, call or a result, and rock on to the next week. Wasn’t it only a few years ago they talked about sprinklers? :D

[Foe]

If you can’t race around it in the wet, it’s not a race track that should be in the calendar.

[Gray Fox]

Alternatively if you can’t race in the wet, what’s the point in the wet tyres?

[Ben]

This is absolutely ridiculous.

[Gray Fox]

Sebs hair gets my vote for comeback of the season.

[Disco]

I'm not sure what they're waiting for now, they all trundle around seconds off the normal pace anyway so it can't be a safety concern.

[Ben]

Vettel’s hair’s comeback is almost as miraculous as Antonio Conte’s.

[Disco]

https://i.imgur.com/yIWBT3U.png

[Ben]

It’s spitting at best and the fucking sun is out in pit lane. Get on with it.

[Giggles]

Brundle is going to go down and start this thing himself.

[Gray Fox]

Two race director trial is already ON THE ROPES.

[Giggles]

There’s a stage where health and safety goes too far.

[Gray Fox]

Apparently the huge delay was due to the two race directors not agreeing on the procedure.

Once Latifi/Strulovic put it in a wall, we’ll be back in the pit lane anyway.

[Ben]

Latifi and Stroll staying on brand already. :D

[Giggles]

Apparently the huge delay was due to the two race directors not agreeing on the procedure.

Once Latifi/Strulovic put it in a wall, we’ll be back in the pit lane anyway.

:D clockwork

[Disco]

Incredible.

[Pepe]

I forgot about this. Looks like I came back right on time.

[John Arne]

1 lap before another red flag. Someone will bin it.

[Giggles]

Nearly hitting each other then :D

[Gray Fox]

Honestly, throw them both into the harbour and leave them there.

[Ben]

If they can find a replacement sponsor for Sofina, Williams will bin Latifi for de Vries soon enough.

[Gray Fox]

And now it’ll get interesting.

[Giggles]

Need this first round of stops to wake this up a bit.