Jesus, that is beautiful. That blue reminds me of the Prost cars.
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Jesus, that is beautiful. That blue reminds me of the Prost cars.
Kvyat as reserve driver too, hanging on by his fingernails.
I see Canyouhearthedrums Fernando has gotten out of all preseason media because his mouth is wired shut. There might be a few Alpeeeeeeners wishing it was permanent come the end of the season.
I honestly cannot wait for Ocon to maim him by a second a lap. The whole thing has such Mansell '95 vibes to it. Kvyat in the seat by Monza.
Do you think Alonso will be off the pace?
Ocon is pretty good, has been there a year, and Alonso is 40 and hasn't driven for three years, the former should beat him imo.
It's one of the more intriguing matchups though along with McLaren and quite possibly Ferrari.
There's some intriguing sets of teammates this year, several very promising drivers could either make or break their careers (in terms of being at the tippity top level).
Hamilton/Bottas: lol
Verstappen/Perez: evisceration incoming with a flukey win for Checo which everyone will love (Hungary)
Ricciardo/Norris: big year for Lando, could be close in quali but I think Ricciardo will be too strong in the races. If Norris wins this battle then he's world champ adjacent
Leclerc/Sainz: Charles will win but I think Sainz will closer than you'd think and get handy constructors' points
Vettel/Stroll: Nice sleeper battle this, if you're Lance you've got to think Seb's there for the taking, not sure his ultimate pace is what it was and he hasn't been a smart racer for years
Ocon/Alonso: as above
Gasly/Tsunoda: If Yuki gets anywhere near him he's done brilliantly. Doubt he will
Schumacher/Mazepin: who knows, Mazepin will need some serious stones to even get through the year. Not 100% convinced by Schumacher, suspect he will end up wilier than he is outright quick, which may not be a bad thing
Giovinazzi/Raikkonen: who cares
Russell/Latifi: no survivors
Broadly agree with that, I think we also have our poll for this years' thread sorted too.
Real P20 energy here.
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This, however, is fairly swish.
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Mazepin is going to buy out Haas, isn't he?
I miss the pink but green is a reasonable substitute, at least it's not grey.
I miss yellow cars. Hasn't been one since the last Jordan, I don't think.
Renault?
I guess, but too much black involved. I'm talking pure unadulterated Forti Corse jaune.
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:drool:
Or the Camel Lotus, that's a good one.
The Haas looks like a Footwork. I didn't think much of the Aston until Jimmy's picture. What I want is the 2001+ Jag but it just isn't happening unless they get HSBC money.
The one with the 'heavy paint'? It did look good.
The new Williams, or default template 4 from the car painter on F1 2014.
https://i.imgur.com/30KIy8Y.png
"Inspired by the all conquering cars of the 80s and 90s."
No it's not. It needs a lot more yellow. Get yourself some Banco do Brasil sponsorship, Renault (not Alpeen) engines or something.
That looks like shit.
I think im on the Richie Rich and Tsunoda hype this season
Silverstone confirmed as one of three Saturday sprint races.
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Boo.
That'll spice things up when Hamilton wins a hat trick.
How is it going to work exactly? If there's still qualifying on Friday then surely they all just roll about off the pace for twenty laps (or whatever) on Saturday so you can protect the car and gather data for the real deal on Sunday.
If I remember rightly, the sprint race serves as qualifying for the feature race (Aka, the proper thing on Sunday). Friday's sesh (FP3) is to determine the grid for Saturday's sprint race.
Does that not just sort out the grid into pace order and make Sunday more of a procession?
They seem to think the opposite, presumably they're hoping for lap 1 carnage in the sprint race to shake it up, I would have thought everyone would just tiptoe around unless there were loads of points on offer
It just smacks of Liberty being frustrated at Saturday presumably having much lower viewing figures than Sunday, without realising that Sunday is great BECAUSE it is a one off.
There's no way they'll go hell for leather when they've still got a handful of engines and gearboxes to last a season. I've always enjoyed the current qualifying. It gives the teams just enough time to sort themselves out but not enough to make positions feel like a guarantee. All it takes is a little weather, stacking in the pits at the wrong time or traffic to stuff someone's efforts.
Saturday should be the local flavour gimmick race. Tricycles in Singapore, half-tracks round the Nurburgring, that sort of thing.Quote:
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How about single lap qualifying, but instead of going one at a time you go four at a time, with a standing start, like snowboard cross. Then the top four times at the end go again in a pole position shootout.
Fuck that's brilliant. I'll have to write to Jean Todt.
I watched a bit of testing this afternoon and saw a Red Bull on top of the standings.
What are we looking at here lads? I'm assuming another Hamilton win just for memes?
I think the only hope we have is Perez staying with the front three more than what Albon did. At least that way Mercedes might have something to think about but let’s be real, they’re gonna win again.
He'll tyre manage his way to a crafty win.
My prediction is Max will get a couple of early wins, probably including Zandvoort for maximum hysteria, his fanbase will go potty, and then Hamilton will lol his way to the title again with a bit of outright pace, a bit of Bono me tires, and a bit of Max shitting the bed.
I wouldn't mind an actual fight though, we haven't had one for donkey's years.
Aye. It has the potential for that with Aston and Red Bull possibly going for it.
If I can find some decent odds on Stroll to beat Vettel this year I might take them.
If Vettel's got a decent car under him, he might get his mojo back. He won all his world championships on Saturdays.
As much as I love Seb, I have a feeling he’s finished. I’d love to be wrong though.
Bloody hell, Murray reading his own Autobiography is as magic as it should be.