Doohan forgetting to disable DRS on a flat out corner and smashing the car into 14,000 pieces
Doohan forgetting to disable DRS on a flat out corner and smashing the car into 14,000 pieces
Isn't it supposed to disengage itself when you touch the brake [no idea if that is applicable here]?
This is correct.Originally Posted by niko_cee
There is also talk the 2026 cars will have a kind of motor for the rear wing that flattens it out on straights but brings up the angle on it through corners. So that could lead to some similar kinds of failures.
The first part of turn one is flat out, he was supposedly trying something that worked in the sim. Might be some correlation issues to sort out there.
It does, but with the first part of the corner taken flat out, he needed to disengage manually.
I did think it was weird how the rear swapped on him. I feel sorry for the lad, to be honest.
Its a good thing. Shows things are not all that cute and sweet. The cars should be tricky to drive. Ive even saw Alonso make several mistakes during the first three events.
Alonso is in danger of being washed. Is Max going there for 26 or will Papa Stroll bring Hideki Noda out of retirement to try and make his boy look good?
Merc have the edge in the new regs don't they [according to THE GRAPEVINE]? So he'll be off there if he has any sense.
Said grapevine also suggests Cadillac have Russell and Perez(lol) lined up as their preferred driver pairing. So it could all work out.
The conspiracy theory around dumping Lawson was that Red Bull need two cars scoring points in order to reach the performance threshold in Verstappen's contract and stop him jumping to Mercedes too easily. Not sure I buy that but he can't stay there forever.
Then why not sign Carlos Sainz.
The paddock talk was that was a veto by camp Verstappen as the two dads would kill each other.
Quite a good set up if you have a get out of contract clause if the other driver is a retard and also a veto over whoever gets said driver position.
God I love JV. Just the right balance between autism and entertainment.
Hadjar got his penis stuck in his zipper or something?
Bearman Q3 in that van is incredibly impressive, no matter how unnerving his whole vibe is.
Lawson outqualifying Tsunoda
I get the whole "he needs more time" thing with Doohan and I do agree, but you can't deny he's looking a bit like Sargeant out there.
Offft, that front 3 were tight in qualifying. P1 tends to always win here but the two mclarens should eat Verstappen alive on track
Also, surely everyone P4 and under will be starting on hards and going long due to the inevitable fire on track and getting a free tyre change
Last edited by Waffdon; 05-04-2025 at 08:56 AM.
Missed another one. When do we get to the races that aren't at stupid times?
Next weekend. Nothing but reasonable times until Las Vegas in November.
Forgot we’ve already got a triple header. The scheduling is so dumb
Lando lol.
I don't understand why McLaren didn't leave one of their drivers out in clean air and try an overcut. Completely botched their advantage of having two runners up against Red Bull's one.
They did the same in Monza last year with that Leclerc win.
It's been noticeable over the second half of last year and start of this year how bad the TV direction is. Think they have someone with really no talent in the job.
Utter snooze this race, these cars are useless.
Croft desperate to introduce some jeopardy, shot down by JV at every opportunity.
They really should have let Piastri have a go at Max a couple of laps back.
His race-long campaign for McLaren to swap Norris and Piastri is genuinely insane.Croft desperate to introduce some jeopardy, shot down by JV at every opportunity.
Also genuinely impressed how Stroll has managed to drop 23 seconds off the back here. Not sure what's happened there.
I reckon you could have put the cars in more or less any order at the start of that race and they would have stayed more or less in that order. Very little pace difference, just dirty air.
Absolute guff that.
Not even an attempt at overtaking anywhere in the top ten.
L Hamilton went by Hadjar early on, that was the only time position changed in the top ten between qualifying and the flag.
Agent Piastri giving the game away in the drivers room.
This era of being unable to follow cars due to dirty air is utterly boring
Yeah they got rid of that well with the regulation changes, but those pesky engineers have undone all of the good work.
It was only three years ago when these regulations came in that they were bragging about how the ground effect will eliminate dirty air and they had the scope to introduce sweeping changes at the drop of a hat when engineers inevitably find loopholes. What a fucking laugh.
Also Croft is a complete knob these days. He was always annoying via his basic errors and ridiculous enthusiasm when it wasn’t called for, but now he’s a cocky, contradicting prick. Nice to see Autistic JV having none of it.
I'm not sure 'dirty air' is a problem you can really solve, especially in F1 where there are zero people with even the slightest interest in trying.
Last edited by Disco; 06-04-2025 at 08:35 AM.
He started the season very well (for his standards). Was due a drop off
Pitting Norris the same time of Verstappen was another amazing McLaren pit wall call
Antonelli and Hadjar looking like genuine prospects.
What did he say? Absolutely baffling that they sat both their cars in the dirty air all day and made no effort to change that.
Bearman too, he was great yesterday in what turned out to be the most important session.
His response to the highlights was 'Is that all that happened'.
Man, that was a waste of a race. Lando driving onto the grass probably made little difference but it was still stupid.
Last edited by Shindig; 06-04-2025 at 09:17 AM.
I'm cynical enough to think they pitted Norris the same lap as Verstappen to create that very scenario so Norris could over-egg it on the grass and push for a penalty.
Antonelli is ludicrously raw but you can see the pace is there. I will for now withdraw my De Cesaris allegations.
I think I like Bearman most from the set though, at least until he opens his mouth.
Hopefully he Hamiltons his dad before long so we don't have to endure 27 different shots of him in the pits per race.
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