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    Lol I watch Lando on Twitch. He’s sound enough, didn’t realise he was as good as He is though. He’ll be bringing in thousands of different viewers into the sport

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    He's quite raw yet as a racer (got a bit lucky today with a pretty clumsy move on 'Checo') but the speed is there to be a race winner and more. I fancy George Russell might be a little bit better, though.

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    Bets on an early termination of Vettel's contract? That move on Sainz was absolutely awful. The kind of shit I pull on F1 2019.

    I love the guy but he hasn't looked right ever since Leclerc started out shining him last season. Unless we see something mental, like him playing second fiddle to Hamilton at Mercedes, I think this might be the end. Can't imagine him going to Renault and pissing about trying to scrape into Q3 every week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post


    The exit from 3 is glorious as is the run through 8 (tbf the Mercedes was visually mighty through 8, especially in qualifying, such a great corner in these downforce cars).
    That was a great lap. The last corner, he was right on the limit. I dont like the instructions from the radio though.

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    Austria Part 2 is shaping up to become one of the best sequels since T2: Judgement Day.

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    Anyone else reckon the Mercedes sensor thing was a load of old shit? They just wanted a quiet 1-2 while the boss was in town.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    Anyone else reckon the Mercedes sensor thing was a load of old shit? They just wanted a quiet 1-2 while the boss was in town.
    100%, load of absolute balls. You can't not go on the kerbs around there unless you want to cede 1.5 seconds per lap or more even to the steady-paced competition.

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    They also spent three sessions happily running all over them, suddenly having an issue when your drivers are about to start squabbling was highly suspicious.

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    Initially I thought maybe they had some bedding in problems on long runs or something, as everyone else was falling to bits like one of the old clown cars, but when both engineers simultaneously started saying the situation was CRITICAL that was the giveaway for it being the classic Merc bullshit.

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    It was the same Engineer wasn't it. That James bloke who's head of it all, hence why he said it to both.

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    The final call came from James Vowles who is head strategist, but I think that was to drive the point home rather than meaning it was true.

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    Smoke and mirrors personally.

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    Didnt half the packs wheels and suspensions explode though?

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    Yes.

    It was glorious.

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    I believe there was a "Gearbox setting 2-1" call made at some point to both drivers. I took that in the same way Multi 21 was given.

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    "Valtteri, Lewis has the better gearbox . . ."

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    The embargo's up on the game so I can say this: Vietnam's track is legitimately nice. And Aramco is everywhere.
    Last edited by Shindig; 06-07-2020 at 07:49 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    The embargo's up on the game so I can say this: Vietnam's track is legitimately nice. And Aramco is everywhere.
    I'd genuinely never heard of Aramco until last weekend.

    Aramco - Where Energy Is Opportunity.

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    Alonso is back for 2021 with Renault.

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    Does that leave Vettel out?

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    Vettel will be making youtube videos with Roseberg for a while.

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    Nico Rosberg's attempts at media presence are a bit sad. He is to charisma what Taki Inoue is to medical vehicles.

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    Rosberg is so horrible to listen to, can't ever be wrong or vaguely relaxed.

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    The things you learn.

    The man who drove this car...


    ...beat Ayrton Senna to the 1978 World Karting Championship.

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    I enjoyed diving into that Wiki. It's not a sure sign of success. Fullerton's career looks an odd one. For a guy name-checked by Senna, he didn't seem to do anything behind the wheel aside from the Karting.

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    Rumours of Vettel to Mercedes are circulating.

    Can't see that happening at all.

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    I guess we'll know soon enough if Hamilton's parts start failing and Bottas starts looking like a title contender.

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    I see no upside for Mercedes in that deal.

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    10 World Championships between them. You can market the hell out of that.

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    To who? Germans don't care about Vettel.

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    Is he not finished as a driver?

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    Germans had eyes only for Schumi, lost interest completely after that and all watch DTM instead, for reasons that elude me.

    Vettel to Mercedes makes no sense - I know he's having to haul a red minibus around at the moment but he's knackered and expensive. Hamilton is also expensive but a lot better, and Bottas is better and cheaper. They also have George Russell in the wings. It just makes no sense at all.

    That said, I'm not sure, if I were Renault, I would have gone for a 200 year old Fernando Alonso over Vettel.

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    Actually, the reasons for Germans watching DTM don't elude me anymore after I went to the Munich Bauma show last year for work and on the Saturday the whole place was full of saddo wheelkickers with droopy taches decked out either in full Mercedes regalia, full BMW regalia or full Audi regalia, depending on their blind identity-based loyalty to their favourite company. F1 doesn't quite give you that immersive teutonic experience.

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    Speaking of Vettel being useless, I stayed up far too late last night watching last seasons Interlagos which I hadn't seen before. Good race.

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    Alonso probably brings plenty of money to the table. Vettel's probably done. He doesn't look like the type to switch to sports cars or try to triple-crown it like Alonso has been trying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Actually, the reasons for Germans watching DTM don't elude me anymore after I went to the Munich Bauma show last year for work and on the Saturday the whole place was full of saddo wheelkickers with droopy taches decked out either in full Mercedes regalia, full BMW regalia or full Audi regalia, depending on their blind identity-based loyalty to their favourite company. F1 doesn't quite give you that immersive teutonic experience.
    I recently watched some early 90s Mercedes DTM season reviews (because I'm just that much fun) and it's fascinating stuff. Keke Rosberg swanning about, a young Norbert Haug in the garage and huge crowds at every round. Tin top racing was just better in the 90s, it's all deathly dull these days.

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    The first motorsport I really got bang into was the 1995 BTCC. Absolutely brilliant racing, I could still rattle off half the grid now:

    Alain Menu (stud)
    Rikard Rydell
    Derek Warwick
    John Cleland
    David Leslie (RIP)
    Gabriele Tarquini
    Tim Harvey
    Paul Radisich
    Matt Neal (PRIVATEER!)

    I think Jason Plato joined for '96 as the Villeneuve-esque (at the time) bright new hope, god bless him I think he's still driving in it now.

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    @Shindig, do you think they will patch in the new Mercedes livery in F1 2020?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    The first motorsport I really got bang into was the 1995 BTCC. Absolutely brilliant racing, I could still rattle off half the grid now:

    Alain Menu (stud)
    Rikard Rydell
    Derek Warwick
    John Cleland
    David Leslie (RIP)
    Gabriele Tarquini
    Tim Harvey
    Paul Radisich
    Matt Neal (PRIVATEER!)

    I think Jason Plato joined for '96 as the Villeneuve-esque (at the time) bright new hope, god bless him I think he's still driving in it now.
    I was a Menu man in that era but the Ultron Peugeot and the Primera were great looking cars (ie horrible boxes).

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    The yellow/blue Renault was the dream machine with Menu at the wheel. Even he only retired pretty recently.

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    Watching shitty box cars racing is as good as it gets. Who needs 'athletic lines' or 'aggressive stances'?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    The yellow/blue Renault was the dream machine with Menu at the wheel. Even he only retired pretty recently.
    Some of them are still going:



    World Champ in 2018 too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    The first motorsport I really got bang into was the 1995 BTCC. Absolutely brilliant racing, I could still rattle off half the grid now:

    Alain Menu (stud)
    Rikard Rydell
    Derek Warwick
    John Cleland
    David Leslie (RIP)
    Gabriele Tarquini
    Tim Harvey
    Paul Radisich
    Matt Neal (PRIVATEER!)

    I think Jason Plato joined for '96 as the Villeneuve-esque (at the time) bright new hope, god bless him I think he's still driving in it now.
    That just about sums up the ultimate for me.

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    Before the shitty Vectra came along.


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    I still can't quite believe they ran the estate version, with Jan Lammers no less.


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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    @Shindig, do you think they will patch in the new Mercedes livery in F1 2020?
    Not a chance. Codemasters have already said they won't fiddle with things. You can run a shortened season in career and team mode but that's just 22/15/10 races rather than the Corona calendar. I don't think the Livery editor is good enough to fake a Blackcedes.

    On the 90s DTM, I much prefer that era to the current toss. Having R8's and chunky Mercs on the grid go against what Touring cars should be.

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    Mid-90s BTCC was just the bollocks.

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    Minimal regulations, maximum interest [and cost]. Alfa Romeo homologating that spoiler without actually doing so was top scamming as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    Not a chance. Codemasters have already said they won't fiddle with things. You can run a shortened season in career and team mode but that's just 22/15/10 races rather than the Corona calendar. I don't think the Livery editor is good enough to fake a Blackcedes.

    On the 90s DTM, I much prefer that era to the current toss. Having R8's and chunky Mercs on the grid go against what Touring cars should be.
    They do have the new Williams in though, don’t they? The black Mercedes is so good looking that I’m going to hold off buying until we get a definitive answer on them patching it in.

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    I never watched all that DTM stuff but one of my first racing games I played on the PS1 involved cards with lots of logos. I have never watched a real race though from start to finish.


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