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[Formula One & motorsport] Round 21, Brazil: Wacky Races starring Dick Dastardly

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited July 2023
    jimb213 wrote: »
    Hmm... I wonder what the "acting" role for Lewis might be. Based on photos from this weekend, it looks to me like a lot of the drivers will at least have cameos in the movie:
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    I'm sure they'll all be in the background somewhere. Same as real drivers were in the likes of Grand Prix and Le Mans, and some will likely have a few lines. Hamilton I'm sure will be playing a version of himself, but he strikes me as someone who'd be interested in dabbling in acting anyway, even if not as a main (post-F1) career.

    He's already got a movie credit in Cars 2 as well, as I recall. (Edit: and Cars 3 in a different role!) And Tom Cruise offered him a role in Top Gun Maverick but he had to decline due to F1 commitments.

    Jazz on
  • davidsdurionsdavidsdurions Your Trusty Meatshield Panhandle NebraskaRegistered User regular
    Danny Ric available on the fantasy website already. Love his avatar. I messed up my changes allocation earlier in the season because I guess I didn't understand how it works, otherwise I'd swap to him just out of principle.

  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    Danny Ric available on the fantasy website already. Love his avatar. I messed up my changes allocation earlier in the season because I guess I didn't understand how it works, otherwise I'd swap to him just out of principle.

    I just did that because why not! Gasly hasn't exactly been lighting up the track lately.

  • EtheaEthea Registered User regular
    I had devries already so got a free upgrade

  • TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
    I just completely changed my team. Lets see how that works out.

  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    I just changed most of mine up too. And at least remembered to get some banker predictions in this time as I've been forgetting so much.

  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    So I kind of understand Red Bull's approach. You only have 2 driver slots, and there are way more qualified applicants than you can ever realistically sort through on your own. If your stated goal is to win championships and not just "compete", then it makes sense to constantly pull the lever until you hit the jackpot.

    They come across as pretty ruthless but Albon got a pretty good run all things considered - he was just called up too early. And by all accounts Tsunoda has had tons of support. I think Red Bull are just quick to push someone out if they see particular red flags that show up early which they think they can't fix or aren't worth trying to fix. But in general I don't think they've made any particularly atrocious decisions.

  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited July 2023
    So I kind of understand Red Bull's approach. You only have 2 driver slots, and there are way more qualified applicants than you can ever realistically sort through on your own. If your stated goal is to win championships and not just "compete", then it makes sense to constantly pull the lever until you hit the jackpot.

    They come across as pretty ruthless but Albon got a pretty good run all things considered - he was just called up too early. And by all accounts Tsunoda has had tons of support. I think Red Bull are just quick to push someone out if they see particular red flags that show up early which they think they can't fix or aren't worth trying to fix. But in general I don't think they've made any particularly atrocious decisions.

    Yeah, they gave Albon a season and a half, but I think they did Gasly dirty.

    EDIT: Though, to be quite honest, I don't think Gasly would have improved at Red Bull, so maybe it's not really relevant.

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    Yeah I mean, do any of us here think Gasly has it in him to win championships? I certainly don't.

  • altidaltid Registered User regular
    While De Vries wasn't setting the world on fire, sacking him like this still seems harsh. I thought they would have given him to the summer break at least. After all, Tsunoda wasn't exactly great in his first season either. The very public criticism pretty much every week from Marko also can't have helped. Perhaps there are other factors at play with Perez underperforming though.

    Perez' recent run of form makes for an interesting comparison with the perpetual nearly man Hulkenberg. If you cast your mind back to 2020, he was in the running to replace Albon at Red Bull. He was rumoured to be the lead contender as well, until Perez' win at Sakhir changed things. This season, Hulkenberg is doing a pretty impressive job in a pretty bad Haas car, and recently seems to have an edge over Magnussen. Not bad for having been mostly out of the sport for three years. Would he be doing better than Perez if he'd got the seat? Who knows, but fun to think about. After all, "IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards."

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited July 2023
    wasn't gasly crashing? i seem to remember him crashing. say what you want about perez (and i certainly will) but he keeps the car on the road, or at least off the wall, and in a budget cap environment, you kinda need that

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  • BlazeFireBlazeFire Registered User regular
    Perez has had his share of binning cars, hasn't he?

  • davidsdurionsdavidsdurions Your Trusty Meatshield Panhandle NebraskaRegistered User regular
    BlazeFire wrote: »
    Perez has had his share of binning cars, hasn't he?

    In practice and qualy mostly. Which is expensive, but less obviously detrimental to the team's points.

  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Ooh, 959.

    Showing my age there...

  • DirtyboyDirtyboy Registered User regular
    Goodwood is such an amazing collection of cars and drivers from all eras. If you enjoy motoring/racing you owe it to yourself to check it out.

  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Dirtyboy wrote: »
    Goodwood is such an amazing collection of cars and drivers from all eras. If you enjoy motoring/racing you owe it to yourself to check it out.

    Absolutely. I got a bit emotional last year seeing Nigel Mansell reunited with the FW14B. And that was but one moment among many.

    My dad used to go every year, sadly his health doesn't really permit any more, but I always liked seeing his pics and hearing the stories about the sort of very notable people he'd seemingly randomly bump into.

    I've never made it myself. Maybe one day if my own health ever permits. But at least we have the streams now.

  • TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
    For the second year in a row, I inquired for tickets too late and the 4-day passes and saturday tickets were sold out already. Trying to make it for next year.

    Speaking of old Porsches - here is one, photographed at Spa Historic in May this year.
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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited July 2023
    TheBigEasy wrote: »
    For the second year in a row, I inquired for tickets too late and the 4-day passes and saturday tickets were sold out already. Trying to make it for next year.

    Speaking of old Porsches - here is one, photographed at Spa Historic in May this year.
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  • DirtyboyDirtyboy Registered User regular
    Yikes, a Jag lost a wheel at Goodwood and it bounced into crowd. Announcers said two people "made contact" and are being treated.

  • jimb213jimb213 Registered User regular
    Dirtyboy wrote: »
    Yikes, a Jag lost a wheel at Goodwood and it bounced into crowd. Announcers said two people "made contact" and are being treated.

    On the livestream, they said one person was standing and the other was sitting up, so it sounds like no severe injuries.

  • CarpyCarpy Registered User regular
    That second, scary, collision seems wholly avoidable. Not sure if it's on race control for not immediately showing a red or the FIA for having too loose of yellow flag procedures but there's zero reason someone should be getting t-boned 10 seconds after the initial shunt.

  • AridholAridhol Daddliest Catch Registered User regular
    t-bone crashes are so fucking scary in high level racing.
    Anthoine Hubert vibes...

    Incredible luck and engineering that everyone is ok there.

  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited July 2023
    Re: Verstappen's digital road rage:
    His fan base seems split: Some argue that ramming into Hasse was inappropriate (one Twitter user wrote "what a baby") while others approved ("what a legend" appeared several times).

    Naturally.

    - - -

    A couple of expensive shunts from Goodwood (the drivers & spectators are all okay, I should add)... firstly a McLaren F1 GTR:



    ...and secondly, an F1 car current Red Bull designer Adrian Newey scored some early success with, the 1990 Leyton House Judd CG901, which stings a bit as I saw this very car extremely up close and personal at the Sywell Classic back in 2017 - it seemed to be a mechanical failure locking up the rear, not driver error as far as anyone can tell:



    Some of my pics of the Leyton House from when I saw it (Penske Indycar also visible):
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    I do hope it's fixable but I have no idea if any of the others (Wiki says five were built) still survive, and that was a big smash.

    Still, it's the risk of taking these machines out still and not letting them languish in a museum or something. If they're going to be used there is unfortunately always a non-zero chance that they might not make it back in one piece.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    the cars will die eventually. better to have them die a quick death doing what they were built for than a slow one sat stationary.

    I'm sure it can be rebuilt to be fit for museum purposes, even if it doesn't run again

  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    me this morning: hmm lets check in on these practices see how daniel is doing and if there are any signs of red bull seat drama....
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    ............

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  • BlazeFireBlazeFire Registered User regular
    Ricciardo is going to be in a red bull after the summer break, isn't he?

  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    BlazeFire wrote: »
    Ricciardo is going to be in a red bull after the summer break, isn't he?

    Only if Helmut Marko has added corvid to his diet.
    (I mean, maybe? It would be a hilarious turn of events)

  • BlazeFireBlazeFire Registered User regular
    Nova_C wrote: »
    BlazeFire wrote: »
    Ricciardo is going to be in a red bull after the summer break, isn't he?

    Only if Helmut Marko has added corvid to his diet.
    (I mean, maybe? It would be a hilarious turn of events)

    Crow because of Perez or because of Ricciardo?

  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    BlazeFire wrote: »
    Nova_C wrote: »
    BlazeFire wrote: »
    Ricciardo is going to be in a red bull after the summer break, isn't he?

    Only if Helmut Marko has added corvid to his diet.
    (I mean, maybe? It would be a hilarious turn of events)

    Crow because of Perez or because of Ricciardo?

    Yes.

  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited July 2023
    All the official noises are that Perez is in the Red Bull until the end of next year.

    So yeah, Ricciardo probably has it.

    After all, "contracts" are more like "guidelines" at RB...

    Jazz on
  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    i think it would be a matter of irresponsibility for Red Bull to keep Perez in '24. You can't go in *assuming* you'll have the constructors by August. You have to assume your competition is real.

    If there was a second team with red bull speed then Perez would be a smoking crater and Red Bull might in second... too much money on the line.

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    They can wait until they are more at risk of actually losing Constructor's and then use that as a reason to move on.

  • altidaltid Registered User regular
    Q1
    Mercedes fucked that one. Left it too late to go out when the warning signs were there from the Alpha Tauri runs.

  • AridholAridhol Daddliest Catch Registered User regular
    3 one thousandths of a second!
    Insane

  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    Seeing Danny Ric's shit eating grin in the intro is so great

  • chrisnlchrisnl Registered User regular
    No spoilers, but the qualy session was highly entertaining. The new format of designating what tires had to be run had a good first showing.

    I am extremely curious to see how the race itself shakes out.

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  • Red RaevynRed Raevyn because I only take Bubble Baths Registered User regular
    chrisnl wrote: »
    No spoilers, but the qualy session was highly entertaining. The new format of designating what tires had to be run had a good first showing.

    I am extremely curious to see how the race itself shakes out.

    Thanks for mentioning that, as a highlights only watcher I didn't know about the tire rule, though I did notice they were all the same tire in q1.

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