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[ForAcademicPurposes]

Recap of last season:



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https://f1-dash.com/schedule

 

[Icymanipulator]

New season almost here!
That new thread smell never gets old.

Although with Hamilton going to Ferrari next year, I feel like I'll still be waiting even after this season begins.

Hopes for this year
- Alonso on the podium again
- Leclerc able to convert poles to wins
- Hamilton beating George Russell into the ground before he leaves for Ferrrari
- Lando beating Piastri
- Lance Stroll leaving F1
- Sainz finding a new home
- someone challenging Max

 

[xrnzaaas]

My hopes:
- Max winning in Singapore to complete the collection
- Haas being absolute dogshit (so that Andretti and Guenther can smile about something)
- Alonso moving to Merc for one last ride
- Albon moving to Merc if Alonso burned one bridge too many
- Nowins staying without wins
- Piastri winning in a full race
- Stroll family exiting F1, I won't even be that mad if Saudis take over

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

That new thread smell never gets old.

 

[cormack12]

Is it Hammer time? We are checking.

Livery reveals so far | Add them to OP ForAcademicPurposes ?

Mclaren MCL38

Haas VF-24

Williams FW46

Sauber C44

Alpine A524

VCARB 01

Aston Martin AMR24

Ferrari SF24

Mercedes W15

Red Bull RB20

 

[cormack12]

credit to Reddit

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Thanks for contributing. cormack12

I'm a bit lazy.

 

[cormack12]

Thanks for contributing. cormack12

I'm a bit lazy.

We have a thread. It's enough

I'm just hoping someone can keep close to Max. Mclaren were getting there but can't see any big strides. The interesting action is likely to be Merc vs. Ferrari and if Aston manage to get back to their early season form of last year.

Also with Hamilton's seat being available going to be interesting watching Ocon, Albon, Sainz and to see if Russell can show the maturity to balance his instinct to position himself as the #1

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Legreg and Norris can go toe to toe with him but how long can they keep it up in a season? That's the question.

Both are prone to little mistakes and their respective teams are not bulletproof either. Lots of variables. Everyone needs to step up their game.

 

[xrnzaaas]

The new Toro Rosso would have the best livery so far if it wasn't for the white&red inserts. They should've kept blue and silver as the only primary colors. Currently they have four plus the green dollar logo from the main sponsor.

 

[FunkMiller]

I fear this season is going to be a carbon copy of the last two. They might get a bit closer, but Max is a virtual guarantee for a fourth championship.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

The real unknown is will Horner be able to shit talk his way out of this one and will it have a negative effect on the team. I'm genuinely curious. I don't even know what happened.

 

[Raven117]

Considering that over half the grid has contracts up at the end of this season...there will be lots of "try outs" going on. Hopefully this will lead to some great racing.

Last year...everything felt a little too predictable.

I will always and forever be team chaos.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[Icymanipulator]

The real unknown is will Horner be able to shit talk his way out of this one and will it have a negative effect on the team. I'm genuinely curious. I don't even know what happened.

From what I've read it just seems like he's an asshole boss. Geri is standing by his side too, if there were dick pics or something I think it would have come out by now. The fact that the talks with that 3rd party took so long leads me to believe there wasn't much there and they had to try and dig up dirt.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Every boss is an asshole. Fact of life. But yeah, if he stepped out of line then sumbitch must pay.

 

[cormack12]

Updated Ferrari livery

 

[xrnzaaas]

The Horner situation is countless speculations and ZERO facts. Some sources say a female employee accused him, others than he pissed off Marko, Newey and Jos with something that he's done or said. Who the fucks knows what's going out there.

I only hope he won't be fired IF there's no hard proof and it's just his word vs. the word of the person accusing him.

 

[Icymanipulator]

I fear this season is going to be a carbon copy of the last two. They might get a bit closer, but Max is a virtual guarantee for a fourth championship.

Agreed. I'm still gonna watch it, but ya. This is what I'm assuming will happen. We'll all get to see him tie Seb.


Ok, Seb in his prime vs Max, same machines, who wins?

 

[cormack12]

Mercedes livery added

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

I'll add everything as soon as everyone is done revealing their meat and potatoes.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[twilo99]

High level trolling by RB lol

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[twilo99]

We gonna be hearing the Dutch national anthem a lot this year

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[Icymanipulator]

If Redbull pulls off the "zeropod" (so to speak) design when Mercedes couldn't, that's going to be a huge mic drop level statement.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

The sidepods were never the issue, they work, but the rest of the car didn't (especially the floor). Their aero philosophy revolved around the zero sidepod design. The zero pod made the internal components more rearward. Which meant they couldn't use the correct suspension geometry for the most effective anti-squat. So technically it was the zero pod in a roundabout way, but it was not a bad design.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[Clintizzle]

I'll be a happy man if Alonso shows us the Faston Martin like he did at the start of last season. He has no chance of winning but I'll be happy with top 5. Also hoping Leclerc gets a win this season.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[cormack12]

Testing tomorrow, canna wait

 

[twilo99]

 

[twilo99]

I usually wait until Q1 for some sort of pecking order but this does not look good if you were expecting close races at the top. The battle for second will be very good tho.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Adrian Newey is the biggest troll ever.

 

[cormack12]

Watched a lot of this today. Max always wants to set a marker and clearly did that as well.

Just can't wait until next week with proper qualifying now

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[cormack12]

More drain issues ffs

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

More drain issues ffs

Again, today. Amateurs.

 

[cormack12]

Can't wait for Saturday now, for Max to destroy all hopium by lap 8

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Just started watching DTS6.

 

[FunkMiller]

The Red Bull looked like it was barely trying.

The season's already over.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Just started watching DTS6.

I'm gonna start it tonight. Can't wait.
Even though I followed last season pretty closely, I don't care lol. I'm excited.

 

[Raven117]

I'm gonna start it tonight. Can't wait.
Even though I followed last season pretty closely, I don't care lol. I'm excited.

Makes watching DtS even better!

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

After seeing the Ferrari episode, I just can't see Legreg playing second fiddle to Hamilton. There will be intense tensions.

 

[Raven117]

Man, I freakin love F1.

It's a ridiculous sport in all the best ways.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

I'll save you lot some time.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

DTS doesn't cover Max's historical record breaking season because he didn't have to drive to survive. The others had to drive to survive Max.