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brotkasten
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Thank you. I'm incredibly tired and I wasn't sure if I heard that right.
What a shitty thing to say.
"if you can see that the haas finishes sixth then we have a great opportunity [to do better]"
Psychotext
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I thought he said "I was thinking someone was off in the wall".
I think taking this as a shitty comment is really reaching, and I have no fondness for the guy.
What a terrible person to make a reasonable assessment on his own team's poor performance.
aspiegamer
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The US audience has been itching for a "home team", both for enthusiasm purposes and viewership. Back in 2010 I was expecting Bernie to bail out USF1 because of the possible ratings increase and coming US races. And, you know, as a lazily and passively patriotic American, sure, why not? The World Cup is fun for us now despite knowing we'll eventually lose to Europeans. Now we just need to try to convince people that there's a second sport where finishing in the top 10 versus a bunch of Europeans is actually a very good result.
New tyre rules already proving to be both interesting and consequential.
Ferrari, despite it being a continuous problem for 5+ full seasons now, still botching strategies and pit stops. Race to the bottom versus Williams! I'm glad Grosjean never had to pit because that crew will have never done a live race stop before and I'm paranoid they'd have blown it.
New tyre rules already proving to be both interesting and consequential.
Ferrari, despite it being a continuous problem for 5+ full seasons now, still botching strategies and pit stops. Race to the bottom versus Williams! I'm glad Grosjean never had to pit because that crew will have never done a live race stop before and I'm paranoid they'd have blown it.
I changed my mind about this. It wasn't a random incident. They were both stupid in different ways and could have prevented it fairly easily. Gutierrez lifted a tiny bit early and juked, busy with the steering wheel and not paying any attention whatsoever. Alonso is making the fair racing assumption that Gutierrez is attentive and holding his defensive line, whereas he apparently didn't even realize he was in a defensive situation. At the same time, Alonso should know better than to follow that that close. Seriously, man. Come on. Your car isn't even awful anymore. No need to be that dramatic.
I couldn't believe it, I actually had to rewind it. Good to know where his head is. I for one will never support him now.
Whatever, we officially hate him now. Everything he says will be used against him in the court of gaf.
Highly entertaining race but it's going to be an outlier. Like Silverstone or Hungary last year.
The red flag and Ferrari themselves screwed over what could have been a 1-2 start to the season. Shame.
I'm a bit sad my "Sainz or Verstappen will become the new Maldonado" didn't make it into the OT because it's spot on. It was a pretty easy prediction since the stats last year showed both of them had more incidents than Maldonado himself and Verstappen has a bigger ego than the rest of the grid combined.
Incredible start to the season for Haas. I look forward to following them for the rest of the season.
Renault was mighty impressive considering they have the worst power unit on the grid. I had zero expectations from them but one should never understimate the Enstone team. Hopefully it's not just a fluke.
Not so much to say about the rest of the grid other than McLaren is still shit and Williams gonna Williams.
Pretty much, ferrari engineer brotkasten on point as usual.
The red flag and Ferrari themselves screwed over what could have been a 1-2 start to the season. Shame.
I'm a bit sad my "Sainz or Verstappen will become the new Maldonado" didn't make it into the OT because it's spot on. It was a pretty easy prediction since the stats last year showed both of them had more incidents than Maldonado himself and Verstappen has a bigger ego than the rest of the grid combined.
Incredible start to the season for Haas. I look forward to following them for the rest of the season.
Renault was mighty impressive considering they have the worst power unit on the grid. I had zero expectations from them but one should never understimate the Enstone team. Hopefully it's not just a fluke.
Not so much to say about the rest of the grid other than McLaren is still shit and Williams gonna Williams.
Pretty much, ferrari engineer brotkasten on point as usual.
Psychotext
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Ha, my brain must have assumed no driver would have said that and fixed it for me. lol
Agree, very risky move from Alonso. Seems like he panicked a bit.
frontieruk
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He said
" damnit, yeah... Errrr it was actually a good race, but erm it was a bit frustrating to be 11th, I was just hoping,... Saw a yellow flag a few laps to go and thought yeah this is going to be someone off in the wall."
They will also need to up their medium compound pace, because Mercedes is having a huge advantage on that compound compared to anyone else if car works as it should.
RaySpencer
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As in used in practice or qualifying or something?
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
That's what I heard.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
More like Top 10 for now. Keep him on the outside looking in and see how he likes it.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
He's quite clearly grown up in this little Verstappen bubble.
frontieruk
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If that was the case why did they have Sainz's tires ready and not Max's?
Some replays of the crash
Still can't believe Fernando just walked away from that. Holy shit.
Still can't believe Fernando just walked away from that. Holy shit.
PdotMichael
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PdotMichael
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Would be interesting to know if he could jumped out of the car so easily with that halo system installed.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
I'm glad he walked away from this.
I wonder if the crash cam kept recording during that.
That full speed replay is scary as hell
Mastah
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Yes, it only stopped working when he landed on it with final barrel roll.
Safety in F1 is incredible.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Yes, it only stopped working when he landed on it with final barrel roll.
Safety in F1 is incredible.
Not the live feed cam above his head, I mean the new ultra slow motion one they have pointing back at them to analyse head injuries.
That was my immedaite thought as soon as I realised there was another car there.
Mastah
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Ah, I guess it should survive because it's built into the safety cell.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
It wasn't until it dug in that it flipped. It probably wouldn't have lost a huge amount of speed but it wouldn't have rolled.
Yes, it only stopped working when he landed on it with final barrel roll.
Safety in F1 is incredible.
I think it was Alonso that said that if it weren't for the safety standards, he would've been gone instantly.
Just thinking about it is just scary that a few inches is all it takes.
Mastah
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It would be a replay of Sainz's accident and I don't think that's any better. The only problem with today's crash was that he landed close to barriers. Rolling dissipates a lot of energy, which otherwise with tarmac run-off would be released when he hits tyre belt/tecpro barrier head on with nothing stopping the car, because car has no brakes at that point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gMKi_5jCOw - for me it's much scarier than Alonso's shunt, which looked dangerous due to proximity of trees, walls and barriers.
Mohonky
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Yeh that looked way worse. Thank god for the fence.
Souldestroyer Reborn
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Hey guys!
Not seen today's race yet, going to watch the highlights on Channel 4.
Saw Alonsos crash though.....wow!
Not seen today's race yet, going to watch the highlights on Channel 4.
Saw Alonsos crash though.....wow!
That photo Alonso posted on instagram....wow
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDK3ON7Bmsy/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDK3ON7Bmsy/
Mastah
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And here it is, driver of the day voting!
http://www.formula1.com/vote
Someone was lazy. They are in order from 2015 standings, lol.
http://www.formula1.com/vote
Someone was lazy. They are in order from 2015 standings, lol.
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