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Formula 1 2017 Season |OT| Japanese Horror Story - Sundays on Sky
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DamonForever
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I mean, everyone complains about back-markers anyway. Pretty rich coming from Massa as well.
brotkasten
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The real race was yesterday.
Thank you. Picked the one that fits my mood right now.
At least I'm going to win in two weeks.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Just like Maldonado.
Fox Mulder
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Spain is boring and Monaco will be worse than ever with these cars.
Elvin Atombender
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The racing in F3 has been great so far this season
amazing
Reckon there could be any thirst on the part of the 'bigwigs' to change the track at all? This is the first Sochi race I've watched, and it seemed almost intentionally designed to stretch the field out. So many 90-degree corners - and no part to it that really seemed to 'flow'.[1] Not only that, but the field got very stretched out, *really quickly*.
There will of course be lingering concerns about the cars themselves and what that means for the season as a whole, but personally I thought the first three races were pretty good (yes, Australia too). Against those, this Sochi race really stood out as different.
[1] It puts me in the mind of a poorly designed track in Trials Fusion, where obstacles are just thrown in, and don't come together to form a coherent riding line that supports fluid pace.
Vettel was really unhappy with Massa
Lmao
That track (sans turn 3) is garbage. Extremely boring. The surface is also way too kind to the tires, though I don't know if that's primarily Pirelli's fault or not.
Vettel was really unhappy with Massa
"Well, I'm not gonna need a finger later"
marvelharvey
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Where can you watch that? I'm in the US so I usually just stick to the top 3 of what I mentioned over here.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
I miss these Pirellis
Greatest F1 gif.
Fun .gif aside. This is the first season in ages that drivers don't spend all race driving around like old ladies trying to save their tires from doing just this, nobody misses this, nobody.
fu3lfr3nzy
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PdotMichael
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With Vettel leading now with 13 points.
I guess the season is over.
I guess the season is over.
Yep, cancel the next 16 races, why even bother, gap is waaaay to big, nobody is ever gonna beat that.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
scorcher59
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Yet Sepang leaves...
For purely logical reasons of course. Makes no sense to spend so much money without any commensurate return. Last race I watched live (at the circuit) was sepang 2011, coincidentally.
Lol8
Fox Mulder
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The first year of this shit track, Rosberg pitted at the end of the first lap and ran to the end and got 2nd. It sucks.
Sepang has a fun flow to it and has the weather wild card. Way better than Baku, Russia, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi. I really hope Liberty punts some of these shit Bernie buddy tracks.
chromatic9
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Super driving from Bottas. I did doubt him but he pulled off a perfect start and held on well.
Still not really seen the top guys have a long battle to see if these cars can overtake. Bit worried they get nullified by dirty air a bit more than previous years.
Still not really seen the top guys have a long battle to see if these cars can overtake. Bit worried they get nullified by dirty air a bit more than previous years.
Makes sense tbh. Any promising driver with good results in the feeder series have already been poached by the top teams.
Hmm, interesting list of eligible drivers at the start of the 2017 season - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/01/23/38-drivers-enough-superlicence-points-enter-f1-2017/
Although it's possible to get a superlicense if you don't have the required number of points.
Very successful Indycar driver. He's already 36 though. Tested once in a Minardi in 2004, so yeah.
Elvin Atombender
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All races are streamed live on the official website and on YouTube.
http://www.fiaf3europe.com/
All races are uploaded to and can be watched on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/user/FIAF3EUROPE
(there might be regional blocking in some countries)
Mercedes will need to replace him with a better driver if they want that constructors title.
Perfect.
The "you're always only as good as your last race" mentality prevalent in parts of the fanbase is really something else
Jezbollah
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Sepang has nothing to do with the track, rather the lack of entertainment by those racing on it.
People were criticising Hamilton for whining on the radio, obviously the car was perfect and his performance was due to his mediocre skills. If we really look into his career I'm sure most of his wins were lucky and he would never take a title if he had serious competition. Hill and Villeneuve were better drivers.
StopMakingSense
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That was a really great race start. And that was it.
FrankCanada97
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Ugh, that was a dull race. First Phoenix and now Sochi. Alonso didn't even last the formation lap, I bet he's happy this is the last day of April. Stroll finally finished a race, now all he has left on this season's checklist is finishing in the points. I didn't stay for the podium ceremonies, was Putin still hanging around?
On another note, is it alright with everyone if I make the OT for the Indy 500? I only recently got thread making privileges, so I'll defer to anyone who also wants to make the OT.
On another note, is it alright with everyone if I make the OT for the Indy 500? I only recently got thread making privileges, so I'll defer to anyone who also wants to make the OT.
Yup, he's Australian, too. Probably why he tested in a Minardi, as mentioned earlier (the Stoddart link).
On that note, I'd love to see Stoddart comment on the current state of things. Or even head up another team again, I think he'd be perfect for stirring some shit up.
I'd say go right ahead and make one. I'll be watching the race, but not until the middle of June due to some vacation time away from my TVs lol
Fox Mulder
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The highlight videos on the official f1 YouTube channel do a thorough job in 5 minutes really.
I love the Liberty Media era.
Fernando is toxic and Van is bad, Button would have finished somewhere between the two force indias.
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