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    Yeah shithouse that seemingly without even trying the leader can build a 30 fucking second gap before he even needs to pit. How?

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      @sparky said in Formula 1:

      Much more focus in the UK media on Christian Horner's private life than anything going on down on the track.

      That said, what happened on the track was a procession.

      F1 has really lost its way. Yawn!

      Interest of the track in UK media is coe a) we still don't know the result of that, unlike who will be champion this year and B ) it's not UK hero Hamilton on top so they snipe at red bull

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      @Machpants said in Formula 1:

      @sparky said in Formula 1:

      Much more focus in the UK media on Christian Horner's private life than anything going on down on the track.

      That said, what happened on the track was a procession.

      F1 has really lost its way. Yawn!

      Interest of the track in UK media is coe a) we still don't know the result of that, unlike who will be champion this year and B ) it's not UK hero Hamilton on top so they snipe at red bull

      This is the worst take ever. Hamilton is barely loved (which I don’t really get as prob the best British sportsman of the last decade) and Red Bull is a British team full of British excellence (an increasingly declining commodity).

      The media here LOVE a scandal, especially of somebody at the pointy end of success.

      Boring race at the front but the middle places had some interest. It’s up to the others to catch up, not RB to slow down.

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      • sparkyS sparky

        Much more focus in the UK media on Christian Horner's private life than anything going on down on the track.

        That said, what happened on the track was a procession.

        F1 has really lost its way. Yawn!

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        @sparky said in Formula 1:

        That said, what happened on the track was a procession.

        F1 has really lost its way. Yawn!

        Disagree. This has been F1 forever - a team gets an advantage and dominates. The secret is to have rule changes at an increased pace. This needs to balanced with the cost of making such changes in what is the pinnacle of motorsport engineering.

        That or ban Adrian Newey. Plenty of entertainment if you ignore the Red Bull procession.

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        • BonesB Bones

          Yeah shithouse that seemingly without even trying the leader can build a 30 fucking second gap before he even needs to pit. How?

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          @Bones said in Formula 1:

          Yeah shithouse that seemingly without even trying the leader can build a 30 fucking second gap before he even needs to pit. How?

          Take the best aero engineer motorsport has seen and add a prodigy who has been trained since he was in nappies to do nothing other than drive a vehicle faster than everyone else.

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            How does Sargeant not get the ol' heave ho? Man he's cake.

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            • BonesB Bones

              How does Sargeant not get the ol' heave ho? Man he's cake.

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              @Bones said in Formula 1:

              How does Sargeant not get the ol' heave ho? Man he's cake.

              Must be commercial reasons because he's a rubbish driver. Same as Perez. Is he the only American driver in F1?

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                @Bones said in Formula 1:

                How does Sargeant not get the ol' heave ho? Man he's cake.

                Must be commercial reasons because he's a rubbish driver. Same as Perez. Is he the only American driver in F1?

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                @canefan only one from the states. Perez is at least decent, not like he's constantly coming last and fucking up.

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                  @canefan only one from the states. Perez is at least decent, not like he's constantly coming last and fucking up.

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                  @Bones said in Formula 1:

                  @canefan only one from the states. Perez is at least decent, not like he's constantly coming last and fucking up.

                  He's driving for the champs, so presumably he's driving a very similar car to Max. So he's underachieving

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                  • canefanC canefan

                    @Bones said in Formula 1:

                    @canefan only one from the states. Perez is at least decent, not like he's constantly coming last and fucking up.

                    He's driving for the champs, so presumably he's driving a very similar car to Max. So he's underachieving

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                    @canefan said in Formula 1:

                    @Bones said in Formula 1:

                    @canefan only one from the states. Perez is at least decent, not like he's constantly coming last and fucking up.

                    He's driving for the champs, so presumably he's driving a very similar car to Max. So he's underachieving

                    By coming second? Righto.

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                    • BonesB Bones

                      How does Sargeant not get the ol' heave ho? Man he's cake.

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                      #328

                      @Bones said in Formula 1:

                      How does Sargeant not get the ol' heave ho? Man he's cake.

                      Sponsors. Doesn't help that Williams are now owned by Americans, but he's a Formula 3 driver at best.

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                      • BonesB Online
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                        Love it. Even in practice - Sargeant goes to overtake someone on the straight and they eventually just let him past....he's so excited about actually overtaking someone, he forgets you've gotta do all the other stuff and completely overshoots the upcoming corner under no pressure.

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                          Apparently he's not a pay driver. Well Williams management and contracting are fucking morons then

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                            Not sure Norris' lap being reinstated sits comfortably with me. If you're going to have the rules change depending on the track/conditions then surely you should have that clearly set out rather than an arbitrary decision in the moment?

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                              Yeah, I know what you mean.

                              If it was any other team I suspect I'd be spitting tacks. But as it's Norris and McLaren, I'm ok with it as it is common sense.

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                                Max throwing out laps 1.5 seconds faster than anyone else. F1 might die when there's finally a race where he laps 2nd place.

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                                  Can anyone tell me why the order of the cars in the pit is the way it is? Seems rather random.
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                                  • BonesB Bones

                                    Max throwing out laps 1.5 seconds faster than anyone else. F1 might die when there's finally a race where he laps 2nd place.

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                                    Machpants
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                                    @Bones said in Formula 1:

                                    Max throwing out laps 1.5 seconds faster than anyone else. F1 might die when there's finally a race where he laps 2nd place.

                                    Damon Hill did it in the 90s, there were a few more crashes and breakdowns in those days

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                                    • M Machpants

                                      @Bones said in Formula 1:

                                      Max throwing out laps 1.5 seconds faster than anyone else. F1 might die when there's finally a race where he laps 2nd place.

                                      Damon Hill did it in the 90s, there were a few more crashes and breakdowns in those days

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                                      @Machpants yeah I'm probably pretty late to the party

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                                        This season is really hard to get interested in

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                                          I enjoyed the sprint race, though it was inevitable Max was going to overtake Hamilton at some point.

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