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Formula 1 Season Thread

dflea
dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
edited April 2022 in Mariners Baby! + NFL + NBA + Other Sports
Charles LeClerc and Carlos Sainz finished at the top at the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix and Lewis Hamilton finished out the podium. Both Red Bulls took a shit as the race came to its end, leaving Verstappen and Perez with no points.

McLaren also struggled badly. Mercedes looked ok, but not nearly as good as last year. It looks like Haas has gained the most, and McLaren lost the most with the new car designs.

Haas F1 and their new driver Kevin Magnussen brought home 5th place - which shocked everyone after their dismal performance last year.



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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,721 Standard Supporter
    I saw the last 5 laps. Seemed like I tuned in at the right time.
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    Red Bull. Oof. Talk about shooting yourself in the dick.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    Yeah that Red Bull stuff was crazy. I love Haas. Always a feel good moment when they do well. Fuck Mercedes. Go Ferrari. Sad to see McLaren fucking it up. I like that team. Here's hoping Williams can pull their head out of their ass as well. Looking forward to this season.
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    Swaye said:

    Yeah that Red Bull stuff was crazy. I love Haas. Always a feel good moment when they do well. Fuck Mercedes. Go Ferrari. Sad to see McLaren fucking it up. I like that team. Here's hoping Williams can pull their head out of their ass as well. Looking forward to this season.

    Agree on all points. I want to see the smaller teams (crazy calling McLaren a "smaller team," but it sort of is) do well. If Ferrari keeps dominating all season, I'll be saying, "Fuck Ferrari" a year from now. I think Drive to Survive has done more for Haas' popularity than they could have possibly hoped for. Gunther comes across as probably inept, but he's so fucking awesome on that show that Haas can't get rid of him.

    I should make a separate thread, but MotoGP has thrown up just as many surprises through two races. It was supposed to be all about Suzuki, Honda's new bike, and the factory Ducati team, but so far, we've got KTM going 2nd and 1st with two different riders, a customer Ducati winning the other race and coming in third in the second, and both podiums being filled out by a Yamaha and Honda's #2 rider. The Ducati and Suzuki factory teams that everyone was so high on haven't sniffed the podium yet. Early tims, but it's pretty intriguing. After two races, only six points separates the top five. There's really no clear trend except the Ducati factory team needing to pull their heads out of their asses.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    You nailed it on Gunther. He's kind of a bumbling dolt but just so fucking great you have to love him.
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Red Bull back on track after the Saudi GP, finishing 1-4. Ferrari still looking strong, though, with a 2-3 finish. Looks like both are still a ways ahead of Mercedes at the moment.

    There was some really solid racing going on too, all around the track. It looks like F1 has figured out how to make the cars fast, and still able to be passed on track, with the new design regulations.

    Haas finishes with a car in the points again, with Magnussen bringing home 9th place.

    Lewis Hamilton finishes tenth. lol
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    Now imagine how close and awesome the championship would be at this point if both Red Bull cars hadn't shit the bed in the last three laps in the first race.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,721 Standard Supporter
    1to392831weretaken said:

    Now imagine how close and awesome the championship would be at this point if both Red Bull cars hadn't shit the bed in the last three laps in the first race.

    They're only two races in to a 21 race season and the teams now have a month off to dial the cars in better.
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Formula One heads to Australia this weekend for the third race of 2022 - and lots of questions left unanswered.

    Does Mercedes really suck, or are they just struggling with setup because Hamilton doesn't know fuckall about how to develop a car, only how to drive one?

    Can Red Bull finish another race, or is reliability going to continue to be a problem for them?

    Will Ferrari continue with their strong showing out of the gates, or will Mercedes and Red Bull start taking bites out of their lead?

    There has been a lot of good racing at the first couple circuits - hopefully, that continues.

    Just fyi - there are 3 US Grands Prix on the 2023 F1 schedule. Austin, TX, Miami, FL, and a Saturday night race in Las Vegas, NV. I'm thinking I might do a combo F1/fishing trip to the Keys vacation. Then if I die or get killed after that, I'm good.
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    In the 3rd race of the season, Ferrari look like the team to beat. Red Bull can't get Verstappen across the finish line as his RB18 blew up again, while running in 2nd place in Australia.

    LeClerc cruised to an easy win in the Ferrari, with Perez in 2nd and George Russell 3rd in the Merc.

    Italy is next in 2 weeks - the Tifosi are going to be out of their minds.
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