No.29156[Last 50 Posts]
>Lap:Wapchan Lap #33
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>Lewis Hamilton Grands Prix with Ferrari without scoring a podium:23
>Haas F1 Team F1 Grands Prix without ever scoring a podium:214
>Fernando Alonso F1 Grands Prix since last win:224 (223 starts)
>2026 WDC Standings:RUS: 0
VER: 0
LEC: 0
NOR: 0
HAM: 0
>2026 WCC Standings:Mercedes: 0
McLaren-Mercedes: 0
Ferrari: 0
Audi: 0
Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford: 0
>2026 WEC Standings:BOT: 0
HAM: 0
NOR: 0
ALO: 0
>News:FP1 soon
Everyone has been sandbagging so far, the bags will come off now.
Russell and Verstappen are the favorites to win the drivers' championship
Aston Martin will limit the number of laps in the upcoming races to prevent possible engine failure
Alonso and Stroll risk possible nerve damage due to vibrations in the car caused by the engine
McLaren, Alpine and Williams will get their hands on the latest race-spec Mercedes power unit for the first time in Australia
Pirelli tyre testing in Bahrain has been cancelled, WEC won't have their opening race, F1 Qatar and Saudi races aren't yet confirmed to be cancelled
No.29158
DUN DUN DUN
No.29159
PS3 already being sabotaged, Zak will make sure there's not a chance of a challenge this year
No.29160
hell yeah engine problems
No.29161
PS3's car is dead
No.29163
Yeah, the regs aren't right
No.29164
that ford sounded grimi
No.29165
what a start for aston
No.29166
plans for 15 laps for Lance and 25 laps for Fernando in the race, amazing.
No.29167
>STR +28s
sounds about right
No.29168
imagine we get a proper Ford v Ferrari / Max v Charles, like God intended
No.29169
>>29166Alonso won't be running in FP1 btw
No.29170
>>29168hadn't even thought about that, now I'll want the match up even more
>>29169grim
No.29171
The cadillac is falling apart
No.29172
Norris looking slightly miffed
No.29174
>Alpine
Its over, i'm burning the closest renault dealership
No.29175
>McKwab
No.29177
>alboff
No.29178
>Astons can't complete the distance
>McLarens in trouble
>Caddys falling apart and very slow
>Alpines also slow
>Williams dying
the absolute state
No.29179
audi quietly getting some work done
No.29180
and here's the obligatory Perez spin
No.29181
puro pinche checo perez
No.29182
>poorez
No.29183
>>29179They really are. At this rate a P5 in the constructors would be possible.
No.29184
Too early for tifosi to celebrate.
No.29185
Ferrari and Red Bulls looking good
Mercedes probably sandbagging as usual
Audi continuing their work from last season, slow and steady
everyone else needs to start actually trying
No.29189
F2 qualy now
No.29190
>>29178Truly great start for the season
No.29192
damn I forgot about FP2, guess I'll skim through the replay.
>Russel already said "he turned into me
lmao, it's never his fault is it
No.29193
>>29191Yeah, i hope that too.
No.29194
WHAT DID I MISS
WHO IS THE KING? IS IT MERC?
No.29196
>>29195So Mclel, Merc, Ferrari and Red Bull
aka, nohing new on that front
saw the abysmal Aston martin performance and Audi actually looking like the kings of midfield is nice to see
No.29199
>>29197Honda literally scammed Stroll and Newey.
No.29201
>>29197We truly are back to the 1970s
No.29202
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-dHzTnuRcEI'm telling you all, somebody is going to die this year
No.29203
>>29202>running out of power by T9absolutely grimi
No.29205
F1TV was talking about there being a team where the drivers have to manually disengage not-drs every single time.
I think it was alpeen.
If true a giant crash where Cola forgets to press the button seems inevitable.
No.29206
>>29205Didn't Doohan crash like that last year too?
No.29208
>>29206He didn't forget, he managed to take the corner with drs enabled in the simulator and thought that it would be a brilliant idea to try it for real.
>>29207Is asston going to show up for quali i wonder. They can't risk the battery dying before the race even starts.
No.29209
>>29208They'll send them out, have them do 2 slow laps each and pit them in the first 6 minutes of Q1.
No.29210
>>29209God i fucking hope they go out. Would be wild to see the 107% rule broken in 2026
No.29211
>>29210Even if they don't make it they might be allowed to race anyway.
Last time someone failed the rule and wasn't excused was a long time ago.
No.29212
>>29211>almost 9 seconds off the pace>still allowed to raceWhat a travesty.
No.29213
>>29211I'm not expecting them to not be allowed to race, given sponsor money.
But like you posted, last time this happened was during the poverty years with stuff like Caterham/Marussia and HRT.
To see a team with the money backing and power like Asston fail would be an ungodly embarassment
No.29214
F3 sprint in a little over an hour
No.29216
In other news, Indycar. Migg placed 4th on his first ever oval qualy. A mix of luck, speed and set up played a part on his performance, he's the highest rookie on the grid.
There are very low chances of him getting in a wreck being so far a head of the usual suspects.
No.29218
>>29217What a shitshow. What will be the top speed now, 230?
No.29219
F3 sprint now
No.29220
RIP Prema
No.29221
Prema on Prema violence
No.29222
>prema
No.29224
Is there anyone i should root for in F3?
Don't care for Barrichelo's nephew
No.29226
>>29225I know i am. Good night
No.29227
>>29223wow, I'm sure they had fun in the debrief
No.29228
Sainz's car dead
No.29230
>>29229Last car standing wins
No.29231
>>29230endurance sprints are the future of racing
No.29232
KWABTONELLI
RED FLAG
No.29236
Aston Martin - dead
Cadillac - too slow
Williams - lmao
Alpine - lmao
Mercedes - Ant dead
Audi - mystery
Q3 is guaranteed for Ferrari, McLaren and RB.
No.29237
>19.0
Yep, it's over
No.29239
>>29235if they get him fixed up for qualifying that'll be something
>>29237this timeline could be grim
No.29240
Ant got greedy at took too much kerb. He's still too green.
No.29241
F2 sprint now
No.29242
not having a lot of faith in herta's season
No.29243
DUN DUN DUN
No.29244
I'm ready to be disappointed
No.29246
Chucks quali times in 2022
Q1: 1:18.881
Q2: 1:18.606
Q3: 1:17.868 (Pole)
No.29247
oh god no
No.29248
KWAB
No.29249
>amx out
wake me up when september ends
No.29250
It's fucking OVER! He's out of the sport now
No.29251
oh shit
No.29252
God why
No.29253
oh no
No.29254
I shouldn't have woken up. Fuck this, I'm out.
No.29255
The car just said no and left the track
No.29256
>Activate the secret handbrake
No.29259
Lando has been kinda invisible the entire session, don't think they've even mentioned him as the reigning wc
No.29260
the new bargeboards look like they're shaking a lot on the onboards
No.29261
bort…
No.29262
>>29260mirrors are shaking a lot as well
No.29264
>make it to q3
>can't make it to the pits
wow
No.29265
williams tier KWAB from Mercedes
No.29266
what is this mario kart style shit from mercedes
No.29267
>>29257>>29257high oil prices will actually strenghten alternative and sustainable fuels to replace the high priced regular oil retard. If oil prices remain constantly high after this chimpout, expect more of the championships and manufacturers to double down on electric shit
No.29268
>taping up lando's frontwing after that
kimi's bomb worked
No.29269
NARG!
No.29270
bro the lifting so long before the braking point is killing me. it's so gay
No.29271
>kwabtonelli
No.29272
yeah merc is sandbagging
No.29274
MWL is back
also well done to Hadjar
No.29275
even if this is 2014 all over again, russell is still a more worthy champion than norizz
No.29277
>>29275yeah, he's a better driver but a smug snake. will be interesting to see how he handles the pressure of actually fighting for the championship.
No.29278
Finishes watching the Quali there now.
Merc domination as everyone expected. Ferrari about the same shit as last year.
Audi possibly fighting with ToroRosso for midfield kinghood. I'm really curious how welt BORT would do had his engine not died there.
Everything else seems the be the same as last year with Merc and McLel swapped.
Also Quali in general seems like a big mess, Audi drivers were doing 2 outlaps before a fast lap
No.29280
>>29279Willy is a fatass car with +23 kilos
Alpeen is Alpeen, always shit
Mclaren seems to just be Lando fucking up more than anything
No.29281
>>29280I wonder what happened to him, maybe he has trouble getting on top of the harvesting bullshit.
He's even complaining like max now
No.29283
it's dead
No.29285
>sleep as f2 starts>remember qualy and wake up>1 minute later max crashes >post >>29252>back to sleepI might just stick to F3, F2 and Indy this weekend.
No.29286
still need to watch the quali, but it looks depressing
>>29282>>29283who cares?
No.29287
>>29286Minus AMX crash it was enjoyable. Seeing Bort at p1 for a bit of Q1 made me happy
No.29288
Fuck, took me a hot second to find this place again.
No.29290
>desuarchive also down
What happened this time.
No.29291
gimi
No.29294
>>29292>>29292At least he didn't pulled a Dildoman
Thx
No.29295
2 brs now
No.29296
>>292904 is on maintenance, I don't know about desu and palanq, could just be Cloudflare stuff.
No.29297
>george
no thanks
No.29298
>>29293hello figamin
higamin
No.29299
If you solve the captcha you watched anime
No.29305
Can't believe we're back here
No.29307
ok, watched it now, a few notes, maybe some clips after that
>been told by """experts""" during the off-season that the good drivers are at an advantage because of all the stuff one has to do to maximize their lap time
>oops, actually it's just the engine making all the difference, again :)
welcome back 2014, and the fastest lap was roughly 3.5s slower than last season, obviously we can't properly compare a last year of regs vs the first year of new regs, but it's very grim
Kimi went out on what was a likely damaged chassis, slid all over the place, and still dabbed all over the rest of the grid, they are still hiding power too for sure
McLaren will need some time to take full advantage of it but they'll get up there eventually as well
>Max was taken out by what seems to be a "ERS software issue" linked to the energy harvesting
these regulations and the laptop cars need to burn in a big beautiful crimson-colored Lithium fire with a few select non-specific people inside it
>people fell for Ferrari testing and FP1 glory running again
oops
>Bort and Lindblad Q3, Hadjar P3
love to see it
>Caddy slowest overall
not really a surprise considering they're a brand new team, but I expected a little more from them, especially with experienced drivers
>Lando now complaining about the new regs
oh shut up, a couple of weeks ago you said it was alright simply because it was the opposite of what Max was saying since 2023, I guess you can retire if you're not happy
No.29308
>>29307>people fell for Ferrari testing and FP1 glory running againI'm sure they just do this to appear relevant in some way for sponsorship
No.29310
>>29307it's all looking pretty grim and it doesn't look like it'll get better anytime soon
I don't want to look at t*rger's smug face again for multiple years…
the race tomorrow will likely be total garbage too
if there was ever a time for a breakaway championship, it's now
No.29314
>>29290The power of memes.
No.29317
>>29315michael…
at least he doesn't have to witness what f1 has become
No.29318
>>29316A new captcha with F1/sports related images is in the works (no idea when it'll be finished though)
No.29320
>>29313>repair a totaled car within hours>proceeds to forget to take out the leaf blowerkek
No.29321
>>29318Cute
I just refresh it until it shows me Lum
No.29322
>>29321there are a couple more that
should accessible to someone that has been decently exposed to board culture in the past
No.29324
captcha will be up soon
No.29325
>>29324Great. Thanks, fiagmin.
No.29328
i like the current captcha
No.29329
>>29327congrats to narb on his wdc i guess
>>29328it lets you use the same one repeatedly so im actually good to go with my stretch green haired sailor moon
No.29330
Why are there so many new people here?
No.29333
put up the new captcha
let me know if it's too hard
No.29334
>>29333testing it
got them in one
No.29335
i kind of missed this place
gimi
death to mercedes
No.29337
>>29335welp 4chan is back up
until next time
No.29339
>>29333It's not hard at all. I'm actually laughing every time a distorted edd appears.
No.29340
>>29333I love it, thanks for the hard work.
No.29345
Dead Bull
No.29346
I just discovered the word wapchan is censored on 4chan. (on /a/ at least)
If you make a posts it never shows up.
KWAB
No.29347
>Lewis Hamilton expressed concern over Mercedes' engine advantage after their dominant performance in Melbourne qualifying. Speaking to media, Hamilton remarked:
>“I don't understand it exactly. They didn't show that they could turn it up in testing and now they've got this extra power from somewhere and we need to understand what that is. I hope it's not this compression ratio thing, hopefully it's just pure power and we've got to do a better job.”
>“If it is the compression ratio [creating this performance gap] then I'll be disappointed that the FIA have allowed that to be the case. It's not to the book, and I'll be pushing my team to do the same thing so we can get more power.”
>The FIA plans to control the compression ratio in both cold and hot conditions from 1 June. However, Hamilton is skeptical about the timing:
>“If they have a few months of that, then the season's done – I mean, not done, but seven races, a few months, you lose a lot of points with a second behind in quali.”
not so fun when it's not your team doing the trickery, isn't it?
No.29348
New captca is good :)
No.29350
>>29347Don't you hate to see it, Lewis?
No.29351
figamin are you gonna watch now that a fellow mexican is participating (again)?
No.29352
FIGAMIN'S AMERICAN NOW WTF
No.29354
>>29353then why did i think he was messican
No.29355
maybe all usamerikaner are all mexican
No.29356
>>29354Who knows. I'm sure I'm not figamin, and I wish he isn't mexican as nobody deserves to be cursed being it.
No.29357
>>29356just be the equivalent of a messican pardo
they have fun in their favelas
No.29358
>>29354When we first started posting here multiple users had the wrong flag attached to their posts so maybe you remember correctly.
No.29359
>>29358>you remember correctlyyou know what, i'm pretty sure i do
dank je wel vriend
No.29364
fKino is on
>Dunne
No.29367
>ps3
No.29369
>>29368what did he mean by this?
No.29370
>>29368what a way to start your season oscar
No.29371
Good morning. I hope for a very destructive start.
No.29373
>PS3 DNS
>HVLK DNS
the list will continue to grow
No.29374
DUN DUN DUN
No.29375
>>29373at least 4 more DNFs coming, that feels like a low estimate too
No.29376
so lelrarri 1-2 by turn 1 but who crashes into someone elses behind
No.29378
SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL SHARL
No.29379
lechuck surge
what happened to al-hamil
No.29380
ferrari starts are real wew
No.29381
>ALO P10
>ANT P7
what is happening
No.29382
>nano 10th
w a t
a
t
No.29384
chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck
No.29386
no DRS makes this more interesting for sure
No.29387
so no drs and the new aero/battery meme stuff is basically a one lap delayed push to pass system?
No.29389
>narb crying already
ayyy
No.29390
Just got back from a concert. How are things looking? Grim, very grim or not so grim?
No.29392
Hamilkwab doko?
No.29393
>this much racism this early
i apologize to the fiamg
No.29394
chuck
>>29387I didn't think it had a limit like PtP does, but commentary was odd with their explanation
>>29388yeah that seemed weird to me too, and wow hamilton was right up in there really almost was a ferrari 1-2 off the start lol
No.29395
Wait, this is kinda good.
No.29396
>col and go
No.29397
Domenicali… Sorry for underestimating.
No.29398
>drivers taking turns overtaking each other because of asynchronous battery management/deployment between them
you can't fool me FIA
No.29399
>fiamg in action already
No.29401
ISACK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
No.29402
>havejar dood
fug
first kill
No.29403
>deadbull
No.29404
>amx nervous
No.29405
thanks RBPT/Ford
No.29406
why was the current world champion stuck behind lindbab?
No.29409
What is Ferrari thinking?
No.29410
oh right… lelrarri strategy
No.29411
It's smarter to stay out. Someone will have a shitter moment or their engine cucks them
No.29413
And it's ending wow
No.29414
and there's the first "retire the car" for Aston
No.29415
>nano dood
No.29416
RIP ALO
No.29417
surely this isn't a ferrari moment and more will die
>>29408what a damn shame
No.29420
>>29418so penal for avoiding a crash or was it something else
No.29421
Bottas is losing that seat…
No.29422
what the fuck is lolsons issue
also buttas dood too
No.29423
FERRARI PIT
PIT NOW
YOU BETTER PIT
No.29424
>PIT LANE CLOSED
FERRARI, YOU BLITHERING IDIOTS
No.29425
>KWABrari
No.29426
>al-hamil: my tyres are good
did he ever say this before
No.29427
bumper cars
No.29428
>>29426sounds like an evil brother, someone check his face for a suspicious twirly mustache
No.29429
PT commentary mentioned that there's a radio about Mario Kart mushrooms with Leclerc, come on Liberty broadcast that
No.29432
am I seeing alonso back on track lol
No.29436
>Merc 1-2
I sleep
No.29437
caddy is falling apart
No.29438
debris caution
No.29439
lmao the cadillac keeps falling apart
No.29440
the caddy has been disintegrating all weekend
No.29441
cadi…
No.29442
As long as the engine doesn't explode…
No.29443
the high pitch sounds of the onboard inflict actual physical pain in my ears
No.29444
>merc still pumping in '22s with these old tyres
Yeah wrap it up
No.29445
10 laps left, whos about to explode now
No.29446
Fucking hell, what did Norris have for breakfast? Max is perma-locked behind +0.4-0.8s
No.29447
strullovich is alive again?
No.29448
>merc: f1
>ferrari: f1.5
>the rest: f2
grim
No.29452
fuck colapa avoided a huge lolson juan
No.29453
>>29450I'm not that delusional.
anyways….MERC WINS LOL
and Bort points
No.29456
Watching F2 now.
Alex Dunne is the single dumbest driver to have ever lived.
No.29458
>>29457PS3 is looking weird
No.29459
>>294571212 is already a champion with that point lead. More reason to skip this season.
No.29461
decent race I feel, I expected it to be terrible.
>>29460lmao
No.29463
>>29462Yeah, a cheeky sudden wet race and it could happen. Or the merc engine develops a serious problem that went overlooked in R&D.
No.29465
>I just realized that admist this Aston Shitshow, Drugabitch was the luckiest and smartest of them all
holy lmao
No.29467
>>29466wait so, beyond the steering wheel, they heard that engine shitting itself and still were like "Yeah all good here, let's keep racing."
No.29468
Start of the race was alright even with the silly overtakes. I enjoyed the chuck rocket.
I wonder what would've happened if Ferrari didn't fucking up the strategy.
Lindblad was very impressive.
Funny to see Alonso going back out 12 laps behind.
They're doing a shit job of making it easy to follow the battery situation on the cars for the viewers. That completely invisible drs replacement doesn't help either.
No.29469
Oh boy China is a sprint weekend.
Could get chaotic.
No.29470
>>29469can't wait to see the cars dying in the middle of the 13-14 and main straights
No.29471
>>29468during the race it looked silly but i dont think ferrari fucked up the strategy after all
there was no way anyone could catch m*rcedes during that race because i believe what i said here
>>29448 is accurate for now
No.29476
>>29475This exposes a problem in Edds way of ranking, i think.
How are you going to rank a driver who had a bunch of bad luck and as a result didn't have the opportunity to show his skill?
Maybe he should introduce a DNR (did not rank)
No.29479
>>29477El Satan, i missed you (not)
No.29480
>>29478Feels like it belongs in a PS2 racing game, and i say that in a positive way.
No.29481
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/liam-lawson-bitter-sergio-perez-fights-me-like-its-for-the-world-title/10803474/
>LAW: "Two years later he's not over it, so he's fighting me like it's for the world championship and we're like P16. I mean, obviously I don't really care too much, my race was already over at that point, so we'll move on."
>PER:"No, I mean, for me it was just racing. It was a bit of fun racing and that's really it. I was in a much slower car, so I think it's just fine to race."Bro how petty is Lawson really
No.29482
>>29472LMAO this year is doomed. I feel sorry for the commentators. I want Jacques and Nico to call it like it is.
No.29483
>>29481He should focus on beating his rookie teammate.
No.29484
How was Herta's first F2 weekend?
Just from the results it doesn't look great.
No.29485
Miyata outperformed him, but it's expected considering he's in his third year.
On the other hand, Migg went from P4 to P18, which I would say it's normal considering it's his first oval race ever and was making some rookie moves.
No.29486
>>29485Of course meant for
>>29484 No.29488
>>29485I forgot about Migg to Indy. Hope he'll get a fair chance unlike in F1.
No.29489
>>29484Crashed during Free practice but made a decent race, even if he was behind his team mate.
Dunne on the other hand…lol
No.29490
>>29489Dunne made the worst move of the weekend, even dumber that the Prema crash.
No.29493
>>29491Hadjar is so naturally funny looking
No.29496
>Ferrari will possibly use that weird rear wing China
We are so back
No.29497
>>29496Imagine if it actually sucks in practice with dirty air
No.29498
>>29497some speculate it's actually going to create dirty air for those behind it
if that's true and then combine it with their strong starts that put them ahead… who am I kidding, the strategy would still ruin their race
No.29499
>>29497Now that you mention it, bringing that new wing to a weekend with only one fp might be a bad idea. Unless they already know it works.
No.29501
Will China's sprint will be as chaotic as last weeks first laps?
No.29502
>>29498>Creates dirty air for cars behind it>One Ferrari in front fucks the other one>One behind spins and crashesSounds like Ferrari alright
No.29503
>>29501probably not, it might be better for energy harvesting, despite the long straights, the track is wider and the drivers already know what to expect with these new regs - but it's a sprint race so who really knows
>>29502imagine getting taken out by the Macarena wing
No.29504
>>29501I think the sprint might get chaotic due to only one fp and no pitstops.
If Chuck can get ahead at the start again merc can't overtake him on strategy.
A downside to that is they'll probably use the data from the sprint to figure out the battery side and make the race a lot more boring.
I'm also waiting for the first big crash at a start, not sure if you guys saw Cola having a near miss last Sunday with a car stalling in front of him.
No.29506
>Williams has stated it will take 6 races to solve the 28kg overweight issue on the car
grimmi
No.29507
>>29504>not sure if you guys saw Cola having a near miss last Sundaywe got a view during the race thanks to argiebro here
>>29418, fantastic reflexes and it's not being talked about enough (because he saved it)
No.29508
>TR: 99% chance R4/5 will get canceled and there will be no replacement
Interesting detail on Super Clipping: it's a fully automated process unless you override it with boost or overtake.
No.29510
>>29508The new ECU seem to be too tricky for some teams. I've read people speculating that they're the reason for some the crashes in Australia. PS3, Max and Ant.
>>2950932. Also, lol at that image.
No.29511
>>29510With max it was confirmed by the team there was a problem with the MGU-K.
If something goes wrong with harvesting it's basically like pulling the handbrake.
ps3 took the blame himself but he did mention a unexpected power surge.
I don't know about the ANT crash.
They'll work it out eventually i guess.
No.29512
>>29491>minardi guy going "porca madonna"lmao
No.29513
>>29499They probably got enough data about it from testing and didn't have a spare one ready yet for australia.
No.29514
Did a random google search about Brundle. The AI didn't like that.
>>29511Well, goes to show how little I know. I wonder how different Suzuka will be with the new regs, imagine an mgu-k malfunction in the middle of 130R.
No.29519
>>29517This is either gonna carry them above Merc or be a big meme.
>>29518If your start procedures need 10 billion steps and still has a ton of failure potential, maybe it's not a good reg, FIA. I remember the lights went out super fucking fast, probably caught a lot of people off guard
No.29521
>>29520>try a #rare superfast start on the most time-sensitive start of the last decadeWell memed, FIA
No.29522
>>29520I guess pic related explains what happened.
The red lights turn on with a 1 second interval and go off to start the race at a random time.
No.29523
>>29520>>29522Wasn't it a person that pressed the button? Did they change it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOqPnRFCGZQ No.29524
>>29522what the fuck?
I mean i guess it made sense but that has to have a lower range, otherwise those 0.0001 second starts can happen and fuck everyone
No.29525
>>29524Yeah, they should have a minimum of 1 second after the last one has lighted up before they all go out.
No.29526
>>29523Sources are contradicting eachother on whether a human or a automated system does the last part. Wikipedia just says
it's random but a guy pressing the button can be ramdom too.
This is pissing me off and i wasted way too much time trying to figure it out.
AI says it's fully automated but it doesn't give me a straight answer when i ask when it was implemented.
The modern internet is so frustrating sometimes.
No.29527
Found this on F1.com, guess it is automated then
>On a gantry above the grid, five red starting lights illuminate one-by-one. Then, after a randomly-chosen and computer-controlled wait of between 0.2 and 3 seconds, they all go out at once. The race is on.
No.29528
>>29527Then there's a real but extremely low possibility of having multiple 0.2 starts in a row.
No.29530
>>29529Maybe, but the regs should already consider such conditions in regards to safety, allegedly.
>not that i careWhat about Franco?
No.29531
>>29530>What about Franco?he'll continue to drive to survive
Anyway what i meant is that i don't mind a little bit of danger since i wouldn't want the FIA to implement something gay like rolling starts in the name of safety
No.29532
>>29531China should give us more proof if stalling will be an usual occurrence or if it was just the circumstances of Australia.
>rolling startsI'm sure even F1 would be unable to contain and censor the disapproval if they become mandatory.
No.29533
30 min until F1 Academy
On another note, Montoya has a bit contrarian opinion on the new regs, the summary is
>drivers shouldn't bite the hand that feeds them
>drivers shouldn't compare f1 to mario kart it's disrespectful, if they don't like it they should quit if they really mean it
>people have accepted DRS for 15 years, now they should accept the new regs
>F1, commentators and drivers aren't doing a good job at understanding and explaining the regs, this confuses people and make them dislike it
>the teams need to use more strategies for racing using the battery deployment, every team is sticking to the same strat.
On Williams
>whoever is responsible for making the car overweight should be fired immediately
On Aston Martin
>Honda is at fault for what's wrong with the car, but they're not entirely responsible for creating the problems that led to this.
No.29534
>>29533I don't agree with him that the regs don't have problems, they clearly do especially on safety concerns.
I'll give him that i don't see them affecting the actual excitement of races either way, and tbh, might be controversial but i'm sick of Max bitching about F1 for so long but still racing in it, especially without ever giving out any possible solutions.
Move on the WEC since that seems to be making him happy, but otherwise it just seems to a strat to undermine achievements that other drivers might accomplish as a result
No.29535
>>29534There's a bit more nuance in what he said, but that's the most concise way to put it form me.
He's also ok with the 400+ overtakes and calls them valid because people accepted DRS overtakes after it was introduced, so in his mind F1 should try harder to make people understand why the overtakes under the regs matter as much as the ones from last year. I think he's falling in a fallacy, but I'm not sure which one.
No.29536
Williams with telemetry problems, they might not go out for FP1
No.29537
>>29536It's corrected. Sainz is doing some laps now
No.29539
looking grim again
No.29541
I forgot it's sprint week
No.29542
>tune-in and see RBR standing
It's gonna be a looong season
No.29544
why did i stay up
No.29546
>>29545These regs are a disaster so i wouldn't be surprised if they started pulling shit like this.
Could just be a error though.
No.29549
>>29548George wins lol
RBR is fucked
No.29550
>>29549>P10 +2.2sbecause of the new regulations there's a sliver of a chance the cars will develop fast in the weeks to come and close the gap, but this is as grim as it gets
2014 at least had both Merc drivers fighting for wins (5xROS, 11xHAM, 3xRIC) - I don't see NARG picking up more than 2 WINS at best, unless something very wrong happens to NARB
No.29552
>>29545seems like a telemetry glitch but FOM did this to themselves getting suspected when they're doing petty stuff like hiding replies on xitter
>>29549gas leak surge
dead bull
No.29554
>>29550The fact he still knows most of the guys at Merc makes this pretty funny.
Btw,
>"amx" and "amd amx" aren't recognized answers for max in the captchaPls fix this, figadmin.
No.29560
>>29534>I'll give him that i don't see them affecting the actual excitement of races either wayjust based of the aussie gp the racing itself seems fine, massive gaps between some teams but that's to be expected with new regs.
>>29550>a chance the cars will develop fast in the weeks to come and close the gapyeah, hoping some team will find some extra performance to challenge merc, I enjoyed '23 despite the fact that Max won almost everything, but I don't want a repeat of that season but with Russlel.
Even a Merc/Mclel fight for the championship would be better than to see the great satan revived
No.29562
>>29561That fucking sucks. I hear they where considering a second Suzuka GP but unlike the oil sheikhs they are not willing to pay 40 million for the privilege of hosting a race.
No.29563
>>29561Massive implications for viewership retention if everyone keeps disliking the races. Plus the remaining races for the feeder series will be much more important now.
No.29564
>>29561>>29562you'd think F1 would offer a discount on hosting a race on short notice.
No.29566
>>29565>hadjar says he was happy with his lap >gasly .8 second faster in a alpeenIt is so over
No.29567
I'm grateful for sprints this year. I can watch them and get demotivated without having to sit through a full length race late at night.
No.29568
DUN DUN DUN
No.29569
should be better than my expectations (none), so let's do this
No.29570
Pre start sucks
No.29571
A red bull stalled
No.29573
>binlad
No.29574
Super clipping overtakes, so exciting Crofty
No.29577
feels like this might be the whole season, exciting start, then merc fucks off into the distance.
No.29578
10s for Ant, fair
No.29580
the ferraris are playing with fire now
No.29581
VASSEUR DO SOMETHING
No.29583
Sucks for linblad
No.29585
>cadillac
No.29586
>SC
terrible for kimi
No.29589
>leclerc slipping in the restart
congrats jorj
No.29590
>chuck
No.29591
>5s penal
checobros…
No.29592
glad that's over
No.29593
Ok. good night
No.29594
grimoa
also
>insta penal for chego
>ask ps3 before penal
ayy
No.29596
lmao, checo's bargeboard just exploded
No.29598
>>29597as always, thank you portobro
No.29601
HAHA RUSSLEL
No.29602
>m*rcedes (((problems)))
No.29604
Gimi pole
No.29605
Ferrari is the only thing saving the season right now.
No.29608
>>29579talibantonelli… you're supposed to gracefully run the other car off the road with Mercedes tactical understeer
then complain how they fully turned into you, not just crash the other car off the track…….
>>29607We're so back!
No.29609
>Thought 2025 was bad
>2026 gonna be way worse
We are so…back….
No.29611
>>29610He was lucky as fuck the car didn't take any damage from that.
No.29612
>>29610Looks to me like we tried to take the corner way too fast.
No.29616
>>29615this season really is something
No.29617
>>29616>Jeddah was the track i was legit worried people would get hurt on>Canned exactly on the year these regs were unstable and dangerousHonestly a blessing in disguise. Jeddah has never had a good race anyways
No.29619
>>29618Why would Baku be canned? It's in Europe
No.29620
>>29617It did have good qualifiers at least.
No.29622
To anyone staying up for the race. May it all not be grim, and both mercedes drivers make contact in lap 1 turn 1.
No.29623
formula bowling
No.29624
Morning lads
I hate Mercedes
No.29625
>rbr rumored to be the only team unable to do a one stop
No.29626
dun x3
No.29627
good morning
death to Mercedes
No.29628
Absolute state of Mclaren
No.29629
>Audi
>mclel
No.29630
remove all b*ngs drivers already (al-hamil can stay)
No.29631
oh badjar went off on his own, my bad
No.29632
Mercedes wins lol
No.29633
after 3 laps m*rcedes are on thier own, gg
No.29634
>Alpine is the third fastest team
Briatore, I kneel…
No.29635
whatever lelpine did after sprint and before quali was some ebin stuff
No.29636
Max…
No.29638
Russlel ded
No.29639
>colapiss
No.29640
to think nano helped this friend
No.29642
dead bull
No.29643
>hueg wheelblock
>lost no time
they have like, 10 sconds over the whole field (that are not shown) at least
No.29644
Happy for the ant
No.29645
NARGwinslol
No.29648
What a fucking shitshow. Maybe we really do need that april break.
Japan is a boredom fest too so it's looking grim
No.29650
>>29647Part of the ham/lec battle was good racing.
Going trough corners together while leaving just enough space.
They where clearly having fun.
No.29652
>>29651Isn't it weird that F1 always makes a big deal about driver safety but they allow a team to run a car that would hurt their drivers if they drove a full race distance in it?
No.29657
>>29656I could see this turning into a complete disaster ending with Stroll selling the team.
Car is a piece of shit, Newey has been publicly pointing fingers at Honda. (bad idea)
Imagine if Alonso comes out with another classic quote
gp2 engine next race in Japan.
No.29658
How are you guys feeling this season so far?
Just been kinda boring imo
No.29659
>>29658I've only watched highlights this week, and I think I'll keep doing that for most of the races.
No.29660
>>29659Even if Ferrari makes ground on Merc?
>>29658It's been interesting but mostly because of the novelty factor.
No.29661
>>29660>Even if Ferrari makes ground on Merc?Yeah, them winning is uplifting but meaningless to watch when there's no actual racing on track.
No.29663
>>29662>no race at a decent time for Euros until Monaco in June damn
No.29664
>>29658I think Mercedes could feasibly win every single race this season, though reliabilty could play a part with the new power units
Ferrari is far off and McLaren will be receiving electronic engine faults until morale improves
No.29666
>>29665Ok yeah that proves nobody has any fucking clue on what's happening this season
No.29668
>>29665Sainz was pretty much invisible during the broadcast but I guess getting points in an overweight Williams is impressive.
A lot of the rankings are really off tbh
No.29670
>No defending champion has scored fewer points in the opening two rounds (excluding sprints) of an F1 season since the points system changed in 2010 than McLaren has in 2026.
No.29675
>>29670>system changed in 2010 than McLaren has in 2026I was about to say.
Kinda fitting Damon Hill was the last one like that.
No.29677
>>29676So glad that guy on the left is no longer working for F1TV.
No.29678
>Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur believes his team will be allowed to introduce an upgraded power unit this year as part of Formula 1’s regulations aimed at closing the field up.
>In simple terms, if a manufacturer is deemed to have a power unit that is more than 2% adrift of the benchmark after six races, then they will be allowed to make one upgrade later in the year and another for 2027.
>If the gap is 4%, then they will be allowed to make two upgrades in-season and two more for the following campaign.
Wouldn't it be crazy if even the Ferrari PU is 2+% off the pace?
No.29680
>>29679Wow, this is some high effort shitposting from Canal+.
No.29681
>>29679They must've had so much fun making this
No.29685
>>29684I remember Hadjar saying that he was supposed to have a special anime helmet for Suzuka last year. Let's see if RB approved of it for this year.
No.29687
>>29683So that's how touhou ends up in F1.
No.29690
>>29689>montoyaWhat is it with ex-F1 drivers and having awful takes?
The last thing i want to see is the drivers being even more media trained and yes-men for whatever nonsense F1 does next.
No.29691
>>29690I warned you about Montoya bro
>>29533, he just wants his son to rise to F1. He's invested enough on him. If Max, Alonso or anyone else wants to leave, it'd be better for him
No.29692
>>29691>he just wants his son to rise to F1now it makes sense.
Btw, did you submit that asston EVA edit as a banner yet?
No.29694
>>29692Woops, i think it was Brazilanon who made that edit, my bad.
No.29695
>>29692>>29694I want to, but i forget how one does that/grabs the resources for the banner
>>29689Man, sucks for Audi to already lose staff
No.29696
>>29695there is a thread on the front page where you can submit banners or ask questions.
All you'd need to do is add a wapchan logo somewhere in the image and crop it to fit the image dimensions, i think.
No.29697
>>29689>Aston Martin has chosen Jonathan Wheatley, now Audi's team principal, as their new Team Principal. Aston is desperately trying to cobble up the Red Bull dream team back
>>29693to be fair to him he gets to do the same job as he does at Audi now, but back in the UK, likely with a pay rise as well
No.29699
>>29698Nice, I'm sure it'll make it.
No.29701
Asston came up with a statement that no, Newey is staying actually.
Would be insane for Audi to also let go of it's TP for a sinking ship like Aston
No.29702
They need a replacement for Newey as TP because he is clearly not up to the task and has his hands full with unfucking the car.
Problem is, who are you going to hire, hornyman? Newey hates him and was part of the reason for him leaving RBR, or that's what the rumors say at least.
There aren't many candidates, are there.
No.29703
>>29702Where's Mike Krackhead when you need him?
No.29704
Wheatley quit, but he's not going to AM? Then what's going on at Audi?
No.29705
It's been listed as personal reasons, and I hope that's the case and not Audi demanding the team to be competitive from the get go. Competing for the 8-12 places in a first year of regulations isn't that bad, all things considered.
Now Bin8 will take the TP role, and we can only hope the car won't have problems in its development.
No.29706
>Former team principal Jonathan Wheatley has left Audi’s Formula 1 team, as he is expected to take up the same role at rival Aston Martin instead.
>The Race understands that, while this "immediate" exit pertains the F1 team, he will remain contracted on an undisclosed period of gardening leave before he's free to make his next move.
>Audi cites “personal reasons” for Wheatley’s exit, with the Briton widely reported as being keen to relocate back to the UK from Switzerland, where the company operating Audi’s F1 team is based.
What a mess.
No.29709
>>29708I'll watch the race. Does amx share his car with another driver like last time?
No.29710
amx is in the car
No.29711
I thought the race would start in 15 minutes but it looks like another hour wait.
No.29712
Time for some real racing
No.29713
Wake up, amx actually has to race someone for once.
No.29714
>overtakes right before pitting
what a race
No.29715
Some of the best racing I've seen in years, i hope they fight for another stint later on.
No.29716
Waking up and having multiple streams, even from Max detractors, restreaming the NLS race feels weird.
No.29719
>>29718I hate it.
The fact it's a one-off, I mean.
No.29720
>>29718Better reds than Ferrari
No.29721
>>29718Always assumed they where doing these special liveries as a thank you to Honda.
No.29724
>>29722First stint was amazing but now we are back to amx wins lol.
I am amazed there has been no big crash with all the close calls today.
No.29726
happy amx is back
No.29728
>amx might do another race in 3 weeks
No.29730
>>29727racism keeps the man alive
No.29731
>>29729lmao the interviewer asked that so seriously
No.29732
>>29727they won yeah? missed the race unfortunately
No.29733
Verstappen's team was DSQ for using too many tires in the race
>>29732well, yes
but actually no
No.29734
>>29733Man, what a shame. How did nobody notice?
No.29735
>>29733What the fuck. How does that happen in a pro team?
No.29736
>>29732The first hour up until the first pitstop was a non stop battle between max and a track veteran while dodging cars from slower series. Worth watching back imo.
No.29738
Not sure if it's true but I'm reading they used too many sets during training, which put them over the limit with the 3 used in the race.
If true the dsq doesn't really detract from the race performance.
No.29739
>>29738Still, a mistake that nobody else seems to have made. Hopefully this fuels him for the Nurburgring 24h.
No.29741
>>29740KEK how does that even happen
what were they doing last year
No.29742
>>29740>Waste all that time hyping up that their 2026 car would finally end their shit streak since 2014>It's one of their worst carslol, they are lucky Aston and Cadillac are bigger pieces of shit. It's despair being a Willy fan mate
No.29743
>>29738I disagree. I get what you mean in a way, but if you used extra tires, even in pre-race stuff like pratice and qualify, that's still an advantage for the race, ESPECIALLY if you used it in quali, getting you a better position.
No.29744
>>29743Fair enough, we need to know exactly what happened to judge if they got a unfair advantage out of it.
No doubt they'll ask max about it next week.
No.29745
>>29743>>29744From what I've read from a quick visit yesterday to the "other thread", it went like this:
>There was a sync error between the tire tent and the pit wall. The person tracking the barcodes on their spreadsheet/app thought a specific set used in Qualifying hadn't been "officially" registered because it only did a partial lap.>partial lap, as in, put on the car, then driven only through the gp-strecke to the pits again, then removed againI would say it was such a minimal thing it had no effect on the entire weekend, and the DQ was fair but only due to a technicality.
No.29746
>>29745Thanks for the info. Sounds like a nothingburger but a good learning moment fort the 24h race.
No.29750
>>29748If a pass like this were to happen this weekend, the F1 media would hype it out of proportion and compare the two just to keep gaslighting the viewers.
No.29756
>>29755You know i have to say, at least the 2026 cars look great, even if they aren't what the ideal F1 cars should look for me
No.29757
>>29756They look good. If they had any other engine/power unit from the last 30 years, they'd be better.
No.29758
>>29755>>29756they look closer to the 90's cars and better than the boats we had a few years ago (I still miss them)
>>29753clown regs for a clown world.
a part of me believes that this is merely growing pains of a brand new reg and that things will be better in the coming years.
No.29762
>>29760Please retire this year, at least it would end with a semi happy note.
Congrats to Dadnando
No.29764
>>29763RIP Murray Walker. If it were a real manga, there would be a reaction panel showing him.
No.29768
>>29767This means they'll be slower but there is less need for harvesting, i guess?
No.29769
>>29768I think so. Overall slower, less energy, relying more on the under powered engine.
No.29770
>>29765Well this was Fuji speedway but, yeah still great.
Both Massa and Kubica said it was one of the most fun battles in their lives
No.29774
>>29773>with supplier Mercedes unable to fix it after his car failed to start in China.oopsie daisy i'm sure they tried their best
No.29775
>>29772kek, it's hilarious for this time but I hope he won't ask him to leave next time otherwise it'll come off as excessively resentful.
No.29776
>Esteban Ocon received a letter of support from FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in the wake of death threats sent to him by supposed fans of Franco Colapinto after the Chinese Grand Prix.
Those Cola fans sure love a cheeky death threat, don't they.
No.29778
>>29776Argentinian sport fans have always been the most passionate in south america, and from what I can tell the ones making threats are an extremely loud minority part of them, like 15% of the total. They do see this a normal everyday mockery that make you a wuss if you can't handle it.
No.29781
>>29779It's probably just random people on twitter posting replies to some random posts.
No.29782
>>29780Ah yes, the epic fight for P15 or whatever it was.
Speaking of manga, i wonder if Hadjar has a special helmet this weekend.
No.29783
>>29781He said he was bombarded with comments online.
Not something you should take too seriously but you never know with all the crazy people these days.
No.29784
>>29783True. I don't want to have THAT discussion here, and i won't. But a lot of this comes from Argentina having next to no legislation around this kinda stuff. Even in local sports it's mostly seen as "normal".
Which is hilarious at how common it got that a lot of non cool Argies come here for certain games, without fail at least 1 gets arrested for harassment or racism
No.29785
2 straight mode zones. Will someone dare take 130R in straight mode?
>>29779Thanks for the video. I don't watch football anymore, but my brain plays this every now and then, also that Tano Pasman vid.
No.29786
complete ruslel death
No.29787
formula grimi
No.29792
>>29789How boring and predictable.
I suspect rbr is very restrictive on what you're allowed to put on the helmet.
No.29793
>>29789I'm more interested in the physics equations printed on his helmet, now that's pretty original.
No.29794
>>29791>Casual 50km/h clippingheh, nothin personelll kid - FIA
No.29795
>>29793Been a while but i remember thats the general formula for centrifuge force. The first diferential of position is velocity, and the second one is acceleration.
So M* Radial Acceleration = GIMI
No.29796
>>29793His dad is a quantum physicist so i wonder if hadjar is secretly a giga brain.
No.29797
DUN DUN DUN FP3
No.29798
>another battery issue for mclel, lando's car
No.29799
Maxbros… it's over
No.29800
Real GIMI
No.29801
Russel confirmed for Bottas role
also
BORT BORT BORT
No.29803
even the official upload of the little kimi's pole was "censored" by not showing actual onboard footage from spoon to 130r to hide the clipping, embarrassing
I don't think they ever uploaded a pole lap that wasn't entirely onboard footage before, embarrassing stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT8ULSU6em8 No.29804
>>29803Doing that is a bad idea. The cars being shit is one thing but trying to cover it up will only make things worse.
No.29806
>>29805I'll need a transcript, only heard something about how the qualifying is a joke and he used all the energy on the straight.
No.29807
>>29803absolute state of nu-f1
how embarrassing
No.29809
>>29808Copy pasting the censored swearing from TR activated the spoiler tag lol.
test No.29813
I will be able to watch the race later, but I'm sure it's not worth to lose sleep for it. These past races feel like they could've been a summarized in a 3 line email.
No.29815
Gimi
No.29816
>metal version of the national anthem by all-girl band
Yep, it's time for the Japan GP
No.29817
wdc
>>29816it was very anime
No.29818
time for formula grimi
No.29819
DUNDUNDUN
No.29821
literally carried by a cheat engine and tyre deg
fraudcedes
No.29822
Well that was a start
No.29823
God these cars look so slow.
No.29824
ANT WINS LOL
No.29825
>homoman
No.29826
>that radio
get fucked narb hahaah
No.29827
This what we where expecting with the harvesting shit.
If he hit Cola it would've been a huge crash.
No.29828
let me guess, because some dumb bong nepobaby got hurt the ruleset will get changed
No.29829
Kek get fucked gorg
No.29830
waah i was forecasted a podium
No.29831
KWAB
No.29832
Gimi won again
No.29834
After the Ollie accident i'll just repeat what i said again.
They are fucking LUCKY Jeddah got canned.
No.29835
>>29834They could easily fix the safety issue by limiting harvesting but i have my doubts they're willing to do that until someone gets hurt.
No.29836
watched the race now
nice to see Oscar up there, finally gets to race
also nice to see Kimi take the win, it's way too soon and Kimi was lucky but George is letting his best chance at a title so far go to waste
Bearman's crash was sad to see because of the circumstances, drivers did warn before about the risks of having cars doing different patterns of driving (deploying vs recharging) near each other, FIA can't ignore it anymore but I doubt they will be able to do much about it
Red Bull continues to struggle
Bort's race was not great
Alonso finished a race
Perez beat Bottas again
I am struggling to maintain my motivation
see you all in a month
(don't know what's happening but this is the fourth time trying to post, changed browsers so maybe it'll work now)
No.29837
Edd
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-driver-rankings-japanese-gp-edd-straw/GAS PIA ANT LEC OCO LAW
PER SAI LIN NOR VER HAM
RUS ALO STR ALB HAD BOR
HUL BOT COL BEA
No.29838
>>29837I'm not enjoying Edd's lists
Like, BOR that low? His weekend was great, not his fault the audi engine fucked itself on the race. Same for putting GAS above RUS or PER that high.
By that Merit, ALO should be 1 given he finished a race with that garbage car
No.29839
>>29838yeah, that Perez placement is really mind-boggling
No.29841
this 4 week gap on the calendar looks rough, maybe it's for the best everyone forgets about f1 for a while
No.29844
I haven't watched the whole Suzuka race, but this strategy vid by Ruth was good enough for me to get the gist of things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMe-Vfk7dgITLDW: Antonelli had pace, Merc gambled, and Mclel folded.
A whole month wait for Miami will be rough. I wonder how the cars will do in the tight corners of sector 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrjQlZEgW1M No.29845
wapchads, we are the kings of imageboards>>29844Praying this month long break means some cars like Williams unfuck themselves
うぐぅ！
No.29846
>Aston Martin removed an experimental component that cured most of the vibration discomfort its Formula 1 drivers have suffered at the start of the season and did not race it at the Japanese Grand Prix.>Last week at Suzuka, Alonso said that in Friday practice "the car felt completely normal, nearly no vibrations", so he was confused he then had "the same vibrations as ever" in qualifying.
うぐぅ！
うぐぅ！
No.29847
>>29846What is that cute girl doing under my post
うぐぅ！
No.29848
Ah, Kanon. Takes me back.
うぐぅ！
うぐぅ！
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No.29849
cute!
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No.29850
>>29848I have it on my to read list but this is probably one you should read in winter.
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No.29851
>>29850I haven't read it, but seen both anime adaptations. I should read some VNs in this month break.
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No.29852
>>29851I can recommend Umineko, I am 70 hours in and it's been amazing so far. (it's like 150 hours long though so be warned)Or Higurashi if you haven't read or watched it yet.
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No.29854
>>29847Seems like an April fools gimmick. Still way better than what they're doing on the main site(1/100 chance of getting what is basically wapchan's captcha).
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No.29855
>>29854I always heard things about the Ryukishi07 verse of Higurashi and Umineko, but never really felt compelled to go deep into it.I remember watching all the Higurashi anime up to Kira. As for Umineko, I've only hear the great ED the anime has, but know a few details about some characters.
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No.29856
On a F1 related topic. A few hours ago I met with a coworker that went on vacation for a month, and the first thing he told me was "F1 is horrible now, man". He's more interested in what Max will do in Nurburgring 24h, asked me for a stream to watch when it happens.
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No.29857
>>29854Just something I came up with quick. It'll be turned off tomorrow morning.
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No.29860
>Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll will race in the GT World Challenge Europe season opener at Paul Ricard next weekend during the extended break in the grand prix racing calendar.>The Paul Ricard round, a six-hour race, forms part of the GT World Challenge Europe's Endurance Cup series of events.>They are entered in the Pro division and are among 59 line-ups on the entry list, which also includes a Team Verstappen Racing Mercedes - the car four-time F1 champion Max Verstappen will drive when he makes his Nurburgring 24 Hours debut next month.
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No.29862
I just had a thought, shouldn't F1 cancel the Miami race since the US started a war?
>>29861very honorable battle
No.29863
>>29862F1 only cares about money, not morality.
No.29864
>>29863fair point, though they did give up russia's money but I guess that was under different circumstances
No.29865
>>29864They where probably forced to do that trough sanctions.
I remember HAAS losing a big russian sponsor because he got put on the naughty list. Might've been Mazepins dad.
No.29866
>>29861>3GP video formatMan, that brings back memories.
>>29865Yeah, Uralkali. Potassium fertilizer company.
No.29868
>>29867>sources have indicated the plan will be for him to work alongside and help support current team principal Andrea Stella.>The move will take place at the start of 2028 unless an agreement is reached between McLaren and Red Bull for it to happen earlier.Happy for him for moving up the ranks.
Wonder how he will handle the papaya rules team though.
No.29869
>>29867>>29868End of an Era.
Hornyman, despite his flaws, seemed to be the thing holding Red Bull together.
No.29870
>>29867>>29868Starting to believe the whole Max leaving F1 thing, sorry for doubting.
No.29871
♪ It's the… end of F1 as we know it ♪
♪ It's the end of F1 as we know it ♪
♪ It's the end of F1 as we know it ♪
♪ And I feel fine… ♪
No.29872
So, this is the way F1 dies? Not with screaming engines but with a super clipping vacuum cleaner?
No.29873
>>29872F1A and the teams are having several meetings in the coming weeks to agree on changes that take effect at Miami.
Lets see if it makes any difference.
No.29874
What to this day that i still don't understand.
Whats the point of Formula E then?
I assumed it was there to be what Formula 1 was to regular cars, improve Batteries and Electric cars.
Why is F1 even trying on that department? Go for full combustion engines and use gas, Theres already 10 billion Saudi oil companies banking this shit already. I doubt the planet will die if 22 cars every 1-2 weeks run a few laps in a circuit.
Hell they even have more nature friendly fuels now no?
No.29875
>>29874>Why is F1 even trying on that department?A shitton of virtue signalling, that's all there is to it.
And I don't mean from FOM or FIA's side, since both have stated that thanks to synthetic fuels they can look into switching to non-hybrid or light-hybrid (like KERS) in the future, I mean from the manufacturers' side, for example Honda was refusing to join if the hybrid system didn't have a major contribution towards the total power, and iirc Audi had stated something similar as well.
No.29876
>>29874Aside form what Italybro said, there is also political pressure. The EU is moving towards banning ICE all together on the longer term.
Some GP get government subsidies that they would no doubt lose if F1 would say fuck it we're going back to fossil fuels.
No.29877
The newly scheduled dates for F2 are a blessing for any potential driver that could end up in F1 next year. It'll be interesting to see who will adapt better in these 2 races.
No.29878
Article on the reasons these new rules are what they are.
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/why-f1-has-ended-up-with-rules-that-so-many-hate/One of the reasons mentioned i had not considered is the fear that F1 could end up with only Mercedes and Ferrari as engine suppliers. Before RBR decided to build their own engines it looked like both Honda and Renault where on their way out with nobody to replace them.
The new engine suppliers wanted a bigger battery so they can use F1 to market their EV to young people. (as if they can afford them)
No.29879
>>29878I haven't read the full article but, why would it even matter if there are only 2 or 3 engine suppliers?
In theory if everybody makes their own engine you could have anyone in the top field. In reality that doesn't happen, either the team that makes the engine is way ahead of the teams they supply or the reverse.
Alternatively you have the current Honda/Audi situation where the engine is so bad they are not even close to competitive (Audi gets somewhat of a pass).
24/25 and 10-13 are good examples of customer teams being ahead of the supplier team, proving that the rest of the car is equally important.
No.29881
>>29879You can see this season that Mercedes has a big advantage supplying multiple teams with their engines. They get the data from all those engines for themselves and don't share it with the costumer teams. That's one of the reasons why they have such a big headstart on Mclaren.
It also gives you political power when it comes to voting for certain rule changes.
This new regulation is said to lean much more on the engine vs aerodynamics compared to those seasons you mentioned, same in the previous era of merc domination.
It would be great for the sport if Audi/RBR and later CAD can get their shit together on the PU side.
I guess we can can only hope Mclaren will get on top of the merc engine in time and they've shown to have it in them to beat Mercedes on aero.
Doubt that will be this year though.
No.29883
RIP 4cuck (Again)
No.29886
>>29885happy anniversary portufriend!
happy anniversary wapfriends!
happy anniversary figamin!
No.29887
>>29885This is probably the comfiest place on the internet to talk about F1 so I'm glad to still be here a year later.
Thanks to figamin for having us.
No.29888
>>29885It's been a good year to share with everyone here. Thanks to figamin too for welcoming us.
No.29889
>>29885Been an absolute honor to be here since day 1.
Never imagined how much i missed actual chill discussion, this place has been a haven from stress.
Thanks to all the friends here, to figamin and here's to more years to come.
No.29891
New alphamaxkino, in case someone enjoys his crazy shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JENha8QmYwY No.29893
Amx will be racing in 2 4h Nürburgring races this weekend.
These races act as Qualifying for the 24h event, so the field will be much more competitive compared to amx's previous races here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmVGLmMoID0It should be getting dark in the last hour of the Saturday race.
No.29896
What is even going on. Red flag with 0 explanation.
No.29897
Ambulance on track
No.29900
>>29899They just confirmed 7 cars involved in the crash and drivers getting medical treatment.
This isn't going to restart any time soon.
No.29901
Someone actually died, fucking hell.
No.29903
>>29902This news title is the worst. Fucking vultures over at the race.
No.29904
>>29902>>29901Oh god thats so fucking sad, how old was he?
Wasn't following the quali. May he RIP.
No.29906
>>29905Poor guy, probably was finally realizing his dream.
Checked some of his stats, he was pretty good too.
53 starts. 5 wins. 25 podiums in Endurance
No.29907
>>29902really sad stuff, may he rest in peace
first driver death at the track in 13 years
No.29910
>Only .001s between P1 and 2 over a 8 minute 25KM lap. Damn.
>>29909Race Queen Marin.
No.29911
Max P1 currently, 3 hours left.
No.29912
Welp, it's over. Max stuck in pits with car damage.