2024 Formula One Thread: Australian GP - 3/24 (Sunday)

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Bankz, Sep 13, 2009.

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    Take Seb's seat!!!

    Veteran team Hamilton/Bottas driving Mercs
    Young guys Leclerc/Max driving Ferraris

    :thumb:
     
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    You were right! Max on the pole. Albon with his highest qualifying position ever.

    Should be a really interesting race. No Merc qualifying in the top 3 is rare. Still, Lewis behind both Ferraris, trying to get on the podium should be good to watch. Also, that track has a really long straight so Ferrari trying to get past Max on that could be interesting.
     
  3. GumbyMan

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    Vettel made a cluster of the start. Completely squeezed Hamilton off the track.
     
  4. Funshot Residue

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    Wish Max hadn't cut the tire. He might have made the whole thing a lot more interesting.
     
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  5. Bankz

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    Ferrari pit calls are still fucking awful
     
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  6. Bert Handsome

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    Lewis has had the benefit of a top car through this run with Mercedes, but lap one this week shows why he's the best driver. He's won championships by keeping his car out of harm's way where other drivers wreck.

    Everyone oohs and aahs at Max and the like and their overtaking moves, but one one 4 times they end up out of the race. Ever since the year where Lewis and Nico kept crashing, his calculus of when to push and when to give a guy room has been what's won him these titles as much as anything else.
     
  7. Bulworth

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    Strategic and calculated is boring as fuck but it will win 9 times out of 10.
     
  8. HunterPKP

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    Really interesting proposed layout for the Miami GP in 2021. Hopefully this race gets final approval and is early in the year.

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    would this replace austin or be in addition to
     
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  10. Tiger Z

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    That left straight away looks cool.
     
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    In addition to. At least for two years I believe. I think Austin is under contract through 2022. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
     
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    Miami is the perfect American city for an F1 stop. Hot ass chicks, yachts, stupid money. I really hope that tracks location is beach side.
     
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  13. colonelrascals

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    that is a garbage track IMO
     
  14. Bankz

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    Is this being built as a track or is this a street circuit?
     
  15. Bankz

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    It’s ok... multiple super long straights might lead to lots of overtaking.
     
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    They are building it on site at the stadium where the Dolphins/Canes play. Which sounds kinda meh
     
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    Agree on the location being meh.
     
  18. Bert Handsome

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    COTA weekend let's go

     
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    F1 put out a lot of info on the 2021 season. So much so I really want to skip the 2020 season lol...

    I found this interesting...
     
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    Ferrari and Mercedes having to go from 400-500m spending to 175 will be interesting
     
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    I'm sure they have figured out how to handle this, but couldn't they just hide pnl on the engine supply side which gets spread across the customer teams?
     
  22. Bankz

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    The one thing I'm sure of is if both Ferrari and Mercedes are on board with this... They figured out a way to con the system already lol
     
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    Interesting top 3 in qualifying and then you have Lewis behind them trying to lock up the driver of the year.
     
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    Any of you ever been to this race? Good time?

    Wonder how different of an experience it is attending this compared to a NASCAR event lol?
     
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    Thoughts from COTA race.

    Congrats Valteri.
    Congrats Lewis.
    Congrats Mercedes.
    McConaughey you're weird.
     
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    mcconaghey is a total fucking weirdo
     
  27. Bert Handsome

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    2017 regs are looking like s disaster
     
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  28. ramszoolander

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    I was at COTA the first year. Great event, but Montreal is way better.
     
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    Now that was a race!! One of the best ones I've seen while actually following F1 closely.

    I don't have anything against Ferrari and actually like both their drivers but did chuckle at Seb knocking both of them out.
     
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    Wasn't able to watch this one so trying to catch up. Will Hamilton be penalized?
     
  31. Gallant Knight

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    5 second penalty for Lewis means Sainz makes the podium after starting P20 wow
     
  32. Gallant Knight

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    I genuinely enjoy how much Norris and Saenz like each other I am firmly team Mclaren
     
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  33. Tiger Z

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    First race I missed all season... of course. Awesome for Gasly and Sainz, terrible for Albon.
     
  34. Bankz

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    Seb is a fucking idiot.

    Ferrari better get its shit in order for next year. Because Seb thinking he’s the #1 ain’t it.
     
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  35. HunterPKP

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    I was blown away by Seb. He was going to keep the position. He came over way too early and he knows it. No way Ferrari can allow him to be #1 driver net year.
     
  36. Bert Handsome

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    I'm sure next year will be different than the previous 5 where the exact same article was written

     
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    Next year is such a waste season. All changes come the following year. Curious how much money teams are really spending on 2020 vs 2021
     
  38. Bert Handsome

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    In a way it could make for good racing as there is diminishing returns on development gives us a level playing field.
     
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    Just was to reiterate this it legit seems like they’re best friends
     
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    Not looking forward to the off season
     
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  41. Bert Handsome

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    This is a shame, hope either he or Autosport still do a podcast

     
  42. Bert Handsome

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    Hamilton
    Alonso
    Max
    Horner
    Ricciardo
     
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    Off season sucks. When does the next season start?
     
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  44. Bert Handsome

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    Supposedly the Guenther Steiner parts of next season's Netflix series are epic
     
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  45. Bankz

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    He was the highlight of the first season. I’m almost convinced they kept the driver lineup so he could provide the entertainment for this documentary series.
     
  46. Bert Handsome

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    I think they were so lost with the car that they thought it was pointless to change the drivers.

    They were the 4th or 5th best in qualifying but 9th in race pace.
     
  47. Bert Handsome

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    Also, I think Merc and Ferrari agreed to participate in some capacity so that is another thing to look forward to.
     
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    Will skip straight to the German GP.
     
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    Mexico should be great too with how the last couple laps of that went.