Open Road

^^ I agree it's some degree of ineptitude or more likey, disorganization. Of course they wouldn't intentionally mess up a pit stop.

Scamilton fanboys are LIVID with Russell!! I hope GR shows him his rear end for the rest of the season.

I can't believe Binotto isn't fired yet. It all rolls up to him. He should be gone.

about as perfect as you can get........

Just a completely shit finish to today's Italian GP at Monza. Too bad that the FIA can't figure out how to have an exciting race finish without breaking their own rules.

it really seems so. I missed this one. Been travelling. Wife told me the ending was bad - under the safety car. That stinks.

WTF is Mercedes front end made of..... other cars stack into the barriers and retire..... Hamilton straight into the barriers backs out and loses one place.....

Weird, somewhat boring race. Max was too impatient, it cost him.

Latifi just needs to go..... glad he was around for Abu Dhabi last year, but despite being a nice guy he is just taking up a seat.

Perhaps the worst F1 race I've ever watched. Wet and a lousy street course. Just seemed like no one knew what they were doing.........except maybe Perez. (easy to criticize as an armchair quarterback. LOL. )

I missed it. Fvkin' Dish and Disney couldn't reach a deal, so I lost coverage. Surprised Max was so far down, and a lot of DNF's.

David993S wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 1:32 pm Perhaps the worst F1 race I've ever watched. Wet and a lousy street course. Just seemed like no one knew what they were doing.........except maybe Perez. (easy to criticize as an armchair quarterback. LOL. )

I thought it was far from the worst that I've seen this year. At least it wasn't simply a parade with Max having a 30 second lead on everyone. I also found it nice to see that the best of drivers like Max & Lewis still screw up sometimes. Not a classic by any stretch, but at least a refreshing change IMHO.

If you missed the live broadcast from Japan, as I did, it is being rebroadcast now (1:00 - ?) on ESPN2. I did watch the replay on-line. Interesting race - once they got going again...

Crazy ending again for Ferrari - how many ways can they screw up? Max got the inevitable, and it was all a bit awkward. Still, some good racing within the race.

Two time WDC gave a Maxterclass......(trademarked ) in driving in wet.

Poor CLC, as I said before, he is a great driver but has some growing to do.... loses his cool when pressed too hard.... defended so well for so long only to lose it on the last lap.

Loved Ocon keeping the Hairdo behind for so many laps and holding position till the end of the race.

JustBud wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:43 am
Loved Ocon keeping the Hairdo behind for so many laps and holding position till the end of the race.

Agreed. A year ago who would have believed that this year the Cry Baby couldn't get past Ocon in the Alpine.

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A ... NS1hAKCtww

I can only pray to have Mario's presence at 82yo.

^^How great for Mario. I grew up just outside Nazareth. Went to his parade after Indy win and to his presentation at the High School. We all loved him, but always respectful and gave he and Michael room. Saw him around in his red Countach.

"And Mario is slowing..."

That was great to see. I'd known that he'd made the drive but hadn't had time to watch it, so thanks for posting. Tons of respect for Mario.

Mario's having a good year.
https://www.mcall.com/sports/mc-spt-mar ... story.html

https://racer.com/2022/10/18/video-pato ... 5cJEu8vXeg

Pato is living the dream. Love it.

But wait, there's more...

https://racer.com/2022/10/14/palou-to-m ... abu-dhabi/

Crisis wrote: ↑Tue Oct 18, 2022 7:12 pm That was great to see. I'd known that he'd made the drive but hadn't had time to watch it, so thanks for posting. Tons of respect for Mario.

Thank goodness he was in a McClaren and not a Ferrari, or he wouldn't have finished the lap

I hope Danny Ricc finds a ride for next year somewhere........

This had me laughing pretty hard....

Pretty entertaining race today at COTA. Future teammates Alonso & Stroll should have an interesting post-race chat, though it seems fairly clear what happened.
Sainz must have been cursed by a gypsy to have this much bad luck.

Thought it was a very fun race to watch as there seemed to be action everywhere, all race. I had forgotten that Stroll and Alonso were going to be teammates next year, great way to start that relationship.

I was pretty worried Hamilton was going to take the win due to that RB pit stop. Was edge of the seat for that battle. Sucks for Seb with his 16 second stop.

"He's outside track limits at turn (insert number here)"

again and again and again and again.... laps 45 on......

then Sir Whines a lot gets a black and white flag himself......

three more races this season and he's winless for 2022..... here's to hoping.

Danica is horrible at the mic.

Scott at Team Harco wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:29 pm Danica is horrible at the mic.

Yup = Turned it off and switched to the my F1TV streaming feed.

Scott at Team Harco wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:29 pm Danica is horrible at the mic.

yes she is..... to my ears Crofty and Kravitz are almost as bad..... I am so tired of the Brit bias.... I know it's sky sports but give me a break...Could be my anti Hamilton bias but I get tired of them swinging from the Hambollocks....

Surprise pole winner for tomorrow's sprint race.

Gotta love rain...

I absolutely loved yesterdays Quali.

Man, that was a good race.... lots of drama and a nice win.

No spoilers.... I'll come back and post more when I know the other F1 fans here have seen it.

yes it was good. What an epic dick Max is though. No other words to describe him. Great driver though.

Hulk is back!

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/32133 ... a-1-season

LOL at Haas’ comment and he should be glad his other driver was K. Mag and not Latifi, or else he would have been bankrupt!
Oh, and Ralf needs to crawl back under his rock.

I think Hulk is a good choice for Haas and have thought so all season. Maybe, just maybe, Hulk can get his first podium this time around.

Feel for Mick but he really didn't produce until the last part of the season, would like to see him get with another team.

JustBud wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:22 pm
three more races this season and he's winless for 2022..... here's to hoping.

It's official...my new name for Hamilton is.............. HamilNONE.

Good season. Good end, to a good season. Was hoping Checo could grab second in the championship. Not overly disappointed that Chuck got it.

Too bad Vettel and Ric couldn't have had better rides for their last seasons. Won't miss Nic or Mick.

Scott at Team Harco wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 3:28 pm Good season. Good end, to a good season. Was hoping Checo could grab second in the championship. Not overly disappointed that Chuck got it.

Too bad Vettel and Ric couldn't have had better rides for their last seasons. Won't miss Nic or Mick.

I agree completely.... I was probably over invested in Hamilton not getting a victory this season....

I am glad CLC got second....I like Checo and he is a great teammate but CLC overcame Ferrari and all their mistakes during the season..... He had some mistakes himself but he was driving the wheels of his car......

Sad to see Seb go, and I will definitely miss Danny Ricc (hope he goes to RB for the alternate just to stay close to F1 and maybe get another seat someday)...... Felt bad for Mick, but he really didn't deliver and Latifi seems like a nice guy but he's just a traffic cone out there.......

It seemed really COLD in the cool down room when it was just Max and Checo, they both talked to CLC more than each other when he showed up.......

JustBud wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 11:41 am

JustBud wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:22 pm
three more races this season and he's winless for 2022..... here's to hoping.

It's official...my new name for Hamilton is.............. HamilNONE.

Russell scored more points as a M-B rookie than Hamilton and got the only win for the team this year
Hahahahaha

Binotto is out. Finally.

https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/35 ... -principal

Interesting, although it is favorable to the newest racers with the amount of races in a season.....

What a twat...

HAMILTON'S BACK FOR ANOTHER RACE GRIFT

https://www.bitchute.com/video/nKtYEPTHaxc/

Drive to Survive was released on Netflix yesterday and I still like it.

so far so fantastic. Such great drama!

A few days away...

Red Bull looks like they're still the team to beat. There is A LOT of hoping/coping going on with Hammy/Merc fans right now.... supposedly sandbagging/secret mojo that is going to surprise everybody........

I've commented on a few Merc/F1 videos with regard to the BLM2 livery (their last black car was for awareness to racism )..... BLM1 (W12) was for Black Lives Matter, BLM2 (W14) is for BARELY LEADING the MIDFIELD....

Red Bull made it look easy and effortless.

Great showing by Alonso and Aston. I hope that team keeps beating Mercedes.

Hearing Alonso happy on the radio is a nice change and agreed, hope they keep showing their backside to the Mercs. Hammy had to have been steaming.

Agree with the above. Is there anyone not happy for Alonso? He seems to have a lot more fun out there than the other 19 drivers on the grid. While it was nice to see Aston Martin in the mix, I'm afraid it will be a Red Bull cakewalk unless something major changes.

Loved to see that podium!

My only downers about the first race of the season.... CLC's engine and Russell not finishing as the first of the Mercs do to the fact that Princess Toto still favors Hamilton.....