Agree. His luck is astonishing.

No doubt he is a great driver, and he does not have crashes during practice or qualifying like even Botas has had. He always seems to bring the car back. And then only Hamilton can have a tire explode on the last lap and still drive it to the finish line for a win. The car mechanical problems are almost always on Botas, even when they swap chassis.

When he takes out Max, and damages his car, he has time for repairs before the race restarts. Beating a really great driver is hard enough, but the luck of Lewis is impossible to beat.

Better understanding of Verstappen pace deficit...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1628015667.jpg

The next issue is the budget cap... That's now 2 races in a row Redbull get a car wiped out, on top of engine damage that will cause penalties sooner. The are no provisions in the rules for replacemenbt engines or $$ if you get wiped out through no fault of your own...

The cost has probably been exagerated by Horner but he said something like $1.8 Mil total which is an issue under a cap... Thats money they can't spend on a rear wing... There needs to be new rules about either letting teams spend that money when they get tagged accidentally, or, more fun, taking that $$$ from the guilty team. I'd love to see Toto's face if he had to pay for the Bottas damage...

Forgot to mention, incredible that the one time Williams is in the points, Latifi pips Russell... I bet that's why he was crying, more than joy ;-) It's Ok he's driving for Mercedes next year for sure...

hard to top the double takeout by bottas
that had to cost RB more then 1.8 million
likely far more than 20 in WCC points [the ones that are worth far more then a million each]
WDC pays NOTHING
TEAM PRIZE IS THE BIG 100 MILLION+++ PAYMENT OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS
EYES ON THE REAL PRIZE

russell maybe faster
but bottas is a better team guy or very lucky

Sucks for Vettle. Is it his fault he didn't have enough fuel left over to test? I know, rules are rules. Seems pretty harsh. But of course it allows Hammy to move up and get more points. ;)

No joy over a clearly enforceable F1 rule? We should be thankful.

According to the Aston Martin team, the transfer pump is faulty, and that is why they can't extract the fuel. They say there is the correct amount still in the tank. That means the issue is whether the rule is there to be a pump testing rule, or a fuel measuring rule. If the latter, then the team should be allowed to replace the pump so that the test can be run.

vet's rainbow mask caused the foul
their gov is near putin's level of crazy and anti rights rightwing nuts

Interesting article about “the designer” of the McLaren MP4/4, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/im-sick-of-people-living-off-my-reputation-says-gordon-murray-in-mclaren-mp4-4-row.

Jacques Villeneuve thinks Toto will hire Lance Stroll. WTF! https://www.planetf1.com/news/jv-lance-stroll-mercedes-idea/

Anything is possible, but Lance got his dad to spend a LOT of money to buy Tracing Point, and then Aston Martin and build a team and sponsorship for that team. I can't imagine walking away from that to go drive for another team.

I'm not sure nepotism and a few hundred million are always symbiotic.

Like a couple of 8th grade boys

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I was and guess still am a Jacques Villeneuve fan but some crazy crap comes out of his mouth but...

Lance’s driving has been especially good considering he’s the epitome of pay to play. I imagine his father would be thrilled if Lance was offered a seat at Mercedes.

Seb lists all F1 champions. I think this is pretty impressive.

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That is impressive, and I honestly am impressed.

My grandfather could do that with the World Series, and tell you the statistics of the pitcher and who the pitcher was on ever game of the World Series, for just about any year. Grandpa was a total baseball fan. Grandpa had polio affect his left and dominate hand at as a young adult, and never could play the game.

Late to the party, but really enjoying F1Tv !

I decide to kill my $65 a mo Youtube TV and just piecemeal... I got dicovery+, Disney+ for kids, and F1 Tv.. total $30 a month or so..

I love F1 Tv. Access to all the sessions live or replay, gotta see if that gets me off the "crofty" regime, hopefully so. Tons of extra shows, interviews, before and after reports, Will buxton galore, tech talks, team manager conferences, all available.. And as bonus, Porsche Supercup ! Oh yeah...

The thing now works on my TV, so it's super nice (plus all the back catalog). I'll cancel in winter when nothing happens... Cheap... All I pay for now is internet, netflix and those 3 apps... Cable andyoutube TV stqrted cheap but were getting more expensive each month. Recommended..

Just confirmed it's not Crofty and co, O the relief, british sounding chaps that are very much alright... Also switching to each driver on board for the whole race, or pit TV, whatever.. Damn, this is cool !

How much is F1 tv? The Fchat guys that had it last season were complaining it was spotty during races.

Just watched the Hungary race tonight. Besides the great on-track action, it was really nice to have Nico as a commentator.

I should know this but I wanna say $8 a month ? Cancellable oct to March… $79 for the whole year I think. It may have been be iffy live initially but I’d hope by now it’s sorted and I doubt I will get up at 4am - so most of the time I’ll be on replay having breakfast and watching from Alonso, Leclerc, Max’s perspective and switching back and forth as I see fit. I watched the Hungary start from 5 different drivers - pretty cool. And I really enjoy the Porsche supercup.

Mostly I’m rid of shouty Crofty and I have all i need for $30 a month. Win.

I much prefer Crofty over Diffy. The suppporting announcing crew is knowledgeable and insightful from many points of view (driving, strategy), and don’t mind criticism when deserved - day and night compared to Indy coverage, including their abysmal timing board and graphics. Does Indy have minimum on-air exposure mandates for Jimmy Johnson’s learning curve? Do that many NASCAR fans tune in to watch race cars turn right?

The lady that presides during F1 practice sessions is good as well as occasional input from vets Button and Rosburg. IOW, no complaints from the voiceover commentators. MHO. Fortunately, the internet provides many points of view, fanboys to tech to history, something for most every F1 fan.

Sherwood

I take it back, some of their stuff has crofty on it (bummer). But they also have extra features post race, like recaps with a story (a bit like drive to survive - this latest one Ocon's race), and those include radio comm we never heard on TV between that driver they focus on and their engineer, etc.. It's fascinating to me to hear them figure stuff out. Great depth of info for the F1 Anorak that I am.

BTW I'm not asking anyone to get F1TV, where I was going with this is cable (and now YoutubeTv) are very expensive for what they are. You can now live quite well with netflix, Prime (if you count it, I get it for free shipping), some rabbit ears or extra apps.. The only thing bugging me was losing some motorsport. Well IMSA has imsa TV with full replays for endurance, WRC is free on Redbull TV, and I'm finding out F1TV is incredibly good for $8 a month. Tresure trove of new stuff that will keep me happy when bored over the summer break too (and archives to listen to V12s). I'm simply happy to halve my TV bill and get more stuff.. Will report on Spa race to see who is actually commenting ;-)

PS: Did I mention POrsche supercup ? (only twice?) oh !

Looks like Bottas is a pretty good cyclist too:

https://wtf1.com/post/valtteri-bottas-finished-second-in-a-64-mile-cycling-race/

Japan GP has been cancelled due to a rise in Covid cases . F1 now looking for alternatives to fill that date .

Didn't they already add a second race in Austin?

NO
next year in miami is the 2nd USA race

I was looking for USGP tickets this morning. Pretty much sold out, Sunday only tickets will be released at later date. You can get single day tickets for Friday or Saturday, $49 and $100 respectively. But here's the kicker... no parking tickets remaining. And even those were pretty pricey and sold in 3-day increments anyway.

I was thinking of going on Friday but w/o parking my interest is on the decline.

So far the Australian and Japanese GP's have been cancelled so IF they want a full schedule they have to find other venues that can support . And who knows if there will be additional cancellations .

But hosting the Olympics wasn’t a problem?


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Don't forget Singapore that was replaced by Turkey after Turkey was originally cancelled.

Hockenheim or The 'Ring anyone????

That sucks, especially for Honda as it's their home circuit

Doubly so, given that their engine finally became a winner.

I have a feeling that may be cancelled, too.

Highly unlikely. Texas is open for business as usual.

You know the thought never crossed my mind until now. I live in Seguin, but lived in Austin when USGP first came to town. Why couldn't you break down (park) on shoulder of toll road and throw on the flashers. It's not that far of a walk. I know, I have customers on either side of the toll road on FM812. They cops might sticker it, but I wouldn't think it would get towed.

I sure hope not. I'm going with my brother and his daughter. First time we have gone to a race together in decades. The last F1 race I went to was the last one at Long Beach, when John Watson won from the back of the grid.

I have tickets and parking purchased and will most likely go but it's the same weekend as the Harvest Moon Regatta which I usually race in so...

The only Texas F1 race I've missed was in 2018 when I was still recovering from a broken neck and I've been kicking myself ever since for not going since it was one of the best ever!

I think the only way that occurs is if F1 cancels. As others have said, we are open for business. There are a few city and county leaders that oppose that but the gov and Lt Gov and AG are all on the open up train.