Captain, it’s great to get some inside perspective here! I’ve been an F1 fan since a kid in the 70’s and loved the engineering side as much or more than the driving.

I was so excited the first time Steve Machett was on Speedvision that I immediately sent them an email saying what a great addition he was to the broadcast team. Imagine my excitement when I found out Steve also wrote about his F1 experience!

Wow, just wow!!

Now we know, congratulations in all your success!

Yes please stick around to 500 ;)

Poor Perez. First he gets outqualified by Ricciardo in an Alpha Tauri. Then crashes while Daniel finishes super respectably. I do not see him digging his way out of this anymore, he's mentally destroyed..

Someone said "the rumors were true, Perez retired in Mexico" - ouch

Having grown up in Santa Monica, home of Phil Hill the first American F1 Champion, I wanted to be a race car driver in the worst way ever since being little. Following F1 way back in the early '60's was a pain as only Wide World of Sports would cover it and that was only the big races.
While the cars of today are super fast, they just don't hold the interest for me now days. I guess I was attracted to the 'risk' factor of the old cars. When they changed the track configuration at Monaco it was kind of like 'why?'. I got a kick out of seeing the 'in car' shots that the Sky coverage showed during the broadcast last weekend. Kids today just don't know how lucky they are to be able to see that perspective.
Captain, you've led an interesting life, thanks for sharing it with us here.

I guess like many the bleeding edge technology is what hooks me. I honestly can't imagine pulling 5G in braking and nearly that much in corners for an entire race.

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The Mercedes V6 Hybrid Formula One engine, is a series of 1.6-liter, hybrid turbocharged V6 racing engines which features both a kinetic energy recovery system (MGU-K) and a heat energy recovery system (MGU-H), developed and produced by Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains for use in Formula One. The engines were in use since the 2014 season by the Mercedes works team. Over years of development, engine power was increased from 840 horsepower at 15,000 rpm, to 1,070 horsepower at 15,000 rpm. Customer team engines were used by Williams, McLaren, Lotus, Manor Racing, Force India, Racing Point Force India, Racing Point and Aston Martin.

And this is the 9 year old tech!

The way Perez worked his pit crew, others in the pit area, and then peeking through the fece to wave to the crowd after changing out of his driving suit was awkward to me until you said that.

However, Horner says Perez will race for Red Bull in 2024 when his contract is finished.

Things do change though.

TO clarify, I was relaying a joke someone made... There were rumors Perez would announce his retirement in MX. In fact he "retired" lap 1. Ouch.

Marko was even worse: "his start was great" (the end)

I don’t know why Perez would want to put himself through another year of this. Yes there’s the money, but he has a lot of that already. I can’t imagine the pressure and frustration he’s been dealing with.

So I thought I was picked for F&C for Vegas, but it turns out I will be an “intervention marshal”. Me thinks that is a glorified track janitor. :D We shall see.

Brawn documentary on Hulu, looks good.

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During Practice Logan Sergeant was driving like a 911, on three wheels! He had some rear suspension issue and went through a long corner on three wheels. Hopefully they got it fixed before the qualifying.

Well mother nature didn't play well during Q3 . It should be an interesting race .

Yea, that much rain will wash off the rubber, and they will have a new green track.

Maybe you're they guy that has to bleep Yuki Tsunoda's potty mouth.

Stroll did well, hope he does something with that 3rd place.

Woops ! You don't see this very often . Glad no one was hurt .

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/f1-news-brazilian-grand-prix-disaster-as-grandstands-fall-due-to-weather

The Ocon/Alonso accident in Sprint qualifying could have been really ugly.

A take away from today's race
 

1. Max is terrific
2. Lando is getting closer
3. Mark Weber could be next 007
4. Machine Gun Kelly is a super jerk, wired-up and crazy, wouldn't give him time of day.
5. What was MGK doing there anyway?

Perez making more friends on his team.

Right, he's a nice guy too.