Andicis Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 3 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said: I've got a full-on uber lob ? What a car. I hope it has the performance to match the looks! Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Looks a decent watch. Comrade 86 and RadioactiveWaste 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 50 minutes ago, Rev said: Looks a decent watch. Cheers Rev, will give this a watch tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Cheers Rev, will give this a watch tonight. I think it's released next month, on Sky at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 13 minutes ago, Rev said: I think it's released next month, on Sky at least. Oh, bugger, thought it was already out ? Will add it to the watchlist then. Rev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 Whilst we look forward to testing, unfortunatly baby Stroll is set to miss out. Yes, that's right, young Lance was so keen to get back to putting it in the wall he started crash practice early whilst he was on his push bike. https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/35701799/lance-stroll-miss-f1-testing-minor-bicycle-crash?linkId=202305400 Says minot injuries, but obviously it's enough to put him out of three days testing so more than a bit of road rash and dented ego, but probably nothing broken and they'll be hoping he makes the first race I think. Speedy recovery Lance, and leave the bicycle riding to the other Lance. Andicis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 3 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said: Whilst we look forward to testing, unfortunatly baby Stroll is set to miss out. Yes, that's right, young Lance was so keen to get back to putting it in the wall he started crash practice early whilst he was on his push bike. https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/35701799/lance-stroll-miss-f1-testing-minor-bicycle-crash?linkId=202305400 Says minot injuries, but obviously it's enough to put him out of three days testing so more than a bit of road rash and dented ego, but probably nothing broken and they'll be hoping he makes the first race I think. Speedy recovery Lance, and leave the bicycle riding to the other Lance. There is quite a few jokes in there but I will refrain... Testing week! Hopefully we will learn a lot more about how the cars will look on the first race weekend. Toto Wolff has been saying that the W14 has reached the minimum weight limit. Ferrari expect their engine to be able to run at full power this year (I'll believe it when I see it!). Verstappen scheduled for the Thursday test, Verstappen/Perez on the Friday and Perez on the Saturday. Looking forward to it. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 What's the point of Mohammed Ben Sulayem? In his short tenure thus far as FIA President he's done more damage than good and seems to live his every waking moment with one or both shoes fully inserted in his gobshite. Now we hear that the first FIA Commission meeting of the new season has gone ahead and the man's not even bothered to turn up! The various points of discussion tabled are all subject to approval by the FIA's legislative body, the World Motorsport Council, which this cretin is meant to chair, yet he's nowhere to be seen. Are the FIA are in damage limitation mode? It honestly beggars belief that so many sports are under the auspices of governing bodies that are either catastrophically incompetent, utterly corrupt, or both. Time for change, I reckon. RadioactiveWaste, Alph and Andicis 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 3 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said: What's the point of Mohammed Ben Sulayem? In his short tenure thus far as FIA President he's done more damage than good and seems to live his every waking moment with one or both shoes fully inserted in his gobshite. Now we hear that the first FIA Commission meeting of the new season has gone ahead and the man's not even bothered to turn up! The various points of discussion tabled are all subject to approval by the FIA's legislative body, the World Motorsport Council, which this cretin is meant to chair, yet he's nowhere to be seen. Are the FIA are in damage limitation mode? It honestly beggars belief that so many sports are under the auspices of governing bodies that are either catastrophically incompetent, utterly corrupt, or both. Time for change, I reckon. He's basically the Liz Truss of being FIA president. At least whilst Jean Todt was doing naff all, he commited to doing naff all and let FOM and the teams runs F1, whilst Mad Max and Bernie worked together on running F1. Comrade 86 and Andicis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 First testing today, was good to see some of the new cars in action. The Mercedes had a good day. No signs of any porpoising and the car looked pretty smooth round the corners (struggled a bit with wind on turn 13). A lot more positive compared to the previous year. Interestingly the Ferrari looked like it was a porpoising quite a lot today. No real big conclusions to be reached though as the cars were mostly doing long runs to match an actual race rather than qualifying pace. All going about a second quicker than they were at this time the previous year though. Comrade 86 and RadioactiveWaste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 My quick takes, baring in mind it's testing: Red bull very confident in the car and in max, for obvious reasons. Ferrari feeling pretty good. They're probably looking at the limits on the porpoises rather than intending to run like that Merc looking much better. Bad vibes at McLaren. Everyone else basically ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I've been following the testing and have to say, it's not looking great lads ? Said during testing last year that the Red Bull looked like it was driving on rails and if anything, it looks even easier to drive this year. Adrian Newey is a bona fide cheat code when it comes to designing race cars. Almost everything he touches turns to gold and while Merc could compete in the hybrid era, when their straight line speed outweighed any handling deficiencies, we now appear to be in another era of RB domination. There's no doubt that Merc have a better car this year. Sadly, so do Red Bull and if anything, my guess is that the Man baby will have an even easier time of it than last year. Ferrari seem to have a quick car again, but they'll find a way to sabotage their own campaign, just as they always seem to these days. Hope I'm wrong, but the early signs are more than mildly ominous. RadioactiveWaste and Andicis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 3 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said: I've been following the testing and have to say, it's not looking great lads ? Said during testing last year that the Red Bull looked like it was driving on rails and if anything, it looks even easier to drive this year. Adrian Newey is a bona fide cheat code when it comes to designing race cars. Almost everything he touches turns to gold and while Merc could compete in the hybrid era, when their straight line speed outweighed any handling deficiencies, we now appear to be in another era of RB domination. There's no doubt that Merc have a better car this year. Sadly, so do Red Bull and if anything, my guess is that the Man baby will have an even easier time of it than last year. Ferrari seem to have a quick car again, but they'll find a way to sabotage their own campaign, just as they always seem to these days. Hope I'm wrong, but the early signs are more than mildly ominous. Dude! I'm excited here! I just binged watch Horner To Survive in anticipation. I don't want to imagine it is gonna be another season of his smug face RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Alpha said: Dude! I'm excited here! I just binged watch Horner To Survive in anticipation. I don't want to imagine it is gonna be another season of his smug face See, that's the thing, isn't it? The manchild is actually a seriously talented driver, even if he's also an annoying little p****. Karen, on the other hand... RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 Even if we resigned ourselves to a 2013 repeat, there's a number of things to look forward to. If nothing else, Fernando Alonso in a quick car (seemingly) and zero f**** to give at this point. A less bad Merc. Ocon and Gasly falling out. Ferrari is Ferrari, as they say. There's still going to be some fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 4 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said: Ocon and Gasly falling out. Yaaaas!!!! I'd actually forgotten about this! Whoever thought this was a good idea clearly has an eye on raising the team profile through the medium of completely unnecessary and bone-jarringly stupid first corner shunts. Should also be a vintage season for Drive to Survive with the two of them questioning each other's parentage on the team radio throughout every race, followed by some hilarious Gallic flouncing in the pits. All of a sudden I can't wait! ? RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Yaaaas!!!! I'd actually forgotten about this! Whoever thought this was a good idea clearly has an eye on raising the team profile through the medium of completely unnecessary and bone-jarringly stupid first corner shunts. Should also be a vintage season for Drive to Survive with the two of them questioning each other's parentage on the team radio throughout every race, followed by some hilarious Gallic flouncing in the pits. All of a sudden I can't wait! ? Given that Ocon couldn't care less about who the team mate he's punting off the road is (Danny...checo.....Fernando...nope, you can all some Estie bestie with that) and him and Pierre aren't the friends they once were. It's also kind of career crunch time for Gasly, he's left the red bull fold because Karen was never going to give him a second go, and Alpine gave Ocon that long contract, if Gasly isn't doing the business it could be the end of him ever looking up the grid. And for Ocon, if he comes second best in this team, he's going to face questions if he's ever really going to be top calibre. Being second best to Alonso is one thing... Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Just now, RadioactiveWaste said: Given that Ocon couldn't care less about who the team mate he's punting off the road is (Danny...checo.....Fernando...nope, you can all some Estie bestie with that) and him and Pierre aren't the friends they once were. It's also kind of career crunch time for Gasly, he's left the red bull fold because Karen was never going to give him a second go, and Alpine gave Ocon that long contract, if Gasly isn't doing the business it could be the end of him ever looking up the grid. And for Ocon, if he comes second best in this team, he's going to face questions if he's ever really going to be top calibre. Being second best to Alonso is one thing... Yeah, but what about the crashes and who will dish the best insults? These are the burning questions that really need answering... Also, who wins in a face-slapping competition? RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 1 minute ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Yeah, but what about the crashes and who will dish the best insults? These are the burning questions that really need answering... Also, who wins in a face-slapping competition? Ocon. ooh la la le turbuance ces tout francaise Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Ok, I'm just gonna say it. Lewis, quit bitching already ? RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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