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  1. 24 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

    First time for the race. Not first time in Monaco. A few years back I drove the course on a Tuesday after the race and all the barriers were still up. It was cool

    Take some pics for us!

     

    I must be living under a rock, while watching FP1 I noticed all that work going on before the tunnel. Used to be a nice ocean view there. Now reclaimed land and massive development.

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    Monaco F1 Grand Prix 2014 - Mirror Online

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  2. 45 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    But spending a June weekend in Montreal? *chef's kiss*

    This, so much this.

    We did Air Canada last year and sounds like we got lucky.

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  3. Will.i.Am is cringe.

    Also, this is back to back races where I nodded off during, then fast forwarded to see if there were any safety cars or yellow flags. Feels bad man.

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  4. 21 minutes ago, kevwun said:

     Leclerc got asked after the race if he thought Ferrari had made any gains on Red Bull and he said probably not because we don't actually know how much faster they are than us because it's very likely they aren't pushing very hard right now because they don't have to.

    Bahrain 2014 Lewis and Nico fucked off into the sunset chasing each other. Although that was a pretty good battle between the two of them.

    Baku 2023 was similar just without the actual battle at the end. It feels like Red Bull has that kind of pace advantage like Merc had back in the early hybrid days.

    On the topic of boring racing and no passing, why not allow active suspension to let the cars run low w/o porpoising and allowing the ground effect to be powerful. I thought the whole idea with these cars was to allow them to follow closely, now they are all raised up to negate the bouncing and we have the same issue as the previous cars. Except now they are fucking yachts and that makes passing even harder.

  5. 13 hours ago, Burt Macklin said:

    Hell if F1 wants more action and more events to entice people to tune in and show up to the races, can we get a motherfucking go cart race every fucking race weekend? There’s nothing I’d like to see more than all the drivers on the grid competing in equal machinery. 

    This would be so fuckin awesome.

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  6. 1 hour ago, wood said:

    Why are they calling practice "Free Practice 1"? It's the only practice.

    What a mess. They're determined to turn F1 into NASCAR.

    I have been watching F1 for 26 years and this shit confuses me. Is it actually confusing or am I just old?

    I feel for any new viewer coming in trying to figure out what the fuck all this shit is.

  7. 4 hours ago, utee94 said:

    I thought it was pretty well accepted she wrote the song about Harry Styles, who she was dating shortly before she wrote the song and released the album?

    I'll admit one of my shameful secrets, is that I'm a huge Taylor Swift fan.  Her show at COTA is in my top 5 of all time, and I've been backstage for Johnny Cash and I saw U2 live on the Joshua Tree tour...

    I'm skeptical but I'd be cool with my favorite racecar driver dating my favorite pop star.

    Get in there Lewis Fernando!

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  8. 1 hour ago, wood said:

    Oh, and re: Australia, even with all of that action, you can get a 4 Day GA pass for $100-150 less than the cost of 3 Day Parking at COTA, and they throw in transportation to and from the circuit. Or if you want to sit in a seat, their most expensive grandstand seat is about $200 less than 3 Day GA at COTA. Their least expensive grandstand seat also costs less than 3 Days of parking at COTA.

    Amazing bang for the buck. I could get a R/T air ticket and 4 Day GA for only a few hundred more than 3 Day Parking and GA at COTA. ETA: Holy furk. I need to start planning this trip.

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  9. Poor George, patiently waited in the wings while Merc was going NLAA on everyone. Finally gets in the car and it's a shitbox. Did get him a race win though.

    It'll be pretty tough for Mercedes to climb back to the top, that Red Bull train is rolling pretty hard. Red Bull was kicking everyone's ass with Vettel, then had some down times and is back on top. So it is doable, helps to have the best car designer/aerodynamicst ever on staff though.

    @texas08 I like Gasly too. Seems like a good dude and hungry, like you said. I don't really have any team allegiance, just like drivers that don't seem like total asshats.

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  10. Figure out the best way of allowing teams to "catch up". There is more wind tunnel time for slower teams right? Why not more on track testing? The brand is better when one team isn't running off into the sunset every race.

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  11. He was probably already a lock for best ever, but Adrian fuckin Newey. Jesus that guy is good.

    Add a great driver and solid, reliable power unit and his cars are unstoppable. Sucks that this year looks to be a lock for Max already.

    I will keep watching for that juicy midfield battle and hope for the odd Red Bull double retirement gifting Fernando a win.

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  12. I used to watch in the before times on Speed TV, Speedvision, etc. F1 with commercials and Leigh Diffey suuuuucked ass. Matchett explaining everthing like we were 5 every race was pretty annoying though I did like David Hobbs (I know Wood hated him lol). As long as they keep Sky, Brundle and no commercials I'll be a happy camper.

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