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wood

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  1. Bottas gets it. The track needs to automatically enforce track limits by design. F1 drivers call for permanent track limits fix https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-drivers-call-for-permanent-track-limits-fix/10536184/ They need to go back to grass and gravel, or start getting tough and consistent with the penalties. If they don't do one or the other, it's just a free-for-all. Right now, they're just slapping people on the wrist. That's not gonna get the desired result.
  2. He had room to keep wheels on track. and you can see him later in that sequence a meter or so wide even though there's room between the Ferrari and the line. He's not ahead there. He's actually behind, but he emerges ahead. That's using the runoff to make the pass. Lap 1 turn 1 doesn't excuse everything these drivers will try, and we're seeing it more and more, where they just try an overly optimistic move around the outside on L1T1, braking later than they would had they committed to staying on the track, which is the only reason they can even get close. Then they just take to the runoff and say they were forced off, when they never would have even been in that spot had they not been able to carry more speed by braking too late. They go ahead and risk it, knowing they'll get off with the L1T1 defense or even if they get 5s it's no big deal. It's gaming a weak penalty system. It's no coincidence that we keep seeing it more and more lately. They're going into the corner with this in mind. Even after L1T1, they still cry "pushed me off" a la George, and risk a 5s penalty because they know they're better off anyway even with the penalty. George claiming he was 'pushed off' there was pathetic.
  3. Yeah a lot of people are saying give it back immediately, without being told. If you don't give it back by x time/distance ... drivethrough. I have zero problem with that, and it seems like that's what we used to see, but I've slept since then. That shit has teeth, as the penalties should have. The penalty should stroing enough to make the drivers avoid the behavior. If it isn't, it's useless.
  4. Lando nails it here ... Norris calls for harsher F1 penalties amid suspicions of deliberate rule breaches https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/norris-calls-for-harsher-f1-penalties-amid-suspicions-of-deliberate-rule-breaches/10536207/
  5. Oh, and wow that sprint was bad. Damn.
  6. Another off-track pass for Lewis today with no investigation iirc. I just don't understand why they continue to let it go. And George does it and the 5s penalty he gets doesn't even matter. As others have pointed out, it seems the Merc drivers and others have just decided to risk the penalty, because it likely won;t matter to them anyway, and gaining the position is much more important to their overall race. Toto basically admitted it afterward. It's like I said a while back, the drivers and teams aren't racing for time. They're racing for positions. Penalize positions and they'll change their behavior. And wtf is up with just widening the exit of 19 because some of the 'best drivers in the world' can't negotiate it on track? Tripled the width of the white line. Wow. So what happens when they continue to go wide? Widen it some more? So Max loses pole for just missing yesterday, but George goes through today on what would have easily been deleted yesterday. Fucking stupid bullshit. Imagine just moving the foul line in baseball or the sideline in football, etc. Just keep dumbing the sport down til there's nothing left of it. FML. /rant
  7. Let's just say communication has never been their forte, but then, I'm not exactly sure what is their forte. How was the exit trip tonight? The founder told me today that it took him 2 hours to get home from Lot A of all places, leaving at 6:30 yesterday.
  8. Something else that shows it was obviously unintentional was Abreu trying to apologize while bitchass Garcia was showing his ass. Zero chance he tries to apologize if he hit him on purpose. That simply just does not happen.
  9. Not even a basic plunk pitch. There's no way you can determine intent there. There was no HBP eartlier, and it made zero sense to try to plunk a guy in that situation. Just so bad.
  10. Killers last night, Queen without Freddy tonight, which isn't really Queen, DJ TIesto tomorrow after the race.
  11. Oh yeah, someone told me yesterday that Dick's has a bunch too. Probably on sale soon.
  12. Oh yeah, I think all the teams had more expensive ones. The $90 caps were the starting point.
  13. That look on LeClerc's face ... looking up at the crowd like "WTF? Why are there so many people cheering?"
  14. Yeah it really is, and Bobby spreads so much misinformation to idiot reporters who just print anything he tells them as gospel. Even The Athletic has a piece about COTA this morning. To her credit, the author talks a good bit about the bumps, but in there she says the track was "fully resurfaced" the winter of 2021-22. It's never been fully resurfaced. The most that's ever been done is 40% at a time, and a big chunk has never been done at all. It's a half-assed, low bid, patchwork mess.
  15. Yeah and at least 3 of those were very tough takes, too.
  16. LOL. Nah, it just stuck out to me, because it can be taken two ways, and I wondered which way he meant it. Was he disgusted at Rangers fans for letting it happen, or was he disgusted by Astros fans for being there? I have no idea.
  17. Initially, I thought it was a no-doubter. Been misjudging balls off the bat all three games at MMP-N. Then when it barely cleared the wall, I thought it had been caught. Then we saw that it was a HR. The emotional rollercoaster was like an aggy football season compressed into about 5 seconds, except with a good result instead of the usual aggy ending.
  18. Man, this is so spot on. Garcia & Puig can eabod together.
  19. I'll be there tomorrow night. I'd be shocked if the home crowd doesn't start an ironic chant like that all on its own.
  20. Yeah I said it before the series started, and I'll say it again ... I almost feel sorry for Rangers fans having to have him on their side. Almost.
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