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22 hours ago, Mittens said:

Following the Italian GP, Piastri was up 31pts on Lando and 94pts on Max.

Following the Singapore GP, Piastri is up 22pts on Lando and 63pts on Max.

6 races to go.

Lando only picking up 12 points in the last 3 races where Oscar finished 3rd, DNF, 4th has to feel brutal.

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The McLarens wrecking each other in a race he wins is the best case scenario for Max.  A 25 point gain on them both and he has a chance at the championship.

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On 10/5/2025 at 1:01 PM, blacklab said:

What shit coverage

One pass in the top 8 after the first lap and they show the diver view 20 minutes after it happened

Then don't show any of Alonso catching Hamilton at the end

Yep. And Alonso made 3 straight passes for points positions that they never showed replays of or even mentioned until several laps later. Crazy.  Woulda probably been pretty wild to actually see Alonso catching Lewis at the end there, too. My kid & I were watching the gap drop like crazy & he didn't believe me when I said it was gonna be close.

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On 10/5/2025 at 1:30 PM, Mittens said:

Following the Italian GP, Piastri was up 31pts on Lando and 94pts on Max.

Following the Singapore GP, Piastri is up 22pts on Lando and 63pts on Max.

6 races to go.

Yeah it's like I told my kid, McLaren is basically inviting Max back into the WDC race by doing it the way they're doing it. It's like they want to yet again win the WCC while losing the WDC.

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Oh, and all this talk about the 'brutal' heat, lol. Pfft. Race start temp was 84 degrees with 74% humidity. Not optimal, but far from the bloodbath they make it out to be. It's been pretty fucking hot here lately. Hotter than usual. They better hope it cools off for the USGP.

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11 minutes ago, kevwun said:

No summer breaking front in site, so I would expect it to be miserable.  It was hot as balls for a recent one also.

Yeah that's kinda what I've been thinking. Another big difference here will be the sun baking down on them. 84 at night vs 92 in the daytime is only 8 degrees difference, but the sun beating on you makes it much worse.

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6 hours ago, wood said:

Yep. And Alonso made 3 straight passes for points positions that they never showed replays of or even mentioned until several laps later. Crazy.  Woulda probably been pretty wild to actually see Alonso catching Lewis at the end there, too. My kid & I were watching the gap drop like crazy & he didn't believe me when I said it was gonna be close.

Saw that, too.  But didn't Lewis's brakes give out at the end of the race and he basically hobbled to the finish?

ETA...yes, yes they did and Lewis with the troll job. Lol.

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14 hours ago, wood said:

Oh, and all this talk about the 'brutal' heat, lol. Pfft. Race start temp was 84 degrees with 74% humidity. Not optimal, but far from the bloodbath they make it out to be. It's been pretty fucking hot here lately. Hotter than usual. They better hope it cools off for the USGP.

84*/74% is higher heat index than Houston noon today. Add that to a 140* cockpit under a firesuit.

George said he lost something like 8-10 lbs of weight due to sweat. This is the same as an MMA fighter does on their last day of weight cutting, where they're literally draped under blankets and biking in sweat suits to the point near exhaustion. 

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9 hours ago, MadTrapper said:

Saw that, too.  But didn't Lewis's brakes give out at the end of the race and he basically hobbled to the finish?

ETA...yes, yes they did and Lewis with the troll job. Lol.

I find an unwelcoming aspect of F1 spectating is how much information relevant to the competition is hidden beneath the surface and how little of it surfaces in broadcast TV.

If you watch just the race alone, you'll witness a handful of overtaking, and conclude how good drivers are based on the results table. Maybe the commentators will remark on a parts upgrade, or they'll share a snippet of the radio messages here or there. 

95% of the juicy stuff has to be gleaned from interviews with driver and team, and in the multiplexing premium F1 stream.  Like, Charles finished a respectable P6, but he was told throughout the ENTIRE race to lift and coast.  Hamilton was told a similar thing until his breaks failed. There are lots of corner-specific instructions that explains why someone went fast or slow or got passed and you'll just assume a driver is good/bad and never learn the true reason from broadcast or even reading recaps. 

 

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2 hours ago, 52-80 said:

84*/74% is higher heat index than Houston noon today. Add that to a 140* cockpit under a firesuit.

George said he lost something like 8-10 lbs of weight due to sweat. This is the same as an MMA fighter does on their last day of weight cutting, where they're literally draped under blankets and biking in sweat suits to the point near exhaustion. 

84/74 is a 91 heat index. Houston's 89/59 at noon today (per Weather Underground) is a 95 heat index. Small difference, but even if they were the same, I'd take the nighttime race there vs the daytime race here. I grew up in the Houston area & have spent a couple weeks in Thailand recently (pretty similar to Singapore), and there isn't too much between the two weather-wise. And re: the firesuit, I used to wear a much heavier, much less breathable one into fires in Austin, and I can tell you it was always worse in the daytime, even with slightly lower temps. Man, bunker gear soaks in the sunlight and holds heat like nobody's business. It's insane.

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