The 2021 Formula One Thread

[harrybarracuda]

One drunk and one fucking idiot is enough in here on a Sunday.

Without adding another drunk idiot.

[hallelujah]

'Arry is really really mad.

Google Arsenal Football Club and you'll know why...

[helge]

Arsenal Football Club

Here:
FC Gunner Real

[Norton]

What a titanic waste of time

Saw it coming so switched off the TV and went to sleep.

[bsnub]

That was a complete farce, I am glad I went to bed.

[Backspin]

They postponed it and waited for a lucky break in the weather. And it never came. With the Womens crash and Lando Norris's crash at Eau Rouge , they couldn't go ahead with it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

The evac chopper wouldn't be able to take off when they needed it most

[harrybarracuda]

That was a complete farce, I am glad I went to bed.

If I'd bought a ticket and gone to the track I'd be fucking fuming.

And the way they kept people informed, or rather didn't....

[bsnub]

If I'd bought a ticket and gone to the track I'd be fucking fuming.

And the way they kept people informed, or rather didn't....

I agree and a real shameful day in F1 history imho.

[harrybarracuda]

I agree and a real shameful day in F1 history imho.

You missed the worst of it. The only way anyone found out what they were doing was when team radio was played showing teams asking WTF was going on!

[VocalNeal]

But You are so happy that the Americans are in control. Twat.

American series don't race in the rain.

[Shutree]

I agree and a real shameful day in F1 history imho.

Agreed. The only F1 race ever without any competitive racing. As Lewis Hamilton said, the fans deserve to get their money back.

[bsnub]

American series don't race in the rain.

Not on ovals because that would be suicide, but they do on road courses.

As Lewis Hamilton said, the fans deserve to get their money back.

They sure do.

[helge]

Do we agree that it wasn't safe to race ?

As Lewis Hamilton said, the fans deserve to get their money back.

There is that

[harrybarracuda]

Agreed. The only F1 race ever without any competitive racing. As Lewis Hamilton said, the fans deserve to get their money back.

By doing two laps behind the safety car and getting a "result" they could have got anyway from Q3, it gets them out of having to refund people because they have contractually provided "racing".

Fucking shocking and I hope there is a concerted campaign to boycott Spa after this. Maybe that will make them change their minds.

[VocalNeal]

So...can we all agree now, that IndyCar is way better ?

You are joking? Right?

Indy is a cheap mass produced copy

What next? NASCAR? Shake N' Bake baby.

World Of Outlaws? maybe.

[helge]

You are joking?

No ?

Indy is a cheap mass produced copy

Since you provide the 'plusses' yourself

May the best man win

[harrybarracuda]

You are joking? Right?

No, he's just an idiot.

[harrybarracuda]

Mad Max demonstrates a notable disconnect from reality!

“Of course it’s a win but it’s not how you want to win. I think today big credit goes to all the fans around the track, to stay here the whole day in the rain, in the cold, windy conditions, so I think they are actually the bigger winners today.”

[harrybarracuda]

[Backspin]

Agreed. The only F1 race ever without any competitive racing. As Lewis Hamilton said, the fans deserve to get their money back.

Fuck lewis Hamilton. He should be fined for spouting off like a dick head

[Backspin]

Do we agree that it wasn't safe to race ?



There is that

*crickets*

Especially after Vettel was preaching about how dangerous it was. And then the womens series crash. They couldn't race. The evac helicopter couldn't take off. They couldn't race Monday or reschedule it completely. So they did this. There was nothing else they could do

[Backspin]

You are joking? Right?

Indy is a cheap mass produced copy

What next? NASCAR? Shake N' Bake baby.

World Of Outlaws? maybe.

Nah that's hogwash. Technology isn't linear. All the low hanging fruit was picked by Y2k. The economics of racing and technology is pointing everyone in the direction of more spec. Everyone can see how much of a dead end it is for teams to be spending 100 million on aero just for a miniscule leg up.

And its not about pure speed either because the 2005 cars hold a lot of the track records still. F1 will never be a spec series but they will keep trending in that direction because if they don't , the size of the field will keep shrinking.

Plus Indycar had a civil war from 1979 to 2008. If not for the civil war , Indy probably would still have 3-4 chassis and more engines. It was their own fault but I can see a civil war brewing in F1 right now.

Greenwashers have taken control of the direction of F1. Hybrid electric , "sustainable" fuels. They want to go full electric eventually. Then maybe sustainable tires made of recycled bottles. Then maybe diversity quotas.

Not all the teams like Red Bull are gonna go along with this eco-SJW direction. They will eventually draw a line. And if it gets bad enough , they will break away with a few other teams and start their own series.

[harrybarracuda]

Skiddy triggered again.

[Backspin]

Skiddy triggered again.

You're not up for all electric F1 are you ..

[Backspin]

Rumor has it that Romain Grosjean will sign with Andretti Autosport for a full time seat. A top 3 Indycar team.

That would be money. Grosjean is fast and agressive. Never a dull moment with him behind the wheel.

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