F1 fans?

[lefthack]

37 minutes ago, golfortennis said:

 

Mercedes won the championships, but you went into races, and seasons, not being certain if Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull would win.  Until Ferrari got caught cheating, that is.  It was competitive.  This is not competitive.  So you need to be real interested in mid field battles(thank you Kevin Magnussen for helping there), or a kid like Bearman needs to be in the field to keep things interesting.  BUt it's basically to the point  where the question is Does Max crash?  No? Then he wins.

 

It's Max. If he went to Mercedes, he would still win. Lewis was next level when he came in, now it's Max's turn. He will get bored in a few years and move on to GT3, then Charles, Lando and George can fight it out. 

 

But nobody at the front has been beating their teammate by 20+ seconds, that's just ridiculous. 

[lefthack]

[dcmidnight]

9 hours ago, golfortennis said:

 

Mercedes won the championships, but you went into races, and seasons, not being certain if Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull would win.  Until Ferrari got caught cheating, that is.  It was competitive.  This is not competitive.  So you need to be real interested in mid field battles(thank you Kevin Magnussen for helping there), or a kid like Bearman needs to be in the field to keep things interesting.  BUt it's basically to the point  where the question is Does Max crash?  No? Then he wins.

 

And this is how the broadcasts have been so far - two or three laps on Max pulling away...then its in depth coverage of will Logan Sargent finish in 19th place or not.

 

I would love to see some internal data tracking the lines the drivers are taking and if Max is really that much better or if its the car as well. Its to the point where as good as he is, the car is just miles better than the rest of the field.

[lefthack]

1 hour ago, dcmidnight said:

 

And this is how the broadcasts have been so far - two or three laps on Max pulling away...then its in depth coverage of will Logan Sargent finish in 19th place or not.

 

I would love to see some internal data tracking the lines the drivers are taking and if Max is really that much better or if its the car as well. Its to the point where as good as he is, the car is just miles better than the rest of the field.

 

I don't think Checo is as bad as Max makes him look. If he wasn't in the Red Bull, he would still be in the points, but he wouldn't be second in the championship.

 

I do think Max is a few tenths faster than the rest of the grid. He's a pure driver, he spends more time in his personal sim than anyone else spends in the factory sim. He just wants to drive fast and it shows. 

 

If you look at all 50 laps of the race, his lap times are tenths apart. His level of consistency is next level. 

 

Example. 🤣 

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3nlBZPot60/?igsh=MTE1b3Uzdjl5ZXp3Zw==

[golfortennis]

2 hours ago, dcmidnight said:

 

And this is how the broadcasts have been so far - two or three laps on Max pulling away...then its in depth coverage of will Logan Sargent finish in 19th place or not.

 

I would love to see some internal data tracking the lines the drivers are taking and if Max is really that much better or if its the car as well. Its to the point where as good as he is, the car is just miles better than the rest of the field.

 

I saw a really cool bit where they had Leclerc's on board, and then Max's ghost car placed in the picture, so you could see what he did vs Leclerc(this was for qualifying of course).  At least so far we haven't had 20 minutes worth of crowd shots....

 

It will never happen but it would be cool to see Max in a different car each week and see how much he can get out of each one.    

[golfortennis]

11 hours ago, lefthack said:

 

It's Max. If he went to Mercedes, he would still win. Lewis was next level when he came in, now it's Max's turn. He will get bored in a few years and move on to GT3, then Charles, Lando and George can fight it out. 

 

But nobody at the front has been beating their teammate by 20+ seconds, that's just ridiculous. 

 

It's primarily Max, yes, but Perez is at least 50/50 to finish second, i.e., beat the rest of the field.  The car is that good.  Yes Max, would put an Alpine on the podium, but he doesn't have to.

 

Hamilton didn't dominate like this, though,(and wasn't his first championship mired in controversy?).  

[lefthack]

25 minutes ago, golfortennis said:

 

I saw a really cool bit where they had Leclerc's on board, and then Max's ghost car placed in the picture, so you could see what he did vs Leclerc(this was for qualifying of course).  At least so far we haven't had 20 minutes worth of crowd shots....

 

It will never happen but it would be cool to see Max in a different car each week and see how much he can get out of each one.    

 

Yeah, like I've said, once Max hits the championship, he should have to swap cars with someone new every week. Maybe start at Haas and work up to Ferrari. 

 

Then you get to see what Hulk could do in the RB20 and maybe get his first podium. 🤣

[TiScape]

5 hours ago, lefthack said:

 

Yeah, like I've said, once Max hits the championship, he should have to swap cars with someone new every week. Maybe start at Haas and work up to Ferrari. 

 

Then you get to see what Hulk could do in the RB20 and maybe get his first podium. 🤣

The car swap idea is what it would take to get me back watching! Plz pm if that happens or when Max leaves for GP3! Thanks LH 😊

[lefthack]

1 minute ago, TiScape said:

The car swap idea is what it would take to get me back watching! Plz pm if that happens or when Max leaves for GP3! Thanks LH 😊

 

I bet a lot of folks would watch it. If he has the championship locked up, why not? Albon gets the Williams into Q3, I bet Max could get that pig on a podium. 

[Mrgreen36]

Max is the best driver given probably one of the best cars, but he would do well in anyone of them.  

 

Also to the boring part because max is so dominating currently, was it boring watching Tiger win everything he played in?   

[TiScape]

A lady friend that’s a big F1 fan swears some of the reason Max is so much faster than Perez in the same car is due to the fact the car is specifically engineered to what works best for Max 🤷🏼‍♂️

[TiScape]

6 minutes ago, Mrgreen36 said:

Max is the best driver given probably one of the best cars, but he would do well in anyone of them.  

 

Also to the boring part because max is so dominating currently, was it boring watching Tiger win everything he played in?   

I don’t have the ‘stats’ mostly bcs stats bore me, but I’d say Max is more dominant than Tiger ever was. I’ll also say for whatever reason, watching tournaments w/Tiger playing in his prime never bored me and current F1 does. Is what it is. 

Edited March 12, 2024 by TiScape

[lefthack]

12 minutes ago, Mrgreen36 said:

Max is the best driver given probably one of the best cars, but he would do well in anyone of them.  

 

Also to the boring part because max is so dominating currently, was it boring watching Tiger win everything he played in?   

 

I've never really watched golf on TV. I might catch highlights, but even when Tiger was playing in his prime it isn't something that holds my attention. My wife enjoyed watching him play and was a huge fan but she barely plays herself. 

 

Golf is something I can totally do myself, F1 is so well out of my grasp, the best I might ever get is the cruise to Monaco including race tickets. 

 

I like the strategy, the pit stops, the fights for points. Watching Albon fight through the pack is something I could watch all day. 

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[TiScape]

9 minutes ago, lefthack said:

 

I've never really watched golf on TV. I might catch highlights, but even when Tiger was playing in his prime it isn't something that holds my attention. My wife enjoyed watching him play and was a huge fan but she barely plays herself. 

 

Golf is something I can totally do myself, F1 is so well out of my grasp, the best I might ever get is the cruise to Monaco including race tickets. 

 

I like the strategy, the pit stops, the fights for points. Watching Albon fight through the pack is something I could watch all day. 

I’d say you are more the exception than the rule. Obviously a bigger audience would be had if different drivers won (I’d say more often, but it’s more like ever! 😝). I can assure you ESPN/Disney would love more parity at this point.

[lefthack]

🤣

[lefthack]

Could Max win in an Aston Martin?

 

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/why-aston-martin-could-beat-mercedes-f1-race-sign-verstappen/10587065/

[LeftDot]

How long until sportsbooks start offering TW-esque bets?

 

MV -5000

The Field +200

[TiScape]

On 3/13/2024 at 3:47 PM, lefthack said:

Could Max win in an Aston Martin?

 

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/why-aston-martin-could-beat-mercedes-f1-race-sign-verstappen/10587065/

IDK, but I would watch again if it happened just to find out! 

[lefthack]

I still think he can win even in the Mercedes.

 

 

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1045724/1/max-verstappen-quite-close-mercedes-deal-christian-horner-told-step-aside

Edited March 20, 2024 by lefthack

[lefthack]

Tonight is gonna be good. Everybody is going for Checo because they know iMax is still too fast. 

[iBanesto]

Congratulations to Sainz.

 

The comeback and pass on Verstappen early in the race was pure top class.

 

 

[TiScape]

I watched the entire race w/o FFWD and 

Max didn’t win!!!

 

[lefthack]

1 hour ago, TiScape said:

I watched the entire race w/o FFWD and 

Max didn’t win!!!

 

 

I said it as soon as Ferrari announced Hamilton that Carlos would be on fire. He said he still doesn't have a seat for next year, so he wants to show all the teams exactly what he can do.

 

The only other driver to win in the last 500 days. 🤣

Edited March 24, 2024 by lefthack

[lefthack]

Danny Ric given 2 races before giving his seat to Liam. Liam earned that seat last year. Now it's a fight for Checo's seat between Yuki and Liam. I'm still pulling for Yuki, he's awesome.

 

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1046206/1/daniel-ricciardo-given-two-race-ultimatum-liam-lawson-lined-miami

[lefthack]

Seems legit. Also George has crashed on either the first or last lap of each of Sainz's 3 F1 wins. 🤣

 

 

[iBanesto]

On 3/28/2024 at 3:16 AM, lefthack said:

Seems legit. Also George has crashed on either the first or last lap of each of Sainz's 3 F1 wins. 🤣

 

 

 

 

[lefthack]

I'm sure he totally lifted, but I don't think he intended George to put it into the wall, either. 🤣

[iBanesto]

On 3/29/2024 at 2:32 PM, lefthack said:

I'm sure he totally lifted, but I don't think he intended George to put it into the wall, either. 🤣

 

It's called racing no? 😅

 

[lefthack]

1 hour ago, iBanesto said:

 

It's called racing no? 😅

 

 

Yeah, I don't agree with the penalty for sure. Russell overreacted and hit the gravel, all bets are off after that.