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93henfan wrote:Yeah, China was one of the most boring races in a long time with HAM leading wire to wire and nobody challenging. Ferrari couldn't even come up with a counter-strategy on tires to make it interesting. They must be freaking out in Maranello this week. Binotto not getting it done after the firing of Arrivabene. Could be a historically short tenure as Principal.

CAA Flagship wrote:

93henfan wrote:Yeah, China was one of the most boring races in a long time with HAM leading wire to wire and nobody challenging. Ferrari couldn't even come up with a counter-strategy on tires to make it interesting. They must be freaking out in Maranello this week. Binotto not getting it done after the firing of Arrivabene. Could be a historically short tenure as Principal.

I haven't seen that many vowels since seeing a class roster in high school.

BDKJMU wrote:Elliott wins at Talladega! His 4th career win in his 4th season..He was the last Chevy to win last year..

Was actually a pretty good crowd. I was surprised it looked pretty full at the start. Pretty good race, too.

93henfan wrote:Remainder of FP1 is cancelled at Baku after Charles Leclerc flips up a manhole cover and then George Russell drives over it and destroys the floor of his car. Another tough break for struggling Williams Racing.

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Ivytalk wrote:What a fucking corporatist joke today at Dover for the 50th anniversary race. My Lions Club ushering crew sits through the rainy day (under a tent, outside the grandstand) until the message comes over the official radio channel 3 that the race will start at 3:15 and the ushers should Report for duty. We had been saying all day that they should cancel because the Monster Mike would never dry out. But management pulled the drying trucks out. Politically incorrect Richard Petty says “Gentlemen, start your engines” (Danica is gone). The cars file out behind the pace cars at 4:00 and do a few slow laps, then they head for pit road. Rain comes back, and they postpone the thing after all at 4:15. All in the name of selling a few more overpriced hamburgers, souvenir pins, shot glasses, and other tchotchkes. Took us less than an hour to get out of the parking lot, because probably no more than 25,000 drunken butts were in the seats. SMMFH.

93henfan wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:What a **** corporatist joke today at Dover for the 50th anniversary race. My Lions Club ushering crew sits through the rainy day (under a tent, outside the grandstand) until the message comes over the official radio channel 3 that the race will start at 3:15 and the ushers should Report for duty. We had been saying all day that they should cancel because the Monster Mike would never dry out. But management pulled the drying trucks out. Politically incorrect Richard Petty says “Gentlemen, start your engines” (Danica is gone). The cars file out behind the pace cars at 4:00 and do a few slow laps, then they head for pit road. Rain comes back, and they postpone the thing after all at 4:15. All in the name of selling a few more overpriced hamburgers, souvenir pins, shot glasses, and other tchotchkes. Took us less than an hour to get out of the parking lot, because probably no more than 25,000 drunken butts were in the seats. SMMFH.

That's all on NASCAR (i.e. the France's). Dover Downs has no control over the start of the race. It's all NASCAR, and NASCAR doesn't get any of the burger money. NASCAR's only goal was to keep as many people watching FS1 as possible by not being forthcoming to TV viewers about the weather forecast (any yahoo with a smartphone knew that a second wave of rain was coming at 4 pm, which is why none of my group of 8 left Milford). So, they string it along and roll as many commercials as they can. They got in a solid three hours worth with the live broadcast and then rolled right into a replay of last year's race. NASCAR only answer to sponsors, and they met their commercial quota. Mission accomplished, cold, miserable local Lions Club members be damned.

93henfan wrote:Damn, Bottas is a man on a mission this year. Another pole over Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona.

I wasn't expecting this year's competition to be between teammates.

Ferrari looked like ass today. Very disappointing for the Wops.

SDHornet wrote:

93henfan wrote:Damn, Bottas is a man on a mission this year. Another pole over Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona.

I wasn't expecting this year's competition to be between teammates.

Ferrari looked like ass today. Very disappointing for the Wops.

Yup...and we get to see how Haas shits down their leg in another grand prix.

93henfan wrote:

SDHornet wrote: Yup...and we get to see how Haas shits down their leg in another grand prix.

I'd like to see Haas get up to the level of Red Bull. I'd also like to see them find an American driver. Then I could get on board.

SDHornet wrote:

93henfan wrote:
I'd like to see Haas get up to the level of Red Bull. I'd also like to see them find an American driver. Then I could get on board.

So should we just give the Constructors Cup to Mercedes already?

Haas with a not so bad showing, they almost crashed each other out though.

I think both Red Bull drivers pass Ferrari in the standings from here on out. Saw a vid basically saying Ferrari has no idea what to do to have a chance at catching MB.

93henfan wrote:

SDHornet wrote: So should we just give the Constructors Cup to Mercedes already?

Haas with a not so bad showing, they almost crashed each other out though.

I think both Red Bull drivers pass Ferrari in the standings from here on out. Saw a vid basically saying Ferrari has no idea what to do to have a chance at catching MB.

Ferrari made a strategic error in the off-season: they focused on straight line speed rather than downforce.

SDHornet wrote:

93henfan wrote:
Ferrari made a strategic error in the off-season: they focused on straight line speed rather than downforce.

I feel like there is an Italian tanks meme hidden somewhere in there...

Niki Lauda, who has died aged 70, was a three-time Formula 1 world champion, non-executive chairman of the world champion Mercedes team, and one of the biggest names in motorsport.

He was also a pilot and successful businessman, who set up two airlines and continued to occasionally captain their planes into his late 60s.

But he will be remembered most for the remarkable bravery and resilience he showed in recovering from a fiery crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the fearsome Nurburgring.

Lauda - leading the World Championship, having won his first title a year earlier - suffered third-degree burns to his head and face that left him scarred for life, inhaled toxic gases that damaged his lungs, and received the last rites in hospital.

Yet he returned to racing just 40 days later - finishing fourth in the Italian Grand Prix. By the end of the race, his unhealed wounds had soaked his fireproof balaclava in blood. When he tried to remove the balaclava, he found it was stuck to his bandages, and had to resort to ripping it off in one go.

It was one of the bravest acts in the history of sport...