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That color suits him.
Duracells are getting enshittified, though not as badly as Energizers. I've had better luck with Panasonics lately.
As for the livery, here's the thing: blue on black with copper trim could be an awesome color scheme. Put copper highlights on the front wing tips and a copper pinstripe down the side to tie it all together and it would be beautiful. Otherwise that copper intake just clashes and looks stupid.
Just personal experience with new batteries dying long before their expiration date, or 'leakproof' batteries leaking and destroying the devices they're installed in.
I'm curious as to whether there are any Duracells in the car anywhere.
Kick Sauber: Still like the black and green, not a fan of the gradient. It looks like it drove through a cloud of green paint.
Williams: Like the subtle blue gradient, too bad about that fucking battery
Ferrari: The white stripe is like the battery, but worse
McLaren: Those fucking google logos
RB: Fuck Oracle
Alpine: This livery is only for the Miami race... right? Right?
Racing Bulls: Best Crash App scheme so far
Williams: Like the subtle blue gradient, too bad about that fucking battery
Ferrari: The white stripe is like the battery, but worse
McLaren: Those fucking google logos
RB: Fuck Oracle
Alpine: This livery is only for the Miami race... right? Right?
Racing Bulls: Best Crash App scheme so far
That's actually really nice, and I'm not a fan of purple at all.
Really weird to see a Holden make racing vehicle.
Ferrari 2025. Click for 4x the size. I did two versions - one based on the launch livery they showed us where it looks dark maroon, and one where it’s closer to what we see on track.
Launch:
Image from Ferrari, click to embiggen.
Versus the ‘On Track’ version we see, which is MUCH more traditional Rosso Corsa.
Here’s Lewis in the SF25 at Albert Park:
Much more red.
I personally REALLY prefer the on track version.
Visually I like the darker red, but it doesn't look like a Ferrari.
Even the bright red scheme isn't red enough with the white wings and black skirts. Really just not a fan of red, white, and black.
You know what I'd like to see? A 'vintage' F1 race with all the old ads around the track. Stuff from Agip and Magneto Marelli (not sure I got that right lol) and Dunlop etc... None of that Rolex crap or the Aramco sportwashing BS. Even better if they broadcast with a vintage 70s filter too
We could do this at Monaco. For that real vintage feel we force the cars to run with no wings. Race might be interesting then
That would have been really interesting. But since it didn't happen they engineered a brake failure to generate some drama.
Good race for Haas. Bearman had an entertaining charge up the board on the mediums, and Ocon's invisibility spell is still intact.
Good race for Haas. Bearman had an entertaining charge up the board on the mediums, and Ocon's invisibility spell is still intact.
The problem is that the RB2 seat destroys driver confidence and careers, and it's hard to think of a driver I hate enough to put in it. Except maybe Max.
After some consideration, I think that if Lawson gets demoted, then the seat should go to Hulkenberg. Not that I hate Hulkenberg, at all, but there are indications he's a really good driver who just hasn't gotten a shot in a competitive car.
That said, I'm not sure the RB2 is a competitive car. But it's surely competitiver than Sauber or Haas.
So it is. Well shit, now my fantasy team has to languish in the basement for a whole nother week.
It's actually not that bad--if Yuki succeeds in the demon car, he'll make Horner look like a racist idiot all season long. And if he fails, it means the car really is a shitbox and Horner still looks like an idiot for designing exclusively around Max.
No, he was probably out of F1 after this year unless he got a chance to prove himself. And he's been making noises all along that he wanted the demon ride, so it was always really unlikely that he would turn it down.
Yeah he'd be perfect for that seat, still competitive with lots of experience in adjusting the car and bonus money besides. Hard to think of a better choice for getting the new team off the ground. LeClerc or Russell maybe but I don't see them leaving their teams anytime soon.
I don't know why but Haas has special livery for Japan. From the /r/formula1 thread:
This might be the most attractive paint scheme I've ever seen on a race car.
This might be the most attractive paint scheme I've ever seen on a race car.
I wound up reading more about Haas and I had no idea Guenther Steiner had been replaced by Komatsu. I might have to credit Haas with a little more upside.
Really wish they'd bring Guenther back in some role, though. Like chief publicist.
So much noise around Yuki's (excellent) FP1 that I can't find any feedback on anyone else's FP1, aside from the raw results.
I just watched the video and came here to ask if that crash was even his fault. The rear end departed extremely abruptly.
And now I guess there's a grass fire on the track, so that's a point in favor of moving the race away from cherry blossom season...
Apparently Doohan found that that turn was drivable without DRS in the sim, so he tried it on track. I wonder if he mentioned it to anyone else on the team before he tried it. And I wonder how detailed the sim is.
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