F1 2025

[Diabolical]

Well then!
That was a fun qualifying! I have to wait until I get home to see how Fantasy went.

Best part of qualifying for me? The Williams!

Actually, no. The best part of Qualifying was seeing Yuki Tsunoda, in a Racing Bull, out qualify RBR's Liam Lawson by 13 places .

 

[RandomZero]

Yuki, seriously, so cool! Alex as well.

I think I figured out what's going on over at Red Bull, and I can't believe it has taken this long. Max's car is possessed, and it needs to siphon off the life force from the other car so that it can live. Seriously, that car just seems cursed.

Disappointed for the Merc and Ferrari boys, but it's encouraging to see Lewis getting better and better in that new car. Of course with the rain, and all these rookies, who knows what is going to happen. Exciting stuff!

 

[Cognac]

Yeah, the rain is hopefully going to cause maximum chaos!!!

 

[Tijger]

Yeah, the rain is hopefully going to cause maximum chaos!!!

And Max is going to win in the rain upsetting all the fantasy carts

 

[HydraShok]

Is there a way to see stats for the league, or just go through the teams one by one? It looks like there's a lot of McLaren love in this league!

Teams one by one, sadly. There's only the one filter to narrow down the view to a particular race, or you can see the stats for the entire season. The dropdown will populate as each race occurs.



You can also click on a particular driver or constructor to see the points breakdowns and some other stats.

 

[Diabolical]

checks scores
Pffft about what I expected .

 

[Kilkenny]

Of course, I make a couple of swaps based on FP1 & 2, and both drivers that were taken out outperformed their replacements. The usual fantasy league curse.

 

[HydraShok]

The top four for tomorrow.

 

[Diabolical]

Of course, I make a couple of swaps based on FP1 & 2, and both drivers that were taken out outperformed their replacements. The usual fantasy league curse.

Team ”Put me in, Coach!” scored 24! But that’s because I have Ferrari and Red Bull as my constructors .

8 Ball, on the other hand… I’m hoping it’s built for race pace, not single lap .

 

[Diabolical]

The top four for tomorrow.

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That gap from P2 to P3 is the same as the gap from P3 to P7, I think.

 

[HydraShok]

Team ”Put me in, Coach!” scored 24! But that’s because I have Ferrari and Red Bull as my constructors .

8 Ball, on the other hand… I’m hoping it’s built for race pace, not single lap .

Somewhat similar, but with McLaren and Red Bull. None of my drivers were points positive.

 

[Diabolical]

I am so freaking excited…. To go to work tonight and have to watch the race on replay!

…. Shit .

But I honestly have no idea who is going to win. None. Because of the wet, how wet, does it try, craziness. Should be fun!

 

[Technarch]

Even if it doesn't rain, the temperature change should result in much different car performance. Looks like a lot of teams were struggling with overheating softs for quali.

 

[jbode]

Carbon fiber everywhere.

Gonna be Brazil redux; Max wins with a 10-minute margin, one of the backmarkers (please be Sauber) rounds out the podium, nobody in the top 4 teams score points, Stroll beaches it on the formation lap, Sainz has a brilliant race only to be taken out by a wayward Lawson 5 laps from the end. At least 2 red flags over the course of the race.

Or not. Fuck if I know. But I'm betting the 8 Ball o' Chaos is positively humming today.

 

[waubers]

First time doing F1 Fantasy, and I'm not terribly upset by my quali results:


I should have read the rules though, had no clue you got points for overtakes and position changes, so I'm hoping Ocon and Bearman perform well enough to get into net positive points, and that Yuki and Albon manage not to hose me.

 

[RandomZero]

We have three of the same drivers, Yuki, Alex and Ollie, hoping the same thing. It is kinda funny to look at your team after quali and see negative points

 

[HydraShok]

That is a fun part of it. You can get more points if your driver starts in P20 and gets up to P18 than one that starts and finishes P10. (Though read the rules because it only counts on track passes — going past another driver that pits doesn’t count, for example.)

 

[Smeghead]

Massively happy to see Albon putting up a proper fight against Sainz. Overall, he’s seemed a little bit behind through the weekend so far, but he turned in a stellar last lap (as did Yuki). We’ll see how the race goes, but Williams are starting with two proper drivers for the first time in the better part of a decade. Maybe Aston Martin will sit up and take notice.

60 points out of the gates, so I’m pretty happy. If Ollie had just managed to turn in a timed lap, it would‘ve been 65…

That said, my Haas/Sauber team with Stroll at the helm scored -8, so there’s that…

 

[Diabolical]

But I'm betting the 8 Ball o' Chaos is positively humming today.

I had to put it in the freezer for a time-out!

 

[Cognac]

I'm thinking we spin off the fantasy chat into its own thread so that we can keep this one racing/drama related. It would also help to not alienate the folks who aren't participating, and also not get everyone confused about points or points.

 

[Cognac]

ArsClan F1 2025 Fantasy Chat

 

[rek]

Raining has been on and off since early morning, big rains now. Unfortunately no further big storms are on the radar forecast for the near future.

So, race.. weather conditions different to the other running days, a thoroughly cleaned up road surface, and a wet but drying track? Not so calamitous, but a lot better then sunny, boring and 28 degrees I guess.

 

[Cognac]

Raining has been on and off since early morning, big rains now. Unfortunately no further big storms are on the radar forecast for the near future.

So, race.. weather conditions different to the other running days, a thoroughly cleaned up road surface, and a wet but drying track? Not so calamitous, but a lot better then sunny, boring and 28 degrees I guess.

Wet but drying is ideal imo. Everyone starts out on inters, the occasional early shower makes it a bit dicey but not calamitous, and allows the really skilled drivers to shine. And then the teams can be really rewarded if they make the right strategy call.

 

[HydraShok]

F1 convinced me to upgrade my sub to F1 Premium - it was like $10 more for the year for Premium than the total monthly cost I was paying before. Not sure what the value is at the moment, but F1TV is one of the best deals going in terms of quality vs cost.

Almost time.

So how are you liking the upgrade so far?

 

[anuj]

The multiviewer interface is infuriating relative to the original method to switch feeds. But otherwise the UHD and the actual ability to multi view is pretty great.

 

[Elders of Krikkit]

F3 red flagged at lap 18 of 20 due to rain...F1 talking about start behind safety car...should be fun

 

[RandomZero]

Oh man, it is NASTY out there. Watcing the pre-race crew nearly getting blown away was pretty entertaining.

 

[Invid]

The multiviewer interface is infuriating relative to the original method to switch feeds. But otherwise the UHD and the actual ability to multi view is pretty great.

I have two windows open with one fullscreen and just unmute the one I want to listen to at any given point in time. Needless to say I typically watch races on my computer with dual monitors. In-cars and timing on the right, full screen TV feed on the left.

 

[NervousEnergy]

So how are you liking the upgrade so far?

UHD is nice. Haven't tried multi-view but that's up now.

Hadjar - man. Welcome to F1.

 

[Diabolical]

Before work setup. Working on pixel art. Timing on the left, main feed, a pair of drivers down there (Yuki and Lando), and the Track Map feed on the right.

Bummer Hadjar!

 

[Diabolical]

Oh man, Doohan!

 

[NervousEnergy]

I hope y'all in the Fantasy leagues were staying away from the rookies...

 

[Diabolical]

And Sainz!

 

[zAmboni]

....and Sainz

 

[zAmboni]

And Sainz!

 

[NervousEnergy]

OK, crash on the formation lap, crash on the first lap, and crash under yellow. What's left on the bingo card?

 

[zAmboni]

Looks like all three of them spun when they were on the white lines.

 

[Diabolical]

OK, crash on the formation lap, crash on the first lap, and crash under yellow. What's left on the bingo card?

Stroll beaching the car by himself for no reason?

 

[zAmboni]

LOL Leclerc

 

[Invid]

That Charles exchange was hilarious!