Grand Prix already exists. It's a bit slow in places but definitely worth checking out for anyone that hasn't seen it.
I like watching F2 and F3 - sometimes those races are far better than F1. Though the danger level also seems quite a bit higher despite the lower speeds. Not quite as good, younger, certain they're immortal, and very, very hungry.
Eearly days, but Russell Mercedes is looking super stable at the moment. Lawson in the Red Bull is having a tough time of it. Hadjar and Tsunoda both looking pretty decent.
And gum leaves everywhere on track making it look like there's debris from a crash that still needs cleaning up.
And gum leaves everywhere on track making it look like there's debris from a crash that still needs cleaning up.
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James Garner > Brad Pitt.
Watched the first few minutes of the weekend warmup with Jolyon, Lawrence, Alex, Ruth, and Laura, and ... I didn't realize Alex Jacques was such a wee puppet man. Dude can't be over five feet tall. Just absolutely doesn't fit the voice.
All the rookies look like high school sophomores to me, except Antonelli who looks like an eighth-grader. I can't believe they're driving machines that cost more than I'll make in my entire career.
Up to 16 teams on the ArsGrid.
Having FP1 on Thursday evening was a nice start to the year.
Having what seems to be the preferred racing line throw gravel all over the track is going to be.... interesting... (Turn 6, I think?)
Having FP1 on Thursday evening was a nice start to the year.
Having what seems to be the preferred racing line throw gravel all over the track is going to be.... interesting... (Turn 6, I think?)
The RB livery looks hot on track, and the cars look ... reasonably fast? Of course it's free practice which means dick, but -- RB and Williams look in really good shape.
Yeah that car really pops, and Yuki driving the hell out of it. The Mercs looks aawesome from the overhead views, the livery that is. That green along the top/outer edge of the side pods really pops. Kimi A. is fun to watch, he really throws that car around, and the Merc is looking like it can handle it. Sounds like today's sessions are going to be even warmer though, so we'll see how things play out. Nice to see Lewis improving as he gets more time inside the car also.
Interesting start to the year. Is it too late to add '"Lawson gets booted and Ricciardo gets a call up for the Red Bull seat"' to my crazy predictions for the year? 
Tsunoda and Hadjar both looked really tight this afternoon. As did the McLarens are the Ferraris. Will be very interesting to see it playv out tomorrow. And will it be worth picking someone you might think is out of position fit the overtake points?
Tsunoda and Hadjar both looked really tight this afternoon. As did the McLarens are the Ferraris. Will be very interesting to see it playv out tomorrow. And will it be worth picking someone you might think is out of position fit the overtake points?
Interesting start to the year. Is it too late to add '"Lawson gets booted and Ricciardo gets a call up for the Red Bull seat"' to my crazy predictions for the year?
Tsunoda and Hadjar both looked really tight this afternoon. As did the McLarens are the Ferraris. Will be very interesting to see it playv out tomorrow. And will it be worth picking someone you might think is out of position fit the overtake points?
Second practice is probably a little late for sandbagging from Red Bull - more likely setup experimentation. I'm pretty sure the Danny Ric train has left the station, but Tsunoda looks like he's driving for an unexpected mid season promotion.
Sam Collins after FP2: "Ollie Bearman, he doesn't have a representative time because he redesigned the car in Free Practice 1....."
I LOL'd hard enough to get weird looks from coworkers.
I LOL'd hard enough to get weird looks from coworkers.
I still have $1M, but there aren't any moves I can make without compromising something else. It gets really interesting later in the year when drivers and constructors start changing prices.
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.
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.
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Ars Legatus Legionis
HEAVILY arguing with myself endlessly on whether I want to submit to the Great God Of Evil and give over money to the Foetid Corporate Zombie-Corpose of Sky....... deeply conflicted.
It does appear they are cheaper this year - £35/month with ads, £40/month without, which includes Netflix which we already pay for, so really a £29/month upgrade. But then that is a 24 month contract(!!!) Sky now do montly contracts, but that's a £7 premium. And it wasn't clear on an initial view of their site if those prices are just for SD. You know, "standard definition" aka 'square telly'. FFS. Need to check that. They are pretty slick with dangling nice and "cheap" add-ons but once you choose every one that makes sense suddenly your bill is EPIC.
Need to see if PooTV have got with the times and off PVR functionality or if its just a live stream. =/
I want to be there to see my boy Lewis embaress LeClerc on the day, but... fuck it, sport isn't for the masses any more. It's an exploitative corporate fuckfest designed from the core to extract as much wealth as possible. Yes, I'm old and jaded and I miss ten years ago. Sky F1 was still cool then...
It does appear they are cheaper this year - £35/month with ads, £40/month without, which includes Netflix which we already pay for, so really a £29/month upgrade. But then that is a 24 month contract(!!!) Sky now do montly contracts, but that's a £7 premium. And it wasn't clear on an initial view of their site if those prices are just for SD. You know, "standard definition" aka 'square telly'. FFS. Need to check that. They are pretty slick with dangling nice and "cheap" add-ons but once you choose every one that makes sense suddenly your bill is EPIC.
Need to see if PooTV have got with the times and off PVR functionality or if its just a live stream. =/
I want to be there to see my boy Lewis embaress LeClerc on the day, but... fuck it, sport isn't for the masses any more. It's an exploitative corporate fuckfest designed from the core to extract as much wealth as possible. Yes, I'm old and jaded and I miss ten years ago. Sky F1 was still cool then...
Small payment (can't remember think it's about £35 a year) to a service like Smart DNS Proxy and you can have F1TV for like £6 per month
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.
Threw my hat into the ring. However, if Corner Gas TPB F1 Racing wins I'll have to question whether everyone else is a just bot...
Be strong. Stick with the Channel 4 highlights. You won't miss anything compared to Sky.
I did get a little chuckle out of this:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR4uDqRzRUM
Edit: usual please-share-videos-but-not-that-way nonsense from yt...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR4uDqRzRUM
Edit: usual please-share-videos-but-not-that-way nonsense from yt...
That's so good. Really get a kick out of Lewis sometimes, and love seeing these drivers showing us their sense of humor like that.
Season hasn't even started and I dropped Bearman and picked up Hadjar due to how the first two practices went. Which probably means Bearman is going to have a stellar race. Not that it matters, I've mostly picked what I want to happen not what I think is mostly likely to happen.
Based off some comments here, I'm guessing my lineup is pretty similar to some others.
Also, I haven't finished the new DtS season yet, but it's made me like Lawson even less so far.
Based off some comments here, I'm guessing my lineup is pretty similar to some others.
Also, I haven't finished the new DtS season yet, but it's made me like Lawson even less so far.
Because the F1 Fantasy site front end seems to often forget that I already have teams and have joined leagues?
Here’s the straight link to the teams page for ease of management.
https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/my-team
Here’s the straight link to the teams page for ease of management.
https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/my-team
Thank you for that link!
I have him as one of mine also, but I'm just going to stick it out and see what happens.
I have The Bearman on one team - it’s full of the rookies (or near-rookies). I’ve called it, “Put me in, Coach!”
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He may just want to go back to bed and pretend the season really starts in China. Australia is just a fever dream.
I did all that work on Piastri’s new helmet, and he goes and has a one off green/yellow one done for his home race 
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.I did all that work on Piastri’s new helmet, and he goes and has a one off green/yellow one done for his home race
There are so many one off helmets now, you could spend a month of Sundays trying to catch up.
Yeah, I have him in too. Once I'd picked my constructors (take a wild guess), I was kind of hamstrung on the cost cap. Putting him in got me to within $200k of the limit, and at the time I thought he was going to be a bargain. It's weird seeing him go Full Logie as it's not the first time he's driven for Haas, and he did amazingly well when he subbed for Sainz.
For giggles I have another team that's built on top of Haas and Sauber, and Stroll was the top pick.
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!
Also, Verstappen is an expensive buy at the start of the season. Tough to justify that spend one just him.
I'm happy with 58 points to start off.
I have an emergencyAs I refuse to give Murdoch a single red cent (so Foxtel/Kayo are out), and the evil bastard also locked out Australians from getting proper F1 TV; and with recent developments in torrent land, I have no means to get my F1 fix. What are my options?
I am guessing the solution is some permutation along the lines of "use a VPN, register an overseas F1TV account, and watch through the VPN". Any suggestions or recommendations? Any problems in using an Australian credit card to register an overseas F1 account?
I think for this weekend's purposes I'll grab a 7 day free trial of Kayo, but I need to find a solution to this pronto.