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Incorrect. 2020, 2021 and 2022 weren't real years and also some other math. Really thought we'd signed him when the current regime came in tbh.

Stole him from a smaller academy two years ago for a small fee, paid him small wages for two years and sold him for £20m. I hope all of our academy business goes that well, if it does we'll be able to fund the first team just from that.

Alonso's reaction to the absolute devastation he's caused for Otmar and Alpine. Legend.

What an absolute s**tshow. The new regulations have even made silly season better

Really highlights how far in the bag Leclerc had that race if not for the extra pitstop onto hards. Binnotto went from telling Crofty live on air that they weren't even worried about Verstappen's pace to pretending after the race that they never had any chance of winning it.

Seems Piastri's contract could be more complicated than just getting whatever Alpine give him. He could go to McLaren with Ric back to Alpine. Norris and Piastri is a great potential long term line up

Maybe, depends on what contract Piastri has signed with them. Gasly is in a very weird position. Long term he'd definitely be best getting out of the RB stable but currently it's hard to find another seat and he's good enough to beat anyone they could put in as his teammate.

Piastri is Alpine's reserve driver, the reigning F2 champion and one of the few to win F3 and F2 back to back at the first attempt for each. The others to do it IIRC are Hamilton, Leclerc and Russell so illustrious company. Its already a big shame he hasn't got a seat this year, if he doesn't get that seat someone will steal him.

I didn't even notice Sainz was missing. Mr consistent has sort of become Mr forgettable. Maybe a tad harsh to put him below Norris when they were perfectly evenly matched for multiple seasons in a row.

And they don't need his money anymore really after the buyout. Could be only Stroll left as a proper pay driver next season. I know Zhou has some kind of backing but it's not his family it's because he's genuinely quick. I was skeptical of him but he's proved me wrong.

Good that Piastri finally gets a seat but I think Williams might ditch Latifi for someone who is good (probably Sergeant) and make the most of the fact that they are actually in touching distance of the midfield in some races.

Latifi is worse than Stroll by a distance imo. Max Lewis Leclerc -------------- Norris Alonso Russell -------------- Gasly Ocon Perez Vettel Bottas Albon ------------ Ricciardo ----------- KMag Yuki Zhou Mick ------------ Stroll ----------- Latifi ------------ Unthinkable that Ricciardo would be that low just a few seasons ago but here we are.

Leclerc has dropped a few points but he's clearly in the elite group with those two imo. I'm not even sure a lot of the points he's dropped are on him. For example the spin last week was very similar to the spins the Mercs both had in quali in Austria and the spin Verstappen had this weekend. I think the current generation of cars are vulnerable to sudden snap oversteer when the ground effect gets compromised. Meanwhile Ferrari have **** up race after race, even a race he won he had to do 10 laps with the accelerator sticking down. Leclerc hammered Vettel and is hammering Sainz, he's probably the best qualifier on the grid and is very good at overtaking.

No amount of good driving could overcome calls like going on to the hards yesterday. Leclerc even specifically requested mediums and they ignored him. They are literally the laughing stock of the paddock. Alonso at Ferrari was as good as Max and Hamilton are now and they had a competitive car but all he's got to show for his time there is the thousand yard stare meme.

I don't think they ever had too bad of a relationship irl. That moment of them laughing at Ferrari's strategy was great though. Ferrari are going to finish 3rd in the WCC despite having the fastest car for most races. Legendary buffoonery.

I thought they were lucha libre masks. Iirc he had a cameo appearance in a Mexican wrestling event before the GP there one year.

Really annoys me when the media try to downplay it like that. Armed, masked man has favourable banking transaction with teller

Reading through the start of this thread I didn't notice its age at first and my suspicion wasn't raised after seeing that there was predictions of fusion ignition being less than two years away. Turns out the thread is 8 years old and fusion ignition is just going to be perpetually two years away for ever. Kind of disheartening.

#Heardle #136 ️️️️️ https://www.heardle.app I know this because a lad in my year at school decided to enter himself into a talent show lip syncing to this song and it was so excruciating that it has become a core memory. He held a fake mic so you couldn't even see his lips.

I'll be honest, I cheered when Schumacher crashed at Silverstone as I was a Hakkinen fan. In my defence though I was 9. It is a bit childish.

Another race and another 5 car battle. Love these regulations, imagine when we're a few seasons into them and the performance has really converged.

Probably true but he did win the F2 title and has beaten Magnussen on pure pace today. He got a helping hand to get there but he's no pay driver.

Wordle 383 3/6

Wordle 382 5/6 How on earth did you get that one so quickly? Impressive

5 cars from 5 different constructors separated by about 1 second with about 5 overtakes over the course of 1 lap. It's like go karting at 180mph, the stuff we've all dreamed of. The bizarre hatred and/or love for certain drivers in this thread aside, I feel like this clip encapsulates what is so great about the new regulations and the reason why I fangirl over only one person in F1 at the moment; Ross Brawn.