Farlz Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Fernando Alonso, my word. This sport will be far worse off when he finally retires. Absolutely phenomenal drive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 I’m not sure how Perez isn’t getting top 2 every race considering how immense that Red Bull is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villatillidie95 Posted November 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2023 I'm off to Vegas next monday for the GP. It's the day after the fulham game and luckily whilst im over there im not going to miss any villa games. gonna wear my shirt on GP day and hopefully they show the england games in the sports bar at hotel. I really want it to be a competitive race, I don't want Red Bull to dominate. Looking forward to the entetainment that they have over the 3 days, and i have got tickets to see rod stewart at caesars palace which i can't wait for im hoping i appear on tv during teds notebook after the race XD 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 8, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2023 A cracking 3 races for AlphaTauri recently. 16pts added to the 5 they had for the entirety of the rest of the season. 10th up to 8th and now they have Williams in their sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 8, 2023 On 05/11/2023 at 21:57, Villatillidie95 said: I'm off to Vegas next monday for the GP. It's the day after the fulham game and luckily whilst im over there im not going to miss any villa games. gonna wear my shirt on GP day and hopefully they show the england games in the sports bar at hotel. I really want it to be a competitive race, I don't want Red Bull to dominate. Looking forward to the entetainment that they have over the 3 days, and i have got tickets to see rod stewart at caesars palace which i can't wait for im hoping i appear on tv during teds notebook after the race XD That will be immense mate. I'm not sure for the TV viewer it's going to be a particularly exciting race, given the circuit, but to be there in person for the spectacle of it will be incredible. Have an awesome time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 8, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2023 They're saying it might be the coldest race in F1 history, so, eh, wear the winter woollies maybe But it should be a fantastic experience 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 It sounds amazing, and ludicrously expensive in equal measure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Cheers all, im looking forward to it. The last time i was in vegas was november 2021 and i went for a tech conference there (AWS) and it was so so hot, i think at the time in the uk it was freezing and when i was dropped off to birmingham airport it was -10 and i had to walk through that stupid tunnel thing to get to the main terminal, my hand felt like it was going to fall off. and due to all the covid stuff i had to wear a mask all the way from birmingham to amsterdam and then from amsterdam to LAX and again from lax to harry reid vegas haha. they also had the aircon on due to covid so it was freezing, anyways i ended up wearing this huge puffer coat style jacket and when i finally got to LAX i was standing outside the airport smoking in this huge jacket at what felt like 30+ degrees, i got funny looks Everything was a lot cheaper than i was expecting tbh, staying at the excalibur hotel for 10 nights, return flights including hotel stay for 10 nights is just under £2000 for 2 of us. obvs it can add up a bit over there and will need to get food and tip etc, but for the formula 1 it was $416 per ticket for 3 days general grandstand entry, for that you get all the qualifications and practices and then the race day itself. All of the entertainment is included too, they have kylie minogue, nile rogers etc, however i really wanted to go and see rod stewart so ended up paying $70 for decent seats at caesars which imo is very cheap to see a legend. Then there is that new MSG Sphere i want to check out for $45, then the aquarium/sea life centre thing, flamingo wildlife zone in the hotel is free. a few dj's i might check out there too, overall its surprising how affordable it is. However there is loads of fringe events going on where you can meet and greet the teams, that is way out of my league and i wont be doing any of that stuff, that is where the thing will add up, i imagine a lot of the high rollers will go to those and probably stay for the aws conference the weak after too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Villatillidie95 said: Cheers all, im looking forward to it. The last time i was in vegas was november 2021 and i went for a tech conference there (AWS) and it was so so hot, i think at the time in the uk it was freezing and when i was dropped off to birmingham airport it was -10 and i had to walk through that stupid tunnel thing to get to the main terminal, my hand felt like it was going to fall off. and due to all the covid stuff i had to wear a mask all the way from birmingham to amsterdam and then from amsterdam to LAX and again from lax to harry reid vegas haha. they also had the aircon on due to covid so it was freezing, anyways i ended up wearing this huge puffer coat style jacket and when i finally got to LAX i was standing outside the airport smoking in this huge jacket at what felt like 30+ degrees, i got funny looks Everything was a lot cheaper than i was expecting tbh, staying at the excalibur hotel for 10 nights, return flights including hotel stay for 10 nights is just under £2000 for 2 of us. obvs it can add up a bit over there and will need to get food and tip etc, but for the formula 1 it was $416 per ticket for 3 days general grandstand entry, for that you get all the qualifications and practices and then the race day itself. All of the entertainment is included too, they have kylie minogue, nile rogers etc, however i really wanted to go and see rod stewart so ended up paying $70 for decent seats at caesars which imo is very cheap to see a legend. Then there is that new MSG Sphere i want to check out for $45, then the aquarium/sea life centre thing, flamingo wildlife zone in the hotel is free. a few dj's i might check out there too, overall its surprising how affordable it is. However there is loads of fringe events going on where you can meet and greet the teams, that is way out of my league and i wont be doing any of that stuff, that is where the thing will add up, i imagine a lot of the high rollers will go to those and probably stay for the aws conference the weak after too Sounds amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Coincidentally just seen this online The track on the left is the old one used in 1981, 1982. The track on the right is what they will use next week. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Upcoming Brawn documentry "The impossible Formula 1 Story" is going to be worth a watch for F1 fans, narrated by Keanu Reeves, who I actually met when I was at the Mercedes factory, huge F1 fan. Anyway, Ross Brawn is a bloody genius, up there with that wizard Adrian Newey. Apparently in the season his team won the Championship, due to budgets they only had 3 cars and not many spares, no spare chassis, so needed Barichello and Button to drive out of there skins, but never to have any big accidents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Genie said: Coincidentally just seen this online The track on the left is the old one used in 1981, 1982. The track on the right is what they will use next week. Wow! They are almost identical. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2023 So apparently AlphaTauri will be running a Gundam in Vegas. Not sure how that fits in to the rules but there we are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2023 18 hours ago, Chindie said: So apparently AlphaTauri will be running a Gundam in Vegas. Not sure how that fits in to the rules but there we are. Is a Gundam a big robot thing? Max will complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 10, 2023 12 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Is a Gundam a big robot thing? Max will complain. Its a fictional mech, yes. Its one of the most bizarre marketing tie ups ever. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 11, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2023 They've even made a special edition model. The PG Unleashed RX-78-2 looks good in AlphaTauri colours and custom decals. Unfortunately it's a one off. Bizarre. Though I guess AlphaTauri would take any money they can get and if Bandai want to cash in on them having a Japanese driver, everyone's a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Quote Experience the dazzling Las Vegas Grand Prix in EA SPORTS™ F1® 23 from November 16th to November 20th, for free. Play on PlayStation®, Xbox or PC*. Drive Las Vegas GP for free during the GP weekend ea.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 08/11/2023 at 18:32, Genie said: Coincidentally just seen this online The track on the left is the old one used in 1981, 1982. The track on the right is what they will use next week. The layout for this season's seems quite dull. But not being in a car park is a big positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 13, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 13, 2023 We're going to spend several days talking about the sphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: The layout for this season's seems quite dull. But not being in a car park is a big positive Looks like lots of DRS overtakes will be on the cards Edited November 13, 2023 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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