Stevo985 Posted November 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, Genie said: Looks like lots of DRS overtakes will be on the cards It'll be boring as **** to be fair. But they're not interested in a good race. They just want the spectacle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 16, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2023 As fake, one off and irrelevant as the Vegas race is on the grand scheme of things, I will totally be tuning in to it at 6am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Quote Red Bull's Max Verstappen says this weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix is "99% show and 1% sporting event". The triple world champion said he is "not looking forward" to the razzmatazz around the race, the first time Formula 1 cars have raced down the city's famous Strip. link Its not helped by the fact the championship was wrapped up ages ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) Someone needs to remind Max where the money to pay his giant salary comes from... Edited November 16, 2023 by villa89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 13:12, Stevo985 said: It'll be boring as **** to be fair. But they're not interested in a good race. They just want the spectacle So is pretty much every race, this one won't be much different except it will look a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Just now, villa89 said: Someone needs to remind Max where the money to pay his giant salary comes from... Whilst true, a large part of an F1 weekend has always been “show”, in the last couple of years it’s getting to the point they could probably cancel the race and people wouldn’t notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 7 minutes ago, Genie said: it’s getting to the point they could probably cancel the race and people wouldn’t notice. That's because the races are so boring but they seem more interested in adding gimmicks than fixing that obvious problem. The press Triangle to overtake the car in front of you button on the steering wheel was their last "brilliant" idea to make racing more exciting. Maybe bring back kerbs that aren't flat, run off areas that aren't tarmac and re-fuelling. That might be a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 20 minutes ago, villa89 said: That's because the races are so boring but they seem more interested in adding gimmicks than fixing that obvious problem. The press Triangle to overtake the car in front of you button on the steering wheel was their last "brilliant" idea to make racing more exciting. Maybe bring back kerbs that aren't flat, run off areas that aren't tarmac and re-fuelling. That might be a start. Some form of Refuelling would solve a lot of the problems imo. Its the only strategic element they can add or bring back that isn't artificially influencing the races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 16, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2023 2 hours ago, villa89 said: Someone needs to remind Max where the money to pay his giant salary comes from... He's only saying what everyone else is, and he's right. I'm sure he's perfectly aware where his salary comes from, which is why he'll turn up and do his job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 16, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, BOF said: He's only saying what everyone else is, and he's right. I'm sure he's perfectly aware where his salary comes from, which is why he'll turn up and do his job. You could argue that attending the parties of the larger sponsors of his company is part of his job, even though it's not in his contract. Although frankly, I can't imagine any party has ever been improved because Max has arrived. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 16, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said: You could argue that attending the parties of the larger sponsors of his company is part of his job, even though it's not in his contract. Although frankly, I can't imagine any party has ever been improved because Max has arrived. I'd definitely argue that people don't like what Max says, because people don't like Max Rather than what's been said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2023 Being a clearing in the woods will do that for you, I should know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 16, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2023 12 minutes ago, BOF said: I'd definitely argue that people don't like what Max says, because people don't like Max Rather than what's been said. Yeah, I get that and there's definitely some truth in it - but I suspect part of the reason people don't like Max is that he's alway the one saying those things out loud. The others seem to have enough self awareness not to constantly whinge about every tiny inconvenience. In the greater scheme of things "Oh, no, I have to go to a party to help justify my £700k a week job, it's such an imposition" is the sort of thing most of us would have enough sense to keep to our inner monologue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said: Yeah, I get that and there's definitely some truth in it - but I suspect part of the reason people don't like Max is that he's alway the one saying those things out loud. The others seem to have enough self awareness not to constantly whinge about every tiny inconvenience. In the greater scheme of things "Oh, no, I have to go to a party to help justify my £700k a week job, it's such an imposition" is the sort of thing most of us would have enough sense to keep to our inner monologue. I reckon more people than just Max say the controversial things, but it’s news when the 3x world champion says it. Everything Lewis used to say and do was news… not so much now. Edited November 16, 2023 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 17, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2023 I see practice went well then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Let’s pray nobody gets seriously injured in one of these oversights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2023 I mean it looked amazing... for 9 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Obviously it’s very unlikely, but imagine if they couldn’t race for some reason. It would be carnage, and in the US as well (after last time and the farce with the tyres). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 17, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2023 Oh it goes without saying that I don't want anyone getting hurt. But I will thoroughly enjoy this whole cynical experiment blowing up in their paymasters' faces at massive cost and embarrassment. I want to watch a (figurative, not literal) massive car crash where no-one actually gets hurt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 farcical about not dropping the penalty for Sainz. Make up and manipulate the result of an entire F1 championship season - yes yes yes, agonise about no rule in the book to drop an absurd penalty for Sainz - no no no. Monumentally stupid sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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