F1 Racing

[Lou]

Anyone here a fan? 

Been watching the Netflix series Drive To Survive. 

 

[Blarg]

I used to be a long time ago. What Hamilton has accomplished over the last 15 years makes every other driver not named Schumacker second tier. Age might be catching up with him, 37 is getting old for F1.

[Lou]

D2S is a great show. The ending to last year's title run was crazy. 

[Blarg]

My father attended the 1953 24 hours LeMans. He had left the stands to try and get some pictures of the cars during the race. We have some blury slides of Jaguars, Mercedes and Astin Martins as the made their way towards the most tragic racing event ever.

All of the French police that lined the roadway took off running and that is when my father took those pictures. He had no idea that the people that took his seat in the stand were killed by flying debris until hours later. He had run out of film so he never got any pictures of the aftermath. 

 

[Lou]

16 hours ago, Blarg said:

My father attended the 1953 24 hours LeMans. He had left the stands to try and get some pictures of the cars during the race. We have some blury slides of Jaguars, Mercedes and Astin Martins as the made their way towards the most tragic racing event ever.

All of the French police that lined the roadway took off running and that is when my father took those pictures. He had no idea that the people that took his seat in the stand were killed by flying debris until hours later. He had run out of film so he never got any pictures of the aftermath. 

 

That's crazy. 

[Blarg]

When you look at what they were driving back then, they were just modified production cars. What they are driving now looks like some alien attack craft. No clutch or stick shift, just launch controls on the wheel. It's nuts and looks like suicide but crash tech has made these cars survivable in corner speeds those old LeMans cars could never reach on the straights. 

[SoCalSportsFan]

Been watching Formula 1 for about 15 plus years every race

Been watching Monaco race (same day as Indy 500) for over 40 plus years

I wasn't aware of the Netflix series until about a month ago, but am planning on watching it this summer.

I will be going to the F1 race in Vegas November 2023. Probably will spend a week there due to the many events surrounding the Saturday night race.

[Blarg]

Now formula Lou has me watching F1 again. Dammit, next may be Cricket.  

[Jay]

Way to go, Mexico.

[Lou]

Checo! 

[Slegnaac]

Rough start to the race today.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

Rough start to the race today.

I can't believe Zhou wasn't injured in that crash. Dude was sliding upside down across the track before flipping into the fence. 

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=34188480

[Slegnaac]

Just now, Lou said:

I can't believe Zhou wasn't injured in that crash. Dude was sliding upside down across the track before flipping into the fence. 

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=34188480

Luckily the catch fence did it's job.  There could have been some serious spectator injuries as well.

[Slegnaac]

To survive that is a miracle. 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

I can't believe Zhou wasn't injured in that crash. Dude was sliding upside down across the track before flipping into the fence. 

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=34188480

That car slid like a puck on ice. Glad he’s okay.

[Slegnaac]

On 5/6/2022 at 12:52 AM, Lou said:

D2S is a great show. The ending to last year's title run was crazy. 

D2S S3 E9 was unreal.

 

[Lou]

Ferrari - what a shit show. 

[Slegnaac]

6 hours ago, Lou said:

Ferrari - what a shit show. 

It was very telling when Hamilton, Russell and Verstappen started laughing at Ferrari after the race.

The next 4 weeks have to be tough, living with the results from today.

[Slegnaac]

F1 is back at it this weekend. 

Can Ferrari find redemption?

[Lou]

Daniel Ricciardo getting $15M not to drive for McLaren next year.

Must be nice.

[Lou]

10 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

F1 is back at it this weekend. 

Can Ferrari find redemption?

Should be interesting with so many taking starting grid penalties, including Max and Leclerc.

[Slegnaac]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

Daniel Ricciardo getting $15M not to drive for McLaren next year.

Must be nice.

Will he have a ride in 2024, or did he burn his career when he left Red Bull?

He could look at it like a $15M pension.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

Will he have a ride in 2024, or did he burn his career when he left Red Bull?

He could look at it like a $15M pension.

He said he's going to wait and see if something he likes opens up. If not, he's willing to sit out a year and regroup.

[Tank]

17 hours ago, Lou said:

Daniel Ricciardo getting $15M not to drive for McLaren next year.

Must be nice.

I’m not driving for McLaren this year, either. Where’s my check?

[Slegnaac]

On 8/27/2022 at 11:31 AM, Tank said:

I’m not driving for McLaren this year, either. Where’s my check?

It just needs to clear customs