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Post by hoskotafe3 on Aug 3, 2022 6:55:23 GMT
Is he getting a confirmed seat with McLaren? This is drama I would never have expected in motor racing. hoskotafe3 As an Aussie, do you have any informational advantage on the issue of Oscar? No. We're getting the same information you are. No exclusives or anything like that.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Aug 3, 2022 7:11:27 GMT
Is he getting a confirmed seat with McLaren? This is drama I would never have expected in motor racing. Its also happening in Indycar with Palou.
There has been some drama before, Sauber signing 4 drivers in 2015. And the whole Button BAR/Williams fiasco that went on for 2 seasons.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 3, 2022 16:30:33 GMT
Is he getting a confirmed seat with McLaren? This is drama I would never have expected in motor racing. Its also happening in Indycar with Palou.
There has been some drama before, Sauber signing 4 drivers in 2015. And the whole Button BAR/Williams fiasco that went on for 2 seasons.
Albon just trolled Alpine and oscar.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 3, 2022 16:31:57 GMT
Is he getting a confirmed seat with McLaren? This is drama I would never have expected in motor racing. hoskotafe3 As an Aussie, do you have any informational advantage on the issue of Oscar? No. We're getting the same information you are. No exclusives or anything like that. The whole thing seems like NBA drama. I would expect an NBA team and a player like Ben Simmons to be involved in such a thing.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Aug 3, 2022 18:26:18 GMT
No. We're getting the same information you are. No exclusives or anything like that. The whole thing seems like NBA drama. I would expect an NBA team and a player like Ben Simmons to be involved in such a thing. While Alpine should have consulted him first, if he's not leaving the F1 paddock for Indycar, Supercars or Nascar or retiring, I think he's acting like a twat. At 21 to get promoted to a main driver by a semi-competent team while under contract is hardly something to take a dump on.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Aug 3, 2022 18:57:05 GMT
The whole thing seems like NBA drama. I would expect an NBA team and a player like Ben Simmons to be involved in such a thing. While Alpine should have consulted him first, if he's not leaving the F1 paddock for Indycar, Supercars or Nascar or retiring, I think he's acting like a twat. At 21 to get promoted to a main driver by a semi-competent team while under contract is hardly something to take a dump on. There are loads of rumours about his contract and when it expired and other little details. We will see.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 3, 2022 20:41:26 GMT
The whole thing seems like NBA drama. I would expect an NBA team and a player like Ben Simmons to be involved in such a thing. While Alpine should have consulted him first, if he's not leaving the F1 paddock for Indycar, Supercars or Nascar or retiring, I think he's acting like a twat. At 21 to get promoted to a main driver by a semi-competent team while under contract is hardly something to take a dump on. Yeah, that was my first reaction. He didn't need to write a tweet on it. Things could have been handled behind the scene. This has caused him a bit of a reputation damage.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Aug 5, 2022 20:56:42 GMT
Oscar's taking Danny's seat at Maclaren. Well, Alpine has an opening...
I'd like to see Daniel go into touring cars. He's a big Nascar fan and any of the 13 supercar teams in Oz would find a place for him. Also talking about Maclaren's Indycar for him next year to see out his contract. My personal take is that he's largely a spent force in F1. The days of him being offered seats with big manufacturers are gone. He needs to decide if he wants to race for mediocre teams for another contract or try something else.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 5, 2022 21:55:04 GMT
Oscar's taking Danny's seat at Maclaren. Well, Alpine has an opening... I'd like to see Daniel go into touring cars. He's a big Nascar fan and any of the 13 supercar teams in Oz would find a place for him. Also talking about Maclaren's Indycar for him next year to see out his contract. My personal take is that he's largely a spent force in F1. The days of him being offered seats with big manufacturers are gone. He needs to decide if he wants to race for mediocre teams for another contract or try something else. Yeah, it seems Daniel is no longer a driver who can keep close to his younger team mates. Lando is usually battling Alpine for 7th place but Danny is racing most of the times is 12 or 13. I hope he puts a stop to his struggling career in F-1.
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Post by sjg on Aug 8, 2022 7:25:02 GMT
So it was MotoGP and Indycar this weekend. Moto3 was a very good race with MotoGP and Moto2 being ok. Indycar was a crash fest again at Nashville but when they were racing the racing was good.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Aug 8, 2022 7:46:04 GMT
So it was MotoGP and Indycar this weekend. Moto3 was a very good race with MotoGP and Moto2 being ok. Indycar was a crash fest again at Nashville but when they were racing the racing was good. I feel like they only raced half of the laps they drove at Nashville.
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Post by sjg on Aug 8, 2022 16:00:24 GMT
So it was MotoGP and Indycar this weekend. Moto3 was a very good race with MotoGP and Moto2 being ok. Indycar was a crash fest again at Nashville but when they were racing the racing was good. I feel like they only raced half of the laps they drove at Nashville. Agreed, it does seem to be a tricky track to race on
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 11, 2022 14:40:46 GMT
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Post by sjg on Aug 11, 2022 16:11:27 GMT
Vettel is a surprise in that picture!
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Aug 11, 2022 16:33:54 GMT
The Alonso one is with crashgate.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 11, 2022 17:17:19 GMT
Vettel is a surprise in that picture! Indeed. I could hardly believe when I saw it. It seems in his best days he mostly qualified among top 3. Outside of his best days, his performance doesn't seem to be that good.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 13, 2022 20:21:26 GMT
Sainz lines were the best part!
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Aug 28, 2022 15:21:21 GMT
It wasnt an exciting race, but with this result, it was lovely. Much better health wise. RBR and Max were in a league of their own this weekend. Mercedes had a crap qualifying pace, but in the race they were good. So Leclerc loses 2 points trying to gain 1, well done. Very good race for Gasly, getting points from a pitlane start. Albon had a great weekend, good to see him ending up with a point. McLaren was crap, Alpine was good.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 28, 2022 22:55:19 GMT
It wasnt an exciting race, but with this result, it was lovely. Much better health wise. RBR and Max were in a league of their own this weekend. Mercedes had a crap qualifying pace, but in the race they were good. So Leclerc loses 2 points trying to gain 1, well done. Very good race for Gasly, getting points from a pitlane start. Albon had a great weekend, good to see him ending up with a point. McLaren was crap, Alpine was good. It was such a dominant performance by Max that right from start the result looked inevitable.
Great respect for Lewis for accepting his mistake. Alonso really rants a lot these days.
Ferrari was once again disappointing in every way as a team.
Mercedes qualifying pace is really something of an enigma. This time they were almost 2 seconds off RB but race pace was not that bad. Lewis could have finished 2nd in my opinion ahead of sainz and Perex but Max would have won today without any doubt. Max is in his prime and the best driver by a margin.
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Post by sjg on Aug 29, 2022 10:27:52 GMT
That was a dull race. I can't work out if i fell asleep or so little happened there wasn't anything memorable to remember. The DRS was far too effective there. Maybe they should get rid of it to spice things up and make drivers use some race craft to over take.
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