F1 2022 Season Spoiler Filled Race Talk

I know they changed Albert Park significantly, but it's always been a weird track for gauging where the teams were. In the years I've been watching, the result of this GP has never once been a good indicator of where the season was going. Maybe that's just because it used to be the opener, and nobody really knows what they're doing on the first race. But we'll see - it has, in the past, given weaker teams a better showing than they deserve - see Haas getting P5 on their debut race.

Is Lawrence Stroll moving his team to Italy? Because it sure looks like they are considering changing their name to Scooter-ia Aston Martin.

Vettel's best race weekend this season might have been the ones where he had covid.

Nice to see McLaren in the upper ranks, I hope it translates to some points.

Fun race!

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Fun race!

Yeah, good stuff. Nice performance from the papaya pals, too!

The organisers of the Monaco Grand Prix have said the race will remain on the Formula One calendar as the sport looks to accommodate new meetings. The street circuit’s contract ends this year but the president of the Automobile Club de Monaco, Michel Boeri, is confident a new deal will be agreed.

Monte Carlo hosted its first F1 race in the series’ opening year in 1950 and has become globally recognised for its track laid out on the city’s winding streets. However, the course is no longer suited to modern F1 cars and the race is often an uneventful procession.

I mean... yeah.

I would be fine with Monaco going. Just don't get rid of Spa.

I like Mike.

Don't tell me you're not a fan of watching billionares watch millionares parade around in million dollar cars?

My Goodness, the Hamilton fall-off. It's not a passing of the torch, the torch was stolen entirely.

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I like how all the Lewis fans are blaming F1 and not Mercedes.

Hamilton gets two race exemption from jewellery rule

"I couldn't get any more jewellery on today," he said, adding that he felt the clampdown was almost a backward step at a time when the sport and governing FIA should be focused on its latest big breakthrough in America.

"This is such a small thing," he said. "It seems unnecessary for us to get into this spat."

Asked what the solution might be to an apparent impasse, Hamilton indicated there was only so much he could do.

"I can't remove at least two of them," he said. "One I can't really explain where it is.

"But what I can say is it's platinum that I have, so it's non-magnetic, it's never been a safety issue in the past. I've had in 16 years so many MRI scans and not had to take out the platinum."

LOOOOOOOOOOOL.

HAMILTON - DNF - DICK PIERCING

EDIT:

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More proof for my theory that, once you cross a specific level of wealth, you begin to exist in a world all of us simply cannot understand.

Meanwhile, Vettel:
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slazev wrote:

Meanwhile, Vettel:
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New sponsor?

Thought the same thing, but I think it was in protest against that no jewelry rule.

Por que no los dos?

Only thing wrong with Hamilton's outfit is those shoes! Dad shoes? With that outfit? No!

I bet this was an exciting track in the 1930s, but it is completely unfit for purpose in the 21st century. Perhaps they could hold a ceremonial race here before the season begins akin to the Charity Shield in the future if the history is too important to consign it to the bin completely.
Prederick wrote:
I bet this was an exciting track in the 1930s, but it is completely unfit for purpose in the 21st century. Perhaps they could hold a ceremonial race here before the season begins akin to the Charity Shield in the future if the history is too important to consign it to the bin completely.

In go karts.

More seriously the Formula E race I saw in Monaco worked. I have never watched F2 or F3 at Monaco. Do they work?

I would hate to see Monaco go. It’s always a great Saturday qualifying, often throws up a different grid from the season normal. Driver skill and pushing your luck count for a lot here. And if the race isn’t super great on the Sunday, how is that different from a lot of the circuits?

This is how it’s different:

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Somewhere out there, Enrique Bernoldi is looking at that chart and smiling.

NSMike wrote:

This is how it’s different:

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That is at least interesting compared to a 1 stop
Snooze fest at a Tilkedrome.

DoveBrown wrote:
NSMike wrote:

This is how it’s different:

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That is at least interesting compared to a 1 stop
Snooze fest at a Tilkedrome.

I'll take the Tilkedrome at least that would be racing. Alonzo just pointing out why this track doesn't make sense anymore. And I'm a Perez fanboy.

Fernando:

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In other news:

F1 schism with FIA deepens after controversial decisions in Monaco

Formula One’s owners are understood to be deeply dissatisfied with the sport’s governing body the FIA. After another weekend where the FIA’s performance was publicly criticised at Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, there are indications of an increasing schism between F1 and the FIA and in particular its new president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Sources fear that the governing body is damaging the sport just as it is enjoying a surge in popularity.

The FIA was criticised after Monaco when the race director, Eduardo Freitas, delayed the start because of rain. Lewis Hamilton was among several drivers who insisted they could have at least begun the race before the rain became too heavy and that the FIA was too conservative in its concern that the drivers had not done any wet running until that point. “I don’t know the reason for them not sending us out at the get-go,” he said. “We are Formula One drivers, [the weather] is not a good enough reason.”
Lewis Hamilton (front) tries to control his car on the wet circuit in Monaco.

The events were the latest in what is now a series of FIA decisions that the Guardian understands is increasingly infuriating F1 and its teams. Ben Sulayem took over in December from Jean Todt and under his stewardship a fractious relationship with the sport has developed.

Oh GOD Ferrari. Yeeeowch.

Yeah, the early signs this season that Ferrari might have finally replaced the clown shoes with something more sleek and sensible were clearly just a big setup for the joke where a few weeks later they reveal that stuffed inside the fashionable shoes the whole time where a bigger, more absurd pair of clown shoes.

True genius is never appreciated in its time. I give you, Max Neverstoppin'.

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I was actually at the race over the weekend. Lots of fun in person but Montreal logistically was hell which wasn't a surprise.

Nice to see Hamilton lock down a podium.

Had seats in turn 1 so was somewhat disappointed to not see more action from the start. Biggest wow what's going on was probably Yuki coming out of the pit and going right into the wall (not that hard). Still need to rewatch that and read and interviews as to what happened.

Leclerc chasing people down also great live, but pretty sure non of his overtakes were in our section.

Practice/qualifying was great besides the weather. Our section has a strip where the drivers could bail on the turns and roll through if they were flying in too fast. Lots of roars when that happened and it was often as you could tell they were really testing what was possible. Russell throwing on slicks in qualifying as a hail mary and slipping out also got a huge holler.

I'd highly recommend if you ever get the chance but unless I turn into a die-hard race fan not sure how many are in my future