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I’m beginning to think that Helmut Marko (Same amount of 24hr LeMans victories as Schuppen) shouldn’t be allowed to speak out loud.

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Trackhouse Racing have gotten a third license and SVG is going to the Cup next year!

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NASCAR on super speedways is some crazy shit at times

Bumped into the ELMS stream for their Spa 4 hour. THAT is some crazy shit. Can barely get through a lap without multiple collisions or spins.

That Cup race was loco.

Either Lando needs to learn how to start or Oscar needs to qualify on the other side of the grid.

It’s a long, long shot, but Lando needs Oscar to get in front of Max to have any chance. Oscar can’t do that if Lando baulks him at the start!

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I quite enjoyed waking up this morning to read that Red Bull got absolutely trashed in the race. Not the best result for Piastri given Norris won by over 20 seconds, but every driver can have an off race sometimes.

Not sure what’s going on at Red Bull. The in car camera showed it handling like a shopping trolley – horrible understeer. Oddly that also might be why Checo had a better race as he hates a pointy car.

It’s almost like they’ve lost the best designer the sport has ever seen.

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Logan’s Crash is gone.

Franco Colapinto in.

Colapinto is decent but not that impressive. Just another example of connections (especially to a team’s driver academy) being more important than talent. At least there’s a good chance he won’t crash the car every race weekend, and if he can manage that, he’ll be a slight upgrade on Sargeant.

I think they just got sick of the repair bill. Colapinto will be told to just not crash and give them data on their upgrades.

He’s not long term anyways.

Surprised that Mercedes didn’t push for Kimi Antonelli to be given the seat.

F1 qualifying

Summary

So red bull have Perez give Verstappen a tow on the final lap of qualifying and succeed in moving him above…. Perez :joy:

McLaren on the front row with Mercedes and Ferrari in front of the red bulls…

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Half a second off the Mercs’ pace too - the wheels have fallen off

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Max’s time last night would have given him pole in last years race. The wheels haven’t fallen off.

The wheels are going faster than ever.

Just other teams are going faster now.

It’s not the worst race to not start on the front row.
You don’t want to start down where Max is but the long drag to the chicane will give a great tow to Russell and Leclerc, especially considering how slow the MacLaren is off the line.

I wonder if the Red Bulls will get something back on their race strat. Apparently they were able to run the medium tyre longer than any of the frontrunners.

The championship deciding F3 race was absolutely amazing. Drop what you’re doing and watch it.

I don’t currently have Kayo but I’ll definitely have to watch it once I get Kayo back.