Motorsports 2026

[Kepler]

Well that was the only interesting Monaco in history.

 

[Kepler]

Russell is such a twat.

Well, he's English.

 

[MichVandal]

So there is a good explanation for all of the speeding penalties. The way the speed is determined is time between lines in the track, and the drivers were cutting a corner in the pits. Legally cutting the corners. So going a constant speed over a shorter distance means a faster time measurement, and therefore too fast, and therefore speeding.

Alpine is appealing Gasley’s penalty, and it seems that he’s the only one who is in a position to get out of it. Lewis got to serve his for free, Russel didn’t serve his and got a bonus drive through.

 

[state of hockey]

And then there’s Colapinto, who was clocked 8+ kph over, meaning a lot more than corners were cut.

 

[aparch]

Of all the racers who DNF'd today, I feel bad for Carlos Sainz. He had a 100% points streak for Monaco, and was sitting in the points until he was side slammed in the hairpin and then spun out before the tunnel.

 

[aparch]

Forgot to post this earlier. What a gorgeous drone/aerial shot.

 

[Kepler]

I guess one man's gorgeous is another man's panoptica of ceiling HVAC units in the third-tackiest syphilis vector on earth (Vegas, Nice).

 

[MichVandal]

So the engine upgrades allowances were given to the teams over the weekend as reported by The Race

Red Bull: benchmark
Mercedes: one upgrade
Ferrari, Audi, Honda: two upgrades

Hm. Red Bull the best over Mercedes?

Perhaps Mercedes isn’t sharing enough with its customers?

 

[state of hockey]

Hard to see the power when they don’t work, I guess.

 

[MichVandal]

Red Bulls issues seem more with the electrical part, which is being “aided” by Ford.

 

[aparch]

I did appreciate Hamilton spending a few minutes examining the back and underside of Kimi's car during the post race interviews. That man is trying to singlehandedly fix Ferrari.

Also, third podium this season for Lewis with zero simulator time going into the weekend.

 

[MichVandal]

He does use the simulator, but only for energy deployment strategy.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

I did appreciate Hamilton spending a few minutes examining the back and underside of Kimi's car during the post race interviews. That man is trying to singlehandedly fix Ferrari.

Also, third podium this season for Lewis with zero simulator time going into the weekend.

Apparently, one of the test drivers has confirmed the Ferrari simulator is not accurate for this year's car. So, Hamilton has been wise to not use it.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Amusing that the track is coming apart, since this is the classic street race.

They repaved that section of the track for this year, and apparently used the "wrong" compound. Wrong in the sense that it didn't work when many other race tracks have figured this out a long time ago.

As for Perez, how the living hell can a veteran of his experience line up for a start in the wrong spot not once, but TWICE?!