solovsfett
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Leclerc on pole with Piastri p2. Is Red Bull falling back to the pack this year or has McLaren and, gasp, Ferrari made more significant strides forward than expected? I’ve been a bit out of touch with F1 this year.
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Open Wheel Racing 2021, anyone there to watch?
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Russell Jaslow
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Verstappen had an interesting quote: “We’ve been found out.”
He goes on to explain the weaknesses of the Red Bull have always been there. It’s just that they were so dominant, no one noticed. Now that teams are catching up, their weakness is being exposed.
Their strength is they can run a low ride height without porpoising. But that means they are affected more by bumpy tracks (always seen at Singapore, but still masked elsewhere). As Max put it, it becomes a go kart darting all around. Ergo, troubles at the last three tracks, all bumpier than the usual track.
solovsfett
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Got it, thanks!!
solovsfett
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Hell of an INDY 500!!!
too bad Larson had the drive-thru penalty because he had a chance to win.
when O’Ward made the pass with one to go I thought he had it but Newgarden is just an ace. Wow!!!
too bad Larson had the drive-thru penalty because he had a chance to win.
when O’Ward made the pass with one to go I thought he had it but Newgarden is just an ace. Wow!!!
Russell Jaslow
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I thought O'Ward timed that pass perfectly to prevent a quick repass. He was so gutted.
solovsfett
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Me too! When he made the pass I thought he’d sealed the win and it would have been such a popular victory, but damn, Newgarden is so savvy on ovals.
i hope Pato wins the 500 someday. I’d love to see all of Mexico joyously celebrating like Brazil would do with Senna.
Russell Jaslow
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Does Alpine pull the nuclear option before Montreal?
solovsfett
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RIP Parnelli Jones
Russell Jaslow
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One of the best ever.
Spartanforlife4
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Checo signs for two years with RB. Not sure I get that with Sainz still out there. Unless RB thinks Max jumps to Mercedes or leaves F1 and is trying to make Sainz their #1, or if Sainz is trying to get with Mercedes.
Kepler
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What's to get? It means RB likes Checo over Sainz, head to head?
MichVandal
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Until it looks like it could cost them a championship. RBR has a reputation for a very short leash, even with a contract.
But more than performance, Perez brings a lot of money to pay max. Sponsors are pretty awesome.
Spartanforlife4
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Checo doesn’t win. Or even perform that well in a historically dominant car. Bottas was always #2 to Hamilton, but he’d win a few times a year. He wasn’t perfect, and he’d sometimes end up 14th or whatever, but at the very least he qualified well. I forget the streak but it was multiple years of making Q3. I like Checo, I want him to do better, especially since RB has actively strategized against him in some races to give Max a win, but he is awful at qualifying and gets saved by the race pace of the RB to climb back into the top ten on Sundays.
As Vandal said though, and as I’ve read more on it, he does bring in a lot of sponsor money and Mexico loves him.
Next year will be interesting. I saw there are still like 10 open slots including both drivers for many of the backmarker teams. Could be a lot of new faces next year.
MichVandal
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Good job George to do it on used tires. Wonder what happened to him and Lewis when they put the new ones on and were both slower. Like they both overdrove the car.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Spartanforlife4
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Hopefully they bring in a better production team for Indy. NASCAR on Fox is so subpar compared to NBC’s broadcast.
Russell Jaslow
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Considering FOX once owned Speedvision, I'm confident they know how to put on a serious race series broadcast. Plus, I read that the guy in charge of FOX sports is a huge Indy car fan. Grew up in Indiana and owns a permanent trailer near the track where he goes to party every Indy 500. He'll make sure this isn't screwed up.
MichVandal
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Knowing how to vs. actually doing it are not really the same thing. Especially when you look at the change to Speedvision they put into place.
We will see.
Still think the more important thing for Indycar is a more consistent schedule. I've seen a handful of laps of a race this year (not going to count the 500, since that was reasonably easy) as they keep moving around when the race actually is run over a weekend. And given NASCAR's schedule, I don't see this getting better at all.