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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
McLaren are poo poo.

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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Vercrappen.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
This was an ominous performance from Mercedes, IMO.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
It has begun.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Sebring is FTW. The MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix, on the other hand, will most likely not be FTW, and may in fact be FTL.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

be nice wicka posted:

jacques villeneuve is the worst ever world champion

Jacques Villeneuve FTW

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
The Mercs are setting down ominous laptimes

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
What a lap by "Super" Seb Vettel.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Merc seem a few tenths ahead of Ferrari on the Supers. Not that bad of a margin.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Good poo poo from Big Carlos Sainz putting bitch boy Max in his place.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Red Bull are poo poo

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
It looked like the Haas cars had decent pace in the laps that they weren't able to complete.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
The rule about the last elimination of the period is really strange.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I'm glad the Russian fraud was knocked out.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
yep, both Haas cars were good for Q2 if they hadn't screwed up the timing. Good to know they have a bit of pace

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Autosport is melting down

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I do kind of like how you can buy yourself extra time with a decent lap

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I am melting down

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Is anyone else melting down? Hell I am

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I'm melting down
i'm melting down
F1 is poo poo

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
F1 is trash. Awful sport.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
The absolute worst system was that one lap aggregate qualifying system

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
2013 was a worse season than any of the Mercedes years.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Even just the last 10 years, F1 went from having manufacturers all up and down the grid, to having almost no manufacturers up and down the grid (post-recession), to having it be manufacturer-dominated again. This is not ancient history going back to the Cosworth DFV vs. Ferrari, this is the last decade. The sport does not depend on manufacturers. The current structure of the sport does, but Formula One, as a concept, does not. It won't die if they leave, it will just be different.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

be nice wicka posted:

which ignores the fact that Things Change

This is exactly my point. poo poo changes so often that it is complete foolishness to declare that this time when the bubble pops and the big money car makers leave the sport that it will be the death of Formula One.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Last I checked, viewership was down in virtually every market except the US, which might just be because of NBCSN's growth. This may be a few years old, though.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

be nice wicka posted:

and if TV ratings genuinely are falling...aren't TV ratings pretty much falling for everything everywhere across the board? people don't watch TV the same way they used to. it's an outdated metric.

Pretty much everything except live sports. Go ask UFC if ratings are always falling.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

be nice wicka posted:

i will never understand a thought process so obviously wrong as this

Motorsport is based on spectacle. That is why people watch.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Damon Hill is a shook bitch

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I hope Max Vercrappen does not finish.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I like Carlos Junior. Verstappen is almost as characterless as Kvyat. Die stupid Red Bull drivers *fires grenade launcher*

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Time for some F1.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Fraud alert.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Red Bull suck rear end.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
All according to plan.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Ferrari were sandbagging

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Ominous first lap from the Scud Boys

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Triple A posted:

cue people celebrating 2002 redux edition

:buddy:

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I hope Max fucks it up and brutally wrecks Hamilton.

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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Looks like the Scud Studs have race pace. It's going to be a hell of a season.

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