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daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari
Did they announce that Albon and Kvyat are out yet?

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daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

the corona quid posted:

Red Bull is in the same situation Aprilia is in MotoGP. They existed purely as a cheap easy route into the top line sport but now everybody has wised up and realized your career is almost certainly hosed long term if you go with them.

You get one year to prove yourself, and if you don't rise to the meet the challenge the you get discarded. Pierre is never getting another shot on the A team.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

learnincurve posted:

I like the part where the red bulls immediately smash into each other on the first corner on multiple occasions because neither of those two drivers will give way, ever, and it takes out a slow starting Bottas and fast starting Vettel while Lewis fucks off into the distance and onward to his 8th.

Who else podiums?

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Spending cap work around phase 1?

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Phase 2 is Italy leaving EU, going back to the Lira, and using currency manipulation to make the budget look smaller.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

You can't fire the driver who's Dad is going to buy your team in a year or two.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:

once you come back can you please tell me how exactly he's been disciplined

Haas fined him $5,000,000 payable in equal installments during the 2021 season.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Myrddin_Emrys posted:

I disapprove so many are wasting energy on this Meatzipan guy. What will be will be.

That's a bold stand on this forum.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Vando posted:

The thing about the 80s battles is how close the cars follow each other, it looks really jarring coming from watching modern races

The solution to every problem has been "MORE AERO" for the last 30 years and the quality of racing has gone done as a result.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

I think I read somewhere that the spending cap includes driver salaries. That means if you spend 40 million on Hamilton versus 5 million on Russell you actually lose 35 million dollars of car development.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Take the plunge! Okay! posted:

That is not correct, drivers and top three team personnel are excluded from the cap

Good to know, thanks. The spending cap seems to have a lot of holes in it.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

net work error posted:

Why hasn't Lewis renewed his contract yet???? :froggonk:


This negotiation is pretty funny. Hamilton is now past his prime but Mercedes isn't really willing to play hardball so they just go around in circles.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Tsaedje posted:

In what conceivable way is he past his prime? If anything he was more dominant this last season than ever.

Both sides know they're going to sign a deal and they're not in any hurry because they're having a nice break after a very stressful season. They'll announce it just before they launch the car or some poo poo.

Contracts are about future performance, not what happened in the past. He's 36 years old and no team wants to be locked into a high dollar 4 year contract with someone that old.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

net work error posted:

Somehow Kimi is still going.

If Hamiliton agreed to a deal like Kimi's Mercedes would be thrilled and this wouldn't be a topic.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

track day bro! posted:

yeah nobody would want to re-hire a multi wdc driver that old

They settle on a 2 year deal and Lewis will whine.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

track day bro! posted:

if poois shamilton wants to prove hes not a fraud he should come to ferrari and drive for a non fraudulent team

You want him to prove he can make Q2 in a poo poo car? He already did that when he drove for McLaren

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Tsaedje posted:

I don't remember either Lewis or Toto ever mentioning contracts unless responding to some idiot journo, and then it's been some form of joke or telling them to relax. It's almost like it's not a big deal for them.

But daslog will insist Lewis is super mad and whiny about it whatever happens.

Well he's always whiny, but Super mad? I don't see that.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Feels Villeneuve posted:

What's everyone's predictions for 2021. I think Italy will bounce back from COVID-19 and Ferrari have a hell of a season while the epic fail England Virus COVID strain causes the Mercedes team to have a massive meltdown #ForzaFerrari #MissionWinnow #KeepFightingMichael

Mercedes wins 99% of the races, RedBull will take 2nd and 3rds, Renault,Racing point and McLaren will drive the entertainment as they battle for podiums, #failerrari will trend #1 on Twitter. Williams will pass Haas leading Haas to sell the team to Mazebinman.

daslog fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Jan 19, 2021

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

the corona quid posted:

Rebus aside I was under the impression that’s what Williams have been doing for several years now

Harsh but true.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari
Why is everyone's avatar Charles or Lance? I keep getting confused about who is posting.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

daslog posted:

Why is everyone's avatar Charles or Lance? I keep getting confused about who is posting.

I guess I had this coming...

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari
Between the excessive race hosting fees and F1 demands for track improvements, the best place to hold another race in the USA is to hold a second race in Montreal.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

your friend wicka posted:

If you guys are too embarrassed to do it publicly you can PM to tell me I was always right about how much Haas was going to suck.

I was hopeful for a while, but there isn't any way a US based team is going to succeed in F1.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari
I think we all know how the Haas story ends. Mazebin crashes four weeks in a row, Shumacher competes with the Williams drivers for last place, Gene makes noises about how they are gunning for year 202X and denies that everything is falling apart.

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

Frond posted:

Penske did.

I had to look it up. Penske lasted 3 years in F1 and lasted three years. Looks like Haas will beat them by at least a year.

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daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari

net work error posted:

Can't wait to revisit Lewis getting in there again.

Lights out and away we go

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