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Anton Chigurh

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  1. This is pretty sweet. https://www.instagram.com/p/CO3mi2MFhRg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
  2. Also, I believe F1TV has the official season reviews. They are long (like several hours) but they sum seasons up extremely well. You could break them up over a few days on a non race weekend and get a good show of what happened. They’re worth a watch if you haven’t seen a specific season.
  3. It’s a funny thing. I rate Russell really highly, myself. I’m a fan of his (I think he will be my next guy once Lewis retires, along with Lando). But at the same time, that was the easiest track there is to do well at, so it’s hard to draw a great conclusion. Lewis has always been one of the best qualifiers we have seen, but his more recent magic is twofold: 1) Tires. He is working the tires in a way that few others can. He drives in ways that will work the fronts more on a rear limited circuit, or work the rears on a front limited circuit, to maximize lifespan and keep them in a good working range. He has an uncanny ability to feel the tires. I think he’s developed this even after the early Merc years (he’s way better at it now than he was in say 2014-2016). His ability to follow in dirty air while keeping the tires alive has made a huge difference so far this year. I think Leclerc is pretty good at this as well. 2) Consistency. His bad days are really damn good days for most other drivers. Yes, he has the tools to make it work, but he doesn’t hardly ever have any bad “off” days. I don’t mean to say Bottas is a top tier driver, but it also means it is unflattering to him when Lewis is so damn consistent. I do think this has also improved with time. 2011 Lewis wouldn’t have let Max push him off at T1. They would’ve crashed. 2021 Lewis is different. We are starting to see Max change a bit in that way, too, but it will be interesting to see Max say, five years from now as far as that aspect goes. It would definitely be interesting to see how Lewis would do in the Red Bull. He’s one of those drivers, similar to Alonso, that can make anything work for him. He drives around setup issues or inherent imbalances. Because of that, I think he would fare extremely well. Max and Charles can do this pretty well also. Sebastian Vettel, while I like him as a driver, has shown that he really struggles without a predictable rear end (TWSS), as he was never able to make the unstable oversteery cars work very well (S[emoji2403]inalla!) When we look back in history, there are few championship winning cars that weren’t the fastest. It doesn’t happen very often. That said, Lewis does somewhat have a case for 2008. I think the McLaren and Ferrari were just about as even as you can get, track dependent. It was similar for a while in 2017 and 2018, but Merc pulled away towards the end, and Ferrari had the worst strategy team in the history of strategy teams. That, plus Singapore 2017 and Germany 2018.
  4. Anybody want Valtteri’s AMG GT? https://www.facebook.com/100044302740189/posts/324552512364838/?d=n
  5. Anton Chigurh

    Vinyl

    Both of the UHQRs are stereo from the 3 track tapes, and are the same mastering that Bernie Grundman did for Classic Records in the 90s. The original mono tapes were apparently lost or taped over and I don’t think the original mono release was even mastered from them.
  6. Also, y’all, it’s going to be Russell. Come on. There is one outlet that claims Bottas has already been told he’s not being renewed (Missed Apex, I think). But we will wait for that to be official later I guess.
  7. Not sure if serious. https://usa.tommy.com/tommy-x-lewis-explore/ He actually brought them on as a sponsor himself.
  8. Oh man, I just realized we have to deal with Mazepin at Monaco. That might be bad.
  9. It’s already in effect.
  10. Now I am watching the whole show in 5.1. Fuck yeah.
  11. Anton Chigurh

    Vinyl

    Thanks, MC! It’s pretty nerdy, but there is a live stream with a bunch of big industry names going on right now. Mike Hobson (founder of Classic Records), Michael Fremer (reviewer, from Analog Planet), Chad Kassem (owner of Acoustic Sounds, Analogue Productions, and Quality Record Pressings), the QRP plant manager, Bernie Grundman (legendary mastering engineer) and a relatively well known you-tuber (45RPM Audiophile). Cool to hear them talk about how this stuff is done. Mostly centered on the new UHQR KoB release.
  12. https://www.instagram.com/p/COnXlT4oCeg/?igshid=19dcko5m5pqkx
  13. I believe the upgrades are only on Seb’s car this weekend (were on Stroll’s car last weekend).
  14. Anton Chigurh

    SpaceX

    Those new Raptors seem solid.
  15. Hell, Haas is more like Kansas.
  16. I chortled.
  17. Spain is definitely boring because it’s not a good track for overtaking, but it’s a good circuit to test the strength of your race car, because it has a good mix of corner types.
  18. Yeah, AirPod Pro are legit. Use them for work so much.
  19. I could have sworn there was but I cannot find one. DHL does have the fastest ones for different races but I couldn’t find all of the stops anywhere. I did find that Bottas’ second stop in Bahrain was the slow one where they had an issue with the RF tire. Outside of this, time spent in the pit lane was roughly the same for both on the other stops. In Imola, Bottas only did one stop before the crash, but he spent 30s in the pit lane, compared to 32s for Hamilton (I don’t have the time spent stationary). Hamilton’s second stop was obviously much longer because he had just gone off and broke the wing. In Portimao, weirdly enough, Bottas’ pit delta time was actually the same as Hamilton, and only two tenths slower than Max. Obviously, the team should’ve given him a better stop, but that was much closer than I thought.
  20. Gotdam! I am on a 5DIV, but I still love the thing. Someday I may get an R5, or maybe wait for the Mark II. That’s a hell of a lens though! Good shit.
  21. How much lens? I felt woefully inadequate with my 70-200 and 1.4x TC (on a full frame). Obviously that’s not good enough for wildlife in general but damn it felt very small there.
  22. Anton Chigurh

    Vinyl

    If you wanna know how crazy the high end vinyl market has gotten, this audiophile grade pressing is “limited” to 25,000 copies. This isn’t even the 45RPM version that will be out later! https://store.acousticsounds.com/index.cfm?get=detail&Title_ID=148512
  23. Bottas actually had the fastest Mercedes stops in both Bahrain and Imola. Both 2.24s, good for 9th and 10th fastest so far. It’s something they still definitely need to work on, though, and it benefits both cars (pit crews are the same).
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