Burt Macklin

This some good race pace data from Reddit. Also so and Leclerc we’re extremely similar. It goes to show what a difference a driver can make. They were both about half a second per lap faster than their teammates, and Leclerc being 8 tenths faster than Sainz in qualifying was just absurd. He seems to pull about half a second more out of his car in S2 of Baku than anyone else can manage. Ferrari’s race pace just emphasizes how other-worldly his qualifying performances were. Sadly, all that brilliance probably only gained him one extra point over the whole weekend than if he had just been solid and qualified P3. We could have a really fun battle between Leclerc and Alonso for P3 this year, if Ferrari can stop blowing up engines and fucking up strategy. But that’s about as likely as Alpine scoring points during a race weekend. Speaking of, Alpine have only scored points in 2 out of 4 races this year and their highest single finish is 8th. That’s so pathetic for a works team better resources than over half the grid.

Yeah. The best we can hope for is Checo staying within striking distance k year, but I doubt even that happens. Max learns his car over the course of the year and adjusts to it. Checo is much more limited in how much he can adapt to a car. Plus, a lot of Checo’s best tracks seem to come early in the season, like Jeddah and Baku. I don’t think it was a dumb quick trigger. They had been planning for Max to box that lap, so it was a snap judgment call on whether De Vries would cause a safety car, and it was clear at that moment if he had just locked up or it was something more serious like his broken suspension. Stroll was also insanely lucky that race. He hit the exact same corner as De Vries in a similar manner and got no damage. He continues to show he’s worthy of being in F1, but he’s capped at below average, and that’s with receiving every advantage a driver could imagine his entire way coming up.

Nothing changed. He was always going to be part of the draft process after his first year. Congratulations. You just listed the dumbest possible main concern anyone could’ve had for RT getting the job, and you managed to pay yourself in the back for it at the same time . One and dones, and freshmen in general, have never been less important than right now.

Wasn’t that against tOSU? But yeah, he was awesome pre-injury. It’s a shame. Man, the Eagles have absolutely killed it this draft. Ojomo is a great value in the 7th.

He has a terrible injury history and didn’t recover well from his last injury.

I think you might be the one on crack. Not only did they not draft Bennett, but They drafted “weapons” with 3 of their top 4 picks.

George is fast, but he’s terrible at wheel to wheel racing.

Follow up to my follow up: Ocon has now boxed twice during a 17 lap sprint race.

As a follow up to this post, Alpine made changes to Ocon’s car under parc ferme so they will now be starting P18 and P20 for the race. These guys make Ferrari look like geniuses.

So who’s staying up til 4 AM to watch the Sprint Shootout or whatever the fuck it’s called?

Yeah, we’ll be better next year if we use the money we had earmarked for Holland on a transfer. 5 star freshman rarely help their teams win that much.

Alpine talked all week about how they could be the second or third fastest car by the end of the season, the next time they hit the track they qualify P19 and P12. What a bunch of clowns.

Some team will probably trade back up to the end of the first so they can have the 5th year option.

Are you having a stroke?

I was talking about the teams who had a shot at him. Bijan was never going to fall anywhere near their pick or even in their trade range. But yeah, Chiefs would’ve been amazing.

If we’re talking only about what’s best for Bijan, it would have been Philly by a mile.

That’s a good deal for the Lions.

Was @Helobious too busy?

What the fuck is Saban wearing?

That was a really fucking dumb trade by the Texans.

Ok but how much does Bryce Young weigh?

Fuck yeah! RT doin work!

Yeah, the Mazda MX-5 Cup also has incredible racing. That type of thing would be my #1 choice. I said go carts because it seems slightly more plausible even though it won’t happen. It would be fun if F1 did an All-Star type of even during the summer break that included stuff like a go cart race.

Hell if F1 wants more action and more events to entice people to tune in and show up to the races, can we get a motherfucking go cart race every fucking race weekend? There’s nothing I’d like to see more than all the drivers on the grid competing in equal machinery.