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At this point in their careers, is Vettel really an upgrade on Perez? 

Money and marketing say yes. Aston has a 4 time world champion. They will be talked about and mentioned often, just because of him being in the car.
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6 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

 

Yep.

4 hours ago, Dutch said:

At this point in their careers, is Vettel really an upgrade on Perez? 

From a driving standpoint, imho, no. But yeah, this is being done for other reasons I guess. They got rid of the wrong guy, but family ties. Really sucks for Perez. So we have an F1 where Perez and Hulk have no but the likes of Grosjean, Latifi etc do. Hope Checo finds a good landing spot.

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41 minutes ago, wood said:

Yep.

From a driving standpoint, imho, no. But yeah, this is being done for other reasons I guess. They got rid of the wrong guy, but family ties. Really sucks for Perez. So we have an F1 where Perez and Hulk have no 2021 RIDES but the likes of Grosjean, Latifi, STROLL etc do. Hope Checo finds a good landing spot. And Hulk, too.

Fixed. Damn, I musta been drunk when I wrote that...

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Mark Antar made a concept livery that's consistent with the Alpine F1 teaser. Very nice, imho...

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Fucking Lewis. 

As an aside, when he hopped on the razor scooter to go bleat at the stewards the other day, it surprised me that riding such a thing isn't prohibited by his contact. Seems like a great way to break a wrist and/or clavicle. 

 

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LOL, Lewis. BTW, there's a whole lot more of this stuff over on the Motorsport Mayhem forum if you really need a good chuckle sometime. 

Pretty sure Lewis rides that thing to avoid people. When I was in the paddock back in 2013-14, he would sprint across the paddock whenever going from the team building to the garage. Now he has Britta keep the scooter wherever he is. He doesn't have to run & nobody will engage him. 

Re: riding that red scooter in the paddock, nah. Can't do that, but he can probably get away with the little one. Different story in the MotoGP paddock though. They all have motor scooters they ride in and out, sometimes two at a time.

 

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LOL, Lewis. BTW, there's a whole lot more of this stuff over on the Motorsport Mayhem forum if you really need a good chuckle sometime. 
Pretty sure Lewis rides that thing to avoid people. When I was in the paddock back in 2013-14, he would sprint across the paddock whenever going from the team building to the garage. Now he has Britta keep the scooter wherever he is. He doesn't have to run & nobody will engage him. 
Re: riding that red scooter in the paddock, nah. Can't do that, but he can probably get away with the little one. Different story in the MotoGP paddock though. They all have motor scooters they ride in and out, sometimes two at a time.
 

Angela*

Britta is Seb’s PR lady.
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15 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

At least post the best one.

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And if he can do this, I’m sure riding a scooter is allowed.
 

that is literally a pyjama top

 

Hanes Men's Woven Plain-Weave Pajama Set: Amazon.ca: Clothing & Accessories

 

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I've not been following racing as long as y'all, so the Norris thing was what I was wondering about when watching the lap videos from Mugello. Gravel and grass so close to the white line compared to most tracks all over the place. Wondered if it would cause issues. 

I love Norris's reaction to it. So many competitors in all kinds of competitions these days want to complain when things are made more difficult. He totally manned up, took it on the chin, and said it's better when it's more challenging. One more reason to be a Norris fan.

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1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

I've not been following racing as long as y'all, so the Norris thing was what I was wondering about when watching the lap videos from Mugello. Gravel and grass so close to the white line compared to most tracks all over the place. Wondered if it would cause issues. 

I love Norris's reaction to it. So many competitors in all kinds of competitions these days want to complain when things are made more difficult. He totally manned up, took it on the chin, and said it's better when it's more challenging. One more reason to be a Norris fan.

Yep. It causes the right kind of complications. He's right. It is better when it's more challenging. Letting the cars run wide all over the place is pure bullshit.

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2 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

Yeah, it looks atrocious though.

I think in that picture it does not look very becoming. But if it is the red that was on the first Ferrari car in 1947, which in pictures looks pretty nice I am for it. I will reserve judgement until qualifying.

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Yeah like Button said, it's stunning in person but on TV it doesn't look as good, which is why they changed it, much to the fans' chagrin. I've seen it in person, and imho it looks much better than the current red.

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1 hour ago, wood said:

Yeah like Button said, it's stunning in person but on TV it doesn't look as good, which is why they changed it, much to the fans' chagrin. I've seen it in person, and imho it looks much better than the current red.

Remember the big hullaballoo when Ferrari tweaked the red in favor of Marlboro? I say go back to the original, all the way back to what the Old Man wanted.

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Well, to be fair they’ve had several reds. They keep changing it all the time. I didn’t mean for this to be a huge post, but I had fun finding these photos so here we go.

 

The original burgundy color:

 

125S

 

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A little brighter:

 

156

 

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Even brighter:

 

156

 

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Some 312s had a darker color again:

 

312/66

 

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The most “traditional” looking Rosso Corsa that we kind of know today

 

312/67

 

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312T2

 

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641

 

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The super bright era (done for TV color balance):

 

F2002

 

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F2004

 

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Back to traditional once HDTV was a thing:

 

F2007

 

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F138 - I actually really like how this car looked. Lots of people don’t.

 

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Hybrid era has been all over the place:

 

F-14T (the car was ugly and the livery wasn’t going to overcome that)

 

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SF16-H (horrible)

 

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SF71H (best since the F138 IMO)

 

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SF90 - I think this looked really good for matte, actually

 

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6 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

Well, to be fair they’ve had several reds. They keep changing it all the time. I didn’t mean for this to be a huge post, but I had fun finding these photos so here we go.

 

The original burgundy color:

 

125S

 

069d618a546e05474dead11707ac5dc3.jpg

 

A little brighter:

 

156

 

d8b899a52e20645a32a8b9c38ecb95dd.jpg

 

Even brighter:

 

156

 

ac2ae12d919df3859ca9de56087bd31a.jpg

 

Some 312s had a darker color again:

 

312/66

 

cea4a7e3f8b8da63eabfea966203008d.jpg

 

 

The most “traditional” looking Rosso Corsa that we kind of know today

 

312/67

 

4f40c3f4f4ff766210bb3d47e51ea488.jpg

 

312T2

 

2eb7e58717a0ef8807051bb6874630a6.jpg

 

641

 

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The super bright era (done for TV color balance):

 

F2002

 

a7e99465de2c93e54f37b5fe56171443.jpg

 

F2004

 

d7d82d12155560a9c5c216c029b1a779.jpg

 

Back to traditional once HDTV was a thing:

 

F2007

 

8fa1f3684988a3fe1da2788c05e96c12.jpg

 

F138 - I actually really like how this car looked. Lots of people don’t.

 

cf114f6688e657534ebf97947a57c885.jpg

 

Hybrid era has been all over the place:

 

F-14T (the car was ugly and the livery wasn’t going to overcome that)

 

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SF16-H (horrible)

 

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SF71H (best since the F138 IMO)

 

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SF90 - I think this looked really good for matte, actually

 

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Solid work! 
 

I do think the amount of sunlight in each picture plays on how the red appears. I LOVE the red on that #9 car.  That’s perfect, for a Ferrari, for me. And I really like the color of the  original, the 125S. It works for me.

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5 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Solid work! 
 

I do think the amount of sunlight in each picture plays on how the red appears. I LOVE the red on that #9 car.  That’s perfect, for a Ferrari, for me. And I really like the color of the  original, the 125S. It works for me.

Yeah I think some of those early ones were the same, just with different light. The colors of the 312/666, 312/67, & the 641 look fantastic.

 

3 hours ago, mcbrisket said:

641 is the best looking F1 car of all time.

 

3 hours ago, elfenix said:

can we go back to that and the MP4/5-6-7?

^ & ^^, Yes, please. Both the 641 & those McLarens also had the best liveries of all time imho. The 641 had the best Ferrari livery ever, imho. 

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F2 spoiler/info.



Massive fight back by Mick Schumacher today after qualifying horribly. Late SC shook up the field, and Ilott took damage, ending out of the points after pitting.

That puts Mick on top of the championship standings!

Dan Ticktum still being a twat.

 

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Masi seems to have no clue what he wants to do ... that's 3 different track limits having been enforced in the last 2 weekends - 2 different ones in this session simultaneously and 2 more simultaneously at Monza.

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19 minutes ago, elfenix said:

grass track limits at mid ohio today for those wondering what that might look like

Nice. Yeah I saw what happened to Pato when he got a little too greedy.

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