Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

Hope this isn't another clean sweep by Verstappen.

The time difference he put to the 3rd at the end of the race was shorter than last year's. There could be hope, but I'm not optimistic. The fun is going to happen behind.

 

Drama (for your mama)!

Finally some spice at the top of the leaderboards!

Fun race. 

 

I am quite enjoying this more competitive period in F1. Races are a lot more fun when Max isn't way out in front.

Indeed

Agreed X2. Especially, after he acted l like such an arrogant ass last week. 

Bummed that Russell didn't get the win and was disqualified. Tired of Hamilton and verstsappen winning at this point. 

These oval track guys have some insane wrecks!

NASCAR is basically professional bumper cars these days. Hard to take seriously anymore. 

Edited October 7, 20241 yr by robm321

Just a bit of fun.

2nd and 3rd in a rain race vaulting us way up the constructor’s charts. What a ≈ race, Alpine! 🇫🇷🥈🥉🇫🇷

Also that Max V. guy may be an asshole, but damn can he drive.

Edited November 3, 20241 yr by TMoney

He can drive and he has got that good luck belonging to the champions. That red flag right before he needed to swap tyres was a godsend that helped the mediocre Alpines. But the lot of people off the race that did not finish gives an idea of the track conditions yesterday.

Fun season. Next year feels wide open among the top 4. Very proud of my Alpine guys for fighting our way to 6th after starting in the dumps.

Was great to see Checo where he belongs, and Yuki not scoring points. Glad Lewis showed George up one last time, and going to be fun to watch him stomp Charles next year, though his 19->3 was brilliant. Gutted that Bottas didn't get points, but what a brilliant Friday/Saturday he had. Going to be nice to have a proper last name in a Red Bull instead of the guy who averaged fewer points over the last 16 races than Zhou got last week.

Congrat to your team @TMoney (now that they got rid of the dead weight, as opposed to just your driver,) but they did have a brilliant livery the past few weeks.

Also, congrat to McLaren for scoring the perfect amount of points. 

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This season is looking to be a competitive one which is a nice change.

A lot more parity with the cars. 

Definitely. RB survives thanks to Max's insurmountable talent. McLaren has a bit more than the rest, but Lando seems to be overwhelmed by the responsibility. Very interesting season. Maybe more than the next one, which I don't completely believe is going to be tighter.

Like him or not, Max is a legend. 

https://youtu.be/d5wyPynDBxc?si=vq7t9GhkhBA9uPko

 

1 hour ago, robm321 said:

Like him or not, Max is a legend. 

https://youtu.be/d5wyPynDBxc?si=vq7t9GhkhBA9uPko

 

I used to hate him with begrudging respect for his skill, which is immense. Now I can see how good of a step-dad he is (respect), prolly gonna be a good dad (see above,) and most importantly, he has a miniature dachshund named Nino. His dog is definitely superior to him in every way other than driving, but now I can just dislike him whilst rooting against him and Red Bull, and everyone who had a hand in fucking over DR3.  

Today's race is going to be fun, especially if it rains, which very likely will do.

Just now, Torpedo said:

Today's race is going to be fun, especially if it rains, which very likely will do.

Lewis gonna send it in the rain, if his team let's him.

Maybe Kimi will take out Max again to make sure he gets out of his contract. 

Barely 30' before the race, it's raining and they're warming up on "intermediate" rain tires; the green band ones. I'm not sure Max is the best on wet track.