The F1 Thread

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Every team interviewed has said this strategy was decided before the race even started.

 

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Cadillac bought a Super Bowl commercial to reveal their livery.

 

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On 12/2/2025 at 10:26 AM, Deleterious said:

 

Such a shame. I really liked him and thought he had a bright future.  That car is career ender.  

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Come on Lewis, just retire.  

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Max and Red Bull just gave up too much at the start of the year.  If they figure things out a few racers earlier, this might have ended up different.

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I did not know DRS was going away next year.  Not sure how I feel about that.

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Max had 421 points himself.  So his two teammates only contributed 30 points.

 

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New cars for next season raises the potential for a complete shifting of the grid.   I don’t think it’s likely but we could have a complete changing of the guard.   Who knows Aston Martin and Williams could end up fighting for a championship.    

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I can't remember what # Max used to have on his car.

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33 -  I was thinking about that yesterday.  For sure, Lando would take that #1 next year even if it’s just rub Max a bit.  

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I just got a push notification from The Athletic saying Lando will use #1.

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9 hours ago, Hongbit said:

New cars for next season raises the potential for a complete shifting of the grid.   I don’t think it’s likely but we could have a complete changing of the guard.   Who knows Aston Martin and Williams could end up fighting for a championship.    

I saw in the car write-up that they are narrowing tires by an inch. Seems like an interesting decision. Maybe it’s a match to the weight reduction?

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2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

I saw in the car write-up that they are narrowing tires by an inch. Seems like an interesting decision. Maybe it’s a match to the weight reduction?

All of the changes are to primarily solve the dirty air problem.   If they can limit the turbulence coming off the car, they hope this will allow for closer racing and more passing.  The tire narrowing is something they hope will help. 

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Sounds like Max is changing his number to 3.

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57 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

Reportedly NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle, his wife and son were qmong those on the plane

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Big if true.  He’s the only race engineer that Max has ever had.    

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For a change of direction...

This thread is usually about the F1 circuit, which I have great respect for. But here is another window into racing. No matter what they have, people will race it, and no matter where.

They call it the Chili Bowl.

The below clip is from Monday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A 440,000 sq/ft building that is half pits, and half track. They bring in truck loads of dirt to build the track. It's about a 1/6 mile oval. The event runs Monday to Saturday. 400 entries. The cars are called midgets. Custom built Toyota or Honda engines mounted in a tube chassis, big money.

The event features NASCAR drivers Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell who both have won the event (before anyone knew who they were), along with many well known dirt racers in the country, if you follow that kind of stuff.

 

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Those things really go.