Auto Racing Thread

[Mayareira]

There goes the invaluable 7 secs.

[Vil]

Nice pit stop, Merc.

[Nitsuki]

Oof there goes Alonso’s first race back.

[Mayareira]

Nice overtake by Kimi. Love seeing him on the track still.

[Nitsuki]

Bout fucking time they warn Ham about the track limits.

[Mayareira]

This was a nail biting moment. Verstrappen overtakes Hamilton!

[Mayareira]

Aaand now Hamilton takes the 1st pos. back!

[Nitsuki]

Fucking ham pushed max, wtf was that shit.

[Mayareira]

Have to give the guy the credit. He is great at endurance.

Still can't forget how he pulled the Istanbul race without changing tires.

[Nitsuki]

I can’t deny it, fuck that was nail-biting.

Just BS that mercedes was abusing the track limits for a good while. That’s the bs. It’s clear Lewis was being favored, because Max wasn’t overextending.

[Vil]

They gave me legit racing for the win at the end of the race. I'll take it.

Still looks like a big gap after the top 2-3, but Ferrari and McLaren may have some good action in the group behind them. Probably throw in Gasly, Stroll, and Alonso with them. Unclear where Checo will be, considering he started this on the wrong foot. Maybe he will make it 4 at the top. Would be nice.

[Mayareira]

I can’t deny it, fuck that was nail-biting.

Just BS that mercedes was abusing the track limits for a good while. That’s the bs. It’s clear Lewis was being favored, because Max wasn’t overextending.

Yeah apparently Max was asked to give way. I agree it is BS, apparently as long as you don't overtake the first you can freely abuse the track limits.

[Nitsuki]

Yeah apparently Max was asked to give way. I agree it is BS, apparently as long as you don't overtake the first you can freely abuse the track limits.

Correct, well it is what it is, this season opener was good af, looking forward to the rest!

Horner and Toto being interviewed at the same time lol.

[Krandor]

I'm not an auto racing guy but the amount of Mazespin posts I saw on reddit yesterday made me feel obligated to watch today and I was not disappointed.

[Dantrag]

Okay, I don't know F1 rules particularly, but wasn't Max ahead of Lewis enough that Lewis should have had to given up his racing line? Or was it because Max was already on the outside?

[Nitsuki]

Bristol delayed til tomorrow due to weather.

Also i’m seeing that Leclerc was interviewed that they told him there was no penalty if a pass was done there. But it was a tough call, clearly they passed Gio but Gio had the inside line so the outer line which was the racing line it almost looked like Ham push Ver, but Ver had almost no room. The big issue was that those track limits were not allowed during FP and Qualis, but they allowed them to use during the race, but the claim is that the FIA changed the rule on the fly and now they said they couldn’t pass if there was an advantage. Which fine i understand, but Verstappen already passed Ham before the exit, so there was no advantage. Ham just got a lucky shot because he was warned after doing this for 20+ laps but Max was screwed for doing it during the scrap.

[BerenTebogo]

That race was pretty great. Fuck yeah Norris.

[synistar]

Canadian GP cancelled because of CoVID restrictions. Rumor has it Turkey will fill the June 13th spot.

[Nitsuki]

Canadian GP cancelled because of CoVID restrictions. Rumor has it Turkey will fill the June 13th spot.

Turkey’s an awesome track anyways, but so was Canada

[Vil]

Hey rain, how about staying away this time?

What's the situation with Miami for next year? I don't really know the process for bidding to host a race, so I have no idea how far along it is or how strong a chance it has. Would this replace Austin if so?