Auto Racing Thread

[Salodin]

That's true. He's very low-key great. Sad to see Gasly kinda stuck, hopefully next year car dynamics make it more competitive I guess

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[Demosthenes]

My boy is trapped and not going anywhere anytime soon.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/helmut...-pierre-gasly/

[synistar]

Ericsson literally plowed into Bourdais during an early restart and somehow Ericsson won the shitshow that was the IndyCar Music City GP in Nashville. 9 cautions, 2 reds, and somehow the race finished to completion.

[Krandor]

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1...697023498?s=19

plowed into doesn't really describe, that was a weird collision

[Demosthenes]

FIA rules are FIA rules, though it is unfortunate that they cannot look at extenuating circumstances like this and weigh it differently. That said, if they did make an exception this time it absolutely opens them up to lawsuits later, which invalidates the rule.
A perfect example is Hamilton v Verstappen at Silverstone. If they made an exception this time, and that happened later, Red Bull could sue to have their engine replaced without penalty for what was clearly a racing incident that leaned Hamilton. It doesn't just stop there. An accident is an accident, regardless of fault, you'll have constructors scheming to damage parts so they can replace them mid season.
The worst part of this is it will change how the drivers race, making them less safe. If you're coming around the apex and in front ala Verstappen, even though you have more rights to the racing line, leaving a bit more room (which he incidentally didn't do) while in control of the line becomes even less appealing since damaging your parts is not a worry anymore.

[Salodin]

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[Demosthenes]

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LMAO!

[Nitsuki]

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11/10

[Demosthenes]

https://www.autosport.com/motogp/new...again/6646658/

[Salodin]

Wtf, deliberately sabotaged his engine? I'm so confused as to the motivation lol

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[synistar]

https://twitter.com/IndyCaronNBC/sta...18864884981763

[Nitsuki]

That indy road course for Nascar today was a huge trainwreck, 2 red flags in a row in the last 3 laps of the race.

[synistar]

And they removed the kerb on turn 6 after it tore off the splitter off a car. And after that cars kept launching off the turtle on turn 6 causing the following red. BuT wE hAvE tO rUn ReD wHiTe ChEcKeR at least twice

[Vil]

Not really a surprise, but damn I'm disappointed. Japanese GP cancelled.

[synistar]

24 Hours of Le Mans right now. And this sponsor knew what they were doing.

https://twitter.com/JimmyBroadbent/s...16808074772481

[Mayareira]

lol

[synistar]

Kubica's ride got Toyota-ed. Final lap leading LMP2 for the past 90 minutes. Car breaks down at the Dunlop Curve. Kamui Kobayashi finally gets a win.

And the traditional flag man almost got ran down as two cars were racing hard to the finish line - https://streamable.com/q4ndze

[Nitsuki]

Finally time my people!

[Demosthenes]

Verstappen red flag at practice. Perez contract extended.

[Salodin]

Max is lucky he didn't hit that slightly harder and fuck his brand new engine. Hope he doesn't have the jitters tbh

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