Auto Racing Thread

[Salodin]

Seems less than ideal

They brought the Mario Kart Rainbow Road upgrades I see.

Let's go Charles! What a boring race, and that's what it took to finally get this guy a home race win. Now that that's out of the way, 4 race winners this season so far. Idkkkk, red bull not looking as locked as people assumed.

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[synistar]

McLaren with the triple P2 today (Monaco, Formula E, Indy 500)

The last 50 laps of the Indy 500 was absolute nuts. Can't be mad with Newgarden winning it over Pato O'Ward.

Too bad the Coke 600 ended on a wet fart (rain)

[Zetanio]

That was, as usual, a procession. The idea to have them race with karts is such a good one. I'd rather watch side by side wheel to wheel action going 80mph through the tunnel than a bunch of commentary trying to make a race where the leader is deliberately 2 seconds off the track pace (and still the fastest) sound interesting.

[synistar]

[Krandor]

Red Bull extended Checo for 2 years

[Demosthenes]

LMAO

[Salodin]

God fucking damnit

If I was a red bull junior driver I'd be switching teams asap. How you gonna leave this outside failure in the 2nd top seat when you have so many people in the wings. How you gonna leave him in there when Sainz is right there performing better? He's so fucking bad at being good. So fucking good at being barely mediocre. What a damn shame

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[Zetanio]

Red Bull is gonna end up pissing away their best car in history. Checo's wild mediocrity the last 2 years hasn't been an issue because they had 30 seconds a race of pace in hand. Now that it's down to 5-10 seconds, he's fucking nowhere. He's going to cost them the constructors unless he stops being fuckin useless.

[Zetanio]

i guess they could just buy someone out to replace him and have him sit out as reserve all year. the Red Bull juniors are mid. Sainz won't join bc Jos vs Sainz Sr isn't something anyone wants, esp Horny.

[synistar]

Meanwhile in IndyCar: Argentinian Death Threats - The Sequel

[Demosthenes]

Maybe stroll is not the driver with the safest seat.

[Dantrag]

Maybe stroll is not the driver with the safest seat.

Never should have been. He's been subpar for a few seasons it feels like now.

Checo needs to checo out... sorry.

Yuki might be able to do better in the RB than he's currently doing, but who knows. Ricardo needs to be retired as well at this point.

[Nitsuki]

Apparently there’s a thing going around that Checo makes a ton of money for RBR in merch sales alone. If that’s a factor then damn.

[Roranora]

he might get bumped in Q1 but have you seen how much merch mexicans buy

[Zetanio]

Apparently there’s a thing going around that Checo makes a ton of money for RBR in merch sales alone. If that’s a factor then damn.

He makes a solid bit more than Max. It's probably the only factor keeping him in that seat. He basically represents all of the Spanish-speaking Western Hemisphere (and most of the Portugese fans) as well as the rest of the Western Hemisphere excepting LOLogan.

[Zetanio]

he might get bumped in Q1 but have you seen how much merch mexicans buy

You jest but it's a fucking yuge amount.

[Dantrag]

You jest but it's a fucking yuge amount.

"Checo is good for selling a lot of cans of Red Bull, both in North America and Latin America. He brings a lot of sponsorship money to the team and that is important, even at this time in F1 with a budget cap. Almost 65% of all online Red Bull F1 merchandise is sold to Mexico."

I mean..... damn.

[Zetanio]

"Checo is good for selling a lot of cans of Red Bull, both in North America and Latin America. He brings a lot of sponsorship money to the team and that is important, even at this time in F1 with a budget cap. Almost 65% of all online Red Bull F1 merchandise is sold to Mexico."

I mean..... damn.

yeah man, it's fuckin wild

[synistar]

Meanwhile in IndyCar: Argentinian Death Threats - The Sequel

And the aftermath - https://www.mclaren.com/racing/indyc...linger-racing/

McLaren terminates its partnership with Juncos Hollinger

[Krandor]

Checo immediately living up to the new contract