Updated: Formula 1 all seasons thread!

[manly]

And the plot thickens. 🤯


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McLarens DQ'd, gap narrows to 24 points. Norris should still win the WDC, but at least the door is cracked slightly open.

How McLaren's microscopic Vegas DQ brought Verstappen into the title fight

A technical infraction as small as a hair's width saw both McLarens disqualified from Vegas, which has enormous ramifications for F1's title fight.

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[_Rick_]

With Max and RB back to executing pretty cleanly, it looks like there will be a real fight.
The read sadness is, that if Oscar were to find his form again, we need to expect McLaren to give Lando the wave-by, despite him already being preferred to the tune of 10/20 points (7/14 in Silverstone, 3/6 in Monza) by the team.

Of course, if Lando manages one more GP win, it's effectively game over.

 

[manly]

LOL they're getting a little spicy.

Norris welcomes Verstappen talking 'nonsense'

Lando Norris said he welcomes title rival Max Verstappen talking "nonsense" about the title fight, but insists he will remain fully focused on winning the world championship.

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[_Rick_]

Max was pretty chill, all things considered - until he got asked about the points he left on the table in Barcelona
The race in Abu Dhabi was the usual snore-fest. And the analysts are even questioning whether it was the plan all along for Lando to let Oscar past. This doesn't make much sense for me - the mediums should have comfortably been faster for the first half of the stint, and you could have orchestrated a pass later on - if this was really the strategy, then McLaren would have cynically given up the win on lap 1, which would be properly depressing.

Given how McLaren were prioritizing Lando, even when he was behind in the championship, this result should have been expected. It would have been the more satisfying end for the best driver on the grid to take the crown as the underdog, instead of the pre-season favourite holding on by the slimmest of margins, but at least how we got there was mostly exciting.

 

[zinfamous]

Well yeah it wasn't a very good race but it was still really tense! I'm always wondering what McLaren is going to do to screw things up or if Lando is going to collapse at some point. Very please to see him pull it out, especially in this last year before everything maybe goes tits up next year.

Overall it was a very fun season, Interlagos probably my favorite race. I don't like Max, but I found myself pulling for him to pick up that win from the pit lane. The guy is just uncontainable. I'm glad he didn't, because that would have given him the championship

Hopefully next year gets a good shakeup and the racing is good. Though I imagine it will be quick dominance by one or two manufacturers and boring season after race 5.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Well yeah it wasn't a very good race but it was still really tense! I'm always wondering what McLaren is going to do to screw things up or if Lando is going to collapse at some point. Very please to see him pull it out, especially in this last year before everything maybe goes tits up next year.

Overall it was a very fun season, Interlagos probably my favorite race. I don't like Max, but I found myself pulling for him to pick up that win from the pit lane. The guy is just uncontainable. I'm glad he didn't, because that would have given him the championship

Hopefully next year gets a good shakeup and the racing is good. Though I imagine it will be quick dominance by one or two manufacturers and boring season after race 5.

I have warmed up to liking Max Verstappen. You really have to accept the fact that he is an amazing racing driver, probably the best in the world right now.