Formula One
Formula One
Do we have any Formula One fans here. What did you make of the first race?
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Bit of a casual fan, like the games more than watching the races nowadays.
Found it dissappointing - already looks like Red Bull's to lose, the gap between that car and everyone elses seems huge. Still, early days!
Found it dissappointing - already looks like Red Bull's to lose, the gap between that car and everyone elses seems huge. Still, early days!
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Yeah, although it looks like the race for 2nd could be exciting as Aston Martin look really good.
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Agreed - seeing Alonso on the podium was fantastic. God knows he's been due a decent car for far too long.
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Yeah, I found it really funny how he was almost driving around the track whilst having a casual conversation with his team on the radio about what was happening elsewhere in the race. And then when he just told them "this car is really nice to drive". They said on commentary that someone once said of Alonso that he uses 25% of his brain for driving the car and 75% for everything else happening on the track and I can totally see that.
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I've watched F1 since I was a kid.
The Red Bulls look like they'll win the season while taking it easy like the mid-2010s Mercs. I've taken a far greater interest in the midfield since that Mercedes dominance started.
While I'm obviously happy for Alonso to be up near the front in the Aston Martin, the former Jordan team, I've had a bit of a chip on my shoulder about that team since Lawrence Stroll bought it and parachuted his boy in there at Ocon's expense. We'll see how they handle development over the season.
Ferrari should end up second but reliability could be a concern. Mercedes seems like a bit of a mess right now, I can't really tell where their season will go from here.
In midfield, Alpine look like a solid clear fifth ahead of the rest, though they're obviously disappointed by it. They just have to stop making dumb mistakes and they'll stay well clear of the Alfas.
The Alpha Tauris look particularly poor this year.
Sadly the next race is Saudi Arabia, a mixture of two things I don't like, a sponsorship driven location in an oil state AND a street circuit.
The Red Bulls look like they'll win the season while taking it easy like the mid-2010s Mercs. I've taken a far greater interest in the midfield since that Mercedes dominance started.
While I'm obviously happy for Alonso to be up near the front in the Aston Martin, the former Jordan team, I've had a bit of a chip on my shoulder about that team since Lawrence Stroll bought it and parachuted his boy in there at Ocon's expense. We'll see how they handle development over the season.
Ferrari should end up second but reliability could be a concern. Mercedes seems like a bit of a mess right now, I can't really tell where their season will go from here.
In midfield, Alpine look like a solid clear fifth ahead of the rest, though they're obviously disappointed by it. They just have to stop making dumb mistakes and they'll stay well clear of the Alfas.
The Alpha Tauris look particularly poor this year.
Sadly the next race is Saudi Arabia, a mixture of two things I don't like, a sponsorship driven location in an oil state AND a street circuit.
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The Red Bulls really do look on another level to all the other cars, the way Max was able to to just breeze pass the Mercs like they weren't even there.