nudge

Alonso probably sacrificed a few mechanics. Or sent them to Haas, judging from their today's failure

McLaren didn't fall apart

Oh yes, good call on Leclerc, happy to see him finish the race, good debut. Happy Sauber weren't last, as well

Good to see the smile wiped off Hamilton's face Also, what a disaster for Haas, problems with the wheel gun, could have gotten serious points or even podium today but are left with nothing instead... Shit race though, I don't think I saw a single overtake other than the illegal one by Verstappen on Alonso during the safety car phase

The first race of the season is over, with Kevin Estre, Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor finishing first in a Porsche Manthey Racing #911 Massive respect for Michael Schrey, who pushed his BMW for about 50 meters to the finish line after it ran out of fuel and managed to finish 4th, only to collapse from exhaustion after crossing the finish line Now that's dedication.

Tsk tsk, Lewis

There are hardly any other options next summer, are there? I think they might go for Verstappen in the future, but that's probably more likely once Hamilton retires.

Yup, seems like he's set for that Mercedes seat next season

https://streamable.com/4w9b1 Alonso is already pissed off

Also, Toto Wolff was visibly pissed off

Yes, pushed too hard, took too much kerb, went too wide and lost control in Turn 1. https://streamable.com/0m1cq

Yes, he already said that he was pushing too hard and that it's a big hit for his confidence This is definitely his last season at Mercedes one way or another, but he needs to pull himself together and get proper results to reserve himself a seat somewhere else. Underperforming in a vastly superior car puts enough pressure on him already.

Bottas gets 5 place grid penalty, will start from 15th tomorrow.

Haha, I don't really mind it, but I'm also used to it somewhat... Ernst Hausleitner and Alex Wurz is the best commentator duo for me, so there's that too. I had SRF stream running on another computer, and Swiss accent annoys me more than the Austrian one

I turned on RTL at first, but it was so horrible I changed to ORF instantly

Hamilton 6 tenths clear of Räikkönen, almost 7 tenths clear of Vettel, and almost 9 tenths better than his previous best laps... Sandbagging at its finest, here goes the hopes for a super-competitive season Magnussen beats Grosjean, Hülkenberg beats Sainz, both Haas beat Renault and will start in P5 and P6 Bottas crashes into the wall. Sauber surprisingly not last

Yeah, IndyCar is testing it already. Definitely looks better than the halo...

That's probably another indication that they intend to spend more time in the garage than on the race track As for the halo/overboard camera issue, I imagine they'd find a way to install the camera at a different angle to make it better for future races... but yeah, now it's just awful. They even had to change the position of start lights as the drivers weren't able to see it properly

Force India have a flip flop sponsor on the halo...

That's on the same level as "I'm deleting my facebook" or the good old cryptic cliffhanger posts aka "life sucks", "why?..." or "so over it..." on FB that scream of attention seeking and nobody knows what the fuck is going on

New VLN (or VLN Endurance Racing Championship Nürburgring) season finally starts tomorrow, after some fears that it would be delayed due to snowy weather. The first 4 hour race starts at 12pm CET, give it a go, one of the most exciting endurance racing series on one of the best racing circuits in the world Free legal stream on the official website https://www.vln.de or on youtube in English:

When was the last time you were in Australia?