Spike 5,103 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Just now, Tommy said: Unfortunately, in most cases yes. You either have a rich background, or you are so damn talented that someone sponsors you from an early age. There are still quite a few drivers on the grid from modest backgrounds. But unfortunately the rich kids are taking over more and more. Who are the good guys in the sport? and who are the villains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted January 16, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 16, 2022 Just now, Spike said: Who are the good guys in the sport? and who are the villains? Depends on how you look at it. Even the "rich kids" can be good guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Tommy said: Depends on how you look at it. Even the "rich kids" can be good guys. Also I was talking about F1 to some people over the holidays, people old enough to remember Schumacher and nobody in the room knew of him. This is about ~10 Americans all over 30. It honestly shocked me, I'm no F1 fan but I have a latent knowledge of the sport due to it's popularity in Australia and I felt like Schumacher was at a level of fame that you just knew of him regardless of interest. That's how impressively culturally irrelevant the sport is in the USA, which is shocking to me given their enjoyment of other motorsports, you'd think there would be overlap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted January 16, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Spike said: Also I was talking about F1 to some people over the holidays, people old enough to remember Schumacher and nobody in the room knew of him. This is about ~10 Americans all over 30. It honestly shocked me, I'm no F1 fan but I have a latent knowledge of the sport due to it's popularity in Australia and I felt like Schumacher was at a level of fame that you just knew of him regardless of interest. That's how impressively culturally irrelevant the sport is in the USA, which is shocking to me given their enjoyment of other motorsports, you'd think there would be overlap. F1 actually gained a lot of popularity in the US recently, partly due to the Netflix series "Drive to Survive". Maybe you just surround yourself with the wrong kind of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Just now, Tommy said: F1 actually gained a lot of popularity in the US recently, partly due to the Netflix series "Drive to Survive". Maybe you just surround yourself with the wrong kind of people. 'Gained a lot of popularity' doesn't really mean much there are nearly 400,000,000 Americans and if 1,000,000 watch F1 that is still barely a notch! There are nearly four Americans to each German and Australian! Of course they are the wrong people, the in-laws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted January 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 19, 2022 Someone from reddit filmed at Austin with a Super8mm camera. How cool is that footage? https://streamable.com/44a0fq 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted January 29, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 29, 2022 I thought this was satire for a moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 296 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Took a break from F1 a few years, it was starting to get to predictable with one way dominance. I watched this year again, mostly to watch my favourite driver, and it turned out to be a good season to come back. Full of action and drama, love it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted January 29, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, OrangeKhrush said: Took a break from F1 a few years, it was starting to get to predictable with one way dominance. I watched this year again, mostly to watch my favourite driver, and it turned out to be a good season to come back. Full of action and drama, love it. Who is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 296 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, nudge said: Who is it? Fernando Alonso 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted January 29, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, OrangeKhrush said: Fernando Alonso Nice! Bet you enjoyed the Qatar GP, then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 296 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, nudge said: Nice! Bet you enjoyed the Qatar GP, then Hungary was great and the Bako sprint race. Alpine have something to build off and hopefully they have a more competitive car next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted January 29, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, OrangeKhrush said: hopefully they have a more competitive car next season. According to Alain Prost, their engine has reliability issues. But maybe he was just salty because they let him go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 296 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tommy said: According to Alain Prost, their engine has reliability issues. But maybe he was just salty because they let him go. Renault and reliability issues seems to be like sea water and salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted January 29, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tommy said: According to Alain Prost, their engine has reliability issues. But maybe he was just salty because they let him go. Renault and reliability issues, name a more iconic duo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 296 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 23 minutes ago, nudge said: Renault and reliability issues, name a more iconic duo Va va Voom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted February 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 9, 2022 13 hours ago, shut up said: It's called motor racing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber JoshBRFC+ 1,388 Posted February 9, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 9, 2022 18 minutes ago, Tommy said: It's called motor racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted February 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 9, 2022 16 hours ago, shut up said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Whiskey 1,192 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Strange to ask Vettel about a title fight when he's only ever bottled them, even with the most dominant car . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,663 Posted February 10, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 10, 2022 Vettel literally bottled every single title fight he was a part of as long as you don't count the four that he won. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber JoshBRFC+ 1,388 Posted February 10, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 10, 2022 1 hour ago, RondónEFC said: Vettel literally bottled every single title fight he was a part of as long as you don't count the four that he won. . I’ve said it before but I’ve really turned to strongly like Seb in recent years. His sense of humour, to silly radio comments, to his bromance with Lewis. Probably fishing from Cannabis, but he definitely has not bottled every title race. Even his battle with Lewis when he was at Ferrari, Lewis was just too good. Seb in his prime was lethal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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