Adam Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 Not sure there's much point getting at Lando, it's not like he sought out Trump. Trump visited McLaren hospitality, the race was in Florida and he is a former President, much as we all know he is an odious orange cretin. Lando will have been going about his usual job and enjoying his victory. When the useless UK Prime Minister turns up at the local school, I don't judge the headmaster for it. Notwithstanding that Lando is from a very well-off background and spends his life driving around in circles likely being unaffected by the wider political world, same as 3/4 of the grid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 1 hour ago, Chris2K said: From the "we can't have nice things" collection, we now have: I've seen worse monkey paw deals, but not many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METALMAN Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 In the course of their visits to various autocracies F1 and its drivers have cosied up to far worse figures than Donald Trump and to my knowledge the only ones that have ever actually said anything about it are Vettel and Hamilton. But yes I’m inclined to agree with @JasonM here. These are people who fly from race to race in private jets and live in Monaco to get out of their obligations to society. Not the first place I’d expect moral leadership from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 Perhaps my reaction was a little much, but I'm still pissed that Crofty "hilariously" chose to give Trump a name-drop when Lando crossed the line, meaning that any archive footage of Lando's first win will always have that dickhead mentioned as he wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 13 Author Admin Report Share Posted May 13 Ferrari slowly assembling Hamilton's dream team. Just need to announce Newey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 5 minutes ago, Lineker said: Ferrari slowly assembling Hamilton's dream team. Just need to announce Newey. And Bottas as his team-mate . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 David Croft is missing his first race since Sky took over the live TV rights in 2012, and extending the streak back to his BBC days, his first missed race since 2007 when he missed the European Grand Prix for the birth of his son. The BBC's Harry Benjamin is replacing him, which is a bit weird when Alex Jacques is the F2 commentator for Sky, or they could have had Martin and Alex Brundle together. Regardless of what you think of Crofty, that is one hell of a streak of consecutive races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Martin and Alex Brundle would have been confusing for the ears because to me, they sound almost exactly the same as one another. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris2K Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Piastri has a (fully expected) 3 place grid penalty for impeding K-Mag, which sort of ruins McLaren's good day. It's just nice to see people so close to Max, even if it's just one lap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 Caption aside, this is a moment worth watching as Sebastian Vettel honours Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger after driving Senna's 1993 McLaren car around the track earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 19 Author Admin Report Share Posted May 19 Norris came bloody close there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnar hendershow Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 Well at least that one was worth watching to the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 Only really at the end though, the rest of the race wasn't up to much. Once the pit stops were done/everyone had navigated past Perez it felt a bit processional. Harry Benjamin was alright as a commentator, although "look to the lights, foot to the floor, and we're racing in Imola" doesn't roll off the tongue like "and it's lights out and away we go", or my personal favourite Murray Walker's "and it's GO! GO! GO!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 I liked Benjamin, more than I do Alex Jacques. I don't love Crofty's style to be honest but it was strange not having him on comms. Agree the race was dull, I actually fell asleep around lap 30 for ten minutes watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 21 Author Admin Report Share Posted May 21 Fuck. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 Stonking that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 McLaren's dedication to being willing to be bold with their one-off liveries is to be commended, and that looks great. I'm sure Ferrari will do something equally as daring, like put a white sticker on the inside of the front wing endplate. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 That livery is glorious. Hope they win the race in it. There's so many races now, every team should have 2 designated races a season for things like this. Throwbacks, tributes and sure, corporate tie-ins. Would be fun to see up and down the grid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METALMAN Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 Yeah I quite like it. The grid needs a yellow car. The grid needs an orange car too so the onus should be on one of the anonymous blue cars to shift over 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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