Motorsports (NASCAR, F1, etc) Discussion Thread • Page 99

The Mclaren "drama" is about as much as this race has offered, unfortunately,

 

Did not expect such a dominant win

 

McLaren love to find a way to make drama out of routine races lol

 

I swear this team secretly hate him

 

“Secretly”

 

I always liked McLaren, but now they’re winning again I’ve lost interest in them. Partially cause they make weird choices, but also it probably doesn’t help that I don’t think either driver is champion material. They seem like nice guys but they’re maybe the 6th/7th best drivers?

Lando is absolutely rapid but makes several mistakes a race, and Oscar is pretty steady but I’m not convinced he’s even in the top 5/6 drivers pace wise. George, Charles, Max, Lewis, Fernando would all be cleaning up in that car.

 

Formula 1 U.S. Rights Talks "Pretty Far Along" As Apple Rumors Swirl, Parent Company CEO Says

 

After making the movie I’d be pretty pissed if I didn’t get the rights if I was Apple.

 

$150 million is pocket change for Apple

 

Yes but being on apple will be bad for the sport.

 

Such an insane, and thrilling, race

 

No Mexico on the Indy car schedule. They couldn’t figure anything out with the World Cup next year.

 

I think that's a very harsh description of Piastri. He's beating Lando in the quali head to head and has shown himself to be equal to or better than Lando fairly frequently. If you think Lando is rapid, I don't know how you can only think Oscar is steady.

Charles is prone to a mistake under pressure. Not sure how you could gauge where Lewis and Fernando would be in these Mclarens. They could both be well past their best now. Max is the only one I think is a guarantee to batter the Mclaren two if he also had a Mclaren. Given how much Piastri has stepped forward since last year, I wouldn't be shocked if it were pretty close with those two.

 

Great update on Ford's development progress with their Dakar Raptor truck

 

Game looks sick. Preordered the Gold edition!

 

Yeah, I’m probably still factoring in last season too much. Partially cause I have only seen half the races this year, and also cause it’s hard to tell how quick they are as drivers when their car is a rocketship. But I think you are probably right.

 

Really curious to see what Apple can do with the sport, how they can leverage their marketing might/financial resources to open it up even further.

 

The step up from Piastri in consistency and pace this year is nuts. Obviously there's still chance for him to have a slump (like he did last year), but it's hard to envisage now.

 

Jesus christ Oscar

 

That really was a stinker of a first lap by him.

 

Stinker of a race

IMSA’s 6-hour race at Indy today should be great