Motorsport Off Topic Thread

chrismscotland · 26 Mar 2024 at 09:24

Mr Jack said:
The NZHerald is claiming that Ricciardo has just two races to prove this worth before Lawson gets given a chance. Not sure I believe that one. What do we think, OCUK?

I'd be surprised to be honest; although Marko is always going to noise up/threaten drivers - its all he has

Mesai said:
Don’t get me wrong, I agree. Super disappointed at how bad he’s been and I think Lawson did enough last year to earn a seat.

Rumours have Perez already signed on for next year so RBR need to work through their ranks to find another driver, or look externally.

Plenty of alternate rumours about Alonso for RBR floating around now as well; I'd love to see Max and Alonso go head to head

adam cool dude said:
How do you think he got in the first place?

Certainly not driving talent; it was his dad's money and the influence they had over Haas; that doesn't exist now and without his dad's Russian money I just don't see a way back, there's far more talented drivers waiting.

Mr Jack · 26 Mar 2024 at 09:31

chrismscotland said:
Certainly not driving talent; it was his dad's money and the influence they had over Haas; that doesn't exist now and without his dad's Russian money I just don't see a way back, there's far more talented drivers waiting.

Also, when Mazepin came in, while he wasn't the most impressive talent in F2 he'd shown some decent pace at times and even won a couple of races in impressive fashion. It wasn't implausible that he, like Zhou Guanyu (who he beat in their joint second season in F2), would perform in F1 at a reasonable level. Now we know what a complete potato he is. It's gone from taking a fat wodge of cash to drape your team in the Russian flag and put in an unproven rookie, to taking cash to put in a driver known to be a liability both on and off track.

Terminal_Boy · 26 Mar 2024 at 09:31

Mr Jack said:
The NZHerald is claiming that Ricciardo has just two races to prove this worth before Lawson gets given a chance. Not sure I believe that one. What do we think, OCUK?

I don’t know how much sponsorship Ricciardo brings into the pot, but he’s supposed to be a far better driver than Tsunoda and he’s paid 6-7 times what Tsunoda is (according to the internet), so I would imagine VisaCashAppwordSaladRedBull management will not tolerate him being slower that Tsunoda for very long with Lawson sitting on the sidelines.

KiNgPiN83 · 26 Mar 2024 at 13:43

chrismscotland said:
Plenty of alternate rumours about Alonso for RBR floating around now as well; I'd love to see Max and Alonso go head to head

If you believe all the Horner vs Max/Jos/Marko stuff then that would be a pretty big power move from Horner… lol

Scam · 26 Mar 2024 at 14:03

chrismscotland said:
Plenty of alternate rumours about Alonso for RBR floating around now as well; I'd love to see Max and Alonso go head to head

lol Alonso would be under Max's skin quicker than a rat up a drainpipe. I'd love to see it.

chrismscotland · 26 Mar 2024 at 14:04

KiNgPiN83 said:
If you believe all the Horner vs Max/Jos/Marko stuff then that would be a pretty big power move from Horner… lol

To be fair I think Sainz coming back would be as well; I didn't realise there had been a fair amount of needle between the Sainz and Verstappen clans

Flibster · 27 Mar 2024 at 19:38

Taran Tactical have put a video up showing Hamilton going completely John Wick, and is impressive as hell. Nice to see him relaxed as well.

Can't link as swearies are contained, but... damn.... :eek:

Feek · 27 Mar 2024 at 20:16

Flibster said:
Taran Tactical have put a video up showing Hamilton going completely John Wick, and is impressive as hell. Nice to see him relaxed as well.

Can't link as swearies are contained, but... damn....

That was fun to watch.

Shooter ready.
Standby.
Beep.
*bang bang bang*
Unload and show clear.

That’s practical shooting, exactly what I did. He was quick but not accurate as a lot of the shots were on the edge of the targets. It’s not just about speed, accuracy is very important.

I’d outscore him easily if we were competing and he was shooting like that.

Flibster · 27 Mar 2024 at 20:23

Feek said:
That was fun to watch.

Shooter ready.
Standby.
Beep.
*bang bang bang*
Unload and show clear.

That’s practical shooting, exactly what I did. He was quick but not accurate as a lot of the shots were on the edge of the targets. It’s not just about speed, accuracy is very important.

I’d outscore him easily if we were competing and he was shooting like that.

But the guy did say a couple of times that it was his first day there. Obviously handled guns before, but even so...

Feek · 27 Mar 2024 at 20:28

Flibster said:
But the guy did say a couple of times that it was his first day there. Obviously handled guns before, but even so...

Absolutely, and I'd be happy to beat him until he got some practise in

Stu999 · 1 Apr 2024 at 21:34

Cheapest Las Vegas 2024 tickets for 3 days are currently €973.

Not sure how much single day tickets were this year.

On the official site all of the tickets are very expensive except Hungary which was about €173.

Jono8 · 2 Apr 2024 at 13:41

Honestly I'd love to see Alonso at RB alongside Max. Would make 2025 a lot more interesting.

I guess that would clear a seat for Sainz at Aston Martin.

UTmaniac · 2 Apr 2024 at 16:31

Liberty buying MotoGP isn't an April fool?

Seems really odd reading it's the Suzuka F1 GP this coming weekend, thought this was usually in the autumn?! Guess it makes some logistics sense, with the return of the China GP afterwards.

Stu999 · 2 Apr 2024 at 19:27

UTmaniac said:
Liberty buying MotoGP isn't an April fool?

Seems really odd reading it's the Suzuka F1 GP this coming weekend, thought this was usually in the autumn?! Guess it makes some logistics sense, with the return of the China GP afterwards.

Could have the MotoGP as a support race to F1.

cuke2u · 3 Apr 2024 at 09:12

Stu999 said:
Could have the MotoGP as a support race to F1.

Would have been interesting but I very much doubt it, MotoGP is a standalone event in itself with it's own support races. You probably couldn't fit everything into a weekend along with F1..

Scam · 3 Apr 2024 at 10:15

cuke2u said:
You probably couldn't fit everything into a weekend along with F1..

Liberty: “Hold my beer”

On another topic I see the Horny allegations are still making the 10 o’clock news, with some quotes from the claimant’s friend yesterday. Sounds like this is going to go the distance and it’s only a matter of time before it ends up at an employment tribunal and we get to hear all the grisly details.

hudson86 · 3 Apr 2024 at 11:01

Business F1 magazine have reported re the "independent" barrister

"he is the legal representative and London lawyer of the Yoovidhya family, 51% owners of Red Bull"

Slam62 · 3 Apr 2024 at 11:05

hudson86 said:
Business F1 magazine have reported re the "independent" barrister

"he is the legal representative and London lawyer of the Yoovidhya family, 51% owners of Red Bull"

Nothing would surprise me about this,

cuke2u · 3 Apr 2024 at 11:12

Scam said:
Liberty: “Hold my beer”

On another topic I see the Horny allegations are still making the 10 o’clock news, with some quotes from the claimant’s friend yesterday. Sounds like this is going to go the distance and it’s only a matter of time before it ends up at an employment tribunal and we get to hear all the grisly details.

Yawnsville, who really cares, aside from those obsessing about it that is. What will be will be...

Mr Jack · 3 Apr 2024 at 11:47

cuke2u said:
You probably couldn't fit everything into a weekend along with F1..

Rebadging MotoGP as an F1 support would also substantially reduce its value, I'd think. I do hope they'll aim to avoid clashes in time between the main races though. Liberty will presume hope that they get fans to watch both.