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Johnny Lunchbucket May 29 2022 10:35 PM

So I gave up Nascar, finally. They gimmicked up the season so much, with playoffs, and stages, and now have cars that when they crash don't even dent. Gone are the days when a guy's hood could fly off in wreck and decapitate fans, and he could continue racing with no hood and maybe win. Plus, 70% of the cars don't stand a chance in every race. But I watched DRIVE TO SURVIVE on Netflix and totally got into Formula 1. It's really an interesting show.... so today dvred the Monaco Grand Prix and watched an f1 race for the 1st time... not the greatest race but I feel like I know all the drivers and team leaders by now and it's fun. Blasphemy with Nascar at Charlotte on prime time tonight and the Indy 500 tomorrow. Anyone watch f1 or the Netflix show?

Methead May 30 2022 07:09 AM Re: Vroom

YES My brother got me into F1 a few years ago. I was hanging at his place one time and he made me sit and watch qualifying with him. I was like "why would you care about watching that" but I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. We now have a fantasy league with a few of our cousins and it's super fun. Speaking of qualifying, that's usually the best part of Monaco. Over the years the cars have gotten so much bigger that it's impossible to overtake on a narrow track like that. Generally turns the actual race into a parade. It's a challenge to drive though, and the onboard camera views are batshit crazy. Up next though is Baku, a relatively new track which has become one of my favorites along with the classics like Suzuka and Spa. It's another street circuit but has three distinctly different sectors - a fairly simple section of short straights and 90 degree turns, then a narrow twisty section through the old part of the city, then a very long and wide straight back the the line, flat out for like 2km. Usually makes for a great race.

Edgy MD May 30 2022 07:42 AM Re: Vroom

F1 Racing is plowed into my consciousness because of the failed 2001 Stallone vehicle Driven, one of those odd films that caught up with me in a hotel room during a work conference. Where other guys might lower their moral bar in such circumstances, I lower my cinematic bar, and stumble into films I'd never watch under any other circumstances. Clearly, NASCAR was eating IndyCar's lunch at this time. You'd figure that the former circuit's popularity would raise all racing ships, but the IndyCar's popularity overseas couldn't make a dent in the US market, so they decided to back this movie. Despite the jingoism that has a sexy, misunderstood young American driver whose commitment can't match his aptitude, until he's mentored by Stallone, his European rivals can't be painted as villains, because the European stars are so huge in the sport. So we get an Italian driver who is goofy, but not a complete idiot. And we get a German driver who is icy and detached, but not a sadistic Nazi. It was, like, jingoism lite. Burt Reynolds also had a role, which probably burned NASCAR's butt. Anyhow, I'm totally down with an F1 fantasy league. I'll take Yuki Tsunoda, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, and Pierre Gasly, because his name is "Gasly."

Johnny Lunchbucket May 30 2022 10:25 AM Re: Vroom

Tsunoda is hilarious....Iike the character in Better Off Dead who learned English from watching Howard Cosell, this guy learned words from pissed off daredevil open wheel drivers so has a total foul mouth and seemingly no clue as to how it comes off

Frayed Knot May 30 2022 11:38 AM Re: Vroom

The Ron Howard movie from a few years back, RUSH, provided a decent window into 1970s era F1 Not that a plot where two polar opposites -- playboy/party boy Englishman James Hunt vs cold, methodical Austrian Nikki Lauda -- compete for the same prize and journey from mutual loathing to eventual respect if not quite friendship, is a totally original concept, but at least it's a reasonably well done version of that concept. And it's got some cool camera work.

MFS62 May 30 2022 04:44 PM Re: Vroom

F1 racing, as in the Monaco Grand Prix, also played a part in the movie "A Man and a Woman".(1966 ?) I got talked into seeing it by a girl I was dating. It was long (it seemed to go on forever) and scenes of the race, with the (in)famous theme in the background turned me off to F-1 racing. Later

Fman99 May 30 2022 08:01 PM Re: Vroom

I tried briefly to care about all of these sports but came up dry.

Methead Jun 09 2022 07:11 AM Re: Vroom

[YOUTUBE]Uz5ShozORIA[/YOUTUBE] Qualifying for Baku is on Saturday at 10am. I highly suggest watching it, or at least setting the DVR. It's more than simply sending cars out one by one and seeing who can set the fastest time, there's some competition and drama involved with the way they have it organized. Plus it helps get you acquainted with the idea that performing well in the race involves a massive sustained team effort, and it's not all about the GLORY BOY drivers on Sundays. Some resources that have taught me a lot about strategy, terminology, tech, etc over the last few seasons of F1: https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/ https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Technical/ https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech https://www.youtube.com/c/chainbearf1 And plenty of other youtube content out there that they will happily serve you more and more as you start seeking it out.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 09 2022 03:51 PM Re: Vroom

Thanx for the reminder! Did you read the Bloomberg Business cover story on F1? Fascinating

Methead Jun 09 2022 06:57 PM Re: Vroom

Yeah, interesting. I guess I forgot the part about the huge investment of American dollars into the sport, but I should have assumed.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 12 2022 11:59 AM Re: Vroom

So I watched Baku.... and my takeaway is it was better and more satisfying than a Nascar race that has, like baseball but for different reasons-- a pace of play and lenghthiness problem. Race zipped right along and never got boring, was surprised almost at how compact it was. Kinda weird that Russel was acting like it was a huge victory to have finished 3rd when he believed 5th was best he could do, when 2 cars you could assume would have finished in front of him had mechanical issues. Also, I wasn't sure why McLaren told Norris not to race Riccardo at the end. How much is preserving Riccardo's confidence and how much was what if they both wreck?. I was with Norris on that question and think that was a drawback. Overall though. Fun.

Methead Jun 12 2022 01:09 PM Re: Vroom

Yeah, it's funny. The actual race is sometimes almost a footnote to the practice sessions, qualifying, and all of the teamwork that makes up the entire race weekend. But the race is where the points get scored. After both Ferraris dropped out, most of the drama was gone since they're the only other team right now that can realistically hang with Red Bull. Mercedes is having lots of trouble with the car this year after being the most dominant team over most of the last decade, so I think Russell was just glad to get on the podium and bank more points than expected for the team. And he's been outperforming Hamilton all season too, so that's gotta feel pretty good. And yeah, I think McLaren just decided not to risk anything, having both drivers in the points. They were supposed to be better this year than they've shown so far too.

Edgy MD Jun 13 2022 07:54 AM Re: Vroom

=Fman99 post_id=94125 time=1653962486 user_id=86] I tried briefly to care about all of these sports but came up dry.

That's why I totally would be interested in joining an F1 fantasy league. I otherwise have no actual emotional investment in who wins or loses.

kcmets Jun 13 2022 08:20 AM Re: Vroom

Every time I see this thread title bumped I think of my friend (who is a car collector and mechanic) who posts pictures on facebook of brooms and boasts that he found his wife a new ride every other week or so.

Methead Jun 17 2022 06:28 AM Re: Vroom

As if there isn't enough going on, don't forget about Canada this weekend. My brother and I have talked about getting up there to see a grand prix weekend in person. One of these years.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 17 2022 05:36 PM Re: Vroom

Just set the dvr. ABC at 2 pm, right? Qualifying 355 sat on ESPN 2?

Methead Jun 17 2022 07:48 PM Re: Vroom

That is correct. It looks like several drivers will end up taking grid place penalties (including Leclerc) so it should be fun watching him try to work his way up through the field. The rest of the year this track is a public road surrounding a park, so there aren't a lot of large runoff areas or gravel traps... basically just the lawn coming right up to the edge of the track in most places.

Methead Jun 18 2022 07:39 PM Re: Vroom

Rainy conditions always tend to mix things up and today's qualifying held to form. The race tomorrow should be fun to watch, we've got frontrunners at the back who will need to fight their way through the grid, and midfield guys starting up front who will be trying to defend those spots.

Frayed Knot Jun 27 2022 06:27 PM Re: Vroom

F1 Grand Prix sites was a category in today's JEOPARDY episode. Hope you gear heads cleaned up.

Methead Jun 30 2022 01:06 PM Re: Vroom

Frayed Knot wrote: F1 Grand Prix sites was a category in today's JEOPARDY episode. Hope you gear heads cleaned up. Was Silverstone mentioned? That's the site of the British Grand Prix this weekend. The circuit began life during World War II as an airfield for the Royal Air Force before being repurposed as a race course. And it's a pretty fun track too.

Methead Jul 03 2022 12:30 PM Re: Vroom

Some real ass-clenching racing toward the end of this one

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 04 2022 07:28 AM Re: Vroom

Wow. That was exhilarating. Almost enough to make you forget the Wide World of Sports style agony of defeat kinda Lap 1 highlight. Hope zho is okay. [YOUTUBE]_rZIZzRjTXk[/YOUTUBE]

Edgy MD Jul 04 2022 08:05 AM Re: Vroom

That was tip-top!

Methead Jul 08 2022 06:33 AM Re: Vroom

So this weekend in Austria is a bit different... an experimental new wrinkle introduced last year moves qualifying to Friday for a sprint race on Saturday. The results of that sprint race determine the starting grid for the race on Sunday. I'm still getting used to the format, but I think it's an attempt by F1 to increase interest in all three days of the event, as well as reduce the number of practice (data-gathering) sessions for the teams.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 08 2022 10:49 AM Re: Vroom

For some reason, I can't find an actual injury report on Zhou, but I assume, he'll be racing? One story described him worried he wouldn't be able to get out of the car in the position it was in and he detected leaking "and couldn't tell if was my body, or the car."

Methead Jul 08 2022 11:56 AM Re: Vroom

I don't see how he could have gotten himself out at all. Luckily he wasn't on fire like Grosjean was a couple years ago. But yeah, Zhou was out there in qualifying today, he just didn't perform very well.

Methead Jul 22 2022 06:22 AM Re: Vroom

French Grand Prix this weekend. The last couple races have been pretty exciting, but the French typically isn't. I'm hoping that the fact that these new cars can follow more closely might create more overtaking opportunities and spice things up a bit more than years past.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 22 2022 01:05 PM Re: Vroom

Thanks for the reminder

Methead Aug 02 2022 10:20 AM Re: Vroom

Summer break! 9 race weekends left, starting with the Belgian Grand Prix. Another classic circuit I really enjoy, it's almost like F1's super speedway. If you guys are interested I could set up a F1 fantasy league for the second half of the season.

Methead Feb 27 2023 10:39 AM Re: Vroom

You guys lost interest in this pretty quickly last year, lol. However, the new season begins this weekend. Red Bull look like heavy favorites in pre-season testing, but I'm hoping for a 3-team battle with Ferrari and Merc in the mix too. New seats for a few guys as well as a couple of rookies this year. And a good old American driver behind the wheel at Williams. Any interest in a F1 fantasy league, let me know and I'll set something up.

whippoorwill Feb 27 2023 11:22 AM Re: Vroom

Gone are the days when a guy's hood could fly off in wreck and decapitate fans, and he could continue racing with no hood and maybe win This made me LOL

Edgy MD Feb 27 2023 12:59 PM Re: Vroom

=Methead post_id=118936 time=1677519593 user_id=61] You guys lost interest in this pretty quickly last year, lol. However, the new season begins this weekend. Red Bull look like heavy favorites in pre-season testing, but I'm hoping for a 3-team battle with Ferrari and Merc in the mix too. New seats for a few guys as well as a couple of rookies this year. And a good old American driver behind the wheel at Williams. Any interest in a F1 fantasy league, let me know and I'll set something up.

I'm totally down with this, and would have no idea how it would work. Just give me a bunch of crazy haircuts with fireproof jumpsuits and I'm all in.

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 27 2023 03:40 PM Re: Vroom

I'll play

Methead Feb 27 2023 05:48 PM Re: Vroom

OK, I went ahead and set up a league real quick. You can join the league using the link or the code -- https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/C8HPJUNGH09 code -- C8HPJUNGH09 Pretty sure it will ask you to make a team upon joining. You'll probably have to create an account or whatever but don't pay for anything, this is all free. Lineups don't lock in until the start of qualifying so you can just get something temporary going and then overthink every possible lineup change until Saturday morning like I always do. Let me know if something doesn't work.

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 28 2023 05:58 AM Re: Vroom

I signed up... I think. Boy do they want want info

Methead Feb 28 2023 06:40 PM Re: Vroom

All part of F1's aggressive move into the US market, I suppose. I don't see your team in the league though, it's just me at the moment.

Edgy MD Feb 28 2023 08:25 PM Re: Vroom

I'm in. I wasn't able to select Tsunoda, but I'm just writing that off as one more disappointment in my life. (OE: I backed up and gobbled him up.) As of now, it's me and Methead and we're tied for first with 0 points. I'll remember these heady days.

Methead Mar 02 2023 04:05 PM Re: Vroom

The scoring system is a little different this year, but the prevailing opinion seems to be that it favors constructors pretty heavily. I'm not sure how I'm gonna set my team up exactly yet though.

Edgy MD Mar 02 2023 08:59 PM Re: Vroom

Come on! Join! Make a team! Me just getting stomped by Methead is going to be such a fait accompli going in that'll it'll actually be too similar to F1 racing!

Methead Mar 03 2023 05:14 AM Re: Vroom

I've been in a league with my brother and a few cousins for a few years, and sometimes we'll decide not to use the top teams in our fantasy lineups. It helps keep everyone from having the same lineup, and keeps it interesting. I don't think my family league has decided to do that, but we could try it here. Especially with just a few people involved.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 03 2023 06:02 PM Re: Vroom

I hadda helluva time getting signed in but I think my team is there now

Edgy MD Mar 03 2023 06:53 PM Re: Vroom

Let's do some racin'!

kcmets Mar 03 2023 07:00 PM Re: Vroom

My facebook ads have been heavily F1, not likely a coincidence.

Edgy MD Mar 03 2023 07:23 PM Re: Vroom

My Team: [TABLE][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TD]#44: "Looking Good" Lewis Hamilton [fimg=170]https://www.formula1.com/content/dam/fom-website/drivers/L/LEWHAM01_Lewis_Hamilton/lewham01.png.transform/2col/image.png[/fimg] #14: Fernando "Piss Missile" Alonso [fimg=170]https://www.formula1.com/content/dam/fom-website/drivers/F/FERALO01_Fernando_Alonso/feralo01.png.transform/2col/image.png[/fimg] #10: Pierre "Something Smells" Gasly [fimg=170]https://www.formula1.com/content/dam/fom-website/drivers/P/PIEGAS01_Pierre_Gasly/piegas01.png.transform/2col/image.png[/fimg] #22: Yuki "@#$%" Tsundoa [fimg=170]https://www.formula1.com/content/dam/fom-website/drivers/Y/YUKTSU01_Yuki_Tsunoda/yuktsu01.png.transform/2col/image.png[/fimg] #16: Charles "Le Général" LeClerc [fimg=170]https://www.formula1.com/content/dam/fom-website/drivers/C/CHALEC01_Charles_Leclerc/chalec01.png.transform/2col/image.png[/fimg][/TD]

Methead Mar 04 2023 05:01 AM Re: Vroom

Solid picks

Edgy MD Mar 05 2023 08:27 AM Re: Vroom

Piss Missile is holding third place on lap 14 for me in Bahrain. We're COMING FOR YOU, METHEAD!

Methead Mar 05 2023 09:02 AM Re: Vroom

I expect Alonso to be pretty reliable this year. He was in a car last year that broke down all the time, and he had horrible luck on top of that. This year can't be worse. Gonna be busy most of the day but I hope to watch this race later this afternoon. I love DVR tech, but I miss discussing sporting events in real time.

Edgy MD Mar 05 2023 04:35 PM Re: Vroom

Alonso hangs in for the third place slot, scoring points for me via his driving and via his Aston Martin machine. I'm only sitting behind Methead because of LeClerc's DNF. Get back on the road, jerk!

Methead Mar 05 2023 06:00 PM Re: Vroom

Yeah, DNFs really suck. Especially when you have - ahem - 3 of them in one day. Also - I'm not sure what McLaren did to fuck up that car so badly. A few years ago they were in the mix for podiums and now... uh no.

Edgy MD Mar 05 2023 07:49 PM Re: Vroom

Dead batteries. How embarrassing, Ferrari. [YOUTUBE]uHGsS2CzhvU[/YOUTUBE]

Methead Mar 17 2023 05:24 AM Re: Vroom

Saudi Arabia this week. One of the more insane tracks on the calendar... basically a street circuit at ludicrous speeds. I always feel like someone is gonna get killed at this track someday. I guess this year they've taken some steps to make it a bit safer, moving some walls and eliminating a few blind corners. Leclerc is taking a grid penalty due to all of the engine parts they had to replace last week, but he should be able to work his way back to toward the podium quickly enough.

Edgy MD Mar 19 2023 09:51 PM Re: Vroom

Alonso third in Saudi Arabia, with Hamilton fifth, LeClerc seventh, Gasly ninth, and Tsunoda eleventh, oddly giving my squad every other slot in there. How am I still in second?

Methead Mar 21 2023 08:08 AM Re: Vroom

Edgy MD wrote: Alonso third in Saudi Arabia, with Hamilton fifth, LeClerc seventh, Gasly ninth, and Tsunoda eleventh, oddly giving my squad every other slot in there. How am I still in second? It looks like you had a well-balanced scoring attack last week, but you didn't have Verstappen, who scored a ton of points by himself, between qualifying, overtakes, fastest lap, and on and on. Stroll's DNF also cost you some constructor points. I still think Ferrari is going to get their act together but my confidence is waning. Aston Martin seems like the smarter constructor play, especially given the price. I thought Alonso was going to run away with things once he got the lead right away, but the Red Bull is just so much better than everyone else that it doesn't matter.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2023 08:18 AM Re: Vroom

Yeah, I'm investing in finishes and not in the magical peripheral points.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 21 2023 08:19 AM Re: Vroom

Is there anyway to change the team week to week?

Methead Mar 21 2023 09:24 AM Re: Vroom

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Is there anyway to change the team week to week? Definitely! Click on "manage team" and make as many changes you want for every race. The first 2 changes per race are free. After that, it starts costing you 4 points for every change you make. Kind of a small price to pay, honestly. It also looks like if you don't make any changes in one week, one of those free changes rolls over into the next week.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2023 10:44 AM Re: Vroom

My twin virtues of faith in my boys and laziness in my bones suggests I'm probably going to go without changes for a while.

Edgy MD Apr 11 2023 01:17 PM Re: Vroom

Hey, I came within one point of Methead in Australia! The only thing keeping me from winning the day was Charles LeClerc retiring after a single lap, after making contact with another driver. LeClerc's poor start to the season after a thunderous beginning last year seems to be aggravated by his home address in Manaco being leaked and all manner of people seeking to disrupt his private life. Hey, man, if you can afford to hang out in Manaco, act like you've been there before and don't go harassing my drivers like common groupies. My guys need their rest.

Methead May 01 2023 08:39 AM Re: Vroom

The Baku circuit has grown on me over the years and usually delivers some excitement... but yesterday was a bit of a snoozefest. Seems like we've gone backwards in terms of cars being able to follow closely and actually race each other without relying on DRS.