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#3397602 28-Jul-2025 09:19

tdgeek:

Agree with all that. My 4am wake up call dragged out, Sky had another feed start a bit later, so re watched lap 4 to 18 again.

I set mysky to record the race and it cut off at lap 23 due to all the delays at the start. Thankfully the early morning replay was up to lap 20 when I switched over so just watched that.

Next time I set an overnight race I'll record the post race show in case the race runs long.

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#3397619 28-Jul-2025 10:55

JPNZ:

tdgeek:

Agree with all that. My 4am wake up call dragged out, Sky had another feed start a bit later, so re watched lap 4 to 18 again.

I set mysky to record the race and it cut off at lap 23 due to all the delays at the start. Thankfully the early morning replay was up to lap 20 when I switched over so just watched that.

Next time I set an overnight race I'll record the post race show in case the race runs long.

I didnt realise there was a 3 hour window which includes the 2 hours max race distance. Glad they took up another recording

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#3397621 28-Jul-2025 11:03

JPNZ:

That was some drive by Oscar to run those mediums for 30+ laps at that pace. Great win!

Nice to see Liam finish in the points too, overall a pretty boring race though. Straight into Hungary this weekend!

Yeah F1 has an issue with their tyres lasting so long. With the removal of refueling the tyres become the main strategy option you can use during the race.
At the moment, without safety cars it's all a bit processional.

Both races this weekend had racing lap 1 overtakes and that went on to finish the race in same order.
It's kinda sad to see how big the cars are and how much we're still talking about dirty air etc, given the last reg changes were supposed to be about addressing that.

Liam looking really solid and I heard that's the last of the tracks he's new to now, so has raced at each one now to come before.
Hamilton had a fun race but was a higher performing car out of position.

Onto the next one please.

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#3399004 1-Aug-2025 08:04

Last race before the summer break, whats your predictions? i've got Mclaren 1-2, Mercedes 3. Lawson will scrape home for points with a 9th or 10th. I think racing bulls said last week their car should favour the hungry circuit.

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#3399029 1-Aug-2025 10:42

McLaren easy 1-2, Oscar to win

Max easy 3rd

Ferrari 4th-5th

Mercedes next

Liam 9th/10th

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#3399031 1-Aug-2025 10:45

Formula1.com has gone to the pits for news articles since its website changes

Any recommendations ? Sky F1 seems to have more and good content but its 95% videos

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#3399032 1-Aug-2025 10:55

In other news, Max is staying at RBR for 2026. Its a gamble to pick out of the hat who will come out running with the new regs

2027 he can choose RBR, Mercedes or Ferrari, as I figure Lewis will retire end of 2026. he can't match Charles, he wont be any sharper as the years pile up

IMO Max will have opportunities 2027

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#3399046 1-Aug-2025 12:44

langi27:

Last race before the summer break, whats your predictions? i've got Mclaren 1-2, Mercedes 3. Lawson will scrape home for points with a 9th or 10th. I think racing bulls said last week their car should favour the hungry circuit.

Hard to look past the McLarens at the moment, they are the class of the field in all conditions now it seems. Piastri to beat Norris again. As much as I like and support Norris, he just doesn't seem to have a hard enough edge to get the job done. Piastri basically gifted Norris the Silverstone win otherwise he would be even further behind right now. Potential for Norris to never be a World Champion if Piastri is in the other garage as is scheduled for the next several years.

Lawson has scored points in two of his last three weekends and I'd like to see that trend continue for the rest of the year. Would be stoked for him to go into the month off with some more points in the bank. As mentioned by langi27 Racing Bulls think this could be a good circuit for them, though I get the impression Lawson doesn't like slow speed corners and struggles to find the quickest line through them.

Hopefully he can beat Hadjar in Qualifying, he identified in the press conference this morning that that is where his issue is moving forward. He was only 0.018 of a second off Hadjar in quali at Spa, which is definitely preferrable to the 2-3 tenths it has been typically. He needs to reel that quali deficit in before the end of the season. With the progress he's been making it feels like he's likely to start 2026 in a Racing Bulls seat now.

Will this be Colapinto's last race weekend at Alpine? He hasn't really looked likely since he got the promotion and there's a bit of the "De Vries" about him, a couple of results last year that flattered to deceive and he's actually not up to the task. Big sponsorship money might save him but you have to feel pretty sorry for Doohan who looked much better than the Argentinian.

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#3399068 1-Aug-2025 13:54

@tdgeek:

Formula1.com has gone to the pits for news articles since its website changes

Any recommendations ? Sky F1 seems to have more and good content but its 95% videos

I prefer the-race.com. Tends to be fewer more in-depth articles than reporting on every rumour (though inevitably the comments section fills up with "Oh you just hate [my preferred driver], why are you reporting this nonsense."). Mark Hughes in particular is must-read journalism. Podcasts are good too, news ones are good, the tech show is usually insightful (albeit sometimes rehashing previous content) and I really like the Bring Back V10s retrospective/nostalgia listen.

As you'd expect, usual pleas for Patreon. But they seem to have struck a really good balance between having a good range of stuff ad-supported and the Patreon just additional content rather than required to make it even a little useable.

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#3399069 1-Aug-2025 13:55

"And don't forget the hyphen."

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