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Grand Prix thread AWS GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2022

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by ched999uk, Jun 16, 2022.

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Who will finish first?

Poll closed Jun 18, 2022.
  1. Max Verstappen

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  2. Charles Leclerc

    9.1%
  3. Lewis Hamilton

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  4. Carlos Sainz

    9.1%
  5. Sergio Perez

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  6. George Russell

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  7. Lando Norris

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  8. Fernando Alonso

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  9. Daniel Ricciardo

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  10. Any Other

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  1. moreinjuredthanowen

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    It's utterly amazing to me that the merc has not had several failures due to the extreme bouncing.
     
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  2. Mark Blow

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    Maybe it’s built in Mexico
     
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  3. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    That's part of the sport. It's not only performance on the day, it's reliability and consistency, which the Scuderia seem to be lacking. :(
     
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    Been their Achilles heel for as long as I can remember, barring the Brawn/Schumacher era. Letting Brawn go and not promoting him to principal was their biggest mistake
     
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    The gobshite croft ---- like it.
     
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  6. Mark Blow

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    I’m not sure why Sainz was saying he was the quickest driver on track. He wasn’t.
     
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  7. moreinjuredthanowen

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    made himself feel better?

    roll on silverstone.
     
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  8. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    when was the last time a champion crashed in the wall of champions?
     
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  9. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    he did get fastest lap so...
     
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    - Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher, and Jacques Villeneuve - during the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix.All crashed into the same wall.
     
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    Also in 2009 Jenson Button became a victim of the wall. Edit. Just read on Google that in 2009 Canadian GP was not held. I should have wrote that the 2009 world champion Jenson Button was also a victim of the wall. There`s quite a lot of information on Wikapedia. Pablo Montoya has aslo hit it ,but he was in Indicar.and K-Mag too but in practice P2 .in 2019,so that`s probably the last one in F1.
     
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  12. Number 1 Jasper

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    Thanks DHC :)
     
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    I watched the race late yesterday, without prior knowledge of the result. Without all the pre race hype. I actually enjoyed the race much more without the pre race BS. and without the post race justifications, just the race. We get fed so much rubbish. It is good to make ones own mind up about everyone's performance. I am going to reduce my input and enjoy the race more for it.
    Technical advances are worth hearing, some driver opinion, not all, is worth hearing.
     
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  14. moreinjuredthanowen

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    I have also given up on everything preface bar maybe hop in for an old grid walk

    The reality is that nobody knows who the hell Martin brundle is at this point. Other lesser services such as c4 have mark webber etc and the are at least somewhat recognisable.

    So I leave it and set an alarm for 5mins preface and get the formation lap and start.

    I do the same for football btw. I've cut out the childish tit for tat stuff there totally bar of course seeing comedy gold when Keane has a go etc.

    Watch the sport and leave it.
     
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    I disagree about Brundle , but the rest of what you and JJ. Say makes a lot of sense . Might try that next time .

    I do like teds notebook though .

    I get the feeling I’m in a minority of 1 though
     
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    I used to enjoy Ted but it has become a bit of a pointless meander down the pit lane. One of those things where once in a while when in the mood, yes.
    Trouble is. Life is busy.
     
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  17. moreinjuredthanowen

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    90% of people who brubdle walks over to for past 5 years have no idea who he is. I can remember when he took over from walker and was oh I know everyone they all talk to me.
     
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  18. DHCanary

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    I think the type of "celebrity" Brundle encounters on the grid has changes a lot in the Liberty Media era. In the past most of the celebrities on the grid were F1 fans to some degree, could speak with at least a casual knowledge of the sport, and had watched enough Grand Prix to at least understand how the grid walk works, and seen the experiences of other celebrity attendees before them. They might not know who Brundle was, but most got the idea that TV crews would want to stick a camera in their face and ask them who they were supporting on the day.

    Now it seems like half of the celebrity attendees are only there to show off the fact that they're attending, and don't have a clue what they've turned up to. I'm sure it works for F1 because it generates glamorous looking Instagram/TikTok content, which pushes the exclusivity and glamour of F1 to fans of celebrity X who don't normally interact with the sport. I don't think Brundle is to be blamed for the awkward interviews that result, I think if you gave Verstappen a microphone and sent him down the grid wearing jeans and a white shirt, he'd get a similar reaction 80% of the time.
     
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