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Any other F1 folks out there? Discussion worth a thread?

Yup!

A fun final stretch and exciting 2026 forthcoming.

Love F1, would love to see a night race in the summer at area 27 in the Okanagan, but likely won't happen unless the US gets bored and starts watching the most boring racing there is, Nascar.

Not stoked about the Canadian GP moving to May, seems a bit risky weather wise...

Also, Go Norris!

Du du du du Max Verstappen!

Haha, I root for the "old" underdog, Alonso. It's really tough being an AM fan. It's kinda fun watching the front-runners, McLaren, implode, though. But I'm thinking they can still eke it out.
Max might be one of the greatest talents in F1, as much as I dislike him. His ability to drive a car (and very well) that so many others have failed at is impressive.

Max is probably top 5 drivers all time. I used to think he is a dick, but have warmed to him in recent years. I hope Red Bull completely implode though, Marko is a racist dick who should retire on a beach somewhere.

Would love to see AM do well as they are basically a Canadian team, but Lance has to go, he's brutal!

Max has been P1 three times and P2 twice out of the last 5 races. So he's definitely finishing the season strongly.

With 5 more races (and 2 sprints) to go, if Max can keep the momentum, it would be absolute cinema if it came down to the last race in Abu Dhabi, with Oscar, Lando, and Max having a shot to win the WDC.

Agreed. And I'm glad Horner is gone. He made Toto look like a teddy bear (I think Toto seems like a genuinely positive guy and super supportive of his team, too!).
Same. I'm mildly curious as to how the '26 car works out with Newey... with all the reg changes it's gonna be a major reset. Other than living his dad's dream, I'd like to see Lance drive a more competitive car, just to see what happens. I don't expect podiums out of him, for sure, but he's never really raced for any other team...

FWIW, as much I love Yuki, I think he's even statistically worse than Stroll, somehow. My wife is watching the first few seasons of DTS right now... and keeps commenting "these guys are just a bunch of immature, cocky punks with not much personality". I can't completely disagree, haha. It's a weird situation where you basically put a "barely adult" (cough: kimi) in a 20mil fighter plane and say "try not to die or kill anyone while making decisions faster than humanly possible". It's kinda nuts when you consider it.

Is Nigel Mansell still racing? Been awhile since I watched.

Not sure..... is Ferrari still using those screaming V12's?

Think Nigel retired a few decades ago haha.

Thanks for starting this. About time we discuss some F1 on here !

Concur about the time switch for the Canadian GP. It's gonna suck. Glad I went to the race this past June. The vibe won't be the same in May.

Not a Norris fan, to be honest....

More of a Max fan. No one has his skills on track. He's definitely one of the best F1 drivers ever. The praises you hear from the current F1 drivers and the fact that not one of his teammates (and the list is long, as it includes Ricciardo, Albon, Gasly, Perez and Yuki) can even come close to his results is a testament to how good he is.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V1Yb3GgxgrQ

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...RGzUDLMtDf3dOs

I agree. I would put him top 3 currently. If he wins this year, with an inferior car, he goes top of the list in my book. Who else has done that?

It's shaping up to be an epic finish.

And how!

This weekend is ... going to be nuts. When is the last time we've had a 3 way fight for the championship coming down to the last race?

Ya F1. I don't exactly set the alarm for some of those early morning race starts but definitely watch till the end.

I thin Max is going to win it, he's just too good and Piastri and Norris will probably crash into each other in the final race lol.

Late to thread. I like pancakes and F1 on Sunday mornings.

Was not a Max fan a few years ago, mainly because I’m a Merc fan. But have grown to like him and appreciate how really good he is. Would like to see him take it, cause I don’t think Norris is WC material. Rather see Piastri take it for the papayas.

My first choice was Piastri, but I'll take Lando, just to mix things up (After four consecutive championships for Max).

I do fully appreciate how Max is so gifted... he can wring every drop of performance out of that car. It's incredible.

So overall, I was pretty happy with the result. I'm very excited for 2026... this will be "back to square 1" for most teams and the largest "reset" since the V10 days.

Congratulations to Norris and McLaren. Been a longtime fan of McLaren, starting in 84 with Lauda and Prost. Certainly not the same team I grew up with (miss the Ron speak) but a well deserved drivers and constructors win.

A fun finale to watch and everyone doing what they could given their respective situations.

Yuki can go F off given that BS move. It's one thing to do your part and slow folks up, but that was outright a dick move and downright dangerous.

I normally love Yuki (he always brings some chaos) but that was pretty blatantly dangerous.

Didn't see the race, caught some highlights. Congrats to Norris, impressive that Max came so close. Shitty for Piastri, he lead for most of the season.

Looking forward to the new cars next year, they should be quite a bit smaller and allow for more passing on tight tracks. Sauber will be Audi and Cadillac will enter, curious how competitive they will be. Newey will have his car running for Aston, hopefully they do better and Alonso can get some podiums before he retires. Would be nice to see Stroll do well too as the lone Canadian on the grid.

I don't see anything wrong with what he did. If anything, I would say Yuki could have done more.

What did you expect? That he was going to behave and let Norris by. Absolutely not.

He's had a shitty season. He doesn't have a driver's seat next year. He has nothing to lose, doing what he did. Can you imagine if he had held Norris behind him, and handed the championship to Max. Then he could have always said " if it wasn't for me, Max wouldn't have won".

I would have done a million times worse if I was Yuki. I would have swirved left/right a million times trying to keep him behind. Fuck the penalties. When you have nothing to lose and your team has everything to gain, who cares about 5 or 10 second penalties...

Great end to the season coming down to the final race.

I don’t think Yuki was that reckless in front of Lando. Who doesn’t like Yuki. Hope he finds a seat again.

Mercedes P2 for Constructors got overlooked.

Lots to look forward to next year. New regs/designs, Audi, RedBull-Ford, Aston Martin-Honda. Really looking forward to seeing Cadillac with Checo and Botas.

Yuki was a bit reckless, at least as defined by FIA rules:

I believe the ruling was that Lando was going to easily pass Yuki on his left (much superior DRS overtake speed) but at the last second Yuki juked over (after already moving once) and for Lando it was either go off the track or hit Yuki, as it was too late to slow down.

Another explanation

But yes, I still love Yuki. Everyone does.

Bingo. Garbage move and weaving that is extremely dangerous.

Slow him up, sure, but push him off, BS.

If I were Yuki I would have done the exact same thing, nothing to lose but something to gain by helping your "teammate"

That “one move rule” needs to go. Total rubbish, as one well known Brit would say…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKuDV...Bkb2w3OWhtZGJw

Too many rules now, making the sport dull. I agree with his overall assessment.

Before these silly rules there was this thing called payback. You fuck with me this race, I will fuck with you the next and everyone knew that and understood it. Many drivers got called out during drivers meetings before the race. I remember Senna and Prost going at it during those meetings and it getting pretty heated. They learn and get over it. Prost was a pallbearer at Senna's funeral so it doesn't last.

Remind me to say hi when we are driving on the Deerfoot next time.:D

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It's all about safety now, though.

The Halo works well.

We should change One to 1 in the thread title.

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Weird... I think I edited the title, but it's only kinda showing up...

What were your first memories of following F1?

For me it was cheering on Nelson Piquet in the 80's. I was 10 years old or so, and watched races on CBC-French (usually) in the rurals of NB. English races were rarely an option, somehow, and I didn't know French. But you didn't need a language, anyway. :D
I lost track of the sport in the late 90's and early 2000's, but gradually picked it up in the past 10 years again.

Have you read THE MECHANICS TALE by Steve Matchett? A good read and some good stories about Piquet. Piquet would fart while Matchett was trying to strap him into the car as a joke. Classy! :haha:

I haven't! Those are Yuki Tsunoda level chaos-monkey antics!

So you weren't getting the full Murray Walker commentary experience. :D

Any particular reason why you were a Piquet fan?

Watching Jacques Villeneuve compete in the mid - late 90s. I've always like F1 but it's not been the easiest series to follow in this country, especially with Indy / CART being easier to find on TV. The renewed popularity of F1 has made this much better though and I rarely miss a race.

Would love to see another race in Canada, Area 27 in the Okanagan would be my choice, could probably even do a night race there! Would never happen, but one can dream. :cool: In the meantime, Canada needs another Indy race, think it's only Toronto since Edmonton lost their race. Calgary has floated the idea, but I feel like the weather here is too unstable in summer to consistently host the event. Can't think of an open wheel race in a violent hailstorm happening before lol.

Because he wasn't Prost or Senna, who got all the fanboys. Not to say Piquet was ever really an "underdog" but I generally always root for someone other than a Shumacher or Verstappen... I guess that goes back to when I was 10. :D

It almost happened last year. And this was in June. Imagine what could happen going forward, with the race now in May !

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W55w5-kJTUk

Maybe we should move the race to January/February and make it the first race of the year. Slap some winter tires on those machines and have ourselves a proper Canadian Grand Prix ! Instead of a safety car, we could have a snowplow.....;)

I get it. I was more team focused than driver. I was for McLaren and my brother-in-law was for Ferrari.... but we both disliked Williams, so we had that in common. :haha:

I mean, I root for Aston Martin in the current age. Marginally because they have a Canadian driver (meh) but mostly because they're an underdog, have a cool brand, and... Fernando, of course, haha!

Ftfy :D

SEXY

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:previous: Yah looks really good.

McLaren colours there... danger!

It's like McLaren and Mercedes had a baby.

Is that the first car revealed?

Nope, Red Bull revealed their livery last week.

Edit: Here are other liveries that have been revealed:

Mercedes

Haas

Racing Bulls

I like what I'm seeing from the new cars! smaller and faster should make for good racing. Cadillac look like they may be competitive as well with their first ever car.