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Day 4 recap by now
>Pirelli chimps over teams not running in wet
>Hamilton doesn't want to drive on the wet and also because of technical problem, Bottas does.
>Track is soaked again
>Massa can't test because Stroll destroyed all the available parts

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1st for believing in Ferrari

First for RB WCC
First for Ricky WDC

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nth for gp2 engine

mad amx
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By literally 3 seconds
Feels bad man

Nth for Stroll killing Amx this season, thus becoming the hero /f1/ deserves

The way stroll's going he will never even be close enough to do that.

>Matt Damon was made fun of in Team America because he's a friend of Matt Stone and Trey Parker
>Matt Damon is also awesome
>Compares Mad Amx with Matt Damon
>Mad Amx is awesome
thanks for that really makes me a proud dutchfag

>yfw Toro Rosso does better than Red Bull this year

>having to do this much mental gymnastics to be proud of being Dutch

Goodwood members meeting is in two weeks, who here ready for
>E-TYPE WINS LOL

Cola>Energy Drink, barely. I guess it makes sense.

He was made fun of like that in Team America because Mat and Trey thought that his puppet looked retarded

>getting lapped by Amx
>$tro££'$ lack of spatial awareness causes an accident
>Amx flips and flies into a barrier crushing his skull and the will to live of all F1 autist toothpastes

One can only hope

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I BELIEVE

What does Red Bull cola taste like?

Most cola's we get here taste like variations on Pepsi, but we don't get RBCola

its like salty acidic monster or irn bru

>and the will to live of all F1 autist toothpastes

He doesn't know Verschoor

I always forget there's at least one of you that fanboys Vettel

Monster is the worst, Irn Bru is actually ok

Not sure what to think honestly

Forza Ferrari Schumi Nostalgiani m8

can you mix RB cola with bundy/any other dark rum and still be drinkable?

>German cheering Vettel = unacceptable, fucking fanboy
>Australian cheering Ricciardo = completely fine, carn Danny

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>tfw a few weeks until Australia

I always thought it tasted exactly like a cola ice pole but we havnt had it here for like 10 years mate?

>he thinks he isn't a bogan
kek, look at this cunt living in denial.

>Australian cheering Ricciardo = completely fine, carn Danny
I never said this

You should probably see a psychologist, because it's pretty clear that you have some serious issues that cause you to project your emotions onto others.

And it results in classism, which is probably a hate crime now.

but it tastes better than both those drinks

irn bru is disgusting

>"Mercedes is done for the day (and therefore this test). The team has "found something in the data" it didn't like, so it's on-track work is complete."

It was just an electrical issue guys, h-honest.

Threadly reminder.

I hope Ted is kill.

that's just your fear and loathing for the scottish

>" Mercedes is done for the day (and therefore this test). The team has "found something in the data" it didn't like, so its on-track work is complete."

EVERYONE ON BOARD

but I am scottish

but James was always a cunt.

exactly.

New Victoria video

youtube.com/watch?v=uee7ElVbKNI

does she show off her new lingerie?

Close, but no.

goattel will win an exciting WDC, I can feel it

you must be really bored and really desperate.

need a hug user?

>not seeing the meme value in Victoria being a whore

Post yfw Mclaren are last in Melbourne

his quotes went form 20/1 to 9/1

the bookies know

I was more talking about the constant shitposting you do, posting the vid and to top it off screencapping the vid, saving it, upload it for the sake of a non-discussion.

I find it sad, that's all. no worries mate.

good, I was pissed how much larger his odds were than memestappen's

not surprising considering how good the car's looking

vettel will win in dramatic fashion in the last race and schumi will rise like a phoenix

Dubdubs confirm this

do you even understand what it means to be australian and carry the australian flag on this general?

I do, I just wanted to comment on it. made him shut up for at least 10 minutes whilst he is contemplating an 'epic' reply, I win.

fuck off you cunt.

If I wasn't at work I would have posted it.

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>Lance Stroll has a year of private access to a specifically built simulator that not even the 2016 Williams drivers are allowed to use
>Lance Stroll has literally the most varied, expensive and extensive testing programme for his F1 debut, driving on various circuits around the world with a full crew of engineers and mechanics traveling with him
>Lance Stroll has the most pre-season mileage (even before actual pre-season testing) since Jacques Villeneuve
>crashes so hard that it destroys the car and has already cost Williams almost 2 full days of testing
>it is unknown if Williams will have a new chassis ready for Barcelona Test 2

>Giothenazi drives a F1 car for the first time in Fiorano like a month ago
>literally no F1 experience prior to that aside from some Ferrari meme simulator day and some other sim work
>has literally no money to buy extravagant personal aids
>Giothenazi jumps into a team he doesn't know as a last-minute replacement for testing
>sets good times
>drives hundreds?(at least more than 100) of laps despite some technical issues
>spins like once without any major incident
>DOESNT CRASH THE CAR
>DOESNT PERMANENTLY DESTROY A CHASSIS

hmm really made me think

Not that Gio is the only one, Ocon did the same, Verstappen did the same, Vandoorne scored points and drove extremely well with no preparation on like a 48hr warning in a shitbox. Stroll is probably so embarrassed at this point that it is just going to end up in a negative feedback loop and he's going to go full beta crashmaster. Maldonado crashed a lot because he overdrove not because of insecurity just because he was a fucking madman, Stroll crashes and is going to continue to crash because he is undoubtedly not ready and probably simply not of F1 caliber. Pretty sure his dad wants him to be an F1 driver more than he does.

what's the bingo update lads?

>implying McLaren will complete a race distance in Melbourne

we've got bingo
it's over

i think everyone knew that Stroll is just a shitty pay-driver

too bad Williams are now in the position where they need a pay-driver

Winter Stream is back up for those with extremely good taste.

The thing about him is that he has had a good junior career aside from some very questionable moves on occasion.

I wouldn't necessarily even rate him in the "shitty paydriver" column, because he has some sort of talent. Unless his performances were 100% the result of Premawinslol and bux to get better parts than others, which is likely a factor, but still.

I don't get what the rush is with him. Not every 18 year old is a Verstappen and that's such a ridiculous standard to hold others anyway. If Stroll did the normal thing of doing a year of F 3.5, then GP2 until he wins it, then maybe some LMP or Super Formula in between, he would a) be much more prepared b) more mature c) had made all his mistakes in front of smaller crowds and learned from them.

I guess rich people are just impatient and want things to happen when they want them to.

I wonder how his private tests went? Has there been any word on how those went and if he crashed a lot there? You would think he would have gotten the hang of it by now. I do think F3 into 2017 F1 is a massive step, but Stroll has spent most of the winter break driving 2014 Williams, which is simply not a bad car and not that drastically off the 2017 F1, so his jump in speed is more or less the same as everyone else.

aka he is a fucking hack but probably could have been more passable had he progressed his career like a normal person. Perez has the personal backing of someone who is like 100x richer than Stroll's dad and could buy F1 and it wouldn't even be a big deal, yet he wasn't brought in from some shitty feeder series straight to F1, he did GP2 and whatnot and then got a Sauber drive.

>mercedeswinslol
didn't know this sport was still relevant 2bh

I really liked it, it actually tastes like cola unlike everything else calling itself cola.

Its not an energy drink really its just cola

>First F1 test is over, more to the point each driver has just 2 days testing left until Melbourne FP1

Stroll and the Mclelren boys will struggle bigly.

Are the first cars not classified counted as last?
In that case they will be behind $tro££ and his target who crash out before turn 1

Question.

>red bull
>tag heuer engine

The fuck? Google tells me they make watches.
So they call it that but what is the engine really?
Renault?

Straight from Google because you are retarded enough to not Google this
>"The new partnership, which represents a shift away from F1's conventional supply systems, will see TAG Heuer take up naming rights of the team's power unit, which will be supplied by Renault. The new car will be christened the Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12." said Red Bull in a statement.

yeah is usually mixed with Jaeger over here so would work i reckon

So do they run the same engine the renault team is using or engine from a previous year/something else?

it's a Renault engine with the TAG Heuer badge on it because Red Bull wanted to find a new engine manufacturer before 2016 but were blocked by Mercedes and Ferrari, and had too much pride to admit defeat

the Internal Combustion Engine is Renault's 2017 engine but the electric sided (Heat Energy Recovery and Kinetic Energy Recovery systems) are made by Red Bull, and Tag Heuer pay naming rights to say they make the parts, even though Red Bull did

same exact engine as Renault. The gap between the RB12 and the Renault in 2016 shows you how bad the Renault chassis was

Nice, thanks.

Gimi faster than "Rainman AMD" Verstappen

>Grosjean 118 laps
Haas is solve?

Everything is solve

Question

>big nick
>has he lost weight yet?

Who is the best driver and why is it Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE?

>118 laps without touching the brakes once

Ratemain is truly ascending to new levels

TAG group do mechanical stuff (apparently turbos and jets) and some Porsche engines in McLaren were badged as TAG in the 80's. TAG Heuer badged engines are referencing the 80's engines, I presume. They won 2 WCCs and 3 WDCs, with Prost and Lauda between 84-86.

TAG group bought Heuer in '85, and renamed it as TAG Heuer. In '99 Heuer was almost complete sold to someone else, and the new owners didn't remove the TAG part. But TAG group is still seperate, and actually owns most of McLaren.

He's blessed

he said he lost a few pounds but most of it was probably water weight

AMX put out the fastest time on inters.

Those top 2 times are on softs

Tag is a holding company that owns shares in smaller companies, mostly in aerospace

reminder that based Antonio doesn't put up with any of $₮₹₪£₺'s shit

this isn't correct. Red Bull haven't made their own ERS since 2013

Thx bruh, you're doing god's work. Will tune in later tonight.

maybe when you sum the distance covered by both cars

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>tfw negro-senna will be btfo by Goattas

Max Bless

...Yes!
And no.

At some point, I actually went up to 173kg.
Then after a little diet got back to 170kg again which is currently where I'm at.

I started a new, more hardcore diet yesterday. 1500 calories a day. Considering I need around 3700 calories a day to maintain my weight, this should be fast. This is only day 2 of the diet, so obviously no results yet, I can't do miracles. Will post results in a week. I'm telling you though, I feel good. Positive. I'm really gonna do it. Haven't felt this way in years.

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just woke up, how did Honda do?

Keep up the good work, Nick.

>started a new diet yesterday
Sure thing, Nick.
>I'm really gonna do it
We've heard this before

>honda

Thats some god-tier throttle control

Stroll would be in the wall.

thicc

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