F1 2024: US GP - Austin (Oct 20)

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Marko has dissed Norris saying he is too weak to become world champion, all's fair in the tit for tat with Brown now frothing at the mouth thinking of a reply
''I've read of the rituals he needs to do to perform well on race day''
https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/10...ax-verstappen/

IMHO . Lando is not too weak as Marko has said ..
Lando is just too reckless like a wild joy boy driver .
If the RB20 is good enough with the COTA upgrades and MAX can put him under pressure ..
Then Lando will fail with his Papaya bullet car (!)

On the other hand : As I said , the RB20 COTA upgrades are like a shot in the dark...
We'll see it soon enough within 48 hours

[3798j]

As seen on Autosport.com...The last 6 GP pole sitters...looking forward to see which one does it this weekend.

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Marko has dissed Norris saying he is too weak to become world champion, all's fair in the tit for tat with Brown now frothing at the mouth thinking of a reply
''I've read of the rituals he needs to do to perform well on race day''
https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/10...ax-verstappen/

I tend to agree. Norris "Ain't got 'nough dawg n him" as us 'Mericans say

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

IMHO . Lando is not too weak as Marko has said ..
Lando is just too reckless like a wild joy boy driver .
If the RB20 is good enough with the COTA upgrades and MAX can put him under pressure ..
Then Lando will fail with his Papaya bullet car (!)

On the other hand : As I said , the RB20 COTA upgrades are like a shot in the dark...
We'll see it soon enough within 48 hours

Marko knows what the drivers' weaknesses are more than us, we only know of how they drive on the track. He has already said Checo shouldn't even be in RBR well before and I'm not expecting any heroics from Checo as Horner is already racking his brains of who to replace him with.

[dfox]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Marko knows what the drivers' weaknesses are more than us, we only know of how they drive on the track. He has already said Checo shouldn't even be in RBR well before and I'm not expecting any heroics from Checo as Horner is already racking his brains of who to replace him with.

I trust very little of what comes out of that ol' man's mouth to the media. He needs to fade off into retirement. Honestly, he seems like more of a thorn in RBR's side than anything else at this point, between daylighting internal team issues, to being racist, the guy just needs to go.

[3798j]

Originally Posted by dfox

I trust very little of what comes out of that ol' man's mouth to the media. He needs to fade off into retirement. Honestly, he seems like more of a thorn in RBR's side than anything else at this point, between daylighting internal team issues, to being racist, the guy just needs to go.

Totally agree (it's as if you posted my thoughts).

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by dfox

I trust very little of what comes out of that ol' man's mouth to the media. He needs to fade off into retirement. Honestly, he seems like more of a thorn in RBR's side than anything else at this point, between daylighting internal team issues, to being racist, the guy just needs to go.

Calling someone 'old man' which is what you meant is in itself ageist and offensive.

[M5Rick]

Austin track has been resurfaced and the bumps mostly taken out which is good news for some teams which struggled with bumps like Ferrari and RBR. Being a sprint weekend also and with even more upgrades coming from the top teams their budget kitties are emptying at a fair rate.
As far as RB are concerned Marko thinks the upgrades on the 20 will work following on from a positive Singapore.

[M5Rick]

Is TSU in line for RBR's second driver.. he's outdriven his teammates on the whole and apparently he could be the shock choice so far as Lawson has no contract for '25.

[MoeTE87]

Honestly, I feel like Max and RB will have their shit together for this race. I think they will be determined and prepared to make a late season push for both Championships. It all starts in Austin!

But it's been a fun season to watch so far!

[fs1977]

After a couple of weeks with no racing, it's always exciting to see wich teams will be on top. For Red Bull's sake, I hope they can at least compete this weekend. If not, they better pray that Mercedes and Ferrari got their stuff together and can take away some decent points from Norris in the coming races.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by dfox

I trust very little of what comes out of that ol' man's mouth to the media. He needs to fade off into retirement. Honestly, he seems like more of a thorn in RBR's side than anything else at this point, between daylighting internal team issues, to being racist, the guy just needs to go.

Marko is 81 and (still)! knows more about racing and F1 race strategy than Horner. .

[Killed by Death]

Sources have informed Autosport that multiple F1 teams and the FIA have recently discussed concerns that an unidentified team may have discovered a smart method to alter the front bib clearance between qualifying and the race!
Who might that team be?

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Sources have informed Autosport that multiple F1 teams and the FIA have recently discussed concerns that an unidentified team may have discovered a smart method to alter the front bib clearance between qualifying and the race!
Who might that team be?

Search me KBD, all I know is I'm about to tuck into my chicken stir fry and a jar of John Smiths beer brewed in Tadcaster, by gum it's a grand ale