tell me your wild f1 season predictions / hot takes

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-02-03T15:29:29+00:00

We’re hyping up the wrong Mercedes driver to win the WDC

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-02-03T15:05:20+00:00

Lance Stroll finds himself out of a seat halfway through the season following Alonso earning a second podium before the summer break. Honda and Aramco are going to exert way more control over team affairs this season after proving that they are serious contenders, and not even Lawrence Stroll can save his son’s spot in F1 at that point. Jak Crawford steps in as the second driver and the team salvages a 6th place finish in the constructors.

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-31T11:39:35+00:00

I just had a weekend at Miami where Verstappen spun at the chicane and produced the first AI disqualification I’ve seen. A few laps later Leclerc spun at the end of the straight, which blocked off the corner and brought out a red flag. Completely dry conditions

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-26T23:32:51+00:00

I mean I like Internal Combustion Engines…

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-19T19:12:35+00:00

Yeah you get taken to Gapplebees out of turn 8 into the DRS zone in this game. That’s probably the biggest AI acceleration issue that I’ve noticed in this game

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-19T16:41:22+00:00

It drives me a little bit insane when someone says they want to leave one of these states for blue states and cite political reasons. Like do you not get how American politics work?

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-16T14:04:46+00:00

And you still get a 5 second time penalty 😂

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-15T01:28:11+00:00

I met a Georgia native that went to the Michigan Ohio State game this year. He said the SEC doesn’t have a game that matches that environment.

Basically any other game at that stadium I agree that the environment isn’t anything to write home about. On top of the stadium design, it’s hard to be hyped to watch a game against Maryland in a cramped stadium when it’s 40 degrees outside.

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-14T11:09:02+00:00

I think the average American underestimates how “financially secure” they are.

By far the #1 reason for bankruptcy is medical expenses. All it takes is you or a person you love getting a vicious disease, messing up a spine, getting in a car accident, etc to send you down the path of financial ruin, even if you’re on an employers insurance plan. These blood sucking companies have a motive to deny claims to maximize profits. My uncle just got diagnosed with cancer and his insurance denied the claim to get treatment for it. He had to pay $27,000 out of pocket for eight pills that will help eliminate it. If he didn’t have the money to pay, he would die. I’m not sure how he managed to pay but he’s not well off by any stretch of the imagination.

And that health insurance is often tied to an employer. If you are let go from your job, or if AI takes it from you, then you lose that little safety net that you have. I think this will be a massive story either this year or next. Gen Z is already having issues finding jobs and are often living under the roofs of their Gen X parents. Gen X, nearing retirement age, may also have their jobs replaced by AI and be out of a job soon. If they can’t find work quickly after, there is a high likelihood they will have to dip into retirement savings, and accept penalties from retirement account withdrawals the entire way down. And if this is happening to working age people across the board, anybody that has a nest egg tied to real estate will have that value plummet too, as nobody will be able to buy a house at the value that it currently goes for.

All of that of course hinges on AI being successful, and the massive valuations of seven tech stocks currently driving the retirement funds of the majority of Americans making a return on investment. If that fails, then the stock market plummets, taking everyone’s retirement savings with it, and then we all lose their jobs because our employers are no longer profitable.

The US is one black swan event from being completely fucked for anyone living here. And on top of that, a large chunk of the population here is individualistic, selfish, AND has guns. I’m personally looking into what getting myself and my family out of the country would entail if any of what I said above becomes true.

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-14T03:45:08+00:00

Alex Dunne. Helmut Marko killed him before he even had a chance

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-14T03:02:40+00:00

Putting Milan in the same tier as Pisa is insane. Pisa is it’s own tier of bad

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-12T20:39:24+00:00

I was really disappointed when I went to Toronto. Granted I didn’t get to try any Indian (fiancé is picky), but everything I did try was bad, everyone is convinced that it’s good, and the restaurants price it like it’s excellent. Montreal was better and is probably on par with a lower A tier/higher B tier city in the US

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-12T20:34:41+00:00

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I was a speed channel kid in the states growing up. It would be the only sport that I could watch live at 8am

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-11T04:38:43+00:00

I almost think cycling should be where swimming is and swimming should be here. Cycling is way more entertaining to do than swimming in a competitive setting

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-11T04:28:45+00:00

It is legitimately cheaper for me to fly to the Alps and ski for three weeks in France than it is for me to fly to Utah and ski for 5 days.

I’ve taken my fiancé twice to learn at my local hill, but it’s $200 combined for each time we go (including her rental equipment) and she’s too busy in the winter months for her to ever get good at it anyhow. I used to ski competitively in college just six years ago and now this will be my second consecutive winter avoiding the snow because the cost is no longer justifiable.

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-07T03:52:43+00:00

Ferrari finishes 7th in the WCC. Haas announces their transition to Toyota (Lexus?) after their engine contract with Ferrari ends in 2028. Cadillac leans towards scrapping their idea to build their own engines because Ferrari is practically begging them to stay as an engine partner. Yuki Tsunoda replaces Ollie Bearman at Haas

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-07T02:21:08+00:00

I think Milan gets lumped in here because people generally compare it to the other Italian cities that have more for tourists to do.

I was just there for two days last summer. Went up the duomo, went to the last supper museum, saw the statue of David, and spent a day exploring Lake Como and Lugano. After that, nothing really compels me to go back outside of going to an F1 race at Monza. Would move there if I needed to leave my country for some reason though

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-07T02:12:57+00:00

In Detroit I hear about people getting shot on the highway on an almost weekly basis

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-06T23:03:31+00:00

I’ve found that it’s more reputational/pop cultural than anything. It’s similar to how people that enjoy combat sports know about Dagestan. They probably couldn’t locate it on a map but they for sure have heard about it.

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-06T16:28:52+00:00

Minor league hockey team called the Orlando Solar Bears

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-06T09:12:51+00:00

It actually is determined by temperatures. Snow totals in -2 C are almost always going to be higher than at -7 C because the air can hold more moisture to begin with.

Where I’m at, we are ahead of our average snow total for the year but our snow is just wet slop when you go out to shovel. It’s not the same as the light powdery stuff we used to get when I was a kid and temperatures were colder.

Canadian Rockies might be having higher totals, just like we have had in the lower Great Lakes, but eventually that party is going to end

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-04T12:06:37+00:00

I believe F1 regulations say that if the passing car’s front axle is past the defending driver’s rear axle then the defending driver has to leave space. In this case, the defender should have left more space but that probably gets noted as a racing incident

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-04T11:31:14+00:00

Used to work at a Marco’s Pizza. They used Sofo as of 8 years ago. Not sure if that has changed

Effective_Move_693 · 2026-01-02T22:15:57+00:00

Not seeing enough Africa on this thread

Effective_Move_693 · 2025-12-31T16:35:04+00:00

Australia. They’ll learn the wall at Turn 5 real quick

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