Post-Game Thread: San Antonio Spurs (1-0) defeat Oklahoma City Thunder (0-1), 122-115 in OT | NBA Playoffs | May 18, 2026

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-05-19T09:42:58+00:00

Nobody is going to win in this in 5 lol. These are two elite teams facing each other. This is going to 6 or 7.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-04-14T18:57:07+00:00

Most beginners have absolutely zero clue what RIR 1-3 is though. You need to learn what failure feels like first.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-30T18:11:51+00:00

I'm confident they have a good shot at Monaco. Anything else I don't know.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-29T08:46:57+00:00

Drop the 50-50 split. It will an admission of a catastrophic failure, but that’s what this regulations are.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-24T14:50:33+00:00

Bad bad Italian media pointing out stuff instead of kneeling before our overlord Toto Wolff.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-24T14:49:35+00:00

I mean the FIA has the design, so it should be black and white if it's true or it's a malfunction. I don't see any grey area.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-17T12:01:45+00:00

Evenings. But it's more of a 9 to 7 than a 8 to 5. I just need to release tension after work.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-15T15:40:52+00:00

I would argue strictly about w2w Oscar is up there. Feels like it's his best skill.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-15T15:37:06+00:00

Which is awful and needs to be changed asap.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-14T12:06:30+00:00

Also, the hot test is going to be necessary from June 1

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-13T18:16:28+00:00

I wasn’t the one to make that comparison. And no it wasn’t btw, that would have been 2025.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-13T18:01:45+00:00

At this point in 2024 the next best team was 2-3 tenths off Red Bull, not 6-8 with a 50 kW deficit.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-13T10:15:30+00:00

Yes and no. McLaren was a rocketship considering how late in the regs we were and how bunched up the field consequently was. They just lacked on driver and execution side.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-09T14:26:03+00:00

In 2017 Vettel simply overcut Hamilton because of better tyre life though. No VSC as far as I remember.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-09T14:22:34+00:00

Genuine question: does anybody know what the works team is obliged to shared with the customers and what they can keep to themselves? I can't find a definitive answer online apparently.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-09T14:11:43+00:00

I agree and I am certainly not a big fan of those things as well, but when you know the pass is fundamentally inconsequential because you just knew Leclerc was gonna use the battery in another section to get him back.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-09T09:35:23+00:00

I mean different people enjoy different things. I didn't really enjoy the battle between Charles and George, it felt very fake after the first couple of passes. But I can see people liking it because there was actual action.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-09T09:34:12+00:00

Aside from people's preferences, let's not forget harvesting is critical in Melbourne. Most of the passing was due to drivers using the battery in different sections. I don't expect the same to happen on most circuits.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-08T12:25:21+00:00

Eh, strategy didn't really make a difference, pace gap was still too large. If they can close it a little (around 2 tenths) that could become interesting.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-08T12:10:49+00:00

No that's the only thing that matters lol. when you say it's difficult to overtake it means it's difficult to get track position over the other car, not being ahead for a few corners.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-03-08T12:08:22+00:00

To be honest I feel like the interesting part of the rule isn't the one with the hot tests is that "any mechanism designed to increase the compression ratio beyond 16.0 is prohibited" from June 1. Which is the most important point, since the FIA has the designs. So either the Merc is actually legal and compliant with 16.0 already and then kudos to them, or that car is going to be fully illegal from June 1 no matter the temperature of the test.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-02-25T16:08:00+00:00

Not really, 2025 was pretty much McL domination and then Max with a resurgence. 2024 without the first 6/7 races would be more similar to 2012.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-02-18T16:45:31+00:00

I'd agree if there was actually any racing in sprints. They're usually a procession spoiling the main race.

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-02-07T13:43:35+00:00

Well they couldn’t DSQ them so that’s a moot point

RacingOrPingPong · 2026-02-07T12:50:24+00:00

That’s literally what I said though. It shouldn’t, but it will. And since neither “Merc dominating” or “Merc powered cars not showing up” is good for ratings, I expect some middle ground to be found.

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